Project Management, Engineering Management

SHAHID KHAN

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

An accomplished project leader with Over 25 years’ of rich experience in project engineering and management of upstream and downstream oil and gas projects. Managed mid-size to large capital projects include Green and Brown Field; involving stationary and rotating equipment, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, coolers, pumps, compressors, pipelines, instrument, electrical and piping for sour crude etc.

Excelled in leading design, engineering and construction phases of projects. I am highly conversant in industry standards like API, ASME, ASTM, ANSI, NACE, AWS, ISO, CSA, CAN, JIS local codes and practices.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Project Planning & Management

Engineering & Procurement Management

Front End Design

Field Engineering

Bid Evaluation & Rec. Of Award

Budgeting and Cost Control

Change Management

Material & Equipment Specs.

Construction Support

Factory Acceptance Tests

Quality Management

Commissioning Supervision

Scope Changes and Negotiations

Decision Support Packages

Scheduling & Mitigation of Delays

Bills of Materials and Costing

Mentorship and Counselling

In-House Trainings

Dispute Resolution

HSE Management and Reporting

Multicultural Exposure

Team Building & Motivation

Resource Management

Implement Policies and Monitor

Problem Solving expertise

Audits & Implementation of Recommendations

Incidents Analyses & Reporting

Lessons Learned

Risk Management Workshops

MS Project & Primavera

Single point contact for Stake

Holders and Client alignment

Career Synopsis

16 Years of experience in upstream oil and gas projects including Oil Gathering Centers, Gas Booster Stations producing for LNG facilities, Cross Country Pipelines, Sub-Stations, Water Reduction Facilities, New Refinery Project.

2 Years of Experience of managing engineering for a new refinery project for corporate operations, with 3 remote engineering houses, client and consultant teams.

8 Years of experience working in downstream oil facilities on client side, managing of facilities projects, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, scheduling and budgeting.

2 years of working as construction site engineer with installation of distillation columns, heat exchangers, piping and civil works including shutdown works.

WORK EXPERIENCE

KUWAIT OIL COMPANY (June 2020 - Now)

Projects: New Oil Gathering Facilities and Upgrades

Water Injection System with Manifolds and Pipelines

Heavy Oil Pipelines incl. tie-ins and Wellhead Hook-ups.

Lead Project Engineer:

Lead Front End Engineering Design including site surveys, layouts, P&IDs, material lists contract documents with technical specifications, commercial terms and conditions. Coordinate bid evaluation, bidder queries and prepare recommendation of award. Lead project execution with EPC contractors. Ensure project progresses within budget, on schedule and allocated resources. Foresee any potential delay and mitigate with appropriate corrective actions.

Pre Contract Stage

FEED studies for gas separation, water knockout, treatment and water Injection facilities with original concept to well-defined scopes of work and contract deliverables for multiple projects.

Conduct regular project / package reviews to keep client and stakeholders involved in design, change management and updates in specifications, scope and detail design. Communicate with tender committees for technical clarifications.

Post-Contract Stage

Provide / Clarify design specifications, detailed drawings, develop work orders and, resolving technical, commercial and contractual issues.

Conduct project kick-off meetings with contractor and client teams. Manage multi-discipline engineering and survey teams and provide support to construction team.

Evaluate and ensure to incorporate the review comments, changes from field engineering in detail design. Identify, evaluate and dispose-off non-conformities in all disciplines.

WOOD PLC, KIPIC / KUWAIT OIL COMPANY (March 2018 – June 2020)

Engineering Manager:

Project: Al-Zour Refinery, EPC by Fluor, Daewoo and Hyundai Consortium (615 KBOPD), Process and Utility Packages $5.6 Bn.

Lead multi-discipline project teams for detail engineering, resolve design issues among three remote design office locations. Prepare decision support packages to facilitate management in decision making effort on techno-commercial issues. Interface project groups for engineering and field engineering issues.

