Project Manager
S A Talke Ltd
Total years of experience :22 years, 3 Months
Working as Project Manager from July-2007 as part of Business Development Team for Sisco Al-Jabr Talke Ltd, Al-Jubail, KSA, which is a Saudi-German joint venture Project, which is a Petrochemical logistic service provider for the Liquid & Solid Petrochemical industries in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The responsibilities include such as bidding various Petrochemical Projects including ARAMCO, SABIC & SABIC affiliated projects in KSA/ GCC with responsibility including such as Evaluation of inquiries, Site visits, Discussions on Conceptual designs & layouts, Commercial, Technical and Execution proposal, Project Execution Plan, Planning & Scheduling, Preparation of ITB, Coordination with various agencies & other sections.
Project Management- Engineering & construction, Project execution, Technical support for the Operation & Maintanance of Liquid & Solid Petrochemical product handling & Logistics facilities.
Current Assignment:-
Working as Technical Manager for Handling & Distribution for the Liquid Petrochemical Products for one of the SABIC companies as part of contract between the two companies for a period of 5 years. Presently involved in the team for the commission & startup of Liquid Product handling unit of the plant. The responsibility involves Safety, to provide all Technical support for the Operation & Maintenance of the various Liquid material handling lines, to develop the S O Ps for handling hazardous & dangerous materials. This facility includes two Liquid Drumming lines, Liquid product loading stations, Raw Liquid Product unloading stations, weigh bridge operation and the coordination with DCS operation.
Previous Assignment : (June-2009- Aug 2011 Onwards)
•Worked as Construction Manager’ as part of the Project Management for the construction of Petrochemical Logistic Ware house Facility-Project for a Saudi American joint venture company at the commercial Port in Jubail. This is a EPCM Project and the project is to Build & Operate the Logistics facility for Polymer exports and it mainly include two positive pressure maintained warehouses at around 66, 00 sq. meter covered area, container yards, open area, LPG tank & Dispenser system, Diesel Tank & Dispenser system and Access control system.Was responsible for the construction of the dust free Petrochemical logistic Facility and the project was successfully completed on time as per the schedule without any Loss man hours.
Previous Asssgnment: (From 2007 to 2009)
•Worked as Project Manager for Construction of Sisco Al-Jabr Talke’s Own Logistics Facility at the commercial Port, Al Jubail, which includes Project Management, Planning & Scheduling, Procurement, Evaluation of various Contractors/ Sub Contractors, ITB Preparation, Contract Agreements, Cost Estimates, maintain Quality & Safety Standards, PEP, Execution & commissioning etc. The Logistic facility includes Silos, Silo buildings, Warehouses, Container yard, Open storage area, Packaging lines and administration building. The facility is for handling Petrochemical products
such as Polypropylene, Poly ethylene and Polystyrene products and it includes Silo building with a volume of 380 m3 each, loading pipes and loading units, other machines are Bagging machines, Palletizing machines, Shrink hood machines, Bulk Thrower, conveyor belts, Transformers, Compressor, pumps and fire fighting equipments, two ware houses of 13, 000 sq meter, open storage area, container yard, all housed in a land of 100, 000 sq. meter for storing and logistics.
PRIOR EXPERIENCES:- (From Sept-2001 to Mar-2007 )
At M/s MODECOR, Al-Jubail, KSA, producing Medium density boards (MDF), High Pressure laminated sheets (HPL), CPL rolls and Edge Band reels and has a capacity 10, 000 boards per day.
PERFORMANCE HIGH LIGHTS:- Instrumental in effectuating the Project completion within the Targeted time and Budget. Independently set up the department for Supply chain Management and was a key player in setting up tailor made -user friendly computer program, took active part for SAP system and worked as a Core Member for SAP implementing program & successfully accomplished the target to train all end users.
Posts Held: Project Engineer:-
Responsibility:-
Worked as Project Engineer for the Project -Modecor, Al-Jubail with responsibilities for the construction of Production Lines and Utility facilities.
Manager-Supply Chain Management : worked at M/s Modecor, Al-Jubail Industrial city, KSA
Responsibility:-
Hold responsible for Inward & Outward movements of all materials.
Set up contract & terms with various vendors-Transporters/Shipping lines/ clearing agents
Responsible for the Function of Ware housing /Work Instructions/Safety Procedures.
Responsible for Logistics-Planning of activities /Material movement-Storing of goods/
•Material Handling / Inventory monitoring- Stuffing of Containers& Loading Trucks
•Perform Safety audits /Inventory Update / Conduct Inventory Audit.
•Experienced in Shipping Materials to all Markets-such as Germany, UnitedKingdom/Italy/Denmark, Ireland, South Africa, Iran, Russia, South Asian Markets.
•Also responsible for all Shipments by Road to all over the Kingdom, GCC & Non GCC countries and Experienced in Preparation of all type of Export Documents-Commercial Invoice, Performa Invoice, Certificate of Origin, Form A, etc.
•Coordinate with Sales Dept / Production Dept / Transporters & Prepare Dispatch.
