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Amirdharaj Rajaraman

Amirdharaj Rajaraman

Field Service Engineering Specialist
Saskatoon,SK

Summary


Engineering Specialist with 20 years of experience in Industrial automation domain, with proven technical skills in product development, control system application design & customer support handling.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Field Service Engineering Specialist

ABB Inc
03.2023 - Current

Responsibilities

• Project Engineering - application design and development
• Industrial Control system upgrades/updates
• Commissioning, Factory & Site acceptance test
• Performing control system health checks

Key Accomplishments

• BHP Jansen Mine, SK - Power Management System

Commissioning - IEC 61850 ( on going)

• K+S Potash Canada, Bethune, SK - BMS control application design, development , testing & FAT

• Mosaic Potash Canada, Belle Plaine, SK - BMS & CCS Boiler 2 Power house commissioning

• Control system HMI Upgrade SaskPower Boundary Dam Estevan -SK Canada

• Control system HMI Upgrade SaskPower Landis, SK

Principal Engineer - BPCS

SADARA Chemical Company
12.2019 - 02.2023

Responsibilities

  • Subject matter expert for BPCS (Basic process control system) company-wide.
  • Review critical BPCS IPL (Independent protection layer) & application changes.
  • Ensure IEC 61131 coding standards & application best practice are followed across Sadara

Key Accomplishments

  • Implemented - automation of steam load shedding process improvement company-wide.
  • Led cross-functional teams to successfully complete complex upgrade projects from SV 5.1 FP4 Rev E to SV 6.0.3.3 LTS for 6 systems.
  • Process automation SME for STEP Technical committee (Sadara Technical Enrichment Program).

Technical Specialist

ABB Global Industries & Services Pvt. Ltd.,
11.2018 - 12.2019

Responsibilities

  • Analyze customer business requirements and propose optimal solution for the requirements.
  • Lead the Control library development & test team, coordinate with Cyber Security & Intellectual Property teams for successful product release
  • Improve product quality through test automation
  • Provide high-level technical expertise to projects using control libraries.

Key Accomplishments

  • Designed & developed ABB sugar library, this product gave ABB competitive edge in F&B segment against Siemens NIMHAT.
  • Designed a test automation framework for reducing manual testing using machine learning algorithms
  • Supported the development of static code analysis tool developed by INCRC for AC800M


Technical Product Manager

ABB Global Industries & Services Pvt. Ltd
07.2012 - 12.2018

Responsibilities

  • Technical Product Manager for Control Libraries: PCDeviceLib, Sugar Library, INFI90FC, & MOD300CCF
  • Prepare detailed requirements from market requirement specification
  • Level 4 customer support lead for control libraries
  • Manage product , temporary correction release
  • Library development using IEC 61131-3 – ST & SFC

Key Accomplishments

  • Major improvements in key product features of PCDevice library
  • Reduced Level 4 customer case by 50%
  • Fully automated the library build process.
  • Reduced Temporary correction delivery from 5 to 6 per year to 0 to 1 per year by improving product quality
  • Commissioning support to SADARA and resolved critical library issues

Sr. Engineer

Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab Pvt. Ltd
12.2010 - 06.2012

Responsibilities

  • Provide L3 customer support for Honeywell Process Historian Uniformance PHD
  • Assess software bugs and compile findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.
  • Support test review, defect control and configuration management within delivery pipeline.

Key Accomplishments

  • Reduced Level 3 customer case by 30%
  • Created simulation tools and test scripts to manage automated testing of certain products features in Uniformance PHD.
  • Developed and implemented performance improvement projects to promote continuous improvement.

Engineer/Sr. Engineer

ABB India. Ltd
08.2005 - 11.2010

Responsibilities

  • Lead the project engineering & development
  • Conduct Factory Acceptance Test
  • Commissioning of DCS system at customer site
  • Handling post commissioning service calls
  • Engineering & execution of control system upgrade

Key Accomplishments

  • Successfully completed commissioning of more than 20 Projects


Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication

Bharathidasan University
India
06.2000 - 2004.07

Skills

    Control system application design

Standards & Codes

PMS - IEC 61850

Best practice implementation

Customer support handling

Root-cause analysis

Software

ABB 800xA

ABB Freelance

Honeywell Historian PHD

Power Automate & Sharepoint

Projects Handled

Power Management System -BHP Jansen Potash Mine - SK

Responsibilities: Commissioning, Control software setup, IED IEC 61850 communication GOOSE & MMS (ongoing)

Burner Management System - K+S Potash Canada, Bethune, SK

Responsibilities: Application development complying CSA-B149, testing the developed application and Factory acceptance 

BMS & CCS Boiler 2 Power house commissioning - Mosaic Potash Canada, Belle Plaine

Responsibilities: Commissioning  

AC450 N13 Upgrade - Teck Trail , BC, Canada

Responsibilities: Application development and code conversion , testing the developed application & Commissioning

Steam Load Shedding - Sadara Chemical Company - Jubail, Saudi Arabia

Responsibilities: Design control application & Lead cross functional teams for project execution 

ABB Sugar Library, Product development

Responsibilities: Prepare detailed system requirement specification from market requirements, lead the library development

SADARA Chemical Company, Jubail KSA

Responsibilities: Control Library expert (PCDevice Library). To resolve the library issues and deliver Control Library releases

PCDeviceLib, Version. – 5.7-0, 5.8-0, 5.8-2, 5.8-3, 6.0-0, 6.0-1 & 6.0-2

Responsibilities: Design and implementation of new enhancements and fixing of product defects

Uniformance PHD310 & Uniformance Process Studio 310

Responsibilities: Provide industry specific test scenarios and software validation and support for event collection 

Tata Steels – Tata Nagar, India

DCS system for Blast furnace & Sinter Plant

Responsibilities: Engineering, FAT & Commissioning of DCS system with 30000 IOs 

Jindal Stainless Ltd., Jajpur, India

DCS system for 1X 26.5 MVA Ferro Manganese Furnace

Responsibilities: Engineering and commissioning of 26.5 MVA Ferro Manganese Sub merged Arc furnace

Personal Info

Date of Birth 14-Aug-1982.

Languages Known Tamil, English and Hindi

Marital Status Married

Passport B6486161, Valid till 2033

Timeline

Field Service Engineering Specialist

ABB Inc
03.2023 - Current

Principal Engineer - BPCS

SADARA Chemical Company
12.2019 - 02.2023

Technical Specialist

ABB Global Industries & Services Pvt. Ltd.,
11.2018 - 12.2019

Technical Product Manager

ABB Global Industries & Services Pvt. Ltd
07.2012 - 12.2018

Sr. Engineer

Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab Pvt. Ltd
12.2010 - 06.2012

Engineer/Sr. Engineer

ABB India. Ltd
08.2005 - 11.2010

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication

Bharathidasan University
06.2000 - 2004.07
Amirdharaj RajaramanField Service Engineering Specialist