User:Nitin Kulkarni
Qualifications: • Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical), COEP, Pune University (Jun ‘85–May ‘89) • Diploma in Management, IGNOU (1997) • Functional Safety Professional, certified by TUV SUD (TP12050509) • PMI-RMP (1611983) – PMI Project Management Professional
Summary of Experience: • Currently working as Reliability Specialist in Risk and Reliability Management group at BAPCO Refinery, Bahrain; since Aug ’07 • Total 24 years of experience in Energy and Oil & Gas industry • Multifaceted experience - 6 years in Risk and Reliability management, 5 years in Project Management, 6 years in Project Marketing & Business Development, 7 years in manufacturing, construction, O&M, field services etc; through 5 organizations. • Also played roles as Lead Auditor for Management of Change (MoC) in Bapco, Process Safety Management (PSM) and Operational Excellence (OE) audits with Chevron, Situation Unit Leader in Emergency Management System. • Trainer for Reliability courses conducted by department. Facilitator for Area Reliability Teams and OE Area Management Review Teams • Spearheaded up-gradation projects with Meridium, an integrated reliability tool. SME in CMMS upgrading, ERP, MetricStream CAPA and Incident Notification software utilities, Oracle based ERP System Project Costing & Billing Module, MIS based on XHQ etc as Subject Matter Expert • Proficient in computer skills, reliability tools like Meridium, TapRooT, MS Project, RiskyProject
Certifications: • Functional Safety Professional - TUV certification (TP12050509) • PMI-RMP (1611983) – PMI Project Management Professional • Root Cause Analysis – Advanced Investigation Team Leader from TapRooT • Meridium Advanced User from Meridium Dubai • Certificate course from IIT, Mumbai in Project Management • Certificate course from NITIE, Mumbai in Production Management • PHAST training from Det Norsk Veritas (DNV)
Papers and Publications: Co-author following papers - • “Do We Really Learn from Loss Incidents” - issue 206, 2009 in IChemE Loss Prevention Bulletin • “Best Practices for Asset Performance” in Chemical Products Finder April 2012 issue • Paper on “Strategizing Initiatives for Improving Reliability of Tank Farms” at Tank and Terminal Management Conference in Abu Dhabi in Oct 2012 • Paper on “Which of your 100,000 Equipment are Eating Up Your Maintenance Budget” at Asset Integrity Management Conference in Abu Dhabi in Oct 2012 • Scheduled to conduct a full day training course on Reliability Engg for SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) at Muscat in Oct 2013 along with a presentation in conference.
Associations: • Life member of Project Management Associates (PMA), India; which is affiliated with the IPMA, Switzerland & APM, UK • Bahrain Society of Engineers
Details of Work Experience:
Aug. ‘07 onwards, Bahrain Petroleum Company, Bahrain (Reliability Specialist) Sept. ‘02 – Aug ‘07 Cummins India Limited, Pune (Dy. General Manager – Projects) Jul 1996 – Aug 2002 Larsen & Toubro Limited, Mumbai, Asst. Manager – Marketing Oct 1996 – Jun 1999 Larsen & Toubro Limited, Pune, Sales Executive May 1993 – Aug 1996 Modi Mirrlees Blackstone Limited, Aurangabad, Senior Engineer Aug 1989 – Apr 1993 Wartsila Diesel India Limited, Khopoli, Assistant Engineer