Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (Maharatna public sector oil and gas company) | Kochi

Senior Manager

• Coordinated the Solomon Benchmarking Study - a global refinery performance benchmark - for the Maintenance Department leading cross-functional analysis of maintenance cost, manpower efficiency, and turnaround KPIs against international peers. Diagnosed performance gaps and built an improvement roadmap targeting turnaround performance improvement.
• Planned and executed a Rs 6 Cr incinerator-heater revamp shutdown for the petrochemical unit, improving equipment efficiency and reliability of the equipment.

Manager

• Lead role in the Refinery Planning Cell as planner for contracts & materials. Lead role in centralized contract formulation, scope review, technical evaluations, contract negotiations, & material planning for major mechanical jobs within the Maintenance Department.
• Lined up critical contracts worth Rs 150 Cr & handled material procurement worth Rs 140 Cr, involving critical materials like pressure vessels , columns, reactor internals , piping , pipe fittings etc
• Spearheaded Capital & Revenue Budget planning for Maintenance, involving estimation and scope monitoring of 20+ Capex projects worth over Rs 1,000 Cr & Revex jobs worth over Rs 300 Cr, providing key insights for the identification of weak areas and top bad actors in terms of maintenance cost.
• Full cycle turnaround management involving SAP based scope compilation, planning, procurement, lump sum turnkey contracts, monitoring and execution of more than 10 major turnarounds of critical units in Kochi Refinery, including Rs 90 Cr crude unit and Rs 50 Cr VGO HDT shutdown projects. Mapped critical paths, optimized resources, mitigated long lead material shortfalls, managed 1,500+ blue-collar workers, successfully completed high risk milestones and projects on schedule, enhanced processing capacities of refining units, and implemented digital solution for real time equipment wise overall progress tracking during turnarounds.
• Part of the team that conceptualized and executed the CSR project of providing a one of a kind dedicated oxygen supply line of 2 km length from the refinery complex to the Govt Covid First-Line Treatment Centre within a span of 7 days, to cater to the peaking oxygen demands of 1,000+ patients during the 2021 Covid crisis.

Assistant Manager

• Commissioned the "Food Grade Hexane" & "Benzene Maximization" process piping schemes, which contributed to energy performance improvement & savings of Rs 35 Cr per annum.
• Spearheaded crucial reactor catalyst replacement jobs in the DHDS (Diesel Hydrodesulphurization) unit, helping to produce BS6 grade petrol and diesel to keep up with market standards, thereby preventing significant revenue loss.
• Led the Rs 25 Cr Fluidized Catalytic Cracking unit shutdown, involving the revamp of the main fractionator column, resulting in process efficiency improvement of the unit.
• Successfully carried out multiple reliability initiatives in Sulphur Recovery Units, like metallurgy upgrades, waste heat recovery boiler overhauling, and steam leak reduction, resulting in annually recurring cost savings of Rs 5 Cr.
• Formulated and executed vendor development to outsource routine static equipment maintenance and servicing; expanded the external service ecosystem, reducing core team workload on routine jobs and shifting internal engineering focus toward high value turnaround planning and critical jobs .

Engineer

• Key role as Engineer-in-Charge of maintenance jobs for critical static equipment under major downstream refining process units like Hydrotreaters, Continuous Catalytic Cracking units, offsite tankages, & offsite piping facilities in BPCL Kochi Refinery.
• Oversaw a team of 15 maintenance technicians & more than 200 contract employees for the timely resolution of breakdown and planned maintenance jobs.
• Involved in project commissioning & spares optimization for the Sulphur Recovery Complex of the Rs 16,000 Cr Integrated Refinery Expansion Project of BPCL Kochi Refinery.
• Minimization of repair & maintenance costs by implementing in house repairs / periodic maintenance to avoid frequent outages.
• Handled troubleshooting & day to day maintenance of critical static equipment like heat exchangers, pressure vessels, columns, piping networks, reactor-regenerator systems, heaters/furnaces, boilers, storage tanks, waste heat recovery steam generators, etc.

• Excellence Award 2023
• Won the 2023 "Excellence Award" for Energy Intensity Index improvement in the Diesel Hydrodesulphurization charge heater revamp project.
• Net Zero Award 2024
• Won the 2024 "Net Zero Initiative Award" for the implementation of various process improvement schemes.
• Sustained Top Performer
• Consistently rated in the 'Excellent' category of BPCL's performance appraisal bell curve distribution over the 10 year career .
• Fast Track Promotions
• Earned back to back fast track promotions in recognition of sustained contributions.

• B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering), College of Engineering Trivandrum

• Management development Programme - Finance for Non Finance Executives
• IIM Calcutta
• Design & Fabrication of pressure vessels - ASME Sec VIII Div 1
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Steam engineering program
• Forbes Marshall
• Pre-MBA Statistics
• Coursera
• Excel Skills for Business: Advanced
• Macquarie University, Coursera

• Served as volunteer at CROA (BPCL Officers Association) – Supported in delivering 1000+ food packets during flood in Kerala in 2018.
• Served as member of BPCL Kochi Refinery Officers Association Football league team – Goalkeeper & Vice captain of the football league team and won “Football league cup” in 2023 during the annual sports meet