Ali Al Zuria
Al Jubail,Eastern Province
Summary
Chemical engineer supporting operations across two large-scale EO/EG petrochemical plants, with strong exposure, and responsibility spanning from process optimization, risk based decision-making to management of change. Capable of driving efficiency, sustainability initiatives, and management systems through cross-functional collaboration.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Chemical engineer
SABIC
AJubail, Saudi Arabia
2023.01 - Current
- Support operations across two large-scale EO/EG plants with combined production capacity exceeding 1.3M ton annually, providing technical guidance to ensure safe, stable, and optimized plant performance.
- Lead and manage Management of Change (MOC) activities, including technical evaluation, risk assessment, and implementation of operational and procedural change in complex process environments.
- Conduct and support process and safety investigations, including deviation analysis and root cause analysis (RCA), contributing to corrective and preventive actions for recurring operational issues.
- Drive sustainability and efficiency initiatives, focusing on resource optimization, environmental awareness, and operational performance improvement.
- Delivered a process optimization initiative resulting in 6.5MSAR of annual utilities savings, improving energy efficiencies and reducing operating costs.
- Served as a leader for multiple management system standards, leading a procedure transformation journey by redesigning and replacing legacy procedures with standardized frameworks, and driving change adoption across organization departments through training programs and awareness campaigns.
- Coordinated initiatives addressing chronic infrastructure issues, including firewater network reliability and system integrity improvement resulting in annual cost avoidance of 2.5MSAR.
- Led early-stage project governance and decision-making, including technical justification, risk and cost evaluations, regulatory alignment, and cross functional coordination through execution and operational handover.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States of America 2017.03 - 2022.05
Skills
Technical & Analytical:
- Process optimization
- Risk assessment & risk matrices
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Management of Change (MOC)
- Financial analysis
- Sustainability & efficiency improvement
Business & Leadership:
- Decision-making under risk
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Stakeholder coordination
- Project initiation and governance
Communication:
- Technical reporting and documentation
- Executive-level presentations
- Facilitation of reviews and workshops
Languages
Arabic
Native
English
Fluent
Certification
- Certified Sustainability and Energy Engineer.
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA) - SABIC Training.
- Management of Change (MOC) - SABIC Training.
- Process Safety and Risk Assessment - SABIC Training.
- Management System Standards - SABIC Training.
Timeline
Chemical engineer
SABIC
2023.01 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
University of Arizona
2017.03 - 2022.05