Operations Manager
Tayyah Industrial Company
Total years of experience :11 years, 3 Months
Key Responsibilities:
▪ Overseeing day-to-day operations (Production, Sales, Marketing, Safety, Supply Chain, Administration & Human Resources, and Accounts) and ensuring that they run smoothly and efficiently.
▪ Developing and implementing strategies to improve operational efficiency and reduce costs.
▪ Managing and mentoring a team of employees to ensure that they are trained and equipped to perform their duties effectively.
▪ Ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements and industry standards.
▪ Analyzing data and metrics to identify areas for improvement and implementing solutions to address them.
▪ Ensuring that department heads are collaborating to ensure that operations are aligned with overall business goals and objectives.
Designation Chronology:
• Jan 2020- Oct 2023: Saudi Arabia Head of Radiation Department and Industrial Operations
• March 2019 - December 2019: Radiation Safety Officer
Accomplishments:
• Empowering a team, training them toward ensuring safe radiation practices, compliance with regulatory requirements, and error-free reports, resulting in enhanced project efficiency and client satisfaction.
• Demonstrated dedication to radiation safety, achieving consistent compliance with NRRC and Saudi Aramco standards.
• Efficiently handled import and export procedures, ensuring seamless customs clearance and adherence to Saudi regulatory requirements.
• Streamlined the invoicing process, leading to timely payment collection and enhanced financial operations.
Key Responsibilities:
Team Leadership & Management:
• Handpicked to empower a team of technicians and inspectors, providing guidance and support for Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), Welders Qualification Test (WQT), and Procedure Qualification Record (PQR) for diverse projects in Saudi Arabia.
• Scheduling morning meetings (Toolbox talk) with direct reports, assigning personnel to projects and daily tasks, and ascertaining production met Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Client Relations and Business Development:
• Acting as the primary point of contact for clients, attending meetings and promptly resolving client complaints.
• Preferring technical support to the Business Development team during proposal and business development activities.
• Processing and submitting timely invoices and accruals to clients, along with issuing error-free reports.
Radiation Safety and Regulatory Compliance:
• Overseeing all activities involving ionizing radiation equipment, including use, transport, handling, and storage, ensuring compliance with NRRC and Saudi Aramco requirements.
• Implementing radiation safety measures in accordance with the ALARA Principle, closely monitored process requirements, and maintained all relevant documentation.
• Interfacing with NRRC for licensing issues and import/export of radiation sources, keeping comprehensive records and documents per regulatory authority and company management requirements.
• Conducting radiation safety training for radiation-related workers and supervised radiographers on-site to ensure adherence to safety procedures.
• Conducted routine site visits to assess radiographers' safety practices and record all necessary data for competent authorities.
• Deploying safe work practices across various project sites, investigating abnormally high exposures, and recommending corrective actions to ensure compliance with applicable regulations.
Customs and Compliance:
• Powering the business with streamlined import and export permit processes within Saudi Customs through FASAH, collaborating closely with brokerage specialists.
• Devising Saudi HS codes and collaborating with the compliance team to ensure accurate coding.
• Issuing SABER Certificates based on technical regulations and ensuring product alignment with SASO requirements.
• Adhering to carrier compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Utilizing the ERP System with Oracle JDE Production Platform to issue commercial invoices, communicate with clients, and follow up to ensure timely payments as well as using the SANAD Portal to upload commercial invoices.
Radiation Safety Officer | March 2019 - December 2019
Key Responsibilities:
Regulatory Compliance & Documentation
• Identified radiation safety problems, recommended corrective actions and ensured strict adherence to applicable regulations.
• Acquired radioactive permits from law enforcement and regulatory bodies, collaborating with suppliers to obtain cost-effective radioactive materials.
• Communicated with regulatory authorities, including K.A.CARE, for license issuance, import/export of radiation sources, and maintained all records in accordance with regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities-Radiation Safety Officer & NDT Supervisor:
• Project Management: Orchestrated projects with 64 direct reports, comprising Saudi professionals, to enhance NDT techniques across diverse industrial sites and organizations.
• Radiation Source Retrieval and Acknowledgement: Collaborated with Saudi Aramco ID-RSO to recover a disconnected source at Aramco Tanajib offshore area. The retrieval plan was lauded by ID-RSO for its effectiveness and safety, and was selected as the model procedure for future recoveries.
• Radiation Safety Expertise: Identified radiation safety issues, proposed corrective measures, and ensured strict compliance with relevant regulations.
• Radiation Exposure Control: Maintained radiation exposure at levels "as low as reasonably achievable, " closely monitoring process requirements and meticulously documenting radiation safety protocols.
• NDT Safety Oversight & Compliance: Monitored all NDT activities to ensure alignment with KACARE safety requirements. Obtained radioactive permits from the police and KACARE, collaborating with suppliers and authorized shippers to secure cost-effective radioactive materials.
• Incident Investigation: Investigated abnormally high exposures, overexposure incidents, and their causes, consequences, and remedial actions. Implemented measures to prevent future accidents.
• Safety Training: Led radiation safety training programs at various project sites, providing comprehensive training for radiographers and trainees.
Key Responsibilities - NDT Instructor
• Educational Delivery & Instructional Expertise: Delivered NDT materials in both classroom and field settings, offering initial and refresher training to technicians, as well as new hires. Employed diverse instructional methods to impart knowledge on multiple NDT methods.
• Curriculum Development & Student Evaluation: Developed and updated curriculum related to non-destructive testing technology. Assessed student performance, offered constructive feedback, and ensured effective utilization of lab equipment and instructional resources.
• Committee Participation: Actively engaged in committee assignments, promotion/outreach activities, and co-curricular student involvement.
• Client Collaboration: Maintained open communication with clients to develop, approve, and administer training, certification examinations, NDT procedures, and written practices.
Key Responsibilities:
• Advanced Non-Destructive Testing: Executed RT, UTT, MT, and PT tests, ensuring thorough and precise assessments of equipment and piping.
• Efficient Task Management: Successfully managed multiple non-destructive testing assignments, both on-stream and off-stream, demonstrating exceptional multitasking abilities and delivering high-quality results.
• Equipment Maintenance: Maintained a conducive testing environment, including a well-maintained dark room, and inspected instruments and tools to ensure optimal working conditions, contributing to efficient testing processes.
• Quality Assurance: Conducted essential NDT procedures and collected accurate thickness measurements, ensuring proper sizing of all piping and tanks to prevent leakage issues and uphold the integrity of the infrastructure.
Other Professional Experience:
Dec 2004 - Aug 2012: Industrial Sites, Sabic Group, and Saudi Aramco on Service Order, NDT Corrosion Control Services, KSA
• Dec 2011 - Aug 2012: NDT Technician and Truck Inspector - Riyadh Bulk Plant, Saudi Aramco, KSA (On Service Order)
• Oct 2011: NDT Technician - Abqaiq Plant, Saudi Aramco, KSA (On Service Order)
• Oct 2011: NDT Trainer and Presenter - Dammam - NDT & CCS Office
• Feb 2006 - Sep 2011: NDT Technician - Ras Tanura Refinery and Shedgum Gas Plant - Saudi Aramco, KSA (On Service Order)
• Feb 2005 - Feb 2006: NDT and Corrosion Control Services | Technician
• Dec 2004 - Feb 2005: Industrial Training | NDT Technician
Jul 2001 - Sep 2001: Khalifa Al-Hilal Est. | Training - Special Floor Screed and Self Levelling
Graduated With First Honor Class Degree
Graduated With First Honor Class Degree
Electromechanical Engineering, Jubail Industrial College, KSA (Incomplete)- Oct 2004