1. SOHAIL HASSAN RANA
Mechanical Enginer
MBA(Final Term)
Email: sohail.hassan_rana@omv.com
Res: 395-F-II WAPDA Town Lahore
+924236616503
Cell: +923004362619
CAREER OBJECTIVE
I am looking for a challenging position in a leading Oil & Gas/Petrochemical Industry/ process industry
to utilize my skills in order to serve the organization to best of my potential and to enhance my
competency level to equip myself for the organizations strategic level.
SKILL SUMMARY
• More than 13 years of experience in the Maintenance Management of leading Oil & Gas, IPPs,
Fertilizer companies.
• Area of expertise (Reliability engineering, preventive & corrective maintenance, shutdown,
planning, management of change, projects, emergency response planning).
• Overhauling/Inspection/Condition monitoring of aero-derivative and industrial gas turbines (GE F-
9E’s, LM2500&SOLAR Centaur-40), steam turbines (MHI), reciprocating, centrifugal compressors
(ARIAL, NP and DRESSER RAND), gas engines (CAT, WAUKISHA, and SUPERIOR), and boiler
feed water pumps (WEIR and SULZER) and cooling towers.
• Hands-on skills in Factory Acceptance Test (GE and SOLAR Turbines from Customer side and
level-II inspection of LM2500 & PGT-25)
• Managing mechanical integrity of critical rotating equipment
• Maintenance and inventory management software including SAP and MAXIMO (Version 5&7),
rotary equipment reliability management software MHM (Emerson Process Management),
SYSTEM1 (Bentley Nevada), ESM WAUKESHSA Engine operation and control system and
Project Management software Primavera Project Planning (P3).
• Turnaround planning, management and execution.
• Risk assessment studies like HAZOPs, Operations Safety Case review for wellheads and
processing plants.
• HSSE Management Systems and Process Safety Management. Can lead team for identification of
Safety Critical Elements, SCE spare identification and SCE equipment job plans review.
• Able to lead emergency teams.
• Problem solving, multi-tasking, time management, team building, interpersonal skills and pretty
good exposure to multi-cultural environments.
ACADEMICS
Master in Business Administration (MBA) [20 of 24 Courses Completed]
Virtual University (VU), PAKISTAN
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering [1999-2003]
University of Engineering & Technology Lahore, PAKISTAN
FSc. Pre Engineering [1996-1998]
Government College Lahore, PAKISTAN
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 13 YEARS
1.0 OMV PAKISTAN (Miano - Kadanwari Gas Field)
1.1: Mechanical Team Leader Dec 2013-Present
1.2: Mechanical Engineer Dec 2009-Dec 2013
Job scope: Management of Mechanical Maintenance activities within plant and off plant, co-ordination
with internal and external interfaces, provide essential support to field management in order to achieve
plant production targets through required plant availability, reliability and efficiency under the umbrella of
OMV group HSSE policies. Lead and train emergency response teams for the effective compliance of
Emergency Response Plan.
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2. Responsibilities:
• Lead Plant Mechanical Maintenance to maximize plant availability & reliability so that sales gas
volumes and quality targets are met.
• Liaison/negotiations with OEM, OEM representatives and OEM contractors for managing
reliability and long-term maintenance regime of critical rotating equipment including
GE,SOLAR,NP, ARIEL,DRESSER RAND, GE WAUKESHA, GE SUPERIOR, GE CAMERON and
CATERPILLER.
• Plan, organize and control of routine mechanical maintenance jobs in co-ordination with
Production and Planning in order to intact the smooth functioning of machineries to meet the
production targets efficiently.
• Manage Production Critical Equipment records related to condition monitoring, failure histories
analysis, trends, and vibration analysis to develop condition based maintenance plans, execution
strategy in order to ensure asset integrity.
• Manage workshop activities including overhauling of various size manual ball valves, shutdown
blow down valves and pressure safety valves as per industry best practices.
• Maintain coordination with Engineering & Project to ensure timely completion of field level
engineering changes (“Field Work”), up-gradation and modifications.
• Prepare and optimize mechanical CAPEX and OPEX to meet the long & short term maintenance
objectives of processing plant and associated sub-surface facilities.
• Provide support to Maintenance Superintendent to monitor and control Mechanical department’s
key operational expenses to ensure maintenance costs remain budgeted.
• Coordinate with warehouse to ensure the optimum level of relevant inventories meeting the
technical specs should remain available for routine and non-routine requirements.
• Effective utilization of CMMS (MAXIMO/SAP) for mechanical assignments and respective
inventory management to meet budget targets and to further optimize maintenance regimes.
