Ahmed Ali Sulaiman AlShehri
Lead Project Engineer
Dammam,Eastern Province
Summary
Enterprising, accomplished Engineer with +18 years intensive experience seeks a leadership position to leverage the technical, commercial, managerial, relationship, and leadership skills and deliver outstanding results aligned to corporate goals and objectives.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
10
10
Certifications
Work History
KSA Chapter Content Review Director
PMI, KSA
07.2020 - Current
- Coordinate with SMEs & PMI to ensure content is in accordance with PMI training material format.
- Review technical content for presentation, technical papers & technical newsletters.
Director of Jubail Region
Association of Advancement of Cost Engineering International Arabian Gulf Section Industrial, AACE International
Dammam, Eastern Province
06.2020 - Current
- Arabian Gulf Section -07 All the duties & responsibility of the association to cover Jubail Geographical Area as Reporting Officer.
- Developed team communications and information for meetings.
Department Manager (Acting Basis )
Saudi Aramco Shell (SASREF) Refinery Industrial
Jubail Industrial City , Eastern Province
08.2018 - Current
- Cost Control (Acting Basis) Reporting to VP since Jan-2020 till Present for Transformation Program of SASREF Refinery.
- Creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation.
- Develops an engineering operating strategy that is aligned with SASREF Operations and overall business strategy.
- Reviews financial reports and statements to determine how Engineering is performing against budget.
- Addresses potential areas of concern and proposes solutions to the Executive Director FM in a proactive manner.
- Liaise and coordinate with other functions across SASREF Operations as required to ensure minimum disruption to community life and asset operating schedules during planned or unplanned maintenance.
- Responsible for ensuring that appropriate environmental, health and safety systems are in place to comply with all applicable regulations and standards (Local and International).
- Develop a business plan & budget to cover all aspects of Facility Engineering and maintenance for SASREF Operations and monitors adherence to both reporting any deviation to the Executive Director FM.
- Partner with SASREF wide Engineering & Maintenance teams and support groups to develop long-range facilities plans and business continuity plans as per ISO22301.
- Department Manager Projects (Acting Basis), Handling 4 Sections on DPM Function.
- Report to: EPM Director Team: 50 Project Engineers &PMC engineers to handle 1.4 Billion SAR CAPEX Value.
- Coordinating internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects.
- Executing the Projects as Approved Project Execution Plan (PEP) As well Project Implementation Plan (PIP).
- Maintaining the Approval Cycle as per SASREF Gating Systems as per Project Categorizations for Minor, Significant and Mega Projects.
- Participating on Board item Estimate for funding the projects for TIC & Approval of Implementation.
- Ensuring that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
- Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
- Ensure resource availability and allocation.
- Developing a detailed project plan to track progress.
- Using appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule, and costs.
- Measuring project performance using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques.
- Reporting and escalating to management as needed.
- Managing the relationship with the client and all stakeholders.
- Performing risk management to minimize project risks.
- Establishing and maintaining relationships with third parties/vendors.
- Offered friendly and efficient service to all customers, handled challenging situations with ease.
- Worked to maintain outstanding attendance record, consistently arriving to work ready to start immediately.
- Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time.
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Drove operational improvements which resulted in savings and improved profit margins.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Worked with SASREF customers to understand needs and provide excellent service.
- Completed minor preventative maintenance and mechanical repairs on equipment.
- Worked closely with [job title] to maintain optimum levels of communication to effectively and efficiently complete projects.
- Maintained and repaired facilities, equipment and tools to achieve operational readiness, safety and cleanliness.
- Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement.
- Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Actively listened to customers, handled concerns quickly and escalated major issues to supervisor.
- Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties.
- Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule.
- Completed all paperwork, recognizing any discrepancies and addressing them in a timely fashion.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Served customers in a friendly, efficient manner following outlined steps of service.
- Devoted special emphasis to punctuality and worked to maintain outstanding attendance record, consistently arriving to work ready to start immediately.
Lead Cost Control Engineer
SABIC
Jubail , Eastern Province
04.2018 - 07.2018
- Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Created plans and communicated deadlines to ensure projects were completed on time.
- Developed team communications and information for meetings.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
Lead Planning & Scheduling Engineer/CPO Superintendent
Marafiq-Saur Operation & Maintenance Company, MASA
01.2018 - 04.2018
- Report to: CPO Manager Team: 17 Planners to handle 20 Bn USD Asset values.
