Alain Abdo Karam
Riyadh
Summary
Seeking for a full time job as a mechanical engineer in a well-established company where my hard work is appreciated, opening new horizons for education and experience. Ready to work after 2 months from informing
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Construction Manager
ARANER
Riyadh
05.2023 - Current
- Constructing a district cooling plant of 40000 Tons feeding the Avenues mall as well as 5 towers.
- Constructing 8 cooling towers to serve as cooling the condensors of the chillers.
- Installing 10 chillers which produce around 28000 tons and a thermal energy storage tank which stores a cooling capacity of 12000 tons
- Directly reporting to the project director
- Managing and coordinating with subcontractors
- Leading a team including a quality manager and several senior engineers
- Attending a weekly client progress meeting
- Leading a weekly meeting with each subcontractor
- Following up with the engineering team in the main office, with the site team, and with the subcontractors to ensure timely document submission
- Reviewing shop drawings, material submittal, and method of statements with the team
- Meeting with subcontractors and suppliers and evaluating them based on cost and quality
- Attending workshops with the consultant & PMC
- Preparing a weekly presentation for the client
- Following up with the procurement to make sure all materials are being delivered on time depending on the site readiness
- Following up with the fabrication team and coordinating site readiness
- Installing pipes ranging from 20 mm up to 1100 for chilled water system and up to 1300 mm for condenser water system reaching 8 cooling towers
- Installing and welding pre-insulated pipes with HDPE jacketing
- Installing and Butt-welding HDPE pipes ranging from 300 up to 900 mm inside the thermal energy storage tank
- Following up with the specialists for a plan for offloading, maneuvering, and installing chillers, pumps, heat exchangers, and other related equipment
- Installing HVAC, plumbing, and firefighting systems
Construction Manager (Mechanical)
El Seif Engineering Contracting
Jeddah
02.2014 - 05.2023
- Company Overview: Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Maintaining good relationships with clients and stakeholders
- Directly reporting to MEP project manager
- Reviewing shop drawings, material submittal, and method of statements
- Coordinating with subcontractors
- Leading team of site engineers dealing with all mechanical trades
- Communicating hand to hand with the civil team to stay within the timeframe
- Following up with the construction of a tower composed of 32 floors + Parking area (7 floors with 3 basements) + Podium (Gym + restaurant)
- Following subcontractor and labor to ensure progress is achieved on site and work is executed as per project specs
- Submitting work inspection requests and inspecting internally through my team prior to checking along with the consultant
- Following material inspection requests to ensure material is received as project specs
- Submitting daily and weekly progress reports
- Submitting 4 weeks look ahead for the owner
- Coordinating with planning engineer for monthly progress reports
- Ensuring compliance with safety regulations
- Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mechanical Site Engineer
El Seif Engineering Contracting
Jeddah
08.2016 - 05.2019
- Company Overview: Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Main building: 6 floors each with area = 7600 m2 (1400 tons cooling) including chillers, AHU, FAHU, stair and lobby pressurized ducts, fire rated ducts, variable and constant air volume (VAV/CAV), FCU and DX units, DX coils, Duct heaters, and CRAC units
- Following and executing HVAC network in buildings including main and secondary, service building, …
- Selecting high load cranes and supervising equipment shifting (chillers, AHU, …)
- Coordinating with other services and solving all clashes including firefighting, chilled water, drainage, water supply, electrical, and civil issues
- Following up with suppliers to avoid delaying work due to lack of material
- Submitting highlighted drawings for QA/QC for inspection requests
- Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mechanical Site Engineer
El Seif Engineering Contracting
Jeddah
02.2014 - 07.2016
- Company Overview: Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Following mechanical works (HVAC, plumbing, and firefighting network) for an administration building, workshops, substations, service buildings, reverse osmosis building, and infrastructure)
- Installing single package units
- Following compressors' installations and their network for industrial equipment with a source pressure of 12 bars)
- Industrial equipment installation and their material submittal including technical submittals for third party approval
- Supervising electro-mechanical connections between shore and 2 floating docks (160 m x 36 m x 12 m) carrying each 1 battle ship whenever maintenance is required (floating dock will submerge 9 m with gravity water flowing inside its tanks and float back when pumps discharge water out)
- Reviewing design drawings and calculations
- Handling submittals
- Coordinating between mechanical subcontractors and civil clearances
- Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Construction Manager and Consultant
CECP (Construção, Engenharia, Consultoria, Projectos)
Luanda
09.2012 - 10.2013
- Company Overview: LUANDA, ANGOLA
- Construction management and consultancy for Residencias Do Rocha (60 buildings (5 phases) + roads + water treatment and sewage treatment plant; finalizing phase 1 at the moment
- Correction of design and shop drawings
- Field inspection: Following mechanical, architectural, electrical, and all works on site
- Handling paper works
- Quality control, basic knowledge in finishing works
- LUANDA, ANGOLA
Design, Consultant, and Supervision
E.M.PROJECT-Dbayeh
Dbayeh
09.2011 - 08.2012
Construction Manager and Consultant
Concepta s.a.r.l.
Aatchaneh
04.2010 - 09.2011
- Company Overview: Beit Misk project, Aatchaneh - Lebanon
- Construction management and consultancy
- Field inspection: following mechanical works for 15 buildings and 10 townhouses
- Solar water heating design
- LPG network design and installation with SOCOTEC as consultant
- Redesign and correction of shop drawings and as built drawings
- Following all contractors and handling paper works
- Beit Misk project, Aatchaneh - Lebanon
Intern
Masterpack (member of Indevco group)
07.2009 - 08.2009
- Internship at Masterpack (member of Indevco group)
- Maintenance department - mechanical section
Education
Mechanical engineering -
Lebanese University, faculty of engineering II
Roumieh, Lebanon01.2011
Lebanese Baccalaureate degree - General sciences
Notre Dame De Loueize
Lebanon01.2005
Skills
- Fluent in English and Arabic, both written and spoken
- Good in French, both written and spoken
- Beginner in Portuguese
- Ms Office applications
- AutoCAD (2D, 3D)
- Engineering softwares: elite, HAP
- Mechanical Desktop, Inventor
- Programming languages: C, C, Gcode
- Good knowledge in computer hardware
Certification
PMP, 2020
Hobbies and Interests
- Music
- Swimming
- Basketball
- Pool
- Tennis
- Ping-Pong
- Ski
- Scuba diving (certified scuba diving & Emergency First Response instructor in PADI)
References
Available upon request
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 05/15/87
- Nationality: Lebanese
Timeline
Construction Manager
ARANER
05.2023 - Current
Mechanical Site Engineer
El Seif Engineering Contracting
08.2016 - 05.2019
Construction Manager (Mechanical)
El Seif Engineering Contracting
02.2014 - 05.2023
Mechanical Site Engineer
El Seif Engineering Contracting
02.2014 - 07.2016
Construction Manager and Consultant
CECP (Construção, Engenharia, Consultoria, Projectos)
09.2012 - 10.2013
Design, Consultant, and Supervision
E.M.PROJECT-Dbayeh
09.2011 - 08.2012
Construction Manager and Consultant
Concepta s.a.r.l.
04.2010 - 09.2011
Intern
Masterpack (member of Indevco group)
07.2009 - 08.2009
Mechanical engineering -
Lebanese University, faculty of engineering II
Lebanese Baccalaureate degree - General sciences
Notre Dame De Loueize
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