Associate Director Mechanical Engineering
Resume:
Amal Fawzy Abd Elshafy
MEP Associate Director
Education
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt,
1992
Nationality
Egyptian
Professional affiliations
- EEA Egyptian Engineering
Association.
- Society of Engineers, UAE.
- ASHRAE Associate membership.
- Leadership certificate by
(People Plus)
- Certificate for Completion of the
PMP course.
Language skills
Arabic, English
Contact Information
KSA- Riyadh Egypt - Cairo
E-Mail: *********@*******.***
linkedin.com/in/amal-shafy-40b770b3.
Professional Summary
As an experienced Associate Director for MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing) at Red Sea Global, I lead the strategic oversight and execution of MEP systems across a wide range of high-profile development projects. With extensive expertise in design, coordination, and implementation, I ensure seamless integration of MEP infrastructure while adhering to sustainability goals and international standards. I bring a proven track record in managing multidisciplinary teams, fostering collaboration with stakeholders, and delivering innovative, cost-effective solutions that align with the company's vision for world-class, environmentally responsible developments. My leadership and technical proficiency have been instrumental in driving successful project outcomes, enhancing operational efficiency, and supporting Red Sea Global's mission to create transformative, luxury destinations.
Professional history
Nov. 2023 –present
Red sea Global – KSA
Associate Director
Leading the MEP Systems for Numan Island, Red Sea Global As the Associate Director for MEP at Red Sea Global, I played a pivotal role in leading the design, development, and implementation of the Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) systems for Numan Island, a flagship project within the Red Sea development. Numan Island is envisioned as a luxury, sustainable destination, and my responsibilities spanned across all aspects of MEP infrastructure to ensure that the systems not only meet international standards but also align with Red Sea Global’s sustainability and environmental goals. Throughout the project, I oversaw the coordination of complex MEP systems, ensuring seamless integration with architectural, structural, and civil components. My role involved leading cross-functional teams, managing stakeholder relationships, and working closely with contractors, consultants, and designers to ensure the timely and cost-effective delivery of critical MEP infrastructure.
I drove the development of innovative, energy-efficient solutions, utilizing cutting-edge technologies to reduce the island’s environmental footprint while maintaining operational efficiency. Additionally, I implemented rigorous quality control measures, addressing any technical challenges and ensuring that all systems were designed and installed to the highest specifications.
My leadership was crucial in ensuring that Numan Island’s MEP systems supported the creation of a world-class destination, blending luxury with sustainability. This involved rigorous planning and execution to ensure the island’s infrastructure met the highest standards of functionality, reliability, and sustainability, ultimately contributing to the overall success of Red Sea Global’s visionary development.
Feb. 2023 – Nov. 2024
SSH - Egypt
MEPI Principal Engineer Cairo Office
Responsible for providing technical and administrative management to the department, deal with senior management team, mechanical engineering team, and all SSH departments across all disciplines, HR and recruitment department, and externally with Clients, Contractors and other consultants. I am responsible for review and delivering all projects stages, follow up with structure and Architecture to update the MEP requirement, supervision and delivering of complete MEPI design by Egypt team for GCC Authorities, Tendring and issue for construction stages, controlling the project budget; follow up with the site team during construction. Study and estimate resources and budget for mechanical proposals especially for HVAC system as most of my experience was in this field.
Responsible for delivering persuasive communication to senior and high ranked internal and external audiences and I have the capacity to take the lead in creating an environment that encourages open and honest communication to promote transparency across the organization and transferring knowledge, experiences and technical support required to others to enable them to perform and deliver within their area of specialty. Anticipating issues that may arise during projects and use past experiences to make sound judgment calls in light of potential unplanned issues / situations.
Continuously coach, develop, motivate and engage low performing employees to effectively support them through to higher performance.
Determine the best fit resources required for efficient work delivery, in line with set timelines and quality standards. For large projects and know-how of breaking down into smaller tasks. Support ways and means for continuous improvement of procedures, processes and policies to eliminate inefficiencies that can hinder achievement of targets/goals.
The following are some of the projects that were managed during this period:
● Hilton Wadi Hanifa KSA (DD stage)
● KAFD projects, KSA
● RAM HQ, KSA
● RAM D9, KSA
● Dubai Water canal (HH), Dubai.
