Mehdi Okhravi Shahbaz

Project Scope: Complete execution of South Pars Phase 14 Gas Refinery including civil, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and commissioning works under EPCC contract.

Key Contributions:
• Directed all site-level operations, ensuring full compliance with design specifications, QA/QC procedures, and project timeline.
• Led a multidisciplinary team of over 300 engineers, supervisors, and workers, optimizing productivity and maintaining high safety standards (zero lost-time incidents).
• Developed and enforced daily, weekly, and monthly execution plans in close collaboration with the Planning Department.
• Held regular coordination meetings with subcontractors, resolving engineering conflicts, clarifying technical ambiguities, and accelerating progress on critical path items.
• Supervised resource allocation and managed deployment of heavy equipment, tools, and manpower to achieve peak efficiency across simultaneous work fronts.
• Ensured strict compliance with HSE and quality standards (ASME, API, ACI, IEC, ISO), implementing proactive risk mitigation and field audits.
• Coordinated with project control and finance teams to manage the workshop petty cash, track expenditures, and secure cost-effective procurement of materials.
• Oversaw the Punch List and Open Items closure process, driving field completion and system turnover for pre-commissioning and commissioning.
• Supported the project close-out process, including As-Built documentation, final handover, demobilization, and subcontractor closure.

Key Contributions:
• Managed execution of civil, mechanical, and electrical works across gas sweetening units, flare systems, and utility packages.
• Oversaw more than 250 field personnel, managing performance, quality benchmarks, and contractual deliverables.
• Ensured construction progress remained on schedule through precise activity sequencing and resource balancing.
• Monitored and reported daily KPIs to project leadership and client representatives, contributing to transparent and data-driven decision-making.
• Conducted joint inspections with QA/QC and client teams to resolve non-conformities, minimize rework, and uphold technical integrity.
• Played a pivotal role in interface management between engineering, planning, HSE, logistics, and commissioning teams.

Key Contributions:
• Spearheaded installation of process units, mechanical piping, pipe racks, structural works, and underground utilities.
• Optimized construction sequencing to accelerate critical activities during tight project milestones.
• Managed field revisions, redlining drawings, and responding to RFIs in collaboration with engineering support teams.
• Facilitated punch list coordination and handover of pre-commissioned systems to commissioning teams.

Key Contributions:
• Assisted in overseeing construction, inspection, and logistics coordination for utility and process units.
• Supervised preparation of daily progress reports and manpower logs.
• Handled field-level technical clarifications and facilitated meetings with QA/QC and engineering to close open items.

Key Contributions:
• Oversaw construction of LNG-related infrastructure including tanks, piping, steel structures, and underground works.
• Managed HSE compliance, procurement follow-up, and subcontractor performance tracking.
• Coordinated document control and contributed to preparation of As-Built packages.

Key Contributions:
• Managed complete site construction of aviation refueling station infrastructure, piping, and tank installation.
• Coordinated procurement, materials delivery, and workforce management under international logistics constraints.
• Maintained project communication with local authorities and airport technical consultants.

Client Supervision: JGC, TOYO, DELIM (Japan / Korea)

Key Contribution:
• Delivered 17 storage tanks (fuel, water, condensate) in accordance with API, ASME, and EPC standards.
• Coordinated daily reporting, progress control, inspection scheduling, and technical team mobilization.

Key Contributions:

• Collaborated with architects and engineers to ensure design vision accuracy.
• Fostered good relationships with clients, securing repeat business opportunities.
• Ensured safety protocols for minimal workplace accidents.
• Addressed issues promptly, maintaining uninterrupted work schedules.

key Contribution:

• Supervised installation of 3×80 tons boilers under C.C.T. Italy.

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• Installed boiler unit 3 and carried out piping works.

Key Contribution:

• Installed stainless steel piping
• Scheduled deliveries of materials to facilitate smooth flow of operations onsite.
• Managed and coordinated subcontractors onsite, ensuring completion of projects on time.

Key Contribution:

• Installed 15,000 in/Dia B.O.P. piping and auxiliary boiler system.

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• Installed 800 tons of steel structures and belt conveyors under supervision of Slovakian company Techno-export.
• Regularly updated project progress reports, enhancing transparency in communication.

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• Installed 32 fuel and process tanks.

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• Oversaw turbine hall welding works under Siemens supervision.

Key Contribution:

• Participated in fabrication of aluminum wheat bunkers (first in Iran).