Mechanical Expert
Veolia Arabia Company Ltd.
Total years of experience :41 years, 6 Months
Inclusive Date: September 2015 - to date: VEOLIA Arabia Company Limited (France)
Client: SALINE WATER CONVERSION CORPORATION (SWCC) Shoaiba Phase 1 & 2
Designation: Mechanical Power Expert/Consultant
Plant: Saline Water Conversion Corporation SWCC, 650 MW Total Capacity Power Plant & 680, 000 Cu. Meter/Day MSF Desalination
Location: Shoaiba Power & Desalination Plant, SWCC, Phase 1 and Phase 2, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
10 Heavy Fuel Oil/Crude Oil Fired Boilers
10 units Steam Turbines
Total Power Plant Capacity: 650 Megawatts
6 Heavy Fuel/Crude Oil Tanks, Recirculation Tanks and Pumping Stations
10 Units of Multi Stage Flash Evaporators (MSF) Phase 1 = 225, 000 Cu.Meter/Day
10 Units of Multi Stage Flash Evaporators (MSF) Phase 2 = 455, 000 Cu.Meter/Day
Distillate Potabilization Unit
Sea Water Chlorination (Chemical NaCl) Plant
Post Treatment Plant
Key Responsibilities:
This position would require the Mechanical Boiler Process Expert to, but not limited to:
• Assess the existing process of boiler MCR to be able to propose further optimization. These boilers are coupling with steam turbine generators (from 62MW to 102MW each) to supply energy.
• Follow-up the analysis of the laboratory, Efficiency and Load Unit section and check if the adapted treatment of water is well established as well as the oil and all the used chemical products for the 2 phases in this plant.
• Review and assess the current organization, work processes and plans relating to TSD filed services and makes recommendations for improvements.
• Review standard operating procedures (SOPs/or EOPs) for TSD and make recommendations for their enhancement to ensure that they are fit for purpose, including requirements for implementation and training. Monitor, enforce and ensure that these procedures are implemented and enforced at all times.
• Provide guidance and leadership to the TSD field services personnel to ensure effective and efficient flow of work and ensures that all employees recognize their fundamental role in their respective sections.
• Review the systems, tools and data related to operation processes and make recommendations for improvements.
• Review the emergency response plans with regard to water production and water quality and make recommendation for improvements.
• Assess the measurement and reporting of KPIs and make recommendations for improvements, including recommendations for additional KPI’s and monitoring and reporting performance of contractors.
• Provide technical support to TSD regarding corporate initiatives for maximizing revenue and reducing operational costs.
• Develop procedures for Operational Control Center and data management, including requirements for implementation and training. Monitor, enforce and insure that these procedures are implemented and enforced at all times.
• Facilitate and optimize the daily work between Operation and Maintenance and purpose improvements to limit the abnormal shutdown.
• Review all the Operation routines, optimize them with including clear scope of work, safety, housekeeping and find solution to get recorded data accurate for further analysis and adapted actions.
September 15, 2011 - September 16, 2015: POYRY ENERGY AG., Zurich, Switzerland
Client: SALINE WATER CONVERSION CORP. (SWCC)
Plant: Ras Al-Khair 2, 400MW CCPP GT/ST Power Plant & 1, 025, 000 M³/day MSF/R.O. Hybrid Desalination Plant
Location: Ras Al-Khair Phase 1, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
12 units SGT6-5000F Gas Turbines (5 Blocks of Combine Cycle and 1 Block of Simple Cycle)
