Ehab Gameel Lamee is a 19-year veteran in construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of power plants and oil & gas facilities. He has extensive experience managing projects up to $10 million USD and specializes in troubleshooting, failure analysis, and training. His career includes roles at Ras Gas, Kharafi National Construction, and General Electric in Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and other countries.
1. EHAB GAMEEL LAMEE
Qatar: (+974) 3379 0760
Egypt: (+2012) 2224 7887 - (+202) 333 55 202
ehab_lamee_ge@hotmail.com 0r ehab.lamee@gmail.com
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Career Summary:
19 years expert in construction and commissioning of power plant. As well as Oil & Gas
fields until handing over to the end user. My profession extends to maintaining a
running plant and strategic planning for obsolescence and brown field projects. Project
management up to $10 MUSD.
Professional E&I in trouble shooting and eliminating bad actors and root cause failure
analysis. Exceptional trainer who develop training manuals that suite customer needs.
MBA certified.
SKILLS:
Active & Organized candidate who pursue his objectives
Expert in GE Control system Mark5, Mark6 & Mark6e as well as CCC control system,
with management & engineering skills
Understand Customer needs & good provider for customer services.
Works under pressure and Creative with excellent communication and presentation
skills
Very friendly with positive attitude
Key Achievements:
Eliminate one of the bad actors at Ras Gas which cost approximate 4 million USD due
to the unnecessary trips or shut down.
Asset market opportunity and create $2 M of CM
Plan, execute and manage the first MKII to MKVIe control system upgrade with
QEWC.
Career History:
Ras Gas Machinery control specialist Jan 2013 to Dec 2015
Kharafi National Construction/Commissioning Manager Nov 2010 to Dec 2012
General Electric Field Engineer / Application Engineer / Sales Manager / Contract
performance Manager / Service Director Jan 1997 to Sep 2010
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Engineering Benha Higher Institute of Technology, 1996
MBA Master in Business Administration, 2013, University of Wales, UK.
Patent:
Filter house pulse jet patent published 3/3/2011 and it’s registered under GE. Please
check the below links.
https://www.google.com.au/patents/US8114196
http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20110048236
2. WORK EXPERIENCE:
SENIOR TURBINE CONTROL ENGINEER AT SSE
Dubai - UAE
January 2016 - Present
MKV to MKVIe control system upgrade at KOC, Kuwait. Support loop check,
commissioning and start-up.
Gas turbine commissioning of liquid fuel operation ate KNPC, Kuwait. Loop check,
pre-recommissioning check, testing and start-up. GE MKVIe control system.
Support CSA team at Gorgon project, West Australia. Restart of Train 1,
implementation of lesson learned and troubleshooting operation issue.
SPECIALIST MACHINERY CONTROL SYSTEM AT RAS GAS
Doha - Qatar
January 2013 – December 2015
Part of FEED (Front End Engineering Design) team for Ras Gas DLN project on GE
frame 5 and 7 gas turbines
Manage shutdown activates to be executed safely and in time
Manage Life Cycle Management plan (LCM) for GE and CCC control system. Develop
annual and long term budget to cover LCM upgrades
Manage day to day operation activity from trouble shooting and engineering
resolution
Improve equipment strategy to suit Ras Gas operation and maintenance cycle plan
Optimize LNG process to minimize losses and improve availability
Document lesson learned from project / outages and implement them in the future
outcomes
Review process alarms on daily bases, communicate with operation and maintenance
team with the corrective actions
Communicate lesson learned with other assets and discuss possible implementation if
applicable
Follow Ras Gas Element of Excellence (RGEE) to document all engineering changes
through eMOC process (electronic Management Of Change)
Participate in continuous improvement activities by identifying and appropriately
escalating process
Expert in instrumentation erection and maintenance
Provide junior engineers with technical expertise and support
Other role, QA/testing/documentation role quality assurance/quality control
Control systems involved are GE Speedtronic MKV, MKVI, MarkVIe, Bentley Nevada
3500 (System 1), CCC (Compressor controls corporation) – Series 3+ & 5, Allen Bradley
PLC5, S2M Turbo-expander control system.
