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RICHARD F. Mascarenhas

Permanent Address:                                                           Telephone: +91 80 26486790 (land)

Maruti Residency,                                                                                         9845377319 (mobile)   

Flat 505, Bldg 3,                                                                                                                 

Gandhi Road,                                                                      Email: richard@yahoo.com

Near Laxmi Temple,

Bangalore – 560 015, India

                                                                                                 CURRICULUM VITAE 

CAREER PROFILE:

A Mechanical Graduate Engineer, with a successful career of more than 24 years in Oil Refinery, Petrochemical and Energy industries, who has achieved an excellent diversity of experience in Project & Maintenance Planning, Process Plant Maintenance & Turnarounds and Project & Construction Management in India, South America, UAE and Sultanate of Oman. Computer literate with good experience in using Primavera Project Planner (Ver. 3.1), Microsoft Project and MS Office software. Having good working knowledge in Computerised Maintenance Management Systems like MAXIMO & EPMARS. An effective team builder.

         EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

o   Distinction in Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering (B Tech), from Karnataka Regional Engineering College (presently NITK), Surathkal, India.

o   Diploma in Business Management from St. Xaviers College, Bombay, India

         TRAINING COURSES ATTENDED:

§  Operation and Maintenance of "GAS TURBINES" at General Electric Company, USA.

§  Seminar in ‘Contract Documentation & Claim Presentation in the Construction Industry’ conducted by James R Knowles (Middle East) Limited, Abu Dhabi

§  Seminar in ‘The Society of Construction Law’s Protocol for Determining Extension of Time and Compensation for Delay and Disruption’ conducted by James R Knowles (Middle East) Limited.         

§  Course on use of Computerized Maintenance Administration and Reporting Program known as 'EPMARS'. (Exploration, Production, Maintenance and Reporting System) at PDO, Oman.

§  Workshop on Industrial Turbogenerators at BHEL, Hyderabad.

§  Training on Theory and Practice on Centrifugal Pumps at IIT, Bombay.

§  Workshop on PERT and CPM Techniques at BPCL, Bombay.

§  Use of Personal Computers at BPCL, Bombay.

§  Workshop on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) at NIO, Goa.

§  Advanced Welding Technology at Advani Oerlikon, Bombay.

§  Seminar on Plant Maintenance by National Productivity Council, Bombay.

§  H2S awareness and escape course conducted by NTI, Oman.

§  Skills in Public Speaking conducted by BPCL, Bombay.

         CAREER SUMMARY:

Organisation	Place of work	Period of work	Position Held
Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (TAKREER), Abu -Dhabi Refinery Division	Abu Dhabi, UAE	June 2003 to Nov 2005	Refinery Turnaround Planning & Monitoring Engineer
Total Tractebel Emirates EPC Co. (Consortium of Total Fina Elf of France and Tractebel Energy of Belgium)	Abu Dhabi, UAE	July 2001 to May 2003	Planning & Project Control Engineer for Taweela Power and Desalination Project
Gulf Petrochemical Services	Muscat, Oman	Feb 2000 to June 2001	Business Development & Commercial Coordinator
Petroleum Development Oman	Sultanate of Oman	Feb 1997 to Jan 2000	Sr.Planning Engineer for Petroleum Development Oman
Stork Wescon International B.V	Abu Dhabi, UAE	Oct 1996 to December 1996	Planning & Monitoring Engineer for ADNOC’s Umm Al Nar Refinery Shutdown
Petroquimica de Venezuela (PEQUIVEN)	Venezuela, South America	May 1994 to June 1996	Technical Advisor – Plant Maint. & Shutdowns
Bharat Petroleum Corpn. Ltd. –Refinery (formerly Burmah Shell)	Bombay, India	April 1980 to April 1994	Various Positions. Last two positions held were Sr. Maintenance Manager – Planning and Sr. Engg & Const  Manager

DETAILS OF WORK EXPERIENCE: 

     ABU DHABI OIL REFINING CO. (TAKREER), Abu Dhabi 

Position Held:          Refinery Shutdown Planning & Monitoring Engineer  (Contract Hire)

Period:                     June 2003 to November 2005

Job Description:

**     Identify and compile job list, decide the correct procedure to carry out the job, identify shutdown & non shutdown jobs and preparation of job list. 

