This document contains the resume of Mohammed A. Zakout, an electrical engineer seeking employment. It outlines his education, including a Master's degree in electrical engineering and professional engineering certification. It also details his work experience overseeing electrical, instrumentation and commissioning projects for oil and gas facilities in the Middle East and power plants internationally. His skills include project management, automation systems, and troubleshooting electrical and process equipment. Contact information and a list of references are provided at the end.

1. Mohammed A. Zakout
20 Kielman Rd, Willetton, Perth, WA 6155
VISA Sub Class 189 (Skilled Independent)
Single with no restrictions to relocate
Mobile: 0435 634 102
Email: thesilent85@gmail.com
PROFILE
I am a trustworthy and goal orientated Electrical, Instrument, Control, Commissioning Engineer, approaching each
task with a senseof priority and responsibility.I valuerelationshipswith my peers, managers and external clients and
am regarded as a reliable and valued member of the team. My engineering and problem solving skills are advanced,
have a “job comes first” approach and my ability to communicate and work collaboratively have all been key to my
success. I am well built, energetic and well-presented professional looking forward to adding value to my next
employer.
EDUCATION
2014 Professional Engineer Skill Level 1 (ANZSCO 233311)
2008-2009 Master of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
2003-2007 Bachelors of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (ABET-Accredited)
American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
KEY SKILLS
 SubordinateTeaching and Guidance
 Quality Assurance
 Effective Oral and Written Skills
 High level computer skillsincludingExcel,Word
and Powerpoint
 Ability to identify, analyze,and solveproblems
 High attention to detail
 Able to work independently and accept
responsibility.
 Experience in FaultFindingand Rectification
Works
 Customer Focused and Work Ethic
 Strong Committed Team Member
 Extremely self-motivated and a continuous
learner that strives for excellence
 Experience in WiringDiagrams,SLD's,Design
Specifications,and WorldwideStandards.
 Strong Leadership and