Project Director Saudi Arabia
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Mohammad Faisal Zaheer
Project Director
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Have been doing multi role assignments for last fifteen years in different organizations. Currently, rostered as Project Director with Saudi Aramco, having executed first & many more projects in TIDAREC; as well as heading Instr. & Telecom sections which both were established from scratch.
One point in time, was simultaneously reporting to two vice presidents of Engineering & Business Acquisition for respective department responsibilities. (For about three years.)
Had worked as an Engineering Manager at a project site in KSA to clear punch, complete hand over & arrange provisional project acceptance from client for a large sized project.
As a Project Manager, have executed two projects in horizontal split with 100k+ manhours for I&C scope.
Was part of team in two assignments that provided open book estimates for respective project programs. (project values exceeding 5 bUSD)
Have worked about ten years with a Japanese E&C giant and about fourteen years in Middle Eastern energy market.
EXPERIENCE SYNOPSIS
About 30 years of insightful experience in Oil n Gas, Refinery and Petrochemical industry sectors; most of this experience has been gained while working for Consultancies, EPC and Construction contractors in a project driven environment.
Full understanding of Project Scoping, Proposals & Estimation, Engineering, Construction, Pre commissioning and Construction site activities.
Expertise in project workflow with thorough understanding of Contract Definitions, Approval Cycles, Work Packaging and Interface Management.
Working knowledge of industrial norms such as ISA, API, NEMA, NACE, IEC, Shell DEPs & Saudi Aramco framework.
Preparing Business Analysis Reports, Budgets and Management Presentations.
Expertise in engineering staff mentoring & training. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Project Director
[Jan 2020 ~ continuing]
Technip Italy S.p.A & Dar Al Riyadh Engineering Consultancy Company (TIDAREC), Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Senior Manager
[Apr 2018 ~ Jan 2020]
Dar Al Riyadh Consultants (DAR), Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Senior Manager – Engineering &
Business Development Dept.
[Mar 2016 ~ Apr 2018]
Mohammad Al Mojil Group (MMG), Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Lead Engineer – I&C
[Dec 2015 ~ Mar 2016]
WorleyParsons Engineering Consultancies Co. (WPECC), Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
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Chief Engineer – Control &
Instrument Dept.
[Mar 2013 ~ Jun 2015]
Petrofac Saudi Arabia Limited (PSAL), Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Deputy General Manager
[Dec 2005 ~ Nov 2012]
JGC Descon Engineering Private Limited (JDEL), Lahore, Pakistan.
Project Engineer – I&C
[Aug 2002 ~ Dec 2005]
Saudi Consulting & Design Office (SCADO), Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Instrument & Control Engineer
[May 1995 ~ July 2002]
Descon Engineering Private Limited (DEL), Lahore, Pakistan.
Unit Shift Engineer – Production
Dept.
[Mar 1992 ~ Apr 1995]
Dawood Hercules Chemicals Limited (DH), Shiekhupura, Pakistan.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
B.Sc. Chem. Engg.
[1991]
University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.
B.Sc. (Mathematics)
[1985]
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS
Consultant Engineer; Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE) Starting 2014.
Senior Member; International Society of Automation (ISA) Starting 2004.
Professional Engineer; Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) Starting 1992.
Member; Pakistan Institute of Chemical Engineers (PIChE) Starting 1992. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ATTENDED
PMP Certification Course – PMP01 2011
PMI Lahore Chapter
Coaching & Mentoring Workshop 2009
Etsko Schuitema Associates
Appreciation of Engineering Contracts 2009
MJ Law Associates
Inter Functional Coordination Program 2009
Grid International
Executive Teambuilding Workshop 2009
Grid International
Leadership Grid® Seminar 2008
Grid International
Train the Trainer Program 2008
Descon In house course
Training on Management by Objectives & Hay Competencies 2008 CURRICULUM VITAE
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JGC Descon In house course
Building Managerial Competencies 2007
Center for Management Development
Management Development Program, Level 2 2006
Descon In house course
Communicating with Japanese in Business 2006
JGC Descon In house course
On job Training of Instrumentation in Refinery & Petrochemical Plants 2000 JGC Corporation, Japan.
Elsag Bailey’s Distributed Control System 1997
Descon In house course
Classroom Training in Plant Operations and Management 1992 Dawood Hercules Ltd.’s Graduate Engineers Training Program. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IMPARTED
Roles & Responsibilities of Discipline Lead Engineers 2024 Three 5 day Workshops, TIDAREC, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Future Generation Program 2014
Jazan Engineering Graduates, Petrofac, Saudi Arabia.
Graduate Engineers Training Program 27 2012
Descon Engineering Limited, Pakistan.
Graduate Engineers Training Program 26 2012
Descon Engineering Limited, Pakistan.
