Asaad Katoua, MEM, SFP®, AVS®

Experience

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  أشرقت | Ashraqat

  Mar 2007 - now

  Vice President, Operation and Passport Managment Affairs
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  Aramco

  Sept 2008 - Oct 2015

  • Managed the replacement of 0.5 KM of corroded and congested cable trays for life cables with zero business interruption safely. • Led the team to maintains function and reliability of facility systems and associated equipment by implementing a preventive maintenance program; operating and testing systems and equipment; restoring, repairing, rebuilding, or replacing faulty or inoperative components and parts. • Provided technical training and mentorship support to Saudi Aramco engineers, technician and summer student. • Improved the relationship with Saudi Aramco local partners (SABIC and LUBEREF) and provided proactive support to overcome the operation concerns. Show less • Contributed to the successful completion of the electrical scope at three major refinery tests and inspections T&I's by leading the maintenance activity and needed project support. • Improved the technical skills of organization's task force and achieved an estimated saving of $ 0.2 MM by focusing on the in-house engineering designs of all assigned project. • Achieve a cost avoidance of $ 0.1 MM by challenging one of Saudi Aramco Major Incident Recommendations (SAMIR) to redesign the transformer oil drainage system. • Led the investigation of various technical incidents using professional root cause analysis techniques. Show less • Improved the refinery plant safety, reliability, and profitability by leading and developing various companywide technical studies and programs. It includes but not limited to Seismic assessment, Obsolescence program, ETAP studies, Arc Flash program and UPS system assessment. • Develop in-house detailed design packages for potential refinery projects, including the needed calculation and analysis. • Deployed various new industrial technology to enhance plant availability and operability, such as the Arc Flash operation tools and NDT technology. Show less

  • Foreman, Electrical, UPS & AC unit

    Aug 2015 - Oct 2015

  • Technical Support leader

    Jan 2012 - Jul 2015

  • Electrical Engineer

    Sept 2008 - Jan 2012
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  KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)

  Oct 2015 - now

  - Heading the bidding development of the 1st KSA private utility scale solar PV Farm.- Assessed the Electrical Vehicle EV deployment and associated mobility infrastructure.- Handled the water and electricity energy optimization strategy using hybrid renewable energy resources .- Studied the feasibility of the Sustainable Green Hydrogen Mobility Platform.- Improved the business performance strategies by managing the portfolio of 3 service providers to operate/maintain the electrical network with a contracted cost of $5 MM- Achieved a 4% ($11 MM) optimization to the service provider contract. Show less - Handled the development of utility interface and interconnection guidelines for the Electrical and Water Services.- Led the smart grid transformation of KAUST campus by digitizing and integrating the entire electrical system and introducing the load dispatch center.- Handled the electrical infrastructure development and associated O&M contract of KAUST super computing data center using the Dynamic Rotary UPS technology- Analyzed KAUST energy demand and conduct studies of energy conservation opportunities & assess the techno-commercial aspects of each opportunity. Show less - Managed the feasibility study development of the solar PV project with a capacity of 80MW, which covers the technical and financial areas using both PPA & EPC models.- Led the elimination of campus & technology park power interruption during the regional power crises by implementing a significant reliability enhancement project with an estimated cost avoidance of $18 M- Analyzed the organization's electrical billing costs by developing an analytical software that led to a total cost avoidance/saving of $3 MM. Show less

  • Manager, Electrical Systems

    Dec 2021 - now

  • Lead, Electrical O&M

    Apr 2020 - Nov 2021

  • Supervisor, Utilities Technical Support and Project Managment

    Oct 2015 - Mar 2020