Engineer Plant
Resume:
Abderrahmane Hadj Belgacem
*, ****** ** ****, ******** city, Kornich 6000 Gabes Tunisia
WAS City Development Project, Turaif, Saudi Arabia
Phone: +216-**-***-*** / +966*********
E-mail: *.************@*****.***
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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