Hany Ali
Cairo
Summary
Power Plant Operations & Maintenance Manager with over 19 years of experience leading turbine systems, managing multi-site energy operations, and implementing preventive and corrective maintenance strategies across Egypt, UAE, and Iraq. Proven expertise in GE Frame 6 turbines, SAP Work Management Systems, and CMMS platforms. Skilled in root cause analysis, team leadership, and technical documentation. Certified in CMRP, OSHA, and TBOISET, with a strong track record of reducing downtime and optimizing asset performance in high-stakes environments.
Knowledgeable electrical engineer, with proven history of leading engineering teams to success. Effectively directed multiple projects from conception to completion, ensuring optimal functionality and efficiency. Demonstrated expertise in problem-solving and team leadership.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
POWER PLANT LEAD ENGINEER
ADNOC OFFSHORE – ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY
11.2020 - Current
- Responsible for operations and maintenance, production performance, and environmental performance of the power generation facility from the control room.
- Operate and maintain six GE gas turbines (Frame 6, MS6001B) using MARK Vie control system.
- Oversee emergency diesel generators (2600 KVA), water treatment units, and GIS switchgears.
- Lead safe plant startups/shutdowns, incident response, and parameter monitoring.
- Expert in dual-fuel turbine operations (DLN gas & liquid), SAP Work Management, PTW system.
- Manage fuel gas compressors and high/medium/low voltage substations (132/11KV, GIS).
- Knowledge of regulatory Health, Safety and Environmental, Fire Protection and Risk Management policies.
FIELD MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR
BONATTI SPA
03.2019 - 11.2020
- Managed maintenance for 3 sites: Direct and coordinate the daily activities of 3 power plants sites maintenance staff.
- Manage and monitor planned and unplanned maintenance activities and coordinate outage activities including outage planning.
- Coordinated outage planning, KPI reporting, and equipment failure analyses.
- Optimized spare parts inventory, CMMS systems, and trained maintenance personnel.
- Led RCA investigations and preventive maintenance for substations and generators.
- Provide necessary progress reports to the Plant Owner, daily, weekly monthly and Yearly reports.
- Manage and Assure minimum stocks of spare parts.
- Manage maintenance, equipment, and engineering vendors.
- Develop and implement training program for all maintenance employees, ensures all training are maintained and executed.
- Responsible for directing maintenance departments for carrying out preventive maintenance of the turbine and generator units (SOLAR- MARS 100) including daily, monthly, semiannual and annual maintenance. As well as corrective maintenance if found.
- Responsible for maintenance performing of 11 KV and 0.4 KV substations related to turbine and generator unit’s incomer/ distribution feeders and auxiliaries.
- Responsible for carrying out preventive maintenance of Black Start Diesel Generator (Cummins type) including daily, weekly, monthly, semiannual and annual maintenance.
- Knowledge of regulatory Health, Safety and Environmental. Fire Protection and Risk Management policies.
POWER PLANT MAINTENANCE TEAM LEADER
BONATTI SPA
08.2017 - 03.2019
- Mange the site team staff.
- Ensure plant performance, remain on the project target.
- Supervise all the plant maintenance activities (PM, CM activities).
- Organize daily meeting for site team to discuss the daily activities and outstanding activities.
- Mange documents, filling and follow up the planning system (SAP system).
- Reported daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reports for plant maintenance activities and troubleshooting reports to project manager.
- Follow, insure complete best HSE practices on the site.
- Responsible for routine maintenance and troubleshooting for solar Mars 100 gas turbines, performed 4000hrs and 8000hrs inspections.
- Ensure that all the plant and rotating equipment are maintained as per schedule, improved and/or replaced for optimum plant availability to meet the plant integrity requirements.
- Conduct (RCA) root cause analysis of equipment failures and non-scheduled shutdowns and recommend problem resolution.
- Participate in Risk Assessment exercises and prepare recommendations and guidelines to address the findings.
- Participate in Permit to Work (PTW) daily meeting, prepare and recommend the guidelines to address the findings for the safety permit.
- Ensure that all the required material, spares, consumables and tools are of the right quality and quantity and available on a continuous basis.
- Familiar with the SAP System. (Materials Requisition, W/H Stock Over View, Notification for Troubleshooting).
SHIFT TEAM LEADER (SENIOR SHIFT ELECTRICAL ENGINEER)
LUKOIL- WQ2 OIL FIELD
04.2015 - 07.2017
- Responsible for the shift -to-shift safe operations, production performance, and environmental performance of the power generation facility from the control room.
