Mohamed Almaz, Lead Service Engineer

Mohamed Almaz

Lead Service Engineer

Schneider Electric

Location
Saudi Arabia - Khobar
Education
Bachelor's degree, Communication & Electronics
Experience
22 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 5 Months

Lead Service Engineer at Schneider Electric
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • My current job since February 2015

• Successfully manage KNPC maintenance activities with no down time due to any control system failures.
• Manage a successful fast tracking for Boiler 8 project to overcome a delay of 4 months.
• Manage the upgrade of control system root switches, while maintaining the plant online with no disturbance on the network.
• Convince the customer to implement APC loops inside the control system, and successfully implement two loops. The solution was presented at MEICA - Dubai 2019.
• Reduce the number of alarms per operator and keep it within the EEMUA 191 limits by using a complete in-house solution.
• Introduce High Performance HMI concept to the operation team by successfully build 2 graphics to monitor Boiler 8 normal as well as shutdown status.

Senior Control maintenance Engineer at Methanex
  • Egypt - Damietta
  • June 2008 to February 2015

Conduct the control system's FAT at Invensys Italy.
Supervising all the commissioning / Start-up activities at site for the control system.
Establish, Implement and Maintain the maintenance's procedures of the control system.
Establish, Implement and Maintain an alarm management system based on a customized/generated tool.
Lead the activities for the DCS system upgrade.
Establish and Implement a training course for the new comers.
Establish and Implement an internal project to build control narratives documentation.
Part of the Internal auditors team.

System Engineer at Middle East Operation & Maintenance for Hydrocarbon Industries. (MIDOM)
  • Egypt
  • April 2007 to May 2008

The system installed is I/A series ver. 6.1 based on UNIX system.
Building an application to filter all/process alarms by time/date/unit/tag or even part of a tag and export the result to excel sheets.
Routine maintenance jobs for system hardware.
Loops, graphics and logic modifications.

Senior DCS Application Engineer at Invensys Engineering & Services
  • Egypt
  • October 2002 to April 2007

October 2002 - June 2004 Bonga FPSO Nigeria
Design of Ballast Application.
Design of the Fuel Gas Application.
Design the Sand Monitor Application using both Visual C++ and API package.
Design of the Serial communications typicals.
Design of the Lact Application.
Attending FAT at Invensys UK - Crawley since August 2002.
Jully 2004 - November 2004 CONV1-TOTAL-Normandy-France
Design the alarms package standard for TOTAL projects at Invensys France Cergy.
Design of the alarm typical (IACC).
Design of a software using Visual basic to build the database for the alarms.
Testing the alarms package.
Helping in reporting problems on the IACC trial version to Foxboro-Mass.
November 2004 - April 2005-DALIA FPSO ANGOLA
Attending the FAT at Invensys France- Cergy.
Design of the Electrolyser cleaning sequence.
Configuring the F&G graphics.
Design of the typical of serial motor and its pumping unit.
Design of the Duty/Backup/Standby for 5 motors applications using HLBL language.
April 2005 - September 2005 DHC-TOTAL
Installing the I/A system on the project stations.
Support during the FAT.
October 2005 - May 2006 DALIA FPSO ANGOLA
Attending and support the Commissioning at Korea - DSME.
Configuring and establishing the profibus communications for all the packages, including communications with Siemens, GE, and Allen Bradely.
Cross wiring and loop checks.
Configuring and establishing Modbus communications.
Attending and support ESD0 and ESD1 and proceeding with black start-up procedures.
Assist in testing the LP compressor start-up.
Assist in testing Ballasting system.
Attend and support the TOW between Mozambique and South Africa.
During the TOW, modifying the Ballast/ De-ballast sequence.
Support the stop over at Cape Town, modifying several typicals and sequences.
Support the arrival of the FPSO at Block 17, the first oil and the first 5 Offloadings.
Modifying the Offloading sequences and the fiscal-metering communication tables and data exchange sequence.

Automatic Control Engineer at ANRPC for petroleum refinery
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • January 2002 to October 2002

Dealing with PLCs (mainly Siemens S5).
Concepts about TRICONEX PLCs and PES (shutdown system).
Concepts about transmitters and analyzers.
Computer hardware and software maintenance.
Using and programming the PABX of Siemens HICOM 150E.
Concepts about the VMS system.
Field's Instrument database programming and managing.
Shift report database programming and managing.
Involved in the network's design of the company.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Communication & Electronics
  • at Alexandria University/Engineering Faculty
  • June 2000
High school or equivalent, High School
  • at College Saint-Marc
  • June 1995

Specialties & Skills

Control System Design
Automatic Control
System Maintenance
System Software
Computer Maintenance
Computer software tools
Foxboro DCS programming
IACS Cybersecurity

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Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert

Memberships

ISA
  • Member
  • October 2003

Training and Certifications

FS Eng (TÜV Rheinland, # 6144/12, SIS) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2012
Valid Until:
October 2012