AL DERBAS ROADS AND MAINTENANCE CO.LTD.Site Engineer / Construction Manager
Dec. 1989 - Mar. 2004Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia• Supervises and controls the construction and asphalting of various roads and highways projects for clients such as Ministry of Communications, Saudi Aramco, Ministry of Aviation and Defense, Saudi Binladin Group, SABIC, and Fluor Arabia
• Organize the work and the project team to ensure that the scope of works and specifications are implemented, the project schedule is strictly adhered to and the work is carried out in a very safe and timely manner
• Coordinate with the material engineer in establishing strategic locations of borrow pits, review and implement the project specifications and material testing requirements for soils, aggregates, concrete, steel, and hot-mix asphalt as per ASTM Standards, AASHTO Specifications and Marshall Method for the bituminous (4A) and wearing course (6B) as per the Ministry of Communications specifications
• Ensure that all materials to be used in the project are suitable and approved by the clients
• Manage, plan and implement as per the project schedule the asphalt paving works and ensure the material delivery requirements to the project of 60/70 penetration bitumen so as not to incur delays in the overall project schedule
• Liaise with the quantity surveyor regarding quantification of of the project material requirements like A1b and A24 subgrade materials, aggregate base course materials (6F), and component aggregates for the asphalt batching plant logistics.
• Liaise with the quarry foreman with regards to the crusher schedule and operations to ensure continous supply of crushed aggregates and sand as per project supply requirements.
• Progressing through the ranks on a wide range of road and highway projects for various clients in the Eastern Province
• Driving successful site development, mass landfills, planning and delivery via a high performing project team
• Coordinating method statements, risk assessments, job safety analyses, work permits, project schedules and testing.