- Responsible for safe start up and shutdown of the power generation facility in accordance with equipment vendor recommendations, both in normal and emergency situations.
- Take all necessary actions to correct any incident during normal operation.
- Observation of all unit parameter during shift.
- Familiar with GE MS 6001 B (DLN) dual fuel (gas & liquid) gas turbine during Start up, shut down and emergency situation with gas and liquid firing through MARK Vie.
- Familiar with Permit to Work "PTW" system, which related to work permit applied for a certain job.
- Familiar with Fuel Gas Compressor (CAMERON WH64) and auxiliary’s operation during normal and abnormal cases through DCS system.
- Good handling with 132/11kv and 132/33kv switches gear and GIS (gas isolation system by SF6).
- Co-ordinate safety with regards to shift work activities, release of plant equipment for performance.
POWER PLANT CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR
POWERTEK
05.2011 - 04.2015
- Responsible for the shift -to-shift safe operations, production performance, and environmental performance of the power generation facility.
- Responsible for safe start up and shutdown of the power generation facility in accordance with equipment vendor recommendations, both in normal and emergency situations.
- Prepare all activities and documentary work before scheduled outage.
- Document plant performance with shift logs, operational logs, defect reporting, revision and review of operational procedures.
- Familiar with a multi effect desalination plant operating and water treatment plants.
- Familiar with Demineralized water production.
- Carrying out isolation of the equipment for planned and emergency maintenance and normalization of the plant thereafter.
POWER PLANT SENIOR OPERATION ENGINEER
East Delta Electricity Production Company (EDEPC)
03.2006 - 05.2011
- Monitoring and operating the plant equipment from central control room through DCS control system and field.
- Good handling with 220/22/6.3kv switches gear and GIS (gas isolation system by SF6).
- BOILER starting up, operating and shutting down at Normal, abnormal and emergency conditions using (Gas-Heavy Oil-Light oil) as a firing fuel.
- Turbine and its auxiliaries operating (hot - worm - cold).
- Carrying out isolation of the equipment for planned and emergency maintenance and normalization of the plant thereafter.
Education
Bachelor Degree - Electrical Power & Machines Engineering
Zagazig University
EgyptSkills
- Technical Tools: SAP WMS, CMMS, PTW, DCS
- Equipment Expertise: GE MS6001B, Solar Mars 100, GIS switchgears
- Maintenance Methods: RCA, PM/CM, KPI Reporting
- Documentation & Technical Reporting
- On Scene Commander Rule
- Power generation operations
- Gas turbine maintenance
- Control room management
- Emergency response procedures
- Preventive maintenance planning
- Root cause analysis
- SAP Work Management
- Dual-fuel turbine operations
- Health and safety compliance
- Equipment performance monitoring
- Incident management protocols
- Outage planning coordination
- Electrical systems knowledge
- Fuel gas compressor operation
- Team leadership skills
- Risk assessment participation
- Maintenance vendor management
- Environmental performance metrics
- Training program development
- KPI reporting standards
- Technical support
- Project management
- Technical analysis
- Team oversight
- Maintenance scheduling
- Engineering documentation
- Technical reporting
- Root-cause analysis
- Team collaboration
Certification
- Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP)
- OSHA General Industry Safety (IASP)
- TBOISET – Tropical Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training (OPITO)
- FEMA – Basic Incident Command System (ICS 100 & 200)
- OPITO H2S (Level 1)
LANGUAGES
Arabic: Native
English (Fluent - Technical Proficiency)
Timeline
POWER PLANT LEAD ENGINEER
ADNOC OFFSHORE – ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY
11.2020 - Current
FIELD MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR
BONATTI SPA
03.2019 - 11.2020
POWER PLANT MAINTENANCE TEAM LEADER
BONATTI SPA
08.2017 - 03.2019
SHIFT TEAM LEADER (SENIOR SHIFT ELECTRICAL ENGINEER)
LUKOIL- WQ2 OIL FIELD
04.2015 - 07.2017
POWER PLANT CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR
POWERTEK
05.2011 - 04.2015
POWER PLANT SENIOR OPERATION ENGINEER
East Delta Electricity Production Company (EDEPC)
03.2006 - 05.2011
Bachelor Degree - Electrical Power & Machines Engineering
Zagazig University
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
- 19+ years in power plant operations & maintenance.
- Expert in power generation turbines operation including (GE gas turbine and Solar gas turbine and steam turbines).
- Proficient in SAP (WMS) and CMMS systems.
- Certified in TBOISET-OPITO offshore safety.