Hesham Abdellatif

Manager Instrumentation & Control Customer-oriented General Manager with [21] years of experience focused on increasing revenues and expanding margin. Adaptive and deadline-oriented consistently executes and completes multiple projects in high-stress environments. Meticulous leader and strategic planner with comprehensive managerial acumen, offering vision and motivational acumen.

• Provide expert technical guidance and leadership in the field of I&C.
• Lead the design, Implementation and maintained of I&C systems to ensure they meet project specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Delivering a clearly defined and complete proposal package including detailed project Scope of Work, estimate, schedule, CTRs and other supporting documentation as required for successful kickoff of the project.
• Conduct hazard analyses and risk assessments related to I&C systems, ensuring potential risks are identified and mitigated.
• Single-point responsibility for managing identified project interfaces and ensure that all applicable information is captured to enable the engineers to propose a complete a project design, with manageable brownfield integration risk.
• Performed SIL verification activities to ensure that safety instrumentation functions (SIFs).
• Successfully implemented a SIL 2 related control system for a major oil Petroleum refinery to maintain safe operation of the process.
• Lead a project team to upgrade an existing system to meet SIL 3 requirements , resulting in improving overall safety and reliability
• Reviewing and approving vendor specifications and drawing for I&C Equipment’s.
• Managing Technical Queries during engineering, and coordinate responses.
• Managing cost, schedule and delivery during the engineering and procurement process.
• Managing Technical Bid Evaluation process and production of the Technical Bid Evaluation Report.
• Ensuring that the overall project is delivered to meet the asset operational needs.
• Review instrumentation related maintenance strategies. Develop, review and test the Inspection Plans for Instrument Protection systems, in order to ensure full compliance with approved scope of work.
• Overseeing and directing construction projects from conception to completion.
• Coordinating and participating in all project safety and design reviews as necessary.
• Ensuring that all work is completed without compromise to quality and is delivered according to the project schedule.
• Providing client with an excellent service, by delivering the projects in a safe manner to the agreed schedule dates and within approved budgets.
• Working closely with assets and work pack teams to identify opportunities to release drawings with holds and split work packs etc.
• Daily Relationship Management and interface with client PE and other stakeholders.
• Schedule approval – work with planning team to produce a base line schedule for client approval
• Change Management – Ensure any potential changes and variations are managed in a timely manner with the client’s approval and to the approved process.
• Follow up the daily construction activities on every job day by day and strictly follow up the punch format lists, ensure that obstacles are removed as quickly as possible and the work is well organized.
• Reviewing the project in-depth to schedule deliverables and estimate costs.
• Overseeing all onsite and offsite constructions to monitor compliance with building and safety regulations.
• Coordinating project activities, managing budgets and resources, and ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Responsible for planning and coordinating projects, supervising teams, and researching new products.
• Communication skills for overseeing staff and working with other management personnel.
• Develop strategies, manage budgets, and ensure successful project execution.
• Work closely with teams and collaborate with other management personnel.
• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills are essential.
• Responsible for leading and coordinating multiple projects across diverse teams.
• Responsible for creating project budgets and overseeing their successful execution throughout the year.
• Collaborating closely with various teams to ensure that projects are delivered on schedule and within budget, maintaining a high level of quality and adherence to organizational objectives.
• Conducted a detailed SIL assessment for the plants safety instrumented functions.
• Developed and verified safety requirement specifications.
• Coordinated with cross-Functional teams to implement safety improvement.
• Outcome: Enhanced system safety and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Risk Management – all associated risk are to be identified, assessed and registered with appropriate mitigation measures identified.
• Communication skills for overseeing staff and working with other management personnel
• Relevant training and/or certifications as an Engineering Manager
• Detail-oriented with the ability to catch minor errors which can result in major problems
• Ensure E&I engineering activities are conducted in accordance with regulatory requirements, Project specifications and approved variations if any.