Coordinate design of process unities i.e. Hydrogen production, compression, Water Treatment, Sulfur palletizing, conveying and storage, Amine recovery, Steam generation units, 36 Substations, underground services and Power Transmission Lines. Coordinate licensed technologies for process units with licensors. Utilize 3D Modeling, Smart P&ID, Automated Engineering and Reporting Systems.

Resolve engineering issues during completions, commissioning, turnover and closeout. Review completion packages and procedures for final stages of completions.

Additionally, plan and coordinate on-job training program for new inductees career development, with engineering disciplines, construction, quality and HSE disciplines. Conduct training for mechanical including stationary and rotating equipment and HVAC systems. Coordinate project related trainings for Company’s operations and maintenance personnel.

WOOD PLC. / AMEC-FOSTER WHEELER / KUWAIT OIL COMPANY (Sept 2006 – March 2018)

Sr. Project Engineer:

Projects:

Oil Gathering Centre GC-24 EPC by SKEC (165 KBOPD), $850 Mn.

Oil Gathering Center GC-31 EPC by Dodsal PTE (110K BOPD) and Pipelines (ISBL and OBSL), $870 Mn.

Cross-Country Pipelines with Metering Facilities, EPC by ABB S.p.A. & L&T 30” & 48” for Crude Oil from North to South Kuwait, $250 Mn.

Pre Contract Stage

Coordinate front-end engineering (FEED) for Oil Gathering Center projects with gas, oil and water separation. Site surveys, tender check estimates, contracting activities, bidder’s queries and evaluation. Coordinate safety studies i.e., HAZOP, HAZID, EIA, QRA, PHSER SIL and LOPA for pre and post contract stages. Conduct Risk Management and implementation of recommendations during design, procurement and construction phases. Maintain client relationship upon interactions with frequent interface fronts, for a timely and successful project completion with Stage Gate System.

Project Execution Stage

GC-24 Project completed 6 months earlier than schedule, higher than client’s expectations and satisfaction, designed for feed of Sour (high Sulphur / Jurassic) Crude to produce dry crude, vapour gas for LNG plant.

Lead execution of EPC projects with multi-discipline team during detail engineering, procurement, sub-contracting, coordinating equipment suppliers, manufacturing, factory acceptance tests (FAT), completions, commissioning, turnover with performance guarantees / warranties and closeout. Monitor budgets, schedules and resources.

Resolve technical, commercial and contractual issues with project team, asset and contractor. Conduct regular project / package reviews to keep client and stakeholders updated with changing requirements and updates in specifications, scope and detail design. Review and process contractors progress payments of invoices.

Support commissioning team by reviews of manuals and coordinate among all teams for a successful completion. Ensure implementation of Quality plan, HSE and Environmental Regulatory Agencies Policies throughout Engineering, Procurement and Construction stages of the projects. Prepare speeches and press articles for GC-24 project inauguration by board of directors.

Additional Responsibilities

Participate in recruitment process to ensure that qualified and trained personnel are inducted. Plan, coordinate, orientation, on-job training program for operations, maintenance, engineering, construction, quality and HSE staff. Coordinate induction program for new staff. Lead and document continuous improvement effort in Company’s internal procedures and specifications.

Feed, Detail Design and Construction of 11,132 KV and 400 V Sub-Stations, Power Transmission Lines Network in North Kuwait.

SNC LAVALIN ENG. AND CONST. / IMPERIAL OIL CANADA (Exxon) (Aug 2004 – Sept 2006)

Project Coordinator (EPCM)

Project: Major Expansion & Upgrade Projects

Manage multi-discipline project on behalf of client, monitor budgets, schedules and resources in EPCM environment for Imperial Oil Canada (Exxon-Mobil) Refinery of 120K BOPD Capacity

Coordinate front-end engineering (FEED) and estimation activities. Lead project-planning, goal setting, specification development, constructability & operability reviews, impact on safety, health and environment. Lead / coordinate value-engineering reviews and recommend potential savings, layer of protection analysis (LOPA) and safety integrity level (SIL) studies.

Identify, review, and incorporate the client-supplied items, including changes with client’s and standard drawings etc. Handle and dispose off non-conformities in disciplines.

