Project engineering · Turnaround & inspection
Nawaf Salem Alawfi PMP®
I connect planning, field execution, project controls, and commercial visibility across industrial projects—with clear responsibility at every stage.
Selected project evidence
Explore the scope, my responsibility, the decisions made, and the results supported by each case.
1.15MBBL
Combined capacity · 3 active tanks
Active · Refinery T&I
Scope and readiness, P6 controls, field coordination, commercial status, quality, safety, and handover.
5concurrent scopes
Maintenance through return to service
Completed maintenance scopes · YASREF
Five of six exchanger scopes followed concurrent maintenance. The vertical exchanger took a separate off-site retubing path.
Oneweekly view
Connected SES / RPO status
Implemented & maintained
≈26people
Multidisciplinary night-shift team
Completed scope · LUBEREF
20of 61 stores
Panda / eXtra Clix transition
Completed initiative
1,999tubes
Floating-head heat exchanger
Fabrication lifecycle
A consistent thread
Scope, people, schedules, quality, and commercial information have to work together. My experience connects those interfaces.
How I work
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01 / Definition
Clarify objectives, boundaries, quantities, interfaces, and acceptance requirements before building the execution plan.
02 / Readiness
Review packages, resources, access, contractor readiness, and risks so the planned work can become executable work fronts.
03 / Project controls
Bring schedule, progress, commercial status, forecasts, and risk into a consistent review rhythm that supports management decisions.
04 / Field execution
Coordinate contractors, maintenance, inspection, quality, safety, materials, and support functions around practical work-front needs.
05 / Completion
Track inspection and testing, punch items, box-up, reinstatement, acceptance, handover, and closeout through the applicable completion path.
An approach drawn from my work across projects. Sequence and tools adapt to the scope.
The professional journey
My experience connects commercial and operational analysis with mechanical site execution and refinery project engineering.
That progression shapes how I work: understand the data, connect it to field conditions, and keep responsibility and decisions clear.
Storage-tank scope definition, planning and controls, contractor and field coordination, commercial visibility, QA/QC, HSE, and closeout. Earlier exposure included a lube-oil cooler and boiler.
Concurrent exchanger work fronts, multidisciplinary night-shift leadership, and fabrication participation through inspection, testing, and acceptance.
Store-performance analysis, Power BI decision support, inventory redistribution, replenishment, supplier negotiations, targeted promotion, and the electronics transition.
The engineering foundation for my work across operations, analysis, systems, and industrial project delivery.
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For project engineering, turnaround and inspection, project controls, and industrial delivery opportunities in Saudi Arabia and the GCC.
Project Engineer · Turnaround & Inspection · Project Controls
Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
PMP-certified Industrial Engineer and Project Engineer connecting scope, planning, field execution, contractor coordination, commercial control, and handover across refinery T&I work.
Three active storage tanks with 1.15M BBL combined capacity, coordinated across two contractor companies. Personally planning three additional tank projects for 2027.
Saudi Aramco Yanbu Refinery — Contract. Responsibilities span FEL, scope development, P6 controls, field execution, contractor coordination, commercial control, QA/QC, HSE, handover, and closeout.
2025–present: Saudi Aramco Yanbu Refinery — Contract
2024–2025: Olayan Descon · Mechanical site execution
2021–2024: Panda · Commercial analytics and execution
PMP® · Saudi Council of Engineers registration
BSc Industrial Engineering, University of Business and Technology, 2020