Daren Rackal
Carapichaima
Summary
A certified maintenance, reliability and project management professional with vast experience, knowledge and skills in production operations, instrumentation, process safety and maintenance of multiple equipment types in both the upstream and downstream Oil and Gas industry. A professional with a passion for delivering on Business Objectives focusing on Asset Integrity Compliance and dedicated to a high standard of safety-oriented work ethics, continuous improvement, professional development and mentorship.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Maintenance Planner
WOOD Group PLC
01.2022 - Current
- Managing Fabric maintenance including Corrosion Under Insulation (Hot & Cold) Program – 19 personnel under direct supervision - contract value 1.7M US Dollars.
- Focal Point for Variable Spring Base Support & Spring Hanger repair/replacement campaign.
- Designated Turnaround QA/QC 2024.
- Scoped & Supervised Above Ground Storage Tank Repairs in alignment to API 650.
- Develop Project Schedule for anomaly liquidation – liquidated 587 mechanical backlog Work Orders within 9 months.
- Ensure materials ordered via CMMS is in alignment with relevant NFPA/ASTM/ API Standards (Pipe, Valves & fittings) as well as verifying quality of remedial work executed is in alignment with company standards.
- Anomaly management on all Static Equipment Priority 1, 2 & 3 – Planning and Execution.
- Provide expert guidance on FMECA as well as managing threats and opportunities.
- Develop Specific EXCEL Database for anomaly reporting – used in monthly maintenance management KPI reporting.
- Cooling Tower Deluge System total refurbishment & upgrade.
Maintenance/ CMMS Engineer/ Business Administrator/ Operator Technician
Royal Dutch SHELL PLC
01.2005 - 12.2021
- Contract managed WOOD PLC - Anomaly Management across all SHELL Onshore & Offshore Sites – Contract Value Approx 10M USD.
- Managed small commissioning/ re-commissioning brownfield projects (
- Conduct Total Maintenance Audits (known as Line of Défense within SHELL) utilizing various Asset Management Systems (EAMS). Provided detailed feedback on improvement areas such on equipment failures, Maintenance Strategies & Job Plan revisions.
- Company QA/QC Commissioning focal point Subsea Wells & associated tiebacks (SUTA, TUTA, MCS/HPU, PLEM, etc.)
- Company’s Maintenance Representative on FEED requirements equipment selection.
- Commissioning of DELTA V, SIS, DCS for various Facilities.
- Designated Company CMMS Representative for all changes as per MOC Process (initiator/ implementor).
- Operations and Turnaround gatekeeper - Developed analytical reviews after TAR completion to verify both data quality and subsequent verification of equipment status reports to ensure they reflect actual as left equipment condition. Ensured change management process was adhered to where applicable.
- Focal point for all maintenance records & provided expert guidance to various technical authorities on non-compliant maintenance work execution practices – enabler for continuous improvement process.
- Developed Well Integrity Testing routines for final sign off by operations and technical assurance leads.
- Developed equipment specific database reflecting problematic rotating equipment based on various tribology/ specific vendor reports as well as degraded functionality of Safety Critical Devices. This was utilized to understand threats & implement mitigations. This database was later fed into SHELL’s automated manage threats & opportunities database.
- Developed and produced asset specific monthly KPI’s (utilizing Excel) detailing by count, maintenance work executed, existing and new failures. This was also fed into SHELL’s visualization tool – SPOTFIRE.
- Lead & supported Reliability and Incident Investigations utilizing various RCFA techniques, verifying dominant failure modes were either mitigated via Preventative Maintenance Routines or amending Job Plan Routines to minimize repeat failures considering failure type, frequency of failure as well as time and cost to repair.
- Verify equipment inventory datasets are correctly assigned and provided ad-hoc training wherever improvement areas are identified - output of Site Maintenance Audits.
- Lead Failure Modes & Criticality Assessment (FMECA) on all equipment across all assets, assigning risk ranking and developing Specific Maintenance Strategies based on failure modes & criticality ranking – Contract Managed XPD8 Solutions LTD & PETROFAC – Aberdeen.
- Created Master Equipment Listing (MEL), Preventative Maintenance Routines, associated Job Plans and sparing requirements for new projects across all offshore & land-based facilities (SOLAR MARS C90 Gas Compressor Package, Subsea Well’s and new topside controls, etc.) for inclusion into CMMS.