CONSTRUCTION & COMMISSIONING MANAGER AT KHARAFI NATIONAL
Al-Shabab Power Station Ismailia 8x9E GE Gas Turbine - Egypt
West Damietta Power Station 4x9E GE Gas Turbine - Egypt
November 2010 - December 2012
Constructing and commissioning manager of 8 gas turbine frame 9001 made by
General Electric with MKVIe control system 1100 MW (Gas and Distillate)
3. Managing a crew of 12 engineers, 2 supervisor, 14 foramens, 12 technicians and 15
helpers
Managing different vendors with different tasks starting with cable pulling, calibration
lab, parts procurement … etc
Resolving engineering issues with vendors
Resolving BOP construction issues as well as update drawing with as build (DCS
Yokogawa, DCS METSO desalination plant from IMET)
Develop and implement project plan
Lead commissioning strategy to meet the time schedule
Ensure the monitoring and measurement of commissioned equipment against agreed
outcomes and project objectives
Ensure that contracts and agreements include specific and measurable criteria in
relation to cost, outputs, outcomes, quality assurance
Develop a reporting structure
Manage start up, commissioning and operation of the all 8 units + BOP equipment
Facilitate commissioning schedule and direct daily work activities of team members
Provide detailed commissioning and operation progress reports
Undertake all other duties as required
SERVICE MANAGER AT GRANITE
Johannesburg - South Africa
November 2009 - September 2010
Manages workflow and quality of work performed by Service Managers
Provides guidance to all reporting Service Managers with consultation from the
Region Manager
Manages sales and financial responsibilities; including inventory analysis, accounts
receivable, invoice review, and Operating Plan targets
Negotiates service agreements with client
Assists with recruiting and hiring prospective employees
Maintains client contact to assess long-term staffing needs
Ensures proper procedures and processes are being followed by the Service Managers
for the mobilization and demobilization of field employees on appointed projects
Works closely with the clients to successfully accommodate all business needs
Keeps information accurate and updated in all systems - Oracle, FSM, etc.
Obtains complete job mobilization data, employee feedback, and weekly reports
Assists with HR issues, employee safety issues, Time & Expense review/approval,
company initiatives, and other office related activities
CONTROL SPECIALIST AT GENERAL ELECTRIC ENERGY
Installation & start up professional field engineer
May 2004 - Nov 2009
Managed warranty on MS7EA liquid fuel in Abha Saudi Arabia
Managed warranty on MS7EA units Dual Fuel (gas and distillate) after Gas conversion.
PP7 & PP8 & PP9 in Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Lead retrofit job from MKII to MKVI control system at El-Jubail MTPE Ibn Zahr plant in
Saudi Arabia
Continue the new installation of 7EA DLN 1.1 MKVI at Aramco Qatif in Saudi Arabia
Check the control system, review calibration and upgrade the control system with the
4. latest TIL during HGPI for GT4 MS6001B and CI for GT3 MS6001B with QVC in Qatar
Site surveys to over check all necessary engineering requirements and DRW necessary
to start a retrofit MKII to MKVI MS5002 mechanical drive in Algeria Rhoude Nouss
Lead retrofit job from MKII to MKVIe “GE latest control system”, the first in the region
with QEWC Qatar for 4 units MS9001B. Conduct maintenance and operation training for
the customer. I design the training manual
Startup of Train 4 MS7001EA MR & PR mechanical drive at Ras Gas site, Qatar, MKVI
control
Start-up of steam injection system the first on site at Ras Gas LNG plant for NOX
control. The system is installed on Generator drive unit MS6B, Ras Laffan, Qatar
Filled in for Operations Manager, Facility Manager and Contract Performance Manager
on numerous occasions
Supervised up to 3-4 engineers making up a team of commissioning and start-up
personnel
Resident engineer for 10 month at Ras Gas site, Qatar Doha. Site accommodates 4 LNG
trains (8 x 7EA Gas turbines) and 4 x 6B Gas Turbines for power generation. I was
Responsible for;
Trouble shooting any operation and control issues
Estimating outage duration and resource requirements
Managing spare parts availability
Facilitating setting of technical, functional and business requirements
Managing turbine shutdown maintenance schedule
Answering customer question and concerns about turbine operation and
control
issues
Installation of EMAP system, Efficiency measurement system to provide
turbine efficiency calculation before and after outages
Installation of OSM (on site monitoring system) for remote monitoring, early
customer advice for possible problems or issues and full time engineering
support for any software update.