• Develop outsourcing protocols and liaison/negotiations with the associated OEMs and
contractors.
• Involve in the selection of related site contractors for different type of mechanical activities.
• Develop, build and maintain site contractor management and remain in contact with HSSE
policies.
• Lead entire mechanical team (permanent and contractors). Ensure the staffing must be carried
out as per skills and the job requirement.
• Identify gaps within the team to suggest training needs and their annual appraisal as per their
contribution and commitment.
Related to Turn Around
• Provide complete data/record and inputs to Planning section and Field Management to plan turn
around and major equipment overhauls.
• Ensure mechanical assignments completion within allocated budget, time frame without LTI (Lost
Time Injury).
Related to HSSE Management System
• Responsible to execute all the mechanical activities should comply OMV group and applicable
HSSE policies, laws and regulations.
• Lead emergency teams as Emergency Team Leader to handle emergencies as per Emergency
Response Plan.
• Conduct scenario based emergency drills with HSSE coordination to develop teams to make
effective emergency response preparations.
• Ensure the skilled power aware of respective jobs HSE requirements and must have HSSE
authorities to execute the job via OMV PTW system.
• Identification of Safety Critical Elements in line with OMV EP HSSE guidelines and designated
Performance Standard.
• Participate in risk assessment studies like HAZOPs, HAZID, and JSAs.
• Participate in investigations of incidents and equipment failure to find root cause and
recommendations to avoid re-occurrence.
• Develop; review Maintenance site work instructions in coordination with procedures, standards
and policies.
• Ensure mechanism of testing, verification and certification of mechanical tools, lifting
gears/equipment, cranes must remain in contact.
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3. • Training & Development of the Mechanical Team and contractors on safety matters including
work permits, working at height, confined space entry, scaffolding, machine safety and likewise
others significant safety and technical topics through regular awareness sessions and toolbox
talks.
• Providing practical leadership and daily advice to mechanical staff on HSE issues so that
company HSE targets are achieved and maintained.
Key Achievements within OMV Tenure:
• Completed six major turn-around (2010-2015)
• Completed level III (replacement) of GE & SOLAR turbines, Level II (HSE/HGP) of GE and all
types of overhauls of GE-WAUKESHA, CAT & GE-Superior engines and compressors GE-NP,
DREESER RAND, ARIEL and GE-Cameron.
• Effectively participated in SOLAR turbine FAT and identified major causes of chronic failure of the
machine.
• Identified and rectified chronic high cylinder temperature issue of one of WAUKESHA and one GE
Superior engine hence contributing to significant production loss minimization.
• Developed and trained teams with local resources and enhanced their skills for special technical
jobs
• Developed and lead multidiscipline team for dealing with troubleshooting of production critical
units of Miano wellhead compressors.
• Special assignments/initiatives to optimize mechanical resources in order to optimize manpower
and cost
Repair / overhauling of redundant valves locally , contributing to huge cost savings
 Identified mechanical SCEs in 2011 1st
exercise along with necessary PM plans and
spares review.
 Inventory optimization which is on-going at the moment
2.0 Pak Arab Fertilizers
2.1: ENGINEER-II May 2008-Dec2009
Job scope: Responsibility to lead a team of technical personnel including a Sub Engineer,
Technicians, Welders, Fabricators and Riggers to ensure the successful Preventive/ Shut down
maintenance of all the stationary / rotary equipment installed on the plant.
Responsibilities:
• Timely spare parts ordering of all the stationary and rotary equipment installed at the plant for
their smooth operation, and to review vendors and suppliers quotations to determine best price
and delivery date.
• Support for all corrective and preventive maintenance activities of installed equipment.
Implementation of maintenance plan in efficient and effective manner.
• Maintenance of all different type of Valves & PSVs installed at the plant.
• Review Improvements to the existing facilities, modifications, up gradation and efficiency
enhancement. Reviewing the design, technical specifications for the modifications of the existing
facilities.
• Review arrangements for efficient and timely execution of projects meeting the company goals.
Coordinate with operation and maintenance team of existing facilities.
• Working with the Senior Inventory and CMMS Specialist for the development of the Oracle
maintenance management system and all related documentation including planned maintenance
routines, risk assessments, isolation procedures, etc.
• Preparing, execution and maintaining the history record of preventive maintenance programs for
all equipment (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly & yearly).
• Prepare annual maintenance budget of plant spares and general items of plant and monitor all
expenses to ensure that maintenance service is provided within approved budget.
• Developing complete equipment / product specifications for procurement of spares and technical
evaluation in view of specifications by making use of ASTM/ASME/ASNI/API and Safety
Standards on daily basis at plant.
