India has been excelling in most of its core industries in recent years. This has been possible due to parallel growth of engineering services provider companies both in size and technical and expertise. As the industry grew, engineering and EPC companies had to cater for an increase in the number of man-hours harnessed for green filed mega projects associated with rising costs in the region. For this reason, there came about a need for small sized as well as midsized engineering companies that could handle small and large projects along with plant modifications.
ICONS Engineering Services (ICONS) was formed by professionals who have worked together over many years, and their combined knowledge has resulted from long years of experience in various industries enabling them to provide engineering services at globally competitive prices.
ICONS remains unyielding on its promise to fulfill customer requirements within budget, schedule and quality standards. Mainly ICONS provides basic & detailed engineering as well as procurement services, technical services including feasibility studies, Hazop, design project reports, CFD & FEA analysis, project management services. It has extensive experience in providing these services to Oil & Gas sector; fertilizers& chemicals sectors; power sector and petrochemical sectors. In case of any eventuality requiring personnel assistance from relevant industry ICONS does not hesitate calling upon such persons to take advantage of their vast experience.
The Company is full of virtuosos working together on a regular basis. The senior members of ICONS team are industrial veterans having 30-40 year experience managing large size projects / plant operations etc., both inside India and overseas. When major engineering firms are not cost effective or cannot be found because the project is too small the company fills this space by offering cost effective solutions meeting global quality standards.
Ahead of herd
In a world where everyone is competing against each other it becomes necessary to differentiate oneself from others around them. Talking about ICONS, adaptability, understanding customer requirements and meeting their needs for each project is its key strength. This customer & project centric approach has helped them build a loyal customer base who keep returning for repeat orders. Some of the clients include Hitachi (Japan), Advanced Petrochem (Saudi Arabia), TASNEE Petrochem (Saudi Arabia), Coromandel International, Aditya Birla Grasim Chemical Division, Adventz(Zuari) and Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals from India.
It’s now a period where new competitors grow every single moment worldwide. The business world is very competitive. In the same field, we can find many such services providers all over the world. Therefore it becomes very necessary to be relevant in this competitive environment. Company continuously strives that it doesn’t fall back on latest technology race . It does so by constantly improving team skills through training sessions and seminars by technology providers for example; it also aims at capitalizing on new opportunities after identifying customers’ technological requirements.
Imperative to consistently improve skills and productivity of associates with stress free work place so as to provide top notch services. Young engineers are trained, curiosity is encouraged while teamwork is fostered by the senior management team. ICONS thus holds yoga classes, meditation exercises among others apart from technical training to make it great place for employment .
The Company draws inspiration from high performers who went on to distinguish themselves in their chosen fields. This breeds a culture of hard work and determination in young associates, giving them chance to meet such people. The company has also embraced simplicity and takes care of employees.
ICONS is working towards becoming an international brand. They have been involved in CSR activities modestly and are instrumental in providing jobs to engineers who come from small towns where they lacked exposure because of their low financial background.
Milestones
It is worth noting that the firm began with only two members back in 2011 but has managed to grow into fifty personnel at present. During this period, the ICONS team executed more than 60 projects ranging between 500-25000 mandays per assignment. Its first order was received in April 2011 and thereafter constructed its order book brick by brick culminating into acquiring major contract for manufacture of compressor packages for Hitachi japan in 2014.Subsequently, it bagged detail engineering contracts from big companies like Coromandel International, Aditya Birla Grasim Chemicals and ATEC. It entered into long term general engineering services contracts with Advanced Petrochem during 2016 and Tasnee during 2018 (Saudi Arabia Petroleum Majors). Major feather in its cap is PMC contract for 1500 MTPD ammonia project received in Aug 2018.
Management
DKM Rao, aged fifty two years serves as a Mechanical Engineer take full responsibility for both development and implementation of production strategies or other operational initiatives within the company having spent over three decades executing different projects as well as heading many others.
He has managed assignments worldwide as Engineering Manager, Project Manager & Construction Manager which is quite unprecedented leading him into entrepreneurship. This entails pre-FEED/FEED/Piping & Static Equipment Design/Project Management/Construction/Pre-Commissioning etc.He prefers listening to videos and reading books of SadguruJaggiVasudev as his way of avoiding stress. According to him, “Forbearance during hard times and contingency plans in the downturns”.
P C Jain, 71, the Director Operations joined his ex-colleague Mr. DK M Rao in 2014 after leaving Tata group for driving new engineers; he has a master’s degree in mechanical engineering and over forty years operational management experience both India and abroad including plant operations. In addition, Mr. Jain participated very closely in several projects with international technology and engineering companies like Haldor Topsoe, Saipem, Krupp Uhde, ABB Lummus, Jacobs & Stami Carbon in terms of execution.
Also he is well aware of vendor capabilities both within India and internationally for critical equipment / materials supply purposes.