● Ellington, RAK (SD stage)
● Formula 1, KSA
● Omran business Park, Oman.
Apr. 2021 – Feb. 2023
NAGA Architects - Egypt
MEP Head of Department Egypt and Dubai Office
Responsible for providing technical and administrative management to the department, report to the CEO in Egypt and the Company Owner Dr. Shams, deal with senior management team, mechanical engineering team, and all NAGA departments across all disciplines, HR and recruitment department, and externally with Clients, Contractors and other consultants.
During this period, I was responsible for review and delivering the projects from Dubai for concept and schematic stages follow up with structure and Architecture to update the MEP requirement and supervision and delivering of the design by Egypt team for construction, Authority, Tendring and issue for construction stages, controlling the project budget. Follow up with the site team during construction, study and estimate resources and budget for mechanical proposals. The following are some of the projects that were managed during this period:
● BAY RESIDENCE AT HAYAT ISLAND PHASE 1
● RAK Protocol Office for Amiri Diwan
● AUH AlHajeri Family Compound
● Riyadh Township 1B
● ETH Res. Bldg. (B+G+8) in Addis Ababa
● DXB Res. Villa for Mr. Khalfan Mohamed Al Mazrouei
● Res. Villa for Mr. Rashid Alsheikh
● KSA Res. Villa for Mr. Mamdooh Saud Alsedairy
● DXB Renovation of Res. Villa for Mr. Tarek Al Futtaim
● DXB Res. Villa for Shk. Almualla Bin Ahmed
● Compound for Al Hussaini Family (6 villas)
● DXB Res. Villa for Ms. Ayesha Abdulla
● DXB Private Luxury Residence for Mazaya Property
● CG - Facility management building proposal- Egypt
● The headquarters of the Ministry of Tourism in Sheikh Zayed designated for the National Training Academy proposal - Egypt.
Sep. 2019- Aug. 2020
AECOM Middle East – Abu Dhabi
Lead Mechanical Engineer
Provided technical and administrative leadership to the department, report to the Resident director, deal with senior management team, mechanical engineering team, and AECOM departments across all disciplines, and externally with Clients, Contractors, and other consultants, during this period I was responsible for delivering the following projects:
● Four seasons Hotel (All design stages)
● Dubai Financial Market (All design stages)
● Dubai Harbour (IFC stage)
● Al Maryah sport city– Abu Dhabi (Full Design)
● Mall of Oman Food and Beverage fitout
● King Abdallah Financial District KSA (Concept Stage).
● Aljaza sport centre- KSA (Design Peer review)
● KAAR Package E- KSA (Design Peer review)
● Sindalah Island Resort – KSA (Design Peer review)
● Lusail Towers – Qatar (Design Peer review)
● Al Maryah sport city– Abu Dhabi (Full Design)
Apr. 2019 – Sep. 2019
Parsons International Consultants – Dubai
Lead of Mechanical Engineer
Responsible for providing technical and administrative leadership to the department, report to the Resident director, deal with senior management team, mechanical engineering team, and Parsons departments across all disciplines, and externally with Clients, Contractors and other consultants, during this period I was responsible for delivering the following projects:
● Spark, Auditorium and Musalla Saudi Arabia (Detail design stage and IFC design stages)
● AlJadaf, Office Building, Dubai (Design process for all design stages)
● Expo Police Operation Centre, Dubai (Design for Pre-concept Sage)
● Sharjah Airport (Peer Review for Mechanical detailed design stage)
● JUMAN MARINA 2, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman (Peer Review for Mechanical detailed design stage)
● American Community school (Peer Review for Mechanical design concept report) Feb. 2011 – Mar. 2019
KEO International Consultants – Abu Dhabi
Head of Mechanical department
Responsible for providing technical and administrative leadership to the department, report to the Resident director, deal with senior management team, mechanical engineering team, and KEO departments across all disciplines, HR and recruitment department, and externally with Clients, Contractors and other consultants, during this period I was responsible for delivering the following projects: Project Experience:
EXPO2020, Dubai, Expo Village parcel 6 to 11
DAMAC Towers by Paramount, Dubai
● Peer Review of Three residential tower and hotel Tower,
● HVAC design for common floors (Basement, Ground, Upper Ground, and podiums) and Commercial Kitchen Facilities.