• Conduct feasibility studies of instrumentation and Electrical for a cost-effective solution to address issues like frequent failures, obsolescence, and new technology upgrades.
• Review E&I maintenance history, recommend preventive maintenance requirements, and equipment strategies for reliable instrument functions.
• Identify plant engineering issues, recommend and implement solutions to various field instrumentation and F&G systems.
• Work closely with process engineers to ensure all instruments are functional. Work closely with regional and global team for guidance, feedback and support.
• Support projects team during development, execution, and commissioning by providing maintenance inputs where required.
• Support spare parts inventory management with warehouse supervisor to ensure high levels of plant availability.
• Manage vendors in coordination with procurement for purchases and prepare technical bid analysis and support major equipment purchase.
• Develop Preventive (PM) and Predictive (PdM) Maintenance Plans and associated maintenance procedures, guidelines, or work instructions.
• Provide planning support for major instrument and controls refurbishments and replacements, specifying scope of required work and technical details to ensure successful execution.
• Responsible for gaining and maintaining instrument and controls knowledge of units and instrument and controls changes to units, to enable effective operation and detection of unusual or abnormal instrument conditions.
• Responsible for the constrictions, commissioning and start up works maintaining instrument in the following units PPU, RFCC, CDU, MS BLOCK, MHC
• Responsible for overseeing I&C Pre-commissioning &commissioning activities to ensure EPC contractor deliver of all aspects of planning and commissioning activities.
• Provides clear guidance to the EPC contractor and facilities resolution of pipelines pre-commissioning /commissioning issues to meet project objectives and milestones.
• Actively Lead /participate in Pre-FEED, FEED and EPC activities.
• Analysing equipment failure data to identify patterns and trends.
• Conducting root cause analysis of failures to determine the underlying cause of problems.
• Responsible for improving instrumentation equipment and area reliability in their designated business area.
• Provide engineering knowledge and specialist techniques to prevent or to reduce the likelihood or frequency of failures.
• Performing tests and analysis and applying general engineering knowledge to solve problems.
• Developing and implementing the maintenance procedures.
• Implementing new procedures for monitoring and testing equipment that can improve equipment performance and reliability.
• Developing and implementing training programs for employees.
• Collaborating with other departments to ensure that reliability is integrated into all aspects of the organization.
• Reduced the probability of failure on demand (PFD) for critical safety systems through verification and validation efforts.
• Participate in Pre-Start-up Safety Reviews (PSSR).
• Resolve engineering issues that may arise and communicate with the project execution team.
• Ensure project objectives and strategies including safety and efficiency are achieved in the project development phase.
• Develop, Update and amend various policies and procedures related to project management department as and when required in consultation with the head of project engineering and another team member.
• Evaluate all projects under control to ensure synergies are identified early in project planning phase and develop value improvement plan for projects.
• Evaluate complex tasks and provide appropriate recommendations to management on issues.
• Provide support to other disciplines and contribute to other multi-disciplines tasks.
• Responsible for DCS Foxboro FCP-280 and TRICONEX ESD system (Maintenance and provide the spare part list and maintains the control system alarm and trip set points lists, Control narratives, Follow up Cause and effect diagram and Inst. tag list.
• Preparing documents, reports regarding maintenance, history cards and recording observations over equipment performance.
• Provide technical direction for the technical Management of Change (MOC).
• Follow up Tool Box Talk (TBT), Permit to Work (PTW) and Risk assessment activities on every job day by day held for instrument staff for each work permit.
• Improved system reliability and efficiency, resulting in enhanced operational performance and reduced maintenance costs.
• Oversaw the design, configuration and testing of control systems, ensuring minimal downtime and disruption to operations.
• Strictly follow up, reviewed the cause and effects for the ESD systems, review the FBD logics and implement the required modifications based on the operation requirements to ensure they meet project specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for DCS Emerson Delta V and SIS system (Maintenance and provide the spare part list and maintains the control system alarm and trip set points lists, Control narratives, Follow up Cause and effect diagram and Inst. tag list.
