Project Director
Obeikan Investment Group
Total years of experience :45 years, 2 Months
OBEIKAN INVESTMENT GROUP (OIG) Aug ’17 till date Based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, OIG is a major Industrial Group with diversified Companies, Plants, Centers and Strategic Partnerships with top International Companies in the fields of Paper & Board, Printing, Plastics, Liquid Packaging, Glass, Education & E-learning, Digitalization and Real Estate employing around 5, 000, (www.obeikan.com.sa ).
Obeikan Industrial City, P.O. Box 355023, Riyadh 11383, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Project Director - Obeikan Printing & Packaging
Project ‘NILE’ Management & physical Implementation, a major Turn-Key Project in FMCG Sector.
Director Strategic Projects
Planning and Development of the Group’s Strategic Projects.
Project Management & physical Implementation of the Strategic Projects in their totality.
Contributing intelligently towards realigning of the company strategies.
Assisting in Business Plans formulation and strategic partnerships with top Int’l Companies.
SIG COMBIBLOC OBEIKAN Co. Ltd. April ’15 till date
(A JV of SIG Combibloc of Germany and Obeikan Industrial Group for Production of Laminated Packaging for Liquids)
8922 New Industrial City, Unit # 1 Riyadh 14336-3859, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Project Manager
Project Management & physical Implementation of the Extrusion Project in its totality.
Managing Consultants/Contractors, tendering, techno-economic bids evaluations & award.
Involved in International Contracting for Plant Construction, Machinery/Equipment., know-how & technology including Contracts drafting, negotiations, execution & contract administration.
Managed Plant Electro-Mechanical Installations along with overseeing the Civil & infrastructure Works
Managed to have the Project completed maintaining the time and cost baselines per Project Charter.
Member Project Steering Committee.
The Project completed within Budget and ahead of schedule, now in full scale commercial production.
OBEIKAN GLASS COMPANY / YANBU GLASS COMPANY PROJECT
(A JV of Obeikan and Babtain Industrial Groups for Production of Glass Tableware within Obeikan Glass Co. Yanbu)
P. O. Box 30083, Yanbu Al-Sinaiyah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Project Manager
Global Project Planning, Management & physical Implementation of the Glass Tableware Project in its totality.
Pre-qualifications of Consultants/Contractors, tendering, techno-economic bids evaluations & award.
Involved in International Contracting for Plant Construction, Machinery/Equipment & Raw Materials, know-how & technology including Contracts drafting, negotiations, execution & contract administration.
Preparing Applications for Environmental/Construction Permits from Royal Commission & authorities.
Member Project Steering Committee.
Prepared and submitted Techno-economic Project Feasibility to Saudi Ind’l Dev. Fund/Banks and follow-up till financing approval.
Rendering Contracted Project Planning, Development & Project Management Consulting Services for a Joint Venture Project of Obeikan & another Saudi Industrial Group, project in Yanbu Industrial City, KSA
Prepared complete Project Feasibility Study for Saudi Industrial Development Fund and Development Banks for financing.
Global Project Planning, Management & physical Implementation of the Glass Project in its totality.
Pre-qualifications of Consultants/Contractors, tendering, techno-economic bids evaluations & award.
Involved in International Contracting for Plant Construction, Machinery/Equipment & Raw Materials, know-how & technology including Contracts drafting, negotiations, execution & contract administration.
Prepared Portfolios for Environmental & Construction Permits from Royal Commission & authorities.
Formulated corporate strategies, developed organizational set-up & devised induction & Training Plans.
Member Project Steering Committee. Acted as Gen. Manager in his absence during project impl. Phase
Planned corporate Projects, Value added Product diversifications and strategic business developments.
Handled Project Closeout (Acceptance Protocols, Administrative/financial/Doc. Control, lessons learnt).
Started work on next project of the Group, a joint venture with a Swiss/German multinational Group.
Managed ADRs (amicable dispute resolution) meetings with Suppliers, Contractors & Consultants.
Techno-economic Project Feasibility preparation for Saudi Ind’l Dev. Fund/Banks till financing approval.
Chair Person Apex Committee on Safety, Health and Environment. Devised policies, SOPs & Systems.