EKFC Development, Dubai
Emirates Flight Catering, Long-Term
● Mechanical Design all design stages for Long-term building
● Design Peer Review for intermediate building
Yass Village staff Housing Project - AD (Miral)
Miral is the developer for the multi-phase master plan expansion and enhancement of the Yas Residential Development;
● The YVP project consists of 9 midrise accommodation buildings and 1 Multipurpose building
● Residential buildings are sub divided into 2 types of buildings “I” & “L” shape, the development consists for 3 “I”Shape buildings and 6 “L” shape buildings.
● Each residential building has ground + 7 levels of apartments and a roof level for MEP services; and the multipurpose building has ground +1 and a roof level for MEP services. RA staff Housing Project-AD (Al DAR)
Al DAR is the developer for the multi-phase master plan expansion and enhancement of the Yas Residential Development
RA Plot development is a residential staff housing with six residential towers. Residential Towers – (A1, A2, A3, B1, B2
&B3)
Each residential tower is G+7 with typical unit arrangement from level 1 to 7. Ground level shall house different facilities rooms (Garbage room, FCC, activity room, Musalah…. etc.) Retails shall be located at Ground floor for Tower A1 and B1 Mudon Properties: Show Village (Abu Dhabi)
The project located in a neutral location in Khalifa City, The National Housing Program intends to design and build an operational display village consisting of 10 villas and a centrally located showroom center. The villas set amongst an actual street mock with all permanent services provided for a proposed life span of 10 years. It is 10 villa plots with each villa is a variation of other and ranging in size from 430 sqm to 850 sqm. Shams Residential tower (C24) (Reem Island- AD) Al Wifaq The plot S2-C24 consists of a building with five Basements for car park, a canal level, 35 floors of residential apartments and amenities (SPA, swimming pool and GYM) at last floor, each of typical floors consists of 1BR, 2BR and 3BR residential units.Shams Residential tower (C16) (Reem Island- AD) Al Wifaq The plot S3-C16 consists of a building with five Basements for car park, a canal level, 6 floors of offices areas and 27 floors of residential apartments, each of typical floors consists of 1BR, 2BR and 3BR residential units. Emaar Downtown Dubai Development for B1 & B (Dubai) The project consists of two towers (B1&B2) located within the OPERA District Downtown Dubai, UAE. The two buildings shall have a common five Basements for car park, ground and Podium floors accommodating F&B outlets, retails, changing rooms and outdoor swimming pool.
Building B1 has 49 floors and is used for serviced apartment and B2 is 62 floors and is used for serviced apartments ADIA Car Park (Abu Dhabi)
The project consists of VCC building, car parking building compromising three Basements, Ground + 9 levels of open parking, offices at last floor of car park building and Link Bridge connecting the car building with the existing ADIA HQ building through. The link Bridge is located at second floor of the car park building. Electricity and Cogeneration Regulatory Authority (ECRA) Headquarters, Riyadh, KSA The project consists of car parking building and six multi-story midrise towers comprising offices and associated facilities; all the towers are interconnected through a common Atrium; The carpark building has ground + 2 levels of open parking; the carpark is connected to the offices building through Link Bridge at first floor. Jul. 2007 – Jan. 2011
WS Atkins Middle East, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Responsible for the detailed design and supervision of the mechanical engineering services, providing technical and leadership to the department, report to the head of department, deal with senior management team, mechanical engineering team, and Atkins departments across all disciplines, HR and recruitment department, and externally with Clients, Contractors and other consultants, including:
● Responsible for the provision of a concept, preliminary and detailed design of the mechanical services for all the above projects.
● Responsible for the provision of appraisal and modification to any existing concept design carried by another consultant and followed by the development of a preliminary and detailed design of the mechanical services.
● Working closely with the client/operator of any project in order to adapt the design of the mechanical services and accommodate their operational requirements.
● Full awareness of UAE authorities’ regulations and ESTIDAMA requirement.
● Prepare the specifications of the projects.
● Supervise the design and calculation for all services HVAC, Plumbing, Drainage, Infrastructure system through all stages concept, preliminary and detail design in accordance with the appropriate standards.
● Review/supervise the Mechanical designs drawings of all services.
● Review/supervise the heat loads calculation using HAP/E20/IES programs.
● Ensure the coordination of Mechanical scope of work with the rest of the trades.
