Talha Abdul Karim, Estimation Engineer

Talha Abdul Karim

Estimation Engineer

NBTC specialized contracting

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, BS Mechanical Engineering
Experience
8 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 5 Months

Estimation Engineer at NBTC specialized contracting
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • My current job since January 2016

* Obtaining quantities (flooring areas, drains, skirting lengths, type and number of structural members and penetrations) from CAD drawings.
* Calculating consumption of flooring, fire-proofing, and firestop materials.
* Estimating entire cost of installation of a given flooring system.
* Developing flooring proposals.
* Preparing flooring layout and shop drawings.
* Ensuring that the (flooring/fire-proof/firestop) material is according to specifications of the client.
* Proposing UL certified firestop systems based on client specifications.

Intern at Pakistan Elektron Limited
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • July 2014 to July 2014

Studied process flowcharts of deep freezers and split AC unit assemblies
Did time study of deep freezer and split AC assembly lines and identified bottlenecks
Suggested methods to double the production of deep freezers by improving layout and increasing number of stations and workers

Education

Bachelor's degree, BS Mechanical Engineering
  • at University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
  • June 2015

Specialties & Skills

Engineering
AutoCAD
Visual C++
Presentation Skills
AutoCAD
SolidWorks
Microsoft Office
Excel VBA
Adobe Flash
Steel Fireproofing
Data Science

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
Urdu
Expert
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

15.071x: The Analytics Edge (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2018
6.00.1x: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2017

Hobbies

  • Swimming
    Obtained a certificate in swimming from Al-Qadesiyya club during secondary school.
  • Programming
    Excelled in GWBasic in 8'th grade (as part of school curriculum). Learned on my own GWBasic graphics in 9'th grade. Got an A+ in Computer Systems and Programming (C++) in 2'nd semester of Mechanical Engineering. Learned HTML on my own. Learned Excel VBA on my own to solve some problems in my final year project. Learned basics of LISP on my own to get help in my final year project.
  • Poetry
    Learned on my own basics of English poetry (meter) and Arabic poetry (Bahr). Translated at least one Arabic poem into English metric verse.
  • Aviation
    Learned basics of flight including aviation systems in aircraft and different flight maneuvers. Have more than 200 hours of flight-sim experience on Microsoft Flight Simulator.