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Zoheir Zendagui, Project Manager in Geotechnical Engineering

Zoheir Zendagui

Project Manager in Geotechnical Engineering ·PSPC

Canada

Master's degree, Soil Mechanics

Work experience

Total years of experience: 30 years, 9 months

Project Manager in Geotechnical Engineering

January 2013 - Present

PSPC

Quebec, Canada

January 2013 - Present

1) Prepare Terms of Reference for consultants and analyse their technical proposal;

2) Develop and maintained proper procedures for Quality Assurance;

3) Inspect and review the quality of reports, drawings, plans and other works from consultants;

3) Reviewed geotechnical reports from consultants to ensure compliance to the term of references, applicable codes, standards and best practices;

4) Performed responsibilities of leading multidisciplinary teams for design phases;

5) Provided strategic and functional technical advice to clients;

6) Applied heritage conservation principles, Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada such as monitoring vibration during construction;

7) Liaised between representatives in different levels of the government, the private sector and other partners on technical and management matters and establish a solid partnership;

8) Provided geotechnical expertise and recommendations to PMs in the form of explanatory letters, reports and emails;

9) Provided technical expertise to PMs on different projects including heritage assets rehabilitation, Geotechnical investigation for the New Bridge on the Saint Laurent River in Montréal (currently the Champlain Bridge), Rehabilitation of the Chaudière Bridge, preconstruction analysis for Tunnels, Building expansions, Seismic retrofit for existing buildings, swimming pool, escapement stabilization behind the Supreme Court of Canada, etc.

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Management

Project Manager

May 2011 - December 2012

Groupe ABS

Saskatchewan, Canada

May 2011 - December 2012

1) Provided appropriate recommendations to clients such as the Municipality of Gatineau and the STO (the transit service in the Outaouais region) on technical matter such as the reuse of granular materials, conformity of the concrete, compaction, etc.);

2) Prepared technical reports to inform the clients on the Soil and Materials testing results and provide them with appropriate recommendations to ensure an acceptable quality;

3) Inspected several projects in rehabilitation of roads including asphalt paving to ensure compliance to the applicable codes and standards;

4) Performed various tasks of quality control of the material used in the ‘’Rapibus’’ project in Gatineau which includes testing materials on site.

Company industry:
Laboratory & Quality Control
Job role:
Quality Control

Project Manager in geotechnical engineering

February 2009 - February 2011

Exp

Canada

February 2009 - February 2011

1) Prepared technical reports and performed data analysis to determine foundation design parameters for building and implemented geotechnical engineering recommendations for different commercial and residential developments;

2) Performed on-site slope stability and foundation inspections for various projects;

3) Supervised geotechnical investigation projects including geotechnical drilling, logging of soil and rock samples to ensure proper procedures are followed;

4) Used geotechnical software such as GeoStudio 2004 and Slide 5.0 by Rockscience, to complete slope stability analysis;

5) Supervised the reconstruction of road 307 in Cantley (Québec);

6) Prepared work schedules, cost estimates and payments for different projects;

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Engineering

Site Engineer

September 2007 - January 2009

CIMA +

Quebec, Canada

September 2007 - January 2009

1. Performed supervision of several construction projects of municipal infrastructures; installing sewage, water main and paving;

2. Ensured that work is completed according to plans and specifications;

3. Calculated quantities and make cost estimates;

4. Ensured compliance with standards of health and safety in construction sites;

5. Inspected the quality of work and materials;

6. Attended kick-off meetings and other meetings during construction;

7. Coordinated visits from the contracted laboratory;

8. Wrote memos of construction for all nonconformity;

9. Wrote daily reports;

10. Produced reports of technical specifications for different projects;

11. Noted on site all the necessary information to prepare the “as built” plans;

12. Checked and processed progress payment

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Engineering

Building construction estimator and project manager assistant

December 2005 - December 2006

Progère construction Inc

Canada

December 2005 - December 2006

1. Studied plans, technical contract and addendums in order to make estimation;

2. Took part in the preparation of the biddings and studied of the subcontractors' bidding;

3. Established timesheets of the workmen;

4. Evaluated the costs of the changes following the onsite instructions;

5. Prepared memos of job site (management report) for additional work;

6. Prepared “as built” plans;

7. Made various provisioning orders for the site and materials reception;

8. Assisted subcontractors to correct their deficiencies

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Management

Freelance civil engineer

March 1992 - April 2001

independant worker

Oran, Algeria

March 1992 - April 2001

1) Accomplished the design road and highway for new and existing infrastructures;

2) Complete the design of engineering structures such as viaducts, interchanges, etc;

3) Inspected construction of tunnels;

4) Assessed impact of industrial and infrastructure projects on the environment;

5) Monitored and controlled urban/municipal projects for public services (sewers, water, pavement, etc.) and Monitored constructions of road projects;

6) Completed geotechnical studies;

7) Designed and calculated various structures in reinforced concrete;

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Civil Engineering

Project engineer

September 1989 - July 1991

Sotramo

Oran, Algeria

September 1989 - July 1991

1. Designed and calculated and offshore steel rig so a hydraulic shovel can dredge on rivers and harbors by floating;

2. Designed and studied the reinforced concrete structure of a 300 m port platform Studied a fishing harbor including estimation and planning of the project;

3. Supervised, monitored and inspected construction of a pier for a fishing harbor to ensure that all specifications were followed;

4. Prepared work schedules, cost estimates for different projects;

5. Studied and built a reduced model of a marina by utilizing physical simulation method of the swell to determine optimal design

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Engineering

Education

École Centrale de Paris

September 1992

September 1992

Master's degree, Soil Mechanics

France

École Nationale des Travaux Publics

June 1989

June 1989

Bachelor's degree, Civil engineering

Algeria

Skills

Route
Expert
Route
Expert
Quality Assurance
Expert
Quality Assurance
Expert
Geotechnical Engineering
Expert
Geotechnical Engineering
Expert
Civil Engineering
Expert
Civil Engineering
Expert
Municipal Engineering
Expert
Municipal Engineering
Expert
Math
Expert
Math
Expert
Microsoft office and Windows XP
Expert
Microsoft office and Windows XP
Expert
Autocad 2013
Intermediate
Autocad 2013
Intermediate
Geostudio
Intermediate
Geostudio
Intermediate
Route
Expert
Route
Expert
Quality Assurance
Expert
Quality Assurance
Expert
Geotechnical Engineering
Expert
Geotechnical Engineering
Expert
Civil Engineering
Expert
Civil Engineering
Expert
Municipal Engineering
Expert
Municipal Engineering
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
French
Expert
Spanish
Intermediate

Memberships

Geotechnical Group of Ottawa

Participant

January 2013

Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec

Professsional Engineer

June 2006

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Health and Safety certificate
CSST
May 2004 - Jun 2004