PROFILE
Obaid has vast Plant Engineering and Project Management experience within Oil Refineries and Petrochemical plants. He played key roles in several grass roots EPC projects of entire Plant Complexes and Terminals in U.S., U.K., Middle East, Canada, Brazil and Italy. He also managed numerous maintenance related CAPEX projects. For several projects Obaid represented the Owner / Operator Companies. He managed some projects on behalf of the main EPC Contractor and some more while employed by OEM Vendor. Obaid has also established & managed teams of multi discipline engineers and provided Technical / Engineering Support to operating Petrochemical plants & Refineries.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Margin realization & enhancement, Profit and loss accountability, Feasibility/economic study, project development, engineering management, project management, project execution planning, scoping, specification, design (FEED & Detailed), engineering, procurement, construction, contracting, fabrication, sub-contracting, , erection, construction, commissioning, FAT, shipment, SAT, performance testing, Quality assurance, turnover, maintenance, warranty coverage, defect rectification, revamping, change management, conflict resolution, negotiation, financials, presentations, document management, O&M manual, budget and schedule preparation, monitoring, reporting and management. Progress reporting & invoicing, Mentoring, leadership, problem solving, customer relations, strategy planning, risk mitigation, administration. MIS, PIS, SCADA, MS Project, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio.
MAJOR PROJECTS
* 325Million Euro Ammonia / Urea Plants complex for consortium of M.W. Kellogg, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and KPIC
* 350Million USD Ammonia / Urea Plants Complex for SAFCO (SABIC) Saudi Arabia
* 600Milion USD Ammonia / Urea Plants Complex for SAFCO (SABIC) Al Jubail
* 56Million USD Mechanized Urea Bagging & Shipment Facilities, King Fahad Industrial Port
* Lube refinery Revamp & Upgrade, National Refinery Ltd
* VCM Incineration & HCL Scrubbing Plant for Petrokemya SABIC
* Tail Gas Treatment Plant for Sulphur Recovery Unit Cubatao Refinery PETROBRAS, Brasil
* Sour Gas Incineration & Treatment Facility for GE Silicones / Momentive WV
* Noxidizer Trains for MECS for DuPont Plant at Chevron Refinery W.Virginia
Numerous other domestic and international projects.
ACHIEVEMENTS
* Numerous plant projects completed. All are commissioned and operating profitably. None was ever delayed and most brought in anticipated or enhanced margin. Many customers gave repeat orders.
* A 350 Tonnes/Hr product handling and shipment facility was contracted out. After completion it was able to handle 700 Tonnes/Hr. Obaid made it possible without any impact on project cost or schedule.
* Obaid modified plant flare systems to use Natural Gas instead of Nitrogen. The Operating cost reduction was a saving of 16 Million M3 Nitrogen per year.
* Project was facing a financial loss of USD250,000 and loss of customer goodwill when imported pipe was rejected at an advanced stage. Obaid negotiated new Win-Win terms. It prevented USD230,000 and at the same time earned customer goodwill.
* Instead of building a new port terminal Obaid decided to modify existing 1.5Million tones/year facility to handle 5.0Million tones/year Urea. He successfully achieved this and in the process saved USD 15Million in capital investment plus prevented the need of additional O&M manpower.
AWARDS
Outstanding Performance Award from Dale Carnegie Training
Extra Effort Award from John Zink Management
Certificate of Appreciation from SAFCO President
Appreciation of Community Service from Embassy School
Certificate of Excellence from Microsoft
Obligated in the Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer by the Corporation of Seven Wardens
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Apr. 2005 Mar. 2009 Snr. Project Manager at JOHN ZINK COMPANY LLC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Oct. 2003 Sep. 2004 Lead Process / Project Engineer at M.W. KELLOGG (KBR), London UK
1992 - 2003 SAUDI ARABIAN FERTILIZER COMPANY SAFCO ( a SABIC Unit )
Al-Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia---Various positions: See details below.
2002 2003 Group leader (Superintendent Engg. Services)
1996 2001 Senior Project Engineer
1994 1996 Mechanical Engineer
1992 - 1994 Project Engineer
1991 - 1992 Mechanical Engineer at SAMAREC (SAUDIARAMCO) Riyadh Refinery, Saudi Arabia
19881991 Project Engineer I at EXXON CHEMICAL, Daharki Petrochemical Complex, Pakistan
19801988 Mechanical Engineer at NATIONAL REFINERY LTD. Oil Refineries Karachi
EDUCATION
19731980 N.E.D. University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. B.E. (mech.) Bachelor Of Mechanical Engineering
Project Management Professional Certification, Oklahoma State University College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology.
Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington. MCP (Microsoft certified professional) & MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer)
TRAINING
Dale Carnegie Course for Public Speaking & Effective Business Communications at Tulsa University, OK , U.S.A.
Advanced Flare Systems, arranged by John Zink Institute, U.S.A.
Thermal Oxidation Systems, arranged by John Zink Institute, U.S.A.
Advanced PERT & CPM Techniques, arranged by PETROMAN, Karachi.
" Project Management & Cost Engineering" arranged by AACE International.
Problem Solving & Decision Making arranged by KEPNER TREGOE, USA
Installation, Commissioning, Operations & Maintenance Of Computerized Tank Gauging Systems, arranged by ENRAF NONIUS, Delft, Holland.
Erection And Commissioning of Aluminum Floating Covers And Domes In Large
Storage Tanks, arranged by Aluminum Hutte , Rheinfeldon , West Germany.
Advanced PERT & CPM For Project Management, arranged by PIM
Fundamentals Of Safety Engineering, arranged by EXXON Corporation, Worldwide.
Inherent Safer Plants And HAZOP Courses, arranged by EXXON Chemical, International.
Exceptional Customer Service & Business communications, by McBride , Calgary, Canada
Plus several other short courses and seminars arranged by various organizations &
societies like AACE, ASME, ISA, IEEE, etc. time to time.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
PE , Pakistan Engineering Council
P.Eng APEGGA (Association of Professional Engineers and Geo-Scientists of Alberta )
Member PMI ( Project Management Institute )
Member AACE ( Association for Advancement of Cost Engineering )
MCP Microsoft Certified Professional
Affiliate Member ASME
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