Sheraz Rafi

• Support Plant operation on daily bases by resolving complex instrumentation and controls issues including valve malfunctions / Controller loop tunings/Transmitter calibration & range adjustments/ recommending instrument upgrades, Selection & conversion of pneumatic controllers to electronic controllers / DCS, SIS, PLC &HMI support.
• Support / troubleshoot / propose upgrades for Petro Rabigh Refinery control system assets.
• Leading I&C up gradation / design and segregation for 250, 000 barrels refinery (brown field) revamp project.
• Leading I&C up gradation project for Petro Rabigh old utilities and tank farm.
• To ensure engineering deliverable schedule for meeting brownfield/ CAPEX / OPEX project.
• Handling vendors & contractors change orders / Trends for Petro Rabigh phase II project.
• MOC and engineering recommendation issuance and verification in SAP.
• Critical instrumentation and controls spare identification and availability management in SAP.
• Issue trip investigation / finding / resolution report.
• Conducting pre-mechanical completion walk through and providing punch list to engineering/ construction contractor.
• Identify critical preventive maintenance requirements for instrumentation and controls and complete PM during turnaround within the deadlines.
• Performing / supporting equipment pre startup safety checks.
• A fluent understanding of LOTO process and Permit to Work
• Review instrumentation vendor packages after OPEX /CAPEX project completion.
• Prepare proposal, review EWR’s & CWP’s and provide comments and markups.
• Propose replacing discontinued / obsolete instrumentation and control systems.
• Participate and support FAT & SAT.
• Support plant commissioning and start up activities.
• Supervise work of the EPC, contractors.
• Prepare responses to technical queries RFIs, as required.
• Utilization of PI to obtain trends for troubleshooting / plant reliability improvement.
• Participate / support PHA, HAZOP related to upgrade projects.
• Propose safety interlocks design / improvements.
• Conduct alarm rationalization to find and suppress nuisance alarms.
• Review and approve documentation from EPC for green filed project and redline documents from EPC /contractors for brown field projects.

Working as Lead Instrumentation Engineer for Amec Americas (Kearl Oil Sands Expansion Project). Calgary. Alberta. Canada.
Duties Include but not limited to:

•To ensure deliverable engineering Schedule for meeting engineering and construction required dates.
•Managing Instrumentation Group / Planning and Control of Project activities.
•Responsible for coordination with other disciplines during project execution.
•Progress Reporting / Man Hour Estimation and Control. (Convero) Communication and negotiation with Clients and Vendors.
•P&ID / Shut down hierarchy development and review.
•Participation in Hazop / SIL reviews & FMEA analysis.
•3D Model Review (SPR) and Clash report Closeout.
•Lead teams of design engineers and draftsmen during project execution / mentor junior staff.
•Generate / Quality check I&C engineering documentation, including Inst data sheets, control narratives, cause and effect, Alarm set point list, Alarm Management Data base, instrumentation index, Cable Schedule, F&G Layout drawing, F&G device list, Instrument location drawings, I/O list, Serial interface list, Foreign device list. etc.
•Knowledge and experience applying codes and standards such as CSA, API, ANSI and ISA.
•Managing Site/Module yard RFI clarification & reply to support site commissioning and start up activities.
•Generate package handover report / Project instructions & procedures for follow-on design team.
•Generate work instructions for cable schedule preparation and SPI /SPELL integration.
•Kearl initial development (Phase 1) startup and commissioning planning and support.

Duties Include but not limited to:

•Fired heater instrumentation and Burner Management system (BMS) design/fabrication.
•Commissioning & Startup support for Chevron Refinery Singapore / IKPT & PERTAMINA refinery Indonesia / Petro Canada gas plant Palmyra Syria / ADCO & Shell ASSAB Project UAE / Marks Oil Ltd (Module ED) Off shore Platform / DQR refinery Vietnam CDU unit / Bosicor refinery CDU unit revamping Pakistan
•Responsible for BMS / heater instrumentation Package FAT and punch list closeout.
•PLC cabinet design / configuration.
•Heater & BMS DCS graphic support.
•Spec and purchase field instruments including electronic and pneumatic transmitter, switches, analyzers, control valves, relief valves, ESD valve, flow meters etc.
•Control Valve /Orifice Plate / Relief valve / Thermowell / Flow meter sizing and calculations.
•Instrument location Layout / cable tray layout drawing creation.
•Hookup drawings, line list, Electrical equipment list Generation.
•P&ID Review & Tag Number Control.
•Proficient in use of smart plant Instrumentation (INtools) software.
•Hazop / PHA / Kick-off meetings with client to ensure client requirements, Status updates & schedule control for smooth execution of project.
•Complete bid evaluation and Vendor recommendation documentation.

Duties Include but not limited to:

•Preparation of Vendor Bid Evaluation Reports
•To ensure the quality Control of documents as per quality Management System (QMS)
•Lead teams of design engineers and draftsmen during different overseas projects’ execution
•Formulation of error statistic reports for different projects.
•Implementation of quality and zero error for all deliverable documents
•Preparation of requisitions for various instruments.
•Comprehensive reports on lessons learnt for previous projects.
•Review / Study of Client documents for Data sheet Preparation.
•F&G Lay Out / F&G Wiring.
•JB Assignment / Wiring of Plants
•PDS 3D modeling / SPR Review
•Main cable way layouts / 2D instrument layout drawings / Microstation / AutoCAD

- Teaching Assistant, Responsible for conducting Classes and Delivering Lectures on Labs.

Management Executive, Responsible for Running 13 Tone Dyeing Plant, Managing shifts to meet production targets. Lahore, Pakistan.