- Review and re-classify Safety Critical and Environmentally Critical Device (5 yearly) based on various codes & standards (NFPA/USCG/API/ SAE JA1011/ INPO AP913, etc) – part of continuous improvement & MOC process.
- Developed Operational Performance Standards in conjunction with legacy BG Group Technical Authority for all assets, which were tied into maintenance Job Plans.
- Produced maintenance KPI’s (13 Maintenance KPIs) for all operational assets, utilized leading/ lagging indicators to highlight improvement areas as well as areas of excellence.
- Conduct cost benefit analysis on various equipment justifying the need for change Vs continuous repair, sparing requirements based on available failure data as well as outputs from Root Cause Failure Analysis.
- Contract Management support – leading in performance reviews to optimise Total Maintenance Cost against budgets verifying maintenance contracts are delivering value in accordance with the Contract Management Plan.
- Supervised contracted TCS (TATA Consultancy Services – India) for database maintenance and modifications to CMMS - MAXIMO.
- Developed specific SQL commands for data retrieval from CMMS used in weekly & monthly maintenance audits.
- Direct support to PRIMAVERA (P6), MAXAVERA, SAP, SPOTFIRE & BI for the asset.
- Formerly British Gas
Education
Diploma - Telecommunication Engineering Technician
John S Donaldson Technical institute
Plant Process Operator -
City & Guilds
Skills
- Maintenance Execution & Management
- Production Optimization
- Contract oversight
- Instrumentation and electrical skills
- Work Management System
- Safety process management
- Skilled in conducting advanced FMECA assessments
- Ex Inspection
- SIL/SIF/LOPA
- Project Management
- RCFA
- Compliance to standards (API/ NFPA/ ASME/ NACE/ DOT/ IEEE, etc)
Technical And Professional Training
- PMP Certified, PMI, 08/01/22
- Green Belt Reliability Facilitator Certificate, International Council on Reliability Centred Management, 11001
- Advanced FMECA and Strategic Planning, International Council on Reliability Centred Management
- Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional, SMRP, 172675
- Managing Reliability Cantered Maintenance, ARMS
- Causal Learning Facilitator, SHELL
- Causal Reasoning, SHELL
- W-IMS Integrity Management System (Pressure Integrity Management), SHELL, 2019
- S-RBI, SHELL, 2019
- P153 – SHELL Maintenance Foundation, SHELL
- PI System Data (PDMS training), OSIsoft
- Root Cause Failure Analysis, KVR Energy
- Control Operation & Design of Reciprocating Gas Compressors, ESD
- Operation and Maintenance of Solar Mars Gas Turbine Compressor, SOLAR
- NEC 500 & 505 Explosion Protection Guidance, EPIT Group
- Hazardous Area Update & Refresher Course, JTL
- Planning & Scheduling for Maintenance, SAMI
- Fundamentals of Electricity and Electrical Principles for Offshore Operators, UTT
- Modern Maintenance Management Techniques, UTT
- FIKE Protection Systems – FM200 & Various Control Panels training, Cheetah, SHP, etc.
- FCI (Fire Control Instruments) various Control Panels training
- Detector Electronics. Customer training. Fire & Gas Detection Systems., Minneapolis, Minnesota
References
- Justin Rahamut, Engineering Manager, Royal Dutch SHELL - T&T, +1 (868) 389-2201, justin.rahamut@shell.com
- Jason Bheekoo, Lead Technologist, PLNL, +1-868-482-8290, jason.bheeko@plnl.co.tt
- Barry Manickchand, Former Maintenance & Reliability Manager, BP, +1-868-685-1324
- Jason Look Yee, Controls & Instrument Specialist, Royal Dutch SHELL - T&T, +1 (868) 743-7896, jason.lookyee@shell.com
- Richard Ramsaroop, Aviation Technical Authority, Royal Dutch SHELL - T&T, +1-868-739-7301, richard.ramsaroop@shell.com
- Joseph Edwin, Planner – Maintenance & Turnaround, Royal Dutch SHELL - T&T, +1-868-788-6751, joseph.edwin@shell.com
Timeline
Maintenance Planner
WOOD Group PLC
01.2022 - Current
Maintenance/ CMMS Engineer/ Business Administrator/ Operator Technician
Royal Dutch SHELL PLC
01.2005 - 12.2021
Plant Process Operator -
City & Guilds
Diploma - Telecommunication Engineering Technician
John S Donaldson Technical institute