Startup & Commissioning Engineer
Exxon Mobile Limited Iraq
Total years of experience :22 years, 4 Months
West Qurna 1 Oil Field
- Safely line-up, start up and bring on stream the recently installed and commissioned packages of equipment installed and commissioning.
- Act as a key focal point in the Turnover of the equipment from the commissioning team to the operations team providing knowledge and guidance during this key stage to ensure process and operational safety and integrity is maintained at all times.
- Ensure the operations procedures at site are reflective of the new equipment and the correct daily surveillance duties are up-dated to reflect the new equipment.
- Coach and Mentor the local Iraqi workforce with a view to the plant operations team taking over the operation of the equipment.
- Assist the control room with the additional equipment, alarm management and surveillance activities.
- To carry out the operation of Gas and Oil plant and production/utility related equipment, chemical storage and chemical injection systems safely and efficiently and to ensure safe management of the facility.
- Ensure the safe and the efficient operation of process plant, systems and association equipment during steady operations
- Start-up, operate, optimize and shut down process and process-related plant, water injection, water treatment, gas systems etc.
- Do the rotation between the central control room (CCR) position and outside operations to lead the operations team and monitor worksites.
- Supervise the commissioning, the startup, and the operation of MOD WTP, and lead/train the SOC operators upon the plant operation.
- Supervise the commissioning, the startup, and the operation of oil wells water injection system through booster, and high pressure injection pumps equipment.
- Supervise the commissioning, the startup, and the operations of the new commissioned degassing stations, de-salters & dehydrators, also lead the local operators team through the daily operation of the plants, give them the necessary training, and monitor their activates through the site,
Rusafa WTP (960, 000 Cubic Meter per Day)
- Advised the main contractor upon the commissioning issues.
- Technical support regards water treatment plant commissioning, startup, and operation.
- Reported to the project manager in relation to the technical, and to the operational issues on site.
- Solved, mitigated, and trouble shoot any problems associate with the commissioning phases.
- Prepared, and Modified the commissioning, and startup documents as needed.
- Modified the design of the operational, and the process units of the project when necessary.
- Coordinated with the main contractor upon the progress of the commissioning phases.
- Witnessed the tests that had been made for the project equipment, and operational units.
- Supervised the commissioning of the Ozone plant and prepared the necessary pre-commissioning tests for the Ozone system.
- Conducted tests on Equipment and Instruments.
- Ensured correct process performances.
- Proposed modifications which would be necessary on the system and optimized them according to contract, time and other requirements.
- Managed the correct implementation of ITC (inspection test checks) sheets and followed-up.
- Carried out tests when requested.
- Filled Progress reports, Pre-Commissioning PV (together with the supervisors and commissioning manager) and Commissioning PV Follow-up deviations and nonconformities
- Followed-up punch lists concerning pre-commissioning or commissioning
- Participated to Health and Safety Meetings and to Commissioning meetings.
- Implemented and applied on site Health and Safety Plan.
- Applied quality plan and procedures, also Environmental and Waste Management Plans.
Structural Plan of Maysan, and Basrah Governorates:
- Managed Data collection in Baghdad offices.
- Liaised with the Ministry of Municipalities & Public Works representatives.
- Technical expertise on water and waste water sector.
- Managed and improved of the coordination between the local experts and the international staff.
- Managed the training programs for SGI local staff on executing the plan, and the technical issues.
- Reviewed, and commented upon technical issues, and reports.
- Development of customized methodology for a better analysis and planning of some key sectors (e.g. Water, Wastewater, Environment related to water pollution, etc...)
AECOM Seismic ESHIA & AIR QUALITY Monitoring Project:
- Managed, and Executed ESHIA Stakeholders Plan,
- Advised upon technical and administrative issues.
- Reviewed ESHIA and Air Monitoring Quality Repot for the project.
- Liaised and Coordinated with Local Governmental Authorities, AECOM experts, and SGI personal.
Diwaniyah Waste Water Plant & Sewer Design Project:
- Advised upon technical design issues.
- Liaison between the Ministry of Municipalities & Public Works representatives and the company international team regards the design and the submittals of the project’s design.
- Coordinated the project works with the local & international staff.
- Supervised the training program dedicated for the local staff in relation to the project design, and methodologies.
Sadr Water Treatment Project (120, 000 cubic meter per day):
- Surveyed water treatment plant to finish work from the former contractors and assessed the completed work to grantee its compliance with the standards, and specifications.
- Prepared and executed the startup plan for the water treatment project.
- Supervised the tests producers for the equipment, and operational units.
- Supervised and arranged the refurbishment of the project laboratory, which included the delivery of the equipment and chemical substances.
- Managed, and executed the training program dedicated for the water treatment plant commissioning, startup, operation, process control, and lab training for the end user (Baghdad Municipality) technical staff, and commented on their performance.
- Monitoring safety, quality and environmental related issues.
Rural Area Project:
- Performed work on water treatment projects associated with Iraq infrastructure reconstruction
Program (IIRP).
- Supervised the construction and the installation of water treatment, RO, compact units, water disinfection systems, pumps, pipe networks, storage tanks, water filters, and process control systems.
- Oversaw quality control during the construction phase with respect to QA/QC standards.
- Planned the training programs that dedicated for the operators of the new water treatment plants, also coordinated with governmental authorities regard these issues.
- Acted as one of the start-up, and commissioning teams by executing the start-up and the operation plans for the water treatment facilities.
- Supervised the construction of water deep wells in the Rural Area that served the water treatment plants.
- Managed the water sampling program by collecting the raw water samples for more than 60 water treatment sites in order to conduct the analysis of the heavy metals.
Operation and Maintenance Department:
- Acted as the commissioning engineer in the O & M department in order to prepare and to execute the startup plans for the water treatment & waste water projects.
- Determining, controlling and monitoring the implementation of the commission test plans.
- Organized all office activities in conjunction with the work at the sites that included but not limited to the preparation of the daily reports, work status, and made charts which illustrated the progress of the sites work.
- Maintained the proper commissioning procedures, reviewed the O & M manuals, supervised the equipment tests program during the startup stages of the executed projects and restored all projects documents during the hand over phase.
- Advised upon the technical, and logistics issues.
Chlorine Plant:
- Performed duties as a chemical process engineer in the electrolysis plant.
- Controlled the production operation via the DCS controlling system.
- Maintained chemical and operational units such as RO units, Ionic exchangers, degassing stations, cooling towers, refrigeration systems, gas liquefacation units, absorption towers, boilers, electrolysis cells, and heat exchangers.
- Supervised the process startup, and operation of the plant.
- Solved the problems that accompany the process operation.
- Inspected the equipment and monitored the indicators with respect to the process operation.
- Coordinated with the plant staff to raise the quality and to reach the highest quantity.
- Directed all the technical and the administrative issues in relation to the senior process engineer.