Olefin Operation Manager
Sabic
Total years of experience :17 years, 11 Months
•Directly responsible to assure the assigned units are conducting business in a safe and environmentally compliant manner including extending such protection .
•As a part of the site Leadership Team establishes plant goals, objectives, and operational budgets to ensure continuous improvement within assigned units while being in a key leadership position to influence the goals and objectives for the site.
•Responsible and accountable for achieving operating plan targets and for operating the assets in a manner that is safe and environmentally compliant.
•Leads by example and establishes a working environment that involves trust to drive a diverse, high-performing team that creats a vision that fosters a sense of common ownership.
•Plans and directs production activities and establishes production priorities for products in keeping effective operations and cost factors. Executes daily operating plan within safe limits and adjusts as required to stay within limits.
•Leads cross-functional teams, in employee development, succession planning/knowledge transfer, and performance management for the Daily Execution Team.
•Directs the activities of each unit through supervisors who are responsible to produce effective results within their area of responsibilities to ensure efficient operations.
•Responsible for meeting the business plan for the budget, utilization, yields, energy and EH&S targets.
•Provides operational coordination for asset optimization through coordination with Maintenance, Reliability, and Strategic teams.
•Drives reliability improvements and an efficient Maintenance Work Process.
•Participates in budgeting activities, reviews costs and expenses, and strives for continuous improvement, cost efficiency, and safety of unit operations across the site. Directly responsible for optimizing fixed and variable manufacturing unit costs and provides technical support for cost-effective operations
•Communicates production opportunities, constraints, and overall performance in a prioritized manner to the organization
Designation Chronology:
2006 - 2008:
• Field Operator Technical, Olefins plant -Kemya
• Light Separation 1/2, Olefins plant -Kemya
2008- 2012:
• Light Separation Console (Panel DCS)
• Furnaces & Quench Area Console (Panel DCS)
2011 - 2012:
• Operation Team Member for Ethylene Cracker Plant
April 2013:
• Operation first line supervisor
March 2017:
• Execution Turnaround coordinator for Ethylene Cracker Shutdown, Start-up
May 2015 - Present:
• Operation Senior Analyst
Highlights:
• Managed the overall responsibility for safety of assigned plant and personnel, directed ongoing effectiveness of work processes, operating discipline, management systems, enabling technologies and roles.
• Worked in the Ethylene Cracker plant, to include the startup and shut down of the units, handling plant start-up, troubleshooting, emergency handling, interlock systems and shutdown activities operations from the panel & field and monitoring the environmental emission, safety, products quality and ensure the reliability of the plant.
Key Responsibilities:
• Providing strategic inputs in Operations strategy and operating plan, recommending/developing changes to operating and departmental procedures to improve the safety and effectiveness of the operations in alignment with expectations.
• Participating in the commissioning of new projects, capital deployment projects and product introduction program, ensuring equipments operate according to specifications and recommending changes to operating procedures, as required.
• Identifying run plan needs, assigning responsibility to operators, providing on the job training to plant personnel on safety, environmental, industrial hygiene, quality, production, cost etc to meet Business and plant goals, updating process parameters to ensure run plan achieves its targets along with quality of production.
• Serving as site steward of the change management process, monitoring process parameters via process control panel, locate deviations, check instruments periodically, instruct Maintenance to correct failures in order to keep the process in good mode and ready to use any time.
• Coordinating with operations to identify opportunities for productivity, quality and throughput improvements, then developing and implementing process technology to achieve those goals.
• Formulating daily reports and maintaining records pertaining to quality across different plant locations, devising monthly plans and KPI reports based on envisaged project deliverables.
• Working in an interdisciplinary team to define new opportunities and to find cost effective delivery of area specific operations goals and objectives including EHS, financial, quality and product supply.
• Managing and controlling all process equipment shutdown maintenance activities to minimize interruptions during production / injection programs by ensuring all shutdown requirements are in place prior to plant release.
• Responsible for improving instrumentation systems reliability through the development and implementation of a predictive and preventive systems maintenance process.
• Serving as the subject matter expert for technical/process, operating standards and practices; developing job scopes for capital and maintenance related engineering work to be executed in addition to coaching team members and managing People Systems, policies that apply to shift workers.
• Planning and organizing the shift staff. Maintaining plans for scheduling shifts, recording overtime in order to secure sufficient manpower for the various shifts.
10 years of hands on experience in Turnaround, project, pre commissioning & Commissioning of Olefins/ Ethylene/
Familiar with national/international standards, codes and regulations
Knowledge of equipment and systems in Petrochemical Plants
Familiar with Cost Management Practices
Familiar with Safety Systems, Procedures, HAZOP Procedures, PSM Procedures and TQM / ISO Procedures
Familiarization of Control Systems (Honeywell, DMC, etc)
Familiarization with Environmental norms and ISO 14001 requirements, literate in applicable software
Other Trainings & Certifications: • Cooperative Training Program, Saudi Oger Company • Distillation Towers: control and troubleshooting • Introduction to Multivariable Predictive Control with DMC • Process Control & Instrumentation • Operation of MHI Steam Turbine & Centrifugal Compressor • Fire Fighting Training Level1, SABIC Fire Training Center • Fire Fighting Training Level 2,SABIC Fire Training Center • First Aid, Kemya Company • Your Role in Quality, Kemya Company • Defensive Driving, Kemya Company • Fire Fighter Refresher • Innovative Thinking • Your Role in Quality • Certificate of UOP Pressure Swing Adsorbed (PSA) Process Technology Training