Saif Abdul Majid, Civil Structural Manager

Saif Abdul Majid

Civil Structural Manager

Nexen Energy ULC

Location
Canada
Education
Diploma, Design of Structural Steel Connections for Buildings and Bridge Construction
Experience
16 years, 6 months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 6 months

Civil Structural Manager at Nexen Energy ULC
  • Canada
  • August 2012 to March 2015

Provide civil, structural and architectural engineering services and technical leadership to the Major and Infrastructure Projects.
Prepare the Request for Proposal or Invitation to Bid for the Engineering or Construction Companies in coordination with the contracts department.
Manage the bid process and technically evaluate the bids submitted to select the engineering and geotechnical consultants based on the written proposal, companies safety records, quality of previous work, technical competence of the team allocated and the compliance to Nexen requirements.
Manage the Civil Projects for Nexen reporting to the Area Project Manager, coordinating with multi-disciplinary team, submitting justifications, prioritizing work and preparing cost estimates to the management.
Provide Project Administration, review and distribute the technical and non technical documents to the relevant departments and engage the right people to review and comment on the project deliverables including the project drawings, schedule, technical deviations.
Influence, review, audit project and contractors' designs, calculations and assumptions.
Attend and manage project meetings to solve technical, construction related, module yard obstacles or challenges.
Attend and manage project schedule meetings with all the stakeholders to review progress against the project schedule.
Review and verify contractors claims, invoices and make the recommendations for payment or mark the claims and put queries to be answered or clarified by the contractors.
Develop and maintain a very good relationship with all the stakeholders within the company and other governmental institutes, other colleagues in the industry, vendors that are potentially of benefit to Nexen.
Provide and assure engineering uniformity, consistency, continuity across the new designs of the roads, storm water, sewage, Piperacks, Concrete and Steel Structures, Wellpads and pipelines.
Provide sound advice on engineering, operability, reliability, maintainability and safety into engineering designs.
Provide technical decisions in response to the RFIs, TDRs submitted by the EPC or Contractors.
Receive the project punch items and address the same with the contractor to agree on final date to close out all items to the satisfaction of our quality team.
Provide CSA (Civil Structural and Architectural) engineering design guidelines, design criteria, design standards, engineering best practices and conceptual design basis
Provide CSA input and development support into the project DBM (Design Basis Memorandum, FEED/EDS, PEP (Project Execution Plans), Detailed Engineering and Construction phases.
Provide construction technical support during the construction phase and provide solutions that are fit for purpose, in compliance with the industry standards and applicable codes.
Evaluate and review geotechnical site investigation reports
Provide the definitive source of CSA engineering expertise into: engineering execution, value improvement process, risk assessments, technical bid analyses and the analysis and incorporation of discipline "lessons learned".
Participate in interdisciplinary check reviews on CSA drawings and documents to ensure designs are in compliance with project standards, specifications and industry codes.
Interact with vendors/suppliers to assess and consider enhanced technologies and products.
Manage the early Geotechnical work, assess the borrow source availability within the area and coordinate with our environmental and regulatory departments to get the permits in place.
Conducted many feasibility studies covering normal practices in the industry to assess and consider alternative methodology or material to help us build plants that are fit for purpose and in compliance with the industry standards, codes and regulations.

Civil Structural Discipline Lead at Dow Chemical Canada ULC
  • Canada
  • July 2011 to July 2012

• Lead the front end engineering and design of the new projects for the civil and structural discipline.
• Carry out the detailed design work for piling, foundations for equipments, drilling rig pads, steel structures and piperacks. Carry out engineering checks and reviews of the design work done by the civil and structural department personnel.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert SME on the part of the design that is to be carried out outside Canada.
• Visit the plants and provide civil and structural engineering support for our facilities within western Canada.
• Provide the Estimating Team the required technical support to assist in preparing the estimates and project proposals.
• Arrange and issue the construction packages to our project team.
• Heading the design team check meetings attended by the operations management to discuss technical, contractual and project management issues for the new projects.
• Negotiate with the contractors about technical, schedule, commercial issues to get the best bid provided by contractors and to achieve a well defined scope of work clearly state the responsibilities of the contractor to eliminate or reduce as much as possible the extras during the projects execution.

Civil Structural Lead at Jacobs Canada Inc.
  • Canada
  • October 2010 to June 2011

Working as part of the Engineering team of Suncor Energy (Petro-Canada)-Major Projects.
Project: Firebag upstream project. A multibillion dollar project located in the North of Alberta, Canada

Monitor and report on Safety, Health and Environment substandards and attend Safety meetings to provide input.
Work with Operations and other Project group, take part in the design of new structures and foundations, modifications to existing structures such as new platforms, access ladders, pipe supports, replacement or addition of steel to existing facilities, etc.
Review the design and verify after doing field check for all the project buildings to stamp C1 and C2 schedules for the buildings as part of issuing the building permits.
Implement controls over variables affecting job progress to ensure engineering and procurement provide timely delivery of drawings, materials and equipment.
Assist in the implementation of the Construction Quality Program.
Implement field design change control procedure for the project.
Receive, respond to the contractors RFI's (request for information) and issue the FCN's when required.
Generate the NCR's (non conformity reports) and put the remedy action to solve an existing situation.
Review contractor prepared walkdown packages. Conduct system walk down inspections and identify deficiencies in preparation for Civil and Structural Completion, Acceptance, and Turnover with the Turnover Coordinator and with Operations start-up team. Verify as-built contractor drawing submissions, for turnover documentation.
Review and approve all field design drawings and/or revisions. Assist home office during design phase. Travel to home office for design and constructability reviews.

