Haitham Barham

Experience

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  Technology Integration Co.

  Jan 1996 - Jun 1998

  Chief Application Engineer
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  Odeh Asalem Automation Company

  Aug 1998 - Jul 2003

  Project Manager
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  Nael Energy & General Enterprises

  Aug 2003 - Aug 2005

  Senior Instrumentation & Control Engineer
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  Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company (TRANSCO)

  Aug 2005 - Apr 2008

  Instrumentation & Control Engineer

  Key Responsibilities:•Commanded the company standard specification and updated them concerning international standards. Directed the consultant for the progress of engineering review and site activity.•Maintained detailed engineering documents, including the basis of design, and general specifications, and evaluated tenders for state-of-the-art devices in construction.•Prepared technical bids for various instruments, developed specifications, and managed support functions covering planning, tracking, reporting, pricing BOQ, quality management, and internal communication in alignment with company policies.•Created instrument data sheets and specifications resolved all I&C issues in the water projects division as well as addressed all I&C requirements of O&M while ensuring project execution exceeded satisfaction metrics.•Generated an array of technical reports and highlighted potential deviations/issues with requisite solutions. Worked closely with customers/consultants and incorporated comments and changes. Show less

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  Fujairah Asia Power Company-FAPCO

  Apr 2008 - Jun 2011

  Project Engineer / Interface Manager

  Key Responsibilities:•Led project interface and synchronized engineering, manufacturing, site installation & commissioning. Liaised with water off-taker (Transco pumping station), power off-taker (Transco GIS) & Gas supplier (DEL) to ensure uninterrupted operations.•Analyzed all design documents for plant instrumentation & control system, carried out electrical system studies with TRANSCO as per the electricity transmission code & PWPA requirements.•Coordinated with project stakeholders and technical teams to expedite interface agreement with the off-taker- TRANSCO and concluded the registration of settlement meters as per MDEC.•Served as an administrative liaison for the project by managing support functions covering planning, tracking, reporting, pricing BOQ, quality management, and internal communication. Show less

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  Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company (TRANSCO)

  Sept 2011 - Dec 2017

  MDEC Engineer

  Key Responsibilities:•Defined project objectives/plans, including the metering scope of work as per MDEC, budgeting, computing technical tabulations, design specifications, and directed contract documents for new projects at interface points. •Reviewed the project schedule to ensure valid activities’ sequencing and dependency; oversaw all project activities in entirety right from inception to completion, like scheduling workflow to inspect installation, modification, testing, & commissioning of metering systems at interface points, to meet agreed deadlines.•Aligned Metering & Data Exchange Code- MDEC code against international standards for power, water, gas & fuel metering systems. Offered recommendations for improvements to MDEC code, proposed new procedures, and managed changes to existing code.•Coordinated with 20 representatives from all companies of the sector to review the progress of the MDEC code every quarter and ascertain all MDEC criteria are aligned with and are ready for the annual RSB (regulator) audits.•Evaluated all metering systems of all companies (Generation & Distribution) within the Abu Dhabi sector & enforce compliance with the MDEC code.•Met with various companies to review their MDEC compliance, liaised with RSB (regulator) to check all dispensations requested by different companies, and processes all dispensation applications in collaboration with RSB & ADWEC for the final judgment.•Fostered inter/intra-departmental coordination within TRANSCO to ensure compliance with MDEC on all metering issues as well as data exchange via LDC. Show less

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  KR Developments LLC

  Feb 2018 - Jul 2020

  Projects Manager

  Key Responsibilities:•Achieved project success; solved construction problems, and delivered strategic, analytical, and conceptual thinking for successful completion through coordination of efforts for day-to-day operational activities.•Offered vital inputs in the development of construction documents and designs in addition to managing all utility connections (ComEd & Nicor).•Drove project excellence by providing project strategy recommendations to enhance project value, ensuring efficient use of project resources (equipment/manpower/material) and the provision of high-quality services in line with specific requirements of every project, preventing variation orders, managing change orders and contributing to the maximum profit of my client. •Ensured projects are delivered within triple constraints of time, budget, and resources all within the safety norms •Tracked project milestones, checking monthly invoices, and supporting seamless subcontractors’ close-outs.•Orchestrated and managed project budgets for assigned properties and developed monthly forecasts and cash flow analysis while maintaining project budgets including hard and soft costs. Show less

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  DAC Developments

  Jul 2020 - now

  Projects Manager

  Key Responsibilities:•Handpicked as a Team member Adept in support of overall project planning and scheduling, resource allocation, project documentation, and development of construction documents and designs while providing technical direction and ensuring compliance with HSE/quality standards. •Skilled in handling multiple competing project priorities; scheduling and achieving objectives on schedule within budget.•Coordinating the use of available equipment, materials, personnel, and all utility connections (ComEd & Nicor) to obtain maximum effectiveness and economy.•Tracking project progress, validating monthly invoices and managing project budgets for subject properties, and maintaining monthly forecasts and cash flow analysis.•Led project executions as per the stipulated norms, and design guidelines and within the estimated cost, timeline & quality. Monitoring required changes in designs, anticipating any possible delays, and taking advance actions to effectively negotiate change orders.•Overseeing the day-to-day construction activities associated with projects, enforcing controls to keep projects within the project budget including hard and soft costs.•Leading the successful delivery of projects to scope, target cost, quality, safety, and completion encompassing design, engineering, construction, handover, and subcontractors’ close-outs. Reporting the most accurate information and handling project conflicts/variation orders/claims effectively. Show less