Deputy manager
Dubai Electricity and water authority
Total years of experience :28 years, 2 Months
Deputy manager
Inducted as Deputy Site Manager and worked up the hierarchy to merit promotion to the position of Resident Engineer.
Designation Chronology:
Nov 2008 - Present: Resident Engineer (Civil)
Jan 2007 - Oct 2008: Civil Site Engineer/ Deputy Site Manager
Embarked on a supervisory role for managing civil works in all power plant, power station and substation, approved by TRANSCO in Abu Dhabi.
Key Responsibilities as Resident Engineer (Nov 2008 - Oct 2011:):
• Analyzing project needs, establishing project management strategy, and recommending appropriate level of planning, scheduling and control.
• Organizing, directing and evaluating purchase activities, maintaining uninterrupted flow of materials - to support project development schedules.
• Ensuring standard operating procedures are rigorously implemented for project scheduling and resource management, that impact bottom line of the project.
• Collecting metrics data (such as baseline, actual values for costs, schedule, work in progress, and work completed) and reporting on project progress and other project specific information, to take curative actions in case of variance.
• Directing subordinate staff involved in testing and sampling of construction materials, observation of construction work and documenting plan revisions as well as work progress.
• Reporting project cost and quality control activities, monitoring expenses, approving and dispersing funds and coordinating accounting and cost allocation activities.
• Resolving problems, disputes and scheduling of work, also preparing contract changes and supplemental agreements.
• Negotiating long term agreements, maintaining competitive pricing, leading to yearly cost reduction activities. Monitoring quality and delivery performance.
• Establishing and developing stable/reliable business connections with clients (local/ international) on a regular basis to determine/ optimize progress and plan future activities.
Project to Credit:
• The Marib 340 MW Gas Turbine Power Plant
- 3 x 113MW Siemens SGT5-2000E Gas Turbine Power Blocks
- Steel Building for Turbines & Generators and Accessories
- 2 * 50 tons and 2 *20 Tone Cranes
- 3 * 3200 m3 Fuel Oil Tanks and 1 * 1000 m3 Row Water Tank + 1 Over Head Water Tank
- 3 48 *12 * 6 Unit Foundations & Plates
- Housing Area, Administration Building and all related Infrastructure Works
Key Responsibilities as Civil Site Engineer, Deputy Site Manager (Jan 2007- Oct 2008):
• Defined project objectives and plans, including delineation of scope, budgeting, scheduling, setting performance requirements and assigning field-specialists.
• Monitored, managed and directed the assigned project resources to over come “triple constraints”—project scope, time and cost.
• Explained to the clients the soundness of the chosen architectural solution. Reviewed and verified designs for compliance with key engineering fundamentals as well as local statutes and bylaws.
• Secured approval from relevant authorities, ensured conformance to approved design and architectural specifications.
• Coordinated with the construction managers, contractors, design teams and consultants, observed a policy of open communication to reduce risk significantly.
• Estimated project costs, monitored major categories of design and construction costs and reconciled with the target budget to prevent cost overflows.
• Controlled the project life-cycle, prepared site inspection reports, progress reports as well as inspection and approval of shipments arriving at site and modifications during the construction phase. .
• Resolved conflicts within teams across various levels by applying industry best practices and thus enhanced quality of project deliverables.
Projects to Credit:
• Power Plant with 3*30 MVA Caterpillar Diesel Generates with all Oil & Fuel Piping and Control Panels Transformers including the steel building.
• Induction Furnace Building with tow 11 kV Electrical Melting Furnaces 20 tons capacity each.
• Ladle Refining Furnace, 20 tons with Rail and Electrical Billets.
• Bar Mill of 500, 000 tons per year, Re-heating furnace, Stands Group, Cooling Bed and Chain Conveyors
• The Steel Building for Bays Area - 32, 000 m2
• Hostel - 3500 m2
• Restaurant - 600 m2
• Mosque
• Steel Diesel Tanks 2x1250 m3
• Water Complex 1500 m3 with piping & pumps water treatment plant
• Roads and Yards - 10000 m2
• Infrastructure of Drinking Water Network, Sewer & Rain Drainage, Electrical and TCC Networks.
Key Responsibilities:
• Coordinated between various areas of electrical and mechanical departments, planned, organized and managed construction works in addition to technical follow up .
• Determined projected time frames, opening projections, construction issues and monitored projects to ensure timely completion of project within budgetary constraints.
• Examined and interpreted clients needs to devise plans to meet building regulations, submitted tenders and arranged for submission of plans to local authorities for approval.
• Organized civil site engineers and the contractors to carry out all stages of building, negotiated rates of pay, calculated quantities of material required for building projects and ordered the same from suppliers.
• Arranged for delivery times of materials to coincide with various stages of the project process, supervised subcontractors to ensure their project work is within acceptable standards.
• Monitored quality standards and safety measures on the site and ensured that all operational regulations are adhered to.
Project to Credit:
• Sana'a Sanitation Net work Project
Key Responsibilities:
• Managed all civil, architectural & infrastructure activities related to estimation, scheduling, site implementation and coordinated between office and site activities.
• Lead engineering team to support Project Director, clients in evaluating, reviewing, and implementing project initiatives for selected critical Sanitation Network Project.
• Oversaw the selection and requisition of materials and plant for use in the construction, quality control and safety matters on the site and finalized purchase details.
• Established and monitored overall engineering design services of the projects in addition to developing, reviewing and revising infrastructure standards to ensure consistency and cost control.
• Provided procurement of engineering services, designed documents, formulated analytical data and supported claims management.
• Facilitated problem resolution and instituted a feedback mechanism to simplify processes encountered for major engineering field issues.
• Planned the work and efficiently organized site facilities in order to meet agreed deadlines.
Projects to Credit:
• Water Supply Project
• Sewer Networks
Key Responsibilities:
• Prepared the project proposal document, concept design, infrastructure specifications and related execution drawings in compliance with the organizational guidelines and project requirements.
• Liaised with site engineers and subcontractors to elaborate project theme, devised an optimized plan as per set requirements.
• Managed through supervisors under purview all key operations and its assigned staff members encompassing - mechanical, electrical, structural domains.
• Oversaw facets of administration functions and reviewed all documents to ascertain precision and reported variances to the management.
• Identified roles, responsibilities, tasks and timeliness for different functional team members to achieve project objective and effectiveness and effectively conducted site inspections to ensure the design meets the same.
Other Relevant Experience:
Jan 1989 - Mar 1996: Site Engineer, Ibraywish Contracting Company.
• Worked as site engineer for infrastructure projects in Aqaba.
B sC in civil engineering