Rajiv Ranjan
About Rajiv Ranjan
Rajiv Ranjan is a Reliability Engineer at ExxonMobil with extensive experience in predictive maintenance and root cause analysis in the petrochemical and oil gas sectors.
Title
Rajiv Ranjan is a Reliability Engineer currently working at ExxonMobil. His role involves enhancing plant reliability through predictive maintenance programs and root cause analysis.
Company
Rajiv currently works at ExxonMobil in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, and has been with the company since 2021. Before that, he worked at Qatargas in Qatar, Kemya (a joint venture between SABIC and ExxonMobil) in Saudi Arabia, and Reliance Industries Ltd in Vadodara, India.
Education and Expertise
Rajiv Ranjan holds an Engineer's Degree in Electronics and Instrumentation from Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra, earned between 2003 and 2007. He also attended Dehradun Public School (DDPS) in 1970, albeit for a very brief duration. He possesses extensive expertise in predictive maintenance (PdM) and root cause analysis (RCA) within petrochemical and oil gas plants.
Background
Rajiv Ranjan has a robust background in reliability and instrumentation engineering spanning various high-profile companies. He has held roles in both reliability and instrumentation engineering, contributing to the reliability maintenance of numerous plants, including Poly Butadiene Rubber, Styrene Based Rubber, Carbon Black, EPDM, Halobutyle HB Plant, and Saudi Elastomer.
Achievements
Rajiv has developed key metrics to measure performance linked to plant cost and asset maintenance KPIs. He is familiar with a wide range of engineering standards such as ISA, IEEE, ASTM, NAMUR, ASMI, ANSI, NEMA, and IEC. His work includes designing new control systems, testing, maintaining, and modifying existing systems, and collaborating with various engineers and internal staff to enhance plant reliability. Additionally, Rajiv has been involved in reviewing control philosophy, P&I diagrams, cause & effect diagrams, instrumentation lists, and flow charts.