Sameh Omar
Email: *****.****@**.***
Mobile: +201********* (Egypt)
Mobile: +966********* (Saudi)
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GENERAL DATA & PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born : 7/11/1971
Nationality : Egyptian
Status : Married
Languages : English – fluent, Arabic – Mother tongue EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• Education B.Sc. Electronics & Communication Engineering, July 1994, Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering.
• Current Position Program Director – Schneider Electric Saudi EXPERIENCE
• 25 Years Total Experience – 20 out of the 25th years in Invensys - Schneider electric.
• 1-year Program Director in Schneider electric energy and power system projects.
• 4-years Engineering Delivery Manager for projects in Schneider electric Saudi Arabia.
• 6-years senior project manager in Schneider electric Saudi Arabia manage projects with various technical and commercial complexity with high level of customer satisfaction.
• 8-years Senior Lead Engineer, in Invensys.
• 1 Year as Instruments sales and technical support.
• 5- years control systems and field instruments engineer. EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
• Program director with extensive experience in project managements especially in mega and complex projects execution, managing project managers with multiple teams.
• Engineering delivery manager, supporting all company projects and managing projects execution team having technical consultants, Lead engineers, hardware design engineers, software applications development and programming engineers, admin and document controller, CAD team, construction manager and engineers, site support and services engineers, staging and manufacturing team, EHS and QA team.
• Manage the team and ensure delivering high quality solutions to clients while achieving customer satisfaction and targeted business objectives.
• Ensure projects proper execution by carrying monthly reviews with project managers and another review with Projects & Sites lead engineers to ensure executing the projects as per schedules and support the team to solve any challenges to improve project margins, and revenue.
• Deploy Engineering Processes incorporating best in class engineering tools, standards, and best practices.
• Performs / Facilitates skill and competency assessment of the team and works on upskilling/ training to the level required for specific project profile.
• Put required planning for my team to meet our objectives and achieve our delivery KPIs.
• Support EHS and ensure compliance with government safety regulations and Sameh Omar
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industry standards.
• Participates in all project sales support and proposals including, man-hours estimation, technical solution, detailed scope-of-work, pricing estimates, schedules and project personnel to be assigned with the required skill set and capabilities.
• Determines required resource profile for the country to satisfy the anticipated demand, in both volume and required skill level at the appropriate cost to the business. Ensures local execution of the skill development strategy that is developed at the global level.
• Support selection and new hiring for required talents and graduate engineers.
• Ensures optimum utilization of resources to keep the recovery in line with targets.
• Manage the local Saudi Fresh graduate program in the country.
• Manage (pertaining to Country specific requirements such as) new product approval projects and RVLs (Regulated Vendor List) with Saudi Aramco.
• Capture all projects lessons identified and share with delivery and execution team.
• Conduct regular engineering audits and support company ISO audit for projects and engineering.
• Strong leadership, communications and enrollment skills for working in collaboration with regions and clients.
• Strong experience in project execution and put proper execution strategy for projects.
• Customer focus, Drive for Results, Coach and develop others.
• Passion for making a difference and driving change across the organization.
• Successful execution of projects with various ranges, including small, medium and mega projects having different technical and commercial complexity and achieve company objectives with high level of customer satisfaction.
• Good management skills to manage big team of people to achieve our company goals and team KPIs.
• Projects execution and Service support with high technical experience.
• Able to take actions and solve problems while exhibiting judgement and a realistic understanding of issues, able to use reason, review facts and weigh options.
• Extensive experience in project managements, Responsible for project execution and delivery, scope / schedule / resources management (Effective utilization of assigned resources and maintaining or improving resource allocated hours, Revenue cash collection, Cost control and spend, Change Order management, R&O, negotiation, Customer management, Project Team Leadership, Scope Management, 3rd party, Schedule management, communication plan & compliance, Sales & proposal support.
• Experience in Control Systems & Instrumentation in range of FEED, EPC, Commissioning/Start-up, Operation projects and Control systems for oil & gas.
• Experience in PCS in general and Distributed Control Systems Software, Hardware, commissioning and startup Projects Engineering Consultant.
• Extensive experience in Distributed Control Systems (DCS) Hardware & Network design.
• Lead project teams for different systems DCS/ESD/SCADA/RTU/TMC projects Sameh Omar
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Mobile: +966********* (Saudi)
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including software developments and Hardware design in Refineries, Oil and Gas, power plants, gas to Liquid... etc with many sites commissioning and startup experiences.
• DCS Software & hardware Instructor.
• Services and maintenance of Distributed Control Systems (DCS) Hardware experience.
