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Ahmed Mostafa Helmy Mostafa
Instruments and Control Engineer – Oil & Gas Industry / Aluminum Refinery
Mobile: (00966)546506181 / (002) 01221676215
ahmedhelmy87@yahoo.com
 Diploma (September2008 to May2009)
 Diploma 9 month program in ITI at a computer network department, Cairo-Egypt.
 B.Sc. Degree (September2003 to June2008)
 B.Sc. in Communications and Electronics Engineering, faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University.
o Graduation year: July 2008
o Overall Grade: Good (74.7%)
o Grade of Last Year: Very Good (81%)
 Graduation project titled “Coding in communication systems” with degree “Excellent”.
(November2014 - Present)
 Instruments Reliability Engineer at MA`ADEN Aluminum Company in Saudi-Arabia.
 My Work Tasks:
 Identify improvements, develop, review and Implement with discipline supervisor action plans to
achieve maintenance targets and KPI’s.
 Perform technical and economic analyses through detailed analysis of historical reliability data and the
identification of equipment vulnerabilities to justify improvements and recommend priorities.
 Liaising with discipline supervisor, communicate with other departments (operations, Maintenance
team, Engineering, etc …) to ensure plant vulnerability and reliability issues are addressed, investigated,
and effective action plans in place.
 Instrument drawings, data sheets, I/O wiring diagrams, P&IDs, specifications, charts and graphs.
 Do A3 proposal report for the critical issues which need to be focus with action plan and follow.
 Use Management of Change System (MOC) and Notice Of Defects (NOD) in all discipline activities
improvements and modifications.
 Utilize company document management system (Aconex) in managing company controlled documents
to ensure valid and credible information.
 Lead / Participate in plant Root Cause Failure Analysis.
 Participate in plant pre-commission and commissioning activities.
 Doing PM and Asset Activities maintenance plan through EAM oracle system to increase the life time
for different instruments and any issue to be detected.
 Work with area maintenance supervisors to improve instruments reliability through maintenance work.
 Direct communication with vendors to follow spare parts issues, get technical recommendations for
instruments issues and get quotations for recommended spare parts (Krohne, Endress Hauser,
Honeywell, Flowserve, Pentair, Wika, Atlas Copco).
 Review instruments Spare parts and update the min/max according to our needs and cost optimization.
 Catalog the new spare parts through MDRM program and relate the new oracle code to BOM.
 Ensure spares are correctly described, ordered, received, stored, and preserved in accordance to
manufacturing recommendation to be fit for use upon need.
 Managing of spare parts purchasing routine including technical evaluation, cost estimation and
coordination with procurement to review the vendor`s quotations.
 Provide and develops the instrumentations scope of work and supervised the installation and testing
during commissioning.
Current Position
Education

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 Participate and coordinate with project team for small project in addition to doing the punch list.
 Prepare and periodically review / update maintenance procedures – in conjunction with supervisor - and
strictly adherence to these procedures to ensure safe and effective maintenance activities.
 Prepare in conjunction with Planning and Discipline Supervisor to implement plant shutdown and
turnarounds maintenance activity plans to meet company targets and KPI’s.
 Troubleshoot, Locate equipment faults and operating irregularities by making the necessary diagnostic
tests, measurements and analyses then plan toward remedy.
 Develop/ review Standard work instruction (SWI) for all discipline equipment according to Instruments
Original Manufacture (IOM) recommendation and maintenance best practices.
 Utilize Incident Handling System (IHS) to record any safety issue with providing corrective actions.
(July2009 – October2014)
 Instruments & Field Control Engineer in Amreya Petroleum Refining Company (A.P.R.C) - Linear
Alkyl Benzene (LAB) Complex (Petrochemicals Plant in Egypt).
 Perform/ supervise all maintenance activities and overhaul for all plant Instrument equipment during
normal operation and Turnaround / Shutdowns according to company policies and procedures to
improve the reliability of plant assets and equipment’s to meet maintenance targets and KPI’s.
 Installation, testing, trouble shooting, calibration and Maintenance for different instruments in the field.
 Supervising all instrumentation activities on site such as loop check, Start Up, Commission& Shutdown.
 Interlock of Heaters, Reciprocator Compressors and Pumps.
 Monitoring for the plant through DCS and PLC (Foxboro, Honeywell and UOP)
 Prosecution Foxboro System (input, output modules, Barriers and control processor).
 Trends, Overwrite, Alarms, Soft maintenance.
 Management works (Work Permit, work order, purchase order, Permission Exchange…etc).
 Prosecution related activities like Fittings, welding works, scaffolds, Lifting works, and workshops.
 Dealing with the following instruments:
 Control valves, Positioners, Actuators and Hand Control (Flowserve, Fisher, Masoneilan, Pentair & Samson).
 Analog and smart Pressure and Flow Transmitters (Rosemount, Foxboro, ABB & Honeywell).
 Analog and smart Level Transmitters (Fisher, Foxboro, Krohne, ABB, Masoneilan & E+H).
 Flow, Level, Pressure and Temperatures Switches (Cella, Ashcroft and Drexel Brook).
 Vibration Switches (Bentaly Nevada), Temperature Transmitters (Cella, Ashcroft, Honeywell).
 Turbine Flow Meter (Brooks).
 Analyzers (Green instruments, Siemens).
 Rotary Valve system (Operation, Maintenance and Trouble-shooting).
 Instrument Air Dryer/Air Compressor (Process, Control, Prosecution and troubleshooting).
 Truck Loading System (Installation, Wiring and Troubleshooting).
 Pressure and Temperature Gauges (Install, Limitation, Prosecution).
 Provide the instruments scope of work for Port Caustic Unloading Facility and supervised the installation and
testing during commissions.
 Review and update BOM (Bill of material) for 1000 transmitters and control valves.
 Participating in a Full Shutdown of the Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB) Complex for 40 days including:
 Check all Control Valves in the field.
 Calibration all I/Ps and Test Control Valves.
 Replace Packing, Check positioners.
 Loose Some of Control Valves and install new spare parts.
 Check level transmitters (Testing, Calibration, and loosing, installing new spare parts).
 Check Pressure and flow transmitters (Testing, calibration, and loosing, installing new spare parts).
 Check turbine meters (check cards, check internal assembly, install new spare parts).
 Install and Replace Pressure and Temperature Gauges.
 Check Level Glass (Cleaning, Loosing, installing new spare parts).
Previous Work:
July2009 –
October2014
Accomplishments

