Infrastructure Manager / Kuwait Oil Company K.O.C
Kharafi National
Total years of experience :18 years, 0 Months
Infrastructure Manager (acting) managing a full team of telecom, electrical, planning, construction, safety, QC, & Procurement engineers, AutoCAD draughtsman, supervisors, foremen, technicians, & storekeepers to supply and implement a national WiMAX network for K.O.C
o Site Survey, Design, Plan, & Execution
o Subcontractors Financial management (Proposals, BOQ’s, PO’s, Delivery, & invoices)
o Procurement process
o Monthly cost status reports MCSR for the project
o Managing & monitoring the progress of Infrastructure side (Telecom Shelter, Diesel Generator, Fiber link, Alarm Panel, Rectifiers & Batteries, Telecom Tower)
o Managing & monitoring the progress of Telecom side (Antennas, AirSpan WiMAX BTS, AirSpan CPE, SEM WiFi, & Netspan network management)
o Preparing & implementing Site Acceptance Test procedures according to the client requirement
Project Manager Full responsible of the ROHDE & SCHAWRZ TETRA backbone system and the Radio Terminals. Managing a team of engineers, supervisors, foremen, & technicians. Applying all the safety procedures of Oil & Gas sites and refineries. Coordinating with the service provider and the client.
o Radio coverage survey and Radio Freq. engineering.
o Attending & reviewing the factory acceptance test FAT
o Installing, configuring, & commissioning of the core system (Radio Base Stations, Digital Exchanges, Network Data Base, TETRA Voice Recorder, & Antenna)
o Network Management System for monitoring and configuring
o Nokia-SIENMENS Microwave links monitoring & maintenance
o SEPURA Fixed Radio configuration and installation
o SEPURA Vehicles Radio configuration and installation
o Motorola, SELEX & Funkwerk Portable Radio configuration
o AXELL Cell enhancer installating & monitoring
o Conducting and signing site acceptance test SAT with the client
Project Manager
o Upgrade Existing TETRA Radio National Network
o Upgrade 45 Base Stations DIB covering all Oman
o Upgrade 2 Switching centers DMX
o Checking all the E1 links (microwave & FOC)
o Applying radio tests terminal to terminal, terminal to PABX & IP-PABX to terminal
Project Engineer handling all KN in-house ICT projects and responsible of technical team to lead and delegate jobs, site surveys, designing networks upon the project requirements:
o Installing, configuring, & commissioning of RedLine WiMAX links between HQ and remote sites
o Installing, configuring, & commissioning various type of wireless links, VSAT uplink, Fiber link
o Installing, configuring, & commissioning Data network Routing & Switching using CISCO switches & routers for all the KN branches (Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Lebanon, & Jordan)
o Configuring & monitoring Voice analog PBX MITEL & PANASONIC.
o Migrating, installing, configuring, & commissioning IP-PBX (VoIP) using NORTEL Systems Call server, Call Pilot, Application Server, Multi-Media Communication Server, & IP phones in KN Kuwait HQ & KN remote sites (UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Lebanon, & Jordan)
o Configuring and managing IP Telephony system using CISCO Call Manager in KN Iraq remote offices and integrated with NORTEL IP-PBX
o Setup and configure IP ASTERISK Soft Switch (Linux) for main routing table and CISCO Voice Gateways
o Installing, configuring, & commissioning E1 trunks, FXO & FXS Voice Gateway
o Installing, configuring, & commissioning various type of Wireless links for KN remotes sites using: Motorola PTP, SpeedLan, Orthogon, Solectek-SkyWay backhaul, RedLine, Airaya Base Station and Subscriber Unit
o Monitoring & remote troubleshooting in Network Operation Center KN-NOC using various software products such as Solar-Winds, Orion Solar-Wind & WhatsUp Gold
o Marzouk Kharafi compound Project, designing, installing, configuring, & commissioning Cisco Voice & Data network using Cisco Unified Communication Manager & Gateways
o Installing & configuring for Ministry of Electrical & Water to Bayan Palace KN Office Wireless Up-link
o Joint Operations-Wafra Designing, configuring & installation Motorola wireless Links
o Trainer and full responsible for graduate engineer trainees in KN Communication department
KN In-house ICT project Achievement:
o Unified Communication Service Kuwait, AbuDhabi, & Dubai - KN Head Quarter. Uplink, Data Network, NORTEL VoIP Network with 2000 Extensions migrating, installing & commissioning in three months
o Disaster Recovery for Sulaibiya Treatment Plant Data Network HQ building with three connected sites in 16 hours
1.Wireless: RF planning, site survey, select best path, VSWR, RSSI, configuration system and physical installation.
2.Network: IP, cabling, switch configuration, VoIP configuration and installation, security using Cisco PIX 515E firewall.
3.Office: prepare & write technical Proposals, cost sheets & bill of material, and writing Scope of work sheets for projects.
fiber optics:SDH, NMS and network activities
Exchange:tlelphone network and exhanger
Network:study design on various types of LAN &WAN
Radio center:SCADA system, Motorola MOSCAD& Antenna system
fiber optic:SDH, NMS and network activities
Exchange:tlelphone network and exhanger
Network:study design on various types of LAN &WAN
fiber optic:SDH, NMS and network activities
Exchange:tlelphone network and exhanger
Network:study design on various types of LAN &WAN
-Overview -Radio Manager Data-Base, Radio Manager Application & Radio Manager Client -Radio programming & configuration -Radio Hardware commissioning & installation
-Overview -Measurements test (Radio unit and Air interface) -Radio soft configuration -Radio Hardware maintenance
TETRA Radio Network Communications -RF communication overview -Antenna systems & technology -TETRA technology introduction -ACCESSNET-T DIB-500R4 Base Station design, installation & commissioning -ACCESSNET-T DMX-500 Mobile exchange design, installation & commissioning -R&S NMS-500 Managing & Monitoring system -R&S NMC-512 for subscriber management & configuration
Nortel Multimedia Communication System 5100 -Overview -Management Console -Media Application Server -Provisioning -Accounting Application -Soft-Ware Upgrade
Point to Point (PTP) 500 series, and Link Planner
Project Management Framework. Rate: 98%
Project Management Processes. Rate: 90%
Project Integration Management. Rating: 91%
Project Scope Management. Rate: 83%
Project Time Management. Rate: 95%
Project Cost Management Rate: 91%
Project Quality Management. Rate: 94%
Human Resource Management. Rate: 90%
Project Communications Management. Rate: 95%
30 hours
73.5%
60 hours
60 hours
84.7%
