Engineer Engineering

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a Civil Engineering position

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

. Over 20 years experience in the design of piping networks for

pressurized clean water, landscape irrigation and firefighting

functions and gravity collection sewerage and stormwater systems

. More than 10 years experience managing existing stormwater and

irrigation networks to accommodate exploding demand in Abu Dhabi

. Significant experience in municipal planning and design, design

package management and project management; able to manage multi

disciplinary projects, technical abilities to coordinate and prepare

tender documents, proposals, tenders and negotiate contracts

. Familiar with the design of water & wastewater treatment plants and

pumping stations

. Proficient with AutoCAD, Water CAD, WinDes & MDCAD by Microdrainage,

EPANET2, MS Office

. Hold B.Sc., M.Sc. and PhD in Civil Engineering specializing in

hydraulics and hydraulic structures

. Licensing with The Professional Engineers of Ontario (in progress)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Design Engineer, 2008 - 2012

Halcrow International Partnership (CH2M Hill Company), Abu Dhabi, UAE

. Halcrow is a large British based international engineering firm with

about 800 staff in UAE performing master planning, natural resources

and transportation functions; used comparable British and

International standards; all communications performed in English

. Managed the design of natural resources including the piping networks

for pressurized clean water, landscape irrigation and firefighting

functions and gravity sewerage and stormwater systems

. The largest project included all natural resources infrastructure for

the $4 billion USD, 25 km2, 160,000 population, Yas Island project

consisting of office towers, hotels, apartments, villas, a marina, a

formula 1 race track, golf courses, the largest Ferrari World leisure

facility in the world, shopping malls; provided design packages

including detailed design for a 1m diameter, 8 km irrigation water

transmission line which passed under a sea channel

. Designed the natural resources infrastructure for the $1.5 billion

USD, 2.2 km2, 60,000 working population, Customs Bonded Warehouse

facilities consisting of offices, a hotel, cold storage, metal

storage, pharmaceutical storage, car storage. Provided detailed

design of clean water, irrigation, sewerage, stormwater, firefighting

and telecommunications duct networks as well as design of underground

storage sewerage holding tanks, stormwater outfalls with their head

works and stormwater collection ponds

. Upgraded a 15 year old water distribution system for a labour

accommodation facility (increasing from 60K to 100K population) to

address chronic peak level low water pressure:

o dealt with emergency line brakes; upgraded capacity; renewed/

replaced problem lines

o introduced remote electronic volume monitoring and control of pumps

and valves

o improved the water pressure (from negative to 95% of desirable

pressure throughout the system)

o eliminated unplanned outages

. Redesigned & remodelled old water and irrigation networks to

accommodate the increased demand as growth in various areas of Abu

Dhabi exploded

. Delivered complete design packages including technical drawings,

design, modeling with calculations, specifications and Bills of

Quantities

. Coordinated with contractors, clients and regulatory authorities to

complete project; liaised with authorities & stakeholders for the

delivery and approval of designs

. Managed and supervised a team of engineers and CAD technicians;

provided technical support, checked engineering designs and drawings

for consistency, errors and omissions

Assistant Resident Engineer, 2006 - 2008

Hyder Consulting Middle East Ltd., Abu Dhabi, UAE

. Hyder is a large British based international engineering firm with

about 750 staff in UAE performing master planning, natural resources

and transportation functions; using comparable British and

international standards; all communications performed in English

. Responsible for management and operation of the storm water and

landscape irrigation piping systems on Abu Dhabi Island (about 40 km2

and half a million population, the original capital city of UAE)

. Managed the maintenance, improvement and redesign of the irrigation

networks

. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (cont.)

. Managed the maintenance and cleaning works as well as design and

management of relocation, diversion, re-levelling works in the

existing stormwater drainage networks of Abu Dhabi

. Designed and supervised the improvement of irrigation mainlines to/

from inlets/ outlets of irrigation pump stations and reservoirs

. To deal with high water table issues caused by the proximity to the

sea, designed subsurface drainage systems from perforated pipelines

with filter surround material to drain subsurface water from

construction sites and landscaping areas

Assistant Resident Engineer, 2005 - 2006

Parsons International Ltd., Abu Dhabi, UAE

. Parsons is a large US based international engineering firm with about

1,200 staff in UAE performing master planning, natural resources and

transportation functions

. Managed a team of up to 5 engineers who maintained and improved the

irrigation networks

. Designed new and redesigned existing automatic irrigation systems and

mainlines

. Coordinated with Contractors and Client to complete projects

Senior Irrigation Engineer, 1999 - 2005

Private Department for Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi UAE

. This department was owned by the president of the UAE and performed

EPC projects with more than 10,000 staff, using comparable

international standards

. Managed the design, procurement and construction of landscape

irrigation, surface drainage and subsurface drainage pipeline

networks; constructed thousands of km's of pipelines, some mainline

systems were up to 600 mm in diameter and 30 km long, used various

pipeline materials

. Converted a 40 diesel pumping facility for an island irrigation system

to a 3 pump facility which lifted water from sea level tanks to 3 new

5,000 m3 storage tanks on an 85 m high hill to provide gravity fed

pressurized water for the whole island

. Managed the design, procurement and construction of water transmission

mainlines from desalination plants to storage tank facilities of

10,000 m3 capacity each with their pumping stations

. Prepared bill of quantities, drawings, and specifications

. Provided leadership to a team of 10 engineers and 15 technicians

Assistant Professor, 1994 - 1999

Dept. of Civil Engineering, Omar Al Mukhtar University, Elbeida, Libya

. Taught Hydraulic Structures (Theory & Design); Dam Engineering;

Irrigation & Drainage Engineering; Irrigation System Design;

Engineering Drawing; Highway & Transportation Engineering (Theory &

Laboratory test of Highway Materials)

. Provided consulting works (required by the university's consulting

office) for irrigation system design, dam engineering, pipeline

construction and road construction

Resident Engineer, 1992 - 1994

Al Madlae Engineering office, Sana'a, Yemen

. Supervised the construction of a 40 and a 17 km highway project in

mountainous areas

Senior Irrigation Engineer, 1991 - 1992

General Establishment for Studies & Designs, Ministry of Irrigation, Iraq

. Supervised construction of a 60 km, 600 mm diameter irrigation

mainline supplying water from Mosul Dam to an irrigation project in

the Al Jazeera area

. Supervised construction of central pivot and travelling irrigation

systems for the irrigation of 25,000 km2

. Prepared engineering reports and wrote project correspondence

. Conducted site visits and inspections; attended project meetings

(internal and external)

Education and Professional Qualifications

. B.Sc. - Civil/Irrigation & Drainage Engineering, College of

Engineering, University of Mosul, Iraq

. M.Sc. - Hydraulic Structures, Tashkent Institute of Irrigation

Engineers, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

. Ph.D. - Hydraulics & Hydraulic Structures, Moscow Institute of Hydro-

land Reclamation (Moscow State University of Environmental

Engineering), Moscow, Russia

Languages: English, Arabic, Russian

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