Assistant Director-Group Planning & Project Management
Environment Planning and Sustainable Development
Total years of experience :20 years, 3 Months
Major contribution:
• Development of uniform project management framework and preparation of standardised templates.
• Design and development of contemporary corporate business planning tools and reporting systems.
• Cross-divisional coordination to update accountability, strategic indicators and prepare annual reports.
• Development and evaluation of risk surveys, risk management workshops to examine top internal and external risks and determine recommendations for future risks mitigation and controls.
• Designing of environment planning and policy framework, internal governance framework, and aligning with existing legislations and relevant ACT government planning policies.
• Evaluate existing procedures, and structure improved business planning processes and co-design dynamic and interactive business planning, fortnightly reporting systems with live reporting dashboards.
• Employees’ fortnightly surveys, fortnightly reporting, fleet analysis, risk management, asset management.
• Designing of innovative analysis tool, reporting dashboards, SharePoint sites, and standard templates.
• Business cases, budget build-ups, position management, payroll analysis, recruitment, procurement, change management.
• Represented EPSD directorates as part of ACT Wellbeing Framework project and defined data measures and measures stories.
Key achievements:
• Drafted the first divisional planning and policy framework for Environment, Heritage and Water group.
• Introduced risk-management and employees surveys and risk-management workshops in department.
• Designed and implemented innovative business processes linked with modern Power BI reporting.
• Developed project plans, project templates, and led 2021-22 EH&W project management framework.
• Contributed to the Environment, Heritage and Water group’s internal governance framework 2023.
• Improved reporting via robust Excel based tools developed in-house to enhance reporting capabilities.
• Automated reporting tools (KPIs) and Fortnightly reporting using advanced formulae and functions.
• Designed an interactive “Closing the Gap- Innovate RAP” SharePoint website for EPSDD.
• Dynamic Gannt chart, resource histogram, heatmap, milestone reporting, CPM and EVM analysis
• Fleet analysis tool to identify unknown trips, generate trends w.r.t. multiple criteria analysis MCA.
Core responsibilities:
• Technical review of engineering competency demonstrated reports and applicants’ work experiences.
• Detailed examination of applicants’ qualifications and skills assessment of fast-track applications.
• Forensic analyses of digital documents and applying professional judgment in evaluation.
• Controlled communication with applicants and their legal representatives.
Key achievements:
• Reviewed over 300 global cases, identified fraudulent cases, and issued outcome letters with over 200% completion rate.
Core Responsibilities (Clients: ADSSC, Dubai Municipality, RAKWA):
• Project proposals, project management, staff training, mentoring and 360 performance review.
• Techno-commercial bids, variation orders, conflict resolution, coordination between different authorities and negotiation with construction contractors and client for the approval of additional works/packages.
• Development of cost-sharing methodologies and organising technical workshops and knowledge transfer sessions for consensus building on final designs’ optioneering.
• Preparation of project Go-No-go, project charter, execution plans including project health checks
• Development of techno-commercial bid, project scope statement, WBS, project milestones, deliverables’ requirements, manpower histogram, costing, resource management, stakeholder’s engagement, variation orders, conflict resolution, coordination between different authorities and negotiation with construction contractors and client for the approval of additional works/packages
• Sanitary collection system assets review and preparation of condition assessment reports.
• Home office supports during project execution and resolving design related issues.
• Hydraulic capacity, condition assessment, and structural integrity analysis, sewerage rehabilitation.
• Development of project proposals, technical methodologies, financial analysis, resource planning,
• level of efforts estimation, staff training and task management.
• Preparation of prequalification, tender documents/contract documents and tender evaluation reports.
• Extended period simulation, transient analysis of large sewerage and drainage networks.
• Preparation of technical notes, detailed design reports and design/ drawings reviews etc.
• Interdisciplinary coordination, scheduling, monthly progress reports, and project presentations.
• Stormwater quality improvement studies complying with Best Management Practices- BMPs.
Key achievements:
• Successful delivery of DS204-Sewerage and Drainage System for the Dubai Land Area (110 Km long separated sewerage and drainage systems size up to 3.0 m to serve 32 nos. developments within the 4, 500 hectares of project area including 3.3 m3/sec sewage lifting station and 37.4 hectares drainage wet pond to aid 0.6 million project area population) -Part of Dubai Sewerage and Drainage Masterplan
• Successful delivery of DS197- Sewerage, Drainage and Irrigation Systems for Jabel Ali Area, Dubai projects (120 Km long sewerage, drainage, and irrigation systems diameter up to 3.0 m including 6.5 m3/sec sewage PS and 193 hectares drainage pond to aid 22 nos. existing and future developments covering 12, 500 hectares to serve 1.8 million design population)- DXB Sewerage & Drainage Masterplan
• Successful delivery of twenty-two (22) technical design/ tender submittals of Ras Al Khaimah (62 Km long 160 mm to 1.5 m size sewerage network up to design period of year-2036 to serve approx. 70, 000 equivalent population spread over 1, 575 hectares of project area)
• Production of stormwater quality report for Environment NOC related to Stormwater discharge
• Formulated effective cost-sharing policies and flow monitoring strategies for sewerage schemes,
• Significant cost savings in developing alternative solutions for pumping free systems
• Developed salinity monitoring strategies and manage flow monitoring campaign as part of Abu Dhabi Sewerage Masterplan
Core Responsibilities (Clients: ADSSC, PRFD, EAD, ADWEA, and ADM)
• Preparation of socio-economic feasibility and environmental assessment reports.