Reporting directly to the Board of Directors. As Secretary of the Board, conducted all Board Meetings.
Managed company Operations in their totality incl. Sales, Production, QA & QC, Fin & Admin, HS&E etc
Assured that operating costs and capital expense are within the approved budget
Devised strategic Business Plans, corporate expansions and industrial joint ventures.
Achieved targets set forth with complete P & L responsibility
Won Pre-qualifications & Approvals from major Clients in the Oil & Gas Industry.
Chair Person of Joint Health and Safety Committee.
Formulation of corporate strategies, identification of business opportunities and business development.
Planned & designed industrial Plants and Projects.
Prepared Pre-investment & comprehensive bankable Industrial Projects feasibility Studies for financing thru SIDF- Saudi Industrial Development Fund & other financial institutions
Rendered Industrial Project Management, Plant Design & Sourcing and other Management Consulting Services to diversified industrial clientele.
Designed & implemented SOPs -Standard Operating Procedures governing engineering/management
Designed, managed & completed ‘New Plant Project’ incl. Layout, permits from authorities,
constructions, utilities network, erection, start-up/operation aiming at on budget & timely completion
Negotiated! Administered all contracts for machinery, construction along with plant & facilities
maintenance contracts.
Designed & Implemented Systems for plant & facilities operational integrity & developed special machines.
Developed SOPs & Implemented safety compliances to OHSA, WHMIS, NFP, Electrical Safety Authority, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Labour and Pre-start Health & Safety Reviews.
Devised & implemented continuous improvements (Kaizens) & Lean Manufacturing Culture.
Implemented the project thru design, construction, erection & commissioning to full commercial operations.
Managed factory operations in their totality. These include: production planning, manufacturing, vendor parts Development, computer-aided design for systems & products, quotes preparation, quality control, plant engineering. & maintenance, inventory control, packing / dispatch, customer service & continuous Improvement processes.
Handled large budgets & controlled costs. Negotiated all machinery, tooling & raw material contracts.
Introduced & implemented Systems & Procedures covering all aspects of factory operations.
-Consulting for diversified industrial projects, ergonomic and process improvements for productivity & capacity.
Managed all corporate industrial projects from inception to execution incl. feasibility study, financing thru SIDF, project design, engineering, construction, installation, commissioning & plant operations, salient projects being:
*Light Industrial Steel Factory: Steel Storage Systems manufacturing, steel processing/fabrications
*Welding Electrodes & Machines Factory: Manufacturing of welding electrodes & machines
Created strategic corporate plans, negotiated/administered contracts for technology, plant, machinery & tooling.
Designed plant layouts, prepared tenders, evaluated bids & carried out pre-delivery inspections of eqpt. in Europe. Associated as Consultant with few more industrial projects funded by SIDF.
Administered plant integrity. Initiated & implemented continuous improvement projects for capacity optimization.
Increased plant operational worthiness & decreased maintenance budget by cost effective systems & procedures.
Reduced plant expansion project cost thru alternate sourcing & local mfg. / development of equipment & spares
Monitored the project execution, supervised contractors, coordinated with consultants & utilities corporations.
Supervised Mechanical, Electrical erection & commissioning of the plant plus Ph. II civil constructions
Prepared tenders, evaluated bids, negotiated & administered contracts, attended design conferences, carried out pre shipment inspections of Machinery & Equipment at various plants in Europe.
Managed preventive maintenance & troubleshooting at plant & facilities (Mechanical, Electrical & Civil)
Manager Projects
Prepared project feasibility studies for assembly and progressive manufacturing of Suzuki Automobiles, Hino & Toyota Commercial Vehicles jointly with Suzuki & Toyota Motors of Japan. The projects are already in commercial production
Negotiated technology/licensing contracts & involved in development of vendors for automotive OEMs.
Executed manufacturing analysis, plant capacity appraisals, project evaluations, costing & estimations
Mechanical / Production Engineer & Asst. Manager Assembly Plant
Enhanced output at Assembly Plant & engineered new assembly lines as part of major balancing/modernization project.
Supervised stamping/machining/welding of automotive OEMs & manufacturing of vehicles Assembly jigs & fixtures.
Carried out Quality control of in-house & vendor components / assemblies, O E Ms & product developments