Ahmed Elserafy

Ahmed elserafy

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Utilities Manager at SOYVEN

  • Education

    • Faculty of engineering (mechanical power dept.)

      1997 - 2002
      Bachelor's degree mechanical engineering
  • Experience

    • Pico industrial service co.

      May 2003 - May 2004
      Maintenance and spareparts engineer

      • Mechanical maintenance and solving problems for rotary screw compressors.• Provide customers with technical assistance, supply genuine parts.

    • Cargill

      Jul 2004 - Jun 2018

      Expansion project for existing plant – Utility Area (6 Million $ budget)• Contracting with authorities regards doubling city water capacity , and new natural gas load tables till getting approvals.• Perform tie in lists and site modifications for demolish / install new equipment.• Engineering, Procurement, Construction & commissioning for project packages: Two Ultra Filtration units 70m3/hr., 25m3/hr Reverse Osmosis unit. Backup boiler (Fire tube boiler , 35 TPH , 16bar). SIEMENS 4 MWh backpressure Turbine. Steam traps & steam silencers packages. Cooling tower filtration and automatic dosing system.• Performing mass & heat balances to assure best selection for Turbine package.• Changes to be managed through the scope and change management procedure.• Preparing spare part list according to criticality for plant startup and first year of operation to avoid any upsets and down time. Show less • Organize, plan, and manage utilities operation in coordination with Plant Management to meet plant production targets; develops procedures for updates and improvements; assists in the planning and execution of shutdowns.• Manages risk/loss potential to personnel, equipment, and utilities operations.• Conducts or organizes proper training on job tasks and safe operation of equipment; participates in safety/environmental audits. • Effectively manages costs. Assists with managing the utilities budget. Tracks utilities expenses.• Organize day and shift tasks in a timely and effective manner, Prepare necessary permits for the works on site.• Coordinate with maintenance department that utilities equipment is trouble-free, perform work orders, share in weekly maintenance planning meeting, and planning for annual shutdown jobs.• Create friendly working environment among Utilities Operators with emphasis on teamwork, responsible for building new strong team, development and on-job training for the team, evaluate the performance of subordinates and make proposals for bonuses.• Solving technical or operational problems that may arise during work in utilities area, Prepare monthly utilities report.• Make proposals for increasing the efficiency of the equipment use and optimization of utilities operation.• Leading the Kilo-watt king program in the plant to develop the energy reduction plans.• Participation in improving cooling tower performance projects (makeup from RO to cooling tower, 3D- TRASAR, side stream filtration). • Commissioning and startup for the Co-generation project. Show less • Providing reliable supply of utilities to plant areas to ensure the smooth running of process operation.• Boiler startup,monitoring steam output to plant,pressure,temperature,chemicals addition,routine samples boiler water ,condensate and evaluate results and take actions if needed, carry out tests to ensure safety devices are working.• water treatment plant ( reverse osmosis ) start up and shut down, monitoring chemicals addition ,water pressure and temperature ,routine sampling of water and evaluate results and take actions if needed,good understanding of water treatment equipments “pumps,membranes,filteration,instruments”,membrane cleaning procedures• Air compressors start up,shut down , monitoring usage and air quality,maintenance plan for the compressor to insure continous running.• Fire fighting system “test fire fighting pumps weekly,inspection for the whole network for leaks.• Cooling tower water analysis,monitoring chemical addition,evaluate results and take actions if needed• Assist in scheduling needed equipment repairs / modification with Maintenance Department.• Report needed changes in Standard Operating Procedures to management and Quality Assurance.• Perform a mass and heat balance and SWIFT analysis for Co-generation project.• Participating in turbine, gear box, generator inspection, setting the activities required for the Co-generation project.• Working as a project engineer in replacing the old fire protection system with a new GRE line.• Working as a project engineer (replacement of the process water line with a GRE line). Show less

      • Utility Area Lead

        Jan 2016 - Jun 2018
      • Utilities Manger

        Aug 2008 - Dec 2015
      • Utilities/Projects Engineer

        Jul 2004 - Jul 2008
    • Soyven - a cargill-adm joint venture

      Jun 2018 - now
      Utilities manager

      •Translated short- and long-term organizational objectives into comprehensive plantmanagement strategy.• Prepared monthly and yearly management reports to present key utilities statistics.• Oversaw general maintenance of utilities equipment, coordinating workflow tocomplete maintenance duties.• Monitored on-site health, safety, managing environmental outputs within allowablelimits. Manages risk/loss potential to personnel, equipment, and utilitiesoperations.• Lead with GRC : loss prevention , Boiler & Machinery ,and Infra-red surveys in theplant , implementing all recommendations.• Demonstrate expertise in fire protection systems, implementing fire protectionsystems, as well as inspecting and testing existing systems.• Implemented process improvements and daily continues improvement culture.• Defined and executed preventative maintenance schedule to reduce equipmentdowntime.• Led investigations into system issues and planned fixes to minimize downtime andcontrol costs.• Operating Expense Management: Budgeting for Plant variable cost ( Heat , power ,water and chemicals ), EHS , and M&R related to utility.• Talent Management: Ability to build, train and performance tracking for the team.• Capital effectiveness : budgeting and control utilities improvement projectsimplementation.• Managed the energy-saving development processes, including calculating budgets,projecting energy savings and identifying project goals. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Root cause analysis

      Sologic europe - root cause analysis
      Nov 2014
    • Operator care for machinery reliability

      Universal technologies, inc
      Apr 2008
    • Fundamental of management program

      Achieveglobal
      Mar 2006
    • Ielts

      Idp education ltd
      Jun 2015
    • Construction project management

      Cargill
      Oct 2008
    • Getting organized for peak performance

      Linkedin
      Oct 2024
      View certificate certificate
    • Basic first aid

      Gtsc egypt
      Dec 2014
    • Management development workshop

      Cargill
      Jul 2008