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Dema Aljouni, Planning and Permitting engineer

Dema Aljouni

Planning and Permitting engineer·URS Corporation

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering

Work experience

Total years of experience: 10 years, 4 months

Planning and Permitting engineer

April 2014 - June 2014

URS Corporation

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

April 2014 - June 2014

A global review of legislation and regulations in many countries in the Middle East relating to the use, storage and waste chemical substances as (AFFFs) and (PFCs).

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Planning and Permitting Engineer

August 2010 - June 2014

URS Corporation

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

August 2010 - June 2014

General Description:
- Supporting the Engineering Team in planning, scheduling, monitoring and execution of Projects.
- Analyzing all contract and proposal data establishing the work activities, and create a detailed and properly sequenced project schedule.
- Monitoring actual job progress, compare to contract baseline and report progress against schedule.
- Assisting Proposal Team in developing preliminary project schedules.
- Attending project team and client meetings as and when required.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Internal Quality Auditor

May 2012 - May 2014

URS Corporation

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

May 2012 - May 2014

Providing assistance and internal quality management system (QMS) audits for projects and proposals to ensure the office compliance with the QMS standards. Tasks:

1.Review internal procedures and supporting documents to ensure that they provide an effective control system and to identify any weaknesses.
2.Carry out internal office audits and compliance testing.
3.Provide information and assistance to staff to enable them to comply with requirements.
4.Assist in the development of any internal audit program to ensure all functions are subject to systematic reviews.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Planning and Permitting Engineer

August 2013 - April 2014

URS Corporation

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

August 2013 - April 2014

Project: Nadafa’s Waste Management Audit, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Tasks:

- Preparing waste reduction reports for tourism, industrial, construction, manufacturing and insurance companies in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain to be submitted to Nadafa.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Planning and Permitting Engineer

January 2012 - January 2014

URS Corporation

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

January 2012 - January 2014

Project:
Shams1 Commissioning Permits Management for Shams Power Company. The project entails the installation of the first solar energy power plant, Shams1. Tasks:
- Developing and monitoring project’s execution plan and schedule, cost break down and financial plan.
- Preparing weekly internal and external project’s progress reports.
- Preparing and writing the project Operation Environmental Management Plan (OEMP) for EAD approval.
- Preparing a Waste Management Plan for the solar thermal power plant.
- • Assisting the Project’s Permitting Lead in the coordination of applications and securing approvals for the project developments (design, construction, operation) from governmental/ Local authorities including Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD), Regulation and Supervision Bureau (RSB), ZonesCorp, DOT, The Center of Waste Management - Abu Dhabi (CWM), utility companies and other local authorities.
- Preparing Greenhouse Gas Emission reports.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Permitting Engineer

May 2013 - August 2013

URS Corporation

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

May 2013 - August 2013

Project: Shuweihat Asia Power Company (SAPCO), Estidama Program Review, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Tasks:
- Provide the client with a background overview of the Urban Planning Council (UPC) Estidama program.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Planning Engineer and Project Manger Assistant

June 2011 - January 2012

URS Corporation

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

June 2011 - January 2012

Project:
Abu Dhabi Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility Assessment and Approval. AL Qudra Suez which is assigned by Abu Dhabi Center of Waste Management has selected URS as the Consultant to carry out all the environmental, Abu Dhabi Municipality (ADM) and Estidama permitting operating procedures. Tasks:
- Developing and monitoring project’s execution plan and schedule, documents control register, cost break down and financial plan.
- Developing a project Introduction presentation for Urban Planning Council (UPC).
- Assistance in reviewing the requirements of UPC and Estidama for the project planning approval.
- Assistance in preparing Environmental Permit Application (EPA), Terms of References (TOR) and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for EAD NOC.
- Assisting the Permitting Lead in the acquisition of permits as well as No Objection Certificates (NOCs), as per required from ADM and Monitoring NOC’s process on Abu Dhabi Municipality e-portal.
- Developing a permit and NOC register.
- Preparing weekly internal and external project’s progress reports.
- Tracking the project cost (realized income and expenses).
- Preparing meetings agendas and minutes of meetings.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Permitting Engineer and Project Manger Assistance

August 2009 - June 2011

URS Corpoation

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

August 2009 - June 2011

Project: Sir Bani Yas Security Assessment and Approval. The objective of URS’s professional services is to offer consultancy services to ADFEC “Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company” in their acquisition of approval letters, NOCs and building permits. Tasks:
- Preparing the Regulatory Jurisdiction report and the Permitting Strategy report.
- Preparing project presentations.
- Preparing weekly internal and external reports.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Project Cost Control

May 2009 - August 2009

URS Corporation

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

May 2009 - August 2009

Project:
URS was Nokia Siemens Networks Supervisor in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for MTC GSM project "phase2". Tasks:
- Track the Purchase Orders from NSN and issue PO's to Subcontractors.
- Track the project cost (realized income and expenses).
- Using JD Edwards Enterprise One to generate accounting reports and compare financial status to the budget and goals and monitor income and expense.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Project Coordinator - Database and Documentation Controller.