Graduate Engineers Training Program 25 2011
Descon Engineering Limited, Pakistan.
Graduate Engineers Training Program 24 2011
Descon Engineering Limited, Pakistan.
Graduate Engineers Training Program 23 2009
Descon Engineering Limited, Pakistan.
Graduate Engineers Training Program 22 2008
Descon Engineering Limited, Pakistan.
IT TOOL & APPLICATIONS COMPETENCY
Well versed in Windows and Microsoft Office applications. May satisfactorily handle, plan & manage all computer related tasks.
Conversant with SmartPlant based execution, SPI, PDS, PDMS, SPR, AutoCAD, MicroStation & project management tool Primavera.
EXPERIENCE DETAILS
1. Technip Italy S.p.A & Dar Al Riyadh Engineering Consultancy Company (TIDAREC) Duties and Responsibilities:
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Responsible for managing projects for Oil n Gas, Refinery and Petrochemical industry clients in Saudi Arabia & occasionally, in Bahrain.
Key Projects:
Saudi Aramco – BI 10 02478 (LTA 10); Upgrade Water Injection Facility at Harmaliyah (EPC)
Saudi Aramco BI 10 10126; Segregate Karan Sour Water @ KGP WOSEP (FEL2 and FEL3 phases)
Saudi Aramco BI 10-010**-****; Jazan Refinery PCS & Communication Scope of Work for OMB 06
(Detail design)
Saudi Aramco BI 10 14609; AM Crude Pipeline (FEL2 and FEL3 phases)
Saudi Aramco BI 10 13269; Refined Product Interface Handling Facilities (LSTK design)
Saudi Aramco 20D054; YNGL Upgrade Relay Based Controls to DCS & ESD (Detail design)
Saudi Aramco BI 11 21000; Southern Area OMPP Packages (Detail design)
SATORP Custody Metering Skid Upgrade (Detail design)
JIGPC H2 & HP Steam Fiscal Metering (Detail design)
Saudi Aramco BI 10 15538; Upgrade Control Systems, Phase II for CRDD (FEED)
Saudi Aramco BI 10 15539; Upgrade Control Systems, Phase II for WRDD (FEED) 2. Dar Al Riyadh Consultants (DAR)
Duties and Responsibilities:
Leading a program for a Petrochemicals industry client in PMC role; projects that included interfaces with regulators, financiers, process licensors, design contractors & construction companies. 3. Mohammad Al Mojil Group (MMG)
Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsible as home office lead for project construction & fabrication estimation, project construction planning, project interface management & overall P&L accounting of running construction projects. Additionally, headed company’s Telecom Division for fiberoptic and FTTx construction projects in eastern
& northern regions of Saudi Arabia.
4. WorleyParsons Engineering Consultancies Co. (WPECC) Duties and Responsibilities:
Leading execution of GES+ projects, that included working on FEL2, FEL3 and detail design phases. Key Projects:
Saudi Aramco – Installing Steam Turbine Generator at UGP (Detail design)
Saudi Aramco – Gas Processing Facilities Haradh Increment (Site verifications & FEL2) 5. Petrofac Saudi Arabia Limited (PSAL)
Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsibility includes the following for various projects executed for Saudi Aramco:
Establishing I&C design basis & scope of execution. Defining extent of information for engineering input and outputs w.r.t. P&IDs, plot plans and project specs. CURRICULUM VITAE
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Coordination and communication with other disciplines, the project teams at home office & in satellite engineering centers, client, vendors and subcontractors.
Lead design activities in retro fit and green field projects involving micro processor based Distributed Control, Pneumatic, Integrated & safety control systems, field Instrumentation, Fire & Gas Detection systems, Power Distribution System, Motor Control equipment and Hazardous area classification.
Performing Design reviews, Quality Audits and Asset Integrity Audits.
Training and developing staff in Instrumentation & Process Control Engineering. Key Projects:
Saudi Aramco Jazan Refinery North Tank Farm & South Tank Farm Projects.
Saudi Aramco & Sumitomo Chemicals Rabigh Phase II Project, U&O Package.
Saudi Aramco – KGP Karan Gas Project.
6. JGC Descon Engineering Private Limited (JDEL)
6A: Duties and Responsibilities – I&C Department:
Principal accountabilities were staffing, training, monitoring, managing, controlling and delivering EPC and engineering projects (& proposals) from about 90 I&C staff members who sat in three different offices; two of the offices were located at Lahore and Karachi in Pakistan & a third office was operating from Abu Dhabi, UAE. (Average annual billable manhours ~ 150,000) Key Projects – Upstream & Refining:
Saudi Aramco Manifa GOSP Project, Saudi Arabia.
ADCO – Isolation of Gas Trunklines Project, UAE.