•Worked as Core Member for SAP-implementation & train the End users
PRIOR EXPERIENCES :-( 1996-2001):-
At M/s Saudi Guardian International Float Glass Co. Ltd, Gulf Guard, Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia and is a multinational company based in Jubail and is a part of Guardian Group of Industries, USA with a capacity of 600 TPD.
CAREER GROWTH:-Joined as Engineer, promoted as SHIFT MANAGER and then worked as WAREHOUSE DEPARTMENT MANAGER.
PERFORMANCE HIGH LIGHTS:- Effectively handled the special Project for Packaging cost reduction plan and successfully handled the assignment in South Africa and Jordan, Developed procedures and work instructions for activities for cost saving and effective way of doing jobs.
Shift Production Manager :-Responsibility:-
Ensure Safety and Quality in all aspects of work
Responsible for operation of 1) Batch House -Automatic/ Semi automatic system, 2) Furnace Operation such as Maintain process parameters, continuously monitor the melting operation & batch parameters, Operation of cooling blowers and combustion fans & Batch chargers, 3) Tin Bath- such as Operation of equipments, maintain the process parameters Change the thickness and width of the glass ribbon as per the planned requirement.4) Cold End such as specially trained in Cold End activities in one of the Guardian plants in LUXEMBURG, and well experienced in Cold End process- Planning, Quality &Safety procedures, cutting consol jobs, 5) Shipping Dept.
Train the people for Emergency Procedures and development of man power.
Attend the Customer complaints/Visits to customer/Decision making on Corrective actions.
Implementation of Procedures & Polices, Conduct ISO- Internal Audits / Loss control Audit.
Worked on special assignments at JORDAN and SOUTH AFRICA as part of the Packaging cost reduction-project.
Ware House Manager: Responsibilities:-
•Responsible for Department function, Procedures and Polices
•Cost effective methods, improvement in procedures
•Customer related issues, Procurement Terms & conditions.
PRIOR EXPERIENCES: (Feb1994 to May1996)
At M/s Uniroyal Marine Exports, India.- (1994 to 1996) which is a 100 % food export oriented plant. Project Manager:- Responsibility:-
Under took the Project execution for the new plant, which is one of biggest in the region. The job includes Project Management, planning and scheduling, Technical Evaluation of quotations, selection of Engineering layout, Negotiation & Purchasing of Equipment &Spares, Set up Contracts for Preventive maintenance/service, Erection & Commission of equipment such as Food Processing Equipment line including the Individual quick frozen lines of Flow and Spiral machines from Frigoscandia, Sweden, Compressors, Cooling Towers, Evaporative Condensers, Condenser coils, Generators, chillers-Shell type, Steel structures, Ice plants, Cold Stores 500 tons of 2 numbers, Boiler, Water Treatment plants, Packing Machines. Coordination with different agencies for Utilities, fabrication Jobs, Procurement of Cranes and Forklifts etc.
Completed the Project well ahead of the targeted date, 2 weeks earlier than the scheduled time and took trail run and handed over the production line & utilities to Manufacturing team.
PRIOR EXPERIENCES- (Sept-from1989-Jan1994):-
At Excel Glasses Ltd, India -capacity 200 TPD.
Worked as Project Engineer: Responsibilities :-`
As part of the Expansion program, worked as Project Engineer in the Project Department. Responsible for the expansion of Batch House Plant & Furnace which involves the setting up the contracts & terms, biding, Procurement, Planning, Execution etc. Responsible for the erection of steel structures, refractory, erection & commission of Batch House equipments & Furnace equipments including air compressors, cooling towers, Silos, Weigh hoppers, Mixer, Conveyers & Elevators, Furnace Oil pumps, LPG pumps, and Batch charges.
Worked as a Maintenance Engineer in Maintenance Department for three years with responsibility of Operation and Maintenance of Batch House, Furnace and Utility Equipments such as Rotary equipments, Air compressors, Diesel Generators, Cooling Towers, water & oil pumps, LPG & bore well pumps, Furnace cooling Blowers, Material Handling Equipment, Fleet of Elevators and Conveyors, Batch Chargers, Mixers, Fork Lifts, Over head Cranes, Mechanical vibratos, Sieving machines, packaging machines, Material Weighing System, vibratory feeders, various types of piping works, Weigh Hoppers, Silos, Batching System (Automation), Shrink Film Wrapping Machines etc, Planning and Implementing Preventive Maintenance schedule.
Attended training on Operation & Maintenance of Diesel Generators as Kirloskar-Cummins at India.
At M/s Travancore Rayon’s, India (1988-1989) produces rayon thread products & cello fine papers.
•Worked as an Apprentice Engineer in the Maintenance Department of Refrigeration Plant.
- atteded safety training
-worked on the maintannce of Ammonia Compressors as part of the training.
-Worked on Maintenance of Fresh air cooling Fans as part of the training.
Graduated in Mechanical Engineering. Bachelor of Engineering- (BE) in Mechanical passed out in the year 1989 as Main subjects as Mechanical Engineering.