- To lead a team of Engineers and analysts with various competencies Mechanical, electrical & instrument, reliability and geographic information system engineers.
- In additions, I have been charged of:.
- Maintaining Production of root cause analysis reports to different business units.
- Proposing solutions and follow their implementation as a result of different types of RCA reports delivered by the section.
- Producing of different analysis reports, supply-demand planning, which will assist in improving the daily operations of all business units.
- Communicating to engineering and facility planning the requirements as a result of different studies and RCA reports.
- Producing of monthly, quarterly reports for higher management and executives.
- Monitoring all KPIs for different reports related to the company and business units KPIs.
- Managing of GIS team with full capacity to support business units with required reports and analysis to improve their business environment.
- Managing different multilingual manpower and reporting to manager.
- Weekly Reporting of section activity to Executive Team.
Department Lead Cost Control Engineer/Lead Estimation Engineer
Saudi Aramco Eastern Province KSA
09.2015 - 01.2018
- Report to: Project Control Manager Team: 13 Divisions Cost Engineers + 4 Assistant Engineers.
- Saudi Aramco Oil Facilities Project Department /Project Control Division Value: 10.4 billion USD.
- Monitoring the overall integrity of the project budget and forecast in accordance with approved standard operating procedures.
- Addressing issues pertaining to project cost control procedures.
- Coordinating development and implementation of project work breakdown structure (WBS) / cost breakdown structure (CBS) in concert with Project Lead and Project planning /Scheduling Engineer.
- Participating in the development of project execution plans.
- Participating in the development of estimates and studies within a project stage and for sanction.
- Coordinating and developing appropriate control budgets consistent with project estimate and WBS / CBS.
- Implementing and monitoring costs within each project stage and for entire Project until completion or close-out.
- Collecting and compiling progress and cost data, and develop cost-control worksheets and reports for review by delivery teams.
- Reviewing and auditing contractor cost control procedures and practices.
- Coordinating or developing appropriate internal and external benchmarking and technical limits.
- Coordinating preparation of cost risk analysis.
- Reviewing financial data related to accruals, invoice payments, purchase orders, material deliveries, and other financial data.
- Linking risk process to change process and estimate.
- Coordinating, developing project work-in-place, commitment, and estimate at complete forecasts.
- Coordinating and developing project annual-spend projections, cost reconciliations, and variance analyses.
- Assisting and preparing cost performance management data.
- Development of various levels of cost estimates plans and basis for various stages of project work.
- Coordinate with our internal engineering and external clients for various sizes and type of estimates for domestic Petrochemical project.
- Have clear understanding of development of Basis of Estimate reports and documents for various levels of estimates.
- Lead the Project estimating the scope of work for Major FEED.
- Have an industry-standard level of understanding of applied labor rates, productivity factors, allowances, contingencies, and impact of location as applied to the Alberta and Canadian marketplace.
- Have a clear understanding of estimate ACCEI Estimate Class structure and applicability to estimates in the local Ontario environment.
- Support the development of estimate presentation and recommendations to senior management and clients.
- Participate in cost forecast of EPC projects during execution.
- Contribute to the estimation input to the development of project schedules.
Lead Project Engineer/ Sr. Estimation Engineer
Saudi Aramco Eastern Province KSA
12.2008 - 09.2015
- Saudi Aramco Maintain Potential Program – Onshore Value: USD 10 billion Responsibilities :.
- Leading a team comprising of staff & field engineers of different disciplines, construction supervisors, and material specialists in project management, design management & construction management activities of assigned projects till handover of facilities to the proponent.
- Coordinating with other disciplines, contractors & subcontractors in analyzing technical documents, drawings, and applicable revisions and advice on optimum construction methodologies.
- Supervising on-going construction activities ensuring compliance with approved method statements, material availability, and optimum labor productivity.
- Supervising and instruct the team to assure execution of all jobs in strict compliance with current approved versions of drawings and/or instructions from authorized agencies.
- Monitoring the progress of projects and coordinate the planning & mobilization of all resources to deliver predefined milestones.
- Coordinating with and supervising subcontractors ensuring performance on the basis of adherence to schedules, scope, specifications, and quality.
