ماهر العكش

Responsibilities and Jobs:
- Lead the electrical section at the main office of Aljoudah Contracting to supervise and follow up electrical works within ten different big-building projects such as university colleges, business center, hospital, water tower & restaurant and sewage treatment plant.
• The work included reviewing BoQ, SPECs & DWGs contract documents, preparing shop-drawings, materials submittal as well as granting the approvals from the client.
• Selection and ordering main electrical items, essential electrical materials for different projects and follow up with the procurement department.
• Supervise work progress for different on-going projects and keep in contact with Zahran's site-electrical engineers for assistance or intervention if necessary. Weekly air-trips was scheduled for this purpose.

Responsibilities:
- Design Electrical Engineer for the company's various projects.
• Main job was design for all electrical infrastructure works related to a new industrial city at MOWAQQAR. Design work included 11kV loops, 1000kVA package SS, main distribution panels, sub distribution panels, LV-feeder pillars, LV-cable loops, street lighting, and telephone networks.

Responsibilities and Jobs:
- Lead and supervise a team of electricians dedicated for erection works within a fast-track project named
Amman East Power Generation Plant MANAKHER - Jordan, worth US$ 310 Million owned by a private sector project company.
• The work included supervise and pursue installation works for 6.6kV switchgear, two 15.75kV generators integrated to simple-cycle gas turbines, high-current busduct, gas insulated circuit breaker, 20MVA auxiliary transformers and 148MVA main 400kV power transformers.
• Erection works for cable raceways, battery banks and chargers, LV/MV motors, low voltage MCC panels black start GenSet, Heat tracing loops, cable pulling and termination.
• Low current installations for lighting, external lighting, power sockets, fire alarm, telephone, … etc.

Responsibilities and Jobs:
- Supervise and follow up design and erection works for electrical systems, instrumentation and DCS of AsSamra Waste Water Treatment Plant - Jordan, worth US$ 169 Million as a BOT agreement with Ministry of Water & Irrigation (MWI).
• The work included design issues in LV-systems, preparing technical submittals and shop drawings.
• Preparing Cables List, Motors and instrumentation lists, interconnection diagrams for matching and integrating electrical/control systems coming from different suppliers.
•Participated in preparing, review and follow-up philosophy of operation implementation for (Grit removal systems, Primary settling tanks, Filtration units … etc.)
•Conducting Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for LV electrical panels, MV switch gears, Ring Main Units and many Control-panels.

Responsibilities and Jobs:
- Supervise and follow up installation of electrical panels, instrumentation and telemetry works performed by the project main contractor, for
Rehabilitation of Greater Amman’s Water Supply System Amman II Contract C10 & C12 projects.
• The work included check and evaluate technical submittals, catalogues and shop drawings for various Pump Station Low Voltage Switch gear with Soft Starters, Control Panels Chargers, Capacitor Banks, Illumination & power system, Earthing Systems and Chlorinating System.
• Check and evaluate technical submittals, catalogues and shop drawings for Telemetry SCADA System with UHF communication network.
- Assure applying the contract Specifications and BOQ items during work execution.
- Check and approve interim payment certificates, third party inspection certificates, exemption certificates for imported materials.
- Coordinate and pursue various Electrical correspondences between the Employer (Water Authority of Jordan) PMU/WAJ and the Contractor El Concorde Construction Ltd.

Responsibilities and Jobs:
- Implementation of electrical installations including low current systems, lighting, power sockets, fire alarm system, security, earthing-grid …etc for the Jordan Bromine Factory.
• The work included preparing detailed shop drawings and providing submittals & technical calculations of electrical loads and distribution.
• Implementation and testing of earthing grid of (< 1 ohm).
• Installing Main and Sub main distribution panels with all necessary accessories including cable trays, cable ladders, concrete ductbanks … etc.
• Installation, testing, numbering and termination of all power cables and wiring.
• Procurement of materials from the local market.
• Commissioning and handing-over accomplished works.
- Design and implementation of electrical installations and protection systems inside new cellular telephone transceiver stations to (JMTS) projects, phase 2K, 3K and 5K expansion stages.
• The work included preparing detailed shop drawings of electrical distribution, protection system, fire alarm/FM200 fire fighting system, electrical uPVC pipe works.
• Materials procurement and work follow up.
• Testing, commissioning and operating installed systems.

Responsibilities and Jobs:
- Design and engineering of Tabqat Fahel (PELLA) telemetry system to Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ) in cooperation with Datam Flutec Company - France.
• The work included prepare all automation and control drawings of a Telemetric System to control five cascaded water pumping stations.
• Prepare P&IDs, PFDs, instrument lists to define I/Os, data base information / tables and operating philosophy.
• Prepare detailed shop drawings, system lay out drawings, wiring & marshalling diagrams and rack lay out.
• Interface / convert old conventional panel instruments into PC-based Man Machine Interface.
• Erection works of the RTUs, each pump-station has two RTUs with standalone Mimic to represent a new and an existing station, including all marshalling works to the MCCs and the field instruments through dedicated interfacing cabinet comprising a lot of auxiliary control functions.
• Mounting, calibrating and operating several types of field instruments
• Calculating the parameters of the communication system (modems, front-end units and commutators) that communicate through 25-pair telemetry cable.
• Setting sequences and interlocks of the PLCs.
• Conducting a training sessions for the operating staff of the Water Authority of Jordan WAJ.
- Integrate and operate a SCADA system worth US$ 1.5 Million to Jordan Phosphate Mines Co. (JPMC) for the control and monitoring of their water distribution network, at ESHIDYA mines at the southern desert of Jordan.
• The work included mounting and marshalling a 25 RTUs at several sites along the desert.
• Calibrate and maintain Endress+Hauser type Flow, Pressure and Tank Level instruments.
• Mounting UHF radio communication network, for RTUs data exchange and global voice communication.
• Design & implement electronic control circuits, interfacing boxes and control panels.
• Commissioning and operating the SCADA system.
• Training the JPMC operator crew.