Brian Cross

Workshop Manager and Health & Safety Officer (NEBOSH) at Zahid Tractor

Ad Dammām, Eastern, Saudi Arabia

About

Experienced Workshop Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the mechanical or industrial engineering industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Gas, Petroleum, Operations Management, and Power Plants. Strong operations professional with a City And Guilds Of London focused in Motor Vehicle Technician from Motherwell Technical College. Currently working to support international companies such as GOES-GMBH who are manufaturing and assembling in Kingdom , a full range of well service equipment which includes frac , coil tubing , cementing , twin pump units , and many other well service OEM,s such as NOV , JEREH , CS&P , S&S , etc who are looking to develop their in Kingdom operations and locations. One of my key strengths is the ability to engage with a mutltinational workforce and categorise key areas for improvementfor both personal and team menmbers. Utilising my vast technical service and operational management experience , I have been a major contributor to the development of the CORE operations around equipment new build and older equipment / component refurbishment. During the past four years , I have been an enthusiastic contributor to the development and launch of our new ERP system both in the main operations and CORE. While standard processes are critical to the operations , I am not averse to taking measurable risks and exploring out of the box solutions to resolve the many surmountable challenges in the O & G industry. Driving team dynamics is crucial to the sucess of the new business model and I m deeply engaged with the Zahid group , at all levels , to ensure a profitable result while ensuring adherence to the company poilicicies and procedures.

Experience

  • Frac Workshop Manager & Health and Safety Officer at Zahid Tractor
    Mar 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 4 mos

    We were tasked with the start up of a joint venture with GOES-GMBH , a German oilfield supply company. These units comprising of frac units , twin pumps , single pump skids , were assembled in Dammam , then subjected to a FAT , Full Application Test , carried out in our test cell , which were witnessed by customers operations teams.

  • Workshop Manager and Health & Safety Officer at Zahid Tractor
    Mar 1998 - Jan 2019 · 20 yrs 11 mos

    Came to the Eastern Region to support the full range of Caterpillar equipment of machines and engines , working with all major international oil and gas customers , to get the best from their investments. Also had the highest completion rate of PIP / PSP in Kingdom which ensured timely upgrades to customer units , at no cost to the customer.

  • BCP supervisor at Finning (UK)
    Jan 1994 - Feb 1998 · 4 yrs 2 mos

    I was tasked with the introduction , preparation , customer upgrade and support of the newly launched Cat back hoe loader range.

  • Mechanical Technician at CALEDONIAN TRACTORS LIMITED
    Jan 1977 - Jan 1994 · 17 yrs 1 mo

    Versatile mechanic working both in the workshops , field service , marine and offshore oil rigs and instalations ( Sullom Voe )