Trainee Electrical Engineer
Resume:
M MOHAMED ABDILLAHI MOHAMOUD M
CONTACT
mmohamoud1961@yahoo. com
**** ******** ***** **. *********, NC 28215 USA
EXPERIENCE
INSTRUMENT TECH. Jun 1996 Dec 2017
Philip Morris USA, 3601 Commerce Rd. Richmond, VA
-Install, Maintain, troubleshoot and program super high speed cigarette making and packing equipment on all aspects pertaining to electrical, electronic and instrumentation systems..
-Extensive knowledge of automation, process control and Robotics. -knowledge on how to work in highly regulated and controlled production environment especially as it pertains to FDA compliance and ISO Certification issues.
-In-depth knowledge acquired over the years on how to maintain a huge industrial facilities including but not limited to utilities such as high voltage, power distribution networks,industrial compressed air systems, high, medium and low steam and condensate
systems, environmental control and fire protection/suppression systems, security and access control systems and information system networks.
-This is a high skill job that requires collegiate degree in Engineering discipline.
ASSEMBLER Nov 1995 Apr 1996
Ingersol Rand, Davidson, NC
-Assemble from ground up industrial, commercial and specialty use/ marine packaged compressed air systems.
-Especial emphasis on the electrical /electronic subsystems of the compressors .
-Testing,tuning and troubleshooting the final product.
SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR May 1995 Nov 1995
IBM, Charlotte, NC
-Systems Integration. Tailored information system solutions to all kinds of customers, big and small.
-Building printed circuit boards for all kinds of applications for commercial and industrial usage.
LEAD ELECTRICIAN Sep 1994 Apr 1995
Borrel Electrical and Fire Systems, Tampa, FL
- Lead Electrician for a huge engineering and contracting firm in Florida.
-Industrial and commercial electrical, electronic and fire protection/suppression systems throughout the state of Florida.
- Lead a team of skilled electricians and Journeymen on daily basis through construction or maintenance projects.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER /MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
-Highly trained Electrical Engineer Tech.
-Analytical skills honed over the years in the engineering field. This is a highly transferrable skill that can come in handy and could be applicable to varieties of different situations and circumstances.
-Skills to
manage sizable projects and operations.
-Skills to direct, supervise, train and manage personnel.
-Speak fluent English and Somali. Passable Spanish and Arabic.
-Well travelled, sophisticated, well educated.
-Ability to perform under pressure and duress.
-Ability to work shifts and irregular work hours.
-Freedom to travel wherever my work assignments take me. -Broad knowledge and track record of working in multi cultural work environments
from Africa to the Middle East to the United states.
-Passion and dedication and loyalty to the job at hand, whatever that might be.
- Broad exposure to mechanical and HVAC and instrumentation fields.
- Broad exposure and knowledge of automation and process control systems.
- Proven track record of working under highly regulated work environments where product
quality and safety are of paramount importance.
MANAGER Feb 1992 Jul 1994
Al Rawabi Diary Company, Dubai. UAE, Dubai
- Started as electrical engineer for a huge commercial diary company in Dubai, United Arab Emirates .Later on promoted to a Maintenance and Operations manager.
- Total responsibility for engineering, maintenance and operational aspects of a self-contained, modern commercial diary farm with more than 5000 milking cows. This included but not limited to systems in the farm, herd corrals, in the automated milking parlors, in the processing plant, the potable water purification systems and the huge fleet of reefer trucks that distributed the final products throughout the greater Middle East areas. We even provided diary products to the US CENTCOM operations and personnel in Bahrain.
- This job required a fair amount of travel throughout the Middle East and in Europe for extensive training on the plant and farm subsystems.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER AND ASSITANT FACILITIES MANAGER May 1989 Aug 1991
US Embassy, Mogadishu Somalia, Mogadishu, Banaadir
- Electrical engineer and assistant Facility manager at the US Embassy in Somalia.
-Complete responsibility for all Engineering and operational aspects of the Embassy including Admin office buildings, Chancellery, School, Hospital, Marine detachment housing, The Ambassador's Residence, Guard houses, power generation plants, active and passive security system such as automated vehicle barriers at all gates,all utilities,workshops and maintenance facilities.
-This was one of the biggest Embassies in Africa at the time, a huge support Embassy with lots of TDY personnel going through it all the time on missions to the rest of the African continent.
- I have to work in sensitive and highly secure areas at times, with the help of the American technical personnel assigned to the Embassy such as Seabees and civilian contractors like DynaCorp. This happened when those techs needed engineering support. I had
the highest security clearance that a Foreign Service National (FSN) can attain at the time.