BP Pakistan – Design House Services Office, Pakistan.
PetroVietnam Dung Quat Refinery Project, Vietnam.
MOL – Manzalai Field Development, Pakistan.
TAKREER – Gas Oil Transfer Facilities Project, UAE.
OMV – Sawan & Miano Wellhead Surface Facilities Development Project, Pakistan. Key Projects – Gas Plants:
RasGas Barzan Gas Plant Project, Qatar.
Sonatrach Gassi Touil Gas Plant Project, Algeria.
Shell Pearl GTL Project, Qatar.
ExxonMobil – Bonny River Terminal Expansion III, Nigeria.
BAPCO – Modification of 10 GDUs, Bahrain.
Key Projects – Chemicals & Petrochemicals:
SADARA Aromatics Plant Project, Saudi Arabia.
OxyChem – Hydrogen Peroxide Plant Project, Pakistan.
Fatima Fertilizer – Ammonia Plant Retrofit Project, Pakistan.
Fertil Urea Debottlenecking Project, UAE.
JCP Expansion Project, Saudi Arabia.
PARCO Asphalt Blowing Unit, Pakistan.
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ACTC – Bulk Liquid Chemical Terminal; Phase I, Saudi Arabia.
PetroRabigh Olefins Plant Project – EC and HOFCC, Saudi Arabia.
Oryx GTL – Maleic Acid Upgrade Project, Qatar.
Key Projects – Power Plants:
Halmore Energy – 225MW Bhikki Power Plant Project, Pakistan.
SEC – Sharourah Power Plant Expansion Project, Saudi Arabia.
SEWA – BOP & Engineering for 2 x 50MW GTGs at Khorfakkan PP, UAE. Key Projects – Renewables:
Fauji Foundation – 50MW Wind Farm Project, Pakistan.
Metro – 50MW Wind Power Project, Pakistan.
Shydo – Ranolia Hydropower Run of the River Project, Pakistan. 6B: Duties and Responsibilities – Business Development Department: Analyzing value chain, delivery mechanism and competition. Annual business planning, forecasting, budgeting & feasibility studies for Engineering & EPC business portfolios. Management of key client accounts in Pakistan & Middle East. (Average Annual Sales ~ 300 million USD) Key Accomplishment:
Establishing a new engineering center in Abu Dhabi (UAE) to execute EPC projects; contributed to conceptualization phase through to a fully operating EPC office. 7. Saudi Consulting & Design Office (SCADO)
Duties and Responsibilities:
Project coordination including site verification, as builting and work scoping. Attending meetings with all stakeholders to resolve issues related to technical & commercial matters. Leading design team to deliver projects on time. Ensuring client satisfaction by meeting technical specifications of the projects, as applicable.
Key Projects:
Saudi Aramco Abqaiq GOSPs 5 & 6 Control System Upgrade Project, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Aramco Ras Tanura Refinery Asphalt Capacity Increase FEED Project, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Aramco Qatif Onshore Oilfield Development Project, Saudi Arabia. 8. Descon Engineering Private Limited (DEL)
Duties and Responsibilities:
Preparation of I&C deign documents for various projects and proposals. Additionally, provide technical support for procurement, construction, pre commissioning and commissioning activities. Key Projects:
KazMunaiGas Atyrau Refinery Revamp Project, Kazakhstan.
Saudi ARAMCO – Haradh Gas Plant Project, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi ARAMCO – Hawiyah Gas Plant Project, Saudi Arabia.
LASMO – K12 & K13 Wellhead Surface Facility & Flowline Projects, Pakistan. CURRICULUM VITAE
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ICI Soda Ash DCS Automation Project., Pakistan.
OMV Pakistan – Miano Field Development & Kadanwari Plant Expansion Project, Pakistan.
OGDCL Relocation of Gas Dehydration Units Project, Pakistan.
PARCO Midcountry Refinery Project, Pakistan.
Engro Paktank – LPG & VCM Storage Facilities Project, Pakistan.
Fauji Jordan Fertilizers Bin Qasim Fertilizer Complex Project, Pakistan.
ICI Polyester Expansion Project, Pakistan.
9. Dawood Hercules Chemicals Limited (DH)
Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties included safe operation of plant equipment in Ammonia Urea fertilizer plant as per SOP, reporting thru shift log, hot & cold start ups, operational trouble shooting, supervision of plant operators, planning
& control of regular maintenance jobs & those assigned during turnarounds. PERSONAL DETAILS
Nationality: Pakistan
KSA National ID No.: 235-***-****
Date of Birth: 1966 Apr 24
Driving License: Saudi Arabia (private car), Pakistan (Motor Car, LTV)
Languages known: Full proficiency in English, Urdu & Punjabi. Elementary proficiency in Arabic & Japanese.
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