Seasoned Engineering Manager - Process Optimization & PM Leadership

AKM Rashiduzzaman, P. Eng., CCP, PMP, PMI-RMP, SS Black Belt

**** ****** ***** ****. **********, Ontario

Tel: 437-***-**** E-mail: ******.****@*****.***

PROFILE

Strong track record of improving operational efficiency, ensuring compliance, and driving quality excellence across diverse industrial environments. Result-driven Chemical Engineering Professional with solid international experience overseeing complex engineering projects from conception to completion in Oil & Gas (Upstream & Downstream), Fertilizer, Phosphine Specialty Chemicals, Financial sector and Pulp & Paper industries. Led organization to develop and implement process improvement initiatives utilizing six-sigma and quality engineering framework as well as provided technical support, analyzed, and solved engineering challenges to optimize project and organizational goals. In my recent role my focus was to develop long term Facility Master Plan in oil & gas facilities to forecast the potential capital projects in the course of 20 years and also manage the 3-Yrs Capital Program and 10-Yrs Investment Plan.

HIGHLIGHTS OF SKILLS

• Capital Project Coordination, and Management

• Front End Engineering (FEED/FEL), Value Engineering and Cost Management

• Conceptual Design, Project Proposal and Engineering Design Review

• Capital Project Execution and commissioning & Close-out

• Project Risk Management and Project Control

• Facilities Master Plan Development (Oil & Gas)

• Plant operation and process engineering activities

• Six-Sigma and Lean Manufacturing, and Statistical Process Control

• Pre-commissioning and commissioning activities

• Process optimization, cost reduction and trouble shooting

• Process risk and safety management

PROFESSIONAL LICENCE / CERTIFICATION

• Professional Engineers Licence (P.Eng.), Ontario, Canada

• Certified Cost Professional (CCP), AACE, USA

• Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI, USA

• Project Risk Management Professional, (PMI-RMP), USA

• Certified Six-Sigma Black Belt (American Society for Quality)

• Certified Quality Auditor (American Society for Quality)

• Certified Quality Engineer (American Society for Quality) EXECUTED CAPITAL PROJECTS (Saudi Aramco), NAOP

• Upgrade Flare Gas Recovery System

• Water Disposal System Refurbishment

• Upgrade Wastewater System

• Debottleneck Formation Water Handing Facility

• Gas Compression Facilities Expansion

• Upgrade Industrial Drainage System

• Upgrade Desalinated Water Treatment Plant

• Debottlenecking Onshore Plants

PROCESS UNITS EXPERIENCED

Gas Oli Separation Plant (GOSP), Formation Water Purification and Disposal System, Industrial Drainage and Wastewater System, Phosphine Generation, Phosphine Purification, Fumigation and Phosphine Cylinder Filling plant, Waste Gas and Liquid Thermal Oxidation, Fluidized Catalytic Cracking, Fractionation, Flue Gas Recovery, Gas Processing, Gas Compression unit, Gasoline Sweetening, Sour Water treatment, Steam Reforming, CO2 Removal, Ammonia Synthesis and Refrigeration processes.

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EDUCATION / TRAINING

2023 Cost Certification Refresher Workshops, Saudi Arabia 2023 Analyzing & Visualizing Data with Power BI, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia 2023 Simulation & Modeling using Aspen Hysys, ChemKlub India PVT Ltd. 2015 Business Case Development for Capital projects, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia 2012 SHE Internal Auditor Training, Cytec Canada

2011 PHAWorks@5.1 Leaders Training, Cytec Canada

2005 Effective Problem Solving using the 8D model, PIC, Canada 2005 Master Planning of Resources (APICS), Sheridan College, Canada 2001 Post Graduate Diploma, Quality Assurance–Manufacturing & Management, Canada 1986 B.Sc. Engineering (Chemical), BUET, Bangladesh PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SENIOR CAPITAL PROJECT ENGINEER, Upstream. Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia. Producing Project Management Department

Project Execution, Coordination, and Project Control Division, Duration: September 2014 to June 2025

Leads and recommends new continuous improvement solutions for installations or modification to improve existing facilities. Responsible for facilitating and coordinating all the activities related to capital projects such as participation in project study, risk management and constructability sessions, design basis scoping, project proposal, design review, project construction and commissioning. Also responsible for coordinating and approving mechanical and performance close-out of the projects. Provides leadership in Northern Area Facility Master Plan Development, works as an Admin Area Coordinator for Capital Program and Business Case Development advisor for proponent. Responsible to develop the facilities master plans for NA producing departments and consolidate the capital program proposals from the Admin Area. In addition, responsible to validate, consolidate and submit new business cases from NA into the yearly capital program cycle in order to define the 3-Yrs capital program and 10-Yrs Investment Plan.

Key Accomplishments

• Reviewed the design works and project proposal performed by engineering consultant Jacobs and ensured that they were in accordance with the technical requirements and standards of Saudi Aramco of Formation Water Disposal System project.

• Monitored the construction works and Chaired the Mechanical and Performance Close-out of Flare Gas Recovery and Waste Water Disposal Upgrade projects.

• Actively involved as an Integrated Project Team member of Safaniyah Debottleneck Project during the Conceptual study and Design Basis Scoping (FEL 1 and 2 phases).

• Participated in Risk Management Workshop, Constructability study, and HAZOP study for various capital project of the Northern Area Oil Operation.

• Assisted and participated in troubleshooting, plant start-up and commissioning and provided technical advice for Flare Gas Recovery and Waste Water Disposal Upgrade projects.

