Ghulam Azam, Shift Officer

Ghulam Azam

Shift Officer

Akzonobel -Currently ICI Pakistan Ltd

Location
Pakistan
Education
Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering
Experience
7 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :7 years, 8 Months

Shift Officer at Akzonobel -Currently ICI Pakistan Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • December 2012 to August 2015

JOB SPECIFICATION / RESPONSIBILITIES AS Shift Officer (ICI Pakistan):

My core responsibilities at ICI include looking after OTM of different products and accordingly manage shift operations (30 persons team) to meet targets as per customer satisfaction.
Production optimization .
Successfully carried out Production /Process optimization of TA(GC/GCG/GCN )
Supervise ETP plant-successfully carried out literature survey to consume natural fertilizer for bacteria instead of synthetic urea resulting cost saving.
Supervise and monitor Utilities-Boiler and cooling tower, chiller plant.
Energy conservation and KPIs, BBS, HSE compliance(electricity monitoring, efficient consumption of natural gas .
SAP operation related to production .
Co-ordination with Sales, Purchase, Marketing and finance dep’t.
Monthly stock take, inventory management and cost analysis of all finished goods .
Capacity enhancement of PVA production.
PU capacity enhancement, efficient utilization of resources.
Conversion of different products to RFT to avoid testing and save time so that production can be expedited.
ISO compliance.
HSEQ Improvement (ZONE Classification study ).
Process Optimization (PVAs production )
RFT Production of TAs.
Customer focus audit compliance .
Compliance of CPAs.
Literature survey and proposal to utilize ETP/RO reject water to achieve zero water wastage .
HSE&S compliance and improvement.

Engineer at National Refinery Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2009 to December 2012

JOB SPECIFICATION / RESPONSIBILITIES AS AN OPERATION ENGINEER (NRL):

1- Operation of Two water tube Boilers of capacity 50+Ton/hr and 300 psig at 380 C.
2- Operation of Two R.O Plants of One million IGPD and Two million IGPD.
3- Operation of three Compressors of 750 c.ft/hr and 7 bar pressure to supply instrument air and Plant air..
4- Operation of Two cooling towers of 900 c.m/hr and aprox: 750 c, m/hr.
5- Operation of ETP plant and supply of treated ETP water to be used as service water in refinery and maintain NEQS of effluent to sea.
6- Operation of Fuel oil/N.gas storage and distribution of fuel oil/N.gas to refinery units and Boilers .
7- Operation of 14 wells to supply feed water to R.O plants .
8- Operation of Raw water storage Basins to supply raw water for Boiler feed water treatment and for cooling water supply make up including drinking water supply.
9- Operation of fire hydrant pumps at 7 bar pressure to be used for fire fighting.
10- Day to day material balance of water, steam, condensate, BFW, F.oil and N.gas
11- Supervision and management of four shifts working in this area(each shift consisting of one outside foreman, two boiler board mans, and one operator each for ETP, R.O, Compressor. Fuel area, Compressor, water treatment.
12- Supervision and operation of water treatment for boilers and cooling towers and R.O plants.
13- Familiar with work to permit system and HSE in refinery.
14- Focal point IMS/HSEQ for utilities department.
15- Focal point for energy conservation.

JOB SPECIFICATION / RESPONSIBILITIES AS APROCESS ENGINEER (NRL):

1. Monitoring activities of different areas like Boilers, cooling Towers, and Water Treatment plant, Effluent Treatment Plant, R.O Plant and also involved in monitoring of Vacuum Distillation unit, Propane De-asphalting Unit, Furfural Extraction Unit and MEK Dewaxing unit.
2. Conducting test runs at boilers, cooling towers, R.O plants, Vacuum Distillation unit, Propane De-asphalting Unit, Furfural Extraction Unit and MEK Dewaxing unit and other units to check actual performance of units.
3. Identifying problem related to production/process and finding appropriate solutions.
4. Develope PFDs and P&IDs of various Refinery units for modification and requirements.
5. Preparing scope of services for Process & Engineering design consultants.
6. Evaluation of technical bids.
7. Preparing process equipment data sheets of pumps, PSV, control valves, air compressors, steam and condensate equipments, RO accessories, and have capability for generating data sheets of all equipments at Refinery.
8. Re-rating of process equipment.
9. Planning & conducting performance test runs and reports generation.
10. Preparing production and capital budgets.
11. Conducting in-house techno-economic studies.
12. Performance monitoring of process equipment.
13. Carry out Technical Evaluation of water treatment chemicals.
14. Check evaporation losses, windage losses, blow down losses and make up of cooling towers.
15. Calculate Range, Approach, L/G ratio and Heat load to find out actual cooling towers performance.
16. Calculate dosing rates and optimized chemicals for boiler, cooling towers and condensate treatment and all chemicals used in refinery.
17. Highlight bottlenecks of existing units to ensure smooth & uninterrupted operation of plant.

Environment Engineer at Artistic Milliners
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • October 2008 to July 2009

HSE SOPs preparation and implementation.
ISO compliance.
GOTS compliance.
Implementation of HSEQ policies.
Co-ordination with Production deptt regarding ISO, HSEQ Compliance.
CPAs implementation arised from audits.
Facilitation to customers for audits .
Supervision of ETP Plant.
Internal Audits.
Awareness training and communication.

Teacher at GHSQ Chandio
  • Pakistan
  • January 2008 to October 2008

Science teacher

Education

Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering
  • at Mehran UET Jamshoro - Hyderabad
  • December 2007

Studied Chemical Engineering majoring : CPT , Petroleum refinery , Unit Operations , Unit Processes , Environmental Engineering , Heat Transfer ,Thermodynamics , Maintenance , Plant design and economics , Reaction Kinetics , Biochemical Engineering .

Bayt Tests

IQ Test
IQ Test
Score 111%

Specialties & Skills

Heat Transfer
Customer Service
Process Safety
Production
Management
Problem solving
Commercial awareness (or business acumen)
Ability to work under pressure
Time Management
Teamwork
Communication
Leadership
Initiative
Confidence
Windows OS
Managerial and Interpersonal

Languages

English
Intermediate
Urdu
Intermediate
Punjabi
Intermediate
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Basic Supervisory Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
PSTD (ICI Pakistan Ltd )
Date Attended:
January 2015
Duration:
16 hours
IOSH managing safely (Training)
Training Institute:
IOSH
Date Attended:
March 2014
Duration:
24 hours
HSE awareness (Training)
Training Institute:
ICI Pakistan LTd
Date Attended:
November 2014
Duration:
8 hours
Primavera V-3 (Training)
Training Institute:
Mehran UET Jamshoro
Date Attended:
September 2006
Duration:
60 hours
Inter personal Communication Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Carporate Trainings and PR (ICI Pakistan Ltd )
Date Attended:
September 2013
Duration:
8 hours
Industrial Hazards and safety (Training)
Training Institute:
Mehran UET Jamshoro
Date Attended:
September 2005
Duration:
8 hours

Hobbies

  • Cricket
    Played in school team , At University hostel team .