Senior Piping Engineer (Acting Lead)
Technip Italy SpA & Dar Alriyadh Engineering Consultancy Company (TIDAREC)
Total years of experience :12 years, 10 Months
Functional activities:
• Reporting to Piping Head of Department. Leading and executing Saudi Aramco B.I’s and multiple EWO projects.
• Oversee and supervise Design Projects including managing staff members and monitoring projects to ensure they are moving forward on schedule and within budget.
• Establish and finalize together with Piping team the basis of design, Pipe material specifications and all other detail deliverables.
• Participate in Client and Design Review Meetings to determine what they want from their project and what specific design elements they may wish to incorporate.
• Review Feedback from clients, then design or alter projects to fit the client's vision, and business needs.
• Participate in man hour’s estimation for bids, technical and progress meetings, process team resourcing work distribution, inter-discipline coordination.
• Sets direction and goals for Piping Team for delivery of the projects.
• Interact with multi-discipline Engineering Teams to execute assigned task and to finalize Plot Plans, select equipment locations / major pipe route and types of pipe supports.
• Checking and reviewing all deliverables according to company procedures and Aramco standards.
• Response to client technical queries.
Design activities:
Responsible for preparation and development of engineering documents and drawings pertaining to piping according to international and Saudi Aramco standards; such as:
• Piping plans (PPL), isometrics (ISO), safety instruction sheets (SIS), hydrostatic test diagrams (HYD), valve data sheet (VDS), long-lead items, material take-off, direct charge purchase requisitions (DCPR), design basis, technical bid evaluations (TBE) & nonmaterial requirements (NMR).
• HAZOP and Value Engineering Participation.
• IFC design review.
Project Experience in this Position:
• BI-10-14609 Increase AM Crude Supply to Ras Tanura Terminal
• BI-10-01031 Upgrade Fire Protection & Industrial Drainage Systems - Wrdd Facilities
• BI-11-21000 Onshore Maintain Potential Projects
• EWO20D084 Install A New Pump At J78 Blow Down Drum - RTR.
• EWO20D070 Upgrade J24 Process Heaters Fuel Gas EIV’s - RTR.
• EWO20D082 Replace Obsolete Low Lift Pump 35-G-2 - RTR.
• EWO20D073 Upgrade J64 Process Heaters Fuel Gas EIV - RTR.
• EWO 21D066 Replace Permanent Jogger Pumps in Plant 57-RTR.
• EWO 21D067 Install BS&W Online Analyzer at KGC Feed at Tank Farm-RTR.
• EWO 21D072 - Upgrade Plant J78 Amine Exchanger J78-E-101-RTR
@@ Design activities @@
Responsible for preparation and development of engineering documents and drawings pertaining to piping according to international and Saudi Aramco standards; such as:
• Piping plans (PPL), isometrics (ISO), safety instruction sheets (SIS), hydrostatic test diagrams (HYD), valve data sheet (VDS), long-lead items, material take-off, direct charge purchase requisitions (DCPR), design basis, technical bid evaluations (TBE) & nonmaterial requirements (NMR).
• HAZOP and Value Engineering Participation.
• IFC design review.
@@Site activities@@
Reporting to project manager at Shaybah site. My responsibilities cover but not limited to:
• Prepare / follow up technical quires as per site conditions. The TQ’s covers mainly Piping/civil/Electrical/Instrumentation and CP related issues.
• Follow up and expedite the issuance and placement of PO’s for Shaybah long lead items in coordination with Forecasting and Logistics Department/ Projects Procurement Department.
• Coordinate vendors’ site visit to Shaybah and ensure all related access requirements are met as per Aramco safe practices and standards.
• Follow up the issuance of design construction packages from Projects Design Department and deliver them to construction.
• Follow up with various parties to attain the land use permit “LUP” prior starting the construction.
• Review the IFC packages and identify the design and material issues prior issuing them to construction.
• Review hydrotest packages if necessary for site modification.
• Review and approve alternative piping materials as required for the site.
• Review redline packages after construction and prepare for asbuilt package.
• Finalize Shaybah backlog asbuilt packages. The Work include following up the IFC uploads, the redlines creation, the asbuilt drawing update and uploading to company drawing management system (Iplant).
• Follow up the close out of punch list items with site superintendents and routing the Mechanical Completion Certificate “MCC”.
@@Material Activities@@
Activities including but not limited to below listed:
• Prepare DCPR and MR according to Saudi Aramco established guidelines.
• Familiarity with 9COM materials and approved vendor list under each 9COM.
• Familiarity with 9CAT materials and cataloguing.
• Prepare and validate vendor information using “TBE” technical bid evaluation.
• Communicate with vendor for “TC” Technical clarifications.
• Well Established communication channel with SA buyers, FLD rep. to follow up long lead pending materials.
• Familiarity with PR’s, Purchase requisitions, and approval process.
• Following up PO’s, purchase orders, making sure the deadlines are met by the supplying vendor and making sure no issues affecting the delivery schedule.
• Coordinating between SA proponent at site and vendor for material collection.
• Evaluate materials with respect to fluid composition and pressure requirements and then finding alternative materials if any.
• General knowledge about coating materials and requirements for piping work.
• Familiarity with NACE requirements, SAMSS, SAES related to Materials specifications and selections.
• Familiarity with international engineering codes, standards: ANSI, ASME, ASTM, API, and ARAMCO standards.
• Review of Spare Parts Data Package (SPDP) provided by vendor according to SA established pipelines.
Reporting to the Lead Piping Engineer, responsible for preparation and development of documents and drawings pertaining to piping according to international and Saudi Aramco standards; such as:
• Long-lead Items Lists, Material Take-off lists
• Safety instruction sheets
• Hydrostatic Test Diagram
• Document Control Log.
• Follow up necessary documents for designers to execute the required job
• Update progress and forecasted hours to execute piping deliverables
• Participate in preparing piping teams staffing plan and working plan
• Execute company quality procedures prior to issuing IFC package
• Internal quality checking including ISO, EQA, PPL, FPP…etc
• Ensure piping design according client’s standards & specifications
• Response to client technical queries related to design issues and requirements
Project Experience in this Position:
• BI-10-00791 : Detail Design And Modification For Gas Wells
Internal company on job training program “OJT” in piping department during detail design and construction of Saudi Aramco Wasit Gas Plant. In this position the following skills were targeted:
• Intensive design & engineering practices including Aramco’s standards & specifications.
• Process piping engineering.
• Piping materials of construction.
• Review piping materials take off.
• Review SP3D model with client and update the comments log for further implementation.
Project Experience in this Position:
• Wasit Gas Plant, Khursaniysah, Saudi Arabia