Syed Javed Bari

Experience

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  Siemens Pakistan

  Jan 1975 - Apr 1980

  Design Engineer

  Responsibilities included; Preparation of Front view drawings, Component disposition, Assembly drawing, Wiring diagrams, Schematic drawing and Terminal plans of L.V. & M.V. Switchgear & Control gear assemblies, etc.

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  Scientechnic

  Nov 1980 - Nov 1991

  Head of Design & Testing - LV Switchgear Division

  Responsibilities included;• Preparation of Design & Drawing documents; encompassing; organizing, planning, scheduling, supervising all Design and Development related work to ensure, in time submission of the “Technical Submittals” to the Clients for their approval.• Manufacturing Design and drawing document to the workshop.• Preparation of the Standard Design and Drawing documentation based on the tested and proven previously executed jobs.• Organizing, planning, scheduling and supervising all activities related to the Quality control (Routine Inspection & testing) of the L.V. Switchgear & control gear assemblies manufactured in the company.• Carrying out the onsite Inspection, Testing and commissioning of all Panels if required to be done as per the contracts.• Fault rectification and trouble-shooting on the Panels as reported from site. Show less

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  AREVA T&D

  Dec 1991 - Jun 1996

  Head of Design & Development Department

  Responsibilities included:• Organizing, planning, scheduling, supervising, all Design and development related work to ensure, in time submission of the “Technical Submittals” to the Clients for their approval.• Manufacturing Design and drawing document to the workshop.• Preparation of the Standard Design and Drawing documentation based on the tested and proven previously executed jobs.• Accompany to the Sales engineer in technical meetings and discussion, particularly for obtaining Approvals of the Project submittals. Show less

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  Siemens

  Jun 1996 - May 2000

  Deputy Manager

  IN 1st PHASE (Production Planning & Production Control responsibility - 3 years):Included the following:• Planning, scheduling, organizing, and supervising the Workshop capacity loading.• Meeting and ensuring the delivery targets of the company projects, within stipulated man-hours and allocated budget.• Ensuring availability of Factory materials just-in-time.• Establishing, material Re-order level.• Preparing “Materials Specifications” to establish the “ordering” and “Acceptance” criteria of the standard Workshop materials.• Making, compiling, monitoring and establishing the Suppliers’ evaluation criteria, based on their Delivery and Quality performance.• Preparing “Workshop code of Practices’ based on IEC & other international standards & specifications and implementing in the day to day manufacturing activities.IN 2nd PHASE (Projects Execution responsibility - 1 year):• Evaluating each “Sales orders” upon its receipt, for company capability of executing with regards to Delivery and meeting to other contractual and specification requirements.• Scheduling, prioritizing and instructing the various company’s functions, the priority of their work in accordance with the delivery targets of the Projects in hand, and also of the “Rolling Plans” Of the projects, yet to come.• Arranging Witness Factory test in coordination with the “Testing Dept.” & the Client. Show less

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  Schneider Electric

  Jul 2000 - Jul 2002

  LV Tender Manager /Quality Specialist

  Worked as, “L.V. Tender Manager”, for about 15 months, followed by “Quality Specialist” for last 9 months.IN 1ST. PHASE (Tendering responsibility):Included the following:• Organizing, scheduling, supervising, and monitoring all activity of preparing optimized quotations as head of department.• Evaluating, checking, verifying, approving and giving value adding suggestions and alternative proposals for optimizing the quotations.IN 2ND. PHASE (Quality Management responsibility):Included the following:• Organizing, scheduling, and preparing the Quality documents, i.e.; Manual, Procedures, Process flow diagrams, Check lists and formats, etc.• Conducting meeting with the relevant departments’ heads to create quality awareness and their input in implementing the Quality management system.• Establishing fault monitoring and data recording system. Show less

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  TAMCO Middle East Limited

  Mar 2003 - Feb 2005

  General Manager, LV Division & Enclosure Division

  Responsibilities Included the following:Organizing, managing, monitoring, supervising and controlling the entire affairs of both the division of the company, that involved:• Tendering, Sales, Design and engineering, administration, HR, Logistics (Material management, Transport and Stores, etc.), manufacturing, Quality control (Routine testing) Getting the Specifications of the company’s Products prescribed in the various Consultants and client’s specifications.• Conducting a combined “Coordination meeting” of all function / department involved to provide them with the priorities of the company towards meeting the agreed delivery targets of different projects.• In addition to above, conducting individual department-wise meetings with the department heads to discuss any problem in meeting to the decisions as agreed in the joint coordination meeting” and resolve the difficulty as highlighted in those individual “Department meetings”.• Keeping closed track of the company’s Business objectives / targets. Conducting the periodic Management meetings and assigning downs stream “Business objectives “to each and every Department. Making action plans, assigning target dates with the participants agreement. Documenting, circulating and following up same from the participant as per the decisions of the meeting.• Preparing monthly and Quarterly Financial business report and submitting to the owner in Monthly and Quarterly “Board meetings”. Show less