Performing Major inspection on two units simultaneously (scope includes <I>
to HMI upgrade) and Combustion inspection on two units simultaneously (scope
includes <I> to HMI upgrade), total shut down period 23 days
Identifying and escalating issues
Application Engineer
Support Ras Gas as a resident engineer
Providing service quotes for different jobs, Ex <I> to HMI upgrade, Retrofit jobs from
MKII
and MKIV to the latest control system available
Going on site surveys to interact with the customer and understand his requirement
exactly, to provide the right quote for his service
Endures for implemented tools
Coordinate development of reports that support analysis
Design and implement applications to support processes integrated with GE control
system MKVI and MKVIe applications
Create technical documentation
Resolve technical problems, Interact with technical team to maintain, optimize, and
5. troubleshoot control system.
Install and maintain industrial instrumentation as well as recommend best
instrumentation for customer related process.
Controls Manager
Interfacing with customer “Ras Gas” in Gas Turbine operation and maintenance;
provide the technical advice to improve operation and maintenance condition
Perform CM&U projects (Control Modification and Upgrade) on the running units to
improve down time during maintenance and performance
Use GE Lean process to minimize the outage time. Major inspection time was down to
23 days
Manage all control issues with the customer
Manage Spares parts order and repair, budget 250 million USD
Manage and Lead TA’s and technicians during outages through precise schedule
Applying Lean methodology and lesson learn during outage
Assisting in developing proposal for modernizing control systems
Interpreting system requirements and developing controls systems software using GE
latest control system
Providing input to test plan development
Co-ordinate the activities of all the parties and departments involved in the projects
Responsible for solutions to the technical problems in all of the technical and
engineering activities
Responsible for improvement for the technical processes and equipment onsite
Responsible for knowledge and professionalism improvement for all the technical and
engineering staff
Tracking/managing projects from initiation to successful completion, communicating
project status
Resolving project issues, problems, and changes
Review and comment on drawings, specifications, calculations and other information
provided as a change in project scope
Investigated reliability problems for true root cause and effect and designed solutions
Test electrical and electronic equipment and components for continuity, current,
voltage and resistance
Maintain, repair, test and install electrical motors, generators, control system
industrial storage batteries, hydraulic and pneumatic electrical control systems
Troubleshoot, maintain and repair industrial, electrical and electronic turbine control
systems
Conduct preventive maintenance programs and keep maintenance records
Test continuity of circuits using test equipment to ensure compatibility and safety of
system, following installation, replacement or repair
Troubleshoot and isolate faults in electrical and electronic systems and remove and
replace faulty components
Conduct preventive maintenance programs and keep maintenance records
Contract Performance Manager
Managing Ras Laffan Power Company contracts CSA in Doha Qatar, Financially, Parts
and Engineering, Contract value 24.0 million USD
6. Managing Ras Gas contracts CSA in Doha Qatar, Financially, Parts and Engineering,
Contract value 500.0 million USD
Schedule shutdown, organize resources to perform the outage
Track manpower hours for correct payment
Determine billing, handles invoice documentation; perform variance (margin) analysis
Timely, complete, and accurate preparation of work products within the allocated
budget. This includes responsibility for effective management and control of work scope
Conduct regular reviews with project team members, both internal and subcontractor,
to appraise project status and direct corrective action where required
Effective communication with regulatory bodies, outside engineering firms, owners’
representatives, subcontractors, and suppliers as required to achieve project objectives
Customer satisfaction - maintaining positive and productive relationships, while
effectively managing expectations and delivering results
Established equipment criticality, and streamlined preventive maintenance routines,
which helps in increasing turbine availability to 99.2% annually
Preparing a yearly budget
Develop annual parts requirements, inventory
Administer Contractual Services Agreement Contract including P&L responsibility,
EHS (Environmental, Health & Safety), scope, and parts
Work with company leadership to assess and manage business risks associated with
complex and varied contracts
Monitor contract performance information, process documentation, performance
measures and metrics
Advise leadership of contractual rights and obligations to make financially and legally
sound business decisions
Oversee the administration of prime contracts and subcontracts; communicate and
interpret related terms and conditions to ensure accurate and complete fulfillment of
contract deliverables.
