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Pola Youssef Mekhail

Team leader technical office engineer.

Helmeyat Alzaytoun, Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Technical office team leaderFull Time

    Elsewedy Electric

    Jun 2024 - Present -1 yr

    • Job Details:Technical Support and Compliance: Provide technical guidance to project teams, ensuring adherence to specifications, quality standards, and project requirements. • Project Planning and Scheduling: Collaborate with project managers to develop project plans, timelines, and resource allocation, and oversee schedules for technical tasks. • Progress Monitoring and Issue Resolution: Track project progress, addressing any technical issues to maintain project timelines and keep work on track. • Stakeholder Communication: Act as the main liaison between technical teams, subcontractors, and clients to ensure clear, effective communication. • Design and Engineering Coordination: Coordinate with design and engineering teams to resolve technical issues, manage changes, and ensure shop drawings meet specifications. • Client and Documentation Management: Clarify technical specifications with clients, prepare, review, and manage all technical documentation, including specifications and manuals. • Team Leadership and Development: Lead and mentor electrical engineers and draftsmen, assigning tasks and providing training to improve skills and team performance. • On-Site Support and Drawing Finalization: Support construction teams with technical queries, oversee final drawing approvals, and ensure outdated drawings are removed as necessary.
  • senior technical office engineerFull Time

    Better Home

    Aug 2023 - Jun 2024 -10 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:• Supervise and monitor the progress of electrical works, ensuring strict adherence to project specifications, installation methods, and designated timelines and budgets. • Review, refine, and authorize electrical designs and shop drawings to guarantee accuracy and alignment with project requirements. • Assist in budget preparation and tendering procedures, including bid analysis and contracting activities. • Collaborate with architectural consultants to create, review, and synchronize Building Information Modeling (BIM) models. • Coordinate electrical drawings with architectural, structural, and mechanical designs to ensure seamless integration. • Evaluate contractors' proposals, selecting the most appropriate offer based on both technical and financial considerations. • Conduct regular site visits to oversee work progress, address issues, and ensure compliance with quality and code standards. • Monitor project timelines, budgets, and contractual obligations to ensure timely completion and client satisfaction. • Review and authorize payment documents in accordance with contractual terms and conditions. • Assess contractors' performance against established benchmarks, project requirements and contractual obligations. • Validate and approve As-built drawings reflecting the final, constructed conditions. • Prepare comprehensive reports documenting preliminary handover procedures and associated documentation. • Provide ongoing support to operators during the warranty period, facilitating a smooth transition to final project handover.
  • Solera

    • senior technical office engineerFull Time

      Mar 2018 - Aug 2023 -5 yrs, 5 months

      Egypt , Cairo

      • Job Details:- Study the project contract documents, time schedule, project design drawings, BOQ. - Study and prepare requests for information (RFI) for all missing, unclear, conflicting, or other technical matters that may arise during construction. - Produce electrical design drawings and / or shop drawings for projects to create the electrical infrastructure of projects as needed. - Review and approve all the electrical drawings of projects to solve any drawing technical issues. - Meet and coordinate with consultants, contractors, and other stakeholders to have all electrical amendments or changes communicated and approved. - Support site engineers on electrical technical issues in order to ensure solving problems effectively and maintain project progress. - Coordinate with Surveying Engineer to provide him with all the information about land coordinates and any site measurement required. - Prepare as - built drawings at the end of the project and hand them over to the project consultant. - Preparation of shop drawings for all electrical works & its approvals. - Selection of cable size with corresponding cable tray size. - Calculation of Voltage drop & panel schedules. - Checking and Revision of Material Submittals. - Coordinate electrical drawings with architectural, structural and mechanical design drawings
    • Solar Energy EngineerFull Time

      Jan 2016 - Mar 2018 -2 yrs, 2 months

      Egypt , Cairo

      • Job Details: Oversee all installations and operations done by Solera.  Plan and prepare the operations schedule and organize upcoming Solar Systems installations.  Purchasing needed materials and tools for each installation.  Prepare Engineering drawings Shop drawing, SLD, As-built drawing for all solar system installations.  providing technical advice and solving problems on site  Liaise with the client and consultants resolving all on-site and contractual problems.  3D Shading analysis using PVSYST  Performing voltage-drop calculations, short-circuit calculations and cable studies  Supervises electrical supervisors and foremen's  Making sure that every electrical device or circuit installed meets the National Electric Code.  Perform material take-offs and prepares BOQ.  Estimated full EPC cost via detailed cost-excel file and local procurement department  Getting approvals of solar PV system proposals, plans and drawings to clients and contractors.  Preparing the submittals of electrical materials and reporting to the QC  Analyze operating solar plant data to identify any underperformance issues for solar PV plant owners.  Manage inventory, distribution of goods and projects layouts.  Coordinate work schedule with the client and our installation team.  Maintain control and maximum quality measures of all outputs.
  • Solar Energy EngineerFull Time

    EGE (3-Brothers)

    Feb 2013 - Jan 2016 -2 yrs, 11 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:• Working as technical engineer at solar energy department, responsible for design tasks, installations, maintenance, survey and tests for PV systems. • Ability to prepare full technical offer for tenders up to 500kw. • Prepare BOM for project. • Designing PV systems by PVSYST (solar designing program). • Making accurate shadow analysis. • Professional using AutoCAD to design (electrical, structural, site plan drawings and related documents) and Single Line Diagram (SLD) for electrical connections of the projects. • Using RELUX to design lighting plan to reach the most suitable solution for the customers. • Identify installation locations with proper orientation, area, solar access, or structural integrity for photovoltaic PV arrays. • Collect and analyze data through field surveys and meetings to identify the requirement according to customer requirements. • Prepare specifications of power cables required for the project. • Prepare technical drawings, specifications of electrical systems to ensure that installation and operations conform to standards and customer requirements. • submit plans and drawings to building departments • Making feasibility studies for the project and develop preliminary designs to support sales staff and project bids. • Preliminary equipment selection for solar system application such as AC switching cabinet, DC distribution board, solar combiner box and station controller. • Prepare work plan and site report before and after conducting maintenance and commissioning. • Perform data analysis and evaluate system performance. • Some installed projects: 1) Totally 85 Kw ON Grid system 2) 12 unit Stand Alone: 5.5 kW off grid (Porto Sokhna) 3) 2000 solar LED Lighting poles (red sea governorate) 4) Residential project: 10 kW OFF Grid Sys.
  • Education

    • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Power and Machines Department

      Tanta University

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2012 - 5 yr

    Achievements

    Mini Grid project with USAID in Liberia Solar Home System project with UNDP in Sudan

    Skills

    • Electrical Engineering
    • Shop Drawings
    • Microsoft Office
    • English
    • Installation
    • Technical Office
    • PVSYST Software
    • Design PV Sys
    • RFI
    • AutoCAD
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    Languages

    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • English

      Advanced

    Training & Certifications

    • PMP preparation course

      ATTIC Business Solutions·2022
    • MS Excel 2016 Advanced

      Alpha for training & consulting·2022
    • Revit MEP

      CAD Masters Training & Solutions·2021
    • Basic of Electrical Systems Design & Implementation Diploma

      expert·2015
    • Basic of Electrical Systems Design & Implementation Diploma

      Expert Center·2015
    • Grid-Tied photovoltaic system Design

      IAREEE Academy·2015
    • Grid-Tied photovoltaic system Design

      IAREEE Academy·2015
    • Photovoltaic off-grid Systems Course

      SEDA Association·2014
    • Basic and Advanced Robotics

      Don Bosco·2011
    • PLCs7-200

      Don Bosco·2011
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