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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Awards: • MEP Middle East Awards 2024 - Highly Commended Electrical Engineer of the Year• CIBSE UAE Awards 2024 - Highly Commended Electrical Engineer of the Year• Intelligent ICT Awards Middle East 2024 - Shortlisted for Oustanding Woman in Tech1. Augmented Role at Confidential Client - Electrical SME• Reviewing data centre designs across EMEA for compliance to extensive client requirements2. Design Projects: Data Centres in the UAE, KSA, Kuwait• QA review of electrical design packages- SLDs, Load Schedules, Containment, Lightning Protection, Earthing, Water Leak Detection, Lighting, Emergency Lighting, Small Power, Fire Alarm in line with local regulations and international standards• Conducting technical reviews of Material Submittals, Shop Drawings

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Awards: Construction Week Awards 2023 - Engineer of the YearAwards: CIBSE UAE 2023 - Electrical Engineer of the Year1. Augmented Role at Confidential Client - Electrical SME• Reviewing data centre designs across EMEA for compliance to extensive client requirements2. Design Projects: Data Centres in the UAE, Germany, UK, Ghana, KSA and Turkey.• Designing building services (electrical and ELV) such as Containment, Lightning Protection, Earthing, CCTV, Access Control, Water Leak Detection, Lighting and Emergency Lighting in line with local regulations and international standards• Preparing Fire Alarm and VESDA drawings in line with NFPA and local regulations• Preparing project specifications• Preparing packages for LEED, BREEAM and Estidama approvals for obtaining green building certification• Preparing packages required for Uptime certification• Preparing and reviewing drawings in AutoCAD, Navisworks• Conducting technical reviews of Material Submittals, Shop Drawings, As-Built Drawings, Method Statements, RAs, L4/L5 Testing and Commissioning procedures and responding to technical RFIs• Witnessing Factory Acceptance Tests • Attending progress meetings and workshops with clients, consultants, contractors and local authorities.• Conducting peer reviews (electrical, ELV and security) for Tier 3 data centre designs

United Arab Emirates

Sharjah

• Electrical design of Data Centres in the UAE to meet Tier 3 Uptime Certification and District Cooling Plants across the Middle East• Creating and reviewing List of Deliverables for Concept, Schematic and Detailed Design • Preparing Single Line Diagrams, electrical load schedules, cable schedules and cable containment schedules• Carrying out equipment sizing and designing electrical room layouts• Conducting power factor calculations and performing harmonic studies• Performing load flow, short circuit analysis and motor starting studies using ETAP• Designing building services (electrical and ELV) such as Earthing, Lightning Protection, CCTV, Access Control, Small Power, Lighting, Water Leak Detection, VESDA and Telecom systems in line with local regulations and international standards• Performing internal, external and street lighting design calculations and validating designs against local and international regulations (IES, CIBSE etc.) using Dialux evo software• Preparing Fire Alarm drawings in line with local Civil Defense Regulations and NFPA regulations• Developing project related specifications and equipment schedules• Preparing packages for LEED and Estidama approvals for obtaining green building certification• Drawing up Electrical and ELV BOQs• Preparing and reviewing drawings in AutoCAD• Reviewing REVIT models to ensure coordination of all electrical services with architectural, structural and mechanical services. • Developing Material Submittal Review Checklists• Conducting technical reviews of Material Submittals, Shop Drawings and responding to technical RFIs• Witnessing Factory Acceptance Tests for equipment such as switchgears• Attending progress meetings and workshops with consultants, contractors and local authorities. • Reviewing supplier pre-qualification documentation and managing approved vendor lists• Liaising with external suppliers for continuous improvement of electrical specifications

Worked as planning and scheduling engineer coordinating the activities of a team of 15 engineers focused on maintaining plant reliability in line with quality, EHS and food safety regulations.• Developed annual plant preventive maintenance (PM) calendar and rebooted PM across plant to improve plant reliability.• Developed detailed plans for line and utilities maintenance during annual plant shutdown. Effectively coordinated activities across functions to ensure 99% completion to plan and adherence to schedule without any LTI.• Developed WO Compliance KPI and system for tracking individual metrics. Also supported the development and implementation of PM KPIs such as adherence to plan and adherence to schedule.• Proactively streamlined maintenance work order system to improve process efficiency and increase KPI visibility.• Implemented team training calendar and worked with technical Training team to incorporate mentoring and training programs into daily work routines to develop maintenance capabilities and support technical development of supporting functions.• Worked with Commercial team and liaised with external suppliers to improve existing Annual Maintenance Contracts to ensure high quality execution, helping to deliver cost savings of upto 20%.• Implemented single point of contact communication channel for external suppliers to bridge communication gap resulting in 100% delivery against AMC commitments. • Assumed position of team document controller to enforce version control and timely updation of documentation using NEXUS thereby ensuring compliance to QMP standards.

Worked as part of a team to execute sustainability related projects focused on minimizing the site’s environmental footprint in line with global standards.• Conducted market research on renewable energy based cooling solutions.• Piloted solar air conditioning proof of concept project, delivering 67% electricity savings and 18 ton annual carbon emission reduction.• Implemented site wide energy monitoring system to improve visibility on areas of electricity, water, compressed air, diesel and steam consumption. The project has allowed the project team to target areas of high energy consumption and implement energy saving initiatives.• Planned and managed project execution timelines to ensure safe and timely delivery of projects within budget.

• Managed the company's Facebook and Twitter accounts.• Responsible for scheduling of blog posts, job postings and relevant content for graduating students and job seekers. • Responsible for design and publication of email newsletters.• Focused on increasing engagement with students, both local and international.• Participated with the team at the AUD Career Fair.

• Prepared and assisted in the teaching of undergraduate Control Systems, Power Systems and Electric Circuits labs.• Assisted in grading for undergraduate and graduate level courses.

• Identified instances of poor PID control at the Sajaa gas plant.• Improved PID controller performance.• Published monthly DCS preventive maintenance routine.• Carried out Alarm Rationalization for DCS identifying top contributing alarms and root causes to minimize nuisance alarms.

Responsible for scheduling, logistics and sequence planning for hot cutover from RS3 DCS to Yokogawa Centum VP DCS and ensured the safe and timely completion of the project with no interruption to operation.• Developed a tracking tool to monitor project progress against the master plan thereby improving visibility to stakeholders• Managed all documentation for pre-cutover and hot-cutover.• Scheduled and coordinated FMEA sessions, SAT as well as operator training sessions post-cutover and achieved seamless operator transition between both systems.• Awarded for outstanding contribution to the BP Sharjah DCS Project

Master Of Science, Electrical Engineering, 4.0

Thesis: Modelling and Identification of Nonlinear DC Motor Drive Systems Using Recurrent Wavelet Networks

Bachelor Of Science, Electrical Engineering, 4.0

Activities and Societies: • IEEE • WIE • Activities Coordinator for AUS Computer Club, 2007-2008 Minor in Computer Engineering (Networks)