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•Performs as technical point of contact for internal and external customers to provide support for ongoing Projects, Product Design, Application engineering & Validation/Testing program.•Review project work scope to develop and coordinate design/ drafting manpower requirements for project demand and scheduling.•Dispose internal and external NCRs. Drive the RCA efforts to frame the corrective and preventive measures. Evaluate the existing products to identify areas for improvement and update current documentation.•Approve BOM, Catalogs (9CAT and 9COM), Test procedures, Test reports, MOCs, Scaling documents and Engineering documentation through the ECN process and participate in design reviews.•Act as the validation/testing engineering point of contact for Aramco projects, effectively liaising with client and utilizing software to devise and design prototypes for new product ideas.Accountable for ensuring product validation meets the customer requirements & industry standards by steering the validation efforts.• Conduct comprehensive product testing to troubleshoot potential problems, manage and verify suppliers according to customer and industry standards, and proactively addressed and resolved both external and internal product complaints.• Assists in conceptual customer design proposal, identification of application. Prepares designs and layouts that define equipment concepts, or the basic functional characteristics of systems, components, structures or equipment.• Leads design staff, on a project basis, in analyzing design alternatives. Suggests design options and prepares layouts illustrating the need of the customer.• leadership and strategic direction to a team of Engineers, Designers and R&D Lab technicians to meet the Product Design & Validation requirements of the organization.

• Manage global gate valve and actuators (hydraulic and electric) to be used for major oil and gas subsea operations.• Responsible for leading industry qualification of next generation large and small-bore flow control devices for subsea production and distribution sub-systems.• Developing new thermal spray hard facing solution using custom designed tribology test fixtures for next generation subsea gate valves.• Developed a torque clutch mechanism for subsea gate valves – under US patent application.• Lead ongoing technical hardware, project and regulatory discussions with the clients, major multinational oil and gas operators.• Create, implement and manage Lean obeyas for visualizing, actioning and resolving project issues and risks.• Project Engineer for the Configure to Order (CTO) project to reduce cost of application engg, this project is worth of one million USD and will reduce 70% of application engineering time.• Managed new product development (NPD) projects to design and qualify new products including generating all cost, time and resource planning, technical execution plans, gate reviews and specification development.

• Designing of fixtures for metallic and elastomeric seal qualifications.• Lead the RCA efforts for field failures.• Selection of material for equipment considering cost, machinability, weldability as per API 6A and NACE.• Developing ROV tooling design for subsea interventions.• Creating A3 for optimizing project and product cost.• Review and Approve Bill of material, Drawings, MEL, Assembly Procedure and Tolerance Stack up.

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Executed and reviewed design tasks of gate valve, Christmas tree, and actuators• Executed the gate valve project for shell and OMV. • Standardization of MN DS wellhead • Developed master template of design file for geothermal gate valves. • Worked on FPRs of frac valves. • Executed FPR tasks to address issues in mudline systems. • Worked on FPRs of gate valves to provide feasible solutions. • Standardisation of gate valve product.• Worked on NPD project of frac valves.• Supported DEM project on gate valves.• Completed value engineering project on actuator housing.

Coimbatore Area, India

Design engineer for oil and gas equipment• Supported Global gate valve team for designing Christmas tree, Frac valves and and gate valve standardization activities.• Supported ONGC project in designing of jumpers and OTS system.• Executed valve block design for different projects Repsol bolivia, BPTT, Statoil.• Worked with chokes team for standardization assignments.• Supported actuator team for design modifications and design file creation.• Worked on fracturing gate valve R&D project.• Worked on the geothermal gate valve project.

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

• Inspection of pressure vessels and heat exchangers• coordinated shutdown activities of plant as per schedules

Cochin Area, India

Maintenance of rotating and static equipment in petrochemical and fertilizer plants.• Work scheduling and work allocation according to priority.• Inspection and mechanical maintenance of existing rotating and static equipment pump, turbine, compressor, fan, boilers, heat exchangers• Involved in mechanical maintenance of valves, bearings, and mechanical seals in Acid and Petrochemical plants.• Involved in the team of LNG piping works & supervision of piping works with P&ID and isometric drawings.• Assessing and reporting safety hazards associated with maintenance equipment.• Welding inspection by Dye penetrant test and magnetic particle test.

P G Diploma In Oil And Gas Design, Oil And Gas Design Covering Surface System, Subsea System, Valves And Measurement, Drilling System

Activities and Societies: Completed the course with best performer award. Undergone training in different domains of oil and gas industry.

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Mechanical Engineering, Distinction

Activities and Societies: 1. Designed low cost pulveriser as part of final year project. 2. Bagged university second rank. 3. Lead.

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