Asad Wazir, Operations Manager Western Region

Asad Wazir

Operations Manager Western Region

Air Liquide

Location
Pakistan - Lahore
Education
Master's degree, Marketing
Experience
14 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 7 Months

Operations Manager Western Region at Air Liquide
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • May 2011 to August 2014

• Jeddah branch construction project of 3 MSAR as a redistribution and filling center
• LAr supply design and installation at a steel company with a piping network of 350 meters
• Onsite Argon co2 mixing pipeline supply project was executed in Rabigh
• Successful introduction of Mini bulk Liquid Nitrogen tanks to Laser cutting customers
• Bulk liquid gases sourcing and supplies all across the western region KSA
• 5m USD AL Yanbu Project’s engineering and environment consultants negotiations, resources & communication planning and execution
• Cylinders and bulk logistics planning and assets management
• Dry ice production and recovery unit installation and commissioning
• Dry Ice machine production standard capacity 20% increased by adjusting the dry ice block size
• Inventory management to maintain products stocks and spares for the plants.
• Preventive Maintenance program developed for plants
• Bulk inventory losses were maintained within 3%
• Operational reporting and follow ups to local management and AL group
• Unique anti confusion coupling installation project was initiated and have achieved 80 completion so far
• Responsible for QHSE in the Plants and Logistics
• Developed SOP’s and SMP’s for the Plants and logistics
• Generic Risk Analysis (GRA) and Accidental Risk assessment (ARA) to achieve EIS (Elements important for Safety) identification was done for the Plants and Customer installations
• Job Hazards analysis, Safe work permit and Behavioral Safety Visit implemented
• Conducting HSE meetings and trainings for the Plant Personnel as per the Air Liquide Technical Standards & Information Notes
• Project Risk Identification (PRI), Project Risk Assessment (PRA) &Ready for start up review (RFSR) for the Jeddah Site and Customer Installations

Operations Manager at Air Liquide
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2010 to May 2011

• Helium losses went down by fixing of helium flash recovery balloon and turned into business product
• Product coding developed and implemented following AL group standards
• CO2 and Oxygen filling system installation and commissioning
• Cylinders refurbishment facility installation project
• Quality control lab upgraded and installed a gas chromatograph
• Preventive maintenance system initiated and trained staff on monitoring system
• Appointed as IMS training manager
• Implementation of Behavior Safety Visits

Product Supply Manager at Gulf Cryo
  • Kuwait
  • August 2008 to July 2010

• ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OSHAS 18001 certification for the facility
• Maintained recordable accident rate to zero.
• Acetylene AA grade, Zero and Medical Air in house production
• Waste management tools implemented to recycle to achieve legal and environment compliance and improve product costs
• KPIs improved by negligible downtime, reliable maintenance and reduction in overtime costs by 70%.
• Inventory management tool was developed to improve resource planning for reliable operations and reduce inventory
• Excel based maintenance program was developed and implemented and plants reliability improved
• Cylinders turnaround rotation improved from 3.3 to 3.9 fills/cylinder by a revised cylinders distribution plan and inducting call center
• Cylinders warehouse KANBAN system revisited, resulting better resource utilization
• New Ammonia filling and mixing plant project construction and commissioning
• Cost analyses and monitoring to meet budgeted costs

Production Head at Gulf Cryo
  • Kuwait
  • June 2007 to August 2008

• Achieved CGA standards CO2 quality for beverages and other applications
• Trained staff and operators on SOPs and quality standards.
• Cylinders refurbishment capacity doubled with no change in manpower
• Revived Hydrogen plant production and quality after major maintenance.
• Introduced standard manifolded cylinder pallets MCPs (bundles)

Operations & Maintenance Engineer at Gulf Cryo
  • Kuwait
  • October 2004 to June 2007

