Lokman Ali has over 20 years of experience in mechanical engineering roles related to rotating equipment. He has worked on projects in various industries including oil and gas, refineries, and pulp and paper. Some of his responsibilities have included reliability centered maintenance programs, front-end engineering design, detail engineering, site engineering, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and operations. He has specialized expertise in pumps, compressors, heat exchangers, and other rotating equipment.

1. Lokman Ali P. Eng.
182 Saddlecrest Close N.E., Calgary, AB, Canada, T3J 5B7,
Ph: 403-774-8675(H), 403-671-5159 (Cell), alilokman@yahoo.ca
OBJECTIVE: Mechanical Engineering (Rotating Equipment) Position in EPC/Oil & Gas/ Refinery Industries
CAREER PROFILE
Mechanical Engineer with 20+ years of experience in FEED, Detail Engineering, Site Engineering&
Construction, Precom, Commissioning& start up, turnaround and Maintenance& Operation, reliability& RCM
of oil/gas, refinery and chemical industry related mechanical equipment mainly on rotating equipment
 ESDS (Equipment Strategic Data Sheet) creation for each critical equipment using the RCM
recommendations and the expertise earned in different phases of industries lifecycle (FEED, Detail,
Construction, Precom, Commissioning& start-up, Maintenance& operation and reliability)
 FEED & detail engineering experience on pumps, compressors, blowers and centrifugal fans
 Experience to prepare different types of datasheets& technical specs, RFQ packages (scope,
specifications, SDRL-Supplier Data Requirement List, SQR-Supplier Quality Requirement,
exception/ clarification, TBE etc), technical reports, equipment selection reports, inspection& repair
scopes, retrofit/ modification & development scopes, waiver requirements etc and to review Vendor
documents, EPC contractors documents, client standards, Inspection& repair scopes etc
 Commissioning and pre com experience on pumps, compressors, steam turbines, fans& blowers
 Construction supervision, commissioning& start-up experience on GOSP and gas plant utility
expansion project and turnaround and inspection experience in up-grader (Refinery) and gas plant
 Operation, maintenance& reliability experience on rotating equipment (refinery and pulp& paper) and
performed failure analysis, equipment life calculations, equipments reliability, trouble shooting etc
 Practical working experience and in-depth knowledge of industrial (Refinery, up-graders, GOSP and
pulp& paper) operation and reliability, maintenance and operation of industrial equipment (expertise
on pumps, Compressors and HX) and can provide instant decision for non-standard condition
(waiver requirement) from experience earned in each phase of multiple industrial projects life cycle
 Well versed in API (610,617,682,614,618,619,681,671,672,673,674,675,676,677,685,686 etc) and
ASME B73.1,73.2 and 73.3 requirements for rotating equipment
EDUCATION
1987 B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering-BUET
2004 Quality Assurance/Reliability-with Honours, Seneca College
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
2006& 2005 Registered Professional Engineer- Alberta (APEGA-active) & Ontario (PEO-not active at
present), Canada
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Suncor Energy, Senior Rotating Equipment Engineer, 2014-Present
Amec Americas, Senior Mechanical Engineer (Rotating Equipment), 2011 – 2014
Suncor Energy, Senior Reliability and Turnaround Engineer, 2011
SNC Lavalin, Senior Mechanical Engineer (Rotating Equipment), 2010
SNC Lavalin, Mechanical Engineer (Rotating Equipment), 2007 – 2010
Aramco PMC, Rotating Equipment Engineer, 2007
Valutech Inc., Application Engineer (Heat Exchanger), 2005-2006
Advanced Industrial Components, Application Engineer (Heat Exchanger), 2001 – 2004
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BCIC (Pulp& Paper), Senior Mechanical Engineer (Plant Engineer-Rotating equip.), 1988 – 2000
EXPERIENCE
Senior Rotating Equipment Engineer (Contract)
Suncor Energy (Up-grader-2)-Integrated Reliability Program (IRP-RCM), Calgary, Canada
Mar 2014-Present
 Creating ESDS (Equipment Strategic Data Sheet) for each critical rotating equipment using the RCM
recommendations and the expertise earned in different phases of industries lifecycle (FEED, Detail,
Construction, Precom, Commissioning& start-up, Maintenance& operation and reliability)
 Rotating Equipment includes 7 Centrifugal recycle gas (H2) Compressors, 3 Feed Gas
Compressors, 6 Reciprocating Compressors (two10,000 HP and four 5,000 HP) for H2 gas, Charge
pumps, BFW pumps, Seal oil and lube oil systems, Dry gas seal system and numerous other pumps,
turbine drivers and gear increasers used in up-graders.
