Abobakar Alanazi, General Manager

Abobakar Alanazi

General Manager

Gulf Consult

Location
Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
13 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 4 Months

General Manager at Gulf Consult
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • My current job since September 2019

- Restructured the organisation and successfully integrated all departments after 38 years of working individually
- Substantially lifted the spirit of 200 employees and gained their trust within a month
- Changed the way Gulf Consult do business and deal with clients
- Replaced the reactive mode of doing business into proactive mode
- Delegation of authorities and empowerment to Division heads and managers to better handle activities
- Empowered non-active Saudi employees and motivated them to perform and get rewarder. This approach helped in cutting down cost as well as increasing Saudization
- Visited C-level clients and decision makers to strengthen our business relationship
- Established great personal relationships with our competitors (ACES, RGF, Fugro, Alosaimi and Alkabi) to help create a healthy competition and mutual benefits

Business Development Manager at HAKA Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • July 2017 to September 2019

- Successfully achieved $35, 000, 000 of revenue for 2018
- Hustled my way through over $1Billion worth of projects in many segments
- Set up budget plan and forecasted revenue for the business development department
- Distribute and supervise the activities among team members
- Write up distribution agreements, MOUs and LOIs
- Work in parallel with the Saudi 2030 vision
- Communicate with international companies for joint ventures and consortiums
- Consult the Chairman and the board members on where to invest
- attend and evaluate various pitches that could expand HAKA Group activities
- Conduct and supervise the execution of heavy-medium SUV market survey
- Participate in exhibitions and conference locally and internationally
- Following up with the latest business news and identify market gaps
-Study income statement, cash flow and balance sheet for maximizing profit and identifying gaps

Maintenance & Reliability Team Leader at Saudi Aramco
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • December 2016 to July 2017

- Nominated by Marine Department Manager to be the reliability team leader and the guardian of the Reliability Operations committee (ROC)
- Saved Saudi Aramco $1, 200, 000 of direct cost only in the first 6 months off applying Total Plant Reliability Management (TPRM).
- Supervised the overall reliability improvement and optimization programs
- Reported and delivered reliability progress presentations on quarterly basis to the VP of Aramco and line Managers
- Coordinate and be a single point of contact with BIC Maintenance Facilitation Team to achieve BIC targets
- Review and update maintenance strategy annually to optimize equipment maintenance tasks
- Organized and led Preventive Maintenance optimization teams

Reliability Engineer at Saudi Aramco
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • January 2016 to July 2017

Marine Department, Marine Technical Services Division
- Assets Inventory and physical verification of vessel’s equipment
- Establish reliability processes and procedures
- Member of the Reliability Operation Committee integrating reliability processes
- Assign maintenance activities to all vessel equipment
- Set up notifications for Planned Preventive Maintenance on SAP System
- Add and remove equipment from SAP system
- Monitor department’s KPIs and maintenance dashboard
- Establishing root cause Analysis (FRACAS)
- Implement Aramco Standards and Procedures in carrying out maintenance activities.
- Write mothballing procedures tailored for marine equipment
- Integrating Total Plant Reliability Management team and drive work forward
- Create Core Document for Marine TPRM team with individual responsibilities and action plan
- Delivering presentations to higher management and Vice President of Aramco on Marine reliability status

Process Engineer at KJO
  • Saudi Arabia - AlKhafji
  • January 2013 to August 2015

Process Engineer
Engineering Support Department Technical Support Division -
Process Engineer ESD/TSD Project manager for Elimination of
Onshore Hazardous Operations
• Write the scope of work for the contractor to follow
• Select appropriate project team members and check their CVs
• Follow up with technical proposals and Operation requirement
• Establish a set of objectives to be achieved on weekly basis
• Insure that the contractor is working within the set time scale

ESD/TSD Representative for Khafji Ratawi Water Injection
Facilities (KRWIF) project
• Supporting the project team in technical and standards related matters
• Waiver processing and evaluation as per Saudi ARAMCO Standards
• Coordinating between ESD and PMT regarding various technical aspects
• Participating in technical meetings, Design Reviews, HAZOP/HAZID and Factory Acceptance Tests inside and outside
of Saudi Arabia
• Reviewing design packages, giving comments
and collecting comments from QAQC, TSD and DDS
• Familiar with international ASME, ANSE, API and other Oil & Gas
industrial standards
• Separator sizing verification and HYSYS model development for Hout Project
• Attended 3 weeks Factory Acceptance Test in Abu Dhabi with Honeywell for DCS
• Taking the lead in analyzing the risks and eliminate
hazardous operations

