PRIYANKARBHAI PATEL

Professional Experience:

• Maintenance Specialist | MAADEN (Saudi Arabian Mining Co.) More than 8 years of experience

Company Overview: MAADEN is largest mining company in Saudi Arabia, active in gold, phosphor, calcite, zinc, copper, base metals, refinery & chemical plants, fertilizers, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, and sulfate of potash.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project and Commissioning Experience:
• Worked with PMC, FLUOR, and HQC EPC for commissioning of beneficiation, phosphoric, and sulfuric plants.
• Prepared and executed strategies for pre-commissioning, commissioning, flushing plans, mechanical run tests, tightness tests, and trial runs of equipment.
• Conducted walk-downs, PSSR, and managed final dossiers, commissioning sequences, and schedules.
• Coordinated instrumentation and loop checks.
• Project Management:
• Executed front-end engineering design (FEED), detailed engineering, and general project engineering for chemical, power plant, metal, and water systems.
• Supervised all project functions, ensuring cost-effective and efficient achievement of all works.
• Reviewed and monitored project schedules and work progress, ensuring timely deliverables and compliance with safety and quality standards.
• Led teams of engineers from various disciplines for successful project completion within budget and schedule.
• Assisted contractors during construction, pre-commissioning, and commissioning phases.
• Leadership and Coordination:
• Coordinated with project management, engineering, construction, EPC, and subcontractor teams to review construction progress.
• Monitored and controlled projects with respect to cost, resource deployment, time management, and quality compliance.
• Provided project leadership during all engineering phases, ensuring safety, quality, and schedule adherence.
• Training and Development:
• Conducted training programs for Saudi JQP trainee engineers and technicians.
• Coached and guided Saudi nationals to competency in mechanical techniques through the JQP training matrix education program.
• Key Achievements:
• Successfully managed and coordinated multiple shutdown projects, increasing plant availability and operational efficiency.
• Developed and implemented specific mechanical repair procedures and work instructions, ensuring compliance with SOPs and SWIs.
• Supervised and executed mechanical equipment installation,erection,commissions, testing and punch audit contributing to the reliability and readiness to handover project on time for plant operations.
• Software Proficiency:
• Oracle Database System, EAM, SAP ERP, PILOG, ACONEX, MS Office, MS Excel, PowerPoint.

Equipment Overhauling & Refurbishment: Extensive experience in overhauling and refurbishing mechanical equipment such as heat exchangers, burners, coolers, vessels, columns, boilers, heaters, fans, blowers, valves, pumps, agitators, gearboxes, compressors, mechanical seals, hydraulic & pneumatic systems, EOT cranes, and lubrication systems.

• Plant Construction & Erection: Managed plant construction, erection, pre-commissioning, and equipment testing.
• Technology & Safety up gradation: Implemented technology and safety upgrades, ensuring compliance with ISO-9001, 14001, and OHSAS-18000 standards.
• Material & Manpower Planning: Planned and optimized material and manpower resources, including repair and reuse of critical costly spares.
• Condition Monitoring & Documentation: Analyzed condition monitoring reports, maintained equipment history, and documented maintenance activities.
• Outsourcing Services Management: Led and coordinated outside maintenance contract services, managing a team of 15 supervisors and overseeing a workforce of over 850 employees.
• Training & Development: Conducted training programs for Saudi JQP trainee engineers and technicians, coaching and guiding them to competency.
• Software Proficiency: Skilled in Oracle Database System, EAM, SAP ERP, PILOG, ACONEX, MS Office, MS Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Shutdown & Turnaround Management: Managed complex turnarounds and shutdowns, ensuring readiness and compliance with safety standards.
• Reliability & Integrity: Applied reliability-centered techniques to maintain the reliability and integrity of mechanical equipment and structures.
• Workshop Facilities Development: Developed and commissioned central workshop facilities, including overhauling equipment and workshop machines.
• Contractor Coordination: Coordinated daily activities and performance evaluations of service contractors, ensuring efficient operations and adherence to safety standards.
• Root Cause Analysis & Reliability Meetings: Participated in root cause analysis and reliability-centered maintenance meetings.
• Inspection & Testing: Conducted inspections and testing of lifting equipment, pressure vessels, towers, columns, and valves.