5 units Steam Turbines
10 units Heat Recovery Steam Generators/Boilers
Total Power Plant Capacity: 2, 400 Megawatts
12 Units Fuel Natural Gas Stations (Receiving, Metering, Compressing and Buffer Stations)
4 Light Diesel Oil Tanks, Re-circulation Tanks and Pumping Stations
8 Units of Multi Stage Flash Evaporators (MSF)
2 Units of Reverse Osmosis (R.O.)
Total Desalination Plant Output: 1, 025, 000 M³ per day (the biggest in the world when completed)
Designation: Lead Mechanical Engineer; Owner’s Engineer/Consultant
Reporting to: Pöyry’s Project Manager / Construction Manager
Duties & Responsibilities:
In general the duty is to undertake all necessary actions and work to fulfill the scope to the full satisfaction of the Client and the Clients representative. In particular the duties for the
aforementioned position include but are not limited to the following:
• Lead, direct and monitor the mechanical engineers and mechanical inspectors
• Monitor and inspect mechanical erection / installation/commissioning activities of the
Contractor with regards to progress, compliance with the Contract and applicable
codes/standards, quality, safety and environmental acceptance
• Review and approve Contractor’s mechanical erection/installation/commissioning work
method statements
• Review and approve site related mechanical design/ engineering matters submitted
by the Contractor
• Review and approve Contractor’s site quality assurance / quality control (QA/QC)
system proposed for all mechanical erection/installation/commissioning activities
• Review and approve the proposed mechanical test procedures for
materials/equipment/plant to be tested on Site by the Contractor. Witness such tests
and review the related test reports
• Monitor and verify Contractor’s work progress in the mechanical areas for the purpose
of progress payments and assist the Project Manager in issuing the payment
certificates with all necessary backup
• Attend the regular (daily/weekly) Site coordination meetings with the Contractor and
the monthly progress review meeting
• Prepare the regular Site progress reports for the mechanical part as required by the
Project/Site Manager (weekly and monthly)
• Maintain records for the mechanical part of contractual claims and variations by either
the Contractor or the Employer including the necessary evidence
• Review the mechanical part of the training programmed proposed by the Contractor
for the Employer’s personnel.
• Review the mechanical part of the preliminary (prior to start commissioning) and final
(prior to taking over) O&M manuals submitted by the Contractor
• Review the final mechanical as-built documents submitted by the Contractor upon
Taking Over
• Instructions including distribution procedures, etc. issued by the Head Office/Project
Manager shall be strictly adhered to. In case of difficulties in application of such
instructions, the Project Manager shall be consulted before any other actions are being
taken.
• Decisions taken at the Head Office/Project Manager’s level, if discussed with the
Client, shall duly be supported in order to reinforce Pöyry Energy Ltd. overall concept.
• Receive and implement instructions as given by the Project Manager.
• Cooperate in all activities with the PE Site team in accordance with the instructions of
the Project Manager/Site Manager.
The services have to be provided in general:
- In accordance with the applicable project manuals issued by the Project Manager and
approved by the Client.
Plant: Independent Water and Power Project, IWPP
Location: IWPP Phase 1, Al Dur, Kingdom of Bahrain
Plant Capacity: 1245 Megawatts Gas Turbines & HRSTG Combine Cycle Power Plant
57, 607 Million Gallons per day R.O. Desalination Plant
10 Units Fuel Natural Gas Stations (Receiving, Metering, Compressing and Buffer Stations)
2 Light Diesel Oil Tanks, Recirculation Tanks and Pumping Stations
Chlorination (Chemical NaCl) Plant
CO2 Plant
Position: Lead Commissioning Engineer
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Overseeing the Pre commissioning/ Commissioning Scheme, able to supervise commissioning team and coordinate Pre commissioning / commissioning activities on site and with Client representatives.
• Reviewing Specifications, Drawings and Operating Philosophy, Pre commissioning /Commissioning Procedures and Reporting Tools.
Preparing/reviewing/follow-up of Punch lists.
• Managing the execution of Pre commissioning/Commissioning activities with due consideration for safety, technical quality and smooth transition.
• Coordinate with Operation and EPC Commissioning team.
• Provide technical input to the concerned.
• Submit Daily/periodical report on the pre-commissioning /commissioning activities.
• Overseeing the Performance test run and review test run reports.
• Monitoring all controls of Equipments and Auxiliaries that are operating within the normal parameters and observe any abnormalities.
• Supervising the subordinates accordingly, during the Pre-commissioning and Commissioning, Performance Test and Reliability period
• Supervise all Mechanical pre-operational, operational and load performance activities;
• Supervise and perform flushing, chemical cleaning of piping, modules and tanks.
