Esraa Taha, Technical office Engineer & Q.S

Esraa Taha

Technical office Engineer & Q.S

Next Engineering Consultants

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Civil engineering
Experience
8 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 9 Months

Technical office Engineer & Q.S at Next Engineering Consultants
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2018 to April 2022

- Studied schismatic designs, sent comments accordingly and followed up with design departments for discrepancies, insuring well coordination and compliance with local building regulations.
- Handled procurement, comparative statement and site team clarifications.
- Calculated Arch, Struc, & rebar quantity takeoff mainly for new proposed buildings, villas & modification, few steel structure (warehouses), few maintenance & infrastructure projects.
- Prepared finishing schedule, vendor list, tender packages, then sent tender invitation to nominated bidders.
- Updated tender documents and followed up with stakeholders as per change requests.
- Analyzed contractor’s bids commercially & technically with evaluation & recommendation reports.
- Reviewed & edited contract agreement and documents till project awarding.
- Proposed technical value engineering solutions, and participated in training interns.
- Handled shop drawings and tailored specifications per project.
- Worked on proofreading and enhancing full tender document of villa projects in Arabic & English.
- Kept all Sorts of Back up files arranged for all my takeoff, correspondence, coworkers handing overs, and reports which resulted in defending company’s approach in front of prestigious owners

Skills Gained:

_ I learned How to be More strict and organized

_ Learned How to Use Revit

Quantity Surveyor at OST constructional Projects
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2013 to August 2018

Worked mainly on high rise building

(Unlimited stories/ amounting 20 Million or above)

- Quantity takeoff for Arch, Struc and rebar (manual & BBS), filled BOQ, arranged offer letters mostly for multi-story buildings.
- Collaborated in landing 10 tenders at a time of recession, also in controlling wastage at sites.
- Prepared procurement packages, inquiries, comparative statements, negotiated prices and coordinated with all parties till subcontractor’s contract finalization.
- Reviewed letter of intent, tender & Contract documents, reported disturbances accordingly.
- Worked on running Bills & assisted Sr.Engineer in preparing interim payments and Claims.
- Supported PM at site for 10 months by quantity takeoff, preparing reports and submittals, and by Keeping a proper filing and data base system, that was later on approved by ISO
- Prepared progress reports of all projects for of 2 months & solved an issue of a rejected report.
- followed up with project stakeholders and prepared local purchase order (LPO)
- Assisted HR in using government portal & with company’s lawyer to resolve disputes.

Skills Gained:

- learned how to Use Planswift and Quantity Estimation.

- learned who to deal with different parties like coworkers, consultants, subcontractors, Suppliers & lawyers.

- gained a lot of site management Experience as we attended 5 Project managers at one site and a lot of unexpected Issues.

- learned how to communicate with different nationalities and cultures.

- How to handle and transfer calls, Fax, internal network and how to prepare formal E mails.

- Learned how to use formal language and control my emotions

Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil engineering
  • at Ain Shams University
  • July 2011

o Bachelor in Civil engineering o University: Ain Shams class2011 o Graduation project: Had an excellent degree in (Hydraulic Networks) My Certificate will be ready if requested by the interviewer

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Soceity of Engineering-UAE
  • Member
  • May 2017

Training and Certifications

Project Management Profisional PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2023
Valid Until:
January 2026
Bsc in Civil Engineering (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2011
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • - Drawing, Reading, Creative Writing, photography, swimming, Art works
    Participated in festivals and drawing competitioms