- Transmitting contractual instructions issued by the Senior Project Manager to authorized representatives of contractors/subcontractors and monitor implementation.
- Reviewing & ensure that the latest & approved construction issue drawings used by the site teams fully reflect the scope of work & requirements of the contract.
- Ensuring incorporation into construction issue drawings of all variations and client instructions, appropriate action by the construction team and updating of the quantity surveyor.
- Monitoring & ensuring compliance with all requirements of local authority rules & regulations as well as HSE rules, procedures & guidelines across all administrative office and project site locations.
- Participating in 30%, 60% & 90% as well as IFC reviews of projects in coordination with PID, proponent, loss prevention, and D&WO departments.
- Coordinating technical bid evaluation of bids submitted by bidders against RFQ/RFP and liaise with the purchasing department for on-time availability of long-lead DC items.
- Directing & coordinating the preparation of project handover documents, including as-built documentation and operation & maintenance manuals aligned to contract specifications & requirements.
- Achievements:.
- Managed works related to 100+ facilities with successful closeout of 96 contracts with finalization and issue of mechanical completion certificates (MCC) as per Saudi Armco requirements.
- Worked as Saudi Aramco Lead Estimator with Downstream Estimation Unit/Estimation Services Division/PMOD (Sep 2015 – 31 August 2016) – Review, endorse, control & approve expenditure requests released from master appropriations for annual BI for MPP, generate RE definitions & supplement funds for old BIs.
- Made significant contribution to for estimate for the Project for production of lube/refinery extracts for feeding aromatics units by 5 MBD to improve profitability of the YASREF refinery for approval of the Executive Management.
- I achieved & leaded 100 ER-Releases for Maintain potential Projects, 4 Major PCR for different Saudi Aramco Mega Project, 4 Major Company Estimates for Jezan Refinery Combined Cycle Claims & Change Orders within the Company policy.
Saudi Aramco Inspection Representative
SAIR
Al Khobar, Eastern Province
09.2010 - 06.2011
- Supervised all activities related to Quality Control of LSTKP.O.
- Related to 31 Capital BIs from finalization of specifications through monitoring of manufacturing to final inspection of the materials.
PMC-Discipline Engineer II
Worley Parsons Consortium Eastern Province KSA
Gulf Sea Area, Eastern Province
12.2005 - 12.2008
- Reported to QA/QC Manager Team: 8 QC Inspectors Maintain Potential Program – Offshore Client: Saudi Aramco Value: USD 6 billion Responsibilities:.
- Managing all quality control inspections related to welding works executed by contractors on-time unit rate (TUR) & work unit rate (WUR) basis on behalf of the Saudi Aramco Offshore Project Division assuring achievement of specified Saudi Aramco requirements.
- Implementing approved QCS for offshore TUR contracts, coordinating with the Construction Superintendent in planning & mobilizing QC inspection resources aligned to construction schedules.
- Attending ‘hold’, ‘witness’ & ‘surveillance’ inspections & tests at fabrication facilities & construction sites and coordinated with QC engineers of Saudi Aramco NAPIS ensuring achievement of project quality & specification objectives and resolution of issues.
- Monitoring and ensuring that all inspections & tests followed applicable safety requirements and met acceptance criteria.
- Performing inspections of materials & equipment to ensure adherence to order specifications and Saudi Aramco requirements.
- Monitoring & ensuring proper handling, storage & protection of all materials & equipment at Saudi Aramco facilities and/or construction sites.
- Establishing & maintaining a documentation system to assure consistency in generation & control of quality control documents.
- Coordinating all NDT and hydro-test services required at various stages of the Project, assuring achievement of construction milestones.
- Achievements:.
- Provided QC support for the successful execution of jobs including Zuluf GOSP-1SR, Marjan TP-4, Qatif 71, Ras Tanura Berth 19/20 S1, Zuluf 294/301 and Maharah 30/35 including well tie-ins at offshore platforms and Scoring the highest Quality Records among Saudi Aramco Projects.
- Created QMSR for All Saudi Aramco Offshore Tie-in, and it is still a live document.
Mechanical Inspection Engineer
AHE
Dhahran, Eastern Province
01.2004 - 12.2005
- Qatif Capital Program – ISF, Maintain Potential Program (MPP), Pipelines, GOSP II & GOSP I Client: Saudi Aramco Value: USD 4.3 billion.
