Farhan Altaf, Lead Planning Engineer

Farhan Altaf

Lead Planning Engineer

Sendan International Company Limited

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jubail
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics Engineering
Experience
13 years, 1 month

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 1 month

Lead Planning Engineer at Sendan International Company Limited
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • My current job since September 2013

I have worked on following projects.

1. QUENCH IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (PETROKEMYA-SABIC) EPCC (Aug 2018-Present)

2. DOW RO (Reverse Osmosis) Water Project Phase-II (Jul 2016-Jul 2018)

3. SADARA Chemical Company - Isocyanates (TDI/PMDI) (Jun 2014-Jun 2016)

4. Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company (YASREF) Hydrocracker Package (Sep 2013-May 2014)

Following is the brief description of my responsibilities

• Preparation/Review of resource loaded, construction and commissioning driven EPC Schedule in Primavera P6, through integration of all activities related to detailed Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Pre-commissioning and Commissioning
• Development of the Progress Measurement System (PMS) in order to plan, update, track, analyse and report work performance for all phases of the project.
• To flag the potential delays ahead of time looking into the progress of works to ensure that the necessary mitigation measures are implemented by the PMT.
• Leading regular progress review meetings with the project team, assisting them with evaluation of reported progress and status of critical activities with particular attention to deviations from planned activities.
• Preparation/Review of monthly cost analysis & health review report for higher management.
• Preparation/Review of Manpower and Equipment deployment plans.
• Review and establish third party vendor or sub-contractor procedures and reporting inputs required for the project reporting to Client/End User.
• Participate in the review of resource deployment by sub-contractors to ensure adequacy for meeting the completion schedules and propose recommendations when required
• To analyse that all submittals from Equipment vendors/sub-contractors during implementation stage relating to Planning, Scheduling, Progress Measurement, Reporting, Productivity etc. are in line with the Agreement requirements, Project priorities, monitoring & control.
• To develop and distribute project curves of progress, cost and manpower, including planned, actual and forecast figures.
• Review of Daily/weekly/monthly progress report of area of works.
• Assist in submission of Monthly Progress Invoice to Client.
• Liaise with Client Project Control personnel as necessary

Maintenance Planning Engineer at Amiantit Fiberglass Industries Limited
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • June 2012 to August 2013

• Manage and direct the execution of planned and breakdown maintenance and repairs of all instrumentation in plant.
• Ensure availability of adequate manpower, materials, spares, tools and equipment guided by standard procedures.
• Implement fault-finding routines and procedures, diagnoses problems and take appropriate action.
• Inspection and troubleshooting of all plant instruments (Thermocouple, RTD, Transmitters, Speed and vibration sensors, solenoid valves and control valves).
• Carry out inventory management for inventory ageing and turnover (fast/slow/non-moving spares).
• Preparing monthly breakdown analysis reports.
• Effectively plan resources for the provision of cost effective maintenance solutions within tight budget constraints for following company owned assets
• Instrumentation assets
• Generators, pumps and compressors
• Industrial refrigeration and chillers assets
• Light and heavy vehicle assets

Maintenance Engineer at Bestway Cement Limited
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • April 2011 to April 2012

• Organizing and leading team for day to day activities and troubleshooting to ensure increasing reliability of instruments.
• Participating in defining overall maintenance process KPI’s.
• Review of skills gap and conduct awareness and training for the team in order to increase their technical capability and workmanship.
• Attending maintenance department daily meeting and present reports as necessary.
• Leading breakdown root cause analysis, developing/monitoring related action plan and initiating work permit process with coordination of operations team.
• Loop checking and module simulation using different type of simulators for troubleshooting purposes.
• Calibration, installation and maintenance of transmitters like Temperature, Pressure, Flow and Level.
• Calibration and maintenance of control valves from Fisher and Samson.
• Reviewing and managing spares inventory and consumables with storeroom team.
• Ensuring preventive maintenance is progressing in full methodology spirit.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics Engineering
  • at University Of Engineering And Technology Taxila
  • January 2011

Specialties & Skills

Project Coordination
Resource Efficiency
Maintenance & Troubleshooting
Instrument Control
Planning
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS
APPROACH
BUDGET PREPARATION
BUDGETING
CASH FLOW
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
CLOSING
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
CONTROL
ORACLE ERP
PRIMAVERA P6

Languages

Arabic
Beginner
English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Saudi Council of Engineers
  • Registered Engineer
  • September 2015
Pakistan Engineering Council
  • Registered Engineer
  • November 2011