Process / Operations Support Engineer

Leadership Position in an Oil&Gas company

1. Senior Process Engineer (from January 2008 – present) Technical support services for offshore fields in Congo.

Roles and responsibilities: Perform/conduct process related studies, technical reviews and troubleshooting facilities operational problems (production platforms and oil terminal). Coordinate new projects integration with existing facilities. Manage Facilities modification requests and technical authority for Management of change process.

2. Operations Engineer (from April 2006 – January 2008) Oil production field, AbuDhabi, UAE

Roles and responsibilities: Safe and efficient commissioning, start up and operation of production facilities including oil and gas wells, water & gas injection, oil treatment and gas compression plants; manpower planning, budget preparation, coordination with maintenance and contractors to achieve production and HSE targets.
3. Operations engineer (from November 2005 – April 2006) LPG plant in Arzew, Algeria
Supervision of production operations and safety intervention shift teams; coordination products shipments, management of the plant facilities after normal working hours and during weekends.

4. Operations Process engineer (from February 2003- November 2005), gas production fields and transport pipelines for a JV in Algeria
Report to Technical Manager
technical support to operations; Process technical authority for management of change (MOC); control of process related documents (i.e. P&IDs, PFDs and design basis); Reviewing operating procedures; plants and pipelines process integrity assurance; overall plants performance supervision for the production fields; mass and energy balance control; Facilities modeling and simulation (Hysys, Pipesim); Troubleshooting facilities upsets; Perform technical studies on specific subject as needed/requested; identify or study safety, production and/or efficiency improvement opportunities.
5. Plant supervisor from 2002 to 2003, oil and gas production fields operations in Algeria
Report to Facilities Manager.

Roles and responsibilities: manage the central production facilities, the laboratory and the production accounting section, including also leading the operations team (50 technicians);
6. Position: Operations shift supervisor (from 1997 to 2002)

Bsc in Chemical Engineering Option Refining and Petrochemicals
From the Algerian Institute of Petroleum (IAP), Boumerdes-Algeria

Pursuing an MBA (distance learning) from Robert Gordon University Aberdeen, UK

Trainings:

• OHSAS 18001 Auditor course (UAE, 2007)
• Planning and Organizing (UAE,2006)
• H2S and Breathing Apparatus (UAE, 2006)
• Root Cause Analysis (In house, 2005)
• Introduction to teaching/training pedagogy techniques (Arzew 2005, Sonatrach)
• Cirrus gas dispersion modeling (2005, self training)
• Pipesim hydraulic simulation (2004, self training)
• Process integrations using Hysys/Hxnet (Brussels 2004, Aspentech)
• Gas Conditioning and Processing (Aberdeen 2003,Cambpell)
• Hysys simulation software (London 2003, Aspentech)
• STOP training for leaders (2003, in House)
• Operations excellence (2002, in House)
• Hazop (2001, in House)
• Risk Assessment (2001,in House)
• Advanced safety Auditing (2001, in House)
• Defensive driving training (2001, in House)
• Graduation training (1995, Naftec Arzew Refinery)

Skills:

Computing:
• Simulation of Hydrocarbon processing (HYSYS software)
• Simulation of pipelines and pipe networks (Pipesim)
• Familiar with Windows & MS Office environment

Languages:
• Fluent in English, French, and Arabic