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Nationality Canadian
Qualifications
1974 B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science) degree in Chemical Engineering with specialization in Chemical Technology (certified by the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers) from the INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF PUNJAB, LAHORE, PAKISTAN
Key competencies
Extended experience in loss prevention, safety/health/environment, fire protection, security control and process engineering in world-scale petrochemicals and fertilizers complexes.
Extended exposure to hazardous chemicals and security-sensitive environment.
Quantifiable track record related to supervision of safe and secure design, construction, commissioning, start up, and operation of several world scale multi-billion US$ mega petrochemicals complexes/facilities in conjunction with world renowned engineering contractors such as Fluor, Stone & Webster, Parsons, Snamprojetti, Chiyoda, Toyo, Linde, KBR, CTCI, etc..
Specialist skills in risk mitigation and quantitative and qualitative risk assessment including Consequence Analysis during design, construction and operations of process facilities.
Trained Saudi personnel in the use of the HSE and Security systems and wrote Standard Operating Procedures for the implementation of the Management system.
Outcome focused.
Petrochemicals Safety Management System (SHELL-based, comprising RAM, RAP, 4 Whats, PPA, HEMP)
PSM (Process Safety Management) including Permit to Work, Management of Change (MOC), Accident/Incident Investigation (fault tree analysis).
EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment).
Environmental Management System/ISO 14001 implementation
Fire protection design and management
Fire and gas detection and alarm
Development of Emergency Response Plan
Capital Projects Safety, Environment, and Fire protection design
HAZOP/PHA Study Facilitator
Safety Management of Change (MOC) Coordinator
Pre Startup Safety Review facilitator
Safety, Health, and Environment Auditor
Leak Detection and Repair Program management
Hazardous Chemicals/Solid Waste/Waste Water Management
Industrial Hygiene program development and implementation
SIL (Safety Integrity Level) determination
Fully proficient with Microsoft Office, HAZOP/PHA and PHAST softwares
Work History
Since March 2008
AMEC - Kuwait
Lead Design Engineer – Safety
Provide technical HSE engineering expertise for oil and gas projects being executed by AMEC for Kuwait Oil Company
July 2006 - February 2008
Saudi Kayyan Petrochemical Company (A SABIC Affiliate), Camberley, United Kingdom
Principal Health Safety Environment Lead
Supervising the HSE, PSM, Security, and Fire Protection aspects of design of SABIC's new $10 billion SAUDI KAYAN petrochemicals complex being engineered at the offices of engineering management contractor, Fluor in Camberley, Surrey, UK;, and nine (9) EPC contractors such as KBR, Houston, USA; CTCI, Taipei, Taiwan; Samsung, Seoul, Korea; Daelim, Seoul, Korea; TR, Madrid, Spain; and HQCEC, Beijing, China Project peak manpower will exceed 25,000. Work that I am doing includes risk management evaluations, hazard operability (HAZOP) and process hazard analysis (PHA) studies, Management of Change (MOC), SIL verification, consequence analysis, fire protection and environment design, construction safety/security, commissioning, Pre Start Up Safety Reviews (PSSR), environmental management system, ISO 14001 certification, and process engineering.
2001 – June 2006
Jubail United Petrochemical Company, Jubail, Saudi Arabia (A SABIC Affiliate)
Senior Staff Project Safety Engineer/HSE Superintendent
Work assignments undertaken:
Supervised HSE including PSM (Process Safety Management), security control, and fire protection, aspects of design, construction, and safe commissioning and start-up of SABIC's newest $2.2 billion UNITED petrochemical complex at the offices of Fluor and KBR in Houston, Texas, USA; Chiyoda in Yokohama, Japan; Toyo Engineering in Chiba, Japan; and Linde Engineering in Dresden, Germany. Complex comprises an ethylene plant, two ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol plants, utilities and offsites, and a LAO (Linear Alpha Olefins) plant.
Developed HSE, Process Safety, security and fire protection requirements for design and construction phases for inclusion in bid packages, and reviewed contractors' proposals to establish extent of compliance, as part of bid evaluation.
Directed the construction safety and security program for more than 11,000 multi-cultural personnel to achieve an exemplary safety record of 48.2 million manhours without any lost time incident, recordable incident rate of 0.26, and restricted work incident rate of 0.05
Developed and implemented HSE and security programs for commissioning, start up and operations phases and wrote more than fifty four (54) HSE and Security Policies.
1984 – 2001
Arabian Petrochemical Company, Jubail, Saudi Arabia (A SABIC Affiliate)
HSE Engineer/HSE Manager
Work assignments undertaken:
Provided HSE and security expertise and support at PETROKEMYA, Saudi Arabia's largest petrochemical complex comprising three (3) world scale ethylene plants, and 1,3, butadiene, benzene, propylene, polystyrene, butene-1, VCM, and four (4) PVC manufacturing units, petrochemical tank farm, raw materials (NGL, Propane, butane) and products (ethylene, propylene, butadiene, VCM, benzene) pipelines, and shipping terminal.
Developed and implemented safe operation and process safety management (PSM) systems, occupational health, security control and industrial hygiene programs, based on US OSHA Safety, US NFPA fire, US OSHA PSM (29 CFR Part 1910.119: The Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals), SABIC PSM, SABIC EMS, EPA, NIOSH, ISO-14000, SHELL (comprising RAM, RAP, 4 Whats, PPA, HEMP) ACGIH industrial hygiene and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Interior SSD (Security and Safety Directives) guidelines. These included risk management, hazard operability (HAZOP) and process hazard analysis (PHA), Management of Change (MOC), SIL verification, Pre Startup Safety Review, consequence analysis, new projects safety, fire protection and environment design, construction safety/security, environmental management system, ISO 14001 certification, and process engineering.
Provided HSE and security support during design, construction and commissioning for the following projects:
SABIC's $ 1.2 billion world-scale PETROKEMYA Olefins II plant at Mitsui Engg. and Shipbuilding Company, in Tokyo, Japan from 1990 to 1993 and at site in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
SABIC's $ 700 million PETROKEMYA Olefins III plant with Stone & Webster Engineering in Houston, USA, and Parsons Engineering in Pasadena, USA from 1997 to 2000 and at site in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
SABIC's two PETROKEMYA PVC plants costing $ 100 million each with Bagder Engineering at The Hague, Holland in 1988 to 1990; and Snamprogetti in Milan, Italy from 1992 to 1994 and at site in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
SABIC's $ 100 million PETROKEMYA butene-1 plant with TPL, in Rome, Italy from 1993 to 1994 and at site in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
1980 – 1984
Exxon Chemical Pakistan Limited, Daharki, Pakistan
HSE Advisor
Work assignments undertaken:
Provided HSE expertise and support in a leading role at ammonia/urea plant.
Member of IPSOC (Inter Plant Safe Operation Committee) for the Asia Pacific region.
1976 – 1980
Exxon Chemical Pakistan Limited, Daharki, Pakistan
Ammonia Unit Process Engineer
Work assignments undertaken:
Provided process engineering support for ammonia plants including operation optimization, trouble shooting, debottlenecking, efficiency improvement, plant modifications, catalysts and chemicals consumptions, catalysts reduction/replacements. HSE expertise and support in a leading role at ammonia/urea plant.
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