• Maintenance for F&G system, Analysers, All field instrument and Control systems.
• Follow up Tool Box Talk (TBT), Permit to Work (PTW) and Risk assessment activities on every job day by day held for instrument staff for each work permit
• CMMS, Preventive Maintenance (PM) and Corrective Maintenance (CM).
• Carry out HSE regulation and follow up the Polices.
• Participate in study repeated failure, chronicle problems, and develop root cause analysis, accountable for the safe execution of maintenance activities.
• Review equipment spare parts requirements, holdings of materials and special tools.
• SAP - Raising Purchase requisitions and raising PO's, performing technical bid evaluations, review & endorsement of vendor drawings & stores material reservation.
• Excellent knowledge on Bentley Nevada 3500 monitoring system.
• Follow up the control of annual maintenance CAPEX budgets for normal facilities.
• On job training for critical and unusual jobs to ensure quality and competency to drive national technician coaching, assessment & development in instrumentation and control, maintenance best practices and hazardous area Ex equipment maintenance.
• To ensure the proper update and the availability of current document, drawing, equipment datasheet, Instrument list, cause and effect, Root Cause analysis tools and Knowledgeable in Maintenance methodologies (RCM, FMECA, RCFA, etc.).
• To review the periodic job and shutdown plan and integrate it with other dep.
• Provide troubleshooting, technical direction, and supervision over preventive and breakdown maintenance to a wide range of Instrument & Control assets.
• Responsible for taking readings, utilizing plant data/control systems, and observing process conditions on a continual basis to maintain good control of the unit.
• Provide accurate and timely communication to co-workers and works with other functions to improve individual and unit performance.
• Develop and maintains site systems and procedures to implement corporate engineering and operational excellence standards.
• Assume lead role in providing high level technical assistance to maintenance teams and recommend changes to improve performance.
• Conduct quality assurance surveys on implementation of recommendations made for rectification or improvement in instrumentation in order to ensure the quality of implementation meets the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) design standards and company standards.
• Ensure all safety and critical spares are available and have right tracking.
• Meet all maintenance KPI’s with exceeding the target.
• Attended advanced workshops on SIL verification, risk assessment methodologies, and functional safety management.
• Managed the lifecycle of safety instrument systems (SIS).
• Provided training to engineering teams on functional safety principles, standards and best practices.
• Ensured adherence to regulatory requirements and industry standard for functional safety.
• 15+ YEARS WORK EXPERIENCE IN Petrochemical plant
• TCI SANMAR Petrochemicals Egypt – VCM 1 & 2 & 3 Plants, PVC Plants, Utilities, off sites, Continuous emission monitoring system devices for the plants stacks, EDC Plants.

• Passport Number: A25003122
• Notice Period: 1 Month
• Date of Birth: 05/23/1981
• Nationality: Egyptian
• Driving License: Available
• Marital Status: Married
• Religion: Moslem

• Control Valve Engineering Course Sizing & Selection, Oil&Gas Skills, Egypt, 2005.
• Measurements & instrumentation (Course), Oil&Gas Skills, Egypt, 2005.
• Training on SAP Program raising purchase requisitions service entries for contract invoices & stores material reservation and preparing documents, reports regarding maintenance, history cards and recording observations over equipment performance and Handling Preventive & Break down shut down Maintenance, 2007.
• Training on, WIKA and KSR Kuebler Product, Germany, 2014.
• Tailored Training on A Advance system Rockwell Automation, Pune, India, 2017.
• Training on, Honeywell (Experian) PKS 300, Pune, India, 2017.
• Training on, Honeywell ESD system, Pune, India, 2018.
• Training on, Yokogawa ESD system, Pune, India, 2018.
• Training on, Siemens Simatic PCS 7, Vasundhara Automation U.A.E, 2018.
• Training on, Honeywell (Experian) EX P50 Brussels, Belgium, 2018.
• Training on, Asset Life-Cycle Management – A Reliability journey, Egypt, 2022.