Saif Ben Ghafoor, Assistant Resident Engineer

Saif Ben Ghafoor

Assistant Resident Engineer

Parsons - Qatar

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
Experience
24 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :24 years, 7 Months

Assistant Resident Engineer at Parsons - Qatar
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since August 2020

Responsible for Site activities and Reviewing of all documents included Material submittals, Method Statements, TDP, Pre-qualifications of Suppliers for the Flood Prevention Scheme project with ASHGHAL DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT.

Wet Utilities Engineer at Dar Al Handasah
  • Qatar - Doha
  • September 2018 to August 2020

SUPERVISION AND INSPECTIONS OF ALL SITE ACTIVITIES ON ROADS & INFRASTRUCTURE (including Construction of Manholes, Open cut and Micro tunnelling for Stormwater, Foul sewer network and TSE network)

QA/QC and Materiel Engineer at AECOM Middle East
  • Qatar - Doha
  • April 2012 to September 2018

New Doha Port Project
Port Basin and Breakwater Construction.
Qatar Economic Zone 3 industrial canal
Orbital Highway Contract 3

Senior Civil Inspector at Parsons International Limited
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • October 2010 to February 2012

Supervise all site activities from site preparations, clearing and grabbing and excavation, installation of storm water, irrigation, and sub soil drainage pipeline Network, testing, commissioning, backfilling, construction of Manholes and Inspection Chambers. Construction of footpaths’ involved decorative interlocks, different kinds of curbstone, Surface water inlets,
Perform QA/QC jobs, witnessing sampling and testing of materials by third party laboratories. Monitor as per RFI/RFA contractor’s activities, reviewing contractual specifications, method statements, ITPs, Drawings to identify issues and informing the Site Superintendent/ Construction Manager and raising Site Observations, NCRs, Near Miss Reports and safety violation reports to contractor when necessary. Preparing daily logs, project photographs and videos keeping the whole team well informed on the contractors activities within the work shift.

Civil Inspector at Mario Associates Engineering Consultants
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2009 to February 2010

Supervise all site ground activities from site preparations, trial trenching to confirm obstructing utilities in aid in pre-permitting, Installation of District Cooling Pipe Distribution Network Including excavation of trenches 3 to 7M in depth, sheet pilling where it necessary to protect benchs, laying of various dia (250mm to 1600mm) Steel pipes, construction of chambers, backfilling of trenches after testing and approval of pipe works. Reinstatement of existing infra-structure including all utilities services, Storm water line network, Road structure, footpath and parking etc.
Preparing daily reports, project photographs and videos and perform QA/QC jobs. Raising NCRs, Site Observations, where work is not in agreement with contractual documents. Reviewing shop drawings, Method statements, Material delivery’s and samples.

Inspector of works at Halcrow International Partnership.
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2004 to February 2009

Supervise Construction of Quay Wall including casting of different types of pre-cast concrete blocks (30 to 40tons), Excavation and dredging for water channel in dry and wet (under sea) area, placing of rock and gravel for foundations, placing of blocks in different layers, placing of geo-textile membrane behind quay wall, back filling along Q-wall land side, placing of anti-scour rock sea side, preparation of beach using rock and sand, sheet pile work and construction of coffer dams during marine works.
Supervise roads and bridges construction including diversion and /or protection of impacted utilities as telecommunication, electricity, Optical fiber, natural gas, potable water, irrigation and storm water drainage including associated chambers. Supervise the road crossings multi services mains by horizontal directional drilling method.

Site Engineer at Habib Rafiq (Pvt) Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • March 1999 to April 2004

Work involved construction of internal and main roads, traffic signs, cutting and filling of plots, heavy storm water channel, culverts, drainage pipelines with manholes, overhead and undergrounds water tanks having capacity 0.1-0.3 million gallons, foot paths, center medians, and streetlights.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at Preston University
  • February 2012
Diploma, Civil Engineering
  • at Govt. College of Technology Rasul. MB Din
  • August 2000

Specialties & Skills

Concrete
Asphalt
Materials
Marine Engineering
Civil Works
Marine works
Asphalt Material testing

Languages

Arabic
Beginner
English
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

IOSH (Certificate)