Ahmed Alaiwat, GIS Specialist

Ahmed Alaiwat

GIS Specialist

Adec Engineering Consult

Location
Saudi Arabia - Qatif
Education
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree, Energy and Sustainable Systems, City and Regional Planning Minor
Experience
11 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 9 Months

GIS Specialist at Adec Engineering Consult
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • My current job since March 2021

• Assists in the development by either working independently or with a team to develop, maintain,
coordinate, and support the Eastern Municipality operation and maintenance department GIS unit, to
advance the goals of the Municipality’s mapping and reporting needs.
• Provide data, analysis, validation, maintenance, and update of GIS (spatial and attribute) data for The
Municipality transportation system, and transportation projects.
• Creating interactive dashboard to track project progress, work orders status and locations, and Visual
Pollution status and locations.
• Assists the Municipality operation and maintenance department in the development or creation of
special projects or assignments.
• Collect and analyze road data and provide maps with the recommended maintenance.
• Manage and maintain the municipality operation and maintenance department GIS data.
• Operate the Road Measurement Data Acquisition System (ROMDAS) to survey road conditions.

Research Assistant at GIS Center Office of Economic Development, The University of Michigan
  • United States - Michigan
  • September 2018 to July 2020

Assisting and managing in research projects related to environment, social, and
economic Development
· Creating maps using geographic information systems (GIS) applications
· Digitizing paper maps and aerial imagery
· Analyzing spatial data using techniques to extract, locate and analyze geographic
data.

Teaching Assistant at The University of Michigan-Flint
  • United States - Michigan
  • September 2018 to April 2019

Assisting in teaching Spatial analysis for the environment, geographic information systems for the
environment. (GIS I, GIS II, and Intro to Spatial Analysis Courses.)
· Worked one-on-one with students to help them understand and apply GIS taught by
the course’s professor.
· Help students to complete assignments and assist students who are struggling with
their work.
· Assisting students with geospatial laboratory assignments.

Gas Plant Control Room Operator at Saudi Aramco
  • Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
  • February 2007 to July 2013

Monitor equipment functioning, observe temperature, level, and flow gauges, and
perform regular unit checks, to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should.
· Monitor transportation and storage of flammable and other potentially dangerous
products to ensure that safety guidelines are followed.
· Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, and/or transfer of gas to
maintain processes at required levels or to correct problems.
· Record, review, and compile operations records, test results, and gauge readings such
as temperatures, pressures, concentrations, and flows.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree, Energy and Sustainable Systems, City and Regional Planning Minor
  • at University Of Michigan-flint
  • August 2019

Honors: University High Honors graduate . Dean’s list, The University of Michigan - Flint Fall 2015 Winter 2016 Dean’s list and University Honors, Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Fall 2017, Fall 2018 Maize and Blue Award nomination, The University of Michigan - Flint Certificate in Geographic Information Systems, The University of Michigan-Flint, August 2019.

Specialties & Skills

Environmental Planning
Environmental Science
Renewable Energy
Sustainable Energy
Waste Management
Understanding renewable and sustainable energy
sustainable design
Time Management
Teamwork
Researching
Understanding Principles of hydrology
Organization
Critical Thinking
Applying sustainability
Environmental site assessment
Environmental planning
Researching environmental issues
Water management
Applying life cycle assessment
Understanding basic principles of urban planning
Environmental management

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

eENV 700 Intro to Env. Protecttion (Training)
Training Institute:
Saudi Aramco
Date Attended:
March 2012
Geographic Information Systems (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2019

Hobbies

  • biking, hiking, sailing and water sports