Sales
Drive orders up to 6.5$M with 30% increase in volume
Drive sales up to 5.2$M with 24% increase in volume
Create 2.0$M of CM
Develop new and rejuvenate the old accounts
Assessments of marketing opportunities and target markets
Intelligence gathering on customers and competitors, generating leads for possible
sales
Follow-up sales activity, formal proposal writing and business model design
Evaluating new filtration element business, realizing its full potential, using
marketing,
sales, information management and customer service
Stressing the urgent need for radical new approaches to the corporation.
Modify company tradition product which open new sales leads and improve sales
performance by providing a new engineering solution on filter element effective
cleaning method
FIELD ENGINEER AT PENPOWER IRELAND
Gas Turbine Control Specialist
7. Installation & Start-up
February 1999 - May 2004
Lead Start-up of two gas turbines frame 5001 mechanical drives at Hassi Massioud
site in Algeria (MK2 to MK5 control system conversion)
Installation and Start-up of frame 3002 mechanical drive at Dejamaa site in Algeria
(MK5)
Insure running and stability for two units frame 7001EA mechanical drive and two
units frame 6001B mechanical drive and four units frame 6001B generator drive at
NLNG site in Nigeria (MK5)
Resolving software problems on steam turbine 73MW at Renusager power plant in
India (MK5), “Frequency fluctuation problem”
Installation and start-up of frame 5001P generator drive at CENTRAL VIRIDI site in
Ivory Coast (MK2 to MK5 retrofit)
Lead Start-up of frame 9001E generator drive at Delta IV, N.E.P.A WORRY, Nigeria
(MK2 to MK5). Plus giving customer MK5 course in two weeks
Providing MK5 training operation and technical course for the customer at Hassi
Massioud, Algeria
Start-up of frame 6001 B generator drive after major Overhaul at Lebanon TYR power
plant with EDL
Modify compression process for oil & gas production and Startup of four gas turbine
frame 5002B compressor loaded at Hassi Massioud site in Algeria.
Start-up of gas turbine frame 6001B generator drive after major overhaul at Lebanon
Baalbak with EDL
Lead Installation and start-up of gas turbine frame 7001 EA DLN1 generator drive at
Garland Power and light site in Texas, USA + DLN1 tuning
Support Commissioning and Start-up of combined cycle of 4 gas turbine frame 6001 B
+ two Steam turbine generator drive at Kulim Hi Tech Park Independent Power Utility
in Malaysia
Provide maintenance and start-up of large steam turbine 650 MW for Paiton energy
company Indonesia
Performing operation and maintenance HMI training for medium steam 150 MW for
Abusultan power station, Egypt
Resolving issue caused to a forced outage at Tenaska power plant Henderson Texas
combined cycle plant 7FA+e and D11 steamer 750 MW plant, USA
Commissioning and start-up of two Fitchburg steam turbine each 105 MW at
Wrightsville power plant little rock Arkansas, USA
Installation and start-up of four blocks combined cycle at Eldorado Arkansas USA,
each of two 7FA+e DLN 2.6 and one steamer D11 total power 550 MW per block (2200
MW power plant), plus DLN 2.6 tuning. I have completed commissioning of two gas
turbines and four steamers
Installation of new 7EA gas turbine at Tihama site, Saudi Arabia, dual liquid fuel
machine (distillate and crude)
Support performance and reliability run for 7EA liquid fuel machine at Asir site, Saudi
Arabia. Preparing start-up procedures for different customers
Preparing training proposals and manuals plus performing training to customer on GE
control system and plant operation
Interviewing new candidates for technical adviser job with GE
Preparing schedule for maintenance and retrofit jobs
8. FIELD ENGINEER AT GENERAL ELECTRIC
Cairo - Egypt
Elkurimate site 2x600 MW
December 1996 - January 1999
Erection of GE Steam turbine and generator, Mechanical installation and calibration of
all hydraulic valves, air operated valve, motorized valves. Install steam, oil and air
piping according to the drawing.
