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Kings Langley, England, United Kingdom

2021-2023 Predominantly a Remote Work from Home role:Senior Design Technician, reporting to a Commercial Manager, working together with a Project Manager and Project Coordinator as Senior Design Technician in a Team, based in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England, UK, in charge of the design for multiple Capping, Cladding, Soffit, Louvre, Window Surround, Column Casing and Rain Water Goods Supply and Install Projects, in liaison with other Design Technicians and others. The projects are throughout the UK, but predominantly in London and the south east as well as the south of England, UK.2019-2020 Predominantly a Full Time Office based/Site Visit role:Design Manger, reporting to the Contracts Manager, in charge of the Technical Design Team, based in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England, UK, in charge of the design for multiple Capping, Cladding, Soffit, Louvre, Window Surround, Column Casing and Rain Water Goods Supply and Install Projects, in liaison with Project Consultants and Project Mangers, with the assistance of Design Technicians, throughout the UK, but predominantly in London and the south east as well as the south of England, UK.

Nicosia, Cyprus

Projects Consultant working for an Engineering Software Solutions company (I.S. Works Ltd.) based in Nicosia, Cyprus, providing training, services, support and participating in Program and Project Management, Asset/Facilities and Content Management, and Geospatial and Road/Drainage Infrastructure Engineering Design Projects, primarily in Cyprus, and surrounding region (Greece, Middle East, North Africa).Proficient and Experienced Software User and/or Training Instructor in:Server/Client Database based Project, Asset/Facilities and Content Management: Bentley ProjectWise Content Management for CAD/BIM/Office File Sharing. IBM Maximo Asset/Facilities Management and associated software including IBM Websphere, Oracle Weblogic, Microsoft Active Directory (LDAP), IBM TCR (Cognos), BIRT, Eclipse, Java and IBM Tririga. Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM), Primavera P6 Professional Project Management (PPM), Planning & Scheduling, Primavera Contractor and Primavera Contract Management.… all 3 above based on Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, DB2 and other Databases.Geospatial Information Systems (GIS), Photogrammetry, Road/Drainage Infrastructure Engineering Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Computer Aided Design (CAD): Bentley Map/PowerMap, OpenRoads, PowerCivil per Country (Middle East), InRoads, InRoads Survey, Geopak, MicroStation US DOT FHWA Hydraulic Toolbox ESRI ArcView, ArcGIS, ArcSDE, ArcIMS, ArcWeb services, ArcGIS Server Pitney Bowes MapInfo Pro Intergraph GeoMedia, GeoMedia Pro, GeoMedia WebMap, SSK, SSK Pro Autodesk AutoCAD Map 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Rolta-Orion OnPointBusiness: Microsoft Office Suite Products; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access Microsoft Business Contacts Manager, Virtual PC, Microsoft Project

Dubai, Uae

Geospatial Programs Manager based in Dubai, UAE, in charge of multiple Mapping, GeoSpatial / GeoEngineering, Telecom / Utility, Road and Aeronautical Engineering Design, Asset/Facilities, Content Management and e-Solution Projects, with the assistance of Project Managers, throughout the Middle East, primarily in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman.

Nicosia, Cyprus

2006-2007 Senior Land Surveyor/Measurement Engineer based in Nicosia, Cyprus, for the Germasogeia Roundabout Upgrade Project, comprising 2km 4-8 lane dual highway, 4km retaining walls, 3 highway bridges, 1 roundabout, underpasses, and drainage and utility networks. Involved with Road Engineering Design verification and modification.2004-2006 Senior Land Surveyor/Measurement Engineer based in Nicosia, Cyprus, for the Kokkinotrimithia – Astromeritis Highway and Meniko Link Construction of an 11.5 km 4 lane dual highway, comprising 4 highway bridges, 4 flyover bridges, 3 roundabouts, 3 interchanges, storm drainage ditches and relevant pipe and box culverts. Involved with Road Engineering Design verification and modification.Senior Land Surveyor/Measurement Engineer based in Nicosia, Cyprus, with J&P involved with Road Engineering Design verification and modification for the 346Km Addis Ababa-Jima Road and Fujairah Freeway Road Projects in Ethiopia and UAE respectively, as well as Road Engineering Design for the Sara Housing Project in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia and the Paphos District Wind Park Project (catering for roads to be built with appropriate turning radii for low loader trucks in a mountainous forested terrain) in Paphos District, Cyprus.

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Project Manager based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for the data capture of a GIS-compliant 1:10,000 scale Digital Base Map of the whole of Jeddah Province, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, using digital aerial photography, planar and orthorectified image mosaic mapsheets for Jeddah Municipality. Liaising with the Telecom / Utility, Road Engineering and Asset/Facilities Management Departments.

Abu Dhabi, Uae

Project Manager based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, for the 3D data capture of 23 No. 1:50,000 scale Digital Elevation Model mapsheets of the United Arab Emirates using AGPS and IMU controlled aerial photography and SPOT imagery for the UAE Military Survey Department (MSD).

Nicosia, Cyprus

Consultant based in Nicosia, Cyprus, for providing Mapping/GIS Consultancy, Training, and Technical Support of Digital Mapping Systems, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Land Information Systems (LIS), Surveying, Road Engineering Design, Digital Photogrammetry, Lidar, Remote Sensing, Scanning and Vectorisation, and Digital Cartography for Intergraph customers throughout the Middle East and beyond.

Dubai, Uae

Consultant based in Dubai, UAE, for providing Mapping/GIS Consultancy, Training, and Technical Support of Digital Mapping Systems, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Land Information Systems (LIS), Surveying, Road Engineering Design, Digital Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Scanning and Vectorisation, and Digital Cartography for Intergraph customers throughout the Middle East and beyond.

Nicosia, Cyprus

Consultant based in Nicosia, Cyprus, for providing support in the development and implementation of a computerised Land Information System (LIS) for the Cyprus Government Department of Lands and Surveys (DLS).

Nicosia, Cyprus

Consultant based in Nicosia, Cyprus, for providing Mapping/GIS Consultancy, Training, and Technical Support of Digital Mapping Systems, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Land Information Systems (LIS), Surveying, Road Engineering Design, Digital Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Scanning and Vectorisation, and Digital Cartography for Intergraph customers throughout the Middle East and beyond.

Nicosia, Cyprus

Measurement Engineer based in Nicosia, Cyprus, responsible for setting up a computerised surveying setting-out, cross-section plotting and earthworks volume calculation system. Measurement Engineer for the New Nicosia-Limassol Highway Phases I (Highway) & II (Interchanges), Kalavasos Dam, Tsadha-Kholou Road, Ayia Varvara-Larnaca Highway and Larnaca-Dekelia Highway Projects. Involved with Road Engineering Design verification and modification.

Nicosia, Cyprus

Senior Land Surveyor based in Nicosia, Cyprus, responsible for all aspects of Land Surveying on Highway and Dam Projects, including the New Nicosia-Limassol Highway Phase I and Kalavasos Dam Projects.

Baghdad, Iraq

Land Surveyor based in Baghdad, Iraq, working with a team of consultants, collecting field survey data for the engineering design of the Baghdad Metro (Underground Railway) Project.

Darlington, County Durham, England, Uk

Graduate Land Surveyor based in Darlington, County Durham, England, UK processing field survey data for various Projects, including the Durham Bypass Road Project, using the latest technology at that time including MOSS 3D data strings for road engineering design surface modelling.