Jasvinder Thakur

About Jasvinder Thakur

Versatile and results-driven Senior Instrumentation Engineer & Capital Project Manager with over a decade of experience driving high-stakes projects and reliability strategies across refineries, petrochemical plants, and heavy oil facilities. Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams through the complete project lifecycle from FEL to commissioning on multimillion-dollar portfolios, navigating regulatory, operational, and turnaround constraints with precision. Specializing in advanced instrumentation, SIS/DCS/PLC architecture, and plant digitalization, with deep expertise in executing FMEA, RCFA, SIL lifecycle verification, and predictive analytics to eliminate chronic failures and extend asset life. Adept at aligning field instrumentation, burner management, compressor control, and ESD systems with standards including ISA 61511, IEC 62443, API 554/670 and functional teams, delivering high-impact solutions that enhance safety, reliability, and plant performance.

Experience

1. Senior Instrumentation Reliability Engineer

   Lotte Chemical

   Jul 2024 — Present · Lake Charles, LA, US

   Lead Bad Actor elimination by identifying chronic equipment failures and implementing corrective actions using FMECA and Pareto analysis to reduce unplanned downtime.• Developing asset strategies for ethylene glycol and mono ethylene glycol units, including cold box systems, leveraging Isograph FMECA and Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA).• Prepared and published a site-wide compliance report on tank overfill protection by auditing the plant against API 2350 and NFPA 30 standards.• Audited rotating compressor systems for API 670 compliance, ensuring adequate vibration monitoring, protection logic, and shutdown capabilities. • Collaborating on high-impact HAZOP, LOPA, and SIL verification studies, reinforcing safety instrumented functions (SIFs) and independent protection layers (IPLs) to comply with industry safety benchmarks.• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations using Cause Mapping and facilitate cross-functional failure reviews to drive permanent solutions.• Revalidating flow elements and control valves sizing using CONVAL for stable and accurate process control.• Developing and prioritizing high-ROI maintenance strategies using BCR and LCCA to maximize asset life and reliability, while communicating findings and recommendations to site leadership. • Executing instrumentation upgrades, process optimization projects delivering precision control, energy efficiency, and significant cost savings across ethylene glycol process trains.• Providing turnaround support by validating control loop functionality and assessing instrumentation readiness across critical assets.

Education

• NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology)

  Instrumentation Technology/Technician

• Athabasca University

  Project Management