Muhammad Saleem Akhtar brings over 16 years of progressive experience in engineering consultancy related to planning, design and management of municipal infrastructural/ land development projects.
Professional History (Most Recent)
June 2014 - Present
AECOM Middle East Limited, UAE
Senior Design Engineer/Task Manager
December 2012 – May 2014
WSP Middle East Ltd, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Senior Engineer Utilities
January 2007 – December 2012
Parsons International Pasadena, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Senior Engineer Utilities
July 2003 – January 2007
National Engineering Services of Pakistan (NESPAK), Lahore, Pakistan
Senior Engineer/ Group Leader/Project Manager
Academic Training
B.Sc Civil Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, 1998
M.Sc Envireonmental Engineering (Part Time), University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Pakistan, 2001
Affiliations
Pakistan Engineering Council
Country Experience
UAE, Pakistan, Qatar , Bahrain
Nationality
Pakistani -Green Card US Immigrant Visa
Languages
English, Urdu, Punjabi
Career Highlights
Over 16 years of progressive experience in engineering consultancy related to planning, design and management of municipal infrastructural/ land development projects. Project range from single mega-project, to large portfolios of small projects mostly related to sewerage, storm water drainage, irrigation, provision of water supply, fire water and chilled water systems. Experience covers all project phases including initial strategy and master-planning, design development (concept, preliminary, detailed), tendering and construction supervision.
Key skills include:
• Preparation of master planning, design criteria, inception, feasibility and design report including specification, tender documents and tender evaluation report.
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• Use of computer software (Sewer Cad, Water Cad, Storm CAD and KYPIPE) for design of water distribution and waste water collection systems.
• Site visit and inspection of municipal infrastructure development projects.
• Business development activities including preparation of technical and financial proposals.
• Trained in application of Quality Management System and ISO 9001.
• Working with and managing a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent interpersonal skill and experience of working in multi-cultural environment with prominent engineering consultancy firms of Asia, US, Europe and Canada.
• Proficient in verbal and written communication skills within the team as well as external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to quickly adapt to new environment and work techniques.
Professional Training
• Service Corridor Design, 2013, UPC, Abu Dhabi
• Managing a Diverse Team , 2011, Parsons, Abu Dhabi
• Conduction Interviews, 2011, Parsons, Abu Dhabi
• Managing Technical Professionals, 2011, Parsons, Abu Dhabi
• Water Cad software, 2009, Bentley, Abu Dhabi
• Sewer Cad software, 2009, Bentley, Abu Dhabi
• High Performance Communication, 2009, Parsons, Abu Dhabi
• Handling Performance Problem, 2009, Parsons, Abu Dhabi
• Management Skill Communication, 2008, Parsons, Abu Dhabi
• Management Skill Planning, 2008, Parsons, Abu Dhabi
• KYPIE 2000, 2008, Parsons, Abu Dhabi
• Sewage and Wastewater Treatment Management Facilities, 2006, KOICA Seoul, Korea
• Project Time Management , 2006, NESPAK, Pakistan
• Detail Design of Fire Fighting System, 2003, Haseen Habib, Pakistan
Detailed Experience
June 2014 - Present
AECOM Middle East Limited, UAE
Principle Design Engineer
Leading a team and working on several projects mostly related to Sewerage and Storm water drainage system located in UAE, Bahrain and Qatar. Responsibilities, includes supervise, support project team, coordination (with the Client, Developer, Consultant and Contractor), Authorities approvals, quality assurance of all the project deliverable. Currently working on the following below projects:
Sewerage Projects
• Asset Enhancement Scheme (AES) to improve Sewerage Network in Abu Dhabi Island, Khalifa A and Raha.
As design manager working on this project, The project is comprised of deep gravity sewers of pipe diameter from 800mm to 2000mm of total length about 40km. The construction will be done by using micro tunneling techniques. After commissioning of the project existing pump stations will be eliminated proposed network will ultimately be connected to ADSSC STEP tunnel project.
• Al Ain Mix used Development
Involved as a Task Manager in the preliminary, concept and detailed design of Sewer lines, Stormwater mainlines, roadside drains, sub surface drainage and landscape irrigation. Attended progress & coordination meetings, workshop meetings with the independent reviewer.
Storm water Drainage Projects.
Worked as task manager
• Airport Interchange Project, Storm water drainage for highway, Interchanges and local roads.
• Contact 2, QS043 Project: Storm water drainage for roads and residential and industrial road and EFA.
• Khalifa City Abu Dhabi, Sector Z4; Storm water drainage for local residential roads
• Khalifa City Abu Dhabi, Sector W17; Storm water drainage for local residential roads
• Mussafah Improvement project; storm water drainage for highways, Interchanges, bridges and local commercial roads
• Storm water drainage for Warner Bro Yas Island, Public developments
• Bawabat Mix used Development commercial and local roads
• AKOYA Lake Project, Golf Course, Lakes and Piping Network system
• Al Ain Mix used Development- Sewerage and Storm water drainage system
December 2012 – May 2014
WSP Middle East Ltd, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Worked with WSP Middle East as a Senior Project Engineer on several project related to water supply, sewerage, storm water drainage, Irrigation, firefighting and chilled water reticulations located in UAE and Qatar; Responsible for preparation of master planning, concept report, detailed design report and tender documents, specifications in addition to civil and hydraulic design. Salient Projects worked:
• Dubai Crystal Development, Dubai, UAE
Responsible for hydraulic design, preparation of master plan and design report, service corridor drawings related to sewerage, storm water drainage, irrigation, firefighting and water supply reticulation. Responsibilities also included preparation of tender drawings and tender documents.
• Golf Course Lakes and Associated Piping Network, Dubai, UAE
Worked on design of Golf course lakes and associated piping network. Responsibilities included hydraulic design of piping network to integrate lakes, design of weir c...
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