Electrical installation of all AC & DC motors control centre and protection circuit, also
control and protection circuit for all the electrical and pneumatic valves.
Commissioning and start up for the whole unit. Installation of Mark V control system
of turbine and generator.
Read and interpret drawings, blueprints, schematics and electrical code specifications
to determine layout of industrial electrical equipment installations
Install, examine, replace or repair electrical wiring
Test electrical and electronic equipment and components for continuity, current,
voltage and resistance
Maintain, repair, test and install electrical motors, generators, industrial control
system batteries, hydraulic and pneumatic electrical control systems
Install, maintain and calibrate steam turbine control valves (Hydraulic & Pneumatic)
Install, replace and repair electrical control and distribution equipment, such as
switches, relays and circuit breaker panels
Test continuity of circuits using test equipment to ensure compatibility and safety of
system, following installation, replacement or repair
Troubleshoot and isolate faults in electrical and electronic systems and remove and
replace faulty components
TRAINING:
GE Training on MKV, MKVI, MKVIe turbine control system
GE Training Cimplicity
GE Training Foundation of Leader ship
Granite Training Emerging Leadership
Fundamentals of Project Management with HMI training and couching
CCC (Compressor Control Corporation) in Maintenance and Operation of S3+/S3++ as
well
as Advanced Tuning and Surge testing
DCS Invensys, I/A Series Configuration Essentials and Historian / Real Time data
collection
Ras Gas Elements of Excellence level 2
PRE-GRADUATION PROGRAM TRAINING:
July-Sep 1991
For 7 weeks
General Electric Company (GE)
Schenectady, New York, USA
Summer Training Program:
Discussing the best specification of ARAMCO project at Saudi Arabia (five gas
turbine upgrade and relocate), also trained on computer programs as Alpha 4
9. and Louts 123
July-Aug 1993
For 4 weeks
General Electric Service Shop
Basildon, London
Summer Training Program:
Assemble Disassemble and Testing procedures of motors (AC & DC).
Disassemble of frame 5001 and 5002 Gas Turbine Rotor plates and buckets for change
and rebalance. Witness slow speed Rotor Balance through all stages.
Use of the latest Hi - Tech Thermal Barrier Coating of HVOF Plasma equipment for
increasing thermal resistance to increase turbine efficiency.
July-Aug 1994
For 4 weeks
K & M Engineering and Consulting Co.
Cairo, Egypt
Summer Training Program:
Trained at El-Mokattam Tele-communication central (AT&T) Commissioning
and start up. Witness the calculation of Boiler efficiency at Cairo South Steam power
plant
REWARDS:
Customer (Ras Gas, Doha Qatar) Safety Reward June 2006 Shutdown.
Customer (Ras Gas, Doha Qatar) Safety Reward June 2007 Shutdown.
GE Gear Reward 2006 in recognition of the extraordinary effort in bringing Ras Gas
Train 2 Doha Qatar back online after major turbine failure.
GE CSA Execution Excellence Award.
Ras Gas Customer Award for dedication and performance.
Ras Laffan Power Company for organizing and executing project safely.
Awarded effective team player by Ras Laffan Power Company, Qatar.
Awarded exceptional dedication and performance by Ras Gas Company, Qatar
Multiple SHUKRAN awards.
Employee of the Month may 2013.
Ingenuity Award August 2014.
ACQUIRED SKILLS:
Spoken Languages:
Arabic: Mother tongue
English: Fluent Written & Spoken
French: Fair
Computer Skills:
Computer Language as basic, Pascal, Fortune and Assembly Lang.
Computer Software’s as Microsoft Office Programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook,
Visio, Schedule …etc), Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP & Windows 7, Windows 8 &
10, Lotus 123, Dos, PC Mail.
Excellent skills in using computer at work.
10. Excellent experience in MK5, MK6 & MK6e turbine control and Cimplicity HMI.
PERSONAL DATA:
Date of Birth: 14th May 1973
Nationality: Egyptian
Marital Status: Married
Military Service: Finished from 20/10/95 to 1/12/96
ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS:
Bowling, Tennis, Shooting, Hunting, Swimming, Horseback riding, Lifting Weights and
Photography
REFERENCES:
References are submitted upon request