Ashraf Halaika, Operations manager

Ashraf Halaika

Operations manager

Chicago bridge and iron

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineer
Experience
9 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :9 years, 5 Months

Operations manager at Chicago bridge and iron
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • July 2013 to January 2016

• Evaluate, deliver and manage an annual revenue budget and CAPEX budget
• Managed full project cycles to the value of USD 50 Million
• Detailed understanding and experience of budgeting, procurement, cost control and reporting of significant Mega projects
• Evaluate and deliver strategic manufacturing policy and productivity analysis
• Materials planning and operations Management
• Evaluate People skills, creativity, rational analysis

Achievements :

• Increased profits by 10% in a highly competitive environment by focusing on the less price sensitive customer segments who valued service, which eliminated the need to use price as a mechanism for securing new business.
• Reduced employee turnover by 20% and significantly increased productivity by introducing a performance management system that recognized contribution, challenged staff to accept responsibility and empowered them to make decisions.
• Consistently achieved a high level of customer satisfaction by exhibiting a positive attitude and building trust, by ensuring commitments are met and expectations are exceeded by offering additional information about the company’s products in line with customer needs and priorities.
• Received CEO award for performance that the management believes it goes above and beyond the normal requirement in operations and facilities managements.

Projects Executed :

• Bechtel international ( weastone project- USD 43 Million )- Australia - 2013 - 2016 The project was 13, 000 tons of steel pipes, fittings and structural supports . 750, 000 welding Dia-inch’s with 18, 000 ISO.
• SKEC ( Jazan Refinery- USD 17 Million ) Saudi Arabia - 2015, The project was 6, 500 tons of steel pipes, fittings and structural supports . 380, 000 welding Dia-inch’s with 9, 000 ISO.
• Samsung engineering ( Carbon black Delay coker -USD 22 Million) Abu Dhabi 2014 to 2015 The project was 9, 000 tons of steel pipes, fittings and structural supports . 630, 000 welding Dia-inch’s with 16, 000 ISO.

Senior operation engineer at Shaw Emirates pipes manufacturing
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • February 2011 to June 2013

• Hands on planning and establishment of CB&I EPM piping fabrication shop over 206, 000 m2 and 140, 000 of welding dia per year .overseeing all civil work- sub contractors, design shop capacity, required power, machines, gases .
• Reviewing of the various (Americans) (Koreans), (Europeans) engineering design, piping material and technical submittals, fabrication Procedures, Project Schedules, test procedures, method statements, of the piping fabrication, testing and coating.
• Coordinating & Implementing continuous Quality Surveillance of Receiving Piping Material on yard, Pipe Fabrication in the shop, Coordinating the Inspection of Pipe Welding with Welding Inspectors and NDT crews.
• Overseeing the Fabrication, and welding of CS, LTCS, SS, Duplex and super duplex , alloy steel piping spools from 0.5” to 108” and wall thickness up to 70mm.
• Overseeing and Guiding production department on Allocation of material, man power and equipment for daily work activities.

Achievements :

• Increased production capacity by 15% by redefining and restructuring work flows which enabled the company to consistently meet or exceed promised manufacturing and delivery turnaround times and enabled the company to more accurately forecast and more capable of accommodating demand fluctuations.
• Significantly reduced staff costs and improved productivity by improving the firm’s administrative procedures which reduced the administration workload hours to normal time.
• Executed 1.3 million Dia inches of pipes fabrication in less than 2 years .

Projects Executed :

• Hunter International ( Qatar Chemical -USD 1.2 Million ) Qatar Dec 2012- June 2013 The project was 400 tons of blast units complex including internal design , HVAC, Blast door manufacturing, fire and gas detections and furniture’s
• Samsung Engineering ( West Qurna Project - USD 9 Million ) Basra - Iraq 2012-2013 The project was 4, 000 tons of steel pipes, fittings and structural supports . 270, 000 welding Dia-inch’s with 6, 700 ISO
• Samsung C&T (Quria independent power plant QIPP- USD 19 Million) Saudi Arabia 2012-2013 The project was 6, 000 tons of steel pipes, fittings and structural supports . 350, 000 welding Dia-inch’s with 8, 700 ISO
• SKEC ( Rewais refinery expansion project - USD 38 million) - Abu Dhabi 2011 - 2012 The project was 18, 000 tons of steel pipes, fittings and structural supports . 1, 050, 000 welding Dia-inch’s with 26, 000 ISO.

Project Engineer at Shaw Nass Meddle East
  • Bahrain
  • May 2007 to January 2011

• Worked closely with the Project / operations and material Manager for billing and invoicing of shipped piping spools and make claims for additional worked involved in the fabrication works. allocating the jobs and monitoring the daily activities in Post Weld Heat Treatment in Furnace, Blasting and Painting of 3 coat systems and loading and shipping of pre-fabricated piping spools. material take-off for supports fabrication, material encoding of part numbers
• Review Quality Control procedures ( Bending, FWP, ITP, NDE, PMI, PWHT, WPS) and welding process requirements (GMAW, MAW, GTAW, SAW )
• Preparing projects plan and reporting progress on daily, weekly and monthly base

Projects Executed :
• Exoon Mobile ( Singapore Parallel Train - USD 30 Million ) - Singapore MARCH 2009 - JUNE 2010 The project was 12, 000 tons of steel pipes, fittings and structural supports . 550, 000 welding Dia-inch’s with 7049 ISO’s .

• Iberdrola ( Masaeed power plant - USD 8 Million) - Qatar MAY 2008 - MAY 2009 . The project was 3, 000 tons of steel pipes, fittings and structural supports . 85, 000 welding Dia-inch’s with 2600 ISO’s.
• SHARQ ( BOP project - USD 28 Million ): Jubail - Saudi Arabia MAY 2007 - MAY 2008 .The project was 15, 000 tons of steel pipes, fittings and structural supports ., 850, 000 welding Dia-inch’s with 15, 000 ISO’s.
• FlOUR ( RAS GAS Project - USD 14.5 Million ) - Ras Lafan - Qatar DEC 2006 - MAR 2008 The project was 9, 000 tons of steel pipes, fittings and structural supports . 550, 000 welding Dia-inch’s with 10, 000 ISO

Production incharge at The international Marble company
  • Palestine - Bethlehem
  • September 2006 to May 2007

Cut and manufacturer marble and stone

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineer
  • at Birziet University
  • September 2006

Power and communication Engineering

Specialties & Skills

JD Edwards
MS Office tools
MS Project
Fabrication
Cost reduction
Strategic planning and development
Team building and leadership
Cost control
Customer supplier relation
Project management and process optimization

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Project management professional training – PMP (Training)
Training Institute:
Knowledge academy
Date Attended:
August 2015
Duration:
30 hours

Hobbies

  • Reading