**     Preparation of detail plan for the turnaround using Primavera Project Planner software, identify the critical paths and resource requirement.

**     Identify material required for turnaround, raise material indent, technical clarifications& technical evaluation of materials and follow up of the material

**     Preparation of the tender document, prequalification of bidders, & technical evaluation of bids.

**     Monitoring of the shutdown, Progress reporting, advising corrective actions to be taken  to the shutdown coordinator, progress calculation & preparation of MIS reports

     TOTAL TRACTEBEL EMIRATES EPC CO., Abu Dhabi

        (A consortium of Total Fina Elf of France and Tractebel Energy of  Belgium)
  

Position Held:          Planning & Project Control Engineer 

Period:                     July 2001 to May 2003

      Job:

**     Planning Engineer for the integrated Power and Desalination project in Taweelah, Abu Dhabi. This was a USD 677 million project consisting of 8 nos. new HRSG’s (360 T/H each at 110 Bars), 5 nos. new Gas Turbines (107 Mw each), 3 nos. new Steam turbines (203MW each), 14 Multiple Effect Distillers (710 T/H each), revamping of 3 nos. existing Gas Turbines and 3 Auxiliary Boilers.

**     Job consisted of preparation and management of the Project Schedule (using Primavera P3.1 software) having about 12,000 activities, updating and modification of the plan, study, review and integration of sub-contractors plans, conducting project review meetings with the sub contractors, advising the project managers regarding the progress of the work and areas of concern to take necessary corrective actions. Monitoring of the Material delivery status, following up with the Materials dept regarding delivery of project materials.

**       Progress reporting, calculation and preparation of MIS reports. Providing necessary support for claim preparation.

    GULF PETROCHEMICAL SERVICES LLC, OMAN

      Position Held:          Business Development & Commercial Coordinator

      Period:                     Feb 2000 to June 2001

      Job Description:

**     Incharge of all the commercial activities of the company, Claims management, business development, submission of tenders, estimation, technical submissions, liaison with the client company personnel etc

    PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN

     Position Held:          Sr. Planning Engineer  (Contract Hire)

     Period:                     May 1997 to Jan 2000

     Job Description:

**     Incharge of Planning of all the Oil field Mechanical Maintenance Services like preventive and corrective maintenance of Rotating Equipment, Static Equipment, Beam Pumps & Wellheads.

**     Preparation of long term / short term Maintenance plans and equipment overhaul schedules. Closely monitoring the progress of the jobs and taking corrective actions as and when necessary.

**     Regular liaison with the contractor’s personnel in regard to planning and day-to-day maintenance jobs.

**     Responsible for maintaining and inputting system records in the Computerized Maintenance Administration and Reporting System known as ‘EPMARS’ (TEROMAN).

    STORK WESCON INTERNATIONAL B.V; ABU DHABI

     Location:     ADNOC's Umm Al Nar Refinery, Abu Dhabi.

     Position held:           Planning & Monitoring Engineer

      Period:                     October 1996 to December 1996

      Job Description:     

**     Detail out the activities, plan and prepare schedule using ‘Primavera 3.1’ for the turnaround project of ADNOC's Umm AL Nar Refinery. The project consisted of approx. 5000 activities.

**     Plan and mobilize the Resources required to execute the project.

**     Closely monitor the Project during its execution and take corrective action as necessary to complete the turnaround on schedule.

**     Coordinate with the subcontractors involved in the project and follow-up their jobs.

      PETROQUMICA DE VENEZUELA (PEQUIVEN), SOUTH AMERICA

      Pequiven, S.A., is a subsidiary of Petroleus de Venezuela, S.A., (PDVSA), which is the Venezuelan State             Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry.

      Position Held:          Technical Advisor - Plant Maintenance & Shutdowns

      Period:                     May 1994 to June 1996

      Job Description:

**     Guide and train Maintenance and Shutdown Engineers in Planning, Scheduling (Using Primavera) and Execution of Plant Maintenance and Turnarounds.

**     Advice the Maintenance Engineers regarding correct Maintenance practices & Documentation.

**     Advice the Shutdown Coordinator regarding the progress of the shutdowns, delays if any and corrective actions to be taken.

