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Samer Serhal

Samer Serhal

Riyadh,Saudi Arabia

Summary

Civil Engineer with 8 years of relevant experience in building and construction works, seeking development and deeper understanding of engineering duties and leadership. Natural leader and sociable with hardworking, resourceful and competitive nature

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Civil Engineer

Nesma and Partners
Riyadh, KSA
09.2021 - 04.2025

Projects:

  • King Salman Park -Riyadh with scope covering landscape, infrastructure, and cultural facilities over 16 km² area, with total project value exceeding $23 billion.
  • King Faisal Airbase Academy - Al Majmaa encompassing academic, residential, and training facilities over 9 km² area, with project value exceeding $5 billion.

Duties:

  • Supervising on-site civil works to ensure alignment with design specifications and project timelines
  • Maintaining project control and assurance system
  • Raising RFIs, technical queries, technical submittals and material approval
  • Coordinating with Quality Control team and client representatives to schedule and conduct work and material inspections, ensuring compliance with project specifications and quality standards
  • Ensuring all equipment and tools are calibrated and test certificate issued up to date of use
  • Participating and facilitating closure of NCRs by implementing corrective actions, verifying compliance, and maintaining proper documentation for audit readiness
  • Attending site coordination meetings with clients, consultant, and project teams.
  • Maintaining log records of project drawings, specifications, and correspondences
  • Participating in regular training program to stay abreast of industry trends and advancements in technology.
  • Reviewing designs, plans and reports to ensure constant compliance with project specifications.
  • Monitoring compliance with building codes, providing advice on necessary adjustments.
  • Streamlining budget management processes leading to significant cost savings.
  • Coordinating delivery of materials, ensuring timely arrival on-site and minimizing work delays.
  • Optimizing resource allocation leading to increased productivity onsite.
  • Preparing detailed reports on project progress for management review.
  • Undertaking risk assessments for potential hazards onsite.
  • Preparing and reviewing Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs) for various construction activities
  • Developing and evaluating Method of Statements (MOS) to ensure safe and effective execution of site works

QAQC engineer

CITISCAPE
Riyadh, KSA
04.2021 - 08.2021

Project:

Metro Riyadh, Line 4 - KSA Line 4 covering 29.6 km with 8 stations and related infrastructure, as part of $22.5 billion city-wide transit network.

Duties:

  • Carrying on inspections and quality control on landscape and infrastructure works
  • Recording any Nonconformity observed at site and issuing reports for site

rectifications

  • Following up with project teams and providing required documents from consultant
  • Monitoring and controlling all tests required on site and checking all compliance of project codes and regulations
  • Participating in project meetings, offering critical input from quality control perspective
  • Coordinating closely with appropriate teams to implement necessary process and procedural changes to prevent quality issue recurrence.
  • Investigating customer complaints to address areas of improvement and eliminate non-conformances

Site Engineer

LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF
Beirut, Lebanon
12.2020 - 03.2021
  • Company Overview: (NGO)
  • Site assessment of houses damaged over Beirut port explosion
  • Inspecting site works and progress of contractors on site

QA/QC Engineer

FAST CONSORTIUM
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
12.2019 - 07.2020

Project:

landscape works of Line 5 of Riyadh Metro project, covering approximately 80,000 m² of urban landscaping.

Duties:

  • Ensuring site works are being executed as per codes and regulations
  • Monitoring and controlling construction material being used on project
  • Coordinating with site teams on daily basis
  • Utilizing advanced testing equipment for accurate results.
  • Implementing comprehensive test plans, achieving operational excellence.
  • Coordinating corrective actions, guaranteeing alignment with quality objectives.

Transportation & Highways engineer

SEB office
Beirut, Lebanon
04.2019 - 11.2019

Projects:

  • King Abdulaziz Proposed Highway project
  • North Lebanon Road Rehabilitation

Duties:

  • Drafting shop drawings for retaining walls for highways using CIVIL 3D
  • Providing professional advice on highway designs, contributing to successful project completion
  • Conducting site visits and prepare as-built drawings.

Site civil consultant engineer

BTD office
Beirut, Lebanon
10.2017 - 03.2019

Project:

Construction Supervision of additional sewers in Upper Chouf Area including over 1,000 km of wastewater pipes and channels, along with pump station facilities, for a $7.5 million project funded by UNDP, with Lebanese Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) as client.

Duties:

  • Holding regular coordination meetings
  • Issuing approval/ rejection for material submitted by contractors
  • Reviewing progress of work program schedule
  • Reviewing tests for trial pits and trenches
  • Monitoring contractors site works (pipe laying, excavation, backfilling, asphalt laying)
  • Submitting monthly progress report

Education

BE - Civil and Environmental Engineering

Beirut Arab university
Beirut
09.2013 - 06.2017

Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Outlook
  • AutoCAD
  • Civil 3D

Certification

  • Member of Lebanese order of Engineers
  • Member of Saudi counsel of Engineers

Languages

English
Fluent
Arabic
Native
French
Upper intermediate

Personal Skills

Inventiveness

Disciplined

Self-motivated

Interpersonal sensitivity

Persuasiveness

Awareness of ethical issues

Practical, methodical, and accurate

Able to make good judgements.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Site Inspections

Infrastructure and Roads construction

Buildings construction

Development of Quality Assurance and Control

Soil and Material Testing

Team Leadership and Stakeholder Coordination


Timeline

Civil Engineer

Nesma and Partners
09.2021 - 04.2025

QAQC engineer

CITISCAPE
04.2021 - 08.2021

Site Engineer

LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF
12.2020 - 03.2021

QA/QC Engineer

FAST CONSORTIUM
12.2019 - 07.2020

Transportation & Highways engineer

SEB office
04.2019 - 11.2019

Site civil consultant engineer

BTD office
10.2017 - 03.2019

BE - Civil and Environmental Engineering

Beirut Arab university
09.2013 - 06.2017
Samer Serhal