 Conducted 2 weeks RCM for Plant 06, Hydrogen Reformer from May 25 to June 5, 2015.
 Conducted 6 weeks RCM program for plant 07 (Naphtha, Kerosene and Gas Oil) hydrotreater from
Jan 19 to 30, Mar 02 to 13 and Apr 06 to 17, 2015
 Conducted 3 weeks RCM program for plant 54, Hydrogen Reformer on Nov 14, 2014
 Conducted 3 weeks long RCM program for Naphtha Hydrotreater NHT2 and NHT3 (Plant 55 and
Plant 64) in September 2014 (responsible for Rotating Equipment)
 Conducted 2 weeks long RCM program for Gas Oil Hydrotreater plant (responsible for Rotating
Equipment and also well recognized input for Heat Exchangers and Pressure Vessel ) in June 2014
 Conducted 3 weeks RCM program for Diesel Hydrotreater plant (responsible for Rotating Equipment
and also well recognized input for Heat Exchangers and Pressure Vessel ) in May, 2014
 Identified the critical rotating machinery of Diesel Hydrotreater, Gasoil Hydrotreater and Naphtha
Hydrotreter plants, the scope of work and organized the required documents for the RCM program.
 Coordination and exchange of ideas with the group members and other plants’ group members and
compilation of all required information and documents
 Knowledge of SAP and Suncor Standards& Procedures
Senior Mechanical Engineer (Rotating Equipment)
FEED and Detail Engineering (Shell Canada Oil Sands Project at Fort McMurray, AB, Canada)
Amec Americas, Calgary, Canada
Jul 2011-Feb 2014
 Overall responsibility for rotating equipment and duty includes preparation of datasheet, RFQ
packages (Scope, PCL-Package Content List, SDRL and SQR), Bid clarification, TBE, Writing
specifications, Pumps’ selection reports, Incorporating changes in standard, Vendor document
review, clarification meetings to the Client and to the Vendor on the following Equipment:
 Ore preparation plant, Hydro transport Pumps (Conditioning Slurry Pumps-5000HP)
 Froth Treatment (Deaerated Froth Transfer Pumps)
 Extraction and Tailings (PSC-Primary Separation Cell and Coarse Tailings Pumps-4000HP)
 Heavy Slurry EDP and EDP Subdrain pumps
 OSTG/ BFW Pumps and Gland water pumps
 Coordination with other internal and client disciplines and organized all required information and
document and incorporated into the package and communicated any changes to the Client, Vendor
and other internal disciplines
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 Supplier documentation and drawings review to verify compliance with purchase order and
coordinate with other project disciplines to incorporate supplier information into project design and
documents
 Knowledge of Shell DEPs and procedures
Senior Reliability and Turnaround Engineer (Contract)
Suncor Energy (Up-grader-2), (7 months Turnaround Project), Fort McMurray, Canada
Jan 2011-Jul 2011
 Written Scope of Work, purchase specification and inspection scope of mechanical equipment for
turnaround
 Reviewed Inspection scope, maintenance and repair scope, purchase specification and other
turnaround, maintenance and quality documents from the general contractors (GCs) ensuring each
document comply with company standard
 Performed root cause failure analysis for heat exchangers, pressure vessels and piping and other
mechanical equipment, walk down as required and providing solution to the turnaround contractors
 Conducted thorough analysis of the Proposal for Detail Engineering for Stripper Feed Bottom
Pumps’ piping (include demolition of existing facilities and installation of new piping, structural steel
and foundation) from EPC contractor, walk down to the equipment, performed root cause failure
analysis and provided path forward for the remedial action (retrofitting or replacement) of the
repetitive pump failure from piping stress point of view, pump design and alignment
 Written a report and provided technical presentation on how pump works and what is the problem
and what are the probable solutions of the Stripper Feed bottom pumps
 Provided technical presentation on the Nomenclature and basic design aspect of Heat exchangers
 Written procedure for the replacement, installation, hydro test and commissioning
 Analyzed equipment history, failure data, inspection and repair records and providing/suggesting
repair/modification or replacement
