● Electrical engineer · Sharjah, UAE

Engineering Work.

I'm an electrical engineer at BK Gulf in Dubai. Before that I led control-system projects and ran switchgear testing teams across the UAE. I studied Electrical Engineering at Ajman University, specializing in instrumentation and control systems.

Electrical engineering

Projects

Ajman Data Center Pilot Project

12 pods

Electrical installation, commissioning, testing and site coordination for the QAJ01 pilot, part of a 60 MW data center.

BK Gulf

Generator Commissioning

10 × 2750 kVA

Commissioned 10 CAT backup generators, from pre-commissioning and start-up through 12-hour full-load and load-bank testing.

BK Gulf

LV Room Commissioning

10 rooms

Commissioned MDBs, UMDBs, SMDBs, USMDBs, CPs, ATS and UPS systems across 10 LV rooms.

BK Gulf

DXB9 Khazna Data Center

4 pods

Ran Integrated Systems Testing for 4 complete pods with 24-hour onsite coordination, and managed LV cable, busbar and isolator orders.

BK Gulf

Sewage Water RTU & DCS

$180k+

Lead engineer on an RTU and DCS connection project for a sewage water application, delivered with Aramco.

Optimation FZE

Honeywell DCS

$129k+

Delivered a Honeywell DCS implementation two weeks ahead of the scheduled deadline.

Optimation FZE

Switchgear Testing & Maintenance

Planned and led daily teams for primary and secondary injection testing, transformer maintenance and testing, and capacitor bank PPM. Wrote a site report for every job with recommended replacements.

Three Phase Technical Services

SMDB, DB, VFD & PLC Installs

Installed distribution boards, variable frequency drives and PLCs for sites across all the emirates.

Three Phase Technical Services

Metering Solutions

Won new orders by showing customers the value of well-maintained switchgear with our metering software and hardware.

Three Phase Technical Services

Experience

Jun 2024 - Present

BK Gulf LLC

Electrical Engineer · UAE

  • Currently working on the Ajman Data Center Pilot Project QAJ01 which includes electrical installation, inspections, approvals and testing of 12 (5MWs each) pods.
  • Commissioned 10 CAT 2750 kVA backup generators, covering pre-commissioning, initial start-up, no-load testing, 12-hour full-load testing and load-bank testing.
  • Commissioned 10 LV rooms covering MDBs, UMDBs, SMDBs, USMDBs, CPs, ATS and UPS systems.
  • Performed Integrated Systems Testing (IST) for 4 complete pods on the DXB9 project and coordinated onsite activities to support 24-hour testing.
  • Reviewed and verified LV/MV design documentation, including load schedules, GA drawings, single-line diagrams and small-power drawings.
  • Redesigned LV SLDs and incorporated consultant comments into electrical drawings.
  • Supervised multiple onsite installation teams and verified work against approved design drawings.
  • Managed orders for LV cables and wires, busbars and accessories, cable accessories and isolators for the DXB9 Khazna Data Center.
  • Managed onsite WIRs and MIRs covering LV panels, busbars, cables, electrical rooms and LV-room finishing.
2023 - 2024

Three Phase Technical Services

Project Engineer · Dubai

  • Scheduled and managed field teams for injection testing, transformer work and capacitor bank PPM.
  • Worked with switchgear from ABB, Schneider Electric, Eaton, Siemens, Larsen & Toubro and others.
  • Ran SMDB, DB, VFD and PLC installations in all the emirates.
Feb 2022 - Oct 2023

Optimation FZE

System Engineer, and Application Engineer (Apr 2022 - Apr 2023) · Dubai

  • Lead engineer on a $180k+ sewage water RTU and DCS project with Aramco.
  • Delivered a $129k+ Honeywell DCS project two weeks early.
  • Worked closely with the development team and all stakeholders.

Skills & systems

  • AVEVA System Platform
  • Honeywell DCS
  • RTU
  • PLC
  • VFD
  • MDB / SMDB
  • Injection testing
  • Transformer testing
  • Python
  • Excel

Education

  • Ajman UniversityB.Sc. Electrical Engineering, specialization in Instrumentation and Control Systems · 2016 - 2021
  • CertificationPython for Data Science

Other work

Retail space planning roles I held right after graduating.

Projects

Store Openings

4 stores

Planned and opened two stores in Mall of Egypt and two in Almaza Mall, and supported space planning for Bahrain, Egypt, Qatar and Oman.

Gulf Marketing Group

Live Capacity Workbook

8 stores

Built a linked Excel datasheet that totalled the capacity of 8 new stores and updated in real time as each sheet was filled in.

Gulf Marketing Group

Experience

Aug 2021 - Apr 2022

Gulf Marketing Group

Space Planner for Sun & Sand Sports, Dropkick and Ballista · Dubai

  • Opened 4 new stores in Egypt.
  • Cleared a 6-month task backlog in my first 2 months.
  • Coordinated stores across Bahrain, Egypt, Qatar and Oman.