Water and Wastewater Project Manager / Engineer

MAQBOOL HUSSAIN

Toronto, ON

*******.******@*****.***

Phone # 647-***-****

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OBJECTIVE : A suitable position in environmental engineering industry.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering.

• 15+ years of multi-tasking and versatile experience in project management, business development, design, drawings, cost estimation, value engineering, specifications, tender documentation, construction and operation of water and wastwater treatment plants, pumping stations and networks in urban, industrial and rural setups with private and public sector.

• Hands on environmental studies, solid waste management and power plants chemistry.

• Efficient leadership, project management and coordination skills to assure quality, and achieve targets in timely manner within the allocated budget.

• Competency in concept and detail design, and proposals compiling for small to large projects

• Effective communication, presentaion and conflicts resolution abilities involving clients, regulatory bodies, project teams, sub-consultants, suppliers and communities.

• Appreciable contract administration, and disputes and claims settlement background.

• Excellent resources need analysis and capacity building capabilities.

• Awareness of relevant Canadian and international guidelines and standards.

• Working knowledge of MS Office, MS Project, Epanet, and familiar with AutoCad, WaterCad.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Project Manager 01/2012 - Present

Napier-Reid Ltd, Toronto, Canada: A Water & Wastewater Treatment Plants Supplier Firm

• Water and wastewater treatment projects management from bidding to delivery.

• Relationship strengthening with existing clients, and creating new business opportunities.

• Prepapred propsosals for industrial wastewater treatment plants upto capacity 3,840 m3/d including design, costing and P&IDs. The proposed processes included API oil-water separators, dissolved air flotation, vortex grit separator, sequencing batch reactors, ion exchange, continuous backwash filters, chlorination, sludge dewatering by centrifuge and belt press, sludge stabilization by lime.

• Worked on water treatment plants bids containing screens, lamella clarifers and filtration.

Regional Coordinator and Manager Technical - Water & Sanitation 2010 - 2011

Agha Khan Planning and Building Service, Pakistan: 9 M Euros Program from German Govt.

• Coordinated water and sanitation package implementation from inception to commissioning in 21 villages of Chitral region by leading a team of 70 members.

• Provided technical support in feasibility, planning, design, costing, procurement, construction and commissioning of 75 water and sanitation schemes in Northern areas.

• Prepared program plans, budgets and progress reports.

• Negotiated with government authorities, consultants, suppliers and communities.

• Enhanced capacity of the engineering section and water testing laboratories.

• Facilitated various trainings, meetings and inauguration events.

Team Leader and Principal Engineer - Water & Sanitation 2009 - 2010

Halcrow (now part of CH2M HILL), Islamabad, Pakistan : A Consulting Engineering Firm

• Led the water and sanitation design skill group administratively and technically.

• Involved in business development by reaching out to clients.

• Managed multi-disciplinary design projects including scheduling, budgeting and monitoring.

• Interacted with the compliance agencies, associate consultants and contractors.

• Wrote proposals and TORs, and reviewed contracts.

• Conducted coordination and progress meetings,

• Ensured quality and timely submission of the deliverables.

• Reviewed (i) design of 49,000 m3/d sewage treatment plant, (ii) water, wastewater, irrigation and storm networks designs, drawings, cost estimates and specifications of 06 urban site development projects in Middle East and Pakistan for the populations up to 400,000, and a bulk water supply pipeline (1.0 mgd, 16 km) project.

• Headed construction supervision team of 1500 acres site development project.

Task Incharge & Environmental Engineer - Water & Wastewater 1998 - 2008

Saudi Consulting Services, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Engineering Consultants

• Planned, budgeted and managed cross-functional water and wasteater treatment projects.

• Designed process, hydraulics and mechanical components of; 08 surface water treatment plants (5,000 to 100,000 m3/d), 08 brackishwater treatment plants (36 to 24,000 m3/d) and 04 municipal sewage treatment plants (1500 to 187,000 m3/d).

• Carried out design of water supply, wastewater collection, drip/sprinkle irrigation and storm drainage systems of 15 urban site development projects for the populations up to 50,000.

• Prepared cost estimates, specifications and tender documents..

• Reviewed design of 04 brackishwater treatment plants (50 to 60,000 m3/d) and 04 municipal sewage treatment plants (up to 250,000 m3/d).

• Reviewed design and supervised construction and commissioning of 02 industrial water treatment (1,500 and 10,000 m3/d) and 02 sewage treatment (40 and 320 m3/d) plants.

• Participated in value engineering of 06 water and wastewater projects.

• Supervised construction & commissioning, and involved in closing of 1200 MW Power Plant.

• Contributed in specifications development for 700 MW Power Plant.

• Coordinated with clients, contractors, government officials, sub-consultants and vendors.

• Attended various trainings, meetings, drafted minutes and produced reports.

• Pariticipated in authoring technical and financial proposals.

• Implemented ISO program (9001:2000) in the company.

Water Treatment Engineer – 1669 MW Thermal Power Station Guddu 1993 - 1998

Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Pakistan

• Managed operation of 04 water treatment plants (1,200 to 5,000 m3/d) consisting of pump stations, clarification, filtration, ion exchange, decarbonation, neutralization and evaporation.

• Supervised water and steam quality control, Hydrogen generation, cooling tower and once through cooling systems chemical treatment, environmetal pollution control, and laboratories.

• Coordinated various activities among contractors, suppliers and consultants.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

1. M.Sc. Environmental Engineering

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA Aug 1998

2. M.Sc Chemistry

Quaid–I–Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan Jan 1993

3. Training in Leadership (02 days) and Group Dynamics (01 day), Canada. 2012

4. ISO Internal Quality Auditor training. 2004

5. 06 months training in thermal power plants fuel, water and air systems. 1993

6. A number of trainings and seminars delivered by manufactureres and suppliers.

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