Vice President - Project Execution
Acwa Power International
Total years of experience :29 years, 0 Months
Appointed as the Vice President of the Project Execution Office with execution responsibilities for the global portfolio of 22 power and water projects for an Independent Power & Water Producer (IPP, IWP, IWPP) under direct leadership exceeding 20 GW & 800 MIGD worldwide with a Total Installed Capital Cost of > 22 Billion US$ covering the full range of power and renewable projects including conventional Gas Turbine projects, solar PV, Wind Farm, Mixed Utility Projects including Battery Energy Storage Systems, Microgrids, clean coal projects as well as SWRO desalination projects
Appointed as the Contractor’s Project Director for the construction of a combined cycle cogeneration plant as well as all the associated off plot installation in order to meet both steam and power demand for the PDO Yibal Khuff project with a Total Installed Cost of > 550 Million US$ and over 9 Million construction man-hours.
The project includes the following on plot components : 132 kV GIS substation and control room building, 33 kV Gas Turbine Generator substation and control room building, Installation of the complete GTG package - Frame 6B (GE), HRSG package & By Pass Stack, Emergency Diesel Generator (1000kVA, 800kW), Electric Heater & Filter Coalescer, 132kV OHL Tie In / Interfaces and Pipe Racks & Other Utilities.
The off plot scope entails of construction of three Remote Manifold stations (RMS) and 190 km buried 6”, 8”, 10” and 16” Carbon Steel and 6” Glass Reinforced Epoxy (GRE) High Pressure pipelines consisting of gas, oil and water export pipelines, trunk lines and flow lines.
The enabling works also require the design and construction of a 1, 700 man construction camp facility in the desert to house the workforce.
Initially appointed as a PMC Senior Project Manager and later confirmed as the Delivery Support Manger / Manager of Projects (for last 11 months) in the Oman office responsible for the execution of project proposals, co-ordination and management of the engineering & design, project controls, procurement, construction and commissioning of entire portfolio of with full profit and loss accountability across the complete portfolio of projects executed in the Oman location (30 projects) with a Total installed Cost (TIC) value > 3.5 Billion US$ for our Tier 1 clients like Petroleum Development Oman (PDO / Shell), BP, Occidental, Oman Oil Group, including Oman Gas Company, OOCEP & Duqm Refinery Project), Oman Ministries of Power and Water, Fisheries, Environmental Affairs and various other EPC companies where WPO provided engineering services reporting directly to the Managing Director of Oman location.
I have executed the following projects as Senior Project Manager & Project Director:
Duqm Liquid Bulk Berths & Tank Farm Project:
Consultancy Services for Project Definition (Concept & PRE-FEED), FEED, PMC Services and EPC Supervision of the New Liquid Bulk Berths in the Port of Duqm. The project was executed out of 7 different Workshare execution centers across the globe, and I was responsible for the overall Project and PMC execution, including self-perform PRE-FEED, FEED engineering Management of the project with a total budget of > 1 Million man-hours for Engineering & PMC supervision.
The Duqm Liquid Bulk Berths & Tank Farm Project, with a Total Installed Cost of > 2 Billion US$, involves the development of a liquid bulk berths and terminal facilities product for the import of crude oil and the export of finished products with a total storage capacity of 760 000 m3, from the 230, 000 BPD Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company (DRPIC) Duqm Refinery Phase 1. The project also included the deepening of the existing Duqm Port Basin to - 18m CD, with a dredged volume of > 30 Million m3 and reclamation volume of > 10 Million m3 for the offshore development of the Marine and Topsides infrastructure on the Lee Breakwater.
Ras Markaz Oil Pipeline Concept and FEED Project with a capacity of 300-1, 500 k bbl /d from Nahada Booster Station Area located at PDO MOL (~ 200 km south-west of Muscat) to Ras Markaz Tanks Terminal.
The length of the route from Nahada Booster Station to Ras Markaz is ~ 420 km and the route from Ras Markaz to Ad Duqm Refinery is about ~ 80 km long. The Total Installed Cost for the initial phase of 600 k bbl/d is estimated at 850 Million US$, with the final 1, 500 k bbl /d phase Cost TIC of > 1.5 Billion US$.
