Muhammad Al Shammari

leading turnaround and major maintenance planning activities and ensure early preparation and effective execution

leading and complete the warranty period after Safco 5 Urea plant construction and commissioning period
leading maintenance department to carry out day to day activities

Designation Chronology:
• Since October 2013: Electrical & Instrument Commissioning Manager
• January 2012 - October 2013: Senior Project Engineer
• July 2008 - January 2012: Control & Analyzer Superintendent
• August 2006 - July 2008: Instruments & Control QA Engineer

Joined the organization as Instruments & Control Quality Assurance Engineer and moved up the career hierarchy to merit multiple promotions as well as deputed to SAFCO V Urea Plant Project as Deputy Commissioning Manager, through exceptional performance.

Highlights:
• Providing leadership and direction for SAFCO V Urea Plant Project in the project engineering discipline while conducted feasibility studies, detail design, equipment specification and selection, power systems studies and analysis, construction and commissioning support for a successful project handover.

Key Responsibilities:
• Spearheading commissioning team to perform installation, maintenance, calibration and inspection and validate that all project goals in the areas of risk, cost, schedule and safety are effectively met.
• Administering pre-commissioning activities like outlining technical specifications (technical drawings/ equipment lists) and awarding contracts to suppliers/ vendors offering best in class quality and most competitive prices.
• Orchestrating all site activities pertaining to commissioning and calibration of such equipment in accordance with project scope, schedule and procedures as well as in conformity with all engineering designs.
• Personally conducting system walk downs during different phases of project life cycle to highlight any significant variation from project objectives. Outlining punch items and deficiency list while developing programs to circumvent the same.
• Overseeing elements critical to determine project progress/ status, computing work completed to ascertain cost incurred and preparing and approving Mechanical Completion Certificate for Senior Commissioning Manager review.
• Conducting system functional test and participating in plant acceptance test. Assisting and resolving any troubleshooting problems arising thereof to ensure operational performance meets specified standards.
• Managing wide spectrum of ancillary activities like providing training/ development programs to new employees/ engineers, attending team meetings and assisting in process optimization, troubleshooting and de-bottlenecking of various procedures.
• Fostering a continuous improvement environment. Leading and supporting safety process to insure a safe, hazard-free working culture with total compliance to company policies and procedures.

Deputed to Italy to conduct pre-construction review, documentation and verification of all engineering designs, calculations and computations

Highlights:
• Catalogued ITB for SAFCO V after detailed site investigations with clear specifications of project requirements, cost, schedules, contractual terms, ROI’s long term solvency and possible market variance.
• Awarded SAFCO V project to SAIPEM after evaluating bids in the light of listed project requirements. Made tactical negotiations in the meetings and devised terms/ strategies in the best interest of the organization.

Key Responsibilities:
• Reviewed and interpreted all technical documentations like general layout drawings, calculations, preliminary studies, value engineering/ process flow sheets, standard specifications, 3D modeling, equipment lists prepared by SAIPEM for approval.
• Actively involved in control system FAT and pre-inspection meetings; troubleshot problems or abnormal occurrences and advised on optimizing procedures to ensure minimum disruption in plant operations.
• Administered procurement activities and negotiated effectively with contractor for favorable prices and terms without compromising on quality. Maintained adequate flow of resources to avoid delay in project execution.
• Symbolized KOM for SAFCO V project as well as participated in HAZOP study and SIL evaluation to ensure all guidelines pertaining to health, safety and environment are adhered to at all times.
• Monitored construction progress in line with pre-defined schedules, identified variations in terms of time, costs, designs and recommended solutions for the same along with any other technical difficulties encountered.
• Attended a variety of technical meetings, kept abreast of latest standards within the industry and concentrated on implementation of health and safety standards within the organization.

