Rakan Al Qahtani

General Manager at National Center for Environmental Compliance ( NCEC )

• Saudi Arabia - Jizan
• My current job since January 2023

General Manager at ESNAD Saudi Company LTD

• Saudi Arabia - Jubail
• September 2015 to January 2023

Key Areas of responsibilities "not limited to":
• Employed strong leadership skills to ensure efficient and effective utilization of Company resources.
• Assisting the board in carrying out important functions such as strategic planning, governance and provide advice when required.
• Planning, directing, and controlling all functions of the company; monitoring and evaluating the performance of different departments.
• Creating and assigning the authority matrix for each Department and individuals.
• Setting Departmental and Individual KPI’s.
• Emphasizing all departments to run within their approved budget.
• Implementing the company policies and work procedures throughout the entire firm.
• Running all the company Operations in the best Health, Safety and Environmental practices.
• Monitoring the monthly P&L statement for running operations.
• Attending the weekly operations meeting and the monthly Management reviews.
• Generating yearly, quarterly and monthly performance reports to the board of directors.
• Responsible for the performance, profit and loss, compliance, people management and communication of the business.
• In charge of the day-to-day running of the business.
• Encouraging and maintain a positive working environment.
• Ensured that the firm developed a positive image in the market and offered the best products/services to our clients, monitoring different marketing procedures and ensuring that they were profitable for the firm.

Production Manager at Zamil ALPLA Plastics Middle East Company LTD.

• Saudi Arabia - Dammam
• August 2014 to September 2015

Working with Zamil Alpla Plastics Middle East Company LTD, which is a joint venture between two companies “Zamil ChemPlast” and “ALPLA Austria”, as EBM Production Manager.
Where in my role I’m interacting with all plant departments managers such as Logistics, Planning, Quality, Finance, Procurement & Maintenance.
For my functional I’m responsible of Extrusion Blow Molding Operations Process and outputs as in below:
 Overseeing the production process.
 Make sure that products are produced on time and are of good quality.
 Administrating production costs, billing reports and budgets.
 Managing and developing an operations team.
 Agreeing weekly production plans and targets.
 Maintaining plant equipment.
 Managing the movement of goods into and out of the plant facilities.
 Managing operations budgets and costing’s.
 Manages a big team of multinationals.
 Implementing best practice in production, Quality, planning and manufacturing units.
 Ensuring the health and safety of all employees and visitors to the facility.
 Managing large scale operational contracts.
 Liaising with marketing and sales staff.
 Identifying staff training needs.
 Selecting, ordering and purchasing materials.
 Determining quality control standards.
 Head of daily operations meetings.
 Making sure that all staff comply with all workplace health and safety regulations.
 Introducing innovative manufacturing processes.
 Operations daily calculations of production efficiency, produced quantities, transferring of product.
 Pllant housekeeping and hygienic environment
 Staff technical direction and distribution
 Material handling and Plant workflow
 Operations Data entry and reports preparation

Engineering Manager at Saudi New Zealand Milk Products Company LTD. (SNZMP)

• Saudi Arabia - Dammam
• September 2013 to August 2014

Working with Saudi New Zealand Milk Products Company (SNZMP) in Dammam which is a branch of Fonterra Organization, where I’m enrolled as Engineering Manager.
Key Accountabilities:

 Participates and recommends improvements to engineering & project management department policies, processes and procedures and manages the implementation to ensure all relevant procedural/legislative requirements are fulfilled
 Manages the day to day operations of engineering & project management department providing guidance, encouraging teamwork and facilitating related professional work processes in order to achieve high performance standards.
 Plans, schedules and assigns resources for maintenance work, preventative and emergency, on all SNZMP equipment and production line to ensure availability and efficiency of the equipment to meet production targets.
 Oversees and monitors the operation of SNZMP operating utilities, and coordinate the maintenance work to ensure proper operation of the equipment to provide the required support to the production process.
 Participates in the procurement process for engineering parts to ensure the correct selection of the required parts for the equipment to minimize down time and maximize production time.
 Participates in troubleshooting and resolving complex maintenance issues to ensure equipment availability and minimized production down time.
 Participates in daily management meeting to plan plant operation and resolve outstanding issues to ensure the efficient operations of the plant
 Manages the effective achievement of department objectives by setting individual targets, developing and motivating staff, providing of formal and informal feedback and appraisal - in order to maximize subordinate and department performance
 Implement Quality process and procedures to ensure compliance with corporate and local standards.
 Oversees incident/accident investigation and reporting to ensure compliance with Fonterra’s health and safety standards.
 In conjunction with H&S Lead ensure that all requirements of the site H&S program and commitments to GFA are met to ensure a safe working environment.
 Complies with all relevant safety, quality, health and environmental procedures to ensure a healthy and safe work environment.

Assistant Production Manager at AL JOMAIH BOTTLING PLANTS (ABP)

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• April 2010 to September 2013

Working with AL JOMAIH BOTTLING PLANTS (ABP) in Riyadh as Assistant Production Manager, Key responsibilities:
 Controlling the production KPI’s
 Supervising the plant employees
 Reviewing the daily production report with the Planning availability Manager
 Implement Health & Safety Procedures
 Make sure all Quality aspects are followed
 Maintain the proper housekeeping & visualization of the plant for a safe & healthy working environment
 Minimize power & water consumption in all plant and implement the RECON "Resources Conservation" concept throw employees
 Contribute in the budgeting of maintenance cost with maintenance manager for the production lines
 Conduct training sessions with new plant employees
 Supervise & check the subjects of training sessions conducted by Line Engineers to plant employees
 Conduct meetings with other head departments whenever needed
 Supervise in plant audits conducted by the Food Safety Defense members
 Production line commissioning and hand over.
Of course we are working according to the highest standards globally like the ISO 22000 standards and the new FSSC 22000 international standards. And we should not forget the M&W standards which are the Manufacturing and Warehouses standards and visualization procedures.

Mechanical Site Engineer at Saudi Bin Ladin Group (PBAD)

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• September 2009 to April 2010

Worked with SAUDI BINLADIN GROUP (SBG) as Mechanical Engineer, where I worked in installing the mechanical systems in a particular building such as:
Fire Fighting Systems (FFS)
• In this system I worked with the various types of the firefighting connections and pipes such as welded, ductile and Mechanical joints and the system pumps itself.
• When I’m through from one complete system (connection & joints) I run a pressure test around 10-14 bars for the system to make sure everything is under control.
Water Supply Systems (WSS)
• In this system I’m dealing with the connection of the supplied water to the building with the CPVC pipes and joints.
• After connecting the system I conduct a pressure test around 2-4 bars.
Drainage Systems (DRS)
• In this system I’m dealing with the connection of the Drained water coming from the building and going to main hall of the sewage system and the rain water coming from the roof of the building.
• The most important thing in this system is the slope of the pipes and its directions, where the slope ratio was 1 to 100 and the pressure test was conducting on 1 bar.
Ducting Systems (DCS)
In this system the things that I was handling were the connection of the ducts, such as flange type or G-bolt type.
And the tests that I had conducted were Smoke & light tests.
Air Handling Units (AHU)
In this section I used to install the AHU according to the given or required specification of each unit and its capacity.
All the systems above were installed according to the given drawings and calculations made for it by the design and planning department in the company which must consider the standards and the qualification of each system regarding to newest and moderated systems around the world, in this job also, I learned how to control and deal with the foreman’s and labors at the best way I can be with them.