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 Check Switches (Calibration, Testing).
 Planning, Commissioning, Testing and Startup of IBM Maximo Asset Management project.
 Creating a Database of all the instruments equipments in the complex.
 Working as a team work with all maintenance engineers (Electrical, Mechanical).
 Participating in a project to change the flare line of the complex with EMC Company.
 Loose and install cables, trays and supports over 2000 meters distance.
 Lifting works (Lifter, Fork, scaffolds)
 Participating in a Full Shutdown of the Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB) Complex for 2 months including:
 Control Valves (Maintenance, Calibration, Testing).
 Level Transmitters (Maintenance, Calibration, Sweeping).
 Flow Transmitters (Maintenance, Calibration, Sweeping).
 Level Switches (Maintenance, Calibration, Sweeping).
 Install new level gauges for tanks (Displacer, Guides, counter gear).
 Replace Vessels, Columns, Heat Exchangers.
 Install new skin temperature transmitters for heaters of the complex with Petromaint Company
 Welding works, Scaffolds, Blowdown and install the transmitters.
 Honeywell Experion PKS Fundamentals Operation
 Primavera 6 Program level 1 Certified at OGS
 Maximo 7 Program Certified at OGS
 CCNA Certified (Cisco Certified Network Associated).
 MCTS - MCSA Certified (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist/System Administration).
 September2015:
 Honeywell FDM training (Field Device Manager).
 June2015:
 Investigation, troubleshooting and identify spares for different krohne products (RADAR level
transmitters, magnetic flow meter, ultrasonic).
 March2015:
 Honeywell Experion PKS Fundamentals Operation
 July2009 – October2014:
 Instruments & Field Control Engineer in Amreya Petroleum Refining Company (A.P.R.C).
 September2014:
 Attending a Seminar for Ashcroft company`s products.
 May2013:
 OSHA General Course at Engineering Syndicate.
 February2013:
 Automatic Control For Engineers Course at APRC Company for 30 Hours includes:
 Process Control, PID, Area Classifications and Control Valve Sizing.
 Shutdown Items of Heaters, Reciprocating Compressors.
 Aprill2012:
 Instrumentations System Course at OGS Company, for 60 Hours.
 March2012:
 Process control Course at Enppi Company, for 60 Hours.
 March 2011:
 Primavera 6 Program Course at OGS (Oil& Gas Skills) Company, for 60 Hours.
 January 2011:
 Planning of Maintenance and Operation at OGS Company, for 60 Hours.
Experience& Training
Certifications

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 May 2010:
 Maximo 7 Program training at Petromaint Company (Training & Testing).
 August 2005, July 2006 and July 2007 :
 Training in Alexandria Distribution Electricity Company and Telecom Egypt Company.
 2005-2008:
 IEEE member
IT Courses
 CCNA
 VOIP
Soft Skills Courses
 Presentation& Communications Skills
 Project Management
Operating System Courses
 Ms Windows Server 2003
 Linux, Unix Fundamentals
Database and Web Courses
 Database Fundamentals
 Introduction to Web Technologies (HTML)
 English: Very Good (speaking and listening), Excellent (Writing and Reading)
 Arabic : Mother Tongue
 French : Elementary
 Data of Birth: February 16,1987
 Nationality: Egyptian
 Marital Status: Married
 Resident: Saudi-Arabia
 Address in Egypt: 2 khaled ibn elwalid,
Alexandria – Egypt
 Military status: Exemption
 Passport: yes
 Driving License: yes (Egypt & GCC)
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