Shahzad Ahmad
(Job Seeker - Active)
Lead Process Engineer
Dubai
Summary of Career
1. Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, Process Design
2. Engineering Design – Conceptual Design, FEED, Detailed Design
3. Design Deliverable, Modelling, Simulations, Design Optimization
4. Aspen HYSYS, Aspen Capital Cost Estimator, PIPESIM, MS Office – Proficient. SmartPlant, P&ID, HTRI, OLGA
5. Communication, Coordination, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Planning, Execution
6. Competencies: ISO 9001-2008, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ASME codes, API standards
7. Office Utilities: MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel
8. Control room experience: DCS Yokogawa Centum CS/VP, ESD Prosafe Yokogawa
9. Maintenance Management System (CMMS): SAP 6.0 (ERP System), LOTUS notes, PICS (Process information and control system), DCS Operation, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
10. Creation of Excel calculation sheets for solving complex process engineering problems
Experience as GRADUATE TRAINEE ENGINEER
Two Star Industries (Private) LTD. (Kamalia, PAK)
07 December 2009
18 December 2010
Key Responsibilities:
• Review and update P&ID’s, PFD’s and standard operating procedure
• To ascertain all production and process are according to standard operating procedures and work instructions.
• To ascertain all the raw materials, chemicals, semi-finished components/products lying at production premises are limpidly identified and segregated with each other
• Maintaining daily activities log book and daily production report by correspondence with shift manager.
• Responsible for notifying jobs to other departments by scheduling them on SAP.
Experience as PROCESS ENGINEER
20 December 2010
20 October 2011
Key Responsibilities:
• To rectify & solve all operational quandaries of plant
• Emergency handling, operational upset and load management, safe shutdown of plant and start-up
• To follow the policy of EMS for the salubrious environment
• Monitoring of smooth operation of the plant for international standard quality production
• To follow and implementation of the quality system as per ISO standards
Experience as PROCESS ENGINEER
Shakarganj Mills Limited (Jhang, PAK)
17 October 2011
21 October 2013
Professional Achievements:
Carried out master Start-up after Turn Around. During Turn Around, I was involved in deferent activities i.e.
• Carried out the shutdown, empty out of vessels, steam out for hydrocarbon freeing, the safe handover of equipment to maintenance, job safety analysis regarding critical jobs, vessel entry, packed bed material replacement, inspection, box-up, leak test, pressure test, O 2 freeing & safe start-up of units in SML.
• All the jobs were completed well before time and without LTA.
Key Responsibilities:
• Development/review of start-up and shutdown procedures & checklists
• Troubleshooting of plant operational parameters to boost efficiency
• Preparation of Production report, calculation of loses, Plant efficiency, steam calculations and effect of set parameter variations on the production of Ethanol
• Shutdown planning for all maintenance jobs, execution & preparing reports on the daily basis
• Loop checking/valve stroking, catalyst temperature monitoring/ logging during isolation under the nitrogen blanket
• Implementation of the preventive maintenance plan and Environment Impact assessment (EIA)
• Preparation of JSA (Jobs Safety Analysis) of non-routine jobs
• Preparation of emergency evacuation plan for critical vessel entries i.e. absorber, stripper, and furnace etc.
• Chemical cleaning and pressure testing of heat exchangers to boost efficiency
Experience as PROCESS DESIGN & COMMISSIONING ENGINEER
Cyclo Oil LLC (Dubai, UAE)
11 December 2013
16 April 2015
Cyclo Oil LLC (Dubai, UAE)
Design Deliverables Prepared:
• Process Design Basis, Process Description, Process Flow Diagram (PFD), Piping & Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID),Process Emergency and Shutdown (ESD), Cause and Effect diagrams, Line Designation Table, Tie-in Schedule, Tie-in Philosophy, Operating and Control Philosophy, Pressure Safety Valve (PSV) datasheet, Control Valve datasheet, Utility Summary, Block Diagrams and Material Take-off (MTO) for Valves.
Key Responsibilities:
• Execute engineering calculations cognate to line hydraulics, pump hydraulics, compressor hydraulics, separator calculations, control valve calculations and vessel sizing.
• Independently engender Excel spreadsheets to evaluate critical parameters of pumps and heat exchangers as per project requisites.
• Participate in reviewing inquiries/RFPs from clients and developing technical proposals for preparing RFP replications/bids as per client requisites.
• Attend HAZOP review meetings to identify process hazards and implement efficacious corrective action plan ascertaining process safety.
• Review various deliverables from the Piping and Instrumentation department assuring compliance with overall project design requisites.
• Document Control, which includes FEED documents, Tender documents, Detailed Engineering documents, Contract agreements, Letter of awards, Vendor catalogs, working files etc.
• Performed leak test of storage tanks, And perform the hydro and pneumatic test at the site
• Perform inspection of incoming material as per process requisite.
Experience as LEAD PROCESS ENGINEER
Cyclo Oil LLC (Dubai, UAE)
17 April 2015
To date
Professional Achievements:
• Review of the Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID’s), Process Block Flow Diagrams (BFD’s), Process Flow Diagrams (PFD’s), Utility Flow Diagrams (UFD’s), Heat and Material Balance, Process Safety Diagrams, Material Selection Flow Diagrams (MSD’s), Equipment Data Sheets, and other required diagrams and documents
• Review equipment calculations for identification and verification of equipment parameters including calculations for valve sizes, pumps, vessels, exchangers, columns, safety valves, control valves, shutdown valves, line sizing, logic diagrams etc
• Participate in performance test of pumps, compressors, vacuum pumps, distillation tower and cooling tower
• Perform safety related process calculations such as blow-down / depressurizing, safety relief etc. Participate in Design Reviews, HAZID, HAZOP and Model Reviews. Implement closed out HAZOP actions in process documents
• Assist in preparation of Start-up and Operations Manuals, Operational Test Procedures (OTP’s).
Key Responsibilities:
• Ensuring steady operation, safe and accident-free start-ups, shutdowns, Emergency handlings during utility failures as per standard procedures
• Detection, Analysis, Troubleshooting & De-bottlenecking of operational constraints.
• Participate in development of operating, reporting and recording procedures
• Exhibited proven performance during safe & accident-free operation.
• Adjust the parameters with required results in VDU & CDU
• Carried out training of juniors
• Prepare the equipment for maintenance activities such as Manual Isolation, Depressurization and draining. Follow up with maintenance team that jobs are progressing safely under work permit conditions.
Bachelor 15 October 2009
BE Chemical Engineering with Oil & Gas Specialization. 3.8 GPA out of 4.0