Mohammad Rehan Akbar Khan has over 23 years of experience in project management, commissioning, operations, and maintenance of industrial gas plants. He has managed the commissioning of numerous air separation units, hydrogen plants, nitrogen generators, and other facilities in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Oman. His responsibilities have included developing engineering designs, managing projects, overseeing commissioning activities, and ensuring safe plant operation. He aims to bring plants online without risk to personnel, environment, or equipment by supervising production processes and implementing company standards.

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Mohammad Rehan Akbar Khan
Postal address: P.O.Box 5180, Dammam, 31422, Saudia Arabia
Mobile: +966-507439261 e-mail: rehankhan_ahg@yahoo.com
Transferable Iqama
Profile
23+ years of experience in Process, Project Management (EPC),pre-
commissioning, commissioning, turnover, site management, Operation, Production,
Plant and Equipment Maintenance and Piping. Hands-on experience in Pre-
commissioning, Commissioning Industrial Liquid & Gases Plant like Air Separation
unit (Liquid/Gas O2, N2 & Ar), H2 Plant, CO2 Plant, C2H2 Plant, N20 Plant, Aqueous
Ammonia Plant, RO Plant, water treatment and wastewater and very good
experience in Industrial Support to the customer in CSD, TSD and SMD.
Professional Experience
Abdullah Hashim Industrial Gases and Equipment Co, Ltd
Dates: 11-91 – To Date
Job Title: Projects, Process, Commissioning, Operation and Maintenance In-charge
Core Competencies
Management of Change Process ▪ Punch List Clearance ▪ Project Planning ▪ Risk
Assessment ▪ Time Management ▪ Project Coordination ▪ Team Building.
Duty as a Process Engineer
To developing the technical deliverables required for industrial process systems and
development of process design parameters including design concept, criteria, code
interpretations, equipment design calculations, and equipment specification and
selections and overall system design for industrial liquid and Gases Plants.
Support production and drive technology improvements
 Coordinate the various aspects of the process engineering, including design,
planning and development;
 Provide guidance, support and act as direct resource to the team undertaking the
mine development feasibility studies;
 Undertake scoping study level trade-off evaluations of process alternatives:
 Assist in the development of processing plans, methods, design, materials
handling, manpower requirements, cost analysis and other areas as appropriate;
 Review design, management and interpretation of mineralogy studies, aimed at
understanding the ore types present and the interaction of the ore types with
processing performance;
 Provide specialist technical input into team project work;
 Provide input and evaluation into recovery estimates;
 Act as the process lead on studies and projects;
 Develop or bring forward, as appropriate, industry best practices and new
technologies;

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 Oversee the development and maintenance of long and short term processing
plans, processing designs and input into mine development efforts as appropriate;
 Oversee the cost effective, safe and timely completion of projects that meet or
exceed expectations;
• Lead operational analysis
• Lead process studies and development of process engineering solutions for
improvements and capital projects
• Follow and maintain process engineering standards and specifications
• Support Operation in major process upset investigations
• Develop specialized in-house process engineering expertise
Project Manager
 Manage all completions activities to achieve project safety, schedule, budget
and quality requirements.
 Promote and drive the early involvement of Completions in areas of HSE,
technical design, schedule, preliminary execution planning, and cost
estimating.
 Participate in the early development of the project completions strategy and
completions management plans, working in consultation with Project Manager
and Project Discipline Managers (principally Construction, Engineering and
Procurement).
 Coordinate the early commissioning ability input into design, build, schedule
and cost development.
 Provide Completions input into the project safety case and HSE strategies
and plans.
 Develop and communicate the completions HSE strategy and plans.
 Development of completions strategy, management and execution plans and
necessary testing, commissioning and start up procedures.
 Participate in Project Risk Management Processes.
 Ensure that area/system/sub-system delineation are defined, communicated
and understood by all early in the project.
 Liaise with Construction Manager to ensure turnover of Commissioning Stage
1 (Mechanical Completion) is in accordance with the pre-defined systems and
sub systems.
 Set up, populate and ongoing management of the Completions Management
Tool (CMT).
 Ensure that field testing and commissioning activities are tracked and that
punch lists and exception items are recorded and managed through the CMT.
 To agree all support staffing levels and additional work activities with the
Construction Director. To ensure that qualified, experienced and authorized
technical staff is available at site to meet the schedule and to support
supervision effort.
 Ensure effective administration of completions contractors, suppliers and site
services representatives at all times.
 Liaise with client operations to ensure that safe working arrangements permit
to work systems and tag/ lock out systems are fully understood, with
authorized personnel in place, for all phases of the project.
 Confirmation and ongoing maintenance of the completions budget.
 Development of the completions schedule and integration into the project
schedule (including forecast, review, analysis and update).
 Provide Completions input into the construction strategy.

