Farooq Alshaqsi
Muscat
Summary
Professional manager with significant expertise in overseeing complex projects and ensuring timely delivery. Skilled in strategic planning, budget management, and risk assessment. Strong focus on team collaboration, fostering results-driven environment, and adapting to changing needs. Known for reliability, leadership, and effective communication.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager (Cluster Manager)
Al Tasnim Enterprises
07.2024 - Current
- Manage to Bring back Projects from Delayed Projects to completion, and now ahead of Target.
- Managed to get all PEs and site leaders to be cost conscious and profit seekers.
- Mentored junior project managers, fostering skill development and knowledge sharing within the team.
- Analyzed project performance data to drive continuous improvement initiatives across multiple projects.
- Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
- Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
- Led cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time and within budget.
- Developed project plans, defining scope, objectives, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Implemented risk management strategies to identify and mitigate potential project issues proactively.
- Facilitated regular status meetings to ensure alignment and address concerns among team members.
- Developed strong relationships with stakeholders through regular communication updates, fostering trust and confidence in the team''s ability to deliver results.
- Collaborated closely with senior management to align project objectives with strategic company initiatives, ensuring that efforts contributed to overall business growth.
Lead Project, Maintenance and Construction
ARABIAN INDUSTRIES PROJECTS
01.2024 - 07.2024
- Leading Project Engineers from HO and Site execution engineering teams, ensuring punctual and effective delivery while exceeding performance standards.
- Proactively developing and executing strategic initiatives to enhance revenue streams and reduce expenses.
- Directing project engineers to accelerate project execution.
- Prepare the site team to manage and prepare the site for change.
- Enforcing rigorous adherence to Health, Safety, and Environment protocols.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
Maintenance/Integrity, Construction Site Manager
ARABIAN INDUSTRIES PROJECTS
03.2021 - 01.2024
- Responsible of the Construction and Maintenance Operations in the area, Consistently met my short and long-term targets, Proactively participated in meetings and helped create new practices, Trained, coached, and supervised new staff members, Pitched ideas on how to improve performance and efficiency, Helped management to identify workflow issues and find solutions, Ensure that the engineering, operations and maintenance aspects of the projects requirements are reflected in the MIC contract specification, controlling the budget and make sure that we get more business & revenue, Dealing with external service contractors for the project in a confident and professional manner.
Integrity/Maintenance and Construction Site Manager
WORLEY PARSONS/ ARABIAN INDUSTRIES PROJECTS
11.2014 - 03.2021
- Working in a Multi Million contract handling more than 600 employees along with sub contractors, making sure we complete our FCP, MSM, Integrity related works as well as Maintenance activities with the highest quality, keeping in mind the importance of HSE.
Shutdown Coordinator
WOOD GROUP CCC
12.2013 - 11.2014
- Responsible for planning and execution of all oil & gas shutdowns, Prepare shutdown work and plan the activities, Assure safe environment and smooth shutdown execution, Avoid shutdown delays, improving quality, schedule and reducing cost, Prepare the calls for vendors specific to the project.
Site Maintenance Coordinator
WOOD GROUP CCC
12.2012 - 12.2013
- I was responsible to diagnose simple maintenance activities (Mechanical/electrical and Instrumentation) in the area to ensure that all works are completed according to applicable procedures and standard of PDO, Involved in all static equipment from Heat Exchanger’s, vessels, Tanks to pumps, motors, instrument/ electrical equipment’s, providing input to the maintenance philosophy, develop the National Technicians and Engineers, making sure that all are within the HSE culture.
Site Manager
INTERSERVE OF DEFENSE/ DOUGLAS OHI
07.2011 - 07.2011
- I was responsible to manage the site and plan preventive, corrective & predictive maintenance activities in the area to ensure that all work are completed according to the client’s Quality standards and maintenance regulations, Designing maintenance programs, researching for new equipment, handling the training and development needs of new hires.
Engineer - Maintenance mechanical
WORLEY PARSONS ARABIAN INDUSTRIES
05.2006 - 07.2011
- I was responsible for the Mechanical Maintenance department and was assisting PM, CM, and predictive maintenance activities on Tanks, RV’s , PVV’s, BOH, Beam Pumps, PCP’s, Heat Exchanger’s, vessels, allocating work to the team to carry out quality inspections, responding immediately to equipment breakdowns, organizing teams to make sure 24-hour cover is available.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Process Operations & Maintenance
CALEDONIAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
MuscatHigher National Diploma - Oil & Gas Engineering
HIGHER COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Skills
- Team management
- Construction management
- Team leadership
- Strategic planning
- Quality assurance
- Cross-functional teamwork
- Engaging presentation skills
- Effective communication
- Operations management
- Project execution management
- Analytical problem solving
- Proactive maintenance strategies
LANGUAGES
ENGLISH
ARABIC
Timeline
Project Manager (Cluster Manager)
Al Tasnim Enterprises
07.2024 - Current
Lead Project, Maintenance and Construction
ARABIAN INDUSTRIES PROJECTS
01.2024 - 07.2024
Maintenance/Integrity, Construction Site Manager
ARABIAN INDUSTRIES PROJECTS
03.2021 - 01.2024
Integrity/Maintenance and Construction Site Manager
WORLEY PARSONS/ ARABIAN INDUSTRIES PROJECTS
11.2014 - 03.2021
Shutdown Coordinator
WOOD GROUP CCC
12.2013 - 11.2014
Site Maintenance Coordinator
WOOD GROUP CCC
12.2012 - 12.2013
Site Manager
INTERSERVE OF DEFENSE/ DOUGLAS OHI
07.2011 - 07.2011
Engineer - Maintenance mechanical
WORLEY PARSONS ARABIAN INDUSTRIES
05.2006 - 07.2011
Higher National Diploma - Oil & Gas Engineering
HIGHER COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Bachelor of Science - Process Operations & Maintenance
CALEDONIAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING