aftab ahmed soomro, Safety Specialist

aftab ahmed soomro

Safety Specialist

Qatar Petroleum

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering
Experience
25 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :25 years, 6 Months

Safety Specialist at Qatar Petroleum
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since December 2011

17+ Years (Oil and Gas

HSE Engineer at National Refinery Limited
  • Pakistan
  • January 2008 to December 2011

National Refinery Limited is an ISO-9001, ISO-14001, & OHSAS-18001 certified organization which is the largest refining complex of Pakistan, engaged in manufacturing of a wide range of petroleum products with the objective to achieve sustainable productivity, profitability and high standards of HSE.

Responsibilities
•Promote good Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental practices throughout the Refinery.
•Coordinate for the incident investigation determining root cause and their action compliance record management.
•Effective implementation and continual improvement of IMS (HSEQ) Management System that is based on ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 Standards.
•Carrying out Potential Hazard Analysis and risk assessment of Plants.
•During Shutdown/ Turnaround participate through out all safety activities.
•Develop, documentation, reporting & monitoring of VOC's, Gas emissions, Effluents and Noise level in the Refinery.
•Document review the close out NCR'S / CPA's in coordination with IMS (HSEQ) DMR's and department Managers.
•Participate communicating and promoting the basic safety requirements of the IMS (HSEQ) system policy and SOP's.
•Ensure all employees and contractor staffs perform their duties according to general Safety / HSEQ policy and use of PPE's through survey and visit

Refinery Shift Controller at National Refinery Limited
  • Pakistan
  • July 2006 to January 2008

To supervise the refinery operations and provide effective support to handle any troubleshooting.
•Preparation & issuance of 24 hr detail production report to all interfaces.
•Direct reporting to higher Management during shifts.
•Supervision and training of all the colleagues and promoting the teamwork and keeping up the motivation of the team.
•To make sure complete implementation of Permit To Work systems and all other Safety Procedures lay down by the Company.
•To act as incident controller in case of any emergencies.
•Review production targets and emergency procedures.

Production Engineer at National Refinery Limited
  • Pakistan
  • December 1998 to June 2006

Ensure steady and smooth operations of the Crude Distillation and Meroxes units at the Fuel Refinery.
•Safe and accident free start up and shutdown of atmospheric distillation and Meroxes units.
•Emergency handlings during utility failures as per standard operating procedures.
•Detection, analysis, Troubleshooting & De-bottlenecking of operational conditions.
•Participation in Inter units Technical audits and liquidation of non conformities by taking corrective actions.
•Maintaining products such as JP-1, JP-8, KEROSENE, HSD and LPG specifications.
•Material balance, product quality review and tanks ullage reports in order to assess the overall availability of feedstock for units, product quality, etc.
•Resolve environmental matters and attend to related findings and observations.
•Detection, analysis, Troubleshooting & De-bottlenecking of operational conditions.
•Improve existing facilities by recommendation of new installations and modifications.
•In new projects participating and providing support for construction, pre-commissioning and testing activities.
•Preparation & updation of Unit Operating Manuals, work procedures manuals and standing safety Instruction manuals.
•Issue Hot work, Cold work and other work permits to perform the maintenance work at the plant.
•Coordinate all the activities of TURNAROUND related to operation department and monitor all the activities for safe shutdown and startup of plant for Turnaround.
•Monitoring of process units such as Furfural Extraction Unit & M.E.K. De-Waxing Unit with respect to targeted process operating conditions taking necessary corrective measures for process optimization.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering
  • at NED University of Engineering and Technology
  • January 1998

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Bachelor's degree, Engineering
  • at Pakistan Institute of Modern Sciences

courses: Certified Lead Auditor - OHSAS 18001 Course number A17453 by IRCA. •NEBOSH IGC (Reg. # 00114293) from Enertech Qatar. •Risk Assessment HABC Level 2 award. KEY SKILLS & AREAS OF EXPERTISE •OHSAH-18001 (LEAD AUDITOR) •Operational and Process Safety •HSE Management and Administration. •HSE auditing, procedures development. •Root-cause Analysis •Procedures, Risk Assessment and Job Safety Analysis. •Technical communication

High school or equivalent, Engineering
  • at Pakistan Institute of Modern Sciences

courses: Certified Lead Auditor - OHSAS 18001 Course number A17453 by IRCA. •NEBOSH IGC (Reg. # 00114293) from Enertech Qatar. •Risk Assessment HABC Level 2 award. KEY SKILLS & AREAS OF EXPERTISE •OHSAH-18001 (LEAD AUDITOR) •Operational and Process Safety •HSE Management and Administration. •HSE auditing, procedures development. •Root-cause Analysis •Procedures, Risk Assessment and Job Safety Analysis. •Technical communication

Specialties & Skills

BALANCE
INSTRUCTION
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
MEETING FACILITATION
OPTIMIZATION
PERSONNEL
POLICY ANALYSIS
RISK ASSESSMENT
TROUBLESHOOTING