Engineer Construction

Suja John, P.Eng. FEC

Tel: 971-*-***-**** Mobile: 971-**-***-**** Email: *********@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

- Highly skilled and experienced business development and engineering professional, with over 22 years of experience, including over 10 years in business development and management and 12 years in structural engineering, analysis, design and project management.

- Excellent at developing and managing effective client relationships.

- Exceptional management, organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Achievements

- Raised the association’s profile, building and maintaining excellent business relationships with all stakeholders.

- Raised the profile of members, successfully increasing client specification, incorporating the use of fabricator members in the specifications of major clients and consultancies for various projects.

- Conceptualized and introduced programs to raise funds for the region, identifying sponsors and increasing revenues for the region by over 100 %.

- Developed and managed scholarship programs in universities across Ontario, Canada, simultaneously identifying and persuading donors to support the programs allowing it to be self financed.

- Analyzed, designed and developed various projects including commercial, industrial and residential, using different systems and materials.

- Reviewed and managed projects on site, ensuring they were being constructed in accordance to the drawings, specifications, provincial codes and standards, providing solutions when problems arose.

CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION (CISC), ONTARIO, CANADA 2002 – 2013

ONTARIO REGIONAL MANAGER

Reporting to the President of this national trade association, this diverse role included engineering, public relations, marketing, educational and financial disciplines; developing, promoting and marketing the organization, networking with its members and stakeholders and promoting the use of structural steel as the construction material of choice.

Key Responsibilities

- Developed and implemented the marketing program for the region promoting the use of structural steel, CISC members and the organization.

- Organized and managed regional key industry networking events, luncheon seminars, meetings, and sponsorship programs, raising the profile of the organization and generating new business.

- Represented the organization and liaised with key decision makers, growing client specifications and promoting efficient, economical and sustainable construction using structural steel.

- Developed and delivered technical and promotional presentations on the use of structural steel to stakeholders, which included owners, developers, consultants, contractors, professors, and university and college students.

- Developed and administered the annual budget for the Ontario region, and ensured the region’s expenses were controlled and maintained within an approved budget.

- Developed, implemented and supervised regional sponsorship and educational programs.

- Developed and ensured excellent communication and liaison with stakeholders, both new and existing in order to cultivate and / or maintain relationships.

- Created programs and initiatives to raise the profile of the industry association, increased membership benefits and improved communication with the member base.

- Sourced content and ensured technical accuracy as the technical editor of national industry publication which was produced 3-4 times a year.

FRANK ANREP & ASSOCIATES, RICHMOND HILL, CANADA 1998 - 2002

PROJECT ENGINEER

Reporting to the President of this structural engineering consultancy, this role involved analysis and design of various projects. It included liaising with owners, architects and contractors and reviewing projects during construction to ensure it was built in accordance with the drawings and the provincial codes and standards. Some of the projects worked on included public institutions as well as residential buildings in Ontario. The projects included steel framed, load bearing masonry and timber framed structures with cast in place / precast hollow core slab floors. Was responsible for analysis and design of the structures as well as project management during construction.

ABDUL JALIL CROCKER PARTNERSHIP (AJCP), DUBAI, U.A.E. 1996 – 1997 SENIOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

Reporting to the President of this structural engineering consultancy, this role involved analysis, design and project management during construction of various projects. It included liaising with owners, architects and contractors and reviewing projects to ensure it was built in accordance with the drawings and the codes and standards in the Emirates.

- Responsible for the analysis and design development of the Wafi Shopping Mall Extension in Dubai. This project is a four storey reinforced concrete shopping complex with basement, administration and ancillary buildings such as the substation and transformer room. Managed the project during construction till completion.

- Responsible for analysis and design development of an 80,000 square foot single storey steel framed warehouse with an ancillary two storey steel frame office building. Also managed the construction of the facility, a warehouse for storing alcoholic beverages which required stringent specifications especially for racking / shelving and refrigeration.

W.S.ATKINS, DUBAI, U.A.E. 1994 – 1996

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

Reporting to the Head of Structural Engineering, this role included analysis and design of residential as well commercial structures.

- Part of a team of engineers responsible for the Deira City Centre Hotel in Dubai. The structure comprises two reinforced concrete eight storey towers with a four-storey link between them on bored pile foundation.

- Responsible for the analysis and design of Emirates Petrol Stations in Dubai which comprises several steel framed structures (gas stations and ancillary structures) on pad foundations at different locations in Dubai. Also managed the project during construction.

- Part of the design team for the development of the Al Musalla Towers in Dubai. The project comprises an office cum entertainment complex consisting of two eighteen storey towers and two five storey buildings with a three storey common basement, and a steel framed entertainment complex. Was responsible for analysis and design of one of the buildings and the entertainment complex.

MEINHARDT (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 1993 – 1994

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

Reporting to the Vice President - Engineering, this role involved analysis and design of the Pasir Ris Residential Complex in Singapore. This is a condominium development comprising several fifteen storey buildings constructed in different phases. This development was on a site where soil improvement works were required. Was responsible for liaising with the geotechnical engineer and the contractor during the soil improvement works.

TAN EE PING & PARTNERS, SINGAPORE 1990 – 1993

PROJECT ENGINEER

Reporting to the President of this structural engineering consultancy, this role involved analysis and design of various residential and commercial projects. Also worked as an accredited checker which involved evaluating, analyzing and reviewing the structural design of different projects analyzed and designed by other professional engineers.

QATAR DESIGN CONSORTIUM, DOHA, QATAR 1988 – 1990

DESIGN ENGINEER

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from the National University of Singapore

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

- Professional Engineers of Ontario, Canada

- Engineers Canada Fellowship

- Experience Reviews Committee, Professional Engineers of Ontario, Canada Research Council on Structural Connections, Canada

REFERENCES: Available on request

PERSONAL DETAILS

Nationality: Canadian

Current Visa Status in UAE: Resident

Driver’s License: UAE and Canadian

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