Abderrahmane Hadj Belgacem

*, ****** ** ****, ******** city, Kornich 6000 Gabes Tunisia

WAS City Development Project, Turaif, Saudi Arabia

Phone: +216-**-***-*** / +966*********

E-mail: ac9dug@r.postjobfree.com

Tunisian

Single

34 years old

Senior Chemical Process Engineer – 11 years-experience

Professional experience

Date

May 2018- current

Current position

Senior Process engineer

Employer

Maaden Waad Al Shamal Phosphate Company, WAS City Development Project, Turaif, Saudi Arabia

Line of business

Process engineering department in the Phosphoric Acid Plant (PAP)

Tasks

As a senior process engineer, my tasks are to:

-Ensure daily report and monthly report of the PAP (engineering side), water balance, specific mass balance…

-Assist to daily meeting in the plant

-Follow up production, efficiency and critical parameter of the plant

-Report to the engineering manager

-Continuous improvement studies

-Support operation team

-Assist, support and reporting for lab and plant test of new chemicals (Defoamer, flocculent…)

Achievements

-Study of Adding sulfuric acid to the filter grade phosphoric acid

-Feasibility study of the most economical way of production of MGA concentration from PAP: MGA grade became 51% in Place of 54%

-Study of Evaporator Vacuum pump suction lines inter connection and accompaniment of industrial test then duplicate experience for the other units (2 Evaporators back to service after this modification)

-Study of the fluctuation of the concentration in the phosphoric reactor and proposing solutions

-Study of Tilting pan filter slurry feed distribution area spillage from the filters issue and proposing solutions

-Study of feasibility of running the evaporator without vacuum pump

-Development of a practical tool to determine the most plugged plate heat exchangers

-Study of the reason of contamination of return cooling water, instauration of a system to detect immediately the contamination

Additional tasks

Member of a committee: Lean Six Sigma - Evaporator Washing Efficiency (2019)

Member of a committee of SCE (safety critical Equipment)

Member of the root cause analysis (RCA) of any issue in PAP

Mission to MPC to collect data, extract lessons

Date

August 2013- May 2018

Current position

DAP Plant Manager

Employer

Groupe Chimique Tunisien (GCT, ~750 M€ turnover), DAP plant (Di-Ammonium Phosphate), Gabes, Tunisia

Line of business

DAP Plant (final product)

Tasks

As head of department, and in addition to the usual tasks of production engineer (lack of manpower), my tasks are to:

Ensure the proper functioning of the di-ammonium phosphate unit where there is a storage area dedicated for production

Ensure the daily maintenance of the strategic equipment

Suggest changes in the process to improve the performance as well as system performance and facilitate the various tasks

Follow-up the industrial trials in collaboration with the other divisions/departments (research, quality

Ensure daily report, monthly and yearly report of the DAP plant

Manage staff: 80 appointed staff at different positions

Manage the stock of raw materials and strategic items

Ensure a kind of flexibility in the plant for several constraints (stock, quality of raw materials, accidental failures

Coordinate with the various departments: the methodology office, the Bureau of studies, the production office, the quality service, the environment department, the ammonia department, the shipping/ reception department, the mechanical maintenance department, the electrical maintenance department, the sulfuric acid plant and utilities, the phosphoric plant, the direction

Achievement

During this period, we have succeeded to:

- Produce the MAP and for the first time since the launch of my unit (1500 t / day) thanks to some modifications in the installation

- Reach the daily production of 3000 tons of DAP (the previous record was 2600 tons) thanks to some upgrades in the installation

- Produce NPK formula (8-40-0-5S) for the first time thanks to some modifications / upgrades in the installation

- Running 4 years without annual shutdown

- Implementation of a project to reduce emission of ammonia under 50 PPM

Date

2009 – August2013

Position held

Phosphoric Acid Production engineer

Employer

Groupe Chimique Tunisien (GCT), DAP plant (Di-Ammonium Phosphate), Gabes

Line of business

Phosphoric Acid Plant

Tasks

Ensure the proper functioning of two production units of diluted phosphoric acid and three production lines of concentrated phosphoric acid as well as a storage area composed of ten tanks with a large capacity

Schedule the daily maintenance as well as the strategic maintenance of equipment

Suggest changes/upgrades in the process that affect the chemical performance of the unit and facilitate the implementation of various tasks

