CURRICULUM VITAE

*.Family name: BAKEWELL

*.First names: Robin Thomas Keith

3.Date of birth: 14 March

4.Nationality: British

5.Civil status: Married

6.Education:

Institution

Open University, U.K.

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)

09/1982 – 07/1986

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

B. A., Mechanical Engineering & Maths

Institution

Garretts Green Technical College, UK

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)

09/1963 – 07/1966

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

ONC Mechanical Engineering

7.Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - worst; 5 - best)

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

English

Mother tongue

Bahasa Indonesia

3

3

3

8.Membership of professional bodies: Institute of Mechanical Incorporated Engineers

9.Other skills: Computer literacy

10.Present position: Consultant – Pump Specialist

11.Years within the firm: freelance, since September 2015.

12.Key qualifications:

40 years of experience as mechanical engineer for the water sector.

Design of pumping stations, water and wastewater treatment plants (WWTP).

Project Management.

Equipment installation and testing

Contract management for water treatment, water engineering, rehabilitation works, pumping plant, equipment and systems.

Project administration and management including contract programming, financial control and contractual administration.

Preparation of tender documents, drawing and details for contracts and projects in various countries.

Personnel management and training for operations and administration.

Comprehensive knowledge of all process plant from design to manufacture, procurement, installation, testing, commissioning, operation and training, elaboration of O&M manuals.

13.Specific experience:

Country

Date from - Date to

Uzbekistan

September 2015-December 2015

August 2013-January 2015

Egypt

April 2015-July 2015

July 1999-August 2012

Oct 1983-Sept 1989

Palestine

Sept 2003-August 2012

Jordan

Apr 2000-june 2012

Kenya

July 1998-January 1999

Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Nigeria, Turkey

March 1995-January 1999

Zimbabwe

May 1997-July 1997

Qatar, Doha, Emirates

Mar 1979-Apr 1981

Nigeria

August 1993-August 1994

June 1978-September 1980

14.Professional experience record (projects)

Date from –to (month/year)

09/2015 – 12/2015

Location

Uzbekistan (Working from home Bandung, Indonesia)

Company

Scheladia Associates Inc.

Position

Consultant – Pump Specialist

Description

Improvements of Fergana Valley irrigation and drainage schemes.

Client: Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Financed by: World Bank

Investment cost: 125 million US $.

Description: Rehabilitation of fourteen irrigation and drainage schemes in the Fergana Valley.

Duties:

Providing advice, layout and sizing for pump installations.

Preparation of costs and reports and assistance with proposal.

Assistance with preparation of contract documents.

Date from –to (month/year)

04/2015 – 7/2015

Location

Cairo, Egypt

Company

Dorsch International Consultants

Position

Senior Resident Mechanical Engineer

Description

Phase 2 of Part 2 Extensions to Gabal El Asfar WWTP

Client: Ministry of Housing and Reconstruction

Financed by: African Development Bank/ Government of Egypt

Investment cost:

Description: Extension to Gabal El Asfar WWTP Part 2 of Phase 2 for a total of 500 thousand cubic meters a day.

Duties:

Supervision and organizing of local mechanical / electrical staffstaff;

Examining Contractors equipment proposals;

Advising the Client on design issues.

Preparation of reports and project administration.

Date from –to (month/year)

08/2013 – 01/2015

Location

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Company

Engineering Consultants (Private) Ltd, Sri Lanka

Position

Team Leader & Project Manager

Description

Rehabilitation of seven irrigation and drainage schemes in the Fergana Valley and the Zarafshan River Basin

Client: Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Financed by: Asian Development Bank

Investment cost: 174.10 million US $.

Description: Rehabilitation of seven irrigation and drainage schemes in the Fergana Valley and the Zarafshan River Basin. With pumping capacities varying from 2 to 4 m3/second/pump total flows between 6 and 16 m3/second and total heads of 10 to 77 meters.

Duties:

Supervision and organizing of local and International engineering staff;

Administration of contracts;

Advising the Client on contractual and design issues.

Preparation of reports and contractual project administration.

Date from –to (month/year)

10/2010 – 07/2012

Location

Saudi Arabia

Company

Dorsch International Consults

Position

Mechanical Engineer

Description

Taif-Baha Water Transmission System

Client: Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC)

Financed by: SWCC

Investment cost: USD 239 million

Description: Detail design of a water transmission system with the following characteristics:

Length ~220 km

Diameter DN1000

1 pumping station of 0.5 m /s, head 720 m

4 steel reservoirs (2 x 10,000 m , 15,000 m and 80,000 m ), tank (1,000 m ), water tower (1,500 m ), tap off station and related facilities (30,000 m )

Services:

Owner’s Engineer

Design Review

Review of Technical specifications, as built drawings, procedures for testing and inspection, operations and maintenance manuals

Site Supervision on all site works (civil, mechanical, electrical),

Coordination between SWCC (Riyadh and Jeddah) and site office

Duties: Adjudication of Contractors proposals.

