John Respudhin
Projects & Proposals Engineer at Arabian Industries Technical Support LLC
- Al Rusayl, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
- johnrespudhin@gmail.com
- +91 97916-75572
Accomplished Senior Mechanical Engineer – Projects / Project Manager with over 16 years of progressive experience delivering high-value engineering solutions across the Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, and Refinery sectors in India and the GCC. Recognized for orchestrating complex project lifecycles, including shutdowns, turnarounds, and brownfield mainte
Experience
Senior Engineer – Projects
- Spearheaded end-to-end project execution, ensuring alignment with scope, schedule, cost, and quality benchmarks, resulting in successful project delivery within established parameters.
- Conducted in-depth contract reviews and defined execution strategies, ensuring full compliance with contractual deliverables, which minimized risks and enhanced accountability.
- Developed comprehensive project schedules and monitored progress, implementing corrective actions as needed, leading to timely project completion and optimal resource utilization.
- Led techno-commercial evaluations and vendor negotiations, driving procurement strategies to realize optimal value, which significantly reduced costs while maintaining quality standards.
- Championed HSE compliance and enforced rigorous safety standards, ensuring strict adherence to safety protocols during all project phases, thereby fostering a culture of safety and reducing incident rates.
Senior Engineer – Production & New Product Development
- Designed and executed production plans to enhance operational efficiency and throughput, resulting in significant increases in productivity.
- Developed precision fixtures and tooling solutions for advanced machining operations, leading to improved accuracy and reduced setup times.
- Streamlined machining processes to reduce cycle time, achieving substantial productivity gains across manufacturing lines.
- Implemented continuous improvement initiatives (Kaizen) that yielded measurable cost reductions and enhanced overall profitability.
- Led machining planning for new API-compliant products, successfully coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure timely product rollouts and compliance adherence.
Projects
call off contract for valve repair services to prestigious clients like pdo, oq, oocep, daleel petroleum
- cost estimation
- scheduling & monitoring
- client meeting
- resource allocation
- preparing method statement & work instructions
Cost Estimation:
- Collect data to determine the cost of a valve repair job
- Estimate the number of materials and labor hours required for the job
- Calculate the costs for materials, personnel and overhead
- Evaluate cost estimates and suggest possible areas of cost savings
Managed a Team of over 30 Technicians & Machinists:
- Assign personnel to repair jobs
- Create schedules to ensure project completion deadlines are met
- Monitor the activities of personnel to ensure quality and accuracy of repairs
- Provide technical guidance and training to personnel
Overhauling, Minor/Major Repairing, Welding, Manufacturing of Spares or Sourced thru subcontractor:
- Inspect valves for defects or damage
- Disassemble valves and identify parts that need to be either repaired or replaced
- Making appropriate repairs, including welding and assembling
- Source spares from subcontractors
Handled PDO north & south shutdowns/turnarounds:
- Determine the scope of the repair works for a scheduled shutdown
- Plan and allocate resources for the job, such as personnel, materials, tools and equipment
- Allocate responsibilities to personnel and ensure tasks are performed in a safe and efficient manner
- Monitor the progress of the repairs and ensure quality control standards are met
- Follow up and ensure the shutdown is completed on time and on budget
- All the SD's were completed within the stipulated time-frame given by clients with aggressive quality of work.
- Maintaining ZERO customer complaints throughout the contract duration.
- Saving cost/time to client in all SD's/TA's by effective way of planning and controlling budget.
integrated reciprocating rod pump equipment and services
- maintaining kpi
- problem solving
- cost estimation
- technical guidance
- invoicing documentations
- cost control
- hse compliance
- resource management
- project lead
- progress monitoring as per plan
Work:
- Work Management
- Planning
- Fixing Target for each month KPI related to Beam Pump Installation, Preventive Maintenance & Corrective Maintenance, Well Integrity Testing (WIT), and Transformer Maintenance
- HSE related issues/award programs, attending Client Meetings, Site Visits to ensure work in progress and safe work in place, Handling of Customer Complaints.
- Maintenance related arrangements/tracking/return to site on-time, Asset Control, Cost Control/Project Control on hiring of resources/manhours/procurement of materials/maintenance services
- On-time arrangements of Tools & Consumables
- Conducting interviews for any new recruitment
- Monitoring of measuring equipment due for calibration and timely follow-up to return to work after service
- Responsible for overall control, execution activities and administration of the projects at site
- Responsible for Weekly / Monthly Progress report.
- Legal and Other requirement compliance
- Certify Sub contractors Bills
- Managed over 40 employees at site for all aspects such as Work Management, Planning, KPI Target Fixing, HSE related issues, award programs, attending Client Meetings, and Site Visits.
- Ensured work progress and safe work environment through Customer Complaints handling, maintenance related arrangements/tracking, Asset Control, Cost Control/Project Control, Tools & Consumables arrangements, and recruitment interviews.
- Monitored measuring equipment due for calibration and conducted follow-up to return to work after service.
- Achieved 100% KPI on all months & got appreciated by Client for continuous record of holding excellent performance maintained throughout the contract.
