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Faisal Baig, Extended Reliability Engineer

Faisal Baig

Extended Reliability Engineer·NOVA Chemicals

Canada

Master's degree, Petroleum Technology

Work experience

Total years of experience: 32 years, 1 months

Extended Reliability Engineer

August 2005 - Present

NOVA Chemicals

Canada

August 2005 - Present

• Developed and executed approved Reliability improvement initiatives including:
o Work with Maintenance, Operations, and Plant Engineering to establish and resolve approaches to reliability priorities.
• Developed & maintained Reliability Project Portfolio for the definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control of the approved initiatives.
• Lead and/or participate in the use of Meridium analytical tools to ensure optimal practices are applied to each critical manufacturing asset utilizing Reliability methods such as RCM, RCFA, FMEA, Weibull analysis, etc.
• Established structural approach to facilitated RCFAs and complete RCFA follow-up.
• Developed and maintained opportunity selection Top 10 bad actor list based on Pareto analysis, prioritized work based on highest value added decision.
• Aligned own and department Reliability KPI with plant and site objectives.
• Developed ASM (Asset strategy management) strategy short term and long term. Bringing the implementation including business case preparation with reliability metrics such as MTBF, MTTF, Life cycle cost analysis and critical spare analysis
• Worked with maintenance and operations to identify and improve reliability of frequent repeat offenders.
• Participated on corporate reliability network and coach other members.
• Ensured the Computerized Maintenance Management System (SAP modules, etc.) are in alignment with equipment strategies and templates.
• Applied/sustained/improved Reliability Systems Standards- Application of Lean Sigma/Six Sigma fundamentals to equipment reliability.
• Experienced in continuous focus improvement by identifying production losses, gaps and opportunities in processes / procedures and cost of avoidance failures.
• Identified knowledge and skill requirements for team and could facilitated gap analysis and career planning. Placed team member development at a very high priority in my own work.
• PE Technical Team Lead for Turn-Arounds- Special Assignment:
o Performed Technical Team Lead for PE T/A-2015 and, managing 92 FCM’s included unit driven capital and added scope projects altogether.
o Coordinated and managed team of engineers (Mechanical, electrical, rotating equipment specialist, instrumentation, civil and process) and designers. Discuss issues and road blocks with discipline on one to one basis or in group. Provided guidelines and resolved issues or concerns.
o Organized and facilitated T/A-2015 FCM progress meetings. Updated and maintained FCM tracking Xcel sheet. Graphical represented progress and communicated the updates to T/A Core team on bi-weekly or weekly basis.
o Estimated the man-hours to complete the aforesaid FCM resource planning and identified the under resourced discipline. Identified the potential resources and participated in recruiting additional staffing.
o Reviewed resource status and availability with disciplines with respect to remaining amount of FCM work in hand and available man-hours. Find no issues.
o Estimated technical team exposure hours every week and communicated to Turnaround planning team.
o Developed technical team organizational chart for 2015T/A.
o Participated in T/A planning kick-off meeting and presented overall technical team organizational structure, discipline wise FCM loading, technical team work flow and expectation.
o Organized and facilitated T/A technical team orientation for execution phase. Presented overall technical team organizational structure, discipline wise FCM loading, technical team work flow and expectation. Provided responsible care orientation, leadership and team forming expectations.
o Facilitated SQRA for isolation blind deviations, calculated blind thicknesses and signed & stamped completed deviations.

Company industry:
Manufacturing
Job role:
Engineering

Deputy Manager Maintenance

August 1995 - February 2005

Gatro-Nova

Karachi, Pakistan

August 1995 - February 2005

• Developed, implemented and maintained risk base inspection (RBI) system.
• Developed and implemented procedures of failure analysis techniques, RCFA, Failure Modes and effects analysis (FMEA).
• Facilitated and performed root cause failure analysis (RCFA) processes.
• Developed maintenance standards procedure, annual maintenance plan, and schedule to reduce the down time, utilized maximum output and increase the safety standard.
• Planned, organized, directed and controlled daily maintenance activities and repair of machinery / stationary equipments.
• Planned, scheduled, sequenced, implemented and monitored plant shutdown (Turn-around) activities to ensure the safety of work force, equipments and environment, business targets and cost control.
• Provided leadership in setting direction to resolve unexpected maintenance problem.
• Prepared annual expense and capital budget.
• Instrumental in Polycon department’s effort in achievement of ISO 9002-2000 certification.

Company industry:
Petrochemicals & Refined Petroleum Products Manufacture
Job role:
Maintenance, Repair, and Technician

Mechanical Site Engineer

December 1993 - July 1995

Indus Polyester Limited

Pakistan

December 1993 - July 1995

• Worked as mechanical engineer to supervise construction, commissioning and maintenance of the plant.
• Developed preventive and predictive maintenance plan. Organized daily preventive maintenance activities.
• Coordinated with operation in trouble shooting.

Company industry:
Manufacturing
Job role:
Civil Engineering

Education

University of Karachi

April 1999

April 1999

Master's degree, Petroleum Technology

Pakistan

GPA (percentage): 74%

GPA (percentage): 74%

NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

September 1993

September 1993

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical

Pakistan

GPA (percentage): 75%

GPA (percentage): 75%

Skills

Mechanical Design
Expert
Mechanical Design
Expert
Maintenance Management
Expert
Maintenance Management
Expert
Project Engineering
Expert
Project Engineering
Expert
Plant Engineering
Expert
Plant Engineering
Expert
Reliability Engineering
Expert
Reliability Engineering
Expert
MS Project
Expert
MS Project
Expert
Technical Expertise
Expert
Technical Expertise
Expert
Meridium - Reliability Tool
Intermediate
Meridium - Reliability Tool
Intermediate
Business Acumens
Intermediate
Business Acumens
Intermediate
Effective Relationship
Expert
Effective Relationship
Expert
Result Orientation
Expert
Result Orientation
Expert
Problem Solving & Decision Making
Expert
Problem Solving & Decision Making
Expert
SAP - Plant Maintenance
Intermediate
SAP - Plant Maintenance
Intermediate
Communications
Intermediate
Communications
Intermediate
MS Office
Intermediate
MS Office
Intermediate
Customer Orientation
Expert
Customer Orientation
Expert
Mechanical Design
Expert
Mechanical Design
Expert
Maintenance Management
Expert
Maintenance Management
Expert
Project Engineering
Expert
Project Engineering
Expert
Plant Engineering
Expert
Plant Engineering
Expert
Reliability Engineering
Expert
Reliability Engineering
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientist of Alberta (APEGA)

Praciting Professional Engineer

March 2008

Society Of Maintenance and Reliability Professional

Practicing Reliability Professional

September 2012

Training and Certifications

Training
Fit for Service API-579
Code and Standard Training Institute
Jun 2016
Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP)
Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professional Certifying Organization (SMRPCO)
Feb 2014
Process Piping ASME B31.3
Code and Standard Training Institute
Mar 2010

Hobbies

  • Playing Chess, Reading Books