Date from –to (month/year)

02/2006 – 07/2012

Location

Egypt

Company

Dorsch International Consults

Position

Project Management/Mechanical Engineer

Description

Helwan Wastewater Scheme and Helwan Wastewater Treatment Plant Extension

Client: Ministry of Housing and Reconstruction

Financed by: EU, Arab Fund, and local, Government of Egypt

Investment cost: EUR 45 Mill.

Services: Detailed design of the Helwan WWTP (population equivalent of 3 million, daily flow of 550,000 m3/d) on behalf of the main contractor under a design and build cost plus contract with CAPWO.

Process and hydraulic design, civil design, Mechanical & Electrical design

Follow up during construction

Monitoring of start-up tests and process performance

Preparation of operating manuals

Duties: Mechanical design: Preparation drawings and specifications. Adjudication of offers, inspection of equipment, on site supervision, testing and commissioning. Preparation of final design reports and operations manuals.

Date from –to (month/year)

03/2007 – 07/2012

Location

Egypt

Company

Dorsch International Consults

Position

Project Management/Mechanical Engineer

Description

New Cairo Water Transmission Project

Client: Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman) & Co., On behalf of The Construction Agency for Potable Water & Wastewater (CAPW)

Financed by: Government of Egypt

Investment cost: EUR 20 Mill.

Services: Detailed design of the mechanical and electrical works on behalf of the main contractor under a design and build contract with CAPW, financed wholly by the Government of Egypt through the Ministry of Housing.

In detail the services include the following components

Hydraulic design of the complete system from Booster PS #2 to the discharge at the WTP.

Surge analysis of the complete system from Booster PS #2 to the discharge at the WTP.

Mechanical & Electrical Design

Follow up during construction

Monitoring of start up tests and process performance

Preparation of operating manuals

Duties: Mechanical design: Preparation drawings and specifications. Adjudication of offers, inspection of equipment, on site supervision, testing and commissioning. Preparation of final design reports and operations manuals.

Date from –to (month/year)

06/2007– 01/2009,

Location

Jordan

Company

Dorsch International Consults

Position

Mechanical Engineer

Description

Upgrading and expansion of the Karak and Kofranjah Wastewater Treatment Plants

Client: J Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI), Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ)

Financed by: KfW Development Bank

Investment cost: EUR 22,4 Mill.

Services:

Engineering Review of existing documents

Preliminary Design of WWTP and hydro-power plant

Final Design and Preparation of Tender Documents according to FIDIC Red Book

Pre-Contract Services

Duties: Preparation of mechanical design, drawings and specifications.

Date from –to (month/year)

06/2007– 07/2012

Location

Yemen

Company

Dorsch International Consults

Position

Mechanical Engineer

Description

Water Supply and Sanitation in Provincial Towns Program II (PTP II) - Lot - 2: Project Town of Al Shehr

Client: Local Corporation for Water Supply & Sanitation Hadramout (Coastal Area) Al Mukalla

Financed by: KfW Development Bank

Investment cost: EUR 22,3 Mill.

Description: new water supply network (transmission 1.,9 km, distribution 88.9 km) sewerage network 47.4 km, 1,139 manholes, new WWTP Population Equivalent 28,000/ 60,000 PE in year 2017/ 2030

Services:

Basic investigations, review of Feasibility Studies and preparation of final design

Hydraulic modelling for water supply and sewer network

Preparation of tender documents based on FIDIC

Assistance during pre-qualification procedure

Tendering, evaluation and award of construction contracts (contract award pending)

Supervision of construction

Duties: Preparation of mechanical design, drawings and specifications.

Date from –to (month/year)

09/2003– 06/2006

Location

Palestine Territory

Company

Dorsch Wasser und Umwelt GmbH

Position

Project Manager/Mechanical Engineer

Description

Gaza Central Wastewater Project, Emergency Works (Rehabilitation of Gaza Existing WWTP)

Client: Coastal Municipal Water Utility, Gaza

Financed by: KfW Development Bank

Investment cost: EUR 10 million

Description:

The existing Gaza WWTP was extended with the following units: new screens, new grit & grit chambers, new anaerobic ponds, 4 new trickling filters for 60% of the inlet flow, a new trickling filters pumping station, new final settling tanks, new sludge stabilization ponds and new sludge drying beds, new laboratory equipment.

