Profile
Experienced Civil Engineer with more than 10 years experience gained across Civil Engineering Infrastructure Projects and Onshore Construction. Possess a broad range of skills during my experience in Client’s organizations, Consultancy, and Construction engineering. I am skilled at enabling cross functional team alignment and engagement within culturally diverse environments.
Core Skills
– Project Management (lifecycle) – Technical Knowledge – Interface Engineering and Management
– Contract Administration – Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) – Subcontractor Management
– Tender Management – Quality Assurance – Planning / Conservation Regulations
– CDM Regulations – Risk Engineering and Management – Construction / Site Management
– Pipeline installation using micro tunneling & HDD – IT Skills; expert in Microsoft Office Suite, AutoCAD, ROCC, ArcGIS, IBM Maximo.
– Languages: English (fluent) & Arabic (intermediate)
Company: Asset Affairs, Drainage Networks O&M Department at Public Work Authority (Ashghal); Doha, Qatar
Duration: December 2014 – Ongoing
Position: Civil Engineer I
Responsibilities:
Management of assets expansion and rehabilitation of existing drainage network for Doha.
Recommend and implement procedures and practices to improve operational efficiency to enhance departments’ performance; such as producing and implementing of the first Annual Cleaning and Inspection program and job plans for Sewer Lines and House Connections.
Lead a team of formen, inspectors, and laborers and track progress against schedules.
Direct and organize maintenance packages to be outsourced to contractors for execution.
Manage contractor’s activities on site and monitor progress against program.
Attend project review meetings to evaluate progress of on-going construction or maintenance activities.
Liaise with internal/external Project Manager to understand the implications of their design/construction of their project in relation to maintenance and ongoing operation.
Ensure relevant operations and maintenance related design requirements are included in contracts as appropriate.
Co-operate with Safety and QA/QC.
Company: Highways Infrastructure Division, KierWSP, Northampton, UK
Duration: August 2008 – November 2014
Position: Civil Engineer
Responsibilities:
Responsible for delivering multiple annual maintenance projects for roads, bridges, retaining structure, culverts and subways as part of Local Government Service Contract.
Plan, develop and implement construction projects to specification and budget.
Produce and check design concepts, design details, drawings specifications and other technical documents.
Project delivery – this typically includes managing and allocating tasks to different teams and contractors such as planners, designers, surveyors, ecologists, QS, CDM coordinators, construction managers, and contractors.
Preparation of tendering documents, assessing tenders, and awarding contracts against company’s criteria.
Analyze and appraise the design of contractors and developers proposals to ensure compliance to the relevant technical directives and specifications.
Contribute to ensuring that key business targets and KPI’s are met and wherever possible exceeded.
Ensuring all works comply with the relevant standards such as British standards, Euro codes, Local Government’s Standard details.
Manage scope variation process and take corrective actions when changes are within tolerance.
Responsible for maintaining project records, including correspondences, drawings, specifications, and financial aspects.
Liaising with client, third parties and customers on a regular basis to ensure the successful design and delivery of products to agreed budgets and time frames.
Carry out health & safety plans and risk assessments, review method statement and construction sequences.
Preparation of reports and feasibility studies.
Company: Balfour Beatty; Northampton, UK
Duration: April 2011- December 2012
Position: Civil Engineer
Seconded to Balfour Beatty as part of an engineers’ exchange training agreement between WSP and Balfour Beatty for Northampton to Wellingborough Improvement Project. This project involved widening existing carriageways, bridge extension, constructing new lanes and drainages, utilities relocation, and junctions re-signaling. Construction cost about £10million.
Responsibilities:
Coordinate all civil and structural related issues and ensure civil and structural discipline, interdisciplinary and operational input is communicated to Contractor and reflected in specifications, data sheets and drawings.
Attend to and resolve contractor queries and provide technical guidance and expertise to ensure project goals are clearly understood to minimize delays.
Review and approve all related technical documents and advise Engineering Manager on technical issues requiring resolution.
Coordination and adherence to all HSE related issues including risk studies and the implementation of HSE into the contractors design and construction activities.
Conduct all work activities in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times. Comply with The Client QHS&E management system and report all incidents and near misses to H&S representative. Ensure “safe systems of work’ and “safe conditions’ are in place within area of responsibility.
Coordinate and provide civil and structural support for all Project construction activities, including the assurance that detailed and construction engineering data are available at site.
Check the preparation, issue and implementation of relevant Construction Engineering documents, by Contractor including detailed procedures, method statements, drawings, calculation notes, list of Construction Equipment, and list of personnel.
Company: Zakhem, Nigeria
Duration: February 2004- August 2005
Position: Site Supervisor
Project: Ajaokuta – Obajana Gas Pipeline
Responsibilities:
Site supervisor on the installation of 18” dia x 90km long Gas Pipeline that runs from Ajaokuta at a tie-in point from a manifold to Obajana, responsible for the organization of day to day logistics and team alignment.
Management of sub-contractors and co-ordination of alignment between the design and project teams.
Liaise with consultants, sub-contractors, supervisors, planners, quantity surveyors and the general workforce involved in the project.
Day-to-day management of the site, including supervising and monitoring the site setting out, plant, materials delivery and storage.
Oversee quality control, health and safety matters on site.
Resolve any unexpected technical difficulties and other problems that may arise.
Participation in progress meetings, design reviews, project coordination and owner/contractor/architect/engineer meetings.
Testing & commissioning of pipeline installation by administering testing & commissioning team.
Qualifications & Training
– MSC Civil Engineering (Merit) at Coventry University – 2013.
– BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering (First Class) at London Southbank University – 2008.
– Constructions Site Managers Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS).
– PRINCE2 Foundation Course.
– Project and Commercial Management Course.
– Designing Sustainable Drainage Systems Course (SuDs).
– CDM Regulations & IOSH Training.
– Annual Safety & Environmental Awareness Training.
– ICE training agreement – Signed off all ICE Development Objectives to Chartership level. Planned CEng review in autumn 2015
