LUAAY T. A. AL-ABDUL JABBAR

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Knoxville, TN 37917, USA

Mob: 865-***-****; Email: pdg14p@r.postjobfree.com

Dynamic and accomplished Consultant and Project Engineering & Management professional with over 25 years of experience in varied business domains and 5+ years of international exposure

Strong credentials in executing multiple projects and ensuring project delivery within the assigned project scope, time, quality and budgetary parameters

OBJECTIVE: Seeking to be an Engineering Consultant / Project & Engineering Manager with a well established and globally reputed organization in Engineering and consultant in Water Treatment Plants & Networks / District Cooling Plants & Networks / Water & Sewage Pump Stations, by utilizing the following strengths...

Leveraging sound working exposure in Water & Power EPC Co., Design & Manufacturing Co., Infrastructure Constructions, Consulting Engineering Firms, Water Treatments Plants & Networks, District Cooling Design Management & Consultancy.

Extends expertise in the engineering management, design engineering, environmental consulting (water & wastewater), project management, civil engineering and resident engineering.

Demonstrated exposure in design & analysis, engineering of Water Networks, Water & Sewage Pump Stations, Water Treatment Plants, District Cooling Networks and District Cooling Plants Piping.

Proficient in handling all fields of pipe Hydraulic networks, Pipe stress analysis, site design planning & problem resolution and providing consulting services and solutions.

Well versed in Hydraulic & Surge software (Arrow & Impulse, Pipe Flow Expert and Pipe Net) including Piping and Pipeline Stress Analysis software (Caesar II 5.2 & 5.3)

Technically adept in AutoCAD, Primavera, STAAD Pro, Solid Works,-3D Modelling, (Flow & Stress Analysis Simulation), MS Office Suite, Email and Internet applications.

Completed dissertation (Msc. Degree) on Computer Aided Analysis & Design for Water Networks with new concept in design.

Efficient Team Leader & Player, combining sound communication, interpersonal, motivating, problem solving and training skills with analytical & leadership capabilities to ensure operational performance.

Core Competencies

Project Engineering

• Reviewing design and engineering package to create the scope of work matrix, logs, plans and schedules.

• Comparing the contract requirement with client specifications to propose feasible solutions.

• Distributing work, tracking & following up work review, outsourcing requisite items and providing site support, design evaluation and engineering value.

• Reviewing and analyzing in-house & outsourced design calculations, reducing risks and acquiring design and materials approvals from the client.

Project Management

• Leading team members in planning & coordinating project activities and ensuring project delivery within time, quality and cost parameters including relevant standards and local regulations.

• Managing project scope, reducing project risks, establishing project strategy during the design implementation phase and attaining client requirements.

• Managing daily operational aspects of projects and scope and providing technical expertise on design, construction / program modifications.

• Coordinating activities of project team and all internal & external parties, ensuring optimum resource utilization to ensure seamless project execution.

• Monitoring ongoing project activities, implementing corrective measures, maintaining project cost control and analyzing variances against budget.

• Attending meetings with the project team to discuss project progress, submittals and approvals.

• Provide practical solutions to the issues during site installations, special fitting designs, network hydraulic analysis and checking all fields of pipe networks and stress analysis.

• Identifying requisite modifications in the existing work methods to ensure smooth implementation of plant production with minimum or zero downtime.

• Reviewing operational practices, identifying areas of obstruction / quality failures and process changes and ensuring qualitative improvement or energy conservation.

Engineering & Design Management

• Supervising the Engineering dept. and ensuring timely and cost effective delivery of engineering works.

• Developing and maintaining work breakdown schedules and providing technical inputs for the development, design and systems integration right from definition till implementation.

• Identifying technical risk throughout the project, managing technical resources within budget and project schedules and providing technical advice to the team members.

• Handling pipe profiles and shop drawings including water, sewers, rain off, district cooling networks and well fittings (well casing, perforated pipes and screens) and other special fittings.

• Managing preliminary & detailed design, checking design & engineering works.

• Implementing standards and procedures to enhance overall technical level.

Engineering and Infrastructure Management

• Handling all works related to engineering and design management including design for pipes & fittings and infrastructure works as per clients’ requirements.

• Handling and delivering pipe networks (water, drainage, district cooling and well casing) and water treatment plant designs in compliance with contractual requirements and specifications.