Khulud Tight Gas Processing Facility Modularization FEED Project:
The Project involved the development of the Khulud Main, East and West gas producing fields by PDO. The Khulud field is a Non Associated Gas field (NAG), which will produce sweet gas at an average annual production rate of 5 MSm3/d, with maximum annual average hydrocarbon liquids production predicted to reach 1300 m3/d. The modularization assessment study was completed to evaluate the suitability and benefit of applying modularization to the CPF. This assessment was executed in conjunction with WorleyParsons modularization experts from Canada. The recommendation to proceed with modularization was accepted by PDO and the FEED for this project is currently ongoing. The Total Installed Cost of the project is estimated at 800 Million US$
EPC Project Director for Oman Gas Company Ibri and Sohar Gas Supply Stations EPC Project of two 8.5 MSm3/d of Gas Supply Stations with PRTs supplying NG to power and in Ibri and Sohar regions. The project includes the design and construction of a 32” pipeline designed for 32 MSm3/d in Ibri as well as two additional pipelines (28” and 12”) pipeline in Sohar.
The TIC of the project is > 100 Million US$ with an execution phase of 17 months > and 5 Million Man-hours.
Appointed as a Senior Project Manager in the Almaty office responsible for the planning, co-ordination and management of the engineering & design, project controls, procurement, construction and commissioning of assigned projects reporting directly to the Director of Mining, Minerals, Chemicals and Infrastructure in Kazakhstan and the Almaty Branch Director.
My role also includes the responsibility to function as the Proposal Manager in the preparation of all proposals related to Mining, Minerals, Chemicals and Infrastructure projects executed in Kazakhstan.
The active or completed projects that I have been responsible for are listed below:
Samal Wind Park Project:
Detailed Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of a 51.3 MW wind-powered electrical generation facility consisting of wind turbine generators and related interconnection facilities . The authorized capital in execution for the project is 225 Million US$.
The wind park complex includes 18 x 2.85 MW series GE wind turbine generators (WTGs), their foundations, crane pads, an internal road system, access roads from the public road system to the wind park site, a 35kV medium voltage electrical collection system, 220 kV substation and overhead transmission line and an operations and maintenance building. The project scope also includes some enabling work, such as the upgrading of external roads and bridges so they can accommodate the vehicles delivering equipment from the port of Aktua to the wind park and temporary work including furnishing construction offices, equipment laydown areas, and accommodations for workers.
The scope includes for Detail Engineering including, but not limited to generation of the Capex and Opex costs, development of the schedule for detailed design, construction, commissioning, handover and regulatory approvals.
The scope for Construction and Procurement includes the procurement of all equipment and material as well as appointing and managing the sub consultants and construction contractors on WorleyParsons’ paper.
JV Inkai Uranium Expansion Project:
Feasibility Study for the increase of JV Inkai’s current annual production of 2 000 Tonnes of Uranium per year to 4 000 Tonnes of Uranium per year. The Total Installed Cost of the project is estimated at 1 Billion US$, which includes the wellfield development cost.
The feasibility study included : concluding the necessary trade-off studies, wellfield design, design of elution plants and a central production plant, design of new permanent housing camp, design of all infrastructure and facility requirements, estimating of the Capex and Opex costs, development of the schedule.
Yubileinoye Gold Mine Project:
Feasibility Study for a major expansion of the existing Yubileinoye Gold Mine through the construction of a new open pit, a processing plant and all required infrastructure in order to process 5 M t ROM ore per annum. The Total Installed Cost of the project is estimated at 400 Million US$.
The feasibility study included : concluding the necessary trade-off studies, design of three-stage crushing, closed-circuit ball milling, pre-leach thickening, CIL cyanidation, gold elution and electro winning, cyanide detoxification, and tailings thickening producing a final gold-containing product, namely Dore’ bars, design of all infrastructure and facility requirements, estimating of the Capex and Opex costs.
UCC Sodium Cyanide (NaCN) Project:
Feasibility Study for a Greenfields 25, 000 T/year Sodium Cyanide (NaCN) production facility for the United Chemical Company in the Shu Region of Kazakhstan. The Total Installed Cost of the project is estimated at 140 Million US$.
The feasibility study included: necessary reagent storage tank farm areas, HCN and NaCN process plant areas utilizing licensed DuPoint technology, waste gas flaring, technical water and waste water treatment plants, final product packaging and storage as well as plant utility and administration areas.
Appointed as the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Project Manager for the Island View Terminal No 1 Project executed in Durban, South Africa. The capital value of the project directly under my management and control was 437.5 Million US$ and forms part of the greater New Multi Product Pipeline (NMPP) Project with a total approved capital value of 2.287 Billion US$. The NMPP project is executed by a joint venture between Worley Parsons and Arup (AWP) on a NEC type contract for and on behalf of Transnet Capital Projects. The direct Project Management Team reporting into me as the Asset Project Manager amounts to > 100 professional people from engineering, construction, quality, procurement, document control, contract administration and HR &IR. Total contractor staff compliment during construction will exceed 1800 construction personnel.