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 Completions input into applicable purchase orders, service orders and
contracts
 Identification , set up and maintenance of interfaces with all relevant parties
(including, project groups, project associates, Client, Operator, Contractors,
Regulators and Statutory Bodies etc). Resolve issues as they arise.
 Ensure Site Safety systems are communicated and complied with.
Duty as a Commissioning Leader
 Following HOP philosophy to organize activities as follows:
- Defining lists of systems and sub-systems.
- Prepare and evaluate deliverables.
- Marked up P&ID and Single Loop Diagram drawings or PFD.
- Follow up on issuing operational test procedures.
- Define and request resources needed.
- Progress Check and measurement of documentation management.
- Coordinated activities with the construction team on site.
- Interface and co-ordination with
Operation/Engg./QAQC/Contractor/Customer and expediting mechanical
completion activities.
- Completion inspection and pre-commissioning activities.
- Worked with Completion Management System (database/software) for
mechanical completion, pre & commissioning, punch-listing and
preservation activities
- Prepared projects for technical, working and state acceptance
commissions as well as signed acts, checklists and other needed
document.
- Worked with commissioning team to set priorities for system turnover and
ensure effortless, productive operations.
- Wrote and recorded pre-commissioning and operating procedures in
accordance with HOP standards.
Projects
- 30 TPD ASU Plant. (Dammam)
- 60 TPD reversible ASU Plant. (Jeddah & Dammam)
- 250 TPD ASU Plant. (Dammam)
- 50 TPD N2 Generator (Abu Dhabi)
- H2 Plant. (Abu Dhabi)
- 270 TPD ASU plant (Oman)
- 270 TPD ASU. (Jizan)
- 24 Ton CO2 Plant. (Dammam)
- Aqueous Ammonia plant. (Dammam)
- 10000 Lit Water Distiller Plant
- Reverse Osmosis (R.O) Plant
- 680 TPD ASU (Dammam)

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30 TPD ASU Suparco Plant. (Dammam)
Old and discarded oxygen plant which was completely dead.
Completely redesigned the Cooling Tower, plant overhauled and commissioned
The plant till the production. ( LOX&LIN).
Note: worked as a Process Engineer Project, Precommissioning, Commissioning,
and production In Charge.
60 TPD reversible Exchanger ASU Air Liquid Plant. (Dammam & Jeddah)
Old and discarded oxygen plant which was completely dead.
Full Plant overhauled, Defrosted and commissioned till the production.
(LOX,LIN&LAR)
Note:. Worked as a Process Engineer Project, Precommissioning, Commissioning,
and production In Charge.
270 TPD ASU Air Product Plant. (Dammam) ORI, Pre Commissioning and
commissioning the plant with Air Product Engineers till the production. (LOX,
LIN&LAR)
Note : Working as a Unit In-Charge.
50 TPD N2 Generator Air Product Plant. (Abu Dhabi UAE)Erection, ORI, pre
Commissioning and commissioning the plant with Air Product Engineers.
(LIN&LOX)
Note: . worked as a Project Manager, Precommissioning, Commissioning, Process
and production In Charge.
Electrolyzer H2 Plant. (Abu Dhabi UAE)
Commissioned the plant under supervision of Hydrogenic Engineer.
Note:. Worked as a Project Manager, Precommissioning, Commissioning, Process
and production In Charge.
Two 270 TPD ASU Air Product Plant. (Sohar Oman)
ORI and Commissioned both the Plants. (LOX&LIN)
270 TPD ASU Air Product Plant. (Jizan)
ORI, pre Commissioning and commissioned the plant.(LIN&LOX)
Note: . worked as a Project Manager, Precommissioning, Commissioning, Process
and production In Charge.
24 Tons CO2 BUZA Plant & Aqueous Ammonia Plant. (Dammam)
ORI, pre Commissioning and commissioned the plant.
Note: worked as a plant in charge.
680 TPD ASU Sichuan China
ORI, Pre Commissioning and commissioning the plant with Sichuan company
Engineers till the production. (LOX & LIN)
Mechanical & Pipe line Projects.(Worked as Project Manager)
- LPG storage tank commissioned for cylinder filling station.
- High pressure GOX (Gases Oxygen)Supply line to NASCO in Dammam.
- High pressure GOX (Gases Oxygen) Medium Pressure GAN (Gases Nitrogen)
supply line commissioned for South Steal in Jizan Saudi Arabia.
- High Pressure H2 gas supply line and Medium Pressure GAN (Gases Nitrogen)
commissioned for Emirate Float Glass Factory in Abu Dhabi UAE.
- High pressure GOX (Gases Oxygen) Medium Pressure GAN (Gases Nitrogen)
supply line commissioned for Jindal Steel in Sohar Oman.

