S.

SIVAKUMAR
E-Mail: ahtirma@gmail.com
+971508620785

Mobile number:
Current Location: UAE

PETROCHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL

Operations.Manufacturing.Engineering.Maintenance
Accomplished professional with 20 years of progressively responsible
experience in petrochemical and gas processing sectors with enhanced
achievements in process development and optimization. Provide technical,
engineering and business skills in process and operations engineering to

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ensure higher productivity and best manufacturing practices.

Process optimization

Process enhancement
Expertise in the startup, normal operation and trouble shooting of

Resource Optimization
Ammonia plant-Naphtha Hydro fining and steam reformer operations. Energy conservation
Naphtha crackers- Olefin plant commissioning and downstream unit operations.

Total quality
Cryogenic LPG liquid and vapor handling, compression and condensate recovery.
management
High pressure steam boilers, feed water chemistry and turbine operations.

HAZOP & HACCP study

Hot oil heaters- Fuel oil & Natural gas fired, operation and maintenance.

Debottlenecking study
Ammonia gas crackers operation, Nitrogen generation and deoxo unit. ISO audit &

..Career snapshot..

Esterification and Polycondensation- Polyethylene Terepthalate manufacturing

..Career Objective..

Seeking a challenging role in process and operation engineering field in a

leading organization where my resourceful experience and academic skills
will add value to the organizational operations.

..Career Responsibilities..

Manage and ensure safe efficient production operations, development &

effective implementation of detailed plans, procedures and standing
instructions.
Monitor plant operation performance, review, monitor equipments efficiency and ensure reported
data are accurate and within design operating range.
Lead the production operation team and ensure personnel are effectively
motivated. Plan, organize and ensure manpower for safe and efficient
operation.
Identifies operational problems, investigating complaints, root cause
analysis, suggestion for system improvement and completing
troubleshooting procedures.

Assessing system objectives - efficiency, productivity & quality, cost

savings, energy conservation, safety, and environmental quality.

Improves plant operations by evaluating, implementing changes,

contributing information and opinion to unit design and modification
to the teams.

Provides operational management information by collecting,

analyzing, and summarizing operation engineering data & trends,
cost, resource consumption.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
JBF RAK LLC, UAE- Assistant Manager Production
Oct 2008 - Present Polyethylene Terepthalate (PET) manufacturing- 1170
TPD, CTIEI, China
Overseeing process operations, process monitoring and parameter control & ensure smooth operation.

Operational performance monitoring and optimization of Process column, stripper column, off-gas
scrubber, screw pumps, reactors, vacuum system, compressors, vaporizer, hot oil system and catalyst
bed reactor.
Tracking and recording the production datas and operational performance of equipments &
Instruments.
Material & Heat balance utility calculations, resource optimization & energy conservation.
Planning & execution of equipment and process preventive maintenance.
Process failure and deviation analysis and corrective action plan implementation.
Inventory control of products and raw materials, specific consumption analysis, supervising production
costs, ERP entries, costing, analysis of energy & resource consumption and MIS.
Taking part in daily operations meetings, safety meeting and joint safety inspection.
Enforcing the best production practices, developing SOPs, training & development programme to
subordinates.

INDIAN

OIL

PETRONAS

LIMITED,

HALDIA,

INDIA-Junior

Executive

Process

Feb 2003- Sep 2008

Cryogenic LPG and Propane unloading & loading facilities, 34500 MT - TOYO Engineering, Japan
Well versed in ABB DCS and Tank Farm Management & Terminal Automation Systems (TAS) for loading
operations.
Involved in the operations of the (2 x 16500 MT) each Propane and Butane cryogenic storage tanks
with in tank cold pumps, screw compressor, propane mixer, vaporizers and loading gantries.
Two numbers 600 MT each pressurized Propane Mounded Bullets with compressors, pumps, two
numbers 150 MT each Mounded LPG Bullets with pumps.
2 nos of Screw Flash Gas compressors & 2 nos of screw boil of gas compressors capable of catering a
vapor load @ 6MT/hour & 2MT/hour, Flare system and LP boilers operation.
Well versed in Precooling, LPG ship unloading, vapor pushing, vapor recovery & compression,
condensation of LPG.
Dexterously involved in the Plant Emergency action planning, Fire & Safety Programme and safety
mock drill.

