Project Manager / Lead - JIGPC, Jazan Integrated Gasification and Power Company - Jizan, Saudi Arabia
(2023-11)
Lead owner-side project delivery and technical coordination for IGCC operating assets, integrating engineering, operations, maintenance, HSEQ, procurement, contractors, vendors, and senior stakeholders.
- Manage mechanical and asset-modification packages including Design Notices, MOCs, technical reviews, scope definition, execution readiness, risk assessment, field support, commissioning actions, and closeout.
- Review contractor/vendor engineering and technical documentation for mechanical, piping, process safety, asset integrity, maintenance, and operational interfaces; ensure alignment with applicable codes, standards, and company requirements.
- Coordinate risk reviews including HAZOP, HAZID and SIMOPS, ensuring technical risks, safety barriers, operating constraints, and mitigation actions are clearly assigned, tracked, and closed.
- Develop and maintain schedules, action registers, issue logs, project status updates, performance dashboards, and senior-management briefings to support timely decisions and project governance.
- Support procurement and commercial processes through technical scope input, contractor clarifications, vendor deliverable reviews, change-related documentation, and readiness reviews.
- Coordinate SAP/CMMS alignment for revised maintenance tasks, post-start-up corrective actions, reliability improvements, and handover of project outputs to operations and maintenance.
Senior Project Engineer - SAIPEM - Lagos, Nigeria
(2020-09 - 2023-10)
Dandote Fertilizer Plant EPIC Project
- Developed and maintained assessment and shutdown schedules with client stakeholders and third-party OEMs, sequencing execution windows around plant constraints and operational priorities.
- Coordinated internal and external stakeholders including operations, maintenance, engineering, HSEQ, OEMs, consultants, vendors, and site teams to support technical assessments, construction activities, and commissioning readiness.
- Reviewed vendor/consultant technical reports, testing records, punch lists, commissioning dossiers, and closeout packages to ensure recommendations were practical, evidence-based, complete, and aligned with root-cause resolution.
- Stewarded recommendations into trackable actions with owners, due dates, KPIs, and management reporting; monitored closure effectiveness through action registers and punch-list follow-up.
- Supported barrier management and asset integrity by checking Safety Critical Element readiness and embedding assurance tasks into pre-start-up plans.
- Supervised Gas Turbine Generator installation and facilitated testing and commissioning, integrating the package into overall plant operations.
- Facilitated lessons learned after shutdowns and commissioning, converting findings into improvements for execution planning, coordination, quality, and future project delivery.
Senior Project Engineer - Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) / SAIPEM - Saudi Arabia
(2014-01 - 2020-08)
JIGCC Project and SADARA Hydrogen Peroxide Project
- Executed large EPC/EPIC construction scopes for structural steel, piping, mechanical systems, testing, commissioning, and pre-start-up activities in major industrial facilities.
- Directed multidisciplinary site execution teams of 10 engineers and 20 supervisors, ensuring alignment between construction, engineering, HSE, quality, commissioning, and client representatives.
- Reviewed construction drawings, specifications, fabrication details, installation requirements, test packages, quality records, and technical documentation to identify and resolve field execution issues.
- Coordinated with operations, engineering, and HSE stakeholders to reduce conflicts between shutdowns, parallel work fronts, access constraints, quality requirements, and safety controls.
- Identified and resolved design, fabrication, construction, and installation discrepancies to protect technical integrity, safety, schedule, and quality compliance.
- Prepared and supported variation/change-related documentation and cost-recovery actions, contributing approximately EUR 2.2M in margin improvement.
- Improved execution productivity by approximately 25% through workface planning, sequencing, coordination of constraints, and practical field problem solving.
Production & Industrialization Engineer - POULINA Group - Tunisia
(2013 - 2014)
Industrial Manufacturing
- Managed and controlled a refrigerator production line of approximately 420 units per day, improving manufacturing output by 13% through floor layout optimization and process improvement.
- Reviewed product and material changes, supported manufacturing plans, and implemented continuous improvement actions focused on efficiency, quality, and production reliability.