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- Pre Commissioning and Commissioning Centrifugal Air Compressors.
Pre Commissioning and Commissioning Reciprocating GOX (Gases Oxygen)
Compressors.
My Responsibilities as Plant Operation and Production In Charge
To ensure that plant is brought into production without risk to
1) The Personnel
2) The Environment
3) The Equipment.
Supervise production processes to ensure implementation of company standards.
To Guide operating staff & Engineers to smoothly run the plants.
Planning and performing Technical Department routine internal Audit as per ISO
9001:2008.
Establish safe working procedure for all areas of operation & maintenance in
coordination with the safety department issue the work permit to ensure the
implementation to keep safe work.
Preparation of daily plant production.
Preparation of monthly plant production & monthly plant maintenance report and
plant Equipment report.
To maintain Plant Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
To manage logistic of product dispatch to the customers..
Preparation of Equipment spare parts list and control plant store.
Co-ordination with service department like Electrical, Instrument and Mechanical
for trouble free safe operation.
Preparation plant budget and maintain/improve budget limitation to meet plants
annual objects.
Established and maintain overall emergency procedures in coordination with
safety department and overseas emergency training by making periodic drills.
Experienced in writing effective SOPs, Manuals and work Instruction with the help
of HSE department.
Plant & Equipment Maintenance In-Charge
1. Preparation plant yearly maintenance guideline.
2. Preparation of plant yearly maintenance plan and schedule and execution.
3. Leading Mechanical maintenance team; to inspect, isolate, troubleshoot and
repair mechanical installations using various test instruments; maintain and repair
mechanical system.
4. Planning and scheduling of routine shutdown and shutdown maintenance.
5. Responsible for identification of plant equipment and process isolations with in the
bounds of permits to work system and in accordance with company policies and
procedures.
6. Carefully monitoring and where necessary, control and supervision of the permit
to work system and all associated certification, recording, log keeping and
controlling.
7. Develop, administer and maintain the departments comprehensive maintenance
policies for reactive maintenance, PPM, cyclical and lifecycle work, permit to work
system, the control of contractors’policy and limitation of access control system.
8. Troubleshooting, repairing and maintaining all MEP systems.
9. Ensure mechanical monitoring and control systems are operational and perform
mandatory certification testing on all associated Mechanical and alarm systems.

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10. Install, troubleshoot and repair new equipment and systems
11. Assist in the writing of specifications for repairs and new MEP installations relating
to wider construction activities.
12. Participating in the Organization’s risk management activities as specified in the
Risk Management Policy.
13. Directed and coordinate all manufacturing, construction, installation, maintenance,
support, documentation, and testing activities to ensure compliance with
specifications, codes, and end user requirements.
14. Witness and inspect completed installations and observe operations, to ensure
conformance to design and equipment specifications and compliance with
operational and safety standards.
Shutdown
During the SD/TA to track completion of critical jobs and resolve issues affecting
SD/TA progress. And develops ad-hoc plans to execute emerging work during
the SD/TA.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
1- Arrange for the disposal of assigned plant hazardous waste from SD/TA to
comply with environmental regulations.
2- Provided the assigned area SD/TA scope of work for discipline to ensure
continuing availability and integrity of plant and equipment.
3- Plan, prepare and execute consolidated SD/TA scope of work for assigned
area to ensure safe and reliable operation of the plant.
4- Compile a SD/TA “Bill of Materials”, coordinate procurement and delivery of
specified materials to ensure compliance with SD/TA schedule.
5- Monitor SD/TA progress of assigned area via activity charts and detailed
plans to ensure compliance with shutdown plan
6- Removing and refilling Perlite in double distillation column.
7- Chemically cleaned and complete maintenance of distillation column.
8- Manual and pneumatic valves maintenance and stroke checking, replacement
of instrument tubing.
9- Supervising during overhauling of both Air and Gas compressors.
Piping Experience
- Responsible for safe, technically accurate, and cost effective piping
system designs for Liquid and gas production facilities
- Responsible for compliance with applicable specifications and
standards, and completion of work within project budget and schedule
- My tasks include Piping Stress Analysis, support design, special
support design, spring support design, and design of expansion joint
- Prepare and review engineering studies, design drawings and
documents, and material and equipment specifications
- Oversee the work of other Piping Engineering personnel and Provide
direction and guidance to the Piping Engineering Team

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Other responsibility and Support
Trouble shooting in different plants like C2H2 plant, N2O plant.
Helping out in O2, N2, Ar and NH3 Cylinders filling station.
Hydro Testing for Tankers and all kinds of Cylinder
To support TSD (Technical Service Department)
Commissioning Cryogenic storage tanks for Customers.
To support for N2 purging and pressure testing for customers Tanks, Vessels and
Piping.
Pipe chemical cleaning and Passivation.
Qualification
Diploma in Chemical ( Govt. College of Technology S.I.T.E Karachi)
Bachelor in Commerce (B.Com) Karachi University
Training & Courses
Quality Internal Auditor Training ISO 9001:2008 (SGS). (Dammam)
HSE for plant commissioning by Air Product. (Abu Dhabi UAE)
Fire Safety, Compressed Gases & Cylinders & SCBA
Safety & Loss Prevention
Baan system. ( Jeddah)
ABB, DCS System INFI 90. ( Dammam)
Siemens Simatic PCS7 system. ( Abu Dhabi UAE)
Management training course. ( Dammam)
Personal Information Marital status: Married Visa Status: Transferable Iqama
Nationality: Pakistani D.OB: 12th
Feb 1969