This project includes the detail design and construction of a 220 000 m3 product tank farm facility including metering intake, large product storage tanks (36 m diameter) for Diesel, Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel, ULP 95, ULP 93 and Jet Fuel. The facility also caters for, but not limited to a pumping station, tanker loading facility, off spec product handling system, pig launching facility feeding into for 24” pipeline system for >500 km pipeline network, storm water and oily water treatment facility as well as associated electrical supply, emergency power back-up and associated process, fire and gas control systems.
Appointed as a Project Portfolio Manager within the Integrated Management Team (IMT) in a PMC Role for the Sasol Secunda refinery complex Growth Projects Portfolio with a total approved capital value of 1.85 Billion US$.
Brownfield EPC Capital projects that I was responsible for included:
• 5th Cooling Train Project - 62.5 Million US$
• Tail Gas Wash Water Project - 43.75 Million US$
• Secunda West Factory September 2010 Shutdown EPCM Management Project - 41.25 Million US$
• Heat Recovery Steam Generator OBL Project - 12.63 Million US$
• Synthol Boiler Feed Water Upgrade Project - 11.75 Million US$
As PPM the following project responsibilities was associated with the PPM role:
• Project management responsibility for the management of multiple Engineering Contractors (EC) projects within a portfolio
• Named the NEC Employer’s Agent with the associated responsibilities
• Manage EC contracts in accordance with the NEC contracts and within the internal delegation of authority
• Responsible for understanding and managing the required construction execution details, risks, and daily communications with the EC Project Manager(s)
• Responsible for ensuring accurate EC and internal reporting for the projects under my responsibility
• Responsible for following and ensuring compliance with the Programme Procedures and Sasol’s BD&I requirements
• Responsible for keeping the Management Consultant and Sasol Area Project Managers informed and involved in issues which could affect the Project Baseline (i.e. cost, schedule, quality, scope, and risks).
• Expected to identify areas for improvement and provide recommendations to the Area Project Managers
• Responsible to facilitate commercial decisions and approvals
• Provide mentorship and leadership to the Management Consultant team members
As an external consultant to Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation (Vanchem Vanadium Products), my company (ABR Project Management & Consulting Services) employed 12 full time employees and under my leadership provided the full spectrum of EPCM services as well as managing the client’s total portfolio of capital projects. This included all Brownfield capital projects executed at their Vanadium producing plants on behalf of Vanchem Vanadium Products (Pty) Ltd , these projects included :
• SO2 Recovery Plant Feasibility Study - 31.25 Million US$
• Closure of Current Waste Dump Facility - 25 Million US$
• New Calcine Waste Dump Facility - 15 Million US$
• Storm Water Dam and Drains - 10 Million US$
• Vanchem Structural Repair Program - 10.88 Million US$
• Barren Treatment Plant - 10.63 Million US$
• New Slimes Dam Facility 6.25 Million US$
• Kiln 1 Stack Rebuild - 1.22 Million US$
• Various smaller in-plant capital Medium to Long Term projects - 5 Million US$
• Acid Bricking of Barren Treatment Plant - 0.63 Million US$
• Responsibilities and involvement for the above mentioned projects ranged from leading and directing conceptual, pre- and feasibility studies through to compiling the required documentation to obtain board approval and project execution phase.
• Responsible for total portfolio management and project management of multi disciplined teams during the execution phase of the project(s) including contract management (FIDIC & NEC), construction management, financial management, quality management, operational readiness, training and recruitment of operational personnel and system integration into current operations throughout various contract types (EPCM, (LSTK)Lump Sum Turnkey and Engineering design contracts)
• External and internal interfacing with various consultants, design engineers and service departments related to the project design verification and process guarantees and equipment selection.
• Responsible for overseeing total procurement of system equipment, including compiling of various tender documentation, tender adjudication, contract negotiation, contract management and capital control of expenditure per contract.
• Recruitment and supply to the client all required Ad-Hoc project staff to fulfill short and long term staffing needs on the current projects being executed at Vanchem.
• Enforcing compliance to the Occupational Safety Act and Construction Regulations throughout the execution of all the capital projects under my control (> 250 contractors involved in the construction phases)
• Performing end user / stakeholder management functions.