● Check and support the Mechanical team on site.
● Produce reports and presentations to a professional standard. Project Experience:
Beach Front Hotel (concept design), Dubai, UAE
Central Market (site design & supervision), Abu Dhabi, UAE ADNEC Commercial Building, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Abu Dhabi International Airport Extension, UAE
Bridgeway W68 (Rocco Forte Hotel), Abu Dhabi, UAE
IPIC (offices), Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dynasty Tower (residential) on Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE Highland Resort Villas, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Split Tower (residential), Abu Dhabi, UAE
Ajlan Tower (offices), Riyadh, KSA
Sowwah Island Bridges (links), Abu Dhabi, UAE
Al Fujairah Private Hanger, UAE
Khalifa Port (design review), Abu Dhabi, UAE
Rawdaht Abu Dhabi (design review), UAE
Emirates Steel Industrial Administration Building (design review), Abu Dhabi, UAE. Oct. 2003 – Jun. 2007
Aster Associate Termoimpianti, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Responsible for technical and business development aspects of mechanical works design and construction projects, including:
● Design of HVAC System using Carrier HAP Software.
● Production and supervision of design drawings.
● Selection of materials.
● Review of projects specification and drawings.
● Attend meeting with client, Consultant & Main contractor.
● Coordination with client, Consultant & Main contractor all problems relevant to HVAC services with other trades.
● Estimation and pricing for HVAC Tender.
Project Experience:
Etihad Terminal Extension (design and build), Abu Dhabi, UAE Khalidiya Towers (complex), Abu Dhabi, UAE
Cornish Tower, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Jul. 1992 – Aug. 2003
Nile Aster International Co.- Egypt
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Responsible for technical and business development aspects of mechanical works design and construction projects, including:
● Design of HVAC System using Carrier E 20-I Software.
● Production and supervision of design drawings.
● Selection of materials.
● Review of projects specification, Vendor drawings.
● Attend meeting with client, Consultant & Main contractor.
● Coordination with client, Consultant & Main contractor all problems relevant to HVAC services with other trades.
● Estimation and pricing for HVAC Tender.
Project Experience:
Golden Pyramids Plaza, Cairo, Egypt
Nesco Tourist Village, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Dar El Fouad Hospital, 6th of October City,
Egypt Faisal Islamic Bank Tower, Giza, Egypt
National Bank, Cairo, Egypt
Marriott Hotel, Hurghada, Egypt
Ahmed Nessem (residential), Cairo, Egypt
El Nour Hilton, Hurghada, Egypt
Relevant Project Experience
● DAMAC Towers by Paramount, Dubai, UAE
● EKFC (Emirates Flight Catering) Long-term Development, Dubai, UAE
● Qasr Al Ain, Ain Ain, UAE
● Ras Al Hamra Development Ph. 1, Muscat, Oman
● Beach Front Hotel, Dubai, UAE
● Central Market (site design & supervision), Abu Dhabi, UAE
● ADNEC Commercial Building, Abu Dhabi, UAE
● Abu Dhabi International Airport Extension, UAE
● Bridgeway W68 (Rocco Forte Hotel), Abu Dhabi, UAE
● IPIC, Abu Dhabi, UAE
● Dynasty Tower on Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
● Highland Resort Villas, Abu Dhabi, UAE
● Split Tower, Abu Dhabi, UAE
● Ajlan Tower, Riyadh, KSA
● Sowwah Island Bridges, Abu Dhabi, UAE
● Al Fujairah Private Hanger, UAE
● Khalifa Port, Abu Dhabi, UAE
● Rawdaht Abu Dhabi, UAE
● Emirates Steel Industrial Administration Building, Abu Dhabi, UAE.Etihad Terminal Extension, Abu Dhabi, UAE
● Khalidiya Towers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
● Cornish Tower, Abu Dhabi, UAE
● Golden Pyramids Plaza, Cairo, Egypt
● Nesco Tourist Village, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
● Dar El Fouad Hospital, 6th of October City, Egypt
● Faisal Islamic Bank Tower, Giza, Egypt
● National Bank, Cairo, Egypt
● Marriott Hotel, Hurghada, Egypt
● Ahmed Nessem Residential, Cairo, Egypt
● El Nour Hilton, Hurghada, Egypt
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