- Performed duties in accordance with all applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
- Managed quality assurance program, including on-site evaluations, internal audits and customer surveys.
Piping Design Engineer IV
Saudi Consolidated Engineering Company (SCEC) Eastern Province KSA
08.2003 - 02.2004
- Reporting to Saudi Aramco Senior Project Engineer, Upgrading & modification of the Sewage Treatment Plant to incorporate irrigation system for Abqaiq Main Road – New filtration tanks, piping & booster pumps, sampling system and expansion of sludge pit: Preliminary & detailed engineering Client: Saudi Aramco Value: USD 40 million SAR.
- Responsibilities:.
- Developing component, assembly & equipment level designs for piping systems complying with project specifications.
- Generating engineering drawings including P&IDs, bills of materials (BOM) including the selection of pipe materials and components including valves, elbows & fittings and verified design fit for assembly and prepared all documentation.
- Ensuring compliance with applicable international standards, including ANSI B31.3, ANSI B31.4 & ANSI B31.8 and performed stress analysis calculations as required.
- Preparing & monitoring schedules, including prioritization of jobs to assure compliance with scheduled timelines, budgets and scopes.
- Participating in the inspection of works in progress and assisted in resolving design & technical issues arising during the execution phase.
- Resolving design quality issues of the piping systems of the STP and irrigation system through appropriate design calculations to recommend solutions.
Production Engineer Trainee
ISPF Steel Plant Eastern Province KSA
06.2001 - 08.2002
Education
Doctor of Business Administration - Business Administration And Management
SBS Swiss Business Schoool
01.2020 - 01.2023
Master of Applied Business Research - Business Management
SBS Swiss Business School
01.2020 - 08.2021
Certified Banking & Credit Analyst Corporate Finance Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia - Banking And Financial Support Services
Corporate Financial Institute
03.2020 - 01.2021
Financial Modelling & Valuation Analyst Program, Corporate Finance Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia - Banking And Financial Support Services
Corporate Financial Institute
03.2020 - 07.2020
Micro-Master Project Management - undefined
University of California
B.Sc - Mechanical Engineering Science
King Fahd University Of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran KSA
08.1997 - 06.2003
Skills
Program Coordination/Project Managementundefined
Certification
Professional Development
Timeline
KSA Chapter Content Review Director
PMI, KSA
07.2020 - Current
Director of Jubail Region
Association of Advancement of Cost Engineering International Arabian Gulf Section Industrial, AACE International
06.2020 - Current
Certified Banking & Credit Analyst Corporate Finance Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia - Banking And Financial Support Services
Corporate Financial Institute
03.2020 - 01.2021
Financial Modelling & Valuation Analyst Program, Corporate Finance Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia - Banking And Financial Support Services
Corporate Financial Institute
03.2020 - 07.2020
Doctor of Business Administration - Business Administration And Management
SBS Swiss Business Schoool
01.2020 - 01.2023
Master of Applied Business Research - Business Management
SBS Swiss Business School
01.2020 - 08.2021
Department Manager (Acting Basis )
Saudi Aramco Shell (SASREF) Refinery Industrial
08.2018 - Current
Lead Cost Control Engineer
SABIC
04.2018 - 07.2018
Lead Planning & Scheduling Engineer/CPO Superintendent
Marafiq-Saur Operation & Maintenance Company, MASA
01.2018 - 04.2018
Department Lead Cost Control Engineer/Lead Estimation Engineer
Saudi Aramco Eastern Province KSA
09.2015 - 01.2018
Saudi Aramco Inspection Representative
SAIR
09.2010 - 06.2011
Lead Project Engineer/ Sr. Estimation Engineer
Saudi Aramco Eastern Province KSA
12.2008 - 09.2015
PMC-Discipline Engineer II
Worley Parsons Consortium Eastern Province KSA
12.2005 - 12.2008
Mechanical Inspection Engineer
AHE
01.2004 - 12.2005
Piping Design Engineer IV
Saudi Consolidated Engineering Company (SCEC) Eastern Province KSA
08.2003 - 02.2004
Production Engineer Trainee
ISPF Steel Plant Eastern Province KSA
06.2001 - 08.2002
B.Sc - Mechanical Engineering Science
King Fahd University Of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran KSA
08.1997 - 06.2003
Micro-Master Project Management - undefined
University of California
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