Construction Manager
National Marine Dredging Company
Total years of experience :35 years, 5 Months
Project Description: Hail and Ghasha Artificial Island Construction Project.
Disciplines: Project Management, Construction Management, Dredging, Reclamation, Rockworks, Jetty Installation, Logistics.
Managed Marine Works / Offshore Construction of a new Desalination Plant.
Project description: Construction of a Gravity Based Offshore Platform.
Scope: Seabed Preparation, Steel Jacket Installation.
Role: Consultant Engineer, Marine Works Supervisor.
Project description: Construction of New Irrigation System, 7, 500 ha, 15, 000 m3/hr. Scope: Mechanical and Piping Installation, Civil Engineering Works. Role: Project Manager - Site Engineer. Completed in April 2017.
Project description: Kulevi Seaport Upgrade and Expansion. Scope: Feasibility Study and Concept Design for jetties, quay walls and breakwaters. Role: Senior Project Engineer - Civil Marine. Completed in Oct 2016.
Project description: Marine Gas Terminal. Scope: Feasibility Study and Concept Design. Role: Civil Marine Design Engineer - Project Manager. Completed in June 2017.
Achievement: Developed Corporate Risks Evaluation System, marked as a strength of the Company by ISO auditors.
Project 1. Construction of fishery harbor.
Scope: Dredging and reclamation.
Role: Project Manager (Project Managing Engineer).
Project 2. Construction of seawater intake for desalination plant.
Scope: Offshore seawater intake erection, underwater pumping equipment installation, underwater pipelines and cables 700 m laying,
Role: Project Manager.
Project 3. Dredging a ferry harbor basin.
Scope: Preparations and Method Statement.
Role: Civil Marine Engineer.
Miscellaneous:
Prepared method statements, site works plans and schedules.
Performed standard engineering drawings, calculations and analyses.
Managed team in the work site.
Prepared various reports and documents.
The Project description:
Construction of new navigable waterworks, consisting of a blind dam, spillways, navigable lock, nsvigable channels, coast-protecting facilities, and infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
- Prepared the detailed site work plans and method statements.
- Acted as an engineering problem-solver.
- Supervised the Quality Control.
- Prepared and negotiated the design changes.
- Performed structural and hydraulic design and analysis.
The Projects description: Reconstruction of pipe canal shafts and wells of municipal waste water sewerage, in coastal area.
Responsibilities: Managed the project from start to commission. Assigned projects and tasks to employees and subcontractors. Responsible for HSE. Led the planning, budgeting and direction of all construction sites. Monitored costs, timescales and resources. Prepared daily reports logging the work progress. Prepared engineering drawings, analyses and designs. Prepared the as-built drawings. Took immediate decisions as to the project performance in abnormal conditions and emergencies. Prepared the site work plans and schedules.
Acted as Area Representative of Danish dredging company in Ukraine. Monitored the market of dredging and reclamation projects, prepared feasibility analysis, represented the Company at every organizations and establishments, was authorized to bid. Prepared monthly reports. Reported to Area Manager.
Responsibilities:
Managed the Company since the day of its foundation.
Managed all the Company's projects.
Developed design of marine structures.
Developed projects' estimates and construction documents for civil marine works.
Prepared projects' execution plans for construction of hydraulic structures and dredging.
Rendered dredging consultancy services abroad to the Companies:
- Coastal Dredgers LTD, Cyprus - Greece, 2000 to 2009,
- Arabian Gulf Pearl Contracting Co., Kuwait, 2002 & 2004,
- Independent Trading Group Co., Kuwait, 2001.
Managed projects overseas.
Supervised diving services to ships and vessels.
Managed salvage operations.
Prepared technical reports upon results of underwater surveys and inspections.
Description of the Project: Reconstruction of Az-Zubair Merchant Marine Port, Iraq.
Responsibilities:
Acted as Marine Contractor Project Manager. Managed and supervised the salvage operations. Prepared site work plans. Prepared method statements. Prepared and sent daily report to head office in Kuwait. Attended to site meetings with General Contractor and Client.
