Zubair Ahmed, Technical Manager

Zubair Ahmed

Technical Manager

Authentix Saudi Arabia Limited

Location
Pakistan - Faisalabad
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics Engineering
Experience
15 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 7 Months

Technical Manager at Authentix Saudi Arabia Limited
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • December 2018 to October 2023

Responsible for engineering & maintenance activities of Saudi Aramco Diesel fuel marking program for all plant locations across KSA.
Supporting future development opportunities for Authentix business internationally.
Budgeting and Cost estimation to support bidding of upcoming mega projects.
Technical solution development and implementation for ongoing and upcoming projects with project stakeholders.
Cost efficient and time management approach to ongoing projects enhancement.
Developed accurate cost estimates for new projects that leads to project award.
Providing cost estimation & schedules for upcoming contracts.
Developed & successfully implemented preventive as well as predictive maintenance schedules for each fuel marking skid on quarterly basis for more efficient & reliable operations of skids.
Monitor maintenance performance & implement strategies to mitigate performance deviation.
Established a comprehensive preventive & predictive maintenance procedure for each site and provided a site based hands-on training for skid operators to effectively handle emergency breakdowns.
Organized spare parts inventory to ensure required spares are readily available for maintenance.
Developed and progressed a technical proposal to Saudi Aramco for up-gradation of obsolete components in each skid to enhance the operational efficiency & skid’s reliability.
Successfully executed a vital Brand Protection project for a key Oil sector client whom product was being adultered locally with an annual revenue loss of around 20% at national level.

Sr Commissioning Engineer at Alderley
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • April 2015 to December 2018

Field service, commissioning & start-up of Oil & Gas and Petrochemical downstream industries for maintenance & troubleshooting of Oil & Gas Custody Transfer Metering Skid (FMC, Daniel, Sick, FloBoss S600+ etc) Chemical Injection systems & Volume Provers (Bi-Directional & SVP), Density Metering Skids, Sampler Systems (Jiskoot & Deodjins) Gas Chromatograph (ABB, Emerson 700 XA) etc.

Successful establishment of communication between Honeywell Fusion-4 SSC-A & FMC Accuload-III at smart mode for detergent injection system.

Testing & Commissioning including complete FAT & SAT of Oil & Gas Metering Skid, Die Injection systems & Volume Provers etc.

On-site demonstration of Metering skids, Die-Injection Systems & Volume Proving skids systems & methodologies to proponents.

Fully conversant with OMNI flow computers configuration & troubleshootings, Dynamic Micro MVG, SFC 332P, Turbine Meters, PD Meters, Orifice Metering, Daniel Ultrasonic meters (Mark II, Mark III, Mark IV), Elster Ultrasonic meters (Q-Sonic, SPC-3, SPC-4 SPC-5, SPC-6), SICK Ultrasonic meters, FMC Ultrasonic Meter, PCV's calibrations, Daniel/ Emerson Gas Chromatographs 700 XA, Elster GC EnCal 3000, etc.

Hands-On experience on configurations of software including, Daniel MON2020, Uniguard 4.1.1, Micro MVG, RGC 3000, Omnicom, Daniel MeterLink, Accumate for Accuload III etc.

Project Engineer Instrumentation at M.S. Al-Suwaidi Industrial Services Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • October 2008 to March 2015

Seven years of Project Management experience with a proven track record of completing multi-disciplinary, gross root mega, medium and small scale of projects on schedule and within approved budgets.
Ability to plan, control & manage the EPC projects from conceptual development phase, basic design, detail engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction till successful close out.
Developing projects scope of work, project schedules, budgets and obtaining approvals, Performing designs, specifying and evaluating materials, and monitoring constructions, Administrating contracts & monitoring, controlling and negotiating changes orders, Ensuring compliance with specification, safety and quality, Reviewing contracts T’s & C’s and recommend modifications.
Accountable for the safe delivery of all Instrument-related Projects from Opportunity Framing to Handover phase within agreed boundaries of cost, quality, and schedule.
Responsible for the resolution of technical issues to maintain consistency in design.
Responsible for the coordination of contractor disciplines to maintain project milestones and schedule.
Responsible for liaising with the contractor and ensuring that problem area are identified and that correct and timely resolutions are achieved.
Responsible for the prioritization of work in order to maintain the project schedule and ensure that cost variations are eliminated.
Managing multidiscipline Mechanical Completion (MC) & Commissioning team.
Responsible for process tuning and optimizing the process plant.
Support and training of control room operators.
Deeply involved in all aspect of Engineering Queries between Operation and Asset Engineering Team.
Support on updating process descriptions & control narratives in system functional design specifications.
Vendor follow-up, participate in mechanical completion with the quality surveillance team and represent engineering contractor at FAT on vendor site.
Identify opportunities to improve efficiency/reliability for Oil and Gas Process Control Systems.

Laboratory Engineer at Wah Engineering College
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • April 2008 to October 2008

Managed Six Laboratories routine operations and supervised multiple Hi-Tech projects for University students.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics Engineering
  • at Comsats Institute Of Information Technology
  • March 2008

Specialties & Skills

MS Project
Instrumentation
Metering
Project Management
Plant Commissioning
CONTROL SYSTEMS
INSTRUMENTATION
CHROMATOGRAPHY
COMMUNICATIONS
ENGINEERING SUPPORT
COMMISSIONING
MANAGEMENT
PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE
TROUBLESHOOTING (PROBLEM SOLVING)
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY

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Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Urdu
Native Speaker

Hobbies

  • Football, Cricket