Project Manager of various Brown fields EPC capital projects on behalf of Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation at both their Steel, Manganese and Vanadium producing plants, these projects included :
• Vanadium Slag Crushing and Milling Plant - 11.25 Million US$
• 22 kV Electrical Distribution Network Upgrade - 10 Million US$
• Raw Materials handling system upgrade projects - 6.88 Million US$
• Kiln 2 Mechanical Rebuild - 4.1 Million US$
• Spectrographic Laboratories upgrade project - 2.5 Million US$
• Briquetting Plant - 1 Million US$
• Pelletizing Plant Upgrade - 0.7 Million US$
• Responsibilities and involvement for the above mentioned projects ranged from conceptual, pre- and feasibility studies through to compiling the required documentation to obtain board approval and project execution phase.
• Responsible for total project management of multi disciplined teams during the execution phase of the project(s) including contract management (FIDIC), construction management, financial management, quality management, operational readiness, training of operational personnel and system integration into current operations.
• Responsible for facilitating all design phases with the chosen design consultants and to obtain alignment with the client’s requirements.
• External and internal interfacing with various consultants, design engineers and service departments related to the project design verification and process guarantees and equipment selection.
• Responsible for overseeing total procurement of system equipment, including compiling of various tender documentation, tender adjudication, contract negotiation, contract management and capital control of expenditure per contract.
• Enforcing compliance to the Occupational Safety Act and Construction Regulations throughout the construction execution of all the capital projects under my control (> 250 contractors involved in the construction phases)
• Performing end user / stakeholder management functions.
Part of the Senior Project Management Team executing the 150 Million US$ Advanced Undercut (AUC) Project where I was also responsible as the Project Manager for the 8.25Million US$ New Concrete Supply System capital project with infrastructure on surface and underground.
• Total project management function in the execution and construction phase of project including construction program, financial management, operational readiness, training and recruitment of operational personnel and system integration into mining operation
• Compiling and approval of all engineering specifications in conjunction with chosen external design company
• External interfacing with consultants, design engineers, service departments related to project design verification and process guarantees and equipment selection
• Overseeing total procurement of systems equipment, including tender adjudication, contract negotiation, contract management and capital control of expenditure per contract.
• Legally appointed as responsible engineer of the mine health and safety act on project overseeing all construction activities on surface as well as underground mine development and construction requirements.
• Performing end user/stakeholder management functions
Plant Engineer, Assistant Engineer: (2003 - 2005)
• Appointed as treatment plant engineer of the diamond treatment plant from Dec 2003 until Feb 2004
• Appointed as treatment plant engineer for area 2 from March 2004 until Jan 2005
• Involved in the design, construction and commissioning of the Premier Mine Dump Treatment Facility (PMDTF) in 2004 with a capital value of 3.75 Million US$ and an annual through put of 1.5 million tons of low grade dump material
• Involved in the design, construction and execution of the caustic replacement plant in 2005 with a capital value of 6 Million US$
• Involved in the design, construction and commissioning of the Optical Sorting Plant (OSP) in 2004-2005 with a capital value of 8.63 Million US$ and an annual through put of 400 000 tons of high grade dump material
• Responsible for entire engineering function of the different processing plants, including capital and working cost expenditure, maintenance and maintenance shutdowns.
De Beers Namaqualand Open cast Diamond Mine & Cullinan Underground Diamond Mine
Junior Engineer, Various Instrumentation Department Positions: (1998 - 2003)
• Completed the 2 year De Beers Consolidated Mines Junior Engineer development program, which consisted of various courses across all engineering related disciplines, projects and proficiencies in all sections of the mining industry
• Acted at various levels of the maintenance structures was also required, i.e. foreman, maintenance planner, section engineer. trackless/ production engineer, plant engineer, project engineer and services engineer during my training period and has obtained valuable experience on the maintenance strategies, capital replacement for major underground equipment (trackless and ground handling)
• Senior PLC & SCADA and Shaft engineering positions - Responsible for the PLC& SCADA department including infrastructure. Also responsible for all the mine winders, compressors and ventilation equipment as well as all mine services with relation to the instrumentation discipline.
• During my studies I was involved in practical on the job training as part of Eskom’s competency based training programme and subsequent appointment as an instrumentation technician on a coal fired 3600 MW power station
• Responsible for maintenance on various equipment associated with operation of a coal fired station unit including, but not limited to: Siemens Teleperm C, N&M DCS control systems, Honeywell process data acquisition computer network, Siemens S5 PLC’s, balls Mills, Pyrometers, instruments ranging from pressure, flow, level, temperature controllers, generator controlling equipment, ABB controlled boiler protection circuits
Master of Science Degree in Project Management.