• Developed P&I diagrams for all plants i.e. Air gases filling station, CO2, Nitrous, acetylene and ammonia filling.
• Improved and maintained Nitrous oxide plant yield from 2.7 to 2.2
• Improved Carbon-dioxide plant production from 120 to 230 kg/hr by achieving design parameters.
• Increased productivity of Acetylene plant from 80 to 120 cyls/ day.
• Enhanced gas purity of cylinders to international standards by implementing cylinder preparations and quality checks

Distribution Engineer at BOC Pakistan Ltd (Linde Group)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • May 2004 to October 2004

• Nominated as customer engineering services (CES) peer group member for Pakistan by BOC Group (part of The Linde Group)
• Commissioned LOX and LIN customer installations and implemented customer feedback system
• Trained staff and operators on Traccess - BOC Group’s online training software and evaluated by Audit Manager program

Maintenance Engineer at BOC Pakistan Ltd (Linde Group)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • October 2002 to May 2004

• Supervised and planned preventive/ predictive maintenance of ASU, Nitrous Oxide plants and compression facilities.
• Customized and trained staff in implementation of Computerized Maintenance Management System.
• Improved reliability of equipment and supported operations by implementing modifications to existing facilities.

Distribution & Applications Engineer at BOC Pakistan Ltd (Linde Group)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • June 2001 to October 2002

• Developed major new application for Liquid Nitrogen with cement sector’s coal firing systems. Coal available in Pakistan has high Sulphur content which leads to fire, Nitrogen blanketing ensures safe operation

Safety & Distribution Engineer at BOC Pakistan Ltd (Linde Group)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • October 2000 to June 2001

• Maintained 4 stars ranking in National Occupational Safety Association’s audit with better scores in every area.
• Implemented Trip Losses Monitoring System. This reduced the major loss of products due to better monitoring and preventive maintenance of vacuum insulated vessels.
• Reduced distribution costs by improved tankers utilization

Marketing Executive at Philips - IMPL
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • June 2000 to October 2000

• Marketed and sold Philips consumer and industrial product range

Internee Engineer at ICI Pakistan Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • April 2000 to June 2000

• Brought into operation Computerized Maintenance Management System, which was out of service for the past one year.
• Developed SOPs and trained staff to improve paints manufacturing procedure compliance from.
• Organized systematic description of various engineering spares available in the stores.

Internee at PEL
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • July 1997 to August 1997

• Monitored the assembly line of transformers, switchgears, compressors, air-conditioners and refrigerators

Education

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at The Internatioal University
  • December 2000

GPA 3.4

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at University of engineering & technology
  • April 2000

81% marks Internship In ICI Pakistan limited, Lahore Internship in PEL, Lahore

Specialties & Skills

Manufacturing Operations Management
Product Manufacturing
System Safety
Logistics Management
Quality Management
Production & Operations Management

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Council
  • Life time
  • April 2000

Training and Certifications

Financial analysis skills for non-financial management (Training)
Training Institute:
BOC Pakistan Limited, (Linde Group)
Date Attended:
April 2001
Developing marketing skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Pakistan Institute of Management, Lahore, Pakistan
Date Attended:
September 2001
HSE Advnaced Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Air Liquide
Date Attended:
July 2011
How to sell yourself? (Training)
Training Institute:
Renaissance Training and Consulting, Lahore
Date Attended:
July 1999
HSE Advanced Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Air Liquide
Date Attended:
January 2013
Train the Trainer (Training)
Training Institute:
Air Liquide
Date Attended:
May 2011
Management & leadership development (Training)
Training Institute:
Gulf Cryo
Date Attended:
July 2005
Teaming to Win (Training)
Training Institute:
BOC Pakistan Ltd (Linde Group)
Date Attended:
January 2002
World class Plant Maintenance & Reliability (Training)
Training Institute:
Marcus Evans Pvt. Ltd, Jumeriah, Dubai
Date Attended:
September 2005
Interpersonal communication & Time management skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Institute for International Research, Kuwait
Date Attended:
May 2006
AL Launch Program (Training)
Training Institute:
Air Liquide
Date Attended:
October 2010