Key Achievements

Successfully managed and coordinated multiple shutdown projects, increasing plant availability and operational efficiency.
Developed and implemented specific mechanical repair procedures and work instructions, ensuring compliance with SOPs and SWIs.
Supervised and executed mechanical repairs, overhauling, and refurbishment, contributing to the reliability and integrity of plant operations.

Professional Summary

• Experienced professional with hands-on expertise in lifting equipment, EOT cranes, pneumatics, hydraulics, and jib hoists. Proven track record in spare preparation, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and safety compliance. Adept at managing maintenance documentation, condition monitoring, and team leadership. Recognized for significant achievements in equipment optimization and safety culture development.

Professional Experience

• Maintenance and Operations Manager Managed maintenance and operations of EOT cranes ranging from 10 Ton to 310 Ton for SMP, rolling mill, caster, and furnace.
• Executed preventive maintenance (PM) jobs as per SAP generated orders.
• Planned and executed scheduled lubrication of all equipment.
• Maintained ISO-compliant documentation and adhered to quality and cost reduction policies.
• Troubleshot machinery/equipment including EOT cranes, hydraulic, and mechanical systems.
• Conducted quarterly certification and inspection of lifting equipment with third-party involvement.
• Monitored equipment condition through oil analysis and vibration monitoring to enhance performance.
• Developed predictive and preventive maintenance plans based on breakdown reports.
• Ensured safety and regulatory compliance of all equipment.
• Fostered safety culture through awareness programs, toolbox talks, SAM, case studies, HIRAC, and near-miss reporting.
• Standardized maintenance activities by preparing task lists and maintaining history cards and logbooks.
• Enhanced equipment availability through 5S, FMEA, and QC projects.
• Coordinated with the production department to optimize maintenance activities in line with production needs.
• Motivated and enhanced the technical skills of subordinates.
• Managed technical objects, maintenance processing, and preventive maintenance of the plant.
• Planned and coordinated spare parts for uninterrupted maintenance.

Achievements:

• Reduced wheel consumption from over 100 per year to zero by redesigning clamps and aligning rails.
• Developed and installed derail guards on all cranes, preventing 8-hour shutdowns.
• Modified slab lifting tong resting pads, eliminating frequent breakdowns.
• Increased main hoist wire rope life threefold by changing wire rope specifications.
• Eliminated slab slippages by standardizing the hard-facing procedure of jaw bits, increasing their life fivefold.
• Reduced job time for crane-related tasks by half through advanced planning.
• Successfully erected and commissioned a 10 Ton EOT scale pit crane.
• Commissioned various hydraulic systems at the Continuous Casting Machine, improving equipment performance and slab quality.

Major Assignment:

• Led a team during a major 3-month shutdown project at ESSAR Oil Refinery.

Certifications

• Six Sigma Green Belt
• [Other Relevant Certifications]

Skills

• Lifting Equipment Maintenance
• EOT Cranes
• Pneumatics and Hydraulics
• Preventive Maintenance
• Troubleshooting
• Safety Compliance
• Condition Monitoring
• Team Leadership
• Maintenance Documentation
• Spare Parts Planning

Awards and Recognition

• Employee of the Quarter (Q-II) from SMP Department
• Positive Action Award (June & November 2014)
• Safety Quiz Winner

Projects

• Team Leader in QC Project: Caster Thickness Conversion Time Reduction
• Active Team Member in Six Sigma Green Belt Project: Caster Thickness Conversion Time Reductions
• Project on Reduction in Consumption of EOT Cranes LT Wheel

Professional Experience

Oil & Gas Maintenance Project Manager Successfully completed major capital projects and shutdown jobs for the Delay Coker Unit (DCU) with a dynamic team of 30 personnel, ensuring safe handover within the provided deadline.

• Demonstrated sound knowledge of DCU areas including Coke drum, Heater, Heat exchangers, Column, and Alloy pipeline welding procedures during major refinery shutdowns.
• Gained expertise in pre-shutdown activities, machine box-up, hot trials, PSV valve checks, and plant start-up procedures.
• Set performance expectations for the team, monitored progress towards goals, and provided constructive feedback as needed.
• Collaborated with other department leaders to establish shared goals and ensure alignment across teams.

Key Achievements:

Set performance expectations for the team, monitoring progress towards goals and providing constructive feedback as needed.