• Experience in DCS Interface with many 3rd party systems.
• Experience in Triconex, ESD system HW & applications development.
• Instrumentation technical support & Instructor.
• Field Instruments installation and calibration experience extensive experience. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Oct.19 to Date – Program Director – Schneider Electric Saudi Arabia Job Responsibilities
• Manage a program with almost 20+ projects with almost 48+M Euro revenue.
• Set the program goals according to the strategic objectives of the company and work with the program managers to achieve our goals.
• Developing a budget and operating plan for the program and main countable to manage projects cost, achieve target revenue and improve projects margin.
• Work closely with my team to ensure achieving the programs objectives Main responsible for the overall integrity of the program.
• Properly select the proper team and clearly identify each one roles and responsibilities.
• Regularly report Progress to managements and carry monthly review .
• Supervise program managers and project managers for the day-to-day management
• and provide required support to resolve any complex issues and advise appropriate corrective actions.
• Supports business development and new proposals for new opportunities.
• Main representative of the company managements in front of customer for any projects critical, technical, contractual and commercial issues.
• managing program risks and work with program manager to mitigate any risks May.15 to Oct.19 – Engineering Delivery Manager – Schneider Electric Saudi Arabia Job Responsibilities
• Manage Company Delivery Engineering team and assign proper skilled resources for Projects.
• Develop the required resources plans, capacity planning, factory loading and ensure proper resources utilization in our projects.
• Regular assessment of engineer’s skills and capabilities and prepare the required development plans to improve team skills and capabilities.
• Ensure always team cooperation and working together in the most efficient manner.
• Support proposals and review related technical solutions and estimated cost against required scope of work.
• Support project managers in the project execution methodology, optimized engineering, maximum possible cost optimization and support project managers to improve projects margin.
• Working with regional & global Engineering management, establishes long and short-range engineering requirements.
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• Manage the staging facilities with all project needs during project execution, system assembly, and testing with customer until system final inspection and shipment to customer site.
• Continuous engagement with the Projects engineering teams to ensure that: o Engineering processes are followed.
o Project resource needs are anticipated.
o the on-going balance of Engineering resources (experience vs inexperience) on the Project. o Project risks are anticipated from experience and supporting the mitigation of those risks. o Provide required coaching and guidance to the team.
• Identify development needs for direct reports for the next step in the targeted career path.
• Ensure maintaining proper and accurate delivery headcount on a continuous basis.
• Focal point with engineering excellence centers for any additional resources requirements for the country and remote projects executions in the engineering excellence centers.
• Manage the local Fresh graduate program in the country.
• Manage (pertaining to Country specific requirements such as) new product approval projects and RVLs (Regulated Vendor List) with Saudi Aramco.
• Capture projects lessons identified and share with the engineering team.
• Support Sales, customers visits, customers training and customers technical support and customer clarification meetings.
• Conduct regular engineering audits and support company ISO audit for projects and engineering.
• Successfully manage the following projects for product approval - RVLs (Regulated Vendor List) with Saudi Aramco:
o Foxboro SCADA 3.1 RVL.
o Terminal Management System (TMS) RVL.
o RTU SCD6000 RVL.
o Field Devise controller FDC280.
o Universal Field Bus Module FBM248
Dec.2009 to May.2015 – Senior Project Manager – Schneider Electric Saudi Arabia Manage the following projects:
Jubail bulk Plant – Saudi Aramco - SATORP – TOTAL
Job Responsibilities
• Manage different project stages from sales until system delivery to site with high customer stratification and high project margin improvement.
• Project initial order with almost $ 4M and amended with almost additional $ 1.2M scope changes this is in addition to site services in per-diem basis. Ras Tanura Refinery – Saudi Aramco ESD Expansion Project Job Responsibilities
• Fast track project with only 4 months execution period for ESD expansion in Ras Tanura refinery.
• Successfully Manage, monitor and control all project phases, including initial phase, planning, project scheduling, design, procurements, resources planning and management,, project commercial, reporting, testing, system final inspection and shipment to site, commissioning, start-up,.. etc until project closing.
• Project order with $ 700K.
Sameh Omar
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Jubail Export Refinery (JERP) Project – Site Manager - Saudi ARAMCO – TOTAL Project – Saudi Job Responsibilities
• Project Manager for SATORP site support contract managing all Invensys personal at site
(around 45 Engineer) during commissioning, startup and plant stabilization for all PCS system including DCS, ECS, ESD, FGS, MMS, CCTV, IAMS, ALMS, Network and cyber security and all Plant interfaces with refinery different 3rd party packages & PLCs.
• Manage, monitor and control all site activities, planning, procurements, and resources, scheduling, commercial, and reporting. Etc, to achieve Site milestones and ensure timely completion of the activities with high customer satisfaction and best quality to achieve plant stabilization and full operational capacity.
• Project initial order with $ 4M and amended with almost additional $ 8.2M scope changes. Jubail Export Refinery (JERP) Project – PKG5A - Saudi ARAMCO – TOTAL Project – Saudi Job Responsibilities
• Project managements for main control building PCS in Jubail Export Refinery Project PKG 5A
(high-range in technical and commercial complexity) including DCS, ESD, FGS, MMS, CCTV, full Plant Network and interface with all refinery project packages and main control room consoles and furniture.
• Manage project coordination of all aspects of delivery; technical, commercial and contractual.
• Manage, monitor and control all project activities, procurements, resources, project schedule, ..etc to achieve project milestones and ensure timely completion of the project with satisfied quality and achieve the planed project revenue.
• Project initial order with $ 18.3M and amended with almost additional $ 5.8M scope changes. Jubail Export Refinery (JERP) Project – PKG9 - Saudi ARAMCO – TOTAL Project Job Responsibilities
• Lead Invensys project team activities for Jubail Export Refinery Project PKG 9, DCS & ECS systems hardware design & cabinets building for Port Tank Farm & Loading Facilities area.
• Package Schedule, planning, recourses, reporting, progress reports, performance reports, team member’s responsibilities & assignments, materials procurement, CORs.
• Project initial order with $ 1.7M and amended with almost additional $ 450K scope changes. Jan.2002 to Dec.2009 – Senior Lead Engineer – Invensys Lead the following projects:
RC (Jubail Royal commission project for ARAMCO) – Jubail – Saudi Job Responsibilities
• Lead Invensys project team activities for software & applications including and not limited to logic implementation, loops creation, graphics creation, database, historian configuration, reports development and Interface with Flow computer, MRTU, LDS FAT, IFAT, SAT, Commissioning and startup.
DAMMAM TMC Project - SEC (Saudi electricity company) Job Responsibilities
• Lead Invensys project team activities for Hardware design, software and applications including, logic implementation & creation, graphics creation & configuration, historian & SOE configuration, and Interface with TMC system,, FAT, SAT for Berri & Dammam Power Plant. . Khurais Remote WIPs Communication project – Saudi Aramco. Job Responsibilities
• Lead Invensys project activities & teams on sites for upgrade, configure & establish the communication between Remote WIP sites 1, 3, 4, 5 I/A systems and Uthmania & Hawiyah main Sameh Omar
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water supply stations I/A systems including develop the overall system definition, install I/A on all WIPs stations, CSA transfer from all sites to Uthmania site server, historian installation & configuration, Mesh & Nodebus communications with ATS, Mesh network equipment installation & configuration, communication between the 5 remote WIPs & Uthmania main water supply. PP9 Block F DCS project - SEC (Saudi Electricity Company) Job Responsibilities
• Lead all the project team activities.
• Lead Project FAT activities.
• Receive 100% customer satisfaction certificate after project FAT completion. Support ARAMCO – Khurais WIPs Project Team
Job Responsibilities
• Support project team to close FAT punch items.
• IFAT activities & established the communication between DCS & GE Mark6. Invensys Engineers DCS Instructor
Job Responsibilities
• Instructor for almost 25 graduate engineers from different Invensys offices (UK, France, IME, Russia, Bratislava and Nigeria) for DCS Software & hardware courses. Saudi ARAMCO Shell Refinery (SASREF) - Site Resident Engineer Job Responsibilities
• Perform DCS & ESD system maintenance, preventive maintenance and daily checking activates.
• Develop some tools for system checking and diagnostics.
• Regular system administration such as data backup activities & Archiving.
• Perform online system upgrade and logic modifications when required.
• Perform control Loops required modifications, tuning & checks.
• Perform Triconex system maintenance activities, logic checking and modifications, ..etc PP8 & PP9 in Riyadh – SEC (Saudi Electricity Company) - Site Resident Engineer Job Responsibilities
• Sites activities and lead closing all DCS System H.W & S.W project pending punch points. GFPC project - Saudi ARAMCO Shell Refinery (SASREF) Job Responsibilities
• Lead the project team S.W development activities and SAT, commissioning and start up for that extension.
• Operation of standard software packages testing (system monitor, system manager, control Configuration, select display functions, graphics builder and configurator.
• Operation of configured software packages (environment configuration and access, process displays, alarm subsystem, historian.
