Elie Daou

Experience

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  SDT

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Mechanical engineer
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  Bemco International Offshore

  Mar 2009 - Aug 2015

  Senior Project Engineer-Water and Wastewater Treatment Department

  Designed, constructed and commissioned several industrial water and wastewater systems as part of power plants worth more than 5 billion USD in Saudi Arabia. o Provided Key Support for junior engineers and promoted a culture of technical growth within the team.o Managed a team of international consultants such as Sargent & Lundy (USA), Idom (Spain) & Lahmeyer (India). o Prepared conceptual design, reviewed and approved detailed engineering deliverables while ensuring their compliance with the project specifications and allocated budget.o Optimized equipment selection, evaluated, selected and negotiated material suppliers based on projects’ needs. o Created an efficient procedure for a proper coordination between different concerned disciplines & stakeholders.o Supervised construction sites, monitored work progress, identified risk areas and guided site managers and subcontractors to erect, commission and deliver a successful outcome measured in terms of time, cost and quality.o Widely involved in meetings with Saudi Electricity Company and their consultants such as PB power and Worley Parsons and helped in solving pending conflicts and ensured submittals’ approval.o Solved encountered problems using innovative approaches which maximized company’s profits and resulted in around 1 million USD of savings. o Prepared technical and commercial tenders while adopting an outside the box thinking and led several consortium partners such as Alstom, GS group and Technicas Reunidas. o Successfully delivered several sewage treatment plants, reverse osmosis plants, re-mineralization and demineralization systems for power plants projects such as: PP10 Open & combined cycle, PP12 Open & combined Cycle, Qassim II & III, Qurayyah open & combined cycle. Show less

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  Mace Construction

  Sept 2015 - Jul 2022

  Head of Electro-Mechanical Department

  • Founded the electro-mechanical department by recruiting, training and mentoring a team of 5 engineers.• Developed standard procedures and workflow for engineering and construction activities.• Planned, directed and controlled entire projects objective by preparing a detailed budget, schedule & work plan and allocating the needed resources.• Steered and approved equipment selection and led techno commercial negotiations with material suppliers and subcontractors. • Guided and elaborated various electro-mechanical engineering deliverables and ensured proper coordination with multiple disciplines.• Conducted hydraulic modelling and design verification for sewage treatment plants, pumping and lifting stations intended for urban application.• Implemented transient analysis and surge protection for ductile iron force mains.• Applied value engineering studies which resulted in an optimum construction quality and considerable savings.• Steered construction and commissioning activities as well as ensured a proper delivery of projects as per contractual schedule and assigned budgets.• Managed meetings with the clients and their representatives such as: Lebanese Water Establishments engineers, World Bank PMU and Dar Al Handasah and closed pending claims along with variation orders.• Managed and supervised the preparation of the technical and commercial tenders.• Highly involved in top level management decisions on winning strategies, evaluation and selection of business partners.• Successfully delivered several water and sewage treatment plants and pumping stations located in Lebanon: Greater Beirut Water Supply project (funded by the World Bank) and Jbeil water & Wastewater project (Funded by the Italian Government). Show less

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  Black & Veatch

  Aug 2022 - now

  • Engineering Manager

    Apr 2023 - now

  • Project Engineer - Water/Wastewater Treatment

    Aug 2022 - Apr 2023