Highlights:Developed new lube oil formulations for customers that secured for KDLC many contracts and profitable contracts with government and privet companies.

Skills:lube oil formulation, laboratory, production, quality control, chemical engineering, sales

Goal:Seeking to advance my career in the lube oil and chemical additive industry and to pursue a better opportunity in a progressive and well-established company.

Membership:Kuwait society of engineers

Certification:ISO 9001 LEAD AUDITOR CERTIFICATE.

Laboratory Manager 08/2008 - current
Kuwait Dana Lubes Company, kuwait, Kuwait
Industry: Lube oil
In charge of laboratory activities which include approval of blend sheets sent to blending departments, follow up with daily sample tests and approval of lube oil blends, making lube oil formulation, in house calibration of laboratory equipment, and laboratory equipment maintenance and procurement.
- Provide technical assistance to sales department helping customers decide on which type of oil to use for their equipment. And in government and private tender preparations. - Research and development making new specialty product formulation based on customer requirements and API specifications. Also improving current products formulation to meet customer and OEMs specifications and requirements. - Maintained and updated the database for product formulations using Microsoft dynamics system. - Worked on and received product certification for our lube oils and greases from international certification bodies such as API, NLGI. And also from local certification bodies like Kuwait Public Authority. - Worked on and received certification for some of our lubes from OEM’S such as GM, Volvo, and Mercedes Benz - In charge of raw material testing and approval for items used in lube oil blending such as Base Oils, Additive packages, and chemicals. - In charge of approving additive packages and base oils to the purchasing department. Example of additive companies I dealt with is Afton chemical, Infinium, Rohmax, and Chevron. - Ensures that laboratory procedures and operation are properly documented and followed as per ISO 9001 standards and regulations. - Worked on the following equipment: 1- Pour point machine 2- Flashpoint machine 3- Viscosity baths and cannon viscometers 4- Foam testing machine 5- Penetrometer 6- Color machine 7- Total base number machine 8- Water separation machine--
Production Engineer 08/2005 - 08/2008
Marzouk Lube Oil Company, kuwait, Kuwait
Industry: Lube oil
Managing and administration of plants activities. Process and production planning based on sales orders and minimum quantity requirement for stores. Along with improving the production process and activities to meet customer requirements and delivery deadlines.
- Improved the quality of finished products by closely Following up with the laboratory for testing and approvals of blends. - Assured the availability of raw material by keeping track of raw material consumption weekly and monthly. - Secured the best price and lead time from the raw material suppliers by evaluating the supplier performance and considering alternatives to the current ones as backup. - Improved the filling and blending operations and production operations in general by implementing ISO 9001:2000 requirements and guidelines also by implementing methods such as six sigma and kaizen problem-solving methodology. - Provided company management and accountants with all the necessary quarterly annual and monthly consumption reports of All raw materials used in production operations. - Provided annual cost analyses to the sales and accounts department for all of the company’s finished products. See less--
Chemical Sales Engineer 07/2004 - 08/2005
Boushahri Group, kuwait, Kuwait
Industry: SALES
n charge of all sales and marketing operations of the chemicals sales department.
- Have been involved in establishing and creating a business strategy for the chemical division and the overall marketing of chemical products for the division. - Secured and won tenders for chemicals such as Antifoams, glycols and commodity chemicals like MEA and other chemicals from Kuwait National Petroleum Company, Kuwait Oil Company, and Kuwait Aviation Fuelling Company. - Secured agreement with major suppliers such as Dow Corning to be their exclusive agent in Kuwait and negotiated a better agreement and deal with our existing ones. - Marketed and sold different types of chemicals such as glycols, perchloroethylene (used for dry cleaning) caustic soda and other chemicals to major industries in Kuwait such as sponge manufacturers, soft drink manufacturers, chemical manufacturers and glass manufacturers.--

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY 03/1993 - 05/1996
FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, United States
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Bachelor's degree

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