• Establish & test modbus interface between DCS and TGS, Omni Flow computer and Yokogawa PLC.
Saudi ARAMCO Shell Refinery (SASREF) - Site Resident Engineer Job Responsibilities
• Same as mentioned above during the period from Jan’07 to Jan 08. Saudi Arabian Fiberglass Company AFCO
Job Responsibilities
• Support DCS system maintenance service contract.
• Carry out site DCS maintenance and preventive maintenance activities. Sameh Omar
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Sharq & SAFCO sites - SABIC
Job Responsibilities
• Support maintenance contract for SAFCO and call out services for SHARQ for Foxboro DCS system maintenance and Services.
SHEDGUM & UTHMANIYAH gas plants Upgrade Project - Saudi ARAMCO Job Responsibilities
• Site verification and study phases of the project for both sites 22 Nodebus each.
• Checking the existing DCS system hardware status.
• Checking the existing system drawings and compare with the as built once.
• Checking all system installed software and packages for both sites SGP and UGP. PP9 in Riyadh – SEC (Saudi Electricity Company) - Site Resident Engineer Job Responsibilities
• Site resident engineer for Foxboro DCS system maintenance & preventive maintenance activities.
• PP9 DCS system contains 12 Nodebus for GE 16 Gas Turbine and 4 steam turbine control with Fuel & auxiliaries’ units.
• Responsible of system online S.W configuration, modifications, corrections and testing.
• Responsible of system graphics required configuration, modifications and testing.
• System Administration for daily checking activates and troubleshooting.
• Regular system backup and save all activities of the CPs and gate way database.
• Perform required system modifications & upgrades METHANOL Project – (Invensys Italy Project)
Job Responsibilities
• Develop Project templates and base engineering environments.
• Develop project Loop templates and interlock logic design.
• All motors typical development and testing.
DHT Project – (Invensys Germany Project)
Job Responsibilities
• Review the work developed by project team for graphics & Configuration.
• Design & Create of all the required library for the team use. SASOL-Qatar GTL (gas to liquid) Project (Invensys Italy project) Job Responsibilities
• Team leader for water treatment unit & MP steam unit of the project.
• Complete extraction of whole control loops from the P&ID For those units.
• Building the database, typicals, defaults & data form &CP database In IACC for those units.
• Design of the graphics and related library and carry required configuration for the two units’ graphics.
• Historian configuration for all part one of the overall project units.
• Project FAT attendance in Foxboro Italy staging area.
• testing all the developed software for the water treatment & MP steam units
• Testing of all hardware such as AW’s, WP’s, CP’s and FBM’s Cairo north power plant Project (Invensys Italy project) Job Responsibilities
• HRSG (Heat Recovery Steam Generation) Control loops & Protection implementation.
• Building the database, typicals, defaults, data form & CP database for HRSG loops.
• Design graphic and library that Satisfies the operator requirements to be completely Interactive with the system.
• Complete configuration of HRSG Graphics Dynamic.
• Project FAT attendance in Foxboro Egypt staging facility.
• Testing all software for HRSG. Loops and logic and all system hardware AW’s,WP’s,CP’s and FBM’s Sameh Omar
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Jan.2001 to Jan.2002 – Foxboro Instruments Sales and technical support – Advansys/Invensys ADVANSYS – FOXBORO. Cairo –Egypt
Job Responsibilities
• Measurement & instruments sales engineer
• Instruments Technical support.
• Field Instruments installation & calibration experience.
• Instruments instructor & installation and calibration trainer. Dec.1995 to Jan.2001 – Control systems and field instruments engineer - CompuMisr CompuMisr –control and systems Cairo -Egypt
Job Responsibilities
• Instrumentation engineer (Installation and calibration of field instruments).
• Maintenance of control systems & PLCs.
• Maintenance & programming of telephone and Radio systems.
• Maintenance of UPS, and power supplies systems
General Personal Skills
• Strong Leadership, communications and enrollment skills for working in collaboration with regions and Clients.
• Engineering Delivery and execution manager, Senior project manager and experienced lead engineer with wide experience in projects execution strategies including brownfield and greenfield projects
• Good understanding and experience of Schneider electric wide range of products and portfolio.
• Strong skills in project managements especially mega projects with big scope and large team.
• Customer Focus.
• Drive for results.
• Coach and develop others.
• Strong leadership, communications and presentation skills.
• Passion for making a difference and drive change across the organization
• Know the business, understand the challenges and put proper strategies to achieve targets.
• quick learner, learn every day and adaptable to change.