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Job DescriptionPOSITION SUMMARY
Purpose

Reporting to the Head of Maintenance, the Maintenance Planner is responsible for executing the maintenance schedules of the Air Products Kochi and Barauni facility.


Nature and Scope


The Kochi Plant is Air Products first fully owned and operated plant in India; it represents a significant investment and includes State of the Art technology which makes it the most advanced Hydrogen Plant within the Corporation.

The plant consists of

2x80 MMSCFD Steam Methane Reformers (SMR) with PSAs for H2 purification.
18 MW Kawasaki Gas Turbine integrated with both reformers.
An Air Products Air Separation Unit (ASU) Producing Nitrogen and Oxygen.
Amine System for CO2 removal (aMDEA) & Cryogenic separation and purification of CO.
The scope of maintenance for the Production Plants, equipment and associated systems includes: -
Compressors, Gas Turbines, Generators, Motors, Fans, Pumps (cryogenic and other), Pressure Vessels and piping systems, Relief Valves, Control Valves, Heat exchangers, Furnaces, Burners, Heat Tracing / UPS / VFD, capacitor banks, 33KV/11KV/6.6KV Switch Gears, Diesel Generator, etc.

The customer is Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL), Kochi refinery and the Air Products plant is located within the customers site. The products from the Air Products plants go directly to the customer as part of their refinery expansion. There is a high level of integration between BPCL and Air Products with respect to feedstocks, products and utilities. The products are critical to refinery unit operations.

The Barauni Plant is Air Products fully owned and operated plant in India; it represents a significant investment and includes State of the Art technology which makes it the most advanced Hydrogen Plant within the Corporation.

The plant consists of

1x60 MMSCFD Steam Methane Reformers (SMR) with PSAs for H2 purification.
An Air Products Air Separation Unit (ASU) Producing Nitrogen and Oxygen.
The scope of maintenance for the Production Plants, equipment and associated systems includes: -
Compressors, Motors, Fans, Pumps, Pressure Vessels and piping systems, Relief Valves, Control Valves, Heat exchangers, Furnaces, Burners, Heat Tracing / UPS / VFD, capacitor banks, 33KV/11KV/6.6KV Switch Gears, Diesel Generator, etc.

The customer is Indian Oil Corporation. (IOCL), Barauni refinery and the Air Products plant is located within the customers site. The products from the Air Products plants go directly to the customer as part of their refinery expansion. There is a high level of integration between IOCL and Air Products with respect to feedstocks, products, and utilities. The products are critical to refinery unit operations.

The plants run on continuous basis and there is a strong emphasis of high reliability and high efficiency with contractual penalties against Air Products for underperformance.

Air Products owns, operates and maintains Hydrogen Plants and ASUs around the globe with Operations in over 50 countries, in excess of 80 hydrogen plants and 350 ASUs. As such we have a wealth of expertise and have well established work processes in place for the reliable and efficient operation of our plants. The Plant Manger will be expected to work closely with the Global Communities of expertise and ensure consistent compliance with these work processes.

Prior to facility operation the individual will have a period of training before in plant operations and maintenance.
Principle Responsibilities

Ensuring all planned and unplanned maintenance work is carried out according to Air Products safety procedures, ensuring KPIs are met or exceeded.

Ensure to comply with AP and local safety, health and environment standard, fulfill the mandatory safety requirement and activities: safety training, safety meeting, and all other requirements by AP EH&S and local regulation.
Required to carry out on site assessments of the resources necessary to enable the maintenance team to successfully execute the various maintenance activities. This will include liaising with technical and non-technical departments within Air Products and external contractors.
Response to maintenance requirements that could be scheduled or unscheduled/emergency jobs, on 24/7 base, prompt response to requests for assistance and putting in the time and effort to meet our customers expectations.
Creating detailed plans, job work scopes, cost estimates and forecasts is an important aspect of this role.
Expected to have the knowledge, experience, and initiative to function in a key role during major planned maintenance shutdowns.
Involvement in a variety of other tasks including the co-ordination and execution of reliability and productivity improvement projects, Safety initiatives, ISO Audits and Compliances,etc
Ensure adequate spares are available in stock through SAP spares Management, identify key spares and spare part stock levels based on plant operational experience.

Routine Maintenance and Turnaround Planning, Budgeting and Scheduling.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS
B Tech/ BE Mechanical with minimum 10 years as a hands-on maintenance planning experience in refinery, ammonia, methanol, chemical process, power generation, or similar Industries.
Good working knowledge of the maintenance associated with industrial plant equipment such as pressure systems, Rotating machinery, Instrumentation and Electrical systems for facilitating the planning process.
Knowledge of MS package such as Word and Excel are essential.
Working knowledge of SAP.
Proficient in Shutdown Scheduling and Planning tools like MS Projects / Primavera.
Good Communication & Coordination skills.
Fluent in oral and written English language.