• Preparation of technical notes, conceptual to detailed design reports and design/ drawings review.
• Preparation of tender documents/ contract documents and tender evaluation reports.
• Preparation of project execution plans, monthly progress reports and cross-agency coordination.
• Development of diurnal curves, flow patterns, population, and flow projections for design periods.
• Analysis and design of water network, TSE mains, sewerage, and sub-surface drainage system.
• Planning, designing, and reviewing of comprehensive EPS hydraulic models for system performance.
• Formulating hydraulic simulation, condition assessment methodologies, value engineering and NPVs.
• Attending seminars and presentations for infrastructure facilities projects in Abu Dhabi.
• Home office support during construction and negotiations for design changes and variation orders.
Key achievements:
• Improvements in the quality of effluent (TSE) at the wastewater treatment plant, I have carried detailed hydraulic and structural assessment of 10 to 30 years old existing 402 Km long sewerage gravity network (7.4 m3/sec peak flow) to serve 0.8 million people (year2030 projection) living in ninety-one (91) sectors of Abu Dhabi Island and recommended cost-effective solution with minimal pipe replacement and open cut excavation
• Timely submissions of 23 nos. Task Orders type services for various sewerage improvement projects as part of Sewerage Schemes for Future Development Works Abu Dhabi - Phase 3
• More than 40 deliverables @ 1 per month either as the originator or the lead contributor covering all aspects of projects i.e., conceptual design to construction documents.
• Introduced new design template for sub-surface drainage to visualise overall network hydraulic calculations in one-page schematic.
• Design criteria improvements to reduce the sewerage network costing and introduced hydraulic modeling simulation to ensure the most efficient system sizing.
Core Responsibilities (Clients: Aramco)
• Setting out design criteria and design basis for pressurised and gravity systems (water supply, firefighting, wastewater, storm drainage) for General Engineering Services Plus GES+ Program and KAUST project.
• Field investigation, site surveys, report writing and design presentations to executives and Program Office.
• Multidisciplinary planning, project coordination and contribution in the Aramco-SMPT design meetings.
• Preparation of hydraulic profiles, detailed design reports and engineering drawings for wet utilities.
Key achievements:
• Mentored and trained two (2) civil engineers for hydraulic modeling software and design applications.
• Cost saving by introducing the non-destructive method (NDM) of pipeline laying at KAUST campus.
Core Responsibilities (Clients: WASA)
• Collecting, checking & computing survey Data and other information during site visits.
• Development of design criteria, demographic analysis, catchment studies, and flow demands projection.
• Planning and designing comprehensive water supply, sewerage, and storm drainage networks.
• Preparation of conceptual, feasibility, preliminary and detailed design studies reports and presentations.
• System performance analysis of existing networks and proposed rehabilitation against flows regimes.
• In-depth review of contractors’ technical submissions for sewage systems and resolves design problems
• Preparing bill of quantities, technical specifications & tender documents, tender drawings, and estimates.
• Design review of numerous design reports submitted by external design consultants/ contractors.
• Hydraulic design and home office support during construction work and construction supervision.
Key achievements:
• Infrastructural planning, designing of comprehensive sewerage (295 Km long, 0.3mm dia. pipe to 10.3m x 3.6m size conduit) and drainage networks (230 Km, 0.3mm dia. pipe to 3.65m x 2.3m size conduit) for 30, 000 hectares of existing developments located in Lahore to serve a population of around 4 million.
• Rehabilitation of 20-40 years old drains, construction of new drains/ channels, laying of trunk sewers, pumping stations, sewer cleaning and construction of manholes and related appurtenances.
• Elimination of around 80 lifting stations and reduction in the sizing of final conduits and trunk mains which resulted in a significant reduction of overall Capex and Opex of project.
• Training and mentoring junior engineers for sewerage and stormwater system design and evaluation.
Core Responsibilities (Clients: Sapphire textile-SKP)
• Supervision of civil works to ensure construction activities are complying with contractual obligations.
• Engagement in progress meetings with project stakeholders to discuss obstacles and emerging risks.
• Planning and scheduling construction activities and produce equipment and human histograms.
• Update milestones status report and discuss variations and time extension with the project director.
• Conceptual design of water supply, sanitary, stormwater pipelines and prepare bill of quantities-BOQ.
Key achievements:
• Timely completion of assigned tasks, effective scheduling, and creative project progress reports.
• Quick learning at site to adjust with changing work conditions (shifts) to maintain progress.
Laureate Scholarship recipient & Dean Excellence Award
Exceptional field work certificate in Survey-2002
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