I have been working with the United States armed forces and USAID in Afghanistan providing civil engineering design services for the last 7 years. I have worked both on-site and in an office as a civil engineer and I have experience working on a variety of water, wastewater, and storm water systems projects.
I have worked as a design team member on multi-million-dollar projects at different Afghan Military bases as a U.S Army Corps of Engineering (USACE) contractor. All of my design work was completed in English. I have experience working with large design and design-build firms across the country on rural development projects, airports (military and civilian), as well as Afghan Army Bases.
During my assignments, I completed preliminary pipe network layouts, calculations, construction documents, and project cost estimations, as well as reviewing sub-contractor design documents.
During the last three years of employment I worked directly under the supervision of a U.S Project Engineer on a regular 6 day/week schedule, plus frequent overtime. My duties included Designing of storm, wastewater and water supply Systems, Quality Assurance, site assessment for Master Site Utility Plan and Utility Capacity Study, Feasibility Study, and Facility Design for Afghan National Security Forces. All of the projects that I worked on were built for the Afghan National Army under the oversight of a variety of military institutions including the USACE, NATO, USAID, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan, Combined Security Transition Command- Afghanistan, Resolute Support-Capital, Combined Joint Engineering Directorate, Air Force Center for Engineering and Environment, and Air Force Civil Engineering Center.
Physically checking Apple products to identify failures
Running MRI test to identify diagnostic issues
Updating products with the latest iOS software
Testing products for audio/video quality, battery and display functionality and categorizing and sorting products to the next destination as appropriate
Assisting senior design engineer with preparation of Project Work Plan (PWP) and estimating project cost and duration
Following up work progress, attending meetings and reviewing sub-contractor’s submittal package
Designing of storm, wastewater and water supply Systems
Assisting with the preparation of technical specification for USACE & AFCEE projects
Reviewing technical specifications to ensure adherence to IPC, AED, ANSF and UFC standards
Ensuring that all designs are completed to the highest standards, based on initial survey data provided to by the Surveyor
and field engineers
Assisting with the preparation of BoQs and technical documentation in accordance with USACE and AFCEE standards
Providing advice and coordination of the installation of the water pipes, sewer pipes & construction of storm drainage
with the contract management section and the contractor
Assisting senior civil design engineer with reviewing the existing practice of local contractors and conventional
methodology of civil work construction, make recommendations that will increase safety (taking budget constraints into
account) in the construction of civil works undertaken by AMEC/EMR
Reviewing QA/QC site visit and materials testing reports to ensure sampling, testing and inspection of materials are
carried out regularly and works are implemented in compliance with design specifications
Coordinating with the contract management section and the procurement management section on all contractual
matters in the completion of the respective contracts
Coordinate on design changes that are processed by the contract management section
Providing technical advice and assistance to contractors to ensure that economical and quality materials are purchased
Preparing of civil work drawing, assisting with schedule and cost estimation, preparing of presentations to project
staff and client and guide subcontractors on their work and give them feedback
Technical co-ordination with all disciplines related to engineering effort and giving response to client comments
Creating concept and As-built drawings of all types of facilities systems and complete drawing sets, performing configuration management of working drawing files and master files, survey and verifying existing conditions of facilities to produce as-built drawings
Developing, preparing, checking and coordinating designs, drawings plus other documents needed for storm, water and wastewater (Civil) systems, plumbing draft and equipment’s selection as per applicable standards and codes
Preparing and delivering water supply, wastewater and hydraulics lectures for students
Conducting seminars and laboratory classes
Preparing and marking student assignments, essays and exams
Attending staff, departmental and faculty meetings and speaking at university conferences and seminars
Participating in course/degree setting committees, curriculum revision and academic planning
Participating and guiding students’ diploma projects and presentation
Visiting project sites to verify infrastructure assessments and providing brief written report on findings during the visit
Gain pertinent water-related information from interviewing provincial, regional, and local engineering and social stakeholders
Designing of pipe schemes of various capacities including water options, reservoirs, piping and distribution networks
Preparing of presentations to project staff and stakeholders
Consulting with project technical staff on the best options and viable solutions for water (wells and pipe schemes) and sanitation projects in rural and pre-urban areas
Visiting water infrastructure constructions projects in progress to ensure proper technical compliance and evaluating the design work of subcontractors
Preparing of technical designs, drawings, and specifications for the implementation of water supply projects
Review and revising subcontractor’s water supply projects designs (wells, basic pipe schemes and other needed water related projects) as appropriate
Surveying rural areas, rural towns to advise technical proposals for locations with poor access to potable water supply
Developing standardized designs and technical specifications for required requests for proposals.
Providing technical support to water project stakeholder and partners, including provincial RRD and subcontractors
Preparing guidelines for technical project surveys for water supplies for rural areas and towns
Providing technical support and assistance to the SWSS engineering department
Maintaining technical documents of SWSS water supply projects designs
Participating in infrastructure capacity building trainings and workshops
Creating drawings from sketches provided by others; developing layouts, drawings and designs; participating in field Survey, data collection and sketching; ensure compliance of drafting and engineering standards; performing Property condition assessments of existing properties and developing utilities standards and work methodologies
Designing of storm, wastewater and water supply systems
Preparing of technical specification for AED Projects
Reviewing technical specifications to ensure adherence to IPC, AED and UFC standards
Ensuring that all designs are completed to the highest standards, based on initial survey data provided to by the Surveyor
and field engineers
Assisting with the preparation of BoQs and technical documentation in accordance with US Army Corps of Engineering
standards
Providing advice and coordination of the installation of the water pipes, sewer pipes & construction of storm drainage
with the contract management section and the contractor
Assisting the QA/QC and regional engineer with monitoring the work of the contractor
Assisting the senior civil design engineer with reviewing the existing practice of local contractors and conventional
methodology of civil work construction, making recommendations that will increase safety (taking budget constraints
into account) in the construction of civil works undertaken by RRCC
Reviewing QA/QC site visit and materials testing reports to ensure sampling, testing and Inspection of materials are
carried out regularly and works are implemented in compliance with design specifications
Coordinating with the contract management section and the procurement management section on all contractual
matters in the completion of the respective contracts
Coordinating on design changes that are processed by the contract management Section.
Providing technical advice and assistance to contractors to ensure that economical and quality materials are purchased
Monitoring the implementation of the works by conducting site visits and providing guidance for Improvement and good
result
Preparing of civil work drawing and site grading plan, assisting with schedule and cost estimation
Technical co-ordination with all disciplines related to engineering effort and giving response to Dr Check’s comments
Responsible for setting up and maintaining Cad standards for all storm, water and wastewater (Civil) base and working drawings; site survey, feasibility study and utility coordination of projects
Visiting project sites to verify infrastructure assessments and provide brief written report on findings
Assisting water supply, waste water system, storm drainage system designer, preparation of the civil work
drawings and assisting cost estimation engineer
Ensuring that all designs are completed to the highest standards, based on initial survey data provided
to by the surveyor and field engineers
Monitoring implementation of the works by conducting site visits and provide guidance for improvement and good
result
Participating in infrastructure capacity building trainings and workshops
AutoCAD drafting of storm, water and wastewater (Civil) drawings, tracking and manage incorporation of drawing technical and administrative comments from stakeholders