Sr. Maintenance & Project Coordinator
MA’ADEN – Saudi Arabian Mining Company
Total years of experience :21 years, 3 Months
• Leading 2 new projects nearing start-up phase Super-fine milling system for caustic calcined magnesia (CCM) and pelletizing (granulating) system for dead burnt magnesia (DBM)
• Leading a project for configuration of Asset Management work stream and Materials Management modules in Oracle Fusion for IMC - Industrial Mineral Co. (Ma'aden affiliate)
• Managing a project end-to-end for setting up a new workshop including preparation of design using Google SketchUp
• Project leader for installation of 3 new critical equipment in the magnesite plant including auxiliaries like pipes, valves, electrical panels and cables.
• Served as a team member for implementation of a new grinding unit project with super-fine milling system in 2018
• Special Assignments
• Developed and modified Siemens PLC of the new super-fine milling system with the assistance of a third party programmer, 2019
• Complete removal of the old instrument air system and design & implementation of a new instrument air system including installation of new air compressors, air dryers vessels and piping for the whole plant Budget: SAR 2 million, 2019
• Procurement and installation of a new cooling water system of the MHF plant to replace the existing system and improve efficiency of the cooling water system
• Developed and redesign cooling water system of Multiple Hearth Furnace - MHF, 2021
• Project leader for implementation and configuration of the maintenance module of Oracle Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system. Dealt with design of asset hierarchy and system configuration.
• Worked as a team member in the project for modification of the Vertical Shaft Kiln (VSK) plant in 2017
• Executed a special assignment for development and improvement of preventive maintenance process for the mechanical section and the electrical & instrumentation section
• Developed and implemented a Job Qualification Program (JQP) and training program for material handling staff as part of a special assignment for developing and improving the material handling section.
• Designed and created work authorization forms like work permits for operation and maintenance in 2015, which are currently in use.
• Independently created a software program in Visual Basic to manage and control production & warehouse stock and shipping, truck weighbridge and customs clearance processes. The program implemented in 2014 is still in use.
• Independently created a software program for managing quality assurance/quality control in the laboratory and help lab technicians in classification of final production and store historical data. The program implemented in 2014 is still in use.
• Managed the purification and conversion to salable products of 7000 T of unsalable/off-specification products in 2014 which generated incremental income of SAR 4 million.
Supervised operations in assigned shifts, leading a team of field operators, control men in the control room and maintenance technicians.
• Managed shift operations dealing with production in the 180 ton per day Magnesite plant producing caustic calcined magnesia (CCM) and dead burn magnesia (DBM).
• Monitored operations ensuring adherence to standard operating procedures, safe working practices and process parameters to deliver targeted production quantity and product quality.
• Supervised maintenance technicians in carrying out planned routine maintenance and corrective maintenance jobs in the shift.
• Led the troubleshooting and resolution of problems in various equipment including boilers, furnaces - multiple hearth furnaces, vertical shaft kilns & horizontal shaft furnaces - and utilities units including instrument air system, compressors, cooling water system, fuel system, boiler feed water system and demineralized water plant.
• Trained new employees on operations of the plants in the Magnesite project including theoretical classes and on-the-job training
• Maintained shift operation and maintenance records & logs and produced daily reports to the management.
• Supervised control man for operating Control System PLC (Allen Bradley, Siemens).
• Joined the company as a field operator and earned promotion to senior operator leader, working as a member of the operations team in the Utilities and Offsite unit.
• Dealt with operations of equipment including instrument air system, boiler feed water, boilers, process water, cooling water, demineralized water and all types of fuel as well as checking processes for adherence to operating parameters.
• Earned 2 Certificates of Appreciation from the operations department for excellent work during plant shutdown/turnaround maintenance programs
• Completed a special assignment to investigate the problem of excessive and unjustified consumption of industrial process water and delivered a solution through troubleshooting
• Provided theoretical and basic field training on operations to new employees
• Lab Analysis: for Boiler Feed Water and Cooling Water System such as Phosphate (PO4), Oxygen Scavenger (Elimino-x), PH, Conductivity, Nitrite and (P Alkalinity / M Alkalinity).
• Work as control man for operating Control System PLC (Honeywell).
Specialization in Manufacturing Technology Co-operation Training : At Power and Desalination Plant in Royal Commission of Yanbu. Conducted some works on Lathe Machine and Welding in Maintenance workshop moreover, involved in some maintenance repair in STG (Steam Turbine Generators Unit) and GTG (Gas Turbine Generators Unit)
