Souhad Zebian, Director Power & Water

Souhad Zebian

Director Power & Water

GSW

Location
Saudi Arabia - Dammam
Education
Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
31 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :31 years, 6 Months

Director Power & Water at GSW
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • My current job since February 2023

Handling the process of Developing GSW in the field of Power & Water and WTE as Investor with O&M team to serve this sector

Director at Babcock Wilcox
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • September 2020 to December 2022

Operating an international company in Saudi Arabia active in the oil & Gas, Power, water and waste to energy . providing solutions in thermal, environmental and renewable sectors .

CEO -General Manager at Polytech
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • May 2019 to September 2020

leading a team of more than 800 employees to perform Turnarounds, industrial services, industrial cleaning, and EPC projects execution in electro-mechanical fields, developing the market with our international technology providers

Managing Director -Industrial projects at Masco
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • February 2018 to December 2018

Development and execution of MEP works of infrastructures, buildings, water & waste water treatment, piping and industrial projects with multi-billions turnovers. And more than 5000 employees and thousands of earth moving equipment

Managing Director (CEO) at Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • February 2000 to January 2018

Managing Director (CEO) - Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Saudi Arabia
Since February 2000
Company profile
✓ Affiliate of the giant German company -Bilfinger SE
✓ EPC contractors in power and water, oil and gas and petrochemical.
✓ Engineering, Manufacturing, repair & maintenance of rotating equipments, boilers, vessels, process skid, distillers, incinerators Electrostatic precipitators, cooling towers, sea water filtration system and related spare parts
✓ Maintenance & services of power, desalination, petrochemicals & petroleum plants.
Responsibility and achievements
Establishing BDBSA as foreign investment company in Saudi Arabia and successfully achieving a yearly progress, where a minimum turnover of 100 Mil $/ per year is achieved.

➢ Went over data of each department to determine the add and cut philosophy.
➢ Achieving 8 digit order intake
➢ Review and implementing company policy and guideline.
➢ Preparing the yearly budget and business plans
➢ Review client feedback and set goal for better quality of service.
➢ Developing client base.
➢ Leading a monthly meeting to discuss project execution plan, customer satisfaction, HSE, and projects results.
➢ Organizing business events and technical workshops
➢ Developing Multinational team up to 1500 Employees
➢ Directing a multidiscipline multi location projects.
➢ Building a mobile workshop for boiler maintenance.
➢ Planning & Estimation of more than 2000 EPC and repair & maintenance projects
➢ Handling all legal and government relation and successfully produce certificates (ISO, Contractor calcification certificates, OSHA, ASME)
Responsibility: 1- Business Department
2- Estimation and Proposal Department
3- Planning Department
4- Engineering Department
5- Procurements' Department
6- IT Department.
7- Public relation Department
8- QA/QC Department
9- HSE Department

Estern province Branch Operation Manager at Al-Ruqee Industrial Trading
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • March 1995 to September 1999

Estern province Branch Operation Manager- Al-Ruqee Industrial Trading &contracting (KSA)
March1995- Sept. 1999
Company profile: ✓ Piping erction projects.
✓ Metal Alloy, Welding Technology, Safety Products, Machinery & Industrial Consumable (Lath, Milling, Profile Cutting,
CNC Machinery)
✓ Oil Field & Pipe Works Products (Pipe Cutting And Beveling, Purging Systems)
✓ Chemicals (Degreasers, Die-Penetrant, Anti-Spatter, Adhesives )
✓ Diesel &fuel generator (genset)
✓ Laser, Hydrojeting & oxy-acetylene profile cutting systems
✓ Welders training, recording a qualified welding procedure & calibrating welding and cutting equipment. Pipe welding & maintenance contracts.
Responsibility and achievements

➢ Leading a team of 140 personnel.
➢ Branch administration, market development and sales forecasting.
➢ Maintenance and service contracts biding & supervision.
➢ Price strategies and contracts studies.
➢ Pipe welding projects.
➢ Welders training.
➢ 12% increased earnings during 1997.

Welding Field Engineer at Eutectic-Castolin
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 1992 to December 1994

Welding Field Engineer - Industrico (Eutectic-Castolin) - Lebanon
1992-1994
Company profile: ✓ Welding equipment & consumable marketing
✓ Hand tools & machine tools marketing.
✓ repair & maintenance of pumps, valves, gear boxes, kelns and crashers

Education

Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Riga University
  • December 1991

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering Riga University -Latvia Business Management

High school or equivalent, Math
  • at Le Lycee National
  • August 1985
Bachelor's degree, Business
  • at Lebanese University
  • July 1984

Lebanese University -Lebanon (First year completed)

Specialties & Skills

Strategic Planning Facilitation
Leading Cross Functional Teams
Project Control
Risk Management Consulting
Team Management
Boilers
Power and Desalination plant Maintenance
Planning and Estimation
Budgeting
Business Planning
Welding Inspection
Engineering Management
Project Management
Procurement and contract negotiation
Quality assurance and Quality control

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Intermediate
German
Beginner
Russian
Intermediate
Spanish
Beginner

Memberships

Saudi Engineering association
  • Professional
  • September 2000

Training and Certifications

MIT -design thinking -for executive management (Training)
Training Institute:
MIT-EMIRETUS
Date Attended:
October 2017
Duration:
200 hours
Project Management Professional (Training)
Training Institute:
PMI
Date Attended:
October 2012
Primavera (Training)
Training Institute:
Knowledgehut
Date Attended:
May 2017
Duration:
40 hours
Arbitration for International Dispute (Training)
Training Institute:
international Arbitration organization
Date Attended:
December 2015
Duration:
48 hours
Risk Analyses (Training)
Training Institute:
Bilfinger SE
Date Attended:
March 2012
Compliance (Training)
Training Institute:
Bilfinger SE
Date Attended:
May 2012
Boiler technology (Training)
Training Institute:
Babcock
Date Attended:
July 2001
Microsoft (Training)
Training Institute:
Compume
Date Attended:
January 1995