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Vinod  Bhavani

Vinod Bhavani

Crawley,West Sussex

Summary

Accountable for leading Air Product's current projects associated with Energy Transition, including blue hydrogen with CCS, green ammonia/hydrogen and hydrogen for mobility. Fulfil the engineering management role for both new built/brownfield projects, responsible for the initial technical development and technical verification planning and delivery of the hydrogen Project(s) scopes. The position entails developing and leading the engineering for the hydrogen project through FEL stages 1 and 2 – Opportunity screening and facility planning (pre-FEED) and shaping the contract strategy and engineering team into FEL stages 3– DED to handover. Responsible for managing the permitting process, detailed engineering (in India, China and Saudi Arabia), third-party engineering contractors, assurance of the technical delivery, and providing recommendations to all contracting and commercial decisions related to the provision of the engineering through to plant handover to operations.


Multi-skilled Engineering Manager with experience in lifecycle project coordination. Builds constructive supplier and stakeholder relationships for productive operations. Leads and motivates teams to achieve targets and deliver high-quality output.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Project Engineering Manager

Air Products
Walton on Thames, Surrey
02.2020 - Current

Reporting to Overall Project Director, responsible for delivery of extensive capital facilities within EMEA Region

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

  • Engineering management across Project scope
  • Oversee technical interfaces with any third-party scope, stakeholders, and any third-party land within Project scope.
  • Accountable for engineering verification across Project scope
  • Deliver engineering execution plans and organisation plans.
  • Input to and performance manage Engineering components of Project contracting strategy.
  • Accountable for delivery of EAR decisions, pre-FEED scope and any following engineering scopes of work
  • Delivery of engineering requirements under relevant standard process and engineering guide
  • Responsible for setting up and establishing Project Engineering organisation
  • Input to key project strategies such as Contracting, Verification and Interfaces
  • Derive engineering budgets covering internal and 3rd EPC engineering subcontracts, including construction.
  • Develop and monitor engineering quantities to minimise construction costs.
  • Resource Management Plan
  • Schedule development, progress and Earned Value Management
  • Technical risk assessment strategy at technology and project level
  • Support performance management framework.
  • Reporting to regional engineering management and senior executives
  • Challenged existing processes to initiate meaningful change, securing long-term benefits to productivity.
  • Collected project information and disseminated to appropriate stakeholders.
  • Oversaw 100+ -strong team of engineering personnel.

Project Engineering Manager

Doosan Babcock Limited
Crawley, West Sussex
01.2007 - 01.2020
  • Responsible for execution of product development initiatives for energy systems and digital products
  • Performed Product development and deployment include large ME&I equipment covering static and rotating systems.
  • Established Digital products include prediction, diagnosis, plant optimisation, and data imaging analysis.
  • Delivery of large programs to support business improvement initiatives to improve business operations covering engineering work processes, information management systems and optimisation of project delivery
  • Responsible for EPC delivery of capital projects valued at up to £500 million.

Project Engineering Manager

General Electric
New Delhi, India
01.2003 - 01.2007
  • Responsible for EPC delivery of capital projects.
  • Resident site engineer for construction and commissioning activities.

Lead Process Engineer

Doosan Babcock Limited
Chennai, India
01.1997 - 01.2003
  • Engineering lead for delivering proposals and projects for refinery, power generation, and industrial use (pulp, paper, and sugar production industries)
  • Troubleshooting of industrial gas and coal plants.

Commissioning Engineer

Ansaldo Services Limited
Chennai, India
01.1995 - 01.1997
  • Commissioning and Construction Engineer on-site
  • Troubleshooting of industrial gas and coal plants.
  • Resident site engineer to improve operational metrics for Siemens-supplied gas turbine plant.

Education

MBA - Business

CALIMT
California (Online)
03.2017

Master of Engineering - Thermal Engineering

National Institute of Technology
Tiruchirapalli
12.1995

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

University of Madras
Chennai
08.1994

Skills

  • Inclusive Leadership, leading through ambiguity and Change
  • Value Engineering
  • Employee Performance Management
  • Conflict and Negotiations
  • Leading and Empowering Individuals
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Creating high-performing teams
  • Compliance understanding
  • Technology integration
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Analytical problem-solving
  • Vendor sourcing

Certification

Chartered Engineer - IMechE UK and Engineering Council UK

Timeline

Project Engineering Manager

Air Products
02.2020 - Current

Project Engineering Manager

Doosan Babcock Limited
01.2007 - 01.2020

Project Engineering Manager

General Electric
01.2003 - 01.2007

Lead Process Engineer

Doosan Babcock Limited
01.1997 - 01.2003

Commissioning Engineer

Ansaldo Services Limited
01.1995 - 01.1997

MBA - Business

CALIMT

Master of Engineering - Thermal Engineering

National Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

University of Madras
Vinod Bhavani