Ghazanfar Hasan
Al Jubail,Saudi Arabia
Summary
Experienced shift supervisor with 15 years of hands-on expertise in chlor-alkali and petrochemical plant operations. Proven ability to lead productions teams, ensure safe and efficient plant performance and maintain compliance with operational and safety standards. Strong background in process optimization, troubleshooting and emergency response. Adept at managing high risk environments while achieving production targets and minimizing downtime.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Lead operator
Jubail Chemical Industries (JANA)
Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia
03.2025 - Current
- Controls the shift operations in specific areas (Allyl Alcohol, Cooling Tower, Waste water Plant) to ensure that all production activities are carried out safely and efficiently to meet the operational targets.
- Assist department management in planning and organizing resources needed to deliver the department's objectives.
- Assist in development of department KPIs to ensure responsiveness to customers and to promote continuous improvement on 24/7 basis.
- Review and monitor all aspects of shift operations and coordinate closely with counter parts to ensure smooth operations and reliability of plant functions.
- Authorize work permits and ensure compliance with all safety procedures.
- Ensure all actions are taken for safe shutdown / startup of the plant in line with standard operating procedures.
- Generate quick and prompt decision making solutions to resolve operating problems to meet the shift production targets.
- Monitor the general performance of operators and trainees to periodically conduct a reevaluation of capabilities of existing operational staff and recommend additional training where required.
Panel Operator
Jubail Chemical Industries (JANA)
Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia
02.2023 - 02.2025
- Operate and monitor Allyl alcohol unit through DCS control systems.
- Control process parameters such as temperature, pressure, flow and levels to ensure stable operation.
- Identify process deviations, alarms and abnormalities and take corrective actions promptly.
- Coordinate with field operators to ensure smooth plant operation and safe execution of activities.
- Startup, shutdown and stabilize the unit as per standard operating procedures.
- Maintain product quality by closely monitoring process conditions and specifications.
- Prepare and update daily operation logs, reports and shift handover details.
- Follow all safety, health and environmental (HSE) policies and procedures.
- Assist in troubleshooting equipment and process issues in coordination with maintenance and engineering teams.
- Support emergency handling and plant abnormal situations according to the approved procedures.
Shift Engineer
Ittehad Chemicals Ltd.
Lahore, Pakistan
10.2012 - 01.2023
- Manage and to lead shift team of more than forty employees.
- Ensure plant is running as per standard parameters. Maintain these specified standard parameters in any critical situation.
- To make decisions, in silent hours, with respect to operational, process, Instrumentation, electrical and mechanical problems.
- To report senior technical management about plant condition in silent hours.
- To plan and to concentrate on the rectification of problems in restrain time duration.
- To check and monitor all plants parameters (Ion-exchange membrane, Hg Cell room, brine systems, evaporation, solidification, Na-Hypo, HCl synthesis furnaces and cooling tower).
- To give instruction to CCR (Central Control Room) engineers according to situation of trouble shooting.
- To ensure to achieve products standard quality (30% NaOH, 50% NaOH, 97% solid flakes).
- To control evolution of chlorine gas and to maintain chlorine free environment inside and outside the industry.
- To monitor the arrangement of any material, in silent hours, that demanded by other departments.
- To supervise any amendment in plants in silent hours and to achieve maximum possible results and to evaluate the true picture of that experiment/amendment through reports.
- To point out crucial problems and to suggest their rectification.
- To ensure that everything is going according to plan.
- To engage in wide array of analysis.
- To compute the production and to point out the problems that caused production losses.
- To analyze including test data, plant parameters and result reports in shift.
Education
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering - Chemical
Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology
Lahore / Pakistan 12.2006 - 12.2010
Skills
- Operations leadership
- Communication proficiency
- Time efficiency
- Health and Safety Compliance
- Resilience under pressure
- ISO standards knowledge
Languages
English
Upper intermediate
Urdu
Advanced
Punjabi
Advanced
Arabic
Elementary
Affiliations
- Listening to Music, Playing Chess, Badminton
Key Achievements
I have worked on the following projects in JANA Chemicals Ltd.
- Successfully completed Turn Around 2025 with Zero accident.
- Executed the Catalyst replacement in Oxidation reactor. Oversee all the related inspection activities.
- Executed the Resin replacement work in Hydrolysis reactors.
- Inspection of distillation columns during turn around activities.
- Carried out the inspection and hydro testing activities of heat exchangers.
I have worked at the following projects in Ittehad Chemicals Ltd (ICL).
- Taken part in erection of New Ion exchange Membrane Plant (6th generation 0gape) installed at ICL, with Blue Star china (engineers). After erection, worked in commission phase for smooth operation of plant.
- Taken part to establish SOP for New plant, also implantation SOP for testing method of brine concentration, caustic concentration, and brine purification section.
- To optimize Barium carbonate (Imported Material) consumption brine treated with CaCl2 (Local by product) to reduced Sodium Sulphate in brine.
- After one year treatment of brine with CaCl2, process establish and we shifted to new technology NANO filtration to remove Sodium Sulphate from brine, after removal convert into value able product.
Certification
- Received Certificate of Appreciation for the contribution in successful completion of MOC job related to Allyl Alcohol Alternative Heat Exchangers.
- Permit to Work system Training
- Confined Space Entry
- Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Technical Skills
- Distributed Control Systems (DCS): [e.g. SUPCON, Yokogawa]
- Process Safety Management System
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & Power point)
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Lead operator
Jubail Chemical Industries (JANA)
03.2025 - Current
Panel Operator
Jubail Chemical Industries (JANA)
02.2023 - 02.2025
Shift Engineer
Ittehad Chemicals Ltd.
10.2012 - 01.2023
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering - Chemical
Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology
12.2006 - 12.2010