**     Suggest improvements in the existing Maintenance systems and planning procedures.

**     Various Process Plants handled by me are: VCM, PVC, Clorosoda, Olefins and Fertilizers (partially)

      BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD., BOMBAY

       Worked for 14 years in the Refinery from April 1980 upto April 1994 in various capacities as detailed                below:

      Position Held:          Sr. Manager (Engg. & Construction)

                                 (Head of one group of the Project Dept.)

      Period:                     October 1993 to April 1994

      Job Description:

**    Incharge of all the minor Projects in the Refinery Complex. Coordination of all the activities of a Project viz., estimation, preparation of Tender Documents, Techno-commercial negotiations, Resource mobilization and Execution.

**    Some of the important projects executed by me are -

o   Debottlenecking of GCU in Fluidized Cat Cracker Unit.

o   Revamping of the fire water line network (partly)

o   Erection of two nos. Crude Oil Tanks

o   Preparation and issuing Global Tender for supply and erection of three nos. Boilers along with all accessories (ADB assisted project) and carrying out technical analysis of the bids.

**    During my tenure in the project dept., I was exercising the authorities of the Chief Projects Manager, in his absence.

       Position Held:          Sr. Maint. Manager (Planning) / Manager Maint. (Planning)

                                        (Head of Maintenance Planning Section)

       Period:                     June 1989 to September 1993

       Job Description:

**    Planning, Scheduling, Execution and Monitoring of all the process plant shutdowns in the Refinery, The various plant shutdowns handled were that of Crude Distillation Unit, Cat. Cracking Unit, Fluidized Cracking Unit, Aromatics Recovery Unit and Boilers.

**    Preparation of long term and short term integrated maintenance plans for the company, Planning, coordination and follow up of all the day to day Maintenance activities of the Refinery, manpower planning, materials coordination & follow up, coordination of shift maintenance activities, award of minor contracts, Budgeting and cost control; Management reporting; implementation of ' Computer Oriented Maintenance Management System".

     Position Held:          Dy. Manager Maintenance

     Period:                     April 1986 to May 1989

     Job Description:

**    Co-ordination of Maintenance activities of Crude Distillation and Catalyst Cracking Units.

**    Execution of the plant turnarounds. Responsible for the execution of all the shutdown activities for the assigned equipment group.

**    Executed Maintenance and shutdown jobs of all equipment of a Refinery like Columns, Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Furnaces, Boilers, Pumps, Flowlines etc., of the plants Crude Distillation Unit, Catalyst Cracking Unit, Fluidized Cracking Unit and Aromatics Recovery Unit.

**    Have independently handled replacement of a set of 10 Cyclones of Regenerator of CCU plant.

**    Executed the work of modifications to the Distillation columns i.e. Changing from Bubble cap trays to valve trays.

       Position Held:          Sr. Maintenance Officer (Utilities)

       Period:                     September 1985 to March 1986

       Job Description:

**    Incharge of Maintenance of the Utilities Section consisting of Boilers, Air Compressors, Salt Water Pumps, Demineralised Plant, Emergency Generators, Saltwater Jetty etc. The job included planning, organizing and supervision of the preventive and breakdown maintenance of all the equipment's of utilities area; technical guidance and trouble shooting; coordination of materials dept., preparation of failure analysis and breakdown reports.

       Position Held:          Sr. Maintenance Officer (Area IV)

    Period:                     June 1983 to August 1985

      Job Description:

 **    Incharge of Maintenance of 'Kosan Crisplant' LPG bottling plant, Drum Plant, Bitumen Filling and Stacking Plant, Horton Spheres and Storage Tanks, Product Filling Gantries. The job involved preventive and breakdown maintenance of all the machines like Bottling Carousels, Conveyors, Test Baths, Air Compressors, LPG Pumps, Drum Manufacturing Machines, Tankages etc.

**    Indigenization of spare parts by preparing drawings.

**    Preparation of failure analysis and breakdown reports.

        Position Held:          Mechanical Engineer (Workshops)

Period:                     April 1980 to May 1983

        Job Description:

**    Assisting the workshop incharge in executing the repair jobs on Pumps, Compressors, Relief Valves and Heat Exchangers.

**    Carrying out failure analysis.

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Date of Birth                       : 4^th July 1955                                      

Martial Status                     : Married

Languages Known: English, Hindi, Spanish, Kannada

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