Project: Upgrade and Expansion of Butyl Rubber Plant at Lanxes Inc (Bayer), Canada, $120 Mn.

The project included addition of new cryogenic reactors, ethylene compressors, hexane wash system, various petrochemicals pumps, final product conveyors systems and hookup with the existing plant at tie-ins. Also upgrade of heavy duty pumps and compressors with new rotors and other spares.

POLYPHALT TECHNOLOGIES, CANADA (Feb 2001 – Aug 2004)

Project Manager

Manage projects of asphalt production plants at refineries and terminal operations in Canada and US. Lead detail design for process and control systems for asphalt modifying plants, sizing pipelines, tanks and equipment e.g. pumps, vessels, metering, valves etc. Develop equipment specifications for procurement and coordinate contractors for timely completion. Products included innovative solutions of base asphalt modification with a variety of plastics and rubbers for challenging pavement conditions.

Troubleshoot; recommend equipment, modifications and techniques to improve efficiency. Train plant operators in line with the process technologies.

SHELL INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY. (Mar 1994 – Dec 2000)

Project and Facilities Manager

Manage multi-discipline projects, prepare budgets, schedules and resources for the main refinery projects involving pipelines, storage facilities, modifications, debottlenecking, installation of equipment, safety systems e.g. emergency shut-off system, hi-low level alarm system in fuel tanks. Develop RFP’s, present proposals and contract strategies for material supplies, pipeline fabrication and equipment installation.

Develop and execute facilities projects based on reliability centred maintenance reports to maximize equipment availability. Review Potential failures modes and their effects for different equipments, like pumps, compressors, turbines, combustion chambers, boilers, motorized control valves, cooling water systems, etc for generating corrective action for the future for more reliable equipment.

HSE and Environment

Work as a focal point on health, safety and environmental issues for the department. Conduct root-cause investigations for incidents, implement remedial actions and spread learning. Prepare documentation for HSE management system including hazard register and proactive actions plan. Manage on-going reporting of potential incidents from all terminals.

Supervise a team for assessing ground contamination of soil by jet fuel from underground pipelines leakages. It involved sampling, interpreting lab results, preparing remedial action plan and implement. Scope consisted five oil terminals and underground pipeline network.

TIME MANUF. SYSTEMS / FORD MOTOR COMPANY (May 1992 – Feb 1994)

Design Engineer

CAD Design for automotive material handling systems for transportation of body parts (stampings) from manufacturing to assembly lines. Design of body parts e.g. fenders, front grill, doors, roof, bumpers etc.

NATIONAL REFINERY LTD. (165K BOPD) (June 1988 – Feb 1990)

Construction Project Engineer (EPC)

Supervise construction teams assigned on pipeline fabrication; testing, rigging, installation, commissioning etc. used isometric drawings in shop and field fabrication. Installation included pumps, heat exchangers, crude distillation columns, vacuum distillers, chilled water systems and air coolers.

Review design of mechanical systems and oversee the implementation to maintain compliance to specification and applicable standards. Check quality of fabrication, steel structure, pipelines, testing, installation and commissioning against ASME standards. Make changes to design where necessary.

Preparation of tender documents including terms & conditions, standards and bills of material, construction schedules and cost estimates. Evaluate bids and prepare sub-contracts e.g. insulation, painting etc. Plan, schedule shutdowns and major capital repair activities and supervise site activities.

EDUCATION:

Masters of Mechanical Engineering - Wayne State University, Michigan, USA in 1992 with emphasis on Heat Transfer and Mechanical Design including Finite Element Analysis.

Projects included HVAC System of a Commercial Building, Furnace Design, Design of Human Armor with Composite Materials and Ceramic Tiles to mitigate injuries due to heavy ammo.

COURSES:

Project Management

Teamwork / Developing your People

Negotiation and Management Skills,

Finance for Non-Finance Managers

Commercial Awareness Level 2

Quality Management Systems, ISO 9000

Presentation Skills

Safety Leadership – First Step

Global Anti-Bribery

Time Management

Communication Skills -Interpersonal and Formal

MS Software Packages

Project Manager

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