Anas Khraish
Dammam,Saudi Arabia
Summary
Electrical Engineer with a Master’s in Data Centre Engineering and Management and CDCMP and NFPA-72 certified, brings over 15 years of expertise in the MEP domain. Lead the construction, design, supervision and FM of multiple MEP systems. Contributing to prestigious projects in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Palestine.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Senior Electrical Engineer
Kent Data Center
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
09.2024 - Current
- Review design and IFC package, reporting deviations, discrepancies, and non-compliance issues to design team or stakeholders.
- Reviewing and evaluating material submittals, shop drawings, method statements, coordination drawings, RFI, calculations including short circuit, protection coordination and selectivity, harmonics, arc flash, cable sizing and cable management, with follow-up until approval.
- Leading and facilitating vendor meetings for LLI and semi-LLI materials, ensuring technical compliance, quality requirements, and timely delivery.
- Leading and coordinating commissioning deliverables across all levels, including review of commissioning scripts, liaising with the CxA on scripts, SOO, studies, design review approvals.
- Participated in FAT and SAT, providing technical comments, and ensured timely close-out of all observations in coordination with vendors and contractors.
- Supervising site activities and contractor performance, ensuring compliance with technical requirements, schedule and quality standards, while leading daily and weekly progress, quality and coordination meetings with all stakeholders.
- Liaising with Saudi Electricity for contractual load, feeders, SEC room, redundancy, proper implementation and compliance with project requirements and utility standards.
- Highlighting potential risks and providing actionable recommendations to mitigate issues, optimize site operations, ensure HSE compliance, and support management decisions. Coordinated closely with contractors and client to implement improvements.
- Leading technical meetings with end user, vendors, suppliers, contractors and subcontractors presenting design compliance, facilitating in-depth technical discussions, and providing actionable recommendations to ensure alignment with project requirements.
- Hands-on experience with data center electrical systems, including MV switchgear, RMUs, Transformers, LV distribution, UPS and battery systems, lighting and small power, grounding and lightening protection systems, cables, and busway, ensuring compliance with design, operational and safety standards.
Training Lead
Free Lancer
Nablus, Palestine
10.2020 - 09.2024
- Ensured optimal knowledge transfer through one-on-one mentoring and group instruction.
- Developed detailed training manuals for better understanding and implementation among students.
- Improved team performance by delivering tailored coaching sessions.
- Teaching, coaching and educating students the design, installation, testing and commissioning power system, lighting, FAS, CCTV, ACS, Intrusion system at universities and schools.
- Meanwhile, I worked as a system integrator to perform installation for power, lighting and ELV systems and handing over to clients.
Those who can't do the work, teach.
Data Center Engineer
Palestine Telecom
Nablus, Palestine
01.2018 - 10.2020
- Planning and managing the migration of old data center to the new one including the security passes, rack management, spacing (power, cooling, floor and cabling), laying cables, maintaining labelling, and coordinating with technical and IT departments to ensure that servers are complying with standards to power up and operate properly.
- Preparing checklist for the periodic preventive maintenance for all critical systems in data center applying the best practices and minimizing the budget, following the maintenance schedules with data center technicians and ensure best quality of service.
- Responding to any event related to critical infrastructure environment.
- Maintaining safety procedures while performing works in data centers.
- Coordinating with business department to demonstrate the state of art technologies implemented in data center to our potential and current customers.
- Day to day monitoring the performance of M/E and mission critical systems (temperature, humidity, PDU, UPS, DC Rectifiers, Batteries, Electrical Boards, Generators, ATS, CRAC/CRAH, DCIM, lighting, FAS, NOVEC, CCTV, ACS and water leak sensors).
- Continuous driving performance of spacing, power, cooling and IT.
- Coaching and training technical team and improving their skills.
- Coordinating with vendors , assisting in developing the SLA's and maintaining the allocated resources and budget.
- Liaising with vendors and ensure the troubleshooting and periodic maintenance activities are conducted properly.
Project Engineer
Al Safa Engineering
Nablus, Palestine
04.2017 - 12.2017
- Reviewing the design, shop drawings for electrical and mechanical works in data center.
- Implementing local standards and specifications in the installation and turnover the project.
- Preparing technical submittals for drawings and materials and following up with consultant and client for approvals.
- Managing the installation activities for electrical and mechanical works at site.
- Coordinating with civil part for the sequence of activities and design issues.
- Handing over the systems for the consultant and clients.
Project Engineer
Azmeel Contracting
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
09.2015 - 04.2017
- Assisting MEP manager for the supervision of electrical works.
- Maintaining site diaries on daily basis.
- Recording all significant events and relevant issues affecting the progress of work and reporting to MEP manager.
- Applying safety procedures and standards during execution of site activities.
- Studying the SOW and project specifications prior commencing work at site.
- Preparing drawings as per standards and specifications in order to be applicable for construction.
- Preparing technical submittals for drawings, materials, method statements and technical queries and following up with consultant and clients for approval.
- Takeoff quantity for cables( MV, LV and ELV).
Responding and preparing letters from/to clients about site activities, critical technical issues, variation orders, etc.. - Preparing change orders for the scope variations and negotiating changes between IFC and FEED drawings.
- Supervising street lights installation.
- Site execution of internal lighting, infrastructure and power distribution.
- Installing ELV systems, testing and commissioning.
- Preparing red lines and as-built drawings.
- Liaising with subcontractors and suppliers and tracking the material delivery schedule.
- Coordinating with civil and mechanical engineers to avoid any discrepancies with other systems.
Electrical Engineer
Juma Al Majid Est.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
04.2011 - 08.2015
- Supervising installation of low current systems at site.
- Leading and coaching the technicians and junior engineers.
- Acting project manager in his vacation.
- Reporting and updating site status for project manager.
- Attending meeting with consultants and clients and responding to their concerns.
- Testing and commissioning low current system at sites.
- Handing over the system to civil defense, consultant and client.
Education
Master of Engineering - Data Center Engineering
HELHA
Belgium 10.2020 - 10.2022
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
An-Najah National University
Palestine 09.2005 - 05.2010
Skills
- Site Supervision
- Electrical and ELV systems design, construction and operation
- Strong technical judgement
- Project Coordination
- Client satisfaction
- Interpersonal Skills
- Time, cost and quality management
- Work individually or with a team
- Attention to details
- Eager to learn new things
- Maintain good relations with clients, contractors and vendors
Languages
English
Fluent
Arabic
Native
Work availability
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Senior Electrical Engineer
Kent Data Center
09.2024 - Current
Training Lead
Free Lancer
10.2020 - 09.2024
Master of Engineering - Data Center Engineering
HELHA
10.2020 - 10.2022
Data Center Engineer
Palestine Telecom
01.2018 - 10.2020
Project Engineer
Al Safa Engineering
04.2017 - 12.2017
Project Engineer
Azmeel Contracting
09.2015 - 04.2017
Electrical Engineer
Juma Al Majid Est.
04.2011 - 08.2015
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
An-Najah National University
09.2005 - 05.2010