Follow-up the industrial trials in collaboration with the other divisions/departments (research, quality

Co-manage staff: 70 appointed at different positions

Co-manage the stock of raw materials and strategic items

Ensure a kind of flexibility in the plant for several constraints (stock, quality of raw materials, accidental failures

Contribute in the daily report, monthly and yearly report of the plant

Further trainings

Training on phosphoric acid production, GCT

Training on industrial agitation in la Société Chimique Tunisienne (SCT)

Training on instrumentation for engineers in la Société Tunisienne des Industries de Raffinage (STIR)

Training on communication

Training on process control for engineers in STIR

Additional tasks

Member of a national commission aiming to improve the efficiency of the Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing Units (2010)

Member of a commission in charge of the implementation and enforcement of the environment and the plantation agency launched by GCT in Gabes

Member of a commission in charge of the implementation of a strategy and a structuring of internal and external communication within the company

Member of a commission in charge of drafting the terms of reference for the implementation of Social Responsibility in GCT

Date

2008 – 2009

Position held

Technical-sales engineer specialized in chemistry (mainly in lubricant)

Employer

TAMOIL Lubricants, subsidiary of OILYBIA group (ex EXXON-MOBILE), Megrine, Tunisia

Line of business

Customer service

Tasks

Canvass for the different customers categories

Offer goods which reply to their need

Provide technical assistance to my colleagues who work in sales

Definition and implementation of the commercial policy of my sectors of activity

Determination of the strategic orientations, the objectives to be reached and the means to be put in place to set objectives and priorities.

Explore the potential markets & developed them.

Ensure the loyalty of existing customer portfolio by having regular contact with customers.

Coordinate with senior executives and decision makers operations with major accounts

Participate in the development of new products of our partner: Tamoil Italy, Oilybia.

Report to the management on results and outlook.

Establish productive and professional relationships with key personnel in assigned client accounts.

Assist existing and prospective customers with company products and their required features

Providing sales and administrative monitoring of the sector and restructure the sales force.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Date

2005 –2008

Obtained degree

Engineer in Chemical engineering

Educational institution

National School of Engineering of Gabes, Tunisia (ENIG)

Date

2003 – 2005

Obtained degree

Preparatory cycle to engineering studies, Mathematics – Physics stream

Educational institution

Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology of Gabes, Tunisia (ISSAT)

Synthesis Project

Date

December 2006

Topic

Process to produce acetic anhydride

Targets

Establishment of material balances and thermal balances

Dimensioning of the various components of the installation

Aptitudes and personal competences

Languages

Arabic (mother tongue), French and English

Self-assessment

European Norms*

French

English

Understanding

Spoken

Written

Listening

Reading

Prendre part à une conversation

S’exprimer

en continu

C2

Advanced

C2

Advanced

C1

Advanced

C2

Advanced

C2

Advanced

B2

Independent user

C1

Professional

B1

Independent user

B2

Independent user

C1

Advanced

Levels: A1/2: Elementary - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2: Advanced The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Communication

Good competence in communication skills acquired during my experience as a technical sales engineer in TAMOIL and as a spokesman in GCT

Easiness in public speaking

Ability to adapt speech/language according to the interlocutors

Competence in conflict management

Managerial and Organizational

Excellent at work scheduling and planning

Good team player

Leadership

Team Management: already managed 85 people in Phosphoric acid and DAP plant

Informatics

Competence in IT: good mastery of Microsoft Office™: Word, Excel, PowerPoint …

Mastery of the software used in process: ASPEN (PLUS, PINCH, BJACK, HYSYS…) Yokogawa Omegaland Visual Modeler Simulation Software

MATLAB, Auto CAD...

Mastery of software programming: C++, Pascal, Maple

Other skills

Easiness to learn and quick at adapting and understanding

Excellent ability in managing workload

Acquainted with SRC: Social accountability

Conflict management, crisis management

Other interests

Games: Chess, strategic games

Sports: football, handball, ping pong

Associational activities

Founding president of the association Gabes Action since 2011, bearing the role of catalyst within the civil society for the development of the region of Gabes, and that in taking part in projects financed totally or partially by sponsors (PNUD the UN Program for Development, European Union, Foundation for the Future, …

a budget amounting to ~ 100 k€),

General secretary of ADENIG: ENIG Alumi Association

Driving licence

Licence B

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