Provide engineering and technical support & services to Plant Operations to improve process efficiency and operational integrity
Development of Process & Energy improvement schemes for implementation in plant. Initiate MOC (Management of Change) for identifying & implementing process improvement initiatives
Prepare daily process plant performance summary by monitoring plant data through historian and product results from LIMS (Laboratory information Management System). Provide necessary recommendations to Operations Manager to optimize plant operation & energy performance and to correct any deviations.
Ensure continual improvement of energy performance of plant equipment. Troubleshooting unit problems, monitoring equipment like heaters, compressors and pumps, mitigating deviations from design. Release monthly equipment performance reports.
Generate monthly plant production and yield data, average operating parameters and chemical consumption against the set KPIs and for benchmarking against standards like Solomon Energy Intensity index (EII).
Process monitoring & optimization of high pressure (2700 psi) Hydro treating & Desulfurization plant. Experience in amine regeneration unit (ARU), sour water stripping units (SWSU) handling high H2S and hydrogen.
Monitoring of activity & aging of hydro-treating & dewaxing catalysts. Optimization of catalyst bed temperatures to improve the catalyst life & to optimize the hydrogen consumption in reactors
Preparing RCFA (Root Cause Failure Analysis) & assist in reliability improvement to minimize production risks.
Review PFD, P & ID, heat & mass balance and provide comments and feedback
Conduct plant performance test runs to determine capacity limitations
Develop guidelines for catalyst loading, dry out, pre-sulfiding, & commissioning during Catalyst replacement of hydrotreator. Provide start up assistance to Operations Evaluation of technical bids for chemical/ catalyst procurement.
Participate in HAZOP and HAZID study & promote HSE principles of the company.
Develop process models for exchanger network in Aspen Hysys for fouling analysis.