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POST JERP &J3
On handing over the charge to Sh Yanamandra , the entire OSBL team project and engineering
members were transferred to work under him and I have been asked to concentrate exclusively on HSE &LP engineering of J3 and other projects at all manufacturing locations. For that I was asked to develop an organisation chart and look for people both internal and from market across the globe.
In the beginning I was looking exclusively for people with chemical engineering and instrument engineering qualification and experience back ground. I was not getting expected result! Then I relaxed and started looking for people with some back ground on HSE & LP Engineering. I was lucky to get some hands both internal and external; but people were not keen to continue in this discipline for several reasons. One was, that in those days Reliance had the system of 6 full day working which people from middle East were feeling uncomfortable and left.The second was , the youngsters were afraid about their career growth by taking this discipline. But luckily I did get two solid hands who stood with me in the basic design stages of J3.
They are Sh Ananda Veluri, a post graduate civil engineer with Environment as special subject(a returnee from middle East) and Ms Leena Thomas, a chemical engineer with plant operations and HSE experience from RIL, Vadodra/Hazira. They were my real asset in establishing this robust department in HSE&LP engineering at Reliance. Though the subject of fire fighting engineering in a chemical plant or complex was new to them, they got involved fully and learnt the subject by interfacing with Sh Dilip Koimattur of Techno Fire & Jamnagar complex fire fighting department personnel. So my job became easy ! They not only grasped the subject very fast but also managed review of the engineering deliverable posted by respective engineering consultant of J3. There were about a dozen DECs whose drawings were getting uploaded every day and they were reviewed not only by them but also by Dilip/ Umesh/Aravind Induchoodan/ Tarakeshwar Chattopadhyay and cleared in a week to 10 days flat. Wherever there was a dispute/difference in understanding between DEC engineer and RIL side, they used to organize conference calls or make visit as team and sort out immediately.
In the bargain, my work pressure got lessened and the entire team including JMD Fire team picked up the nuances of design and what to look for in the drawings to ensure robust design adhering to the set statute and design basis/specifications. So it was WIN WIN situation for all including the DECs.
At that time, for materials management of LP items, I got Sh Snehanshu Chaudhary, a post graduate engineer from USA, but not having any working plant experience. Somehow with his services I had to manage the compilation of material indents for ordering, which I was not fully satisfied.
Things were happening but not to my entire satisfaction for various reasons not attributable to him alone.
That was the time , several changes took place and I had some additional emergency tasks to be addressed immediately, which I shall cover in next .
Contd....
Key Aspects :- Delegation, Team building, Training
POST JERP &J3
On handing over the charge to Sh Yanamandra , the entire OSBL team project and engineering
members were transferred to work under him and I have been asked to concentrate exclusively on HSE &LP engineering of J3 and other projects at all manufacturing locations. For that I was asked to develop an organisation chart and look for people both internal and from market across the globe.
In the beginning I was looking exclusively for people with chemical engineering and instrument engineering qualification and experience back ground. I was not getting expected result! Then I relaxed and started looking for people with some back ground on HSE & LP Engineering. I was lucky to get some hands both internal and external; but people were not keen to continue in this discipline for several reasons. One was, that in those days Reliance had the system of 6 full day working which people from middle East were feeling uncomfortable and left.The second was , the youngsters were afraid about their career growth by taking this discipline. But luckily I did get two solid hands who stood with me in the basic design stages of J3.
They are Sh Ananda Veluri, a post graduate civil engineer with Environment as special subject(a returnee from middle East) and Ms Leena Thomas, a chemical engineer with plant operations and HSE experience from RIL, Vadodra/Hazira. They were my real asset in establishing this robust department in HSE&LP engineering at Reliance. Though the subject of fire fighting engineering in a chemical plant or complex was new to them, they got involved fully and learnt the subject by interfacing with Sh Dilip Koimattur of Techno Fire & Jamnagar complex fire fighting department personnel. So my job became easy ! They not only grasped the subject very fast but also managed review of the engineering deliverable posted by respective engineering consultant of J3. There were about a dozen DECs whose drawings were getting uploaded every day and they were reviewed not only by them but also by Dilip/ Umesh/Aravind Induchoodan/ Tarakeshwar Chattopadhyay and cleared in a week to 10 days flat. Wherever there was a dispute/difference in understanding between DEC engineer and RIL side, they used to organize conference calls or make visit as team and sort out immediately.
In the bargain, my work pressure got lessened and the entire team including JMD Fire team picked up the nuances of design and what to look for in the drawings to ensure robust design adhering to the set statute and design basis/specifications. So it was WIN WIN situation for all including the DECs.
At that time, for materials management of LP items, I got Sh Snehanshu Chaudhary, a post graduate engineer from USA, but not having any working plant experience. Somehow with his services I had to manage the compilation of material indents for ordering, which I was not fully satisfied.
Things were happening but not to my entire satisfaction for various reasons not attributable to him alone.
That was the time , several changes took place and I had some additional emergency tasks to be addressed immediately, which I shall cover in next .
Contd....
Key Aspects :- Delegation, Team building, Training
