Zhahid Razak

Experience

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  Bahwan Engineering Co LLC

  Dec 1999 - Aug 2003

  Water Treatment Plant Engineer

  Operation and maintenance of Desalination Plants (total capacity 5,300 M3/day) – Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO), Multi-Stage Flash (MSF) and Multi-Effect Vapor Compression (MED-VC) and Waste Water Treatment Plant.Supervises the day to day operation and maintenance of Water Distribution Network (potable, sea water and waste water), Waste Heat & Auxiliary Boilers, Well fields, Chlorination Stations, Water Reservoirs and Pumping Stations in the base.Erection, inspection and commissioning of Water Projects. Show less

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  Al Safi Danone

  Nov 2004 - Jan 2008

  Water & Wastewater Incharge

  Prepares technical specifications, tender documents, Scope of Work & Bill of Quantities (BOQ) for new Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant projects for inclusion in the final tender package/documents. Also includes the review and short-listing of Bidders. Advises and studies design, specifications, drawings, technical submittals, cost and contractual terms and condition related to RO Water Treatment Plant projects.Co-ordinates and controls various studies to optimize all project activities thereafter from preparing bid packages to the construction. Directs, co-ordinates and controls the implementation of project execution activities and ensures proper procedures and safety regulations. Prepares regular and status reports, attends various planning and other meetings, answering queries on progress of projects. Prepares annual capital, assets, operation and maintenance budgets.Operation and maintenance of Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis (BWRO) Water Treatment Plants (total capacity 19,000 M3/day), Waste Water Treatment Plants, Cooling Towers, Well Field Stations, Water Reservoirs, Pumping Stations and Water & Waste Water Transmission & Distribution Network. Show less

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  Jusco ( A Tata Enterprise)

  Mar 2008 - Aug 2008

  Sr. Manager - Projects

  Plans, directs and prepares technically & financially sound proposals for water and waste water related projects including transmission and networks projects.

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  DIAM (Public Authority for Water)

  Sept 2008 - Dec 2020

  Project Manager

  Overall Project delivery from start to finish and meeting the project objectives in terms of budget, time and quality, while balancing project resources and risks to achieve desired business results.Managing interfaces between various departments within the organization and coordinating with different technical disciplines within department.Ensuring stakeholders external to the engineering project team are aware of the project status and timelines.Communicating often with management to escalate and resolve issues and mitigate risks.Analyzing technical problems and assisting in not only providing recommendations but also involved in providing the solutions.Constant forecasting of the Project’s progress both financially (variances to budget) and operationally (meeting construction schedule deliverables). This includes accountability for mitigation of any financial or operational risk.Ensuring all Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental regulations including Work safe and Standards are met or exceeded.Ability to make decisions independently, timely and within project scope.Take lead in problem areas to sort out the issues with effective solution and through mitigation plan.Directs, co-ordinates and controls the implementation of project execution activities.Discussing, negotiating and resolving any disputes with Consultants / Contractors.Successfully managed and executed the following projects:• Construction of one of the largest Pumping Station project at Ghubrah. • Construction of 5 MIGD RO desalination plant in Ghubrah.• Construction of various desalination projects with plant capacity ranging from 200 M3/day to 23,000 M3/day.• Construction of Water Transmission & Distribution network in Barka Phase 2 & Duqm Port.• Design of Seeb Long Term Improvement & Seeb Pockets project.• Duqm-Haima water transmission project, consisting of transmission pipeline of length 215 km, 4 Pump Stations and distribution networks of around 90 kms. Show less

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  Khatib & Alami

  Jan 2021 - Sept 2022

  Resident Engineer

  Construction supervision of strategic project – Reinforcement of Sharqiyah Water Transmission, project value US $ 310 million.The scope of works includes pipelines (total length 311 kms – CS and DI pipes, pipe size 0.2m to 1.3 m), reservoirs (total capacity – 264,500 M3), 7 Nos. Pump Stations, Chlorination system, Control System and other associated Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, SCADA and instrumentation works necessary for the completion of the works.