March 2006 - May 2009

URS Corporation

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

March 2006 - May 2009

Project:
URS was Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) Supervisor in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain regions for DU GSM project. Tasks:
- Key user of NSN Electronic Program Management system (EPM).
- Training the contractor's personnel on the use of the project database software.
- Maintain the project database, project documentation library and software.
- Coordinate with implementation contractors on project deliverables.
- Prepare daily detailed and summary progress report to the project director and NSN project regional manager.
- Tracking building permits and NOCs during Site Acquisition phase.
- Coordinate with project team on sites status and obtaining daily reports for database update.
- Prepare submittals to private and public agencies for site acquisition purposes.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Project Coordinator

September 2007 - February 2008

URS Corporation

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

September 2007 - February 2008

Project:
URS was Nokia Siemens Networks Supervisor in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for MTC GSM project "phase1". Tasks:
- Supervise and train the database team in Saudi for MTC project.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

IT Instructor

March 2005 - March 2006

Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Aleppo University

Aleppo, Syria

March 2005 - March 2006

•Teaching Computer Networks essentials at networks laboratory.

• Designing a web site and online exam for the networks laboratory students

Company industry:
Primary, Prep, & Secondary School
Job role:
Teaching and Academics

IT Instructor

March 2004 - March 2005

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Aleppo University.

Aleppo, Syria

March 2004 - March 2005

• Teaching AutoCAD at CAD laboratory.
• Teacher Assistant for Autodesk Mechanical Desktop.

Company industry:
Primary, Prep, & Secondary School
Job role:
Teaching and Academics

Education

Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Aleppo University.

September 2005

September 2005

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering

Syria

GPA (percentage): 72%

GPA (percentage): 72%

I did a computer engineering post graduate diploma to support my work as an Instructor in Networks laboratory in the same faculty,Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Aleppo University.

Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Aleppo University

September 2003

September 2003

Bachelor's degree, BSc. Computer Engineering

Syria

GPA (percentage): 67%

GPA (percentage): 67%

I was of the first thirty from 300 students have graduated , for that I was hired as an instructor at the same faculty, faculty of Electronic Engineering, Aleppo University.

Skills

Regulatory Liaison
Expert
Regulatory Liaison
Expert
Administrative Duties
Expert
Administrative Duties
Expert
Technical Support
Expert
Technical Support
Expert
Instructing
Expert
Instructing
Expert
Planning
Expert
Planning
Expert
MS Visio
Expert
MS Visio
Expert
Microsoft FrontPage and HTML
Expert
Microsoft FrontPage and HTML
Expert
Lotus Notes
Expert
Lotus Notes
Expert
Oracle JD EDWARDS Enterprise One
Expert
Oracle JD EDWARDS Enterprise One
Expert
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)
Expert
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)
Expert
Internal Quality Audit
Intermediate
Internal Quality Audit
Intermediate
Estidama pearl rating system
Beginner
Estidama pearl rating system
Beginner
MS Project
Expert
MS Project
Expert
PC Upgrade and Maintenance
Intermediate
PC Upgrade and Maintenance
Intermediate
ArcMap
Intermediate
ArcMap
Intermediate
Adobe Photoshop
Intermediate
Adobe Photoshop
Intermediate
Microsoft Office
Expert
Microsoft Office
Expert
Web Site Designing and programming using PHP and MYSQL
Intermediate
Web Site Designing and programming using PHP and MYSQL
Intermediate
Regulatory laison, research and reporting
Expert
Regulatory laison, research and reporting
Expert
Financial Mgmt, Budgeting, Auditing, Costing
Expert
Financial Mgmt, Budgeting, Auditing, Costing
Expert
Visual Basic
Intermediate
Visual Basic
Intermediate
Primavera 6
Intermediate
Primavera 6
Intermediate
Planning
Expert
Planning
Expert
Instructing
Expert
Instructing
Expert
Technical Support
Expert
Technical Support
Expert
Administrative Duties
Expert
Administrative Duties
Expert
Regulatory Liaison
Expert
Regulatory Liaison
Expert

Languages

Arabic

Expert

English

Expert

German

Beginner

Training and Certifications

Certifications
URS Project Management Associate Certification

Recommendations

Sean Mac Bean

Oct 2011

Oct 2011

Engineering managerManager

Deema was a graduate of electrical engineering majoring in computer technology. She initially did data management for telcom construction projects and as such successfully set up and managed very sophisticated data management systems. Later she assisted with permitting of infrastructure construction projects using her knowledge of the Arabic language and culture to great advantage. Deema is currently being groomed for project management and shown great potential in this discipline. She is bright and quick and responds very well challenged and put under stress. She is very versatile and approaches new tasks with enthusiasm. I would highly recommend Deema for similar roles.

Nidal Mansour

Sep 2011

Sep 2011

Construction ManagerManager

Dema Aljouni has been working with URS Corporation in Abu Dhabi since April 2006. Dema was hired to provide Database administration and project management support for the Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN)/ du telecom rollout management project in UAE. Her dedication and enthusiasm earned her additional responsibilities for NSN/MTC telecom rollout management in Saudi Arabia. Dema has earned a high level of trust within our office. During her work we found Dema very competent and professional, she has been also an excellent team player and worked very well with her colleagues. She is reliable and can be depended on to deliver quality work. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have question.