Achievements:
• Developed and executed plan for replacement of not working analyzers in the plants.
• Completed Replacement of hydraulic Governor to electronic type for CO2 Turbine project within a challenging period (4 months) from Po placement.
• Resolved unexpected major water bleeding (during Plant Turnaround) from instrument air tubes which caused huge damages of main and most plant instruments, without any impact on the turnaround schedule.

Highlights:
• Proficiently executed a wide range of assigned job functions and assumed roles of increasing responsibilities and duties as under:
- Control System Project Manager for 2011 IBB T/A
- Integral member of SF III NH3 Reliability team involved in resolution of chronic problems in 2009
- Symbolized Instrument Group Leader and piloted all control and instruments maintenance activities for SF-II T/A 2009
• Played a crucial role in ensuring hiring of best possible talent in the Electrical and Instrumentation domain in 2010 SAFCO campaign.
• Successfully met SAFCO cost leadership program objectives in 2009 by directing optimum use of resources and implementing various cost-effective strategies that aided in minimizing operational expenses and augment efficiencies.

Key Responsibilities:
• Created test procedures for all plant installations and equipment to determine performance under various circumstances, scheduled preventive maintenance to increase productivity and augment operational efficiency.
• Performed essential repairs by providing complex technical solutions modified and calibrated machines/equipment and ensured that they are at all times in supreme condition.
• Engineered an optimum mix of internal/ external maintenance resources to administer major maintenance activities like troubleshooting, instrument up gradation, failure analysis for repetitive break downs as well as implementing remedial actions for the same.
• Formulated department budget and individual performance metrics; implemented various strategic and cost saving initiatives to compensate any technical downsides identified.
• Established and implemented division’s policies, goals, objectives and procedures in close coordination with board members, organization officials and staff members as necessary.

Highlights:
• Piloted migration from Foxboro to YOKOGAWA CS3000 - DCS Replacement project as project manager at IBN AL Baytar Urea plant in 2007 T/A.
• Key person in SF II Manufacturing team involved in resolving complex issues and eliminating bottlenecks in line with organizational policies to achieve and maintain operational superiority.

Key Responsibilities:
• Supported plant maintenance and operations effectively through various strategies and established Reliability Instrument System that resulted in improved plant reliability, application, efficiency and profitability.
• Defined project objectives/ goals, including statement of work (SOW), budgeting, forecasting, computed technical tabulations/ evaluation, designs specifications, scheduling and implementation during designing and testing phases of projects.
• Architected engineering design and drawings mark-up including block diagram, loop diagram, junction box, marshalling termination, drawing, cable routing layout, installation details, etc., in line with organizational standards for excellence.
• Managed wide spectrum of pre-commissioning activities - cataloged operations and commissioning procedures, facilitated for company FAT and HAZOPS and conducted site audits to validate compliance with as-built drawings.
• Lead, facilitated and supported safety process to insure a safe, hazard-free working environment for all employees. Maintained and adhered to company policies and procedures in the areas of Quality Assurance and Quality Control.

Highlights:
• Spearheaded a team and successfully repaired high temperature furnace at Ghazlan Power Plant Phase II.
• Actively involved in commissioning activities for Ghazlan Power Plant phase II

Key Responsibilities:
• Translated requirements into proficient electrical designs and computed engineering designs including block diagram, loop diagram, junction box, marshalling termination drawing, cable routing lay-out, installation details etc.
• Demonstrated strong working knowledge of DCS ABB (Bailey, Symphony, Harmony INFI 90), Bentley Nevada and Vibration Monitoring System 3300/ 3500. Performed site visits and reported any shortfalls/ overruns to senior management.
• Administered an array of supporting services like outlining project statement of work (SOW), performing technical evaluations, spare-parts evaluations and resolving any troubleshooting problems arising during various phases of project life cycle.
• Validated compliance to as is built drawings, Directed modifications to approved designs, processes and systems to eliminate bottlenecks and ensure technical superiority.
• Regularly provided on job trainings to all employees, engaged and managed them effectively through performance, talent and skill development process to help maintain performance efficiencies.