Services:

Identify measures to improve the on-going operations of the EWWTP for a population equivalent of approximately 700,000 PE,

Preparation of tender documents according to FIDIC Red Book

Assistance during tender process and contracting

Construction supervision

Review and recommend O&M staffing

Review the sludge management strategy for the EWWTP identify needs for facilities and equipment and recommend good operating practice for removal and disposal of sludge.

Identify deficiencies in the EWWTP operating budgets and recommend assistance measures to support the operation

Duties: Preparation of mechanical designs, drawings and specifications. Adjudication of offers, inspection of equipment, on site supervision, testing and commissioning.

Date from –to (month/year)

07/2002 – 03/2003

Location

Bonaire, former NETHERLAND ANTILLES

Company

Dorsch Consult Ing. GmbH

Position

Mechanical Engineer

Description

Sewage System Bonaire – Phase I,

Client: Department for Development Cooperation, USONA

Financed by: European Commission, 9th European Development Fund (EDF), Funds from the Netherlands managed by SONA, Funds from the Netherlands Antilles

Investment cost: EUR 25 million

Description:

Wastewater/ storm water collection system: 41 km new sewers, 6 vacuum stations, 1 Booster Station, 1,000 house connections, WWTP 10,000 PE (with nutrient removal and tertiary treatment)

Services: Phase 1 : master plan, feasibility study incl. new tariff system

Duties: Assisting with preparation of the mechanical design at feasibility level

Date from –to (month/year)

02/1999 - 12/2005

Location

Cairo, Egypt

Company

AMBRIC Consortium Employer Binnie Black & Veach, UK.

Position

Senior Resident Mechanical Engineer

Description

Greater Cairo Sewage Project, Gabal El Asfar WWTP

Client: Ministry of Water Egypt

Financing: USA, WB and Local

Duties: Installation supervision of mechanical plant. Preparing snag lists and resolving operational problems. Approving testing procedures, training manuals, as built drawings and operation and maintenance manuals.

Date from –to (month/year)

03/1995 – 01/1999

Location

Cambodia

Company

GKW Consult, Manheim, Germany

Position

Senior Resident Mechanical and Electrical Engineer

Description

Phnom Phen Water Treatment Plant Rehabilitation Study

Client: Cambodia Water Authority

Financing: KfW

Duties: Mechanical, electrical and instrumentation co-ordination; preparation of preparation of feasibility study.

Date from –to (month/year)

03/1995 – 01/1999

Location

India

Company

GKW Consult, Manheim, Germany

Position

Senior Resident Mechanical and Electrical Engineer

Description

Borehole water Supply Project

Client: Calcutta state water Authority

Financing: KfW

Duties: Mechanical, electrical and instrumentation co-ordination; preparation of mechanical tender documents; mechanical and electrical design.

Date from –to (month/year)

03/1995 – 01/1999

Location

Indonesia

Company

GKW Consult, Manheim, Germany

Position

Senior Resident Mechanical and Electrical Engineer

Description

Bandung Dye Factory Treatment Plant

Client: Water Authority of Indonesia

Financing: KfW

Duties: Mechanical, electrical and instrumentation co-ordination; preparation of tender documents; supervision of site construction.

Date from –to (month/year)

03/1995 – 01/1999

Location

Jordan

Company

GKW Consult, Manheim, Germany

Position

Senior Resident Mechanical and Electrical Engineer

Description

Ain Gazal Waste Water Pre Treatment Works

Client: Water Authority of Jordan

Financing: KfW

Duties: Mechanical, electrical and instrumentation co-ordination; Full works design and flow calculations; preparation of tender documents; supervision of site construction; preparation of final measurements and accounts; mechanical and electrical design.

Date from –to (month/year)

03/1995 – 01/1999

Location

Kenya

Company

GKW Consult, Manheim, Germany

Position

Resident Engineer / Mechanical and Electrical Engineer

Description

Kericho drainage and WWT Plant extensions

Client: Government of Kenya

Financing: KfW

Duties: Mechanical, electrical and instrumentation co-ordination; supervision of site construction; preparation of final measurements and accounts; mechanical and electrical design supervision.

Date from –to (month/year)

03/1995 – 01/1999

Location

Nigeria

Company

GKW Consult, Manheim, Germany

Position

Senior Resident Mechanical and Electrical Engineer

Description

State Housing Project

Client: Lagos Local Area

Financing: Local

Duties: Mechanical and electrical co-ordination; checking of tender documents and designs.

Date from –to (month/year)

03/1995 – 01/1999

Location

Turkey

Company

GKW Consult, Manheim, Germany

Position

Senior Resident Mechanical and Electrical Engineer

Description

Ankara WWTP

Client: Government of Turkey

Financing: KfW

Duties: Mechanical supervision of site construction.

