MUHAMMAD FARIS MOHD RUSLI
Mechanical Static Engineering Executive
Puchong
Summary
Results-driven Mechanical Engineer with 10 years of experience in static equipment maintenance and integrity management in the oil & gas and petrochemical industry. Skilled in developing and executing preventive, predictive, and risk-based maintenance strategies to ensure equipment reliability, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence. Demonstrated expertise in planning and delivering plant turnarounds, supervising major repairs and inspections, and optimizing maintenance costs. Proficient in industry standards (API, ASME, PTS, DOSH) and known as a proactive team player with strong problem-solving, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Mechanical Static Maintenance Engineer
Petronas Gas Berhad
Kertih, Terengganu, Malaysia
10.2024 - Current
- Developed and optimized preventive, predictive, and risk-based maintenance programs using FMEA and EDM analysis, significantly improving equipment uptime and reducing operational costs.
- Lead maintenance activities for static mechanical equipment, including pressure vessels, heat exchangers, storage tanks, piping systems, and safety valves, ensuring high reliability and compliance with PETRONAS Technical Standards (PTS), API, ASME, and DOSH regulations.
- Provide technical troubleshooting and lead root cause analysis (RCA) for failures and anomalies on static equipment, delivering sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
- Plan, scope, and execute mechanical static work for plant turnarounds (TAR) and major shutdowns, including contractor management, resource allocation, and ensuring timely and safe completion.
- Collaborate with Inspection and Integrity team to review RBI schedules, interpret inspection findings, and recommend repair, replacement, or continued operation.
- Supervise execution of repairs, welding, hydrotesting, and NDT inspection, ensuring quality workmanship, safety, and statutory compliance.
- Prepare and coordinate documentation and inspections for DOSH certification, ensuring timely renewal of equipment fitness certificates.
- Support projects and debottlenecking initiatives by providing mechanical static expertise for equipment replacement and modification.
- Implement continuous improvement initiatives, contributing to cost savings, enhanced safety, and operational excellence.
MAINTENANCE ENGINEER UTILITIES
PETRONAS GAS BERHAD
GEBENG
01.2018 - Current
- Provide technical advice to site team for mechanical static equipment maintenance & improvement :
- Provide technical advice, analysis & troubleshooting during plant upset and guide a small team of technician to solve the issue in a timely manner.
- Developed maintenance strategy, procedure and scope of work for equipment maintenance activity
- Performed root cause analysis (RCA) for repetitive equipment failure by leveraging multiples available tools.
- Developed equipment Maintenance plan and supervise the execution of the maintenance plan
- Analyzed maintenance data from SAP and implement improvements on equipment Preventive Maintenance (PM) program.
- Led annual stock item review and make informed decision on stocks level (Inventory Holding Value, IHV) based on available data extracted from SAP such as equipment criticality & Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)
- Led plant turnaround and shutdown activity.
- Involved in Management of Change (MOC) for improvement project from ITB phase through execution and handing over to Operations
MAINTENANCE FIELD PLANNER UTILITIES
PETRONAS GAS BERHAD
KERTEH
04.2015 - 07.2018
- Planned plant maintenance activity for CO-Generations Plant (COGEN), Air Separation Unit (ASU) & Water Treatment plant by:
- Screened & convert SAP notifications to work order daily.
- Identified required parts and services required for daily maintenance activity and developed contract scopes for external services.
- Performed weekly housekeeping on SAP data to comply with company's KPI.
- Planned weekly manpower utilization for maintenance activity and diligently supervise the site execution
- Planned and supervised Boiler Certificate of Renewal activity that involved multiples stakeholders such as inspection team, local authority (DOSH) & other maintenance section:
- Developed commercial scopes of work for boiler maintenance and inspection during CF renewal activity
- Prepared all related safety documents such as Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), Emergency Response Plan (ERP) & Permit to Work (PTW)
- Planned and purchased spare parts for boiler relief valve servicing activity and provide technical advise on abnormalities found during the activity.
- Resolved Boiler heat loss problem by providing analysis and recommendation to change the boiler expansion joint and damper box insulation which resulted in cost savings of RM 1.5Million
- Led turnaround activity for Air Separation unit 1 to achieved ahead of schedule by 6 hours with 200 manpower involved.
- Helped optimized Boiler performance by improvised the diverter damper's landing bar which resulted in minimized heat pass through.
- Led Unfired Pressure Vessel CF renewal activity with stringent COVID-19 requirement involving 100 man powers in peak hours within a tight working area and able to complete in a safe and timely manner.
Education
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering - First Class Honours
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
A-Level - Cambridge Course, 15/15 point
Mara College Seremban
Skills
- SAP ECC6
- Microsoft Power BI
Equipment maintenance and repair
Root-cause analysis
Cost estimation
Technical troubleshooting
Equipment troubleshooting
Continuous improvement
Extracurricular Activities
Empowered Team for Improvement & Innovation (I&I), Led Hari Raya Event for Utilities Kerteh involving 100 pax, Managed and catered food for 100 people for an event at Malaysian Hall, 3rd place in Melbourne Football Festival for Malaysian Students, Members of Melbourne's Silat Cekak Ustaz Hanafi Club
Accomplishments
- Resolved recurrent failures and simplified maintenance of UT MBE and CP vessels by replacing rubber lining with Glassflake coating, achieving improved reliability and an estimated cost saving of RM29.7 million over 20 years.
- Resolved recurrent failures and reduced maintenance complexity of UG potable water piping by replacing carbon steel with HDPE, avoiding potential non-conformance costs (PONC) of RM116,000 per year.
- Enhanced reliability and safety by eliminating steam hammering at Boiler D steam header through installation of a new drain line, delivering RM49,648 in PONC avoidance and RM52,000 in cost savings.
- Addressed obsolescence and high-cost challenges of MRO & BRO prefilters by introducing an alternative with shorter lead time, delivering RM25,000/year in OPEX savings.
Timeline
Senior Mechanical Static Maintenance Engineer
Petronas Gas Berhad
10.2024 - Current
MAINTENANCE ENGINEER UTILITIES
PETRONAS GAS BERHAD
01.2018 - Current
MAINTENANCE FIELD PLANNER UTILITIES
PETRONAS GAS BERHAD
04.2015 - 07.2018
A-Level - Cambridge Course, 15/15 point
Mara College Seremban
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering - First Class Honours
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University