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Waqas Alvi, Assistant Plant Manager

Waqas Alvi

Assistant Plant Manager·Global Environmental Management Services

Saudi Arabia

Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering

Work experience

Total years of experience: 18 years, 5 months

Assistant Plant Manager

January 2017 - Present

Global Environmental Management Services

Dammam, Saudi Arabia

January 2017 - Present

This is an Industrial waste Treatment/ Recycle facility that can handle up to 400 TPD of waste.

Below are my responsibilities:
 Ensuring that the facility is being operated smoothly along with strict compliance of safety measures and SOPs.
 Implementing Environmental regulation, analyzing process hazard and performing energy conservation activities.
 Developing ideas for optimizing plant operations to further increase production and reduce cost.
 Identifying process-related problems and suggest suitable cost-effective solutions.
 Getting necessary approvals from management and executing the approved solutions
 Preparing various key Performance Indicator commitment checklists for management perusal
 Formulating and developing quality assurance procedures and ensuring compliance with ongoing quality control procedures.
 Performing technical evaluation of new waste streams, along with management of change procedures.
 Preparing the facility for regular inspections/audits.
 Managing a team of around 100 employees in a busy work environment.

Below are my significant achievements:
 Led facility new operations, from preparing feasibility to documenting standard operating procedures, for instance Intermodal ISO container management.
 Successfully accomplished Environmental Audits: EPD (Aramco), PME and RC
 Played an active role in developing and running ERP-Odoo different modules: HAZMAT, HSE, Maintenance, Procurement, Inventory and HR

Company industry:
Safety & Environment
Job role:
Management

Process Engineer

May 2012 - December 2016

Global Environmental Management Services

Dammam, Saudi Arabia

May 2012 - December 2016

Below were my responsibilities:

 Coordinating the process and aligning the resolution of issues with Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and QC departments and evaluating their recommendations.
 Implementing modifications to processes; reviewing design packages for functionality and process safety.
 Preparing process reports, flow diagrams and charts.
 Updating engineering documents, procedures and manuals.
 Performing detailed reporting including production, breakdown, event, technical and feasibility reports.
 Attending HAZOP and Operations meeting and Performing Job Safety Analysis (JSA) with HSE department.

Below are my significant achievements:
 Leading inert gas blanketing of fixed-roof oil tanks project.
 steering project of asbestos insulation removal from a crude condenser column of Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura Refinery (RTR).
 Conducting a study to evaluate the possibility of adding more waste feeds in the existing industrial waste effluent treatment and recycling plant.

Company industry:
Safety & Environment
Job role:
Chemical Engineering

Shift Engineer

May 2008 - April 2012

Novate Limited

Karachi, Pakistan

May 2008 - April 2012

It is a Polyester (Textile fiber and PET resin) production complex.
I worked in following units:
 Textile grade Poly-condensation plant (Zimmer 180 TPD)
 Bottle grade Poly-condensation plant (CITIE 600 TPD)
 Solid State Polymerization Plants (UOP SINCO 225 TPD X 02)

Below were my responsibilities:
 Communicating and following instructions of the shift controller to carry out duties efficiently and safely.
 Monitoring operating parameters from DCS and taking corrective action for any deviation
 Coordinating with Maintenance, Electrical, Quality control and other departments in implementing routine and non-routine activities.
 Carrying out duties as an auxiliary Site Safety Officer as and when required during emergencies.
 Monitoring commissioning activities; Hydro-testing, calibration and start-up of different equipment.
 Monitoring Shift logbooks, parameter trends and lab reports.
 Evaluating and troubleshooting the problems and coordinating with other functions to resolve them.

Company industry:
Petrochemicals & Refined Petroleum Products Manufacture
Job role:
Chemical Engineering

Junior Engineer

January 2008 - April 2008

Al abid silk mills

Karachi, Pakistan

January 2008 - April 2008

It is a textile waste treatment plant. I was responsible to carry out assigned field tasks, along with strict compliance of safety measures and Standard Operating Procedure.

Company industry:
Textile & Apparel Production
Job role:
Chemical Engineering

Education

University of Karachi

December 2007

December 2007

Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering

Pakistan

GPA (percentage): 66%

GPA (percentage): 66%

I got scholarship each year from university.
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Skills

Waste Management
Expert
Waste Management
Expert
Environmental
Expert
Environmental
Expert
Petrochemical
Expert
Petrochemical
Expert
QA/QC
Intermediate
QA/QC
Intermediate
HAZMAT
Expert
HAZMAT
Expert
DCS/ SCADA
Intermediate
DCS/ SCADA
Intermediate
MS Office
Intermediate
MS Office
Intermediate
Job safety analysis
Intermediate
Job safety analysis
Intermediate
ERP
Intermediate
ERP
Intermediate
Waste Management
Expert
Waste Management
Expert
Environmental
Expert
Environmental
Expert
Petrochemical
Expert
Petrochemical
Expert

Languages

Urdu

Native Speaker

English

Expert

Arabic

Beginner

Memberships

SAUDI ENGINEERING COUNCIL

Member

January 2020

Society for Protective Coatings

PCI LEVEL-II

October 2019

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Engineering Technologist (Engineers Australia)

Training
IN-PLANT TRAINING
PAKISTAN STEEL MILL
Jun 2007
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INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
PAKISTAN REFINERY LTD
Apr 2008
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PRACTICAL INDUSTRIAL FIREFIGHTING AND ER
TRAICON EVENT
Nov 2012
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FINANCE FOR NON-FINANCE MANAGERS
MIND MERGE
Jun 2015
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ASBESTOS AWARENESS TRAINING
BUREAU VERITAS
Mar 2016
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LATEST TECHNOLOGIES IN GAS DETECTION WORKSHOP,
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS
Mar 2016
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INTERNAL AUDITOR
TUV NORD SAUDI ARABIA
Nov 2017
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Successful Safety Leadership
B-Safe MGMT Solution
Nov 2013
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HEALTH AND SAFETY COURSE
Mind Merge
Apr 2015
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