Muhammad Nouman Zafar

About the Candidate

Muhammad Nouman Zafar
Planning Engineer / Maintenance Planner / Planner
+966-503223301  m.noumanzaffar@gmail.com

CAREER SUMMARY
A Graduate Engineer having Professional Experience in Gulf (KSA, QATAR) and Asia including Oil and Gas Sector, Fertilizer Plant, Substations, Electric Power Company, and Thermal Power Plant with the following experience and attributes.
• E&I Department – EPC projects, O&M, and Shutdowns.
• Mechanical Plant Maintenance – Shutdowns.
• Civil Construction.
• Planning, Execution, and Proposal Departments.
• Excellent computer skills in Programming and Web Development.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering 2014-2018
COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan
• Intermediate (Pre-Engineering) 2011-2013
City College of Science and Commerce, Multan, Pakistan
• Matriculation (Science) 2009-2011
Noukhez Public High School, Multan, Pakistan
COURSES & CERTIFICATIONS
• Primavera P6 | Skill Development Council Canada
• MS Project | Udemy
• MS Excel Advanced | Creative Institute of IT, Multan, Pakistan
• Project Management | SkillUP by Simplilearn
• Procurement and Contract Management | Pakistan Engineering Council
• PEC Leadership Program | PEC in Collaboration with YP2G MINDFIT U.K.
• Energy Audit Tools and Techniques | Pakistan Engineering Council
• Planning & Design of Micro Hydropower Plant | Pakistan Engineering Council
• Digital Transformation & Impact of IOT | Pakistan Engineering Council
• Risk Assessment & Management | Pakistan Engineering Council
• Industry 4.0 | Pakistan Engineering Council
• Public Policy: Engineer’s Perspective | Pakistan Engineering Council
• Web Development | Punjab Information Technology Board, Pakistan
• MS Power BI | INTECH
• Amazon FBA Business | DigiPakistan
• IELTS | British Council
TRAININGS
• Plant Safety Induction | SAUDI ARAMCO
• Plant Safety Induction | SABIC
• Plant Safety Induction | SASREF
• Plant Safety Induction | QATAR PETROLEUM
• Permit to Work Receiver | QATAR FERTILIZER COMPANY
• Permit to Work Receiver | QATARGAS NORTH
• Breathing Apparatus / H2S Effects | ENERTECH QATAR
• LOTO | SIEMENS QATAR
COMPUTER SKILLS
• Primavera P6, MS Project
• MS OFFICE, MS Dynamics, MS Power BI
• Oracle JD Edwards, Letatwin PC Editor
• C++, WordPress, PHP, HTML, CSS
• Simulink, Proteus
• PCB Designing, AutoCAD, MATLAB
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Member of Pakistan Engineering Council Reg # ELECT/77647
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

OLAYAN DESCON, KSA Oct 2023 to Date
Projects:
• Air Liquide – YASREF | Air Pre-Heater Replacement & TA 2024
• PETROKEMYA South – SABIC | Furnace Structure Repair
• SAUDI ARAMCO Jubail Refinery | Major TA 2024
• SAUDI ARAMCO Yanbu Refinery | Major TA 2023
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Planning, Scheduling, and Costing Engineer.
• Lead the team for Cost Estimation for complete/additional scope of the project.
• Attend Kick-off meetings with clients, discuss the scope of the project, and mobilization plan of equipment and manpower.
• Prepare Level-3, Level-4 baseline Schedules.
• Lead the Planning team for the allocated area, and monitor the pre-shutdown activities including tagging of equipment, scaffolding erection, and pre-fabrication.
• Monitor the progress during TA including Instrumentation and Mechanical scope.
• Removal and installation of thermowells, tube skin, corrosion probes, control valves.
• Prepare budget of the project according to the deployment plan of manpower and equipment.
• Conduct meetings with Subcontractors and discuss the scope of the project, issues, and risks.
• Update the equipment mobilization status daily.
• Follow up with Administration for Complete Manpower update including their ID status, Safety inductions, and plant access.
• Prepare and send progress reports for Pre-TA activities.
• Prepare work packages for TA (Columns, Furnace, Heat Exchangers, Vessels, Line Defects, Valves, Line inspections, Line cleaning, Painting).
• Material tracking and monitor S-curves for scaffolding.
• Conduct Meetings with the team, discuss the status of procurement, and look-ahead plan.
• Prepare MOMs of the meetings.
• Prepare and update the daily narration sheet during TA.
• Collect and update the daily progress from allocated site.
• Follow up with QC for box up reports.
• Daily Site visit and monitor the planned vs actual progress.
• Attend meetings with SAUDI ARAMCO for site issues.
• Verify the quantity claims/invoices of subcontractors.
• Prepare forms with quantity and cost for additional work during TA.
• Conduct meetings with client, and site visit with the execution team, discuss the additional scope and prepare Method of Statement with drawings, and lifting plan.
• Coordinate with the client’s operations team for PSSR and prepare punch lists.
• Lead the team for Post TA Activities including Operations support, Punch list closure, Scaffolding removal, Insulation and cladding works, Spare bundles hydro jetting, Material returning to client, and Demobilization of manpower and equipment.
• Prepare invoices for base PO, additional scope, and emergent scope as per payment milestones.
• Work with Proposal department for segregation of work packages and prepare the list of scope/documents for subcontracted services.
• Prepare the list of clarifications according to the given scope.
• Develop estimating plans in response to Request for Proposal (RFP) received from Clients.
• Evaluate scope of work, drawings, and other related documentation to recognize the requirement.

