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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

As Project Engineer responsible for coordination of technical aspects from planning, scheduling, predicting and managing assigned projects to assure all projects outputs are aligned with quality requirements from start to finish, promoting and supporting a strong safety culture.Main Features: Ensuring the owners design management process requirements are adhered to with a focus on design verification. Managing owners’ requirements for the operation and maintenance of facilities ensuring they are evident throughout the design and construction process.Key Responsibilities: - Interacting with the clients to understand their needs and requirements, preparing a compliance matrix to ensure all requirements identified during scope definition are complied with.- Developing project execution strategies and plans including objectives and scope definitions, cost estimates, schedule etc. in accordance with applicable project management governance.- Arranging meetings as required to coordinate requirements and progress.- Developing reports on project status and progress.

Pakistan

Worked as Independent Consultant on project development, planning and design in the domain of water, wastewater and solid waste management, environmental assessment and management, climate change, capacity building, performance assessment, and business development. Client organisations include ‘World Bank’, ‘Asian Development Bank’, ‘GIZ’ and ‘United Nations Development Programme’.Project: Institutional Review and Capacity Development for KPCIP (June 2021 - Dec. 2022)Client: Training and Technology Transfer Ltd.Main Features: Strengthen institutional capacities, efficiency and governance of local governments, improve quality of life for the city residents through improved services of water, sanitation and waste management, and support economic growth, social development and an improved urban environment.Key Responsibilities:- Support in institutional development and capacity enhancement- Gap analysis, assessment and benchmarking- Capital planning and asset management- Operational and maintenance planning- Tariff policy, procurement and contracts management- Waste management program trainingProject: Preparation of Destination Investment and Management Plans: (June 2021 - Dec. 2022)Client: Government of PunjabMain Features: Needs assessment for tourism-related infrastructure, construction, renovation and upgradation of tourism infrastructure in protected areas. Site accessibility, traffic, transport and visitor management, waste management, training needs and equipment assessment for local authorities and communities.Key Responsibilities:- Infrastructure capacity assessment of tourist destinations for heritage and architectural design - Support Investment Planning team in analyzing the investment context of each destination and identifying main constraints affecting investments - Define vision and strategic development listing investment needs and opportunities

Pakistan

Project: Punjab Urban Development Projects: (Oct. 2020 - June 2021)Client: Government of PunjabMain Features: Geotechnical, topographical surveys, engineering designs and cost estimates, knowledge transfer on international best practices, government policy for urban development, and due diligence for environmental and social safeguardsKey Responsibilities: - Developed processes to undertake benchmarking and condition assessment- Provided technical guidance for feasibility studies, engineering designs, and master planning- Supported engineering team in prioritising long term projectsProject: Plastic Waste Management in Pakistan (Oct. - Dec. 2020)Client: UNDPMain Features: Assess the extent of current recycling and future potential of different plastic wastes and compile results and lessons learnt which may have the potential be taken over by local market. To identify innovative approaches, best practices and available techniques to be adopted to reduce environmental degradation.Key Responsibilities:- Compiled a baseline report for plastic waste management- Determined economic value of locally produced plastic waste used in the recycling industry- Drafted policy guidelines on environmental and waste management - Formulated policy paper and roadmap on plastic waste management for the Ministry of Climate ChangeProject: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Project: (Sept. 2019 - Dec. 2020)Client: Government of Khyber PakhtunkhwaMain Features: The project covered 5 cities for development of investment portfolio covering engineering design, capital planning and operating performance to ensure that the investments are technically viable and operationally sustainableKey Responsibilities:- Infrastructure capacity assessment of water supply, wastewater, waste management - Assessed technical options, emerging technologies, policy proposals and initiatives - Reviewed engineering designs, asset management plans and capital and operational plans

Lahore, Pakistan

Project: Al - Jazari Water and Sanitation Academy (Sept. 2014 - Dec. 2019)A landmark project of my professional career was “Capacity Development of Water Sector Organizations”. I headed the team who set-up the academy in 2014, conceptualized, developed and initiated training programs for various municipal services including water, wastewater, and solid waste management. Since then, more than 500 engineers, supervisors, and staff have been trained.Project: Integrated Waste Management Facility (Mar. 2013 - Dec. 2019)I led the complete project cycle starting from market sounding survey of waste recycling industry to recovery and treatment system design, its cost estimates, tender package preparation, engaging consultants and contractors, project monitoring and control, and project completion. The facility handles 70,000 tons with 70% of resource recovery.Project: Solid Waste Management Master Plan Gujranwala (Jan. 2013 - Dec. 2015)With technical support from JICA, the project started with surveys including waste characterization, time and motion study, environmental and social assessment, condition assessment of existing transport fleet, financial and human resources. PESTEL framework was used for analysis resulting in development of long-term capital plan and annual operating budget. The project also included selection and design of a landfill.Project: Heatwave Management Plan (Sept. 2016 - June 2017)Karachi experienced a heatwave in 2016 costing almost 1000 lives. The government and development partners mobilized their resources to engage environmentalists and experts who could help them prepare a hazard alert system and management plan. I worked in collaboration with ESSA Technologies Pvt. Ltd. as project manager for primary data collection, stakeholder consultations and confirmation of vulnerability index. The recommendations of heatwave management plan were implemented by Metropolitan Corporation and a toolkit was developed as knowledge product.

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Project: Integrated Solid Waste Management Plans (July 2010 - June 2013)The project covered 5 large cities of Punjab where procurement requirement of waste management fleet and allied services was determined to be outsourced to private operators. The project included comprehensive cost estimation of system improvement such as upgrading collection fleet, transfer stations, zonal offices and workshop facilities. Garbage compactors, and mechanical sweepers and washers were proposed shifting from manual to mechanical tools and techniques.Project: Institutional Strengthening (July 2010 - June 2013)The period between 2010 and 2013 saw establishment of many corporate bodies within the public sector for service delivery of Solid Waste Management. These newly established companies needed support in terms of designing of research methodology for bottleneck analysis of Solid Waste Management. I along with my team of engineers and environmental scientists collected and analyzed data for the design of waste management systems in cities of Punjab. The objective was to improve the service delivery through change management, introduction of new technologies and injecting new management and machinery. Policy Papers: One of the aspects of working with government sector is the ability to show ones’ academic skills in preparing policy documents, reports, and papers. I produced several policy briefs, guidelines and manuals.

Project Management, Project Management

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology

Activities and Societies: Research articles: “Hydro-Mechanical properties of MSW from laboratory tests following a deep drilling campaign”.

Master'S Degree, Environment

Thesis Title: Long Term Settlement Modeling of a Biodegradable Waste – ISPM Method

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Civil Engineering