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Fawad Basit

Lead Engineer - IoT
Dubai
Fawad Basit

Summary

  • A highly skilled IoT generalist and graduate mechanical engineer with experience in multiple domains including IoT Systems architecture, devices management and integration to IoT platforms and overall building of an IoT business domain, MEP construction management, MEP quality assurance and quality control and MEP maintenance. Familiar with startup ecosystems and business expansion techniques.
  • Possess construction site engineering experience as well with demonstrated abilities in meeting deadlines, customer satisfaction and achieving results which complements IoT line of work.
  • Bring along around 8 years of practical experience in varieties of roles including, management, execution, quality assurance and quality control, pre-sales technical and maintenance, manpower training and management, and skill improvement.
  • Possess good communication skills, interpersonal and analytic skills. A great team player, a fast learner and well adaptable, hard working with cheerful disposition, Neat and well-organized and motivated by problem solving.
  • Specialized in leading functions dynamically, well conversant with international quality management systems, processes for increasing business efficiency. Successful skills demonstration at new setups and established operations both.

Overview

8
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education
5
Languages

Work History

Aldar
Dubai

Facilities and Services Officer
08.2022 - Current

Job overview

  • Maintained technical fluency in required equipment and networking hardware for assigned jobs and facilities.
  • Coordinated engineering assignments for multiple simultaneous projects to fulfill prescribed project requirements.
  • Drafted and updated operations and maintenance manuals to correspond to owned hardware and software assets within overseen equipment.
  • Provided independent technical reviews of operational procedures and plans to eliminate functional bottlenecks.
  • Designed administrative and maintenance procedures to provide optimal service uptimes and minimize service disruptions.
  • Developed and maintained standardized operating procedures for numerous functions and tasks to streamline operations.
  • Conducted evaluations of equipment and machinery to verify optimal performance and efficiency.
  • Analyzed data to identify trends in production and maintenance costs and developed strategies to reduce expenses.
  • Monitored and optimized production processes to increase throughput and improve quality.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and implement process changes.
  • Created and implemented project plans for new or improved operational processes.
  • Wrote safety procedures for industrial facilities, enforcing or exceeding industry standards.

Petroleum Mechanical Trading
Lusail

Lead Engineer - IoT
07.2020 - 08.2022

Job overview

  • Research for new technologies and develop solutions based on the customer's problem statement to provide complete architecture and solution proposal in IoT domain.
  • Assist in implementation of the proposed solutions.
  • Making the right choices when technology options have to be chosen for the customer solution including hardware and software.
  • Work closely with product management, marketing and program management
  • Mentor and guide developers and team members
  • Serve as an application architect resource in large scale enterprise architecture/frameworks including software, hardware, system, and security architecture
  • Analyze Use Cases required for realization of application software
  • Develop reusable application frameworks, reducing cost, complexity, and overall maintenance of proposed solutions
  • Review, contribute to end-to-end testing strategy of IoT solution
  • Demonstrate success in a technical presales or partner-facing role, including presentation and documentation
  • Applied knowledge and experience of IoT; in capturing, using, and\or analyzing streaming data, dealing with cloud based IoT analytics platforms.
  • Integrate IoT devices to IoT platform and guide the developers to make necessary changes to accommodate for solution expectations. Work with multiple technologies like LoRaWAN, NBIoT, 4g, 5g, Wireless MBus and other M2M solutions.
  • Build relationships to uncover and develop opportunities with the new clients
  • Work with smart building solutions which focus on creating digital twins to improve building efficiency in terms of energy and operational excellence.
  • Demonstrate experience leading or developing high quality, enterprise scale solutions using a structured system development lifecycle.

Projects

  • Delivery Management System – (Custom extension of Fleet management system)
  • Air Quality – Cloud production servers deployment
  • Waste Management – Bins monitoring – Sewage Manholes Monitoring – Fill levels
  • AI based smart building and smart city solutions such as energy saving via HVAC
  • Solution for predictive and preventive maintenance for HVAC equipment
  • Automatic street lighting
  • Video Compression software
  • Vibration Monitoring
  • Toilet Feedback System
  • Elderly Tracking and Monitoring
  • Unified Access control and coummunity app

Al Muntasser Contracting and Trading
Lusail

Site Senior Engineer Mechanical
01.2020 - 06.2020

Job overview

  • Site work execution planning and allocation of manpower, site monitoring control and supervision, method statements preparation, material submittals review, shop drawings review, details drawings review, Reporting, Planning, Quality Control and Quality Assurance
  • Established and maintained productive working relationships with stakeholders.
  • Promoted teamwork and demonstrated effective communication skills to improve collaboration among personnel.
  • Defined engineering problems, collected data, established facts and drew conclusions to solve project issues.
  • Assessed scope and requirements to assist with project design determinations.
  • Conducted tests to determine success of product performance.
  • Developed comprehensive engineering documents for all projects.
  • Developed and implemented procedures to verify compliance with engineering standards.
  • Documented and developed engineering procedures and processes.
  • Conducted research to identify and evaluate new technologies and concepts.
  • Monitored and evaluated engineering performance to recommend improvements.
  • Analyzed and interpreted customer requirements to develop engineering solutions.
  • Assisted in developing cost-effective solutions to engineering problems.
  • Developed and maintained relationships with suppliers to facilitate quality and timely delivery of materials.
  • Conducted technical evaluations of engineering designs and test results.
  • Trained and mentored junior engineers, providing guidance and direction.
  • Created detailed reports on engineering activities and findings.
  • Developed high-quality engineering designs and plans to meet industry standards.
  • Trained and managed drafters, junior engineers and surveyors.

