Mohammed Anan
Chemical Engineer
Riyadh
Summary
Lead Chemical Engineer with 12 years of experience in chemical engineering and operations within the chemical military industry. Expertise in unit operations and production management. Energetic, curious, and a self-starter, skilled in navigating high-stress situations and achieving goals on time and within budget.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Chemical Engineer
Saudi Chemical Company Limited
09.2024 - Current
- Led process optimization initiatives, enhancing production efficiency and reducing waste in chemical manufacturing.
- Developed and implemented safety protocols, ensuring compliance with industry regulations and minimizing risk.
- Conducted thorough analyses of chemical processes, identifying areas for improvement and cost reduction strategies.
- Mentored junior engineers, fostering skill development and promoting a culture of continuous learning within the team.
- Supervise operators during start-up and water runs; ensure adherence to SOPs, operating limits, and PTW (Permit-to-Work).
- Ensure completion and accurate registration of all pre-operational checklists, confirming readiness of process equipment, safety systems, and instrumentation prior to initiating operations.
- Verify that all utilities (steam, nitrogen, cooling water, compressed air, power, process water) are available, stable, and within the required operational specifications for the entire duration of the shift.
- Maintain constant communication with the Utilities Supervisor to ensure real-time awareness of system status, potential constraints, or deviations that could impact the operation.
- Ensure that every piece of equipment or instrument returning from maintenance or calibration undergoes functional testing and verification and formally attests to its operational and safety fitness prior to restart, in coordination with Maintenance and EHS.
- Apply emergency procedures immediately when required and escalate any critical event without delay to the Start-up Coordinator, IOM, and EHS.
- Conduct structured shift handovers, ensuring that all operational data, test outcomes, deviations, and pending actions are properly documented and communicated to the incoming shift.
- Enforce compliance with PPE, safety protocols, and good housekeeping practices, ensuring cleanliness, organization, and elimination of workplace hazards.
- Promote a strong safety culture and act as the first-line guardian of operational discipline and process integrity, maintaining vigilance in all field operations.
- Ensure that no operator leaves their assigned workstation without explicit authorization and that any unsafe or abnormal condition is immediately reported and escalated.
- Actively promote and participate of shop floor meetings, readiness reviews, and start-up verification exercises to reinforce operational excellence and continuous improvement.
Chemical Engineer (TNT Plant)
Defense Industries System (MASAD)
01.2017 - 09.2024
- Ensuring facilities are operable and maintainable and the transition to operation is well executed.
- Reviewing and approving process deliverables (PFDs, P&IDs, Design Basis, equipment, Specification Documents, etc.).
- Development of production procedures use policy.
- Reviews standard operating procedures for plant start-up/shutdown, unit isolation, and clearing. LEO, utilities line-up, emergency response.
- Providing the daily operating plan and running the manufacturing process as per the business plan.
- Maintaining the manufacturing product's quality and monitoring the plant's daily sampling plan.
- Facilitate operation meetings with support functions about unit operation, production concerns, improvement projects, and shutdown activities.
- Secure a technical job package for each shut-down activity and make the required documents available.
- Process safety focal point in charge of RCFA (root cause failure analysis) risk management standard, hazardous area classification, safety system impairment standard, LOPA (Layers of protection analysis), chemical compatibility, mechanical integrity, fire protection strategy, emergency response procedure, near miss reporting.
- Monitoring the plant performance and generating the related reports for unit thermal efficiency, raw material consumption ratio & sustainability target, and alarm numbers.
- Issuing the monthly reports of unplanned production losses and the asset mechanical reliability.
- Troubleshooting production issues and streamlining corrective action for optimization and repair.
- Conducting failure root cause investigation to identify gaps & take corrective measures.
- Lead the implementation of the plant improvement projects for process optimization and cost saving.
- Operating discipline management system focal point.
- Facility focal point for the operational aspects of safety instrumented system life-cycle according to SIS work process, instrument integrity manual, and mechanical integrity.
- Providing process safety advice and guidelines to staff
Chemical Engineer
Defense Industries System (MASAD)-Ether & Alcohol Rectification Plant
11.2012 - 01.2017
- Managing the alcohol and ether production process, implementing innovative process improvement.
- Conducting both technical and administration supervision, maintaining adherence to production schedules, and upholding quality standards.
- Implementing and enforcing quality and safety policies, significantly reducing workplace incidents.
- Preparing detailed daily production reports for senior management review.
- Developing engineering solutions to address complex production challenges.
- Overseeing raw material procurement and utilization, optimizing resources for production efficiency.
- Streamlining production processes, resulting in notable increases in output efficiency.
- Collaborating with various departments to align production goals with company objectives.
- Coaching and mentoring junior engineers and technicians, fostering a skilled and efficient team.
- Regularly conducting process audits to drive continuous improvement.
- Integrating cutting-edge technologies into the production line to maintain industry competitiveness.
Education
Master of Science (Honor) - Chemical Engineering
University of Karary
Sudan07.2019
Bachelor's degree (Honor) - Chemical Engineering
University of Red Sea
Sudan09.2012
Skills
- Continuous improvements
- Environment regulation
- Safety management system
- Quality management system
- Production management
- Operation optimization
- Procurement production line
- Troubleshooting
- Time management
- Team Management
- Leadership
- Attention to detail
- Effective Communication
- Adaptability
- Process design and optimization
- Process simulation & Modeling
Accomplishments
- Successfully led the process development for high-performance products, resulting in a 15% increase in efficiency and significant cost reduction.
- Streamlined production processes, reducing cycle times by 20% through the implementation of lean manufacturing principles.
- Awarded the company's innovation award for developing a novel chemical synthesis method that improved the sustainability of the production process.
- Improve the process safety by introducing advanced monitoring and control systems, resulting in a 25% reduction in incident rates.
- Played a key role in the successful scale-up of a classified chemical process, meeting all project milestones ahead of schedule.
- Enhanced process efficiency by implementing a continuous improvement program, resulting in a 15% reduction in raw material usage and decreasing the by-product by 10%.
LANGUAGES
Arabic - Native
English - Advanced
Training
- Chemical Processes and Technical Methods In TNT Manufacturing Management In China Liaoning Qingyang Chemical Industry
Corporation (NORINCO) , China North Industries Corporation .August ,2018.
Timeline
Chemical Engineer
Saudi Chemical Company Limited
09.2024 - Current
Chemical Engineer (TNT Plant)
Defense Industries System (MASAD)
01.2017 - 09.2024
Chemical Engineer
Defense Industries System (MASAD)-Ether & Alcohol Rectification Plant
11.2012 - 01.2017
Bachelor's degree (Honor) - Chemical Engineering
University of Red Sea
Master of Science (Honor) - Chemical Engineering
University of Karary