Sinem Demir Duru

Experience

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  İstanbul Water and Sewerage Administration

  Jun 2004 - Sept 2004

  Intern

  Internship at a water treatment plant operated by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality which supplies drinking water for Istanbul city residents .

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  Istanbul Technical University

  May 2006 - Sept 2006

  Trainee

  Worked as a trainee at Istanbul Technical University Drinking Water Analysis Laboratory -Turkey (Student Assistant) in analyzing the Trihalomethane pollution parameter in drinking water by using gas chromatography and reporting the experimental results.

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  TU Bergakademie Freiberg

  Mar 2008 - Jul 2010

  Master Thesis: Developing a Methodology to Forecast Construction Cost of HEPPs and Their Components in Turkey Research ProjectWorked on a project called “water management challenge” with a team from TU Freiberg Resource Management Department on the water utilization modelling and climate resilience in Saxony.

  • MBA - International Management of Resources and Environment

    Oct 2007 - Jul 2010

  • Project Member

    Mar 2008 - Jun 2008
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  Fichtner Consulting Engineers

  Oct 2009 - Mar 2011

  Project Engineer

  Mostly worked on Thermal Energy and Waste to Energy projects by means of Owner’s and Lender’s Engineering services for CCPPs, CFPPs, co-generation plant projects, with a specific focus on defining the social and environmental risks of the projects against IFC/World Bank Performance Standards and Equator Principles, advising on the required licenses and permits to be obtained prior to commencement of the operations, and contract management in line with the demand from financial institutions.

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  Convex Ltd.

  Mar 2011 - Dec 2011

  Project Specialist

  Design and equipment supply for waste-to-energy projects, supporting foreign investors by means of hydroelectric power plant investments in Turkey, owner’s engineering services in scope for CCPP projects, contract management and preparing offers.

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  Enerji Merkezi (YPE)

  Dec 2011 - Jul 2012

  Consultant

  Worked on Lender’s Enginnering and Owner’s Engineering services for energy projects (HEPP, CCPPs, CFPPs, Cogeneration); with a specific focus on researching and defining the social and environmental risks of the projects.

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  MWH Global

  Sept 2012 - Aug 2014

  Energy Engineer

  Worked on a project called MidSEFF (The Turkish Mid-size Sustainable Energy Financing Facility) for two years that launched by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) with the support from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and European Commission (EC) to provide a total of EUR 1 billion in loans through seven Turkish banks (Akbank, Denizbank, Finansbank, Garanti, Isbank, Vakifbank, Yapikredi) for on-lending to private sector borrowers, for financing mid-size RE and EE investments. Show less

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  Karadeniz Holding

  Aug 2014 - Nov 2015

  Associate Environmental Manager
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  World Bank Group

  Nov 2015 - now

  Operations Officer