Stream Industrial and Engineering
Doha

Mechanical QAQC Engineer and Internal Auditor
08.2018 - 10.2019

Job overview

  • Involved with Material Submittals, Method Statements, Shop Drawings Review, Details Drawings Review, Reporting, Planning, Quality Control and Quality Assurance, Operation and Maintenance Manuals, Commissioning and Handover
  • Documented and executed detailed test plans and test cases and summarized and logged audit findings for reporting purposes.
  • Developed and audited practices, programs, and reporting system metrics for optimal efficiency.
  • Determined root cause of deviations and non-conforming results and implemented appropriate corrective and preventive actions throughout product development process.
  • Established key performance metrics and detailed corrective scenarios for failures.
  • Performed quality inspections and drafted reports to detail non-conforming material issues.
  • Contributed to root cause analysis to determine core reason for failures and errors.
  • Supported quality team members during corrective action updates.
  • Coordinated with quality control staff to complete inspections.
  • Led problem-solving activities to quickly identify and permanently resolve quality and productivity issues.
  • Executed operational audits and assessed company operations, compliance and other associated risks.
  • Recommended revisions to internal controls and operational and management policies and procedures.
  • Developed action plan for company certification using ISO 9000 standard knowledge.
  • Escalated concerns about project and process quality, referring discovered issues to engineering manager for correction.
  • Reported on non-compliance issues and other negative factors discovered during production.
  • Developed and implemented comprehensive quality assurance program to guarantee organization products met safety and quality standards.
  • Maintained compliance with industry standards and regulatory compliance during managed projects.
  • Facilitated process improvements to successfully decrease errors.

Drake & Scull International
Doha

QA QC Inspector
02.2015 - 08.2018

Job overview

  • Reported repeated issues to supervisors and other departments, collaborating to identify issue roots and rectify problems.
  • Performed visual inspections and non-destructive tests where appropriate.
  • Maintained calibration records and vendor certifications.
  • Tested installations for function and accuracy and verified final product configuration met engineering specifications.
  • Studied building blueprints before performing inspections.
  • Used calipers and micrometer measuring instruments.
  • Kept detailed records of quality concerns.
  • Developed and implemented inspection processes to define criteria and quality control measures.
  • Participated in team meetings to discuss progress and results, providing ideas and suggestions for improvement.
  • Identified and documented quality discrepancies for management to develop resolutions.
  • Inspected incoming and outgoing materials for accuracy and quality.
  • Resolved customer complaints by investigating problems and developing solutions.
  • Performed root cause analysis to identify and resolve defects, improving quality standards.

Education

NED University of Engineering And Technology
Karachi, Pakistan

Bachelor of Science from Mechanical Engineering
01.2010 - 02.2014

Skills

    Customer service management

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Accomplishments

ACHIEVEMENTS AND TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS

  • Completed Customer Service Excellence and Complaint Management Training
  • Achieved Appreciation Safety Award in Doha Metro Depot for 5,000,000 LTI Free Man Hours
  • Certified First Aider
  • Successfully Completed Lead Auditor Certification QMS ISO 9001:2015
  • Successfully Completed Hourly Analysis Program for HVAC load calculation by ASHRAE
  • Successfully Completed Productivity Improvement Via Lean Manufacturing Course
  • Certification of Merit - Airplane Gliding design competition by SME (2nd Prize)
  • Successfully completed Android Software Application for the calculation of optimum tilt angles of solar panels
  • Promoted and incentives provided by the previous company in just one and half year based on KPI achievement
  • Was selected for transfer to a State-of-the-Art (Doha Metro Depot) project based on skills achievement with only one and half year experience
  • Achieved new employment based on the previous performance required by the same project manager
  • Successfully managed a team of 3 inspectors to achieve daily inspections completion and monitoring targets for more than 10 buildings at a time
  • Successfully trained welders to get the Welding Procedure Specifications and Welder Qualification Certificates for the company and save at least QAR half a million at that particular project.

Timeline

Facilities and Services Officer

Aldar
08.2022 - Current

Lead Engineer - IoT

Petroleum Mechanical Trading
07.2020 - 08.2022

Site Senior Engineer Mechanical

Al Muntasser Contracting and Trading
01.2020 - 06.2020

Mechanical QAQC Engineer and Internal Auditor

Stream Industrial and Engineering
08.2018 - 10.2019

QA QC Inspector

Drake & Scull International
02.2015 - 08.2018

NED University of Engineering And Technology

Bachelor of Science from Mechanical Engineering
01.2010 - 02.2014
Fawad BasitLead Engineer - IoT