Senior DNA Engineer
Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation
Total years of experience :39 years, 10 Months
• Manage, Review, coordinate and approve the proposed infrastructure development for Ashghal, Public Works Authority (PWA).
• Implement the business process, activities, and procedure associated with the program
• Interface with the PWA, consultant, contractor, and other stakeholder in resulting major issues
• Taking major decisions in order to resolve issues for construction project supported by a solid engineering judgement.
• Responsible for internal and external coordination, design validation.
• Interviewed new Kahrmaa staff to ensure that organization has the best team member possible.
• Supervise the internal team and optimize procedures for the best of the organization.
• Taking the role of a Sr. DNA Engineer on the major expressway as well as local roads for the PWA.
• Resolving major issue for PWA construction Projects associated with the substation and Electrical networks to expedite the approval of the Design Review (DR) & (RO)
• Acting as contact point of Kahramaa Distribution Planning division and coordinating with other Departments/Sections of Kahramaa, e.g. transmission planning, transmission operation, projects, technical affairs, etc.…
• Contribute, draft and update of The MOU signed between KM & PWA.
• Everyday practice: Fighting all parties for team work planning, and the best for Qatar.
• Managing Development of GIS system (Implementation of ArcFM System)
• Identify the electrical data that could be brought under the section’s purview.
• Identify the methodologies that will enable the efficient storage, retrieval of all the digital data so that it could be utilized by the concerned staff.
• Finalize the hardware and software requirement keeping the future demands and the potential of the data that is being kept with the section.
• Decide the mode of data storage, which will enable its efficient usage by the end users.
• Prepare the budget and supervise its efficient implementation.
• Coordinate with the other GIS agencies for procuring data and converting it into GIS format.
• Dictate the access privileges for the public data keeping the secrecy and policies of the Corporation.
• Direct the System Administrator for the system configuration, cost estimation and feedback the higher official for the delivery of systems required.
• Make plans to train the end users for the GIS Technology
• Coordinate all the activities involving IT Dept and Electricity Network Affairs(ENA)
• Coordinate with the ERP team for its implementation in the ENA.
• Study, plan, implement the structure and database for ENA.
• Coordinate with Other Departments.
• Represented KM in multi Geospatial forums, received “Best Exhibitor Award “, Marsh, 2013.
• Participated in implementing the required of ISO 9001:2008 at KM Electricity Networks Planning Dept.
• To ensure that procedures for all activities within ENA are well defined.
• Liaise with ENA departments to ensure that all procedures are documented and accessible by all.
• Liaise with ENA departments to work towards the preparation of guidelines to ensure standardization of tasks.
• Ensure guidelines and procedures correctly reflect KM policy, rules and regulations.
• Standardize tasks and responsibilities for activities.
• Ensure that the quality controls are achieved by monitoring KPIs regularly.
• Ensure the implementation of the IAQA (Internal Auditing & Quality Assurance) documents where applicable.
• Coordinate and oversee the implementation of ERP & EDMS systems.
• Post-implementation auditing of ERP & EDMS in coordination with IT Department.
• Auditing procedures to ensure the full implementation of the documented procedures.
• Ensure that Departments undertake regular management review as per IAQA requirements.
• Assessing KPI performances to pinpoint weaknesses and work in coordination with the concerned departments/sections to improve these areas.
Technical Management to Distribution construction work in Qatar
• Consult, control, and coordinate Electricity Distribution Schemes.
• Handle new contracts/contracts variations.
• Evaluate Contractors work progress.
• Approve contractors work completion certificates and bills.
• Supervise/plan/evaluate construction Engineers work.
• Study schemes applicability & revise them if needed.
• Supervise weekly meetings with Engineers & contractors.
• Solve problems that may rise during schemes execution.
• Coordinate with other Departments.
• Control & Follow up Engineers work in schemes execution.
• Problem solving, planning and execution.
Technical Management of Distribution Planning in Qatar.
• Organize Domestic & commercial Demand forecasting.
• Determine Distribution networks expansion requirements.
• Determine Distribution Networks data requirement for different studies & Investigations.
• Coordinate with other sections in Distribution Department regarding implementation of different schemes.
• Coordinate Domestic & Commercial consumers regarding their supply schemes.
• Communicate at Senior Engineers’ level with other authorities with regard to the supply schemes design and to expedite responses.
• Technical supervision of staff in the Distribution group
Senior Engineer -Doha Town District: (1998 to 2001)
• Control, supervise, and coordinate for Planning, Construction & Operations activities in Doha Town District.
• Interview new Engineers.
• Arrange for New Engineers training.
• Attend Engineers Authorization test.
• Prequalify Contractors.
• Plan contractors' weekly programs.
• Make Monthly Stand by Rota.
• Coordinate emergency abnormalities in 11 Kv System.
• Receive, review and issue Domestic, Commercial or Industrial Building Permit Applications.
• Coordinate with consultants regarding Building Permit design to meet Required standards.
• Design schemes needed to supply for Building Permits issued. Including 11 Kv & LT network design.
• Coordinate with Land Department for necessary reservations needed for public areas supply (e.g. Substations sites).
• Process service connection requests.
• Design Reinforcement schemes.
• Sr. Authorized Person
• Receiving Schemes (Projects) from Planning Section (Designed for new supplies Reinforcement on the 11 Kv/415v networks, Cable Diversions or Road Works)
• Liaising with other Government Utility Departments.
• Review Scheme applicability & Issue necessary documents for scheme execution.
• Issue Work orders & program work execution in house/ contractor.
• Manage work at site.
• Testing & commissioning ED Sub stations & Networks.
• Emergency response, being 24 hours on call as per monthly Rota to isolate,
• Locate & Repair faults & restore supply in 11 Kv network.