Saudi Aramco Planning Engineer

Shahzad Karim, PMP Planning & Scheduling Engineer

EIT Saskatchewan – Canada Primavera P6

Mob KSA: +966-**-***-**** AutoCAD

Mob PAK: +92-331-***-**** MS Office

**************@*****.*** SAP

Current Location: Jubail, KSA ORACLE

Profile

Seeking Planning/Scheduling Engineer position in the domain of Project Management within an organisation of high repute preferably in Oil/Gas/Petrochemical sector. Career Recital

An experienced Mechanical Engineer with 11 years of experience in maintenance planning, turnaround/shutdown maintenance and EPC projects. I have worked with some popular names in the industry (CB&I-McDerMott, Sadara, Saudi Aramco, SABIC & Lurgi) and have taken care of entire project management processes, right from tendering stage to ground execution using proper planning and financial strategies. Key skills include Primavera P6, AutoCAD, SAP, Oracle, earned value management (EVM), budget preparation, scheduling, strategic resource planning, capital generation and relation building with clients, contractors and vendors. Experience Summary:

-Plant Services -Project Management –Planning & Scheduling –Project control -Budgeting -Risk Management Sadara Chemical Company, Jubail KSA Aug-2019~Current Position: Planning & Scheduling Engineer

Working as Planning & Scheduling Engineer in Maintenance & Reliability Division for upcoming turnaround of Sadara ISOGTA21 and performed following responsibilities;

Determine preliminary Scope and key drivers and quantify the TA needs.

Extract initial work list from SAP based on known cyclic tasks and communicate to operation coordinators.

Identify the initial TA duration and cost & define detailed milestone schedule and time line.

Work list screening & conduct preliminary scope reduction review.

Conduct uncertainty evaluation and define required mitigation.

Define execution/milestone plan & conduct cold eye review for TA scope after cutoff date by external experts(DOW)

Freeze the scope and communicate it to all stakeholders.

Develop cost estimate, cost-reporting mechanism to monitor the cost during TA execution.

Integrate operation plans (S/D and S/U sequences) to TA schedule & optimize TA schedule and cost.

Submit Pre-TA progress report on weekly basis.

Conduct critique meeting including contractors.

Analysis of Turnaround cost and define opportunity of optimization. Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery (SASREF), Jubail KSA Jun-2018~Jun-2019 Client: CB&I-McDermott

End User: Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery, Jubail KSA

Scope: Master Plan Margin Growth Project – MMG Light and Scot-1 Unit (Construction & Revamping) Position: Planning & Scheduling Engineer

Worklist includes 113no. equipment among which 86no. new installation and 27no. revamping and demolition, 92000 ID piping, 1200 Ton of steel structure, 2300no. of instruments, 60no. panel, 250no. JB, 11 KM cable tray, 170 KM LV & MV cables and 450no. lights.

Saudi Aramco, KSA Dec-2017~Feb-2019

Client: Saudi Aramco PMT

End User: Saudi Aramco Riyadh Refinery, KSA

Scope: Installation of vapour recovery system (VRU) on North Riyadh Bulk Plant and South Riyadh Bulk Plant Position: Planning Engineer

Worklist includes 27no. loading bays upgradation, 242no. civil foundations, 29no. equipment, 23000 ID piping, 137 Ton of steel structure, 152no. of instruments, 1.5 KM cable tray, 9.5 KM LV & MV cables and 25no. lights. Saudi Aramco ExxonMobil Refinery (SAMREF), KSA Jun-2017~Apr-2018 Scope: Turnaround maintenance of FCCU and Utilities Position: Lead Planning & Scheduling Engineer

Work list includes maintenance of Reactor, Regenerator, 8no. Expansion Joints, 24no. drums, 14no. columns, 71no. heat exchangers, 4no. boilers, 27no. heaters, 2no. tanks, 8no. Sulfur Seals, 119no. piping MOC’s, 114no. CV’s & 151 PSV’s. Saudi Aramco Rastanura Refinery, KSA Nov-2015~Feb-2017 Client: Saudi Aramco PMT

End User: Saudi Aramco Ras Tanura Refinery, Ras Tanura KSA Scope: Replacement of Acid Gas Line & Revamping of Fired Heaters Position: Project Leader

Worklist includes one master control manifold connected to 5no. plants and 2no. flares, 217no. civil foundations & pipe sleepers, 42000 ID piping, 112 Ton of steel structure, revamping of 15no. furnaces and 197no. LD’s & VD’s. Sabic-Ibn Zahr, KSA Jun-2015~Mar-2016

Client: Sabic E&PM

End User: Ibn Zahr, Jubail KSA

Scope: Integration of VR Compressors

Position: Planning & Cost Engineer

Worklist includes 27no. equipment, 17no. civil foundations & pipe sleepers, 11000 ID piping, 37 Ton of steel structure. Sabic-Yansab, KSA Jan-2015 ~ Apr-2015

Scope: Turnaround maintenance of Ethylene Glycol and Olefins Position: Planning Engineer

Work list includes maintenance of pumps, columns, heat exchangers, ejectors, heaters, drums, heat exchanger replacement, piping MOC’s, CV’s & PSV’s.

