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Yara Ashraf Ali

Capital Projects & Calibration Lead Engineer at GlaxoSmithKline

Maadi, Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Capital Projects & Calibration Lead EngineerFull Time

    GlaxoSmithKline

    May 2017 - Present -8 yrs

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details: Facilitate preparation of projects business case, defining project scope, benefits, and objectives to support future investments.  Ensure capital process procedures in compliance with company standards and local legal legislations.  Prepare initial and ongoing estimates of the projects’ costs and hold the overall financial responsibility for supervising the project within the approved funds. This includes regular monitoring for the project invoices & progress against base line and cash flows submitted by contractors and suppliers.  Responsible for the documentation of the Project files and qualification documents from initiation to handover. Also, complete the project ready for hand‐over and initiate the handover certificates upon completion of the projects and transfer the projects to the custodians including partial hand‐over to the projects’ sponsors.  Follow up on projects’ status and arising issues/changes with all relevant parties (customer, finance, procurement and engineering departments).  Use PM tools for effective Information search and on‐going improvement in ways of working and maintaining Quality Management Standards during work.  Ensure EHS corporate standards, local legislation and other Regulatory requirements are included while planning, execution of all projects, with consideration of EHS precautions prior to projects implementation. Also, ensure proper identification and assessment of potential EHS risks that are significant to the business and that can be eliminated or minimized before or during project implementation. Calibration:  Manage Cairo Site calibration activities (on‐site & out‐of‐site), ensuring zero overdue and compliance to GSK standards.  Regularly assess service providers calibration SOPs, tracing methods to standards & authorize the usage of the complying one to GSK SOPs and standards.  Forecast, manage & optimize calibration budget in order to achieve department cost saving goals.  Authorize instruments “devices” addition or removal from the site calibration master plan.  Issue trend analysis, and if needed agree on preventative action with system owner and operational quality in order to prevent future deviations.
  • Project SpecialistFull Time

    ABB

    Mar 2017 - Apr 2017 -1 month

    • Job Details: Project management, including: ‐ Order registering and financial reporting. ‐ Project planning and scheduling. ‐ Preparing and maintaining the project cost control sheet and procurement plan. ‐ BOM generation, collecting offers, negotiation with suppliers, creating purchase requests and follow the procurement process with the supply chain. ‐ Documentation for each project with case study and learning.  Support function for field service team.  Services and spare parts offering.
  • Senior Projects & Application Technical Studies Engineer, Product managerFull Time

    Engineering And Services Technology

    Jun 2016 - Feb 2017 -8 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details: Projects technical studies & applications solutions development.  Projects technical and commercial offer preparation.  Project management in co-ordination with the execution team.  In house new and key products trainings.  Participating & leading new products and application development committees.  Preparation and release of application notes from technical and commercial point of view.  Leading executing projects evaluation in co-operation with the internal auditing committee
  • Projects Support EngineerFull Time

    Engineering And Services Technology

    Oct 2012 - May 2016 -3 yrs, 7 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details: Project Management; including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring & closure.  Prepare technical and commercial offers and negotiate with customers to close the deal.  Technical support for the outdoor sales team, through back office support, conducting internal training sessions & presentations.  Offers follow-up, and delivery date management to ensure that the customer requirements are met at a reasonable cost.  Biding and proposal for EPC projects; technical studies, material selection, bill of quantities, cost calculation, and pre-bid engineering , including: a. Low voltage electric panels and motor control centers using ABB and Schneider products. b. PLC and SCADA systems solutions based on Siemens product line ( SIMATIC S7 PLC series and Remote IOs, HMIs and WinCC SCADA). c. Electrical motors and Drives sizing and selection using ABB product line (ABB low voltage motors, ACS drive series, DCS drive series and PS soft starters series). d. Field instruments; level, pressure, temperature, and flow meters using ABB & Siemens products. e. Energy management, power monitoring & metering solutions using Camille Bauer Products. f. Renewable energy solutions including on-grid, off-grid & industrial hybrid energy systems; using SMA, and ABB “Power One” products. g. Industrial weighing systems, tank & hoppers, industrial scales and weighbridges based upon Sartorius Intec components. h. Inspection solutions based upon Sartorius Intec checkweighers, metal detectors & X-ray machines.
  • Education

    • MBA in Business Administration

      Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AAST)

      Jan 2018 - Jan 2020 - 2 yr

    • BSc in electrical power engineering

      Cairo University (CU)

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2012 - 5 yr

    • High School - Thanaweya Amma

      Hadayek El Maadi Experimental language School

      Jan 2007 

    Skills

    • Microsoft Office
    • PLC
    • PLC
    • Automatic Control
    • AutoCAD 2D
    • Public Relations
    • Distribution
    • Customer Service
    • Installation
    • Sales
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    Languages

    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • English

      Advanced

    Training & Certifications

    • PMP

      Project Management institute·2015
    • PLC

      Jelecom·2011
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