Husham Al Ani
Dubai ,U.A.E.
Summary
Knowledgeable individual seeks opportunity in specialist role to deliver subject insight for improved team understanding. Educates and engages using excellent interpersonal skills for informed decision-making. Flexible and responsive for adaptable services tailored to business needs.
Adaptable and reliable professional with robust foundation in problem-solving and communication skills, seamlessly transfer technical knowledge and analytical abilities to new challenges. Demonstrated aptitude for collaborative teamwork and innovative thinking.
Organised and dependable specialist with a proven track record of 25 years of professional work experience in governmental sector in Iraq and United Arab Emirates. Successful at managing multiple priorities with positive attitude. Willing to take on greater responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
3
3
Languages
26
26
years of professional experience
Work history
Principal Specialist
Dubai Municipality / Waste & Sewerage Agency (WSA)
Dubai , U.A.E.
09.2016 - 07.2026
- Provide expertise and advice to the CEO of WSA, in addition to those involved in the agency, related to different strategic and operational issues, with appropriate strategies and solutions as requested.
- Provide full assistance and support to the WSA departments in reviewing, improving, and developing their services and internal processes.
- Provide full assistance and support to the WSA departments, to find appropriate treatments/solutions to reducing/mitigate the environmental impacts resulting from their activities and operations
- Prepare, review and develop strategies and policies, laws and legislation, regulations, manuals, plans and concepts, strategic and operational KPIs, to improve the entire work/tasks in the WSA departments/sections.
- Conduct follow-up verification on the implementation of action plans and programmes for the WSA departments, and verify their commitment to performance standards adopted, raising the necessary recommendations.
- Conduct periodic compliance reviews and verification of the strategic KPI results for the WSA departments, and verify their commitment to the adopted performance standards, raising the necessary recommendations.
- WSA representative in the DM Services Improvement and Development teams.
Principal Engineer
Dubai Municipality / Environment Department
Dubai , U.A.E.
08.2007 - 09.2016
- Lead the Environmental Compliance Inspection team
- Prepare and review annual or periodic inspection plans for industrial premises.
- Review and evaluate Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) studies and reports submitted for various industrial projects and premises to obtain Environmental Clearance.
- Conduct internal audit tasks to ensure fulfilment with Corporate Excellence requirements.
- Prepare various technical guidelines and documents.
- Review various federal, local, and ministerial regulations and legislation.
Senior Engineer
Ministry of Industry and Minerals (MIM) / Environment Department
Baghdad , Iraq
05.2000 - 08.2007
- Conduct environmental monitoring and inspection for state governmental companies in the (MIM), including control of different industrial pollutants, conducting air pollution control for a cement factory, control of hazardous and non-hazardous solid wastes, and control of indoor and outdoor air quality.
- Prepare and evaluate various Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports for the state companies and factories in the (MIM).
- Organise various environmental conferences, sessions, symposiums, and lectures.
- Evaluate various environmental researches and studies.
Education
Master of Science - Environmental Engineering
University of Technology
Baghdad, IraqBachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
University of Technology
Baghdad, IraqSkills
- Strategic planning
- Time management
- Technical writing
- Process improvement
- Effective communication
- Risk assessment
- Performance monitoring
- Confidentiality adherence
- Organisational skills
- Critical thinking
- Compliance oversight
- Client relationship management
- Change implementation
- Document management
Participation in Workshops, Training Courses, Conferences & Symposiums Attended
- Workshop on "Environmental Emergencies" organised by the "United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)", Jordan, Amman, March 2004
- Workshop in 'Environmental Impact Assessment', organised by 'United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)', Jordan, Amman, January 2005
- Workshop in "Environmental Management Systems" organised by "The Arabian Organisation for Industrial Development and Mining/Arabian Quality Makers", Syria, Homs, August 2005
- Workshop in 'Capacity Building for Iraq and the National Palestinian Authority in Monitoring the ODS Use' organised by 'United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA), Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP), in cooperation with the League of Arab States (LAS),' Egypt, Cairo, January 2007
- Workshop in "Hazardous Materials Emergency Response" organised by "Zephyr Environmental Corporation" in accordance with the "United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Hazardous Waste Operation and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER), United Arab Emirates – Dubai, February 2008"
- Workshop in 'Environmental Inspection and Violations Issuance' organised by 'United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA), in cooperation with Federal Environmental Agency, United Arab Emirates,' United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi, April 2008
- Workshop in 'ISO14001 - Environmental Management Systems' organised by 'BSI Management Systems - Dubai', United Arab Emirates, Dubai, March 2010
- Workshop in “ISO22301 – Business Continuity Management Systems”, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, October 2018
- Workshop in “Risk Management Professionals”, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, August 2018
- Workshop in “Project Management Professionals”, United Arab Emirates - Dubai, November 2018
- Service Design Training Programme, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, September 2022
- Attending the Second Session of the Joint WMO/IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM-11), Canada - Halifax (19-27 September 2005)
- Attending the second meeting of the Chemical Review Committee for the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, Switzerland, Geneva (13–17 February 2006)
- Attending different conferences and symposiums on environmental issues in Iraq from 2000 until 2007, and in the United Arab Emirates from 2007 to present
Languages
Arabic
Native language
Arabic
Native
English
Proficient (C2)
Affiliations
Member of the Iraqi Engineers' Union, Consultant Engineer (since 1995)
Timeline
Principal Specialist
Dubai Municipality / Waste & Sewerage Agency (WSA)
09.2016 - 07.2026
Principal Engineer
Dubai Municipality / Environment Department
08.2007 - 09.2016
Senior Engineer
Ministry of Industry and Minerals (MIM) / Environment Department
05.2000 - 08.2007
Master of Science - Environmental Engineering
University of Technology
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
University of Technology