- Achieved in relocating & installing of 8 Beam Pumps within 2 months span in various location as per given target by client. It was well appreciated for proper resource planning & execution.
nitrogen helium sensitivity leak testing of pipelines & static equipment
- project lead
- lead - leak testing engineer
- tool box meeting
- site orientation
- planning & execution
- cost control
- time management
- resource allocation
- day-to-day client meetings
- operating vaseco sniffer
- operating agilent leak test equipment
- preparing method statement & procedure
Work:
- Preparing work schedule for Leak Testing, Gas Calculation, Client meetings & site visit for Shutdown Preparation
- Resource Planning like crew allocation, arrangements of HP N2 Pumps
- Co-ordination in mobilizing all resources to Site as per mentioned date
- Ordering materials for Leak Test and following up with procurement to get resources
- Conducting Tool Box Meeting
- Resource planning for day/night shifts
- Leak Testing Execution by operating Highly Sensitive Equipment like VASECO/AGILENT/GAS CHECK
- Day-to-day performance meetings with client and resource planning accordingly
- On time completion of job in a safest manner & its documentations
- Preparations for demobilization
Achievements:
- Successful completion of various SD in PDO Greater Birba Cluster without compromising Safety
- Managed as Lead
- Arranging 6 High Pressure 18000 PSI pumps & executing Sensitivity Leak Testing of 60+ Vessels/Pipelines/Column/Heat Exchangers/KOD etc with over 97 workers/staffs handled at time in day/night shifts
- Completed in on time without safety default
- Prepared work schedule for Leak Testing, Gas Calculation, Client meetings & site visit for Shutdown Preparation, Resource Planning (crew allocation, arrangements of HP N2 Pumps) & Co-ordination in mobilizing all resources to Site as per mentioned date
- Successfully completed various SD in PDO Greater Birba Cluster without compromising Safety
- Managed as Lead & achieved great results--arranging 6 High Pressure 18000 PSI pumps & executing Sensitivity Leak Testing of 60+ Vessels/Pipelines/Column/Heat Exchangers/KOD etc with over 97 workers/staffs handled at time in day/night shifts, while completing on-time without safety default
proposals and estimations
- expert in budget calculations
- resource mapping
Work:
- Responding to client enquiries on time
- Submitting quotations and following up for feedback
- Preparing budget in coordination with Works Manager/Unit Head
- Reviewing client specifications for compiling technical/quality/HSE requirements
- Preparing Tender Documents in line with client requirements
- Coordinating with departments for inputs to timely tender submission
- Providing inputs for Special Requirements/TPI/Authorized Inspector involvement
- Following up for client PO before project initiation
- Generating report for on time quotation submission and circulating for Operations Manager’s review
- Generating report showing conversion of quotations to job orders
- Accompanying site visits, if required, to assess scope of work and quantify job
- Generating and maintaining Bidding Register Report
Impact:
- Improved customer satisfaction from swift response to enquiries and timely quotation submissions
- Enhancing the accuracy and quality of tenders to better serve the clients per their requirements
- Increased efficiency of tender completion process by coordinating with relevant departments and management
- Increased success rate of tender conversion to job orders
- Improved efficiency of operations through timely follow-up and feedbacks
- Enhanced accuracy of report generation that can be used for review by Operations Manager
- Structured tracking of tender process and status update tracking with Bid Register Report
r & d - new product development
- expert in designing of jigs & fixtures in autocad
- expert in conventional & cnc machines
- cost control
- knowledged in api products
Work List
1. Preparation of Production Planning including tooling fixtures and coordinate in implementation
2. Design in CAD and selection of materials for machining and fixtures
3. Coordinate with machining to prove/ hand over fixtures for production
4. Planning new product machining in different machines and subcontracts
5. Study setting time, cycle time of machining components and work towards applicable standards
6. Implementation of 5S in shop floor with coordination of employees
7. Overall cost reduction on machining and its documentations
8. Conduct weekly review meetings with engineers, engineer trainees and supervisors for production status and other improvements
9. Coordinate with Quality Control Dept. to close and take corrective actions with proper evidences for NCRs
10. Prepare machining hours estimation for CNC, machining center, centre lathe, drilling machine, special processes (surface grinding and lapping)
11. Develop operator work instructions, VSOPs for machines/machining and aspect impact analysis
12. Perform and analyse Overall Equipment Effectiveness for machines/machining
13. Preparation of Cost Analysis based on Kaizen Idea, Continual Improvements and its documentations
14. Preparation of documentations for Management Review Meeting (IMRM)
15. Preparation of Quality Objectives on monthly basis
16. Preparation/inspection of Process Sheet and Route Card
Impact:
- Increased production planning efficiency through tooling fixtures, with successful implementation
- Reduced time and cost of machining, through optimized cycle time and cost reduction
- Improved shop floor operations and efficiency through the implementation of 5S
- Mitigated NCR’s (non-conformance reports) through co-ordinated action with Quality Control Dept.
- Established estimation techniques for machining of API components (Cross-overs, DSA’s, Spools, etc.)
- Improved machine operation and capability with development of operating work instructions, VSOP’s, and Aspect Impact analysis
- Improved cost efficacy with preparation of Kaizen Ideas and continual improvements
- Improved quality standards with monthly quality objectives, Process Sheet and Route Card preparations
- Optimized management reviews through the preperation of Management Review Meeting documentations
Awards
Safe and Best Leadership Award
Executed leak test in PDO Shutdown by Effective Planning, Day-to-day Tool Box Talks, Vehicle Management, and HSE Management to achieve the target and completed the shutdown without any injury.
Best Stop Work Intervention Award
In the interests of safety and looked for management advice rather than just proceeding with Client requirements. My action to seek advice from management and obtain approval was the RIGHT call to STOP, REVIEW and ASSESS the situation