INTECH Process Automation (USA), Pakistan Feb 2023 to Oct 2023
Major Projects:
• Tuzkol Munai Gaz Operating | Supply of I&C Material related to Tank Gauging & DeltaV Control System
• ADNOC | Maintenance Support Services for Wellhead Platforms
• Tengizchevroil | Supply of 37 Nos Wellhead Control Panels
• PARCO | Supply, Configuration, Installation, and Commissioning of High Accuracy Digital Instrumentation for White Oil Pipeline System
• Orient Petroleum | Modification of Solar system for existing WHCP
• OGDCL | SCADA system for 07 Nos Wells
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Planning Engineer (Projects Portfolio Controller) for different BU’s (Pakistan, UAE, Nigeria, and Kazakhstan).
• Prepare Level-3, Level-4 baseline Schedules and update according to requirements.
• Prepare CMRs for revised baseline delivery date.
• Prepare and Validate the Cost Control Sheet of each project (Budget Monitoring–Bidding, Actual, Forecast).
• Prepare WIP and Revenue Forecasting on monthly basis for all projects of the portfolio.
• Prepare and update Cashflows.
• Track and validate invoices for all projects.
• Resource allocation, and Resource Leveling.
• Prepare Resource Loading Analysis for fiscal year.
• Update and analyze data for the whole portfolio dashboard in MS Power BI.
• Track Purchase Orders in MS Dynamics and update the status in schedules and cashflows.
• Prepare Progress Reports and S-curves.
• Prepare MOMs of the weekly BU Meetings.
• Prepare documents for Audit of each project.
• Update Project highlights, risks, and issues.
• Conduct Weekly Meetings with the team and discuss the action items of each project.
• Approve the expenses of Resources.
• Approve and validate Timesheets of all the resources.
• Verify the OKRs of each resource of the portfolio at the end of FY.
• Attend meetings with clients and discuss the look-ahead plan.
• Highlight the cost deviations, potential risks & issues, and discuss with PM.
• Prepare Work Orders and assign resources in Web-App for Global Site Services Portfolio.

220 K.V Grid Station, Muzaffargarh, Pakistan (Shutdown)

Duration: September 2021 – November 2021
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Site Supervision for field activities.
• Coordination with Testing team for testing of various equipment.
• Testing of C.T through C.T. Analyzer.
• Testing of Circuit breakers and Earthing joints.
• Prepare Report.
• Monitoring of Control room and other activities in grid yard.
• Analyzing control panels, relay panels and distribution panels.
• Visit Battery room and monitor operations.

Al-Razzak Cotton Industries, Shuja Abad, Pakistan

Duration: February 2021
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Monitoring of electrical works inside the factory premises.
• Monitoring of distribution and power supply panels.
• Cabling work, glands, and termination.

Thermal Power Plant Muzaffargarh, Pakistan

Duration: November 2020
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Monitoring of various field activities in power plant.
• Working and maintenance of exchangers, and pumps.
• Site visits with Supervisor.
• Discussions with the team for operations and maintenance.

Freelance (Project Management, Web Development, E-Commerce)

Duration: August 2020 – February 2023
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Project Planning, Scheduling, & Budgeting on Primavera P6.
• CPM analysis, WBS creation, Resource allocation, and Milestones.
• Prepare Gantt charts, Histograms, and S-curves.
• Prepare spreadsheets for all the gathered data.
• Prepare and design invoices, graphs, and charts.
• Product Research on Amazon, and other e-commerce platforms.
• Design Websites, and upload content as per client’s requirement.
• Analyze models of FBA Business, Daraz, and their shipment plans.

