Senior Planning Coordinator
RasGas Company Limited, Qatar
Total years of experience :31 years, 9 Months
Key achievements:
o Revisited organization Insurance claim policy and made amendments to streamline claim process, follow-up and status updates. After setting up the process, successfully claimed Insurance for a total of USD 56 Million in 2015
o Redesigned the timeline of annual five year plan cycle to align corporate goals and Department goals. Put in place a quarterly tracking system to identify and act on show stoppers
Maintenance Planning
o Work closely with Maintenance team to prepare, develop, prioritize, and schedule work orders to fit time frames required by facility management. Conduct work order Risk Assessments and manage maintenance work order backlog
o Assist in development of maintenance budgets and cost control, help set and monitor Maintenance KPIs, timely initiation of MOCs as per company policy
o Initiate purchase requests to meet work plan requirements (equipment/tool rental, spare parts, external services, and more)
o Interface with other Maintenance disciplines, Operations, Engineering, SHE, and Contractors to ensure safe, reliable, and cost effective operation
o Identify areas of cost optimization for management review
o Review spare parts requirements, amendment proposals, maintenance budget planning and control
o Review of Equipment maintenance history and closeout reports of all completed work and implementation of amendments as required
o Overhauling of rotating equipment - schedule preparation
o Liaise with OEMs and vendors for problem solving and equipment up-gradation
Shutdown Planning
o Shutdown Management gated approval for Operations Management approval
o Management presentations for gated approvals
o Work pack status analysis
o Shutdown readiness review
o Progress reporting during Shutdown
o Analysis of schedule / Cost impact of discovery jobs
o Compile Shutdown closure reports
o Ensure timely completion of jobs as per the shutdown plan and confirm if daily targets are met effectively and safely
o Liaise with maintenance departments to align with maintenance plans
o Management of resources required for the shutdown
o Involved in budgeting and cost estimates for shutdown activities
o Ensure that jobs are executed in compliance with the company’s policy, procedures to achieve the business objectives
o Communicate with execution team to ensure that the scope of work is well understood by the contractor
o Compile and communicate all ‘Lessons Learned’ encountered during shutdown execution
Business Planning
o Develop Corporate Vision and Strategic Objectives for five years after discussions with Leadership team. Prepare Annual Asset Level Business Plan to align with Corporate Vision and Strategic Objectives. Set up quarterly review with management to track the progress
o Validate key assumptions and factors to be used for business plans
o Develop the Department / Functional strategies and plans in line with the business needs and overall organizational strategy and objectives
o Work Planning and Budgeting (OPEX, Projects, Volumes, Manpower, Chemicals, catalysts and consumables) planning
o Prepare Asset-wise Performance Presentation and Variance Analysis
o Yearly objectives setting, stewardship and Management reporting
o Manufacturing Risk Profile Management and Reporting
o Integrated Asset plan listing all major activities and timelines
o Coordinate with cross-functional teams to improve business planning
o Evaluate and implement key business initiatives that will drive business operations
o Implement best practices to meet business objectives
o Identify and implement solutions to existing problems by brain-storming with key personnel
o Analyze ‘what if’ scenarios to arrive at assessment of potential business impacts / show-stoppers
o Compile key financial and SHE risks with time bound mitigation plans
o Compile projects with year-wise investments planned
Key achievements:
o Led the investigation on premature fin fan cooler belts \[in 900+ fin fans\] failure across the complex. Redesigned the maintenance procedure to bring down the failure rate by 70%
o Led the process of import substitution for fasteners, gaskets, brass parts related to lifts, injection pumps, non-hydrocarbon pumps and exchangers, thereby saving precious foreign exchange for the company. Organized contractor evaluation methods to job-specifics ensuring less incidents related to critical jobs
Responsibilities:
o Joined at the EPC stage. Involved right from civil foundation inspection to equipment erection and commissioning, followed by mechanical maintenance of the running Aromatics complex
o Conducted field visits and verifications of engineering solutions
o Maintained effective lines of communication across the plant including the inspection group, maintenance, operations, process engineering
o Kept an updated prioritized work list, and used it to effectively communicate status of work
o Provided leadership and compliance with Management of Change guidelines
o Contributed to Equipment Strategies that provide cost-effective, innovative plans
o Contributed to effective networking activities by staying abreast of postings, answering calls for and requesting assistance, and developing and implementing Best Practices
o Participated in the effective planning and execution of turnarounds via participation in Risk Based Work Selection, meeting engineering milestones
o Developed capital Project Development Requests with clear justification
o Participated in / led incident investigations that get to the real root cause and provided relevant recommendations to prevent recurrence in a cost effective manner
o Led preventative maintenance and repair of equipment to ensure refinery operations can continue with minimal downtime
o Oversaw maintenance and repair of facility equipment including heat exchangers, pumps, valves, distillation columns, compressors, cooling towers
Key achievements:
o Led the standardization of mechanical seals across the complex to derive benefit out of economies of scale and spare parts optimization
o Took key role in developing local manpower to fill key positions in the organization
Responsibilities:
o Worked as Senior Engineer in Pearl Polymers Limited in their 50 KTPA PET resins plant. The plant Technology was supplied by ZIMMER AG, Germany and Consultants were M/s Lurgi Engineering.
o Served in Mechanical maintenance department with good experience in erection, commissioning and maintenance of Mechanical equipment, pipe line and tank farm
Worked as Mechanical Engineer in EO/MEG plant in SM-Glycols Ltd from August 1992. This is 80 KTPA MEG plant with Technology from Scientific Design Company, USA and consultants Toyo Engineering. I have hands -on experience in Rotary Equipment alignment, Centrifugal Compressors, Reciprocating Compressors, Pumps, Heat Exchangers Mechanical seals, Gearboxes and other miscellaneous mechanical equipment
Period of working: From 05 Aug. 1992 to 20 Mar.1994.