Date from –to (month/year)

03/1995 – 01/1999

Location

Zimbabwe

Company

GKW Consult, Manheim, Germany

Position

Senior Resident Mechanical and Electrical Engineer

Description

Harari Water Supply

Client: Government of Zimbabwe

Financing: KfW

Duties: Preparation of mechanical tender documents and design for water pumping and distribution.

Date from –to (month/year)

11/1993 – 11/1994

Location

Katsina, Nigeria

Company

Parkman Consultants, UK

Position

Senior Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer

Description

Katsina State Water Supply

Client: Katsinat State

Financing: Local

Duties: Responsible for design of various M&E plant and layouts, production of specifications and drawings for international tender for Katsina State including borehole stations with booster stations and a complete 113 Mld treatment works; responsible for an indigenous electrical graduate and training of seconded Water Board staff.

Date from –to (month/year)

08/1980 – 10/1993

Location

UK

Company

John Taylor & Sons and Acer Consultants, UK

Position

Senior Mechanical Engineer/ Project Manager

Description

Various Small Works

Client: Wessex Water Authority and Severn Trent Water Authority

Financing: Local Authority

Duties: Co-ordination of works from design stage through to final commissioning; preliminary and detailed design; preparation of tender documents; tender evaluation; report and recommendations; contract supervision from award to completion; checking/approving machinery contractor’s design and drawings with supervision during manufacturing stage; inspection and testing of equipment at manufacturer’s works; supervision during installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance period.

Date from –to (month/year)

08/1980 – 10/1993

Location

UK

Company

John Taylor & Sons and Acer Consultants, UK

Position

Senior Mechanical Engineer/ Project Manager

Description

Box WWTP Extensions

Client: Wessex Water Authority

Financing: Local Authority

Duties: Co-ordination of works from design stage through to final commissioning; preliminary and detailed design; preparation of tender documents; tender evaluation; report and recommendations; contract supervision from award to completion; checking/approving machinery contractor’s design and drawings with supervision during manufacturing stage; inspection and testing of equipment at manufacturer’s works; supervision during installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance period.

Date from –to (month/year)

08/1980 – 10/1993

Location

Malaysia

Company

John Taylor & Sons and Acer Consultants, UK

Position

Senior Mechanical Engineer/ Project Manager

Description

Keluang WTP

Client: Government of Malaysia

Financing: World Bank

Duties: Supervision during installation, testing and commissioning.

Date from –to (month/year)

08/1979– 07/1980

Location

Kaduna, Nigeria

Company

Mekios Ltd, Nigeria

Position

Project Engineer

Description

Kaduna Housing Project; Jos Plateau Authority.

Client: Local Authority Kaduna and Jos Plateau

Financing: Local

Duties: Site supervision; Administration of projects in Northern Nigeria including client co-ordination; supply and installation of plant; training of local staff in operation and maintenance of plant manufacture and erection of Waste Water Treatment Plant.

Date from –to (month/year)

06/1977 – 08/1979

Location

Benin, Nigeria

Company

Mekios Ltd, Nigeria

Position

Project Engineer; Drawing Office Manager

Description

Warri Petroleum Training Institute;

Client: Local State Housing Authority: State Petroleum Institute Warri

Financing: Local

Duties: Producing required designs; project costing; assisting General Manager; site supervision; Administration of projects in Northern Nigeria including client co-ordination; supply and installation of plant; training of local staff in operation and maintenance of plant; administration of extensions; Design and details for manufacture and erection of Waste Water Treatment Plant.

Date from –to (month/year)

05/1976 – 06/1977

Location

UK

Company

John Taylor & Sons, UK

Position

Assistant Project Engineer

Description

Crawley WWTP extensions

Client: Crawley District Council

Financing: Local Council

Duties: Checking of contractors designs and information and coordination with the site and client.

Date from –to (month/year)

09/1972 – 05/1976

Location

UK

Company

William E Farrer Ltd, UK

Position

Assistant Project Engineer

Description

Projects throughout the UK

Client: Local Governments

Financing: Local Authorities

Duties: Design and manufacture of water treatment equipment Including Rotary scrapers, distributors, screens, submersible pumping stations and a design manual for a series of Contact Stabilisation Plants.

Date from –to (month/year)

04/1966 – 08/1972

Location

UK

Company

Donovan Electrical Ltd, UK

Position

Design draughtsman mechanical and electrical

Description

Projects thoughout the UK

Client: Local Government and Industry

Financing: Local

Duties: Design and manufacture of electrical controls and small components

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