Gopalakrishna Kandarpa

KSS GOPALAKRISHNA - OVERALL PROFILE
• Date of Birth: 22-01-967
• Education: M.Sc(Tech.) in Instrumentation
Certifications & Membership
• TUV Certified Functional Safety Engineer
• Chartered Engineer
Overall experience & industry:
• 25 yrs plus in Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Fertilizers
Instrumentation & Control Functional Discipline:
• Project Management
• Engineering Support
• Maintenance & Maintenance Support
Basic and Detail Engineering (Instrumentation & Control):
Development of
• P&IDs
• Specifications & data sheets
• Engineering documents
• Etc.
Asset Integrity/Maintenance Management:
• Development of Asset Register
• Carryout Criticality Analysis
• Define Reliability & maintenance strategies for the Assets/Equipment.
• Define Preventive Maintenance and
• Spare parts management
Reliability:
• Involvement in implementation of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM).
• Facilitating SIL studies, Root Cause Analysis, FMEA etc.,
• Conduct Reliability & Availability studies on process facilities and equipment
• Carryout RAM studies on process facilities.
• Forecast Critical areas
Functional Safety on SIS:
• Management of Functional Safety (Safety Integrity Level) on Safety Instrumented Systems such as ESDs, HIPPS, F&Gs etc. Facilitating / Conducting Safety Integrity Level studies,
• Facilitate SIL identification workshops
Integrity Management of Safety Critical Equipment (SCE):
• Development of SCE management document/guidelines
• Identify SCEs
• SCE Integrity Assurance strategies
Process Safety:
• Implementation of Process Safety management,
• Very well versed with risk assessment studies like PHAs, HAZOPs, SILs,
• Involvement in the development of Safety Case / COMAH

Social Skills:
• Ability to connect with all levels of employees
• Excellent communication & reporting skills
• A professional with high integrity and used to receive valuable admiration by the Company management
• Diligent and driven to achieve the goals and targets within the stipulated time frame
• Ability to work autonomously
• Workforce management (Contractor & Company)
• Working in diverse work environment with International workforce
• Team player