 Provided solution for the field construction/replacement issue, RR (repair request) and answering
RFI (request for information) from contractors
 Knowledge of Suncor standards and procedures
Senior Mechanical Engineer (Rotating Equipment)
Jubail Export Refinery (JER) Project (Aramco & Total-PMC)
Detail Engineering-Seoul, South Korea
(Seconded by SNC Lavalin-Saudi Arabia)
Jan 2010-May 2010
 Reviewed and suggested necessary changes on pumps’ (202#), compressors’ (3#), centrifugal fans’
and blowers’ (21#),selections, datasheet, technical specification and Technical Bid Evaluation (TBE),
Material Requisition(MR),Purchase Order (PO) documents and completed the PO process
 Dealt with deviations (from JER/Aramco & API stds) and resolved and closed all the issues
 Reviewed FEED documents and helped the contractor’s engineers to make the required correction
 Validated vendor design, calculation, documents and drawings of all these rotating equipment
 Revised and instructed necessary changes of P&ID& PFD and other documents as required
 Participated bid clarification, technical and kick-off meetings
 Reviewed vendor’s drawings and counter checking with the contractor’s civil foundation drawings
 Participated in HAZOP and resolved different technical and process issues
 Coordinated with Contractor and internal disciplines (process, Piping, static equipment, electrical,
instrumentation, procurement, civil, document control etc) for resolving deferent issues.
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 Reviewed Exchangers’ (STHE& ACHE) datasheet, specification, TBE and Material requisition and
help to complete the PO process
 Analyzed different technical issues and clarified with contractor and ensured each reviewed
documents comply with applicable JER(Jubail Export Refinery) and/or International Standards
 Knowledge of JER Standards and procedures
Mechanical Engineer (Rotating Equipment)
SNC Lavalin-(Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia)
Aug 2007-Jan 2010
Projects accomplished:
1. Shaybah (Gosp-4)-Site Engineering, Construction, Pre-com, commissioning& Start-Up
2. Yanbu gas plant utility expansion project-pre-com& commissioning (PMC)
3. Yanbu Refinery Expansion project- FEED
 Sized and determined proper type of equipment to be supplied for the required application including
lube and seal oil systems
 Developed rotating equipment specifications/datasheets and prepared technical requisitions, bid
evaluations, resolution of deviations and purchase recommendations
 Attended technical meetings with customer and resolving the issues on the technical proposal
 Participated in interface checks for Material Selection Diagrams (MSD), P&ID, PFD, Piping and Civil
drawings related to rotating equipment
 Conducted the work of mechanical completion (resolved and got punch list signed), commissioning,
start up, operational and project closeout activities
 Performed pre-com and commissioning for all rotating equipment (pumps, compressors, steam
turbines, centrifugal fans and blowers)
 Troubleshoot integrated pumping system problem (BFW Pumps in Yanbu gas plant expansion) and
provided solution for no pumping issue of new installed BFW pump
 Diagnosed& solved the problem of lube oil leaking of SWD (Injection) pumps helping vendor rep
 Field balanced& solved the problem of high vibration of Shipping Pump motors helping vendor rep
 Supervised the construction activities in the field and witnessed the installation& critical alignment for
compressors(16.5MW each) and high energy pumps (3.3MW each)
 Reviewed the IFC& vendor drawings and modified the design and fixing the installation problems
 Prepared documents for completion of work, efficient work flow and future work planning
 Resolved onsite issues and the anomalies between the installation dwgs and vendor dwgs
 Inspected and reported the non conformances and provided assistance to the Inspection and quality
assurance group on site
 Recorded work progress report, field trouble report (FTR), performance note and lesson learning
 Knowledge of Aramco Standards and procedures
Rotating Equipment Engineer
Aramco PMC (Contract), Calgary, Canada
Shaybah-Gosp-4 (Detail Engineering)
Jan 2007-Jul 2007
