Mohamed Tahan, Resident Engineer

Mohamed Tahan

Resident Engineer

Consulting Engineering Group

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
Experience
11 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 2 Months

Resident Engineer at Consulting Engineering Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • February 2017 to October 2023

Main responsibilities:
• Reviewing shop drawings, material submittals, and pre-qualifications.
• Approving and monitoring project schedule and milestones.
• Sending weekly and monthly reports to key stakeholders in the project.
• Reviewing contractor payments and variations as per contract and tender documents.
• Preparing project particular specifications.
• Maintaining project records such as quantity, submittal, RFI, client requirement logs.
• Preparing and sharing project forecasts and estimates according to schedule performance.
• Managing construction staff.
• Reviewing inspections and safety procedures.
• Collaborating with design, construction, and client professionals for the execution of works.
• Collaborating with the contractor in preparing the necessary documents for authority approvals.
• Ensuring that constructions works are ready for authority inspections.
• Preparing as-built drawings.
• Preparing snagging reports prior to project handover.
• Coordinating with the contractor for handover project documents to the client.

Civil Engineer at Al Suweidi Engineering Consultants
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • February 2015 to February 2017

Main responsibilities:
• Performing structural inspections.
• Performing material inspections.
• Reporting to the resident engineer and project manager.
• Supervising concrete castings.
• Supervising pile load tests.
• Supervising laboratory material testings.
• Supervising ground bore holes process and testings.
• Issuing site instructions and non conformance reports.
• Reviewing material submittals and shop drawings.
• Attending authority site inspections.
• Issuing snagging reports.
• Reviewing tender drawings against discrepancies and mistakes.
• Quantities estimation.
• Collaborating with construction professionals using Aconex Construction Management Software.
• Resident engineer assistant.

Site Engineer at Al Asaad Construction & Building EST.
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2013 to February 2015

Main responsibilities:
• Interpreting drawings to site Forman and labors.
• Ensuring proper material allocations.
• Reviewing work schedules.
• Preparing quantity estimates and ensuring tools and material availability.
• Collaborating with client, subcontractors, and consultant for the desired deliverables.
• Gathering data, preparing reports, and delivering presentations to key stakeholders.
• Performing quality assurance works.
• Reporting to project engineer.
• Performing preliminary inspections prior to consultant visit.
• Obtaining authority approvals through visiting local authority headquarters.
• Supervising concrete castings.
Completed private villas in Abu Dhabi.

Internship at Pi-Systems International
  • Greece - Athens
  • March 2012 to June 2012

Training on building structural design software which is developed by Pi-Systems international in comply
with the European code.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at The American University of Athens
  • June 2012

Completed 134 credit hours with three months internship program with 3.3/4.0 passing grade.

High school or equivalent, General Studies
  • at Al Dhafra Private Schools
  • June 2008

Completed in American curriculum with above 85% passing grades.

Specialties & Skills

Management
Microsoft Office
AutoCAD
AutoCAD
Microsoft Office

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
Greek
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

5th PhilonNet CAE (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2011
Project Management Professional Exam Review (Training)
Training Institute:
3Fold Education Centre
Date Attended:
December 2018
Duration:
35 hours

Hobbies

  • Chess
    1700-1800 Chess rated player in 2023