• Conducting technical trainings, implementing service set up and service supplier requirements.

Professional Experience

Drake & Scull International, Water& Power, Dubai (UAE)

Senior Project Engineer, Project Manager /Engineering (Nov 2010 – Jan 2012)

Company Profile: Water & Power EPC company dealing in water & sewage pump stations,district cooling plants and net works, other infrastructure networks water, sewers, rain off, electrical.

Key Profile: Leading a team of 3 personnel, reporting to the Engineering Manager and responsible for reviewing project documents likes’ tender document, specifications and scope of work.

• Preparing, managing and modifying the engineering & design plan.

• Handling engineering issues including project drawings & calculations, implementing engineering procedures and providing sites support.

• Executing & following up projects and ensuring projects within the assigned time, resource, quality and cost parameters.

• Attending all engineering related meetings with the client, Consultant and Authorities.

• Preparing variation / design change document and following up with the client.

Advanced Composites, Sharjah (UAE) (Aug 2006 – Nov 2010)

Engineering Manager (Apr 2008 – Nov 2010)

Head of Design Department (Aug 2006 - Apr 2008)

Company Profile: A design and manufacturing company focused on engineered pipes and piping systems products for Industrial, Petroleum, Petrochemical and Onshore-Offshore Marine applications.

Key Profile: Joined Advanced Composites as Head of the Design Dept., rose to Engineering Manager, led a team of 5 personnel and reported to the General Manager

• Prepared structural designs for pipes & fittings as per clients’ specifications including man hours and design costs.

• Assigned works to the Engineering dept. and followed up on performance to attain project schedules.

• Implemented design procedures in daily work functioning, reviewed & modified the existing projects.

• Provided sites support by preparing pipe profiles and shop drawings in coordination with the Consultant.

• Reviewed all utilities networks (water, sewerage and rain off), created suitable profiles for installation and identified site problems and special design changes.

• Conducted network hydraulic analysis and stress analysis 3D simulation and 3D modelling.

• Attended engineering and design meetings including design meeting with the Consultant.

ALMCO Group of Companies, Baghdad (Iraq) (Mar 2004 - Aug 2006)

• Purity Water & Wastewater Treatment, (Iraq), Sr. infrastructure Projects Manager,GM (Jan 2006 - Aug 2006)

• ALMCO Construction, Consultant Manager, Sr. Infrastructure Projects Manager (Mar 2004 – Aug 2006)

Company Profile: A leading Civil Construction & Engineering and Infrastructure Works company, headquartered in Baghdad, Iraq, having regional offices across Europe, Middle East and Asia. ALMCO also Catering, Food Distribution, Logistics, Vehicle Leasing, Life Support Supply and Oil Field Services to Iraqi, US and Coalition Military Forces and International Corporations.

Key Profile: Joined ALMCO Construction as a Consultant Manager and Senior Infrastructure Projects Manager and handled additional responsibility to establish and manage Purity Co. as General Manager and also to supervise all the engineering and infrastructure projects in the group.

• Led a team of 25 personnel perminante staff and 200 personnel temporary staff and substaff and reported to the CEO and/or/both Executive Director (for both ALMCO & Purity).

• Developed and maintained relationship with key Western Companies, established sound communication links and drive business operations right from design till closure.

• Reviewed in-house and outsourced design works and monitored site works to ensure project execution as per drawings and client requirements.

• Monitored design phase and followed up with the Senior Management for acquiring project approvals.

• Coordinated with the Project Manager and ensured project completion & delivery within the assigned time, quality and budgetary parameters.

• Interfaced with clients, handled & resolved project problems and site problems within TAT.

• Assigned jobs to the Engineering team and ensured job completion as per assigned time schedule.

• Attended weekly meetings and proposed corrective measures for project related problems.

Baghdad University/ Consultant Bureau, Iraq

Water & Wastewater Senior Consultant (Jan 2004 – Sep 2004)

Company Profile: The largest University in Iraq.

Key Profile: Worked in the Consultant Bureau / Infrastructure dept. for the Rehabilitation of Water and Waste Water Nets in Baghdad City, Iraq.

• Provided consulting services and practical solutions concerning water and wastewater.

• Liaised with Government representatives and developed BOQ & specifications.

Al Qateef Consultant & Engineering, Iraq

Head of Designers (Jan 2001 – Mar 2003)

Company Profile: A company dealing in designing Water Networks Pumps Stations and Water Treatment Plant.