• Successfully managed and executed a major shutdown project, ensuring all tasks were completed safely and on time.
• Developed and implemented effective maintenance strategies, resulting in improved equipment reliability and reduced downtime.
• Fostered a strong safety culture within the team, leading to zero incidents during the shutdown period.

Skills:

Oil & Gas Maintenance
Delay Coker Unit (DCU) Operations
Team Leadership
Project Management
Safety Compliance
Pre-shutdown and Start-up Procedures
Equipment Troubleshooting and Maintenance
Collaboration and Cross-functional Teamwork

• Shift In-Charge of Continues Casting Machine
• PM activities as per the SAP maintenance orders
• Hydraulic systems (Hydraulic mould oscillator, main hydraulic, slide gate and auto mould level controller) maintenance, valves & cylinders overhauling, periodic oil condition monitoring
• Casting machine grease lubrication systems (4 fixed systems for 800 grease points per caster, total 3 casters) monitoring and maintenance
• Execution of Capital shutdown jobs, Breakdown and Shutdown jobs like segment changing, strand removal during break outs with minimum damage to machine, gear box changing, etc
• Troubleshooting all casting machine equipment areas like Casting platform, Main machine, Run-out Table and auxiliaries like cranes, Tundish pre-heaters, Slab turn-over device, etc
• Saved number of breakdowns by planning and executing preventive actions whenever abnormality was observed like: - Slab turn-over device complete breakdown was avoided by total overhauling of all shafts thus removing the heavy bend present in the shaft and provided proxy limiting system to limit cylinder stroke to prevent overload
• Both inter-bay slab transfer cars had complete overhauling based on time availability to remove the main frame bend and reduce / eliminate loosening of bearing cover bolts and reduction in bearing axial load
• With proper planning, hydraulic mould oscillation unit overhauling was done as both cylinders and spring packs changed after 8 years since inception
• (In Year 2014 and again in Year 2022)
• Complete overhauling of 85 ton crane cross travel main hoist assembly
• Handled emergencies like TCM fire and Slide gate hydraulic hose failures
• Rectified deviations in caster#1 and caster#3 machine segment pass-line alignment issues as per machine condition monitoring instrument “SARCLAD” data.
• Prepared shift summary reports for supervisor and communicated regularly on goals and progress.
• Trained new employees and delegated daily tasks and responsibilities.

• Quick Change Unit, Mould, and Segment ‘0’ equipment preparation, which included sub equipment overhauling, assembly, alignments, various systems checking and total equipment testing
• Backlash problems in mould width changing are identified by heavy brainstorming and in conjunction with SMS Demag, rectified the same problem in all moulds
• Various facility development to reduce preparation time / improving equipment reliability/ for ease of operation to make it maintenance friendly Viz.: - fixture: QC spray and water testing, eccentric shaft alignment, gear box, etc
• On shut down days/break down events, executing various maintenance jobs such as: Ladle Turret special bolts tightening, load cell maintenance, Segment – QC changing, shims adjustment, various system overhauling, G/box maintenance, TCM, Deburrer, Steam fan, ROT roller changing, etc
• Conversion of Caster#1 MOULD for “variable width adjustment” and Caster#1&2 Break-out prediction system modification facilities have been executed successfully within the time bound schedule.

• Managing main machine, lubrication, hydraulic systems
• Problem solving of repair area equipment to minimize downtime and reduce overall maintenance
• Time required for qualitative mould and QC unit refurbishment
• Safety aspects during mould overhauling process are strongly being looked upon
• Spares and Inventory management of QC, Mould, Segment#0, & Lubrication System
• Segment#0 equipment refurbishment
• Thriving to achieve best performance by continually training 42 associates and 5 engineers about Caster and Mould Repair area refurbishment process
• Converted Caster#1&2 mould VWM (Variable Width Mould) assembly to reduce spares cost.
• Reduced downtime on construction sites by implementing effective maintenance schedules for equipment.

• Assisted senior technicians in complex troubleshooting tasks for improved system functionality.
• Reduced downtime by swiftly identifying and addressing technical issues.

• Maintained contemporary technical knowledge of engineering concepts.
• Developed technical documentation for various engineering projects, facilitating smooth handovers and maintenance processes.