Rajaa Benkhadra, Water and Habitat Engineer

Rajaa Benkhadra

Water and Habitat Engineer

International Committee of Red Cross

Location
Syria - Homs
Education
Master's degree, Masters of Business Administration
Experience
9 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :9 years, 4 Months

Water and Habitat Engineer at International Committee of Red Cross
  • Syria - Homs
  • My current job since July 2016

Responsibilities:
Studying and supervising rehabilitation and maintenance projects for boreholes, water pumping stations and water pipelines in Homs and Hama Governorates.
Studying and supervising rehabilitation and maintenance projects for collective shelters and collective kitchens in Homs and Hama Governorates.
Studying and supervising rehabilitation and maintenance sanitation projects (sewage treatment plants, sewage pipelines and waste management projects) in Homs and Hama Governorates.
Participating in field trips and assessments. Participating in cross line missions to do assessment and follow up the projects in besieged and hard to reach areas.
Coordinating with local Water Board, Sewage Board and Syrian Arab Red Crescent partners.

Project Assistant at UN Habitat
  • Syria - Homs
  • March 2016 to July 2016

Rehabilitation projects, WASH projects, livelihood projects and protection projects.

Responsibilities:
Assisting in coordination between local NGOs and government associations.
Assisting in supervising projects and handover processes.
Assisting in supervising the work implementation.
Communicating with local NGOs.
Doing documentary and archiving.

Project Assistant at UN Habitat
  • Syria - Homs
  • March 2016 to July 2016

Rehabilitation projects, WASH projects, livelihood projects and protection projects.

Responsibilities:
Assisting in coordination between local NGOs and government associations.
Assisting in supervising projects and handover processes.
Assisting in supervising the work implementation.
Communicating with local NGOs.
Doing documentary and archiving.

site engineer at International Organization for Migrants
  • Syria - Homs
  • January 2016 to March 2016

Maintenance project for the damaged houses in destroyed districts in the old city Homs.
Responsibilities:
Gathering information about the basic scope of the project.
Doing assessment for the damaged houses to specify the needs.
Supervising the implementation work related to submitting the
detailed BoQ.
Ensure that all used materials and performed work match the defined specifications.
Doing documents and daily reports.

QA/QC engineer at LEAD
  • Syria
  • January 2009 to December 2009

2009: Achieved two month Internship at QC/QC Department with LEAD Construction Company.

Education

Master's degree, Masters of Business Administration
  • at Syrian Virtual University
  • March 2020

68%

Bachelor's degree, civil engineering
  • at Al-Baath University
  • April 2014
High school or equivalent, Scientific
  • at Al-Ghassania School
  • January 2008

2008: High School Diploma from Al-Ghassania School, Homs, Syria, with score of 96, 25%

Specialties & Skills

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Memberships

Syrian Engineering Syndicate
  • Member
  • February 2015

Training and Certifications

Quality management (Training)
Training Institute:
UNRWA
Date Attended:
November 2014
Duration:
40 hours
Water and Sanitation engineering from emergency to development. (Training)
Training Institute:
ICRC & University de Neuchatel
Date Attended:
June 2017
Duration:
50 hours
Workshop on boreholes (Training)
Training Institute:
ICRC
Date Attended:
December 2016
Duration:
40 hours
Workshop on boreholes (Training)
Training Institute:
ICRC
Date Attended:
December 2016
Duration:
40 hours
Workshop on boreholes (Training)
Training Institute:
ICRC
Date Attended:
December 2016
Duration:
40 hours