• Supervise the vendors during pre-commissioning, commissioning and start-up of equipments i.e. Pressure Vessels, Rotating Equipments, Reciprocating Pumps, Gas Turbines Generators and HRSTG etc.;
• Supervise and coordinate with vendors to ensure that all tests are done and with satisfactory results as per specifications;
• Closely monitoring the parameters of rotating equipments, GT & HRSTG that are within the specified limits
• Closely coordinate with construction team for commissioning requirements such as Log sheets, Log-Book records for review of plant performance, Operation & Maintenance Manuals
• Closely coordinate and cooperate with the client during planned and un-planned shut-down, black start, tie-in, load shedding, voltage-dropped, synchronization and other plant performance matters, during reliability period until final hand-over to the client
• Strictly implement environment, health and safety policy standards and procedures
Responsibilities:
• Manage single or multi-disciplinary industry.
• Work closely with manufacturing engineering production and assembly/inspection to ensure design and quality of products meet company standards
• Compare data from bills of materials to customer pacifications, examine application to ensure proper operation and performance, and issue approvals for manufacture
• Travel to customer locations for service calls, maintenance seminars, and sales assistance
• Analyze data to determine feasibility of centrifugal pump proposals, design new models, mechanisms, and adaptations for product to meet customer requirements
• Review and investigate alternatives to pump design and establish specifications, . standards, detailed drawings, and bill of materials
• Oversee and approve certified performance tests on pumps, confer with management to report test results, analyze test data, and prepare certification form to be filed
• Attend weekly staff meetings with company managers to develop and review production and testing schedules, and monitor work schedule of to ensure shipping deadlines are met
• Supervise engineering personnel, including training, analyzing and resolving work problems, and assisting in job performance issues
• Provide management and engineering support for site operation.
• Able to communicate directly with clients, prepare, provide process input to engineering packages for projects developed within asset engineering.
• Review, approve and provide process input to plant modification requests.
• Technical Input: Provides management/technical guidance and support to process plant. Studies and suggests plant modifications and provides justifications to engineering division to enhance plant operational and safety aspects.
• Ensuring all relevant management staffs are informed of client matters
• Continually ensuring that practices, policies, strategy and services represent the client’s best interest and that management policy is in keeping with current legislation according to standards and codes of practice
• To review documents submitted in the proposal stage and issue inquiry requisitions, reviewing the technicality of client’s needs, prepare equipment, material and the estimated man hours needed for the whole project completion.
• To examine the contract criteria, identify and resolve discrepancies and to be revised from the original proposal by technical means and some problems that may arise during the construction. Verify contract technical specifications, budgeted man hours, scope of work.
• Regular discussion and meeting with the client and the vendor representatives at given time.
• Ability to relate and interact successfully with a multi-cultural workforce at all levels; very enthusiast and cooperative to work in a team of people and finally implement environment, health and safety policy and procedures.
Plant: Fujairah Phase 2 Gas Turbine/HRSG Power Plant & MED/R.O. Desalination Plant
Construction Projects
Plant Capacity: 2000 Megawatts Gas Turbines & HRSTG Combine Cycle Power Plant
130 Million Gallons per Day MED & R.O. Desalination Plant
6 Units Fuel Natural Gas Stations (Receiving, Metering, Compressing and Buffer Stations)
4 Light Diesel Oil Tanks, Recirculation Tanks and Pumping Stations
Chlorination (Chemical NaCl) Plant
CO2 Plant
Responsibilities:
• Operate and competently work on an independent basis
• Manage single or multi-disciplinary projects
• Able to communicate directly with clients
• Prepare Technical Specifications and daily progress reports of the projects
• Monitoring day to day performance of jobs of contractors and sub-contractors
• Review the Quality of every completed jobs as per Request For Inspection (RFI)
• Monitoring the alignment of rotating equipment, MED Desalination Equipment, GT’s & HRSTG’s and keep monitoring of the static equipments that within the specified limits
• Check and survey of materials quantity used and accomplished in the projects.
• Be aware to new modification or revision of ISO drawings, Plant Details and P & I D’s drawings.
• Ensure senior staff are kept informed of important and relevant service/design decisions and the objective of the client are being achieved
• Ensuring all relevant management staffs are informed of client matters
• Continually ensuring that practices, policies, strategy and services represent the client’s best interest and that management policy is in keeping with current legislation according to standards and codes of practice
• To review documents submitted in the proposal stage and issue inquiry requisitions, reviewing the technicality of vendor offer, prepare equipment, material and the estimated man hours needed for the whole project completion.
• Check the specifications Process Data Sheets, Piping Material Specifications and the Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (PID). Review the General Plan Layout (GPL) drawings, General Plan Area (GPA) and the Area Classification Drawings.