Prepared feasibility analysis and FEED for some marine projects in Kuwait.
Responsibilities:
Undertook pre-contract visits of sites and prepared feasibility analysis for new projects.
Reviewed tenders docs and prepared bids.
Prepared method statements, construction estimates, project execution plans, and construction documents.
Inspected on-going projects sites.
Responsibilities:
Prepared method statements for dredging, reclamation and civil marine projects.
Studied tender specifications for projects in Kuwait and Bahrain and prepared feasibility analysis and bids. Prepared FEED for hovercraft slipway.
Acted as a Consulting Engineer.
Acted as Consulting Engineer and representative of the Company in Ukraine, on a long-term basis.
Studied tender specifications for dredging, reclamation, civil marine projects, and oil-and-gas projects. Prepared feasibility analysis and method statements. Attended to projects' procurement. Attended to meetings with probable subcontractors and suppliers. Prepared regular reports.
Positions occupied:
Deputy Dredging Department Head, since Jan 1998 to Sept 1998.
Overseas Projects' Manager, since Sept 1998 to March 2000
Project Manager in Beirut, Lebanon.
Responsibilities:
Manageed and co-ordinated all the Dredging projects of the Company.
Managed the Dredging Department team.
Studied dredging tenders' specifications and prepared feasibility analysis, method statement and bids.
Prepared and negotiated contracts for overseas projects.
Managed, supervised, and monitored the dredging projects overseas.
Collected reports from projects' managers to prepare summary report.
Responsibilities:
Managed underwater operations whatsoever.
Managed and supervised diving services to ships and vessels. Prepared technical reports and reports of completion.
Managed salvage operations. Prepared daily reports.
Prepared marine structural analysis, drawings and calculations.
Managed and supervised team at site.
Prepared technical reports for subsea survey.
Responsibilities:
Keeping watch in engine room of sea-going vessel. Attended to maintenance, operation, and repair of ship's engines and auxiliaries. Took part in overhaul works.
Got deep knowledge of merchant marine infrastructure and naval architecture.
At the same period attended to external post-graduate course in Civil Marine Engineering, Maritime Works.
Civil and Industrial Construction Dept.
Responsibilities:
Taught the following professional subjects:
- Construction Management and Technology.
- Principles of Civil Engineering.
- Site Work Planning and Scheduling.
Supervised the students' graduation thesis.
Participated in annual qualification board.
At the same time studied post graduation course.
Responsibilities:
Monitored Dredging quality.
Performed Dredging quantity survey.
Assigned tasks to dredgers/dredge-masters.
Performed Bathymetric survey on Azov Sea navigable maritime projects and waterways.
Attended to positioning and maintenance of aids to navigation.
Calculated daily output of dredgers.
Site Description: 500-km inland waterways.
Responsibilities:
Managed annual project for the inland waters navigability maintenance, including:
- dredging,
- river-channel straightening and river training,
- construction of dykes and groins, coast-protecting structures,
- aids to navigation maintenance service,
- channel-cleaning, sweeping, bathymetric survey;
- pilot charts development and issue,
- new river navigation development;
- river engineering design and analisis.
Total length of managed inland waters: 500 km.
Subordinate staff: 400 nos.
Was awarded with personal salary rate, by decision of State Waterways Head Office.
Responsibilities:
Hydraulic structures' laboratory research and field observations. Subject of the researches: navigable locks.
Analysis of the observation results and preparation of technical reports.
Name of Program: Postgraduate Study. Subject: Steel Sheet pile Bulkheads, foundation beds thereof and interaction between the structure and soils. Skills obtained: soil mechanics practical tasks solutions, numerical experiments, structural design and analysis of steel sheet-pile bulkheads and retaining walls.
Speciality as per Degree: Hydrotechnical Construction of Water Ways and Ports. Master's Degree in Civil Marine Engineering. Qualification: Civil Marine Engineer, with the Right to Execute Civil & Erection Works and Underwater Operations. (It is locally adopted to name the said skill as: civil hydrotechnical engineer).
