Usama Kodzhak

Mechanical Engineering Area LeadFull Time

• Job Details:• Controlling and Giving work direction on daily basis to mechanical engineering, operation and maintenance teams, resulting in reduction of downtime by 12%, • Providing technical engineering support to the Operations and Maintenance personnel regarding design, selection, maintenance, troubleshooting and long term reliability of mechanical equipment, achieving 10% reduction in maintenance budget & up to 25% increasing Main Time Between Failure MTBF, • Developing & Reviewing Engineering packages, drawings, mechanical designs calculations, material specifications, • Coordinating the collection of data to analyze efficiency of Syncrude Reliabilities programs and maintenance strategies, • Leading the development of maintenance strategies, • Maintaining Technical Specifications for Mechanical Equipment, • Preparing detailed engineering packages for construction and repair of pressure vessels equipment and piping, • Leading & Facilitating RCM( Reliability Center Maintenance), FMEA ( Failure Mode Effective Analysis), RCFA ( Route Cause Failure Analysis) and FCA ( Functional Criticality Analysis) as required, • Using Reliability findings and investigations to advise and confirm with Consultants, Contractors and Maintenance team on alternative Design/Repair Solutions; • Maintaining knowledge of applicable regulations, industry trends, and technical developments in the mechanical equipment field, • Monitoring team’s performance to ensure work is completed in an efficient and effective way, Maintenance & Lifting Engineering Team Lead 2010 to 2011 • Provided work direction to Lift - Engineering Team on daily basis, • Interfaced with users to produce a quality lift planning product, • Reviewed and approved engineered lift studies and lift plans to ensure compliance and quality, • Liaised with user groups on legislative rules and regulations regarding hosting, • Coordinated the collection of data to analyze efficiency of Syncrude Mobile Crane fleet, • Developed cost estimates for hoisting aspects of jobs, • Assisted and provided input on technical matters within the lifting team, • Monitored team’s performance to ensure work is completed in an efficient and effective way, • Managed Rigging Warehouse, 25% reduction of spares as result of running Risk Spares Analysis (RSA)

Mechanical Engineer Full Time

• Job Details:• Design, repair and alteration of piping, pressure vessels, tanks, flares and transfer pumps, • Extensive interpretation of divisional, corporate and industry standards, ASME SEC. II, VIII, XI, B31.3, NACE standards, API standards, • Responsible for mechanical engineering for tank farm, flare plant, vapor recovery unit and some sour water treatment facilities, as a result Zero Downtime was achieved, • Prepared engineering work scope, day to day tasks, supervised repairs in the field and managed to reduce downtime up to 10% • Shared team responsibility for turnaround and shutdown repairs & upgrades design scopes and oversaw execution of the scopes, resulting in reducing up to 5% of Turnaround budgets, • Design upgrade lead ( Management of Change), Coordinating electrical, instrumentation & control systems engineering teams in conjunction with mechanical design,

Maintenance ConsultantFull Time

• Job Details:• Analyzed, consulted developed and implemented Enterprise Asset Management Strategies. • Advised on the operations, reliability and maintenance strategies appropriate for optimal asset performance. • Planned of activities according to the Plant Shutdown Strategy and Reliability Centered Maintenance. • Provided and developed strategies to improve scheduling and execution of maintenance activities. • Investigated mechanical failures or/ and unexpected maintenance problems • Analyzed operation’s workload and maintenance activities to generate optimum production and maintenance schedules, • Implemented preventive, predictive and proactive maintenance strategies. • Developed and Conducted Reliability Opportunity Improvement Process (ROI), Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA / FMECA), Root Cause Analysis (RCA / RCFA), Reliability Modelling and Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCC), RBI and Integrity Management and CMMS. • Optimized plant, field equipment and processes to maximize equipment capacities and minimize operating costs; • Provided recommendations and developed strategies to reduce maintenance & operational budgets. • Provided input to ensure equipment reliability on new capital projects; • Certified projects, insured performance specifications are in compliance with regulatory requirements; • Trained and developed strategies to consolidate the use of the CMMS for the Operations and Maintenance departments,