• To examine the contract criteria, identify and resolve discrepancies and to be revised from the original proposal by technical means and some problems that may arise during the construction. Verify contract technical specifications, budgeted man hours, scope of work.
• Identifying the equipment designed parameters, which includes the equipment capacity in CM/Hr, Gallons per day, Voltages, RPM and Frequency.
• Supervise the review of design calculations, ensure vendor equipment specifications meet with client equipment needs and thus within the budgeted costs.
• Examine vendor quality plans and to ensure vendor equipment compatibility in compliance with the scope of client specifications.
• Coordinate with the procurement to expedite of spare parts of the equipment to the site of the project.
• Regular discussion and meeting with the client and the vendor representatives at given time.
• Provide clarification and guidance as well as technical support to construction sites and fellow field engineers.
• Provide commissioning procedures during startup and other assistance as required. To cooperate and perform related duties as and when directed by higher authority.
• Ability to relate and interact successfully with a multi-cultural workforce at all levels; very enthusiast and cooperative to work in a team of people and finally implement environment, health and safety policy and procedures.
Responsibilities:
• Act as Maintenance Manager of the entire plants.
• To rectify every defects under Permit To Work (PTW), thus to troubleshoot it properly
• Monitor, surveying and checking of parts/materials used during the entire jobs.
• Responsible to day to day Power Plant and Desalination Plant performance
• Vast experience in Reverse Osmosis (R.O.) Desalination Plant problem analysis and identifying the essential causes of Spiral and Hollow-Fiber types of Membrane Elements failure and prolonging its life-span.
• Perform Chemical Cleaning process of R.O. Membranes depends on Differential Pressure limits.
• Checking the Conductivity Profile test of each R.O. Skids for both First Pass and Second Pass Trains and decide to change or retain the Membrane elements depending on performance test conducted.
• Performs Flushing methods of Membrane Pressure Vessels.
• Extensive knowledge of Chemical Injection dosages such as Pre-Treatment and Post Treatment chemicals.
• Thorough experience in SDI test.
• Extensive experience and exposure to root cause analysis and troubleshooting of Rotating and Static Equipments with state of the art diagnostic techniques and instrumentation.
• Supervise and participate in the development and keep monitoring all plant equipments and Machineries regarding the performance analysis of the entire 24 hours operation; such as Compressors, Light and Heavy Duty Pumps, Turbines, Diesel Engines and Generator controls, power supply, utility requirements, environmental regulation requirements and other assessments.
• Performs the minor and major Routines jobs of Engines, Generators, Pumps, Blowers and etc regarding scheduled overhauling as part of preventive maintenance.
• Apportion work among engineering staff and technicians according to specialized training, monitor man-hour and team schedules and if overtime.
• Participate in management technical reviews meetings to inform management of significant reliability trends.
• Provides technical guidance to Engineering, Production, and Training and Procurement on Machinery issues.
• Ability to relate and interact successfully with a multi-cultural workforce at all levels; very enthusiast and cooperative to work in a team of people and finally implement environment, health and safety policy and procedures.
Plant: Duba Phase 3 Reverse Osmosis (R.O.) Desalination Plant & Diesel Power Plant
Plant Capacity: One Million Gallons per Day, R.O. Desalination Plant
10 Mega Watts, MAK Diesel Engine, Power Plant
Location: Duba North, Tabuk Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
4 Light Diesel Oil Tanks and Pumping Stations
Chlorination (Chemical NaCl) Plant
Responsibilities:
• With vast experience of Rotating Equipment discipline work; examples of which are: Gas/Water Turbines, Centrifugal Pumps, Compressors, Blowers, Fans, Vibration analysis, dry gas seals, codes and standards, root cause analysis, field installation, costing and others.
• Extensive experience and exposure to “hands-on” work on the inspection, disassembly and re-assembly of Rotating Equipment. This includes balancing, alignment (by dial gauge mechanically and or digital/laser system) and bore scope inspections.
• Analysis, diagnoses and solves significant Machinery issues, recommends solutions and ensures implementation.
• Monitor plant performance and trips with a view to maximizing production.
• Develops and maintains Machinery Reliability Management and practices consistent with applicable international standards.
• Provides recommendations on the use of new technologies and condition monitoring techniques for proactive and innovative solutions to plant problems.
