Faris Kattan, Sr. Safety & Fire Engineer

Faris Kattan

Sr. Safety & Fire Engineer

Saudi Aramco Base Oil Company

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Master's degree, MSc Engineering Management
Experience
4 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :4 years, 3 Months

Sr. Safety & Fire Engineer at Saudi Aramco Base Oil Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since November 2022

• Provide professional and technical consultation in areas of Loss Prevention, HSE, and Process Risk Management.
• Develop, establish, implement, manage, and maintain the Process Safety Management (PSM), HSE program, Contractor Safety, and employee training program.
• Maintain KPIs for evaluating the effectiveness of the HSE, PSM, Audit, Inspection records, and the refinery Fire and Rescue Operations.
• Conducting Risk Assessments, HAZOP, and JSA assessments across Jeddah and Yanbu Refainres.

Assistant Manager, Fire Department at EMAAR, The Economic City
  • Saudi Arabia - Rabigh
  • November 2021 to November 2022

• Creating, planning, formulating, implementing policies, procedures and SOW for Fire Stations, emergency response, fire protection systems, equipment, life safety design, and code
enforcement.
• Directly manages the Fire Stations serving 37 factories, warehouses, and high-rise buildings across all KAEC.
• Ensures new construction, renovation projects, and events plans comply with standards and codes.

Fire Protection Engineer at Saudi Arabia Railways
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • April 2021 to November 2021

• Manages 4 Fire Stations, conducting fire/safety site auditing, inspection, and risk assessments at 13 train stations, 2 depots, and 4 maintenance bases.
• Developing fire and life safety strategy reports and drawings in accordance with NFPA, SBC, and HCIS standards.
• Leading fire Investigations and supporting the other departments to identify the root causes.
• Testing, commissioning of firefighting systems and providing maintenance and technical solutions.

Community Safety Support at South Wales Fire and Rescue Service
  • United Kingdom - Cardiff
  • November 2019 to December 2020

• Conduct inspections and enforce RRO (2005) and other relevant legislation and standards.
• Adhering policies and procedures provided by SWFRS and supporting the delivery of community safety initiatives and events throughout the South Wales area.
• Assist with the preparation of recommendation reports, issue reports, draft policies, and by-laws.

Education

Master's degree, MSc Engineering Management
  • at University of The West of England
  • September 2019

Grade: Distinction

Bachelor's degree, BEng Fire Safety Engineering
  • at University of South Wales
  • June 2018

Grade: First Class Honours

Diploma, International Engineering Foundation Year
  • at The University of Wales Trinity Saint David
  • July 2014

Specialties & Skills

Environmental
Fire Safety
Project Management
Microsoft Office
Pyrosim (Fire Dynamics Simulator)
Adobe Photoshop
Pathfinder (Evacuation Modelling)
AUTOCAD
safety engineering
system safety
workplace safety

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Memberships

Saudi Council of Engineers
  • Member
  • August 2017
British Institute of Fire Engineers
  • Associate Member
  • August 2018
SFPE
  • Student Grade
  • November 2019

Training and Certifications

PRINCE2 Foundation for Project Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2019
NEBOSH (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2019
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) (Training)
Training Institute:
Highfield
Date Attended:
July 2018
General Industry Safety and Health (Training)
Training Institute:
OSHACADEMY
Date Attended:
July 2017
Duration:
30 hours
Managing Safely (Training)
Training Institute:
IOSH
Date Attended:
October 2018
Duration:
30 hours

Hobbies

  • Fishing
  • Swimming
  • Reading books