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  Tyco Electronics (Dorman Smith, UK)

  May 2005 - May 2006

  FBA Project Manager

  Included the following:• Obtaining Pre-qualification of Company products from various Institutions, utility companies, Consultants, Clients, etc.• Getting the Specifications of the company’s Products prescribed in the various Consultants and client’s specifications.• Making periodic visits to the various consultants, clients, contractors, utility companies and other institutions and know the latest market activities.• Making Technical presentations on company products and on various Technical L.V. Switchgear FBAs topics. Mainly that educating them about company capability of meeting International standards requirement.• Compiling the data of the Projects in the Market and targeting the prospective ones and collecting their Projects documents, like Technical specifications, BOQs, Project drawings etc and providing to sales for making quotations.IN 2nd PHASE (Project Management responsibility):Included the following:• After obtaining an order, it was being handed over to the Projects Manager. In a “Projects Handover meeting” wherein my responsibility was to receive all “Projects input documents, correspondence with the client and Consultant (if applicable) and the “Order Freeze document” in particular. I was then preparing a “Minutes of the Meeting” and then distributing to the respective participants along with their actions as required from them to proceed with the order execution.• Organizing, scheduling, coordinating and advising the various functions of the company the priority to be followed by each of them, so that the Projects delivery targets are met within the allocated company budget and consistent with the targeted Profit margin. Show less

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  EFECO - ARABTEC

  Dec 2006 - Mar 2007

  Technical Manager

  1. Involved in floating enquiries related to Electrical discipline, and evaluating received offers, making comparative analysis of various offers.2. Reviewing technical submittals prior to submitting onward to the Main Contractor / Consultant. 3. Resolving day to day "Electrical" related problems in Tendering, materials and at site..

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  AL HABTOOR SPECON LLC

  Nov 2007 - Apr 2008

  Senior Electrical Engineer

  My responsibilities involved:• For procurement of project related equipment & Materials floating enquiries to suppliers, receiving offers, making techno-commercial evaluations, placing orders, sending order confirmations, obtaining technical submittals, providing manufacturing / supply go-ahead, following up for delivery, etc.• Managing, organizing, monitoring and controlling project progress, whether they are going as per the Project milestones / schedule for various activities, like technical submissions, work completion etc.• Getting approval from client / consultant of the completed work.• Managing the changes and variations during project execution.• Solving day to day issues at site.• Ensuring Material Management so as to maintain production flow.• Coordinating between Management, Construction team and Client / Consultant engineers.• Representing company in Progress review meetings called by the client. Show less

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  Technip

  May 2008 - Oct 2008

  Senior Electrical Engineer

  1. Evaluating Electrical equipment offers, making technical reviews on Suppliers’ submissions prior to onward submission to the client for approval.2. Follow up with suppliers and liaising with the site construction staff and assuring on the time delivery of the targeted/scheduled work, etc.

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  ABB

  Oct 2008 - Nov 2012

  Design Manager for Tendering support

  IN 1st PHASE:Heading a team of Engineers providing Engineering support to Substation tendering department, involving; providing “Materials” and Man-hours” estimates, Tech. review comments on suppliers' offers, Compliance / Deviation statement and Bid comments, etc.IN 2nd PHASE:• Managing Tendering supports activities that included:o Reviewing Tender docs and providing Bid/No-bid comment to the Sales and Management.o Floating Enquiries to the "suppliers" & "sub-contractors" for the "products" & "services" falling in the Tender scope.o Making comparative summary based on the receipted offers as described in (1.2 above), and including them into the "Cost estimation" of the Bid price.o Coordinating and liaising with various internal departments for their inputs as required per the Tender requirements, e.g. > Performance bank guarantee > OHS Department's comments on complying with the Tender OHS requirements. > Integrity & Compliance Dept's comments on compliance as per the Tender requirements. > Preparing the "List of Deviation" for inclusion in the Bid submittal. > Preparing the Bid submittal as per the Bid submission guidelines as described in the Tender requirements. Show less