Specialist Engineering Section / Process Engineer
• Supporting operating departments by handling Engineering Study Requests (ESRs) and arranging meetings for continues progress
• Providing consultations and field support to KJO plants and
facilities. Support/review of capital project developments and
review design
• Participating in Start-up Meetings
• Developed Mothballing (preservation) procedures for offshore and onshore plants
• Participated in FEED verification meetings
• Give comments on other project’s PFDs P&IDs, detail drawings,
stress analysis and Process simulation.

Project Engineer at KJO
  • Saudi Arabia
  • August 2011 to May 2013

Upgrading Hout Crude Onshore Facilities (UHCOF) Project Team
• Worked in design office in Milan with Techint on the EPC phase.
• Separator sizing verification and HYSYS model development.
• Tank Foundation design and wall thickness calculations
• Progress presentation to Executive Director of Operations (EDO), Executive Director of Business (EDP), Project Manager and project team.
• Attended 3 weeks Factory Acceptance Test in Abu Dhabi with Honeywell for DCS
• Following up with contractors and sub-contractors construction progress (Primavera).
• Reporting the procurement and construction progress on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Checking critical lifting calculation and method statement.

Mechanical Engineer at KJO
  • Saudi Arabia
  • September 2010 to August 2012

Mechanical Engineer - Facilities Planning Division
• Conduct mechanical studies in major field developments required by proponents and contributing in development of Design Base Scoping Paper (DBSP) for the Project.
• Study the feasibility of new project and development proposals.
• Evaluate current assets in order to optimize operation and reliability

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at University of Leeds
  • July 2010

I was on a scholarship from Aramco Gulf operation. I attended 2 summer programs to develope team working, leadership and managment. Scored an "A" in my final year project. Bachelor of Engineering with honours

Specialties & Skills

Workshop Presentation
Presentation Preparation
Presentation Development
Microsoft Office
Data Presentation
MicroSoft Office
Presentation Skills & communication
negotiation
operations management
key account management
materials
marketing strategy
marketing management
ms project
operation
project execution
program management
primavera p6
team leadership
project planning
procurement
marketing

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

IMechE
  • Memeber
  • December 2007

Training and Certifications

Rotating/Static Equipment Design (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Primavera (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Applied Project management (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Hydrocarbon Properties and Behavior (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Aspen HYSYS: Process Modeling (Training)
Training Institute:
Aspen Technology
Pipe Stress Analysis (Training)
Training Institute:
Define
Hazard Identification (Training)
Training Institute:
Al Khafji Joint Operations
Area Classification and Types of Equipment (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Industrial Safety (Training)
Training Institute:
Haward Technology Middle East
Introduction to Exploration and Production (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Crude Oil Pumping System / Gas Compression (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Logic Diagram (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Oil and Gas Metering and Delivery System (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Gathering Systems (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Introduction to Industrial Safety & Control (Training)
Training Institute:
ISA
Process Equipment (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Subsurface - Surface Optimization Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Schlumberger
Flow of Fluid (Single and Multi- Phase Flow) (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
BPV Code, Section VIII, Division 1 Combo Course (Training)
Training Institute:
ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Water Treatment (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Software on Oil and Gas Processing (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Relief and Flare System (Training)
Training Institute:
PetroSkills | John M. Campbell
Aspen HYSYS: Advanced Process Modeling (Training)
Training Institute:
Aspen Technology
Project Management (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Gas Processing (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Oilfield Corrosion Management System (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Positive Influence & Leadership Development (Training)
Training Institute:
Partners in Training Ltd.
Instrumentation Basics / Instrumentation Field Devices (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Introduction to Surface Facilities Engineering (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
HAZOP/HAZID Course (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Defensive Driving Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Al Khafji Joint Operations
Computerized Control Plant, PLC and SCADA (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Reliability Eng. Risk Control Eng (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Oil Processing and Fluid Separation (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Utilities Design and Operations (Training)
Training Institute:
NExT Schlumberger
Over 30 Technical courses by schlumberger, further detail on the CV (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2010
Valid Until:
July 2011

Hobbies

  • Kickboxing, surfing, snowboarding, cooking
    Golden medal for England's kickboxing competition.