• Prepare, update and review job plans, work instruction and procedures so that up-to-date
guidance and procedural coverage is available to all concerned.
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4. • Analyze all failures on the plant, establish root cause and take measures to avoid re-occurrence.
• Identification and review of spares, consumables, materials, tools and other necessary resources
required to maintain all installed equipment.
• Co-ordination with Production Department for operation and shut down of the different units.
Related to Turn Around
• Vigilantly planned directed, coordinated and supervised Annual Turn around 2008&2009 of
Pakarab Fertilizers Limited.
• Prepared and finalized shutdown jobs list joint with operation and supporting departments
• Worked out in calculation of material, equipments spares, tools, plant consumables and other
• Procurement of all the above said material from Foreign as well as Local Suppliers.
• Resource Management (cranes, scaffolding, insulation etc required in the execution of
turnaround.
• Procurement of Materials and Spares were made from local and foreign agencies well ahead from
actual execution of turnaround
• Shutdown activities were carried out according to plan and all jobs were accomplished in job list
and plant started timely and smoothly.
Related to Safety
• Amply compliance of Management of change and Job safety analysis safety work procedures at
plant
• Receiving of Work Permits for cold, hot and excavation works or working in confined space entry.
• Training & Development of the new employees on safety matters like work permits, working at
height, confined space entry, scaffolding, electrical safety, machine safety and likewise others
significant safety and technical topics through OSHA and ISO 14001 standards.
3.0 ESBI UCH Power Station (CC 586 MW)
3.1: Mechanical Engineer (TS) July 2006-Mar 2008
Job scope: Management of mechanical integrity of rotating equipment including gas turbines, steam
turbine and boiler feed-water pumps using rotary equipment reliability and performance software.
Strategic planning of turbine overhaul programs and GE contract performance review.
Responsibilities:
• Developing and maintaining reliability programs for on line condition monitoring with potential risk
assessment of critical equipment to minimize downtime or unexpected forced outage, using latest
on line monitoring and predictive technologies such as vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermal
scans, process control limits with excursion information.
• Basis on equipment condition/histories and costs providing input to production and maintenance
annual plans, budgets as well as to capital replacement and upgrade projects in order to attain
required future availability and reliability levels.
• Investigating Operation/Maintenance related problems and suggesting viable alternatives to plant
equipment or procedures modifications to assure plant safety, efficiency and environmental
compliance.
• Monitoring plant thermal performance and suggesting viable means of improving performance.
• Providing engineering expertise in the design, application, operation, inspection and maintenance
of rotating equipment, pressure piping and vessels.
• Coordinating with Operations for Scheduled Outages planning.
• Administrating plant information technology systems and software like CMMS, Safety Work
Permit system, and AutoCAD etc.
• Preparing departmental budget and as well providing input to annual operating plan & budget for
the complex.
• Managing storage and retrieval of Engineering Records, Drawings, and Documentation and
updating of Design changes to meet insurance audits and site requirements.
• Other duties as and when assigned by the Line Manager.
Related to Turn Around
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5. • Worked with GE planning team from ESBI side for major overhauling (MI-2006) and combustion
inspection (CI-2007) of 03 numbers of gas turbines. Prepared and finalized miscellaneous
shutdown jobs list joint with operation department.
Related to Safety
• Lead by example and demonstrate through their actions that QHSE policy compliance is a line
management responsibility, thus promoting a QHSE aware culture within their department.
• Monitor and conduct work activities in such a way as to ensure QHSE policy compliance, and to
impart the same philosophy onto staff in their department.
• Incorporate QHSE as a key part of their regular team briefings and meetings, and incorporate
QHSE performance objectives in the staff performance review system.
• Ensure adherence to legislation and company QHSE requirements (Policies, Procedures,
Manuals Emergency Response Plans and all other IMS documentation) by all staff and
contractors, and develop local procedures specific to work activities.
• Implement and enforce Risk Assessment Process with all staff and ensure correctional
requirements identified are executed.
• Ensure that the accident and incident notification and investigation procedures are adhered to.
• Fulfill their requirements as department manager and attend meetings as required.
• Ensure regular, formal auditing of the local contractors working for gas turbine jobs.
4.0 AES LALPIR Thermal Power Station (365X2 MW)
4.1: Mechanical Engineer July 2005-July 2006
Job scope: Perform engineering duties in planning and designing tools, rotating machines, and other
mechanically functioning equipment. Installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of such
equipment as feed water and steam systems. Playing role is mechanical section as the mechanical
maintenance engineer, responsible for routine, preventative and corrective maintenance of a thermal
power plant including steam turbine, boiler and balance of plant.