• Developed Oil & Gas Facilities Master Plan for several oil fields and processing facilities by leading a multidisciplinary team from multiple organizations of Saudi Aramco to forecast the potential capital projects in the course of 20 years.

• Prepared more than fifty Business Cases originated from asset performance, safety, and environmental short coming of the different oil and gas operations under NA Oil Operations. Experiences Cont’d) AKM Rashiduzzaman Page (3)

AREA OPERATIONS ENGINEER, Phosphine Purification, Pilot Plant, and Thermal Oxidation Plant. Solvay Canada (Cytec Canada Inc), Niagara Falls, Canada Duration: July 2011 to September 2014

Accountable for improving production processes and safe and efficient operation of $30 million-dollar Phosphine Ultra Purification Plant, Pilot Plant, and Thermal Oxidation plant for waste gas and liquid. Also responsible for initiating process changes, analyzing process changes for hazards and operability, generating process control strategies, capital project management, conducting root cause investigations, optimization of process and providing production and maintenance support as required. Responsible to organize test runs for analysis of unit performance, establishing optimum operating parameters and for identifying process bottlenecks for increasing the plant throughput. Also, to prepare analyses and evaluate comprehensive process studies on plant operational upsets, unit under-capacity, safeguarding and equipment breakdown identifies cause and cure and prepare full investigation reports. Assist operating personnel by providing detailed operating instructions and process start-up assistance. Responsible for proper analysis and approvals of Gases Purification changes by initiating Management of Changes Authorization and participating and leading the Process Hazard Assessment process to ensure compliance with corporate standards. Key Accomplishments

• Increased Fumigation plant throughput by 25%

• Reduced phosphine purification plant cycle time by 20%

• Conducted different experiment and reduced nitrogen usage in Fumigation plant by 50%

• Reduced phosphine usage in Fumigation plant by 4.0 %

• Led PHA and design review for Phosphine Purification plant Capacity Expansion and Fumigation plant Expansion project

• Involved in new product development in Pilot Plant, led PHA and developed SOP for the processes.

SENIOR QUALITY ENGINEER (ANALYST), Business Services D + H, Mississauga, Canada

Duration: February 2002 to July 2011

Design, implement and evaluate statistical sampling plan, process improvement initiatives, and cost of quality program. Assist with development and implementation of programs, processes, policies and tools to create Quality Management infrastructure including process documentation, continuous improvement, quality auditing, and performance measurement framework. Support the organization in establishing the appropriate standards and measurement methodologies to determine the productive efficiency of resources.

Key Accomplishments

• Increased organizational productivity rate by 2.5% and accuracy rate of disbursement unit by 3% utilizing process improvement methodologies, like SPC, Six-Sigma

• Actively involved in planning and implementation of Enterprise Content Management Project

• Actively participated in business process re-engineering of different processes

• Designed statistical sampling plan and cost of quality program

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CHEMICAL ENGINEER, Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit Kuwait National Petroleum Company, Kuwait

Capacity: 40000 BPD, UOP Design

Duration: December 1993 to December 2000

Duties and Responsibilities

Performed daily plant operation and process control activities of FCC unit. Coordinated and followed up with maintenance group regarding corrective & preventive maintenance activities. Operated and controlled Gas Concentration unit having steam-turbine operated two stages wet gas compressor, primary absorber, sponge absorber, and stripper and debutanizer process, Light gasoline and Heavy gasoline sweetening process, FCC sour water treatment unit. Key Accomplishments

• Provided process input and advice as required during the construction, commissioning and start-up phases of the FCC unit revamping project

• Carried out Reactor - Regenerator section Drying Out operation

• Performed Soda Boiling procedure of the Flue Gas Coolers system

• Conducted leak test, and hydro test of different equipment as well as whole FCC units

• Experienced with isolation, purzing and line up of utility systems such as Nitrogen header, Plant air header, Cooling and sea water system, Flare gas system, and High-pressure steam headers

• Isolated, prepared and safely handed over different types of towers, heat exchangers, pipe lines and vessels as per schematic diagram for revamping work

• Maintained all the safety procedures for Cold, Hot and Confined space maintenance works.

• Coordinated daily corrective and preventative maintenance works of the unit

• Isolated, prepared and safely handed over different heat exchangers, pipe lines and vessels as per schematic diagram for Revamping work

PROCESS (CHEMICAL) ENGINEER, Ammonia plant

Polash Urea Fertilizer Factory, Bangladesh

Capacity: 180 MTD Ammonia and 305 MTD of Urea.

Duration: December 1987 to August 1993

Carried out ammonia plant day-to-day plant operation, process control, and engineering activities. Coordinated and followed up corrective and preventative maintenance works of the plant. Scheduled and implemented long and short terms shut down and start up planning, catalyst replacement and replenishment program. Performed catalyst passivation (oxidation), and reduction of different types of catalysts used in ammonia plant. Operated and controlled ammonia plant as a whole such as Gas Reforming, CO2 Removal, Ammonia Synthesis, and Ammonia Refrigeration units Key Accomplishments

• Increased 11% production capacity by performing Material and Energy balance and by optimizing usage ratios of the process

• Designed a pipe line to discharge cooling water from synthesis gas coolers to maintain throughput of the ammonia plant

• Carried out ammonia plant revamping study in order to find out the constraints of the individual process equipment, pipelines, pumps and compressors e.g. calculation of heat transfer area of heat exchangers, pump capacity, furnace heat duty and so on. COURSE INSTRUCTOR

Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Ontario, Canada Basic Statistics and Statistical Process Control (SPC) Duration: 2007 to 2011

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