HALDIA

PETROCHEMICALS

LIMITED,

HALDIA,

INDIA-Process

Operator

Mar 1999- Feb 2003

Naphtha cracker- Olefin plant- ABB Lummus Global Inc, USA- Deputation from SPIC
Petrochemicals Limited.
Successfully commissioned Pyrolysis module SRT III and SRT IV HS type Gas fired Heaters 32TPH
Naphtha feed.
Operated Hot Oil Fractionation Columns: Gasoline Fractionator, Pyrolysis Fuel Oil Stripper and
Quench Tower.

Handled Cracked Gas Compressor (29 MW, 5 stages, 1.5 lakhs NM3/Hr.), Make: Mitsubishi Compressor,
Japan

Involved in the operation of Methanation and Hydrogen Purification (Pressure swing adsorption),
126KSC boiler.
Well versed with the operation of Fractionation Columns: Demethaniser, Deethaniser, Depropaniser,
Debutanizer, Ethylene Fractionator, and Propylene Fractionator.
Hot and Cold Pumps: Pacific Hiro Pumps, Japan. Multi stage vertical submergible centrifugal Pumps,
Capacity: 228 & 7.9 M3/Hr (Handling temp: - 54oC).
Experience in advanced DCS - Tata-Honeywell TDC 3000.

SPIC

PETROCHEMICALS

LIMITED,

CHENNAI,

INDIA-Process

Operator

Aug 1995- Mar 1999

Ammonia plant 1260 TPDNaphtha Hydrofining and steam reformer, Deputed to SPIC Limited,
Tuticorin, India.
Effectively involved in the operation of the following units
Naphtha storage tanks Floating roof type and Fuel Oil Tanks.
Naphtha Hydrofining unit.-Designed to remove the sulphur content in Naphtha from1500 ppm to 0.5
ppm based on IIP-IFP Process @ 27 TPH, which consist of Naphtha vaporizer, COMOX bed reactor,
stripper column, reciprocating Hydrogen compressors.

ICI steam Naphtha reformer unit. - Catalytic steam reforming section produce mixture of gases H2,
CO2, CO, CH4 and H2O @ 26.5 TPH. Top fired furnace and consists of 264 tubes and 90 burners &
Nickel metal as catalyst.
Process air compressor. -Multistage centrifugal compressor driven by 12 KSC, condensing type turbine
with anti-surge control system and deliver process air to secondary reformer. Capacity: 45,000 NM3 /
hr, Make: HITACHI

TRAINING

Undergone special training in Fire Fighting, Emergency Response, work permit system,
use of personal protective equipment SPIC Ltd., India.
ISO 9001, 22001, 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards & policy training by Real Time
Quality Management Services and certified auditor- JBF RAK LLC, UAE.
Advanced Excel Training conducted by Atlas Institute - JBF RAK LLC, UAE.
Total Quality Management conducted at JBF RAK LLC, UAE.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
2013
1994

B.Tech. - Chemical Engineering (AMII-che) from The Indian

Institute of Chemical Engineers, India, March-2013 and life
time Associate Member: LAM-48819.
Bachelor in Science (Chemistry) from St. Joseph College,
Trichy.

IT SKILLS

Well versed with MS Office Suite, Orion and SAP, HYSYS (Process Simulation) & Internet applications.

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth
Languages Known
Permanent Address

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03rd June 1974.

Tamil, English, Hindi and Bengali.
78-Maruthi nagar, Trichy road, Turaiyur-621010, Trichy (D.T), Tamil nadu, India.