DESCON ENGINEERING QATAR L.L.C, QATAR

February 2019 to December 2019
Projects:
• QAFCO | Installation of UPS and Battery Banks at QAFCO-1,2, and Cable laying for turning gear motor in Ammonia-4
• KAHRAMAA, SIEMENS QATAR | QPTSE Phase 5 – 132/11 KV AL-SADD3 Substation
• QATARGAS | Upgrade of POIS System across QG assets
• QATARGAS | Shutdown of Train-3
• QATARGAS | Shutdown of Train-6
Role & Responsibilities:
• Work as a Project Engineer/Planning Engineer according to the nature of the Project.
• Supervise all the documentation of the Projects and Lead the execution team.
• Attend meetings with Clients and discuss the look-ahead plan, changes in site conditions, and daily progress report.
• Establish work priorities and make sure procedures are followed and deadlines are met.
• Review the Job Safety Analysis with Client’s Safety Personnel.
• Site Visits with Client’s Project In-charge and Electrical Personnel for LOTO, Queries, and Progress at Site.
• Prepare Laying Status Report of all the laid cable drums.
• Prepare Ferrules for termination of cables.
• Prepare and Submit RFIs, MARs, and DPR’s.
• Prepare BOQs/BOMs of the materials.
• Site Visits with the Team and QG Host.
• Meeting with the Superintendent Engineer for routine tasks, and resource deployment.
• Check the on-going activities as per the given drawing.
• Deliver the Safety Topic to the Site Supervisors.
• Monitoring of day-to-day activities from each Supervisor.
• Check punch points and progress at Site.
• Provide assistance to the Vendors for Testing and Commissioning.
• Installation of Panels, Cable Trays, Base support, C-channel, Unistrut channel, Battery Isolators, Earthing busbars, MCT frames/blocks, Battery Banks, hydrogen detector, fire alarm, manual call point, fluorescent lights, JB’s, isolator switch, power socket, & conduit.
• Installation of HVAC ducts, louvers, fire damper, and diffusers.
• Cable laying, glanding and termination. Continuity and IR tests.
• Supervision of Civil works including plumbing works i.e., fixing of ppr and upvc pipes, excavation, rebar fixing, formwork, bitumen coating, laying of membrane, concreting, fixing of stucco mesh, plastering, backfilling, compaction, fixing of tiles, filling of acid resistant, painting and fixing of fire rated steel door.
• Tracing and marking of equipment, blind locations, and valves.
• Supervision of Mechanical Maintenance activities including blinding, deblinding, replace/remove gaskets (CS and Graphite), opening of manway trays, cleaning (manual and power brushing), bundle removal/installation, channel head removal/installation, spool
installation, mesh installation, replace/clean demister pads and box up.
• Responsible for all the Work Permits at the Site.
• Monitor all Pre-shutdown activities and arrange materials as per site conditions.

220 K.V Grid Station, Muzaffargarh, Pakistan

Duration: November 2018 to December 2018 Duties & Responsibilities:
• Supervision for field activities during shutdown.
• Maintenance of Transformers.
• Prepare and maintain documents for Expansion Project of Grid Station.
• Daily Site Visit, discussions with Supervisor, and monitor progress.
• Erection of Circuit Breakers and other equipment.
• Assist the Manager for Site and off-site activities.

Trainee Engineer

September 2018 to November 2018
MEPCO, Multan, Pakistan

Role & Responsibilities:
• Observe all the tasks in the associated departments of the company.
• Supervise all the activities in the grid yard.
• Visit the control room and battery room to note the readings.
• Learn all the activities according to the Single Line Diagram of the grid station.
• Learn about the testing, protection, and measurement of various equipment.
• Monitor power transmission and all processes at the substation.
• Gain professional experience in working and testing of Meters, cables, panels, transformers.
• At the end of the training, prepare and submit a training report.

Trainee Engineer

July 2017 to August 2017
500 K.V. Grid Station, Multan, Pakistan
Role & Responsibilities:
• Daily Site Visits and check the ongoing activities in the grid yard.
• Visit the battery room and Control Room and monitor the ongoing activities.
• Learn all the activities according to the Single Line Diagram of the grid station.
• At the end of the training, prepare and submit a training report.

Trainee Engineer

July 2016 to August 2016
Thermal Power Plant, Muzaffargarh, Pakistan
Role & Responsibilities:
• Check and monitor all the ongoing activities in the field and control room.
• Learn all the processes of power generation.
• Visit the control room and check field activities and note their values.
• Monitor working of Steam turbines, cooling towers, and draft fans.
• Monitor power transmission in the yard.
• Prepare diagrams according to the whole process of the power plant.
• At the end of the training, prepare and submit a training report.

AWARDS
• Fully Funded Scholarship from EIT INNOENERGY Master’s School for dual degree Masters at KU LEUVEN, BELGIUM and Grenoble INP, FRANCE.
• Appreciation Award from SASREF for excellent performance and outstanding contribution during SASREF 2024 Major Turnaround.
• Appreciation Award from SAUDI ARAMCO for outstanding efforts during Yanbu Refinery 2023 Turnaround.
• Appreciation Award from DESCON ENGINEERING QATAR L.L.C for the safe and successful execution of the QAFCO UPS Project.
• Appreciation Award from DESCON ENGINEERING QATAR L.L.C for successful completion of QATARGAS Train 3/SRU-02 Shutdown.
• Certificate of the best performance from CITY COLLEGE for appreciable performance in co- curricular activities.