• Provides technical support for the plant Machinery Engineers.
• Reports regularly on the effectiveness of the Machinery Programs and other Management Systems. Line reporting is to Head of Performance and Reliability.
• Carries out technical review of all Plant Modifications and interface with Major Projects.
• Ensures integration of Machinery solutions and best practices across all Departments and shared learning with other colleagues.
• Leads in integrating the HSE management systems with Machinery programs.
• Participate in management technical reviews meetings to inform management of significant reliability trends.
• Provides technical guidance to Engineering, Production, HSE&I, Personnel and Training and Procurement on Machinery issues.
• Ensures that personnel comply with applicable standards, regulations, specifications and documented Machinery systems and procedures.
Plant: Duba Phase 3 Reverse Osmosis (R.O.) Desalination Plant & Diesel Power Plant
Plant Capacity: One Million Gallons per Day, R.O. Desalination Plant
10 Mega Watts, MAK Diesel Engine, Power Plant
Location: Duba North, Tabuk Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
4 Light Diesel Oil Tanks and Pumping Stations
Chlorination (Chemical NaCl) Plant
Responsibilities:
• Monitoring all controls of Equipments and Auxiliaries that are operating within the normal parameters and observe any abnormalities.
• Supervising the subordinates accordingly, during the Pre-commissioning and Commissioning period
• Supervise all Mechanical pre-operational, operational and load performance activities;
• Supervise and perform flushing, chemical cleaning of membrane elements of RO Desalination Plant;
• Supervise the vendors during the commissioning and start-up of equipments i.e. R.O. Membrane Pressure Vessels, Chillers, Pumps, Diesel Engines etc.;
• Supervise and coordinate with vendors to ensure that all tests are done and with satisfactory results as per specifications;
• Supervise alignment for rotating equipments and keep monitoring of the static equipments
• Closely coordinate with construction team for commissioning requirements such as Log sheets, Log-Book records for review of plant performance and others;
• Closely coordinate and cooperate with the client during planned and un-planned shut-down, black start, tie-in, load shedding, voltage-dropped, synchronization and other plant performance matters, until final turn-over.
• Strictly implement environment, health and safety policy standards and procedures.
Plant: Thermal/Diesel Power Plant & MSF/MED Desalination Plant
Plant Capacity:
25 Megawatts Steam Turbine Generator, Worthington
15 Megawatts Steam Turbine Generator, Worthington
10 Megawatts Diesel Generator, Fairbanks Morse
800 Tons per hour Steam Boiler, Yoshimine, Japan
VU and BW Boilers
Multi-Stage-Flash Evaporator (MSF), Desalting Plant
Multi-Effect Evaporator (MED) Desalting Plant
2 Light Diesel Oil Tanks and Pumping Stations
2 Heavy Fuel Oil tanks and Pumping Stations
Responsibilities:
• Responsible to day to day plant performance such as Steam Boilers, Turbines, MED & MSF Desalting Plants, Diesel Engine, Rotating and Static equipments.
• Keep monitoring of all equipment's temperature, pressure gauges and instrument indicators that are within the design parameters.
• Listing all events occurred in the log-book and log-sheets during the entire shift.
• Taking pressure and temperature readings of specified time interval throughout the entire shift.
• Register in the Log-sheet and Log-book every event occurred for review and reference, as per area of responsibilities.
• Perform the vibration analysis of equipments an machineries
• Monitor the specified chemical treatments of each plant that within the specified limits
• Recommend emergency load-shed and or shut-down if abnormalities occurred in any machineries
• Ensures that personnel comply with applicable standards, regulations, specifications and documented Machinery systems and procedures.
• Ability to relate and interact successfully with a multi-cultural workforce at all levels; very enthusiast and cooperative to work in a team of people and finally implement environment, health and safety policy and procedures.
Engineering Accreditation Certificate by the Saudi Council of Engineers
Member of Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineer at Cebu Chapter
Diploma of Basic Computer Programming International Correspondence Schools, ICS P.O. Box 1900, Scranton Pennsylvania 18501, U. S. A.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1982 Cebu Institute of Technology (Philippines) Registered Mechanical Engineer, 1986 Licensed by Professional Regulation Commission Member Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers, Cebu Chapter (PSME Cebu)