Karim Amin, Senior Utilities / Projects Coordination & Liaison / Stakeholder Engineer

Karim Amin

Senior Utilities / Projects Coordination & Liaison / Stakeholder Engineer

SETS

Location
Saudi Arabia - Mecca
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical power & Machinery
Experience
19 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 3 Months

Senior Utilities / Projects Coordination & Liaison / Stakeholder Engineer at SETS
  • Saudi Arabia - Mecca
  • My current job since February 2016

• Coordinated with other design disciplines, utility companies, railroads, and clients
• Leaded coordination meetings and oversee the process of utility design development, verification and validation, and utility package submittals
• Leaded a utility design team’s quality, design schedule, and overall progress.
• Leaded utility task force meetings with a focused on mitigating the high risk of utilities.
• Developed utility design directives to streamline processes and procedures.
• Coordinated with client, contractors, utility designers, and discipline design managers in a diplomatic and effective manner.
• Ensured that aggressive project deadlines were achieved, while producing high-quality documents that meet requirements
• Performed complex engineering tasks work efficiently and accurately.
• Extracted engineering information from CAD drawings.
• Prepared engineering computations, material quantity take-offs, estimates, surveys, and designs.
• Completed a variety of assignments such as drawings, specifications, and other materials suitable for procurement and construction purposes.
• Frequently interfaced with other Engineering disciplines as well as other departments.
• Made staffing assignments and reassignments as project needs arise.
• Provided technical direction, making decisions and/or obtaining additional technical staff assistance as the situation warrants.
• Promoted technical excellence on the project, including furthering the Quality Improvement Process.
• Ensured that adequate checking is performed in accordance with discipline checking policy and procedures.
• Performed other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

Senior Electrical/Utilities Engineer at SAUDI ARABIA PARSONS LIMITED
  • Saudi Arabia - Mecca
  • September 2013 to February 2016

• Prepared preliminary designs, drawings for Street Lighting, Area Lighting, Under bridge Lighting and Traffic Signals including preparing lighting calculations report for New projects under KAA project (i.e. South axis road, East axis road)
• Reviewed the shop drawings of Electrical & dry utilities before submitting to the Clint.
• Reviewed utilities requirements and conflicts included within all projects designs.
• Liaised with all related authorities and consultants for clarifying the utilities scope of work & sorting out the conflicts to the satisfaction of all parties.
• Coordinate and provide technical oversight to the relocation of all dry related utilities.
• Been required to liaise to the clients, different local authorities, other consultants/ contractors as well as leading the coordination with other departments within the company for the purpose of project management, including setting up meetings and leading through it.

lead electrical engineer at PARSONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • July 2011 to September 2013

• Prepared designs, drawings, specifications and tender documents for electrical applications (Substations’ sizing, LV MCCs Rooms, Cables, Cable Trays, Lighting, Earthing .., etc.).
• Designed and prepared all Traffic Signals, Street Lighting, Area Lighting, Under bridge Lighting and Tunnel Lighting including preparing lighting calculations reports using calculations software (Schreder, AGI32 ... etc) as per the standards, as well as the necessary voltage drop calculations reports, Schematic diagrams, circuit diagrams and Material Schedules, obtaining design approval
• Reviewed utilities requirements and conflicts included within all projects designs.
• Liaising with all related authorities and consultants for clarifying the utilities scope of work & sorting out the conflicts to the satisfaction of all parties.
• Been required to liaise to the clients, authorities, other consultants/ contractors as well as lead the coordination with other departments within the company.

Electrical Design Engineer at PARSONS OVERSEAS LIMITED
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2008 to July 2011

Electrical Design Engineer
PARSONS OVERSEAS LIMITED
Dubai, UAE
• Responsibilities:
- Electrical, Road Lighting, Traffic Signals and Utilities Design Engineer
• Full Design of Road Lighting including:
1- Preparing Lighting Layouts
2- Preparing Single Line Diagrams
3- Preparing Schedule of Materials
• Design of Underpass Lighting and Related Electrical Works.
• Preparing Calculation Reports for “Area Lighting and Road Lighting “
• Preparing Calculation Reports for “Under bridge and Underpass Lighting”
• Traffic Signals Design

Start-up & commissioning operation Engineer at Cairo Electricity Production Company (CEPC)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2005 to January 2008

Start-up & commissioning operation Engineer (Phase II)
(General Electric (GE) 2x250 MW units)
+ (ALSTOM 250 MW unit)
(Mark VI control system)
Cairo North power plant (1500 MW combined cycle)
Cairo Electricity Production Company (CEPC)
Cairo, Egypt

Start-up & commissioning operation Engineer at Cairo Electricity Production Company (CEPC)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2005 to December 2005

Start-up & commissioning operation Engineer (Phase I)
(Mitsubishi (MHI) 2x250MW units)
+ (HITACHI 250MW unit)
(Mark VI control system)
Cairo North power plant (1500 MW combined cycle)
Cairo Electricity Production Company (CEPC)
Cairo, Egypt

Electrical maintenance Engineer at Cairo Electricity Production Company (CEPC)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 2005 to July 2005

Electrical maintenance Engineer
Shoubra El Kheima power plant
(4x315 MW steam turbines)
Cairo Electricity Production Company (CEPC)
Cairo, Egypt

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical power & Machinery
  • at Ain Shams university
  • June 2004

Specialties & Skills

Materials
Commissioning
Production
Operation
Steam Turbines
Mark VIe control system

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate
German
Beginner

Memberships

Egyptian Engineers syndicate
  • active member
  • October 2004
Saudi Council of Engineers
  • Active member
  • September 2013

Hobbies

  • Reading / Swimming / Surfing the internet / Soccer