Navkiran Rayait
Taupo,WKO
Summary
Results-focused professional in paper, and process automation industries with expertise in controls and function. Proactive leader with strong communication and collaboration skills. Skilled in optimizing process control and enhancing automation systems to drive efficiency and innovation. Service professional with a solid background in troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of complex systems. Demonstrates exceptional team collaboration, adaptability to changing needs, and ensuring optimal performance. Recognized for reliability, technical expertise, and results-driven approach. Proficient in diagnostics, system optimization, and providing top-notch customer support.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Service Engineer
ABB NZ Ltd.
06.2017 - Current
- Service Contract Delivery and Customer care.
- Health and Safety
- Sales and Service activities.
- Evolvement in Project Delivery activities, Commissioning, Customer queries follow up during project phase etc.
- Service Contract Review and Deliveries with new enhanced proposal to the customer.
- Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources to ensure successful project delivery.
- Collaborate with production and maintenance teams to identify and resolve automation-related issues
- Sales support, where it is foreseen for new installations, upgrades, and introductions of new technology to optimize customers’ processes.
- Project coordination with resource planning, and documentation.
- Assist the service engineers to promote service contract projects to customers, and promote solution business and energy-saving products according to customer needs.
- Site Engineer at Tokoroa, OJI Kinleith Pulp and Paper
- Maintaining Contractual KPI’s
- Process Optimization
- Upgrade involvement QCS Scanner NP1200 to SP1200, added with Sensor and Frame fine tuning.
- Upgrade involvement QCS Process Control from QCS AC450 to QCS 800xA AC800M, added with Process Control Tuning and Optimization.
- Maintaining VM Host Esxi and VM Servers, update network drawings.
- Provided onsite training and SOP’s for customers.
- On call roster and providing customer service after hours service for both process and energy industries.
Application Engineer
PT ABB Sakti Industri Ltd.
10.2010 - 01.2017
- Preventive and Corrective Maintenance of ABB system Installed.
- Capture the KPI directed for the Contractual assignment between ABB and the customer.
- Shut down job planning for preventive and corrective maintenance for QCS system.
- Daily monitoring for the sensor performance and tracking the healthiness of the system.
- Tracking for the process control direct and indirectly related to the paper quality.
- Update customer for spare management and upgrades.
- Monthly report submission for the jobs carried out, outcomes and deficiency.
- Resident Site engineer QCS System
Deputy Manager (Instrumentation and Controls)
Bilt Graphics Paper Products Limited.
07.2008 - 10.2010
- Preventive maintenance for Paper Machine Instruments and controls including ABB DCS and ABB QCS system.
- Carried out paper machine controls and automation projects.
- Shut down job planning and allocating the manpower (insource and outsource.)
- Monitoring and recording the paper machine performance in terms of controls, instrumentation and automation.
- Procurement of adequate spares to minimize the downtime.
- Track records for the performance of technicians and workers for their annual appraisal.
Instrument Engineer
Unicell Paper Mill Caribbean Ltd.
03.2006 - 06.2008
- Project accomplishment for the Tissue Machine Instrumentation and controls.
- Maintenance for the PLC System Siemens and Rockwell Automation.
- Enhance for effective modification in controls and instrument to have good run ability.
- Procurement of adequate spare on site.
- Provide training to the fellow workers for the Tissue Machine controls (First Tissue machine in Caribbean Island).
- Full Time
Instrumentation Engineer
Chadha Paper Mill Ltd.
10.2003 - 10.2004
- Supervision for erecting, commissioning of Instrumentation and Automation System (PLC and SCADA of L&T).
- Successfully done erection, commissioning of Instruments and Controls for Deinking and Paper Machine Area.
- Commissioning of Online Quality Control System of TATA Honeywell.
- Full Time
Assistant Instrument Engineer
Khanna Paper Mill Ltd.
04.2002 - 10.2003
- Preventive maintenance for the instruments and Automation system of Rockwell.
- Onsite training for the preventive maintenance of Allen Bradley PLC System.
- Logic development and commissioning of Instrumentation and controls.
Junior Engineer (Instrumentation)
Satia Paper Mill Ltd.
10.2000 - 04.2002
- Joined as a Trainee Engineer and promoted as Junior Engineer.
- Calibration and maintenance of the Instrumentation.
- Got experience for the erecting and commissioning of the instruments and controls for Continue Digester.
- Full Time
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and Telecommunication Engg.
KSOU
01.2015
Diploma - Electronics and Communication Engineering
State Board for Tech. Education
01.1999
Skills
- Fully understand E&I Drawings
- Strong ability to work cross-functional team
- Problem-solving with the ability to follow the control and network architecture
- Strong understanding of instrumentation and process control
- Time management and proactive in maintenance task
- Defining Urgent Important Matrix
Accomplishments
- Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
Certification
- ABB product trainings that relate to AC800M, AC450, Symphony Plus Controllers
- Paper Quality control system Network Platform and Smart Platform Scanners.
- Self-LinkedIn training modules. Customer foundations, Harvard Business Leadership, Team Hands on for virtualization of Servers
- ABB Process Optimisation (Tuning of PID and MFCS controls)
- On-site learning of VMWare vSphere virtualization of servers. ESXi Host.
- T315 C&H ABB 800xA with Hardware control
- T308 System 800xA with AC800M Hardware Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- C232 ABB Online Scanner Frame QCS LAN
- C302 Maintenance an Industrial IT Quality Control System AC800M
- Self-Learning T321 ABB 800xA Harmony connect
- C235 ABB QCS NP LAN Maintenance
- Self-learning ABB S+ Engineering
- On-site hands-on for Rockwell PLC
Hobbies and Interests
Engaging with new people to strengthen professional and community connections., Exploring new things in the field of professional development. Enhance personal development.
Additional Information
- NZ Visa Status: NZ Citizen
- Place: New Zealand
- Dated: 2025-12-04
Timeline
Service Engineer
ABB NZ Ltd.
06.2017 - Current
Application Engineer
PT ABB Sakti Industri Ltd.
10.2010 - 01.2017
Deputy Manager (Instrumentation and Controls)
Bilt Graphics Paper Products Limited.
07.2008 - 10.2010
Instrument Engineer
Unicell Paper Mill Caribbean Ltd.
03.2006 - 06.2008
Instrumentation Engineer
Chadha Paper Mill Ltd.
10.2003 - 10.2004
Assistant Instrument Engineer
Khanna Paper Mill Ltd.
04.2002 - 10.2003
Junior Engineer (Instrumentation)
Satia Paper Mill Ltd.
10.2000 - 04.2002
Diploma - Electronics and Communication Engineering
State Board for Tech. Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and Telecommunication Engg.
KSOU
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