Sameh Bichay Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Australia

 Reviewing, monitoring, and updating Commissioning and Handover Plan as required toreflect quality benchmarks. Obtain all statutory and other regulatory authority requirements for required inspections,signoffs, approvals, verification, issue of certificates, etc. Liaising and coordinating all Authority permits. Coordinate and obtain design consultants’ witness testing and verification records; andreview and approve subcontractors’ shop drawings, completion records including As-built documentation, O&M Manuals, compliance certificates etc. Liaising, coordinating, and managing all services contractors, including Hydraulic, Mechanical, Electrical, security, BMS, Vertical Transport, and Fire contractors. Ensure compliance with Australian standards and Construction Codes.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

 Delivery of key commercial projects, including medium to large commercial network projects (optical fibre projects for Telstra & NBN), large scale network upgrades and commercial construction (C-RAN, D-RAN, E-RAN 4G and 5G rollouts), coupled with a commercial focus and hands on experience managing all aspects of major projects, business operations and compliance. Defining the main objectives, purpose, scope, shared expectations, and determining how to move the project forward. Working with stakeholders to create a project plan, defining cost, timelines, and risks. Guiding the administration to follow up on materials requirements with the field engineer and arranging the procurement and deliveries schedule according to the project plan. Coordinating with the corresponding authorities for all permits needed. Scheduling different teams and assigning work orders.  Monitoring project’s progress along with budget, making sure key milestones are reached, comparing performance against the plan. Managing a cross functional project team, principal contractors, and subcontractors. QA, ensuring customer satisfaction and high-quality customer service is being delivered.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

➢ Delivery of optical fibre projects for Telstra & NBN (Survey, construction, as built).➢ Site controller for:▪ Installation & commissioning of 4G & 5G Radio sites (IBC and Wireless).▪ Installation & testing RF components using Anritsu PIM master.▪ Installation, Commissioning and troubleshooting of Nokia Airscale basebands, Ericsson’s Basebands and routers, ADVA & Cisco switches & routers, and OMCs.▪ Installation of GPON NTD and Nokia EE BNTD including configurations for NBN.▪ Huawei, Vertiv SP33, & Eltek SP18 Power solution installation, including Alarms, IP configurations, and parameters settings.▪ Telstra & NBN core infrastructure installations and testing (HDODF, FTTP, FTTC…).▪ Installation and troubleshooting optical fibre link, patching, splicing, and termination including testing (OTDR, PON & SDH link tests)▪ Hot cutover, fibre assets relocation, & joints upgrades.➢ Technical support for all TRPB & TEQP work (troubleshooting, redesign requests).➢ Work closely with other Network teams (Network integration team, IPMAN, MWAN,ARROW team, TIC, RIC and NNIG teams).➢ Preparing and conducting office & on-site training & creating work instructions.➢ Daily progress reporting to the project manager & work scheduling.➢ Coordinating with Telstra contractors, Optus & VHA contractors.➢ Actively performing site audits, risk assessment & management ensuring continuous consistency with HSE and ISO 9001, ISO 14001, AS/NZS 4801 for quality & safety measures.

 Working on distribution network (11KV – 33 KV) on projects scale of 150 MIL $. Planning, design, construction, operations, and maintenance of electricity networks as well as testing and validating new features. Introducing new ideas, driving new strategies for network reliability improvements & plan for network upgrades. Conducting feasible studies for new consumers & supervising the construction process. Scheduling weekly maintenance program for HT & LT components accompanied by isolation/shut down & load transfer program. Preparing technical drawings & reports including lists of materials and costs estimation. Issuing work permits in accordance with safety regulations & supervising contractors’ work. Performing quality audits on sites ensuring contractors are following Quality Metrics and standards. Represent all activities in professional way (Introduced Weekly Dashboard, Technical analysis, Incident weekly Report)  Arranging meetings to discuss performance and achievements, while promoting relationship with subcontractors. Operating Major & Ring mains substations during power failure & supply restoration providing remote/onsite support. Troubleshoot complex network problems, critical and unusual technical protection/control faults and develop innovative solutions day-to-day utilizing my previous studies/experiences, while monitoring network performance. Analyzing/troubleshooting faults locations of underground cables/overhead lines, tracking the nature of the problems leading a crew following my instructions, pinpointing the fault, and finding alternative arrangements for supply restoration in a very tight time frame. Leading the emergency team to perform corrective maintenance of all 11KV distribution Network elements.  Supervising the repairs of the 11 KV XLPE/PILC (300 sq.mm.) cables and terminations of the cables’ end box. Providing Technical support 24/7.

1- Rig up… Installing the lighting, gas detectors, pressure switches, level switches, horns & alarms, circuit breakers & terminations of motors (power & control) & generators.2- Plug stations connections. 3- Attending the commissioning of generators. 4- Operating, maintaining & repairing D.C. power conversion (SCR) & variable frequency drive (VFD). 5- Setting up systems for desired operating modes. 6- Clean, inspect breakers, motor starters, main contactors & electronic components. 7- Monitoring operating parameters of generators including but limited to temperature of generator, frequency, load sharing & protective devices. 8- Repairing or replacing SCR & VFD stacks, PC boards, contactors, breakers, control logic (solid state & relay) & related circuitry. 9- Maintaining & repairing all electric equipment associated with pipe handling machines (top drive units, mud pumps, draw works & cranes as per preventative maintenance system. 10- Trouble shooting…control units, air handling units, lighting, fire alarm control unit, gas detectors control unit, internet.... etc... 11- Following EDC safety management system procedures & instructions.

1- Mobinil's switches preventive and corrective maintenance.2- Switches failure emergencies troubleshooting.

Skill Assessment (Level 1), Electrical Power & Machines

skill assessment and relevant work experience

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Power & Machines, Good

studied the next course: 1- Transmission Lines 2- Machines 3- Measurements 4- Basic mechanics

Hight School Degree, High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates