Khalid Akhter, QA manager

Khalid Akhter

QA manager

Saudi Aramco

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Master's degree, Major Quality Management
Experience
18 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 6 Months

QA manager at Saudi Aramco
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since January 2018

Dye Penetrant / Magnetic Particle Ultrasonic / RT-Film interpretation
•Welding Inspections as per AWS-D.1.1/API/ASME Stds. I ncompliance with Saudi Aramco Engineering Stds. SAES-W-010, SAES-W-011, SAES-W-012& SAES-W-017
•Piping Inspections as per API-570, Pressure Vessel Inspections as per API-510 and above ground Tank Inspections as API-573
•Industrial Coating Inspections as per ISO-8501/SSPC/Swedish Standard in compliance with Saudi Aramco Engineering Standards SAES-H-100, SAES-H-100V, SAES-H-102, SAES-H-200, SAES-H-201, SAES-H-202, SAES-H-203, SAES-H-204, SAES-H-204V
•Supervising & conducting Vendor Inspections for Saudi Aramco (Saudi Aramco Qualified Inspector) as per their Inspection Criteria Form-175 and respective SAMSS & SAES Standards

Core Competencies

Quality Assurance
•Devising and implementing company quality assurance program in compliance with company requirements
•Prioritizing quality assurance responsibilities based on the integration of new designs & products into current production
•Reducing zero hour failures at customer by controlling the quality during production with effective feedback & closure systems; maintaining data bases for the quality system and assisting in preparation of annual reports and quality trending reports
•Reporting the status of the quality levels of staff, systems and production activities and participating in improvement programs; attending customer complaints / rejections, audit & corrective actions and fulfilling customers’ requirement

Quality Control
•Inspecting and testing the products at various stages in the production process; establishing testing procedures to determine a product's dimensions and characteristics; performing testing on the materials, parts, finished products to measure product performance under a variety of conditions
•Overseeing the documentation of test results and preparing the data in the form of a graph or chart.
•Suggesting changes to achieve the best quality possible and recommending the methods to minimize the amount of scrap; directing preparation of technical delivery condition based on which orders are taken; generating qualities reports on daily, fortnight & monthly basis and giving presentations in every monthly quality review meeting

Procurement Phase Planning &Implementation
•Handling audit vendors and undertaking procurement data review &process inspections.
•Organizing pre-inspection meetings with the clients representative & vendors.
•Carrying out verification of purchase materials as well as working on product identification and traceability.
•Driving process control during procurement.
•Monitoring raw material inspection for structural steel; visual dimensional & mill certificate.
•Handling Welder performance qualification.
•Inspecting Welding Procedures in accordance with American Welding Society.
•Performing post weld heat treatment and monitoring Non-Destructive Tests for welding.
•Drafting Sandblasting & Painting reports and inspection disposition reports, controlling Non-Conforming Products.
•Monitoring Calibration of Inspection, Measuring and Test Equipment.
•Handling material, storage & preservation.
•Carrying out fabrication of construction reports and pre-commissioning of facility or equipment.

Construction Phase Planning
•Organizing Management Meetings to establish delineate and review program.
•Implementing organizational policies, coordinate with various departments for attaining corporate objectives.
•Monitoring entire fabrication process for Structural Steel, Pre-engineered Steel Buildings and Pipe Spool.
•Handling installation of heavy Steel Structures, RTR pipes and heavy equipment.

Team Management
•Supervising, managing and supporting the quality assurance personnel.
•Providing administrative and technical direction to all quality control personnel encompassing personnel administration, resolution of technical problems, development / approval of in-house training, etc.

QA Manager at Shaybah Crude Stabilization Abqaiq Plan
  • October 2016 to March 2017
at Saudi Aramco
  • United Arab Emirates
  • November 2015 to October 2016

Southern Area Oil up-stream Project and Onshore Maintain Potential Project, (

  • December 2014 to October 2015

Ad Duwayhi Gravity-CILGoldmine Project (MA’ADEN GOLD) PMT QA/QC Manager.(MA’ADEN GOLD)

Jun’12 to Nov’14 with RasTanura Integrated Project, Mixed Feed Cracker (RTIP-SADARA), SADARA MFC Project Jubail, Saudi Arabia as Sr.QA/QC Manager (Dalem Company)

Jun’10 to May’12 with Saudi Aramco Total Refining & Petrochemical CompanyPort Tank Form and offsite Facilities as a QA Manager (Total Oil Company)
Project, (Jubal Export Refinery project, ), Jubal, KSA

Nov’07 to May’10 with Sumitomo Corporation Saudi Arabia Branch, King Abdullah University for Science & Technology, KAUST) Towel Saudi Arabia as QA Manager

  • January 2005 to August 2007

with Arabian BEMCO, Turbine Inlet Air Cooling PP9, And Two Great Gasoline Projects, Medina Bulk Plant & South West Bulk Plants as QA/QC Manager (Bemco Arabia)

QA/QC Manager
  • December 2002 to December 2004
QA/QC Manager
  • December 2001 to December 2002
QC Manager at Saudi Techint Ltd
  • Saudi Arabia
  • October 1998 to December 2001
QA/QC Manager
  • June 1997 to October 1998

Education

Master's degree, Major Quality Management
  • at Grant Town University
  • February 2015

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High school or equivalent,
  • at University of Peshawar
  • January 1980

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Specialties & Skills

Refinery
Turbines
QUALITY CONTROL
OIL PAINTING
ADVERTISING
MICROSOFT FOUNDATION CLASSES
UPSTREAM
ADMINISTRATION
CALIBRATION
CUSTOMER RELATIONS

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Arabic
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