Engineering Solutions Built on Operational Experience

Combining technical excellence with practical implementation.

Hicham Zak, founder of ZH Engineering

About ZH Engineering

“My name is Hicham Zak, a Process Safety, Process and Project Engineer with over 12 years of experience across Oil & Gas, Petrochemical and Food & Feed industries. Throughout my career I have supported operating facilities in improving safety, reliability and performance while ensuring compliance with legislation, standards and industry best practices.”

My experience has been gained within operating facilities where safety, production, reliability and project execution must be balanced every day. Having worked in various industries, I understand the challenges faced by operators, engineers, maintenance teams and management alike.

My approach combines technical excellence with practical implementation, delivering solutions that are not only technically sound but also realistic and achievable.

My approach

Where field reality meets risk management

Production targets, ageing assets and time pressure on one side; policies, standards and compliance on the other. I bridge both to deliver practical solutions.

Diagram: field reality (production targets, equipment failures, operational constraints, human factors, time pressure, maintenance challenges, ageing assets) and risk management (policies, procedures, standards, risk management, compliance, assurance programmes, governance) combine into practical solutions: safer operations, improved reliability, regulatory compliance, sustainable risk reduction and successful projects.

Credentials

Qualifications & experience

MSc TU Delft

Sustainable Process & Energy Technologies.

Certified Functional Safety Engineer

IEC 61511 lifecycle, SIL classification and verification.

HAZOP Chairman

Facilitating structured hazard studies with multidisciplinary teams.

Technical Authority

Hands-on experience supporting producing assets and operating facilities.

Let's Discuss Your Challenge

Whether you require support with a HAZOP, Functional Safety assessment, process optimisation initiative or engineering project, I would be happy to discuss how I can help.