Responsibilities:
• Steam turbines (MHI) major / minor maintenance, up gradations, scheduled maintenance (MI)
planning.
• Outages coordination, planning, resource management, execution, post outage evaluation
through KPIs. Development of master schedules for Steam turbines, Feed water System
• Development of maintenance budgets, forecasting and tracking.
• Development of cost effective maintenance strategies for the stationary and rotary equipment to
increase equipment/systems reliability applying RCM (Reliability Centered Maintenance) RCA
(Root Cause Analysis) and condition monitoring techniques.
• Job Risk Assessment and development of JHAS (job hazards analysis sheet) and WHIS (work
hazards identification sheet).
• Predictive maintenance of the plant’s rotary equipments using ‘CSI Machinery Health
Management Platform’.
Related to Turn Around
• TA-2005: Worked in the team of Turnaround Engineers and was responsible for Turbine area TA
jobs mainly including overhauling of multistage boiler feed water pump train, associated valves,
condenser and heaters. Apart from routine TA jobs, looked after the HSE aspects of the
contractors hired for the turn-around execution.
5.0 WESTERN TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD
5.1: Reliability Engineer Jan 2003-July 2005
Job scope: Technical sales and service for condition monitoring solutions and instruments including
vibration analysis. Technical Sales (services and solutions) for Power Houses, Fertilizer Plants and
Chemical Industries.
Responsibilities:
• Development, design and optimization of predictive maintenance programs in process industries
and power plants.
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6. • Management and training of, and communication with customers to achieve the condition based
maintenance objectives of the machinery.
• Provision of field services including vibration analysis, dynamic balancing and alignment etc at
customer site.
• Executed reliability and troubleshooting of rotating and stationary equipment at customer site
(Fauji Fertilizer Company ,DH Chemicals, PAKARAB Refinery ,KAPCO,UCH Power, AES, ICI,
OGDC and Fauji Cement)
PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE SKILLS
• MAXIMO: Maintenance planning ,inventory management , purchasing ,procurement etc
• SAP: Maintenance planning, inventory management, purchasing and procurement.
• CMMS: Maintenance and Store controller.
• MHM: Asset Reliability Management for both online and portable platforms.
• Bentley Nevada SYSTEM 1: Asset Reliability Management for both online and portable
platforms.
• ESM: Waukesha Engine Management and diagnostic system.
• MS Office.
• Primavera Project Planning (P3).
PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS AND CERTIFICATIONS
• Process Reciprocating Compressors at Ariel Training Centre MT Vernon Ohio USA.(2014)
• Process Safety Management by Risktech (2013)
• Operation and Maintenance of Reciprocating Compressor by John Gill (2013)
• Advanced Maintenance Strategies By Marcus-Evans Training Institute (2013)
• SAP MM and PM module Training conducted by OMV/SIEMENS (2012).
• Inspection and RCFA of Dry Gas Seals conducted by Eagle Bergmann at their Workshop in
JAFZA Dubai (2012).
• Machinery Failure Analysis and Prevention Training conducted in-house by Fred Geitner at OMV
Pakistan. Miano-Kadanwari Gas Field (2011).
• Effective Turn-Around Planning conducted in-house at OMV Pakistan Kadanwari-Miano Gas Field
by(2010).
• Emergency Response Training conducted by CATII Pakistan (2010/2013).
• In House Training of Quantitative Risk Analysis by Risktech at OMV Pakistan Office (2010).
• In House Training of GHG by Risktech at OMV Pakistan Office (2010).
• Effective Communication & Business Skills conducted at OMV Pakistan (2010).
• Maintenance & Inspection of Gas Turbines conducted by GE team at Pakarab Fertilizers (2009).
• Safe Rigging Operations conducted by MAX-TRAIN International (2008).
• Level-3 Planning using P-III platform conducted by DESCON Pakistan (2008).
• In House Training of Combined Cycle Power Plant Operations, Maintenance at Uch Power
Station (2006).
• Advanced Vibration Analysis (2004) (Entek & CSI certified).
• Infrared Thermography Level-1 (2004) (ITC certified and licensed).
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
• A Professional Member of Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
AREA OF INTEREST
• Leadership and Team Management
• Rotating equipment
PERSONAL INFORMATION
• Nationality PAKISTANI
• Date of Birth: December 12, 1982.
• Passport #: AH9798372 (Expiry date: May 20,2017)
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7. • Languages: English, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi,
RERERENCES
• WILL BE PROVIDED ON REQUEST
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