Civil/Structural Designer I
Jacobs Zate
Total years of experience :20 years, 2 Months
Functional Role: Potable/Fire Water/Irrigation Design Engineer /Hydraulic Modeler
Highlights:
• Optimization of hydraulic model using steady state simulation, extended period simulation and auto fire flow analysis, and mitigation of issues found in the fire/potable water and irrigation hydraulic model that involved resizing of pipes and proper pump modeling for the detailed design contract stage for Aramco SDHO development in south Dhahran, KSA.
Key responsibilities for Infrastructure works:
• Development and review of documents and drawings for civil infrastructure works including design basis report, scope of works, specifications, calculation spreadsheets, presentation slides, design calculations report, and mitigation options report.
• Engineering design and hydraulic modeling, analysis and optimization of potable/fire water and TSE irrigation infrastructure network using Bentley WaterGems v8i.
• Detailed irrigation demand calculations and detailed secondary and tertiary irrigation and control systems design.
• Coordinate and delegate cad design tasks to cad designer.
• Participate in interdisciplinary QA/QC review and marking-up of documents and design drawings.
• Attend internal meetings and interface meetings with client’s project management team members.
• Coordinate with other disciplines and address project related queries from the client.
Key Infrastructure Projects:
• Aramco Ajyal South Dhahran Home Ownership Development
• Modon Riyadh and Dammam 2 Industrial Cities
• Aramco Hawiyah Gas Well Services Facilities
HWYA-825
• Aramco National Guard Family Compound (NGFC)
• Marafiq Project, Jubail
• Aramco Kapsarch Utilities and Construction Support
Key Civil/Structural projects and responsibilities:
• Aramco Shaybah Wildlife Sanctuary: FEED package for civil infrastructure and site development works including site planning, site grading, paving and parking layout.
• Aramco Shaybah Border Guards Camp: FEED package for civil infrastructure and site development works including site planning, site grading, earthworks, perimeter road, sanitary/waste water collection and disposal, sewage treatment/facultative pond, and combined potable/fire water network.
• Aramco Hawiyah GOSP: Structural design for steel platforms and foundations for pipe rack modification works.
• Aramco Uthmaniyah GOSP: Detailed design of new camera pole.
• Aramco Abqaiq and Shedgum GOSP: New oil sludge pit design, oily water piping design, and grading works.
• Aramco Qurrayah Gas metering station in Abqaiq: Gas chromatograph shelter foundation design for Qurrayah Gas metering station in Abqaiq.
• Aramco KAUST: MTO for new power plant civil /structural works.
• Aramco Ras Tanura Refinery: piping design for a new storage area in the chemical yard.
• Aramco Riyadh Refinery: Pipe supports for process water pipeline modification.
Position: CAD Designer - Civil, Riyadh Office
Last Designation: Senior CAD Designer - Civil, Khobar Office
Functional Role: Civil Engineer
Key responsibilities:
• Development of design basis reports, demand calculations, hydraulic model, material take-off and engineering presentation slides, .
• Detailed engineering design development based on FEED documents.
• Delegation and supervision of drawing production for potable and process water infrastructure systems.
• Designated as irrigation specialist, designing irrigation mainline pipe route, laterals for drip, bubbler and sprinkler system, pipe sizing, irrigation demand calculation, irrigation water scheduling and systems control conduit/wiring layout.
Key Projects:
• Ras Al Khair Industrial City Development
• Saudi Food and Drugs Administration (SFDA) Compound
• Security Forces Hospital (SFH) Compund.
Previous Positions: Associate Irrigation Engineer, Cad Technician
Key responsibilities:
•Development of method statements, demand calculations, hydraulic models, material take-offs.
•Development design drawings for potable/fire water, irrigation/fire water infrastructure systems
•Delegating cad works to cad operator and reviewing drawings for quality issues.
•Detailed irrigation design for various large infrastructure projects.
Key Projects:
• TDIC Sir Baniyas Island Development, Abu Dhabi
• Nakheel The Palm Jebel Ali
• Abu Dhabi Grand Mosque
• Abu Dhabi Airport Road
• Limitless Arabian Canal, Dubai, UAE
• Sama Dubai The Lagoons, Dubai, UAE
• Emaar Bawadi, Dubai, UAE
• Emaar Asmaran, Dubai, UAE
• Emaar Arabian Ranches, Dubai, UAE
• Dubai Metro, Dubai, UAE
• National Housing Project, Dubai, UAE
• Abu Dhabi Corniche
• Emaar Emirates Hills, Dubai, UAE
Key responsibilities:
• Pioneered transition from manual drafting to cadd using AutoCad and Microstation.
• Processing of survey data, development of digital terrain models (DTM) and earthworks/cut and fill calculations using AutoCivl.
• Development of detailed design drawings for multiple disciplines and Golf Course elements and features including fairways, greens, bunkers, lakes, hard and soft landscape feature, irrigation network, grading contours, site development and setting out design drawings.
Key Projects:
• Jebel Ali Golf Course, Dubai, UAE
• Abu Dhabi Golf Course Extension
• Mirage City Golf Course, Cairo, Egypt
• Ghazlani Golf Course, Alexandria, Egypt
• Golfplatz Rossberg, Switzerland
• Golf di Reggio Calabria, Italy
• Golfplatz Arosa, Switzerland
• Golfplatz Ybrig, Switzerland
• Golfplatz Neuchatel, Switzerland
• Golfplatz Zoellikerberg, Switzerland
• Golfplatz Niederbϋren, Switzerland
• Various Dubai Municipality Irrigation Projects
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Got a GPA of 2.47 whith a grading system where 1.0 is the highest grade and 5.0 is failed