Ibrahim Fibres Limited, Pak Mar-2011 ~ Sep-2013

Contractor: Lurgi (Germany) & Engineering Kinetics Limited (EKL) End User: Ibrahim Fibres Limited, Faisalabad Pak

Scope: EPCC Polymer Plant Construction

Position: Planning Engineer (Mechanical)

Worklist includes 384 equipment in polymer plant, utilities, power generation unit, water treatment plant, HVAC unit and storage tanks, 300000 ID piping, 900 Ton steel structure. Jobs performed as Maintenance Planning Engineer in IFL-Pakistan Apr-2010 ~ Jan-2015

Planning and scheduling of preventive, breakdown, corrective & shutdown maintenance and other routine procedures for materials and manpower, preparation of daily, weekly, monthly and yearly Maintenance Plans, material receipts as well as processing data into relevant Oracle Module.

Review notifications, create work orders/job packs and generate maintenance requisitions through ORACLE eAM & ERP and scheduling in terms of resource availability and priority.

Planning/execution of routine & shutdown maintenance jobs of rotary and static equipment including Gas Turbine

(Turbomach), Pumps (Allweiler AG, MAAG), Chillers (TRANE, Broad), Cooling Towers (Liang Chi, Linear, Ko Lim Bac), Compressors (Atlas Copco, Aerzen), Steam Boilers (Standard Kessel), Centrifuges (Heinkel), Heat Exchangers, Water Treatment Plant (EnviroChemie), Line Defects and Valve Defects etc.

Preparation of job packages which includes JSA, Injury Prevention & Rescue Plan & Repair Philosophy, Equipment Maintenance history, Inspection reports & Drawings for major & Critical activities.

Development of cost effective maintenance strategies for the stationary and rotary equipment to increase equipment/systems reliability applying RCM (Reliability Centred Maintenance), RCA (Root Cause Analysis) and condition monitoring techniques.

Resourceful in mobilizing equipment, labor, identifying vendors, suppliers, interfaces to achieve maintenance jobs

Conducting meetings with Process, Maintenance, Reliability, Technical Services, Engineering and Inspection departments to discuss long pending/Modification/Technical Support Jobs.

Provide technical answers to Engineering Queries raised up by the sub-contractor confirming design drawings and standard requirements.

Technical and commercial Evaluation of Quotations / Bids received from vendors. Professional Experience: (11 Yrs)

Scope & Time Management

Define scope, goals and deliverables for successful execution of projects in collaboration with senior management & client. Manages an effective project work within project portfolio so as to ensure successful project delivery.

Identify and Control areas of concerns, scheduling conflicts during the planning & execution process, participate in scope challenges and present the risk assessment to higher management. Preparation of project reports and verify all data to ensure that it is accurate and reflects the status of the project.

Documents approval and track all changes in work package parameters. Document all obstacles and delays, and recommend corrective measures. Prepare extension of time claims and variation orders for potential changes.

Follow up with clients on approvals and instructions; attend client meetings and liaise with clients on all issues of the project deliverables. Track project deliverables, monitor & review the receipt of vendor deliverables including compliance with vendor specification and ensure that all equipment is delivered within procurement plan.

Prepare Risk Management Plan - Planning, Identification, Assessment, Qualitative & Quantitative Analysis and setting up the response plan, perform risk analysis and updating the risk register on regular intervals.

Identifying key milestones, define activities and their attributes, durations and their inter-relationship. Prepare level- IV & V resource & cost loaded schedule and ensure that all relevant data required for construction is contained in it.

Preparation of Project Control Plan and Progress Measurement System as per schedule to monitor project performance and evaluate productivity and efficiency of resources.

Monitor & control project by updating schedule and highlighting the project team whenever schedule does not appear to meet project or business objectives by providing recommendations to mitigate issues. Prepare revised programs for major changes by keeping log of events and issuing secondary/tertiary baselines as per requirements.

Timely allocation, distribution and assessment of resources to project activities within the Baseline and amended programs in order to generate cost control data.

Monitor & Control construction work in accordance with the contract terms and conditions through regular site visits, meetings, and subcontractor progress reports. Cost Control

Set-up Cost Control System and Project Budget policy & procedures based on established Company's Chart of Accounts and Project Expense items. Develop resource & financial requirements from the project plan.

Monitor, forecast and report actual progress versus scheduled progress Evaluate productivity and identify potential risks to Executive management in the form of structured reports.

Develop Progress Measurement System and control the project budget for delivering the project within the defined limit. Monitor billing of the contract and advise prioritization of activities for cash flow management during execution stage. Control expenses & ensure positive cash flow.

Implementing Earned Value management – Calculating SV, CV, SPI, CPI, EAC & ETC. Sub-Contracting Management

Finalizing of subcontract through proper negotiating with clarifying work scope involvement. Monitor the performance of the subcontractor once the contract has been awarded. Resolving issues /concerns.

Arrange with subcontractor as required to ensure a smooth mobilization/demobilization & to ensure the site is left clean on completion of project.

Academics

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering (2005-2009)

University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. Pakistan Affiliations

Member of PEC (Pakistan Engineering Council)

Member of SEC (Saudi Engineering Council)

Member of APEGS (Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of Saskatchewan) Canada Engineer-In-Training Licence # 36947

Member of PMI (Project Management Institute), PMP Number: 2801660 Professional Skills

PMP - AutoCAD - Primavera 6.0 - SAP - Oracle Business suit (R12) - Microsoft Office Suite

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