Key Profile: Managed operations of the Design dept., developed design plan and coordinated with other departments for design development.

• Created budget, reviewed reports and suggested areas of improvement.

Professional Development

• Green Buildings Concepts & Strategies, LEED Green Associate Exam Preparation 16 hrs, Chicago Management Training Institute, Dubai, UAE (2012).

• Project Management Profession, PMP 40 hrs/PDUsTraining Exam Preparation, Chicago Management Training Institute, Sharjah, UAE (2010).

• STAAD Pro, Babel Institute, Sharjah, UAE (2008).

• Primavera Training Courses, Babel Institute, Sharjah, UAE (2008).

Academics

• M.Sc Building & Construction Engineering-Environment Engineering Section- Water Network Design & Analysis), University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq (1997) First Class

• B.Sc (Civil Engineering), University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq (1986) First Class

• B.Sc (Computer & Software Engineering), Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad, Iraq (2003) First Class

Professional Affiliations

• Member of the Society of Engineers, UAE (ID# 26114) (2012)

• Member of the Project Management Institute (ID# 1883452) (2010)

• Member of the Iraqi Engineers Union, Iraq (ID# 46747) (1986)

Personal Particulars

• Date of Birth: 4th June 1964

• Languages Known: English and Arabic

• Iraqi National-Green Card, holding Tennessee Driving License

• Enclosed: List of projects handled – Annexure

Annexure

Drake & Scull Int. Water & Power

• Managed and reviewed the district cooling pipeline hydraulic studies and piping stress analysis and also reviewed pipe support design.

• Prepared surge analysis studies for Musheireb-Hart of Duha-Qatar, Information Technology and Communication Complex (ITCC) Project-KSA. Review, followup and commented to finished outsourced surge analysis studies Al-Ain Sewage Pump Station-UAE

• Completed and conducted design study and reviewed the full package for awaiting project STEP (Sewerage Pump Station Abu Dhabi) and discussed design comments with the Designers and Civil Contractor.

• Prepare and undertaking Pipe Stress Analysis Study and report for Khalifa District Cooling Plant –Phase 1.

• Evaluate the pipe support design for Information Technology and Communication Complex (ITCC) Project-KSA.

Advanced Composites

• Managed design & engineering of the district cooling for Jumeirah Village (South II/Triangle & South II/Circle); Palm Jebel Ali (Crescent-A & E)

• Managed design & engineering of production and pizometric water wells as apart of the largest strategic project for Great Man Made River, Ghadams & Kufrah (Libya).

ALMCO Group of Companies

Purity, Water & Wastewater Treatment

• Managed design, engineering & construction of Installation of Utility in School areas to include Electrical,Water & Sewage-Tadji military base-Iraq, as a Contractor for Washington Group Int’l.

• Managed design, engineering & construction of Phase 5 - Water & Waste water networks project and Depot-Water & Waste water networks rehabilitation project.both at Tadji Military Base-iraq, as a Contractor for AMEC.

ALMCO Construction

• Managed design, engineering & construction of Phase 3 & 4 water, Waste Water networks at Tadji Military Base-iraq.

• Manage design and site execution for Sadr City Water Treatment Plant-iraq, as a Contractor for Parsons.

• Manage design and site execution for Sharq Dijlah Pump Station-iraq, as a Contractor for Parsons.

• Rehabilitation of Pre-stressed Steel Water Tank (1200 Cubic Meter) at Tadji Military Base-iraq, Contractor for Parsons.

Al Qateef Consultant & Engineering

• Managed design and engineering for Islah-Jabish Water Treatment Plant,on behalf of Kontatail company. Client water and waste water authority-baghdad-iraq.

• Managed design and engineering for Falujah Water Treatment Plant, Client water and waste water authority-baghdad-iraq.

Other projects before 2003

• Design, full study report and engineering for Karbelaa Water Pipe Networks Optimazation and new design,on behalf of the Iraqi Engineering Union. Client water and waste water authority-baghdad-iraq.

• Design of traning and Olympic swimming pools. Nearly 70 swinming pool allover Iraq.

• Design of cooling and freezing stors. Nearly 22 stores allover Iraq.

• Full hydraulic Design for different water and waste water network, temporary and portable water treatment plants with/without pre-purification and other chemical and biological post treatments.

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