Engineering leader experienced in driving excellence in the day-today management of engineering departments and projects. Talented team builder with a proven record of on time and under budget delivery. Passionate about delivering innovative high quality products that meet customer expectations. Solid experience in risk management, continuous improvement and leading change.

EXPERIENCE

AREVA NP, Inc.

Engineering Manager - Projects Michigan, 2015 - Present

Identified areas of improvements using Root Cause Analyses and Apparent Cause Evaluations methods. Implemented corrective and preventive actions to improve First Time Quality (FTQ) and financial performance.

Coordinated CAE execution projects to deliver analytical validation and expected fatigue life using an innovative approach. Managed project financial and technical risk. Project was completed 3 weeks ahead of schedule and 15% below estimated cost.

Clarified customers’ requirements and comments on scope and schedule resulting in project success and high customer satisfaction.

Developed system design process and procedure describing the iterative nature of system design and the proper control of design activities.

AREVA NP, Inc.

Engineering Manager - Large Proposals France, 2011 - 2014

Led a cross-functional team of 40-50 engineers from France and Germany to develop and estimate large ($400 millions) technical proposals for new power plants construction offers.

Ensured proposal and estimation processes and procedures are implemented and followed resulting in proper development, documentation, review, and communication throughout the process.

Organized the technical proposals development with purchasing, construction, legal and sales departments to ensure consistent high quality proposals.

Reduced proposal development cost by 25% through the development and implementation of standard task descriptions. This action resulted in improving proposal quality and consistency.

AREVA NP, Inc.

Engineering Manager – Design Planning France, 2010 – 2011

Led a joint venture team of 30 engineers from AREVA and Mitsubishi to plan the detail design of a new power plant (ATMEA1). The plan was approved by the joint venture board and implemented.

AREVA NP, Inc.

Engineering Manager - Integration Department Virginia, 2007 – 2009

Organized technical design reviews and integrated engineering solutions to large EPC projects.

Developed the Technical Guideline Program, Technical Oversight, and Lessons Learned processes and procedures resulting in improved deliverables quality and customer satisfaction.

AREVA NP, Inc.

Engineering Manager – Analytical Engineering Department Virginia, 2003 – 2007

Managed CAE projects and programs to deliver high quality analytical validation and fatigue life of plant components and vessels on time. Communicated results and project status to senior management and project directors.

Managed department workload and capabilities (employee training and skills) are maintained up to date to match future work projections. Grew the department from 10 engineers in one office to 30 located in three different offices.

Proposed and implemented a negotiated budget including outside spending and training.

Performed performance appraisals, career and salary planning, mentoring and people development in accordance with HR policy.

Led the development of new products, innovative solutions and capabilities including the weld residual stress analysis and elastic plastic analysis methodology.

Implemented process improvement techniques such as task plans resulting in improving quality, cost performance and on time delivery.

AREVA NP, Inc.

Engineer II, III, IV and Project Engineer I Illinois, 1997 – 2003

Qualified plant structural components to ASME B&PV Section III requirements including fatigue analysis and provided ASME certified design report.

Performed 2D and 3D thermal and structural Finite Element Analysis (FEA) using ANSYS.

Performed piping thermal, stress and seismic analysis to meet the requirement of the ASME code.

Analyzed and qualified reinforced concrete slabs, beams and pile foundations under heavy water treatment tanks to meet the requirement of the ACI Code.

Performed rigging analysis for the Nine Mile Point 2 replacement steam generator installation.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration (MBA) University Of Chicago, Illinois 2001

Master of Science in Civil Engineering University Of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering University of Aleppo, 1994

Completed several leadership and project management training courses

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Project Manager Professional.

Professional Engineering Licenses in Virginia and Wisconsin.

Engineer of the year award for resolving manufacturing issues through innovative analytical solutions.

Working experience with ANSYS, Workbench, MS Office Suite, and Primavera.

Working experience with ASME B&PV Section III Code, AISC and ACI Codes.

Member: Project Management Institute (PMI).

Several engineering publications in the PCI and ACI journals.

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