Zeid Ben Khelifa, Project Engineering Manager

Zeid Ben Khelifa

Project Engineering Manager

BMA AG

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh - Al Khalij
Education
Bachelor's degree, Process Engineering
Experience
11 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :11 years, 5 Months

Project Engineering Manager at BMA AG
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since February 2018

Managing different engineering-disciplines of various brown- and greenfield projects for the
sugar industry at global level. Projects ranging between 10 and 70M€ budget.

Key responsibilities
▪ Coordinate with all parties concerned and supply required documentations.
▪ Responsible of completing design of the project and the planning in coordination with
the engineering.
▪ Provide tenders and requisitions, negotiated with third-party vendors and
subcontractors for cost estimation and project schedule.
▪ Manage order execution based on clients' technical requirement to best serve clients'
needs.
▪ Update the change control board about the project progress, maintain contacts with
other stakeholders to achieve best final project results.

Key achievements
▪ Monitored and accomplished various projects from the first idea up to the final
acceptance test of the plant within budget and schedule.
▪ Successfully executed numerous projects worldwide including the MENA region.

Site Manager at Lieken GmbH
  • Germany
  • June 2016 to January 2018

Managed an engineering project of 20M€ to increase final product output rate in a bakery
plant. Led team of 10+ technicians to install and commission new machines and equipment.

Key responsibilities
▪ Interfaced with other departments such as engineering and operations staff to
implement new facilities into the bakery without interrupting running production.
▪ Monitored on-site assembly progress to ensure that activities are in-line with the
approved project schedule.
▪ Coordinated the installation of new machines including the delivery, retrofit,
commissioning and factory acceptance test.
▪ Oversaw a team of technicians to follow up the installation of the new bakery plant and
project handover to costumer.
▪ Managed the design and engineering reviews, the variations and claims record from
the customer and prepared project evaluation reports.

Key achievment
Increased production output rate by 40% and reduced energy consumption by 30%.

Sales Engineer at GEA Group
  • Germany - Sarstedt
  • February 2013 to May 2016

Responsible of developing project engineering documents related to large juice, beverage
and dairy plants. Projects ranging between 3 and 40M€ budget.

Key responsibilities
▪ Prepared and reviewed contract documents, plants drawings and specifications for
code compliance and assembly procedures.
▪ Reviewed project plans and proposals to develop project objectives.
▪ Supported the purchasing department by qualifying vendors to improve quality,
performance and costs.
▪ Prepared engineering documentation such as P&ID, PFD and Layout plans in respect
of customer requirement.

Key achievements
▪ Manged and coordinated new sale product that significantly decreases utilities
consumptions in the food process industry.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Process Engineering
  • at UAS Düsseldorf
  • March 2014

Specialties & Skills

Petrochemical
Process Design
Energy Sector
Project Management
Food & Beverage
BUDGETING
PROGRESS
REQUIREMENTS
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DELIVERY
DOCUMENTATION
LAYOUT DESIGN
MANAGEMENT
PROJECT PLANNING
PROPOSAL WRITING
FOOD PROCESS
PROCESS SIMULATION
Project engineering
ENGINEERING DESIGN
RISK MANAGEMENT
ENERGY MANAGMENT
FOOD MANUFACTURING

Languages

Arabic
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English
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French
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German
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