- I was a highly trusted professional, universally respected, and the highest ranking local working for the mission. No other local even came close to my ranking in the Embassy hierarchy .
-In addition to my regular duties as engineer and assistant facilities manager, I was also highly trusted and well connected local whom the Embassy personal frequently sought counsel with, regarding the overall security situation in Somalia, from the Ambassador all the way down to the Marine Gunny Sergeant.. This was very crucial role I played before the country descended into full blown civil war.
ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN Oct 1985 May 1989
JA Jones, Charlotte, NC
- Electrical Foreman for JA Jones construction Company in the construction of the American Embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia, and renovation of the Mogadishu International Airport, working under the
SKILLS
Broad based knowledge in electrical and mechanical ( pneumatics, hydraulic systems, HVAC )fields of engineering.
34 years of engineering and technical experience in major project construction, process control, and highly automated high speed production environments . self driven and a good team player.
presently retired but in fairly good health and can still productively function at high level for years to come.
LANGUAGE
-Somali Language. Native language. Fluent.
-English. Fluent.
Spanish. Read, write and understand fairly well. Arabic. Read, write and understand little. Can get lot better though. I used to know
this language lot better in the past but I have not used it in a long time.
direction of American Electrical Superintendent.
-The airport project comprised of installing airfield runway lights, taxiway lights and approach system for Mogadishu International Airport.
-Emergency power generators for the airport.
-Refueling facilities for the Military Wing of the airport for use by the Somali Airforce and US forces.
-This project was paid for by the US Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
-The Embassy construction was a huge half a Billion Dollar project in at itself. This took about 5 years to complete.
-My role as an Electrical Foreman was to carry out construction project work from start to end utilizing multi national teams of electricians, journeymen and other craftsmen.
-This job and the role I played in it allowed me to secure electrical engineering position with the Embassy itself upon the completion of the construction phase. I knew the Technical aspects of this Embassy compound as well as anybody having been there for the whole construction phase.
- The Embassy construction was carried out under the auspices of the State Department Foreign Building office (FBO). The idea was to secure and fortify Embassy buildings in areas of the world where there was a real threat of terrorist attacks against American Embassies and or personnel following the bombings of the American Embassy and the Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon . Invariably, this meant American Embassies in the Muslim world.
ELECTRICAL FOREMAN Sep 1984 Aug 1985
MWK International, Berbera, Woqooyi Galbeed
- Worked as electrical Foreman for MWK International in Berbera, Northern Somalia.
- MWK was a construction and engineering firm that upgraded the Naval facilities in Berbera, Somalia for a possible use by the US Military, in addition to Somali military .This included construction of airfield runway lights, taxiway lights and approach systems. The
scope of this job also involved building a huge fuel farm near the seaport for jet fuel, construction of a major pipeline linking the seaport/ fuel farm and the airport and the construction of refuel facilities for the jet aircraft at the Berbera airport. The main project also involved expansion of Berbera seaport, more than doubling the size of the old, Soviet built seaport. This project was carried out under the auspices of the US Facilities Naval Engineering Command. In the cold war era, The military facilities at Berbera were highly priced asset because of the strategic location of Berbera as the gateway to the Red Sea/ Bab El Mandab straights and the Arabian Sea.
-My role as Electrical Foreman was to carry out a construction assignments under the loose direction of American Electrical Superintendent.
-I led a team of local and Filipino electricians to carry out construction assignments through all project locations.
TRAINEE ELECTRICAL ENGINEER Apr 1983 Aug 1984
Jubba Sugar Project (JSP), Mareerey,Southern Somalia
-This was the first job that I ever had after graduating from Somali National University in October of 1982.
-Juba Sugar project was the biggest engineering project ever carried out in Somalia, paid for by Abu Dhabi Arab Fund . This a was a humongous project with around 4000 people working there between the cane sugar farms, the processing plant, staff housing and all other support and satellite facilities. The project was built and managed by Booker Agriculture International, a British Agro business firm . The idea was to build and operate a self contained sugarcane factory in the heart of the fertile Juba valley and on the banks of the Juba river.
- Part of what the British firm was tasked with was to train a cadre of local engineers and technician to eventually take possession / ownership of the operation on the plant and the project as a whole .
- I stayed there little over a year as a trainee electrical engineer, under the close supervision of British engineers and I honestly can say without reservation that what i learned in that time span put me in a trajectory that made everything that happened to me after
that possible. It made me who I am today.
EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Oct 1982 Mogadishu Polytechnic. Somali National University., Mogadishu, Banaadir
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