Civil/Structural Field Engineer at KBR Canada
  • Canada
  • June 2007 to October 2010

Worked at Shell Scotford, a multi Billion Dollar Project-one of the biggest projects in Oil patch and Canadian construction history.

Provide the technical support and directions during the piles work, construction of concrete foundations for the buildings, Pipe racks, installation of equipments, pumps, exchangers, vacuum and atmospheric columns, in addition to the steel structure erections work.
Design drawing review, field investigations, and provide solutions for the construction rework or repair where we have a conflict at site, non-conformity in design or construction.
Use the Smart Plant software for the 3D model review to show the multi-discipline work interference and assist the construction team to have a 3D idea of the plant.
Check the subcontractor’s reinforcement steel shop drawings, work and make sure materials are in compliance with the relevant engineering standards.
Provide design changes as per the site conditions supported by calculations,
analysis and the code requirements.
Lead the Civil and Structural Steel walkdowns, final inspections and handover to Shell.
Review, add input from engineering view to the project plan/forecast and assist the estimating department in providing the technical info.
Make sure that the QA/QC procedures and inspections are functioning as per the applicable engineering standards.
Provide guidance to the less experienced engineers in our department
Capture the extra work to be carried out at site and assess the situation on case by case basis to claim the same from the owner.
Responsible for the compliance of the work to Shell spec, CAN/CSA-S16-01, A23.1-09/A23.2-09, CSA W59-03 welding code, ASTM and other applicable standards.
Committed to maintain safety as a higher value at work and normal life environment.
Receive the RFI’s NCR’s reports from site, make sure that I see the problem myself in the critical situations in order to assess and provide the best technical and economical solution.

Project Engineer at Gulf Eternit Industries, member of Future Pipe Industries
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2003 to June 2006

Gulf Eternit, Dubai, UAE. Known as Future Pipe Industries in North America

A multinational company specialized in the Pipes Manufacturing and Construction of Industrial and Municipal pipeline projects over the world.

• Worked in the Site services department, involved in some big and small projects.
• Managed the complete pipelaying/installation works for pipelines with a range of diameters from 25-4000 mm for projects in Dubai and the Northern Emirates.
• Liaised with all stakeholders involved in the execution of the project.
• Conducted site visits for various projects in Dubai and Northern Emirates to provide technical advice regarding shutdown jobs, damage repairs and line rerouting.
• Prepared and took corrective action on the Non Conformity Reports.
• Performed Training for the department personnel, new recruits for all departments and for the clients’ crews.
• Reputed to have the shortest response time in providing solutions for the line damages/failures, minimum line shutdowns and provided the best possible solution to address the emergency.
• Made sure that the work is carried out in compliance with the safety regulations.

Site Engineer at Nael & Bin Harmal Hydro Export Establishment
  • United Arab Emirates - Al Ain
  • July 2001 to November 2003

• Allocated the required resources to conduct the site activities as per the PM plan.
• Make sure the work is carried out as per the applicable standards.
• Raised the daily and weekly activities progress report.
• Released the completed work to the Consultant Engineer.
• Coordinated with the Municipal Authority for approvals and permissions for all site activities including excavation and utilities rerouting.

Civil Engineer at Seaports Company
  • Libya - Misrata
  • April 1999 to January 2001

• Design of concrete structures using STAAD3 Software.
• Successfully finished quantity surveying work for the new administration buildings of Sea Ports Co.
• Review of walkdown packages prepared by the contractors.
• Walked down all the civil structural work carried out by the contractors for preliminary and final acceptance

Education

Diploma, Design of Structural Steel Connections for Buildings and Bridge Construction
  • at Global Innovative Campus
  • February 2010
Bachelor's degree, Civil
  • at University of Technology
  • September 1996

BSc. Civil Engineering-Building and Construction, University of Technology-Baghdad, Date of Award: 1996. The degree certificate has been evaluated by the Canadian World Education Services (WES).

Specialties & Skills

Structural Design Engineering
concrete and steel structural design
Experience in Oil and Gas Field and Construction
oil and gas field and construction field
Provide Technical Support
Motivating the co-workers to reach our company goals
Smart plant software
Monitor and support planning/cost
Change orders/Management
Solving Erection and Design problems
StaadPro
Foundation 3D

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

Association for Professional Engineers of Alberta
  • Professional Engineer
  • October 2009

Training and Certifications

Design of Structural Steel Connections for Buildings and Bridge Construction (Training)
Training Institute:
Global Innovative Campus-Calgary, Canada
Date Attended:
February 2010