CAREER SUMMARY & PROFILE
• Senior Process Engineer holds master degree majoring in Chemical Engineering, and MBA degree majoring in Energy Management.
• Extensive R&D and plants operation experience of more than 15 years, managing and executing process development, optimization & integration projects across diverse industrial sectors: oil & gas, LNG, refineries (distillation, heat exchangers, catalytic cracking, hydrotreating), chemicals and petrochemicals (steam cracking, ethylene, polyethylene, EDC, VCM, PVC).
• Sound technical expertise in R&D, process audit & process performance analysis: (fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, energy & material balance, heat, mass and momentum transfer), process modeling, advanced process control, process safety management and process application development.
• Proactive, result-oriented professional with excellent leadership, communication, coordination, decision making, problem solving, planning and execution skills.
SKILLS
• Fluid & particle dynamics
• Computational fluid dynamics
• Mathematical modeling & experiments design
• Pilot plant design and scaling-up
• Plant Design (plant economy & process mapping)
• Process Design (modeling, PFD, P&ID)
• Process Optimization (parametric & pinch analysis)
• Dynamic & steady state simulation (Aspen, HYSYS)
• Project Management and resources planning
• Process Safety Management (PHA, LOPA, HAZOP
ACHIEVEMENTS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Led and managed PE/PP wax plant operation, productivity increased by 60%.
• CDU pre-heat train integration project saved over $ 15 million.
• Low-grade fuels utilization generated monthly savings of $ 11, 000.
• Ethylene Glycol dehydration unit integration saved monthly operating cost by $ 7,000.
• Improved fractionation unit performance saved monthly operating cost by $ 3,000.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
JACOBS ENGINEERING, http://www.jacobs.com, New Orleans, LA
Process engineering – Deepwater Consulting Alliance, May 2014 – Present
Jacobs engineering is an international engineering, procurement & construction company that provides industrial, fabrication, construction and maintenance management technology to primary process industries.
Reported to: Process Engineering Discipline Lead
• Developed Enhanced Oil Recovery & gas lift compressor package model
• Optimized potential impacts of molecular weight and ambient conditions variations on process performance
• Established safeguarding strategy to mitigate over-pressure scenarios
• Developed integrated safeguarding action plan for topside process safety management
• Identified process hazard, and developed layers of protection
• Modeled and sized process safety devices and managed process safety scheme.
SIEMENS, http://www.siemens.com.sa, Al-Jubail, KSA, Senior Process Consultant, Sabic (Petrokemya/Saudi Kayan), Mar 2012 to Nov 2013
Siemens holds leadership positions in industry & energy sectors in KSA
Reported to: Department Head
• Realized optimum design for polyethylene productivity improvement project
• Developed process performance improvement basis for olefin cracking units
• Achieved and excelled project execution/delivery KPIs within targeted budget and timeframe
• Managed process/energy audits proposed projects and developed required PFDs and P&IDs
PALL CORPORATION, http://www.pall.com Dubai, UAE, Application Engineer, Aug 2011 to Feb 2012
Pall Corporation is a global leader in filtration, separation & purification products for fluid management needs
Reported to: Country Manager
• Improved process failure analysis (solid/gas cyclone separator CFD modeling)
• Achieved targeted filtration systems performance improvements (natural gas, refineries and petrochemicals)
GAP-TECH, http://www.gap-tech.com, Dammam, KSA, Senior Research Engineer, Saudi Aramco (Yanbu Refinery), Sabic (Ar-Razi/Ibn-Zahr), Apr 2008 to Jun 2011
GAP-Tech is a leading consulting firm in the field of process optimization for energy & process industries
Reported to: General Manager, Team: 20
• Optimized and improved existing heat exchangers network design
• Optimized, improved crude distillation tower performance, and developed the required PFDs and P&IDs
• Led and organized ethane cracking unit performance improvement project, and recommended initiatives for utility system conservation
• Led R&D efforts to improve fluid mixing in batch oxidation reactor
• Le...
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