Mina N. Michail
***** ******* ***** **. ******, Indiana 46032
(C) 201-***-**** (E) acejc7@r.postjobfree.com
Permanent Work Authorization. No Visa Sponsorship Required
Career Focus
International Engineering professional with 9 years of experience, proficiency in engineering and project management tools,
Accomplishments in worldwide engineering and management, million dollars projects in Iraq, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Cairo and USA.
Summary of skills
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Project management Prioritizing/adapting to multiple and changing tasks
• Logical thinking/problem solving • Budget administration
• Communication and negotiation skills • Supervising subcontractors
Professional Experience
Nestle, Project Engineer (Contract), IN, USA Sep.2013 – Present
Nestlé is the world’s leading nutrition, health and wellness company with more than 2,000 global and local brands. Nestlé
has 468 factories in 86 countries around the world and around 330 000 employees.
Key Achievements
Projects: MBR Water Reuse and water softener upgrade
• Developed and managed water and energy projects concept design to save 36,819246 gallons of water annually and 45,993
MMBTU annually.
• Managed the contractors, consultants and material selection process based on Nestle Procurement Policy
• Supervised contractors work on site including issuing work permits as per Nestle SHE regulations
• Prepared projects AFE, specifications, drawings and tender documents, including obtaining statutory approvals ( Indiana
State Board of Animal Health, IBOWH)
• Prepared detailed schedules of work for the projects
• Coordinated the initiation of Anderson environmental sustainability team
• contributed to sustainable energy initiatives and researching new energy methods (Lighting Optimization, Spill valve, VFDs)
Stellar Group, Assistant Project Manager, Dubai, UAE Jun.2011 – Jan. 2012
Stellar is an engineering and construction firm based in the USA. Stellar creates F&B processing plants, refrigerated
warehouses, turbine inlet air chilling and district cooling modular utility plants throughout the United States, Middle
East, China and Puerto Rico.
Key Achievements
Projects: Zayed University, 2 chiller modular plants with 8000 Tons of total refrigeration capacity for the male and female campuses
• Organized electrical and mechanical subcontractors’ selection process, from identifying scope of works to letter of intent.
• Successfully managed $250,000 electrical installations works budget and $1,000,000 mechanical installations works budget.
• Successfully gained on time all local authorities approvals such as Abu Dhabi civil defense and Abu Dhabi municipality
• Successfully managed and coordinated the purchases of the international and local long lead items such as: York chillers
from USA, Spig cooling towers from Italy, Switchgears from France and Transformers from Dubai and ensured matching the
specifications and the planned installations milestones dates.
• Successfully managed on time the installation process of 5 modular chillers of total weight 150 tons, 4 transformers and 4
switchgears using a 500 tons mobile crane.
• Managed and implemented corrective and recovery plans such as customizing chillers power panels, Cables routing,
changing mechanical anchoring system to chemical and piping layout to match site conditions
W.S. Atkins & Partners Overseas, Project Engineer, Dubai, UAE Feb.2008 – May 2011
One of the world leading engineering and design consultancy, UK’s largest engineering consultancy firm and the third in Europe. The
group consists of Atkins, Faithful & Gold, Peter Brown and n.triple.a with 300 offices all over the world.
Key Achievements
Projects: Successfully managed 2 projects within the same period of time.
Acacia Avenues, 50 luxuries v illas
• Initiated and implemented new process of inspections to enhance junior inspectors’ performance
• Customized each back yard and roof MEP services layout to match clients and site conditions.
• Negotiated and finalized BMS points schedule for each villa based on clients requirements.
2CDE Tower, Hotel apartments tower comprised of 2B+26 floors
• Managed successfully value engineering to cut 10% of total MEP contract as instructed by client due to the global recession
• Prepared monthly payments on behalf of client of total $10,000000 to sub contractors based on their progress
• Initiated, prepared checklists and held Atkins new internal technical and quality audit process.
W.S. Atkins & Partners Overseas, Site Inspector, Dubai, UAE Sep.2006 – Jan 2008
Projects: Al Mass Tower, Office Tower Comprised of 5B+67 floors with height of 1181 ft. height containing 4
mechanical floors
• Performed daily site inspections of mechanical MEP installations
• Verified and ensured quality of materials and installations to ensure conformance with contract drawings
and specifications
• Issued non conformance notices for contractors and triggered their corrective actions
• Witnessed and recorded testing and commissioning reports for the various systems (HVAC, BMS, water
supply and fire fighting)
Orascom Construction Industries, Project Coordinator Cairo, Egypt Jun. 2005 – Jun. 2006
Orascom construction group ranks among the world's top global contractors with 80,000 employees and $3.4 billion
revenues.
Operates under three separate brands. Orascom Construction, BESIX Group and Contrack International.
Key Achievements
Projects: Bazian Cement Factory, 7K ton/day, Kurdistan, Iraq
• Organized the subcontractors’ selection process of steel and plate fabrications, from tendering, through letter of intent
• Generated biweekly progress reports showing percentage of fabricated and installed steel and plate works in tons compared
to the total project amount to show actual status of project.
• Coordinated shipping of design steel and plate fabrication drawings for a total of 17000 tons to local and international
fabricators in accordance to scope of works and site conditions
Education
• PE, Professional Engineer, Indiana State Board for Professional Engineers, USA, Oct. 2014
• Leed AP Certification, U.S. Green Building Council, USA, April 2014
• FE/EIT, Fundamentals Engineering, Indiana State Board for Professional Engineers, IN, USA, Oct. 2013
• PMP Certification, Project Management Institute, USA, April, 2009
• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Power Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, Sep.2004
Senior Project: Sand Separator- Awarded highest class grade