 Reviewed Pumps’ and compressors’ datasheet and technical specifications (150 pumps -9 of them
3.3 MW each, 4 Instrument Air compressors and 6 Gas compressors, 4 of them 16.5 MW each)
 Validated vendor design, calculation, documents and drawings
 Reviewed and suggested necessary changes of P&ID& PFD and other documents and drawings
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 Participated and facilitated bid clarification, Technical and Kick-off meetings
 Reviewed vendor’s drawings and counter check with contractor civil foundation drawings
 Participated in HAZOP and resolved different technical and process issues
 Coordinated with Vendors, Contractor and internal multidiscipline departments (process, piping,
electrical, instrumentation, procurement, civil, document control etc) resolving different issues
 Analyzed different technical issues and clarified with vendors and ensured each reviewed documents
comply with applicable Aramco and/or International Standards
Application Engineer (Heat Exchanger Design& Customer Support)
Valutech Inc. Markham, Ontario (Aug 2005-Mar 2006)
Application Engineer (HX Design& Customer Support)
Advanced Industrial Components-Oakville, Ontario (Jun 2001-Aug 2004)
 Sized and created datasheet for Shell and Tube, Shell & Coil, Plate & Frame, Brazed plate heat
exchangers according to the customers’ requirements for different uses
 Sized various heat exchangers according to API code and client specifications and re-rated heat
exchangers for alternate services
 Customized &designed heat exchangers using ASME Section VIII Div I and TEMA
 Provided engineering support to the Client and assisted to resolve their operating problems
 Rerated existing units for new applications& help the customers to reuse them
 Experienced in ASME sec VIII div I, API 660, 661, 662, TEMA& HTRI software for heat exchangers
Senior Mechanical Engineer (Plant Engineer-Rotating equipment)
Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC-Pulp & Paper)
1988 to 2000
 Managed plant engineering functions (350 pumps,100 vacuum pumps/water ring compressors,7
reciprocating compressors, refiners, agitators and hundreds of other rotating and static machinery),
handled shutdowns and worked closely with team members of different groups
 Modified existing production equipment to increase productivity and system& machinery to regain
operability saving millions of dollars
 Worked on reliability including FMEA (Failure mode and effect analysis), root cause failure analysis
(RCFA), LTA (Logic Tree analysis and RAM (Reliability, Availability and Maintainability) analysis for
trouble free operation and production increase
 Conducted RCFA, solved repeated failure problems and contribute as a team member of
multidisciplinary investigation of major failure
 Introduced improved record keeping of machines’ history & adherence to best engineering practice
 Supervised the day-to-day technical work (including maintenance and operation) of the team with
engineers, specialists, designers and drafters
 Supervised fabrication works (1yr-workshop includes fabrication, welding, piping& rigging for
conducting repair and replacement and fabrication of spare parts)
 Supervised machining works (1yr-M/C shop includes Millings, Lathes, Shapers, Roll grinders,
Vertical drilling etc for conducting repair and manufacture of spare parts)
 Managed pre-com & commissioning and start up of the new jute processing plant
 Supported mechanical completion, commissioning& start-up and operational activities as required
 Trained junior Engineers and millwright on how to analyze equipment maintenance data, perform
perfect assembly and precise alignment of critical machinery train improving maintenance and
increasing production
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 Provided leadership and support to a team of 38 including 4 engineers in an unionized environment
REFERENCE: AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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7. Lokman Ali 403 774 8675
 Provided leadership and support to a team of 38 including 4 engineers in an unionized environment
REFERENCE: AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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