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Quality Assurance Engineer

Location:
Knoxville, TN
Salary:
70k
Posted:
November 04, 2013

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AMIN AL-HALABI

**** **** ***** ****

Knoxville, TN 37909

acao6e@r.postjobfree.com

425-***-****

EDUCATION: M.Sc, Mechanical Engineering-University of Tennessee, U.S.A,

1995

B.Sc, Mechanical Engineering-University of Tennessee, U.S.A, 1992

Conducted Few PHD researches in Robotic Design U.S.A, 1996

MEMBERSHIPS: Golden Key Honor Society, USA.

SUMMARY OF

CAPABILITIES: Experience in coordinating and management of major

engineering design projects. A skilled and proactive

Engineer with over 15 years experience.

Major strengths in problem solving, design and quality control.

Proven hands-on, quick to adapt, imaginative, mathematical and

logical with successful track record in leadership and project

management. Also great reporting and presentation skills.

Can manage broad range of engineering activities, including

evaluation and feasibility studies for developments and

infrastructure works, preparation of contract documents,

contract evaluation, negotiation and awarding, quality

assurance and control, planning and programming, monitoring

progress and reporting.

Capable of managing large-scale projects requiring close

coordination with specialists in a broad range of

engineering disciplines, including Software development and

Quality Assurance. Accustomed to dealing with the particular

difficulties presented by projects.

PROFESSIONAL -

EXPERIENCE:

Alfalah Holding, Group of companies including Transportation, Piling,

Construction, Ready Mix, Steal Manufacturing and Erection, Wood

Manufacturing, Security and Development.

Abu Dhabi, UAE 2011- 2012

Engineering Manager,

In charge of multiple real estate projects.

. In charge of multiple development projects including a new Medical

Complex, Private School and several construction projects.

. Continuous follow up on Healthcare project with Abu Dhabi Health

Authority HAAD to satisfy all requirements for a newly introduced idea

in healthcare.

. Working with Abu Dhabi Education Council Engineering department to

review and set all specifications for an expansion of a private school

project.

. Daily management and follow up of several towers and villas projects.

. Working with several consultants in all phases design and supervision.

. Following up several contracting companies closely including financial

issues and construction completion..

Giga Group with multiple companies including Gold Crest, Sky construction

and Alghurair Giga group. Dubai, UAE

2008 - 2010

Business Development Manager,

In charge of coordinating and management of various real estate projects.

. Working with Designers to define requirements for construction

projects and negotiate contracts.

. Coordinate all necessary data and delivery to Designers to come up

with design concepts and Master plans.

. Working with Architects to review detailed plans and improve designs

until finals are finished.

. Working with Infrastructure companies to submit necessary

Geotechnical and Bathymetric investigations for several projects.

. Doing early analysis of constraints and implementing building

efficiency plans to be a leader developer in the next generation

projects.

. Conducted Feasibility studies on several projects.

Alhalabi Housing, Amman and USA, United States

2006 - 2007

Consultant and Development Manager,

Multiple construction projects including the management of Al-Halabi

Housing complex construction project and Real Estate investment advisory

works.

Construction Manager

Completely oversaw the daily activities of several construction projects

In charge of coordinating and management of various real estate projects.

. Worked with infrastructure engineer to prepare land site and

excavation for construction.

. Worked with designers and Architects to prepare all the necessary

drawings for buildings.\

. Managed daily construction activities and worked with general and sub

contractors to achieve goals and finish each milestone on timely

manner.

. Worked with Marketing and sales executives to insure the highest

return and the highest exposure of the finished product to the local

and foreign markets.

. Implemented several procedures and guidelines to insure quality

workmanship and processes to achieve the highest return on investment.

. Conducted Feasibility studies on several projects.

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, U.S.A

2001 - 2006

The biggest consumer and business software company in the world.

Software Test Engineer

A part of the International testing team for Microsoft Office Applications.

. Owned major components and features of the MS Publisher Application.

. Complete quality assurance of all Office applications.

. Wrote testing plans and documentation to completely cover all aspects

of software.

. Involved in testing all aspects of software to explore hardware

limitation and borderlines that can limit the use of specific

hardware.

SIERRA ON-LINE, Bellevue, WA 1999 - 2001

A leading consumer publishing and gaming software company.

Team Quality Assurance Engineer

Led Publishing and Gaming Software Quality Assurance testing team.

. Wrote test plans that utilized previous results to improve schedule

prediction by about 20% each software cycle.

. Led the testing efforts of several upgrades of a $10 million printing

product.

. Introduced new practices that reduced development miscommunication

across departments.

. Testing Gaming Software as well as Gaming hardware associated with

specific games.

THE LEARNING COMPANY, Knoxville, TN 1997 -

1999

Leading consumer publishing and educational Software Company.

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

Managed several software testing teams to ship multiple productivity and

educational products.

. Completed required tasks to ship an educational product on time,

resulting in $100k manufacturing savings.

. Earned the trust of multi level managers after leading a successful

Quality Assurance process with minimal background and supervision.

. Directed the localization of the best selling anatomy program, saving

the company the cost of an additional employee.

MARBCO, Amman, Jordan 1995 - 1996

Leading manufacturer of Artificial Marble with over 5 million square

feet/year production.

Maintenance Manager

Led the maintenance of artificial marble preparation, cutting and finishing

machines.

. Implemented maintenance procedures that saved about half the time

needed for troubleshooting.

. Trained maintenance team to avoid reinvestigation of common problems.

. Introduced maintenance sheets that kept record of problems,

investigation and solutions.

PLANS HAKIM & ASSOCIATES ENGINEERS, Amman, Jordan 1992 - 1993

Specialized in design and construction supervision of manufacturing plants.

Design Engineer

Mechanical, Civil building Design and Drafting of Heating Ventilation and

Air Conditioning Systems.

. Designed HVAC systems for several manufacturing plants.

. Demonstrated high ability of drafting speed that saved 30% of planned

delivery time.

TRW KOYO, Vonore, TN 1990 - 1991

TRW is the largest manufacturer of power steering gear assembly in the

world.

Co-Op Engineer

Completed multiple projects in the production of power steering gear

assembly.

. Trained in Computer Numerical Control programming (CNC).

. Completed 200+ manufacturing process component drawings of the power

steering gear to meet open house deadline.

. Led a prototype Quality control project that reduced the time and

effort required by half when tracking original data.

. Designed several pinion and valve housing fixtures that improved the

changeover time by 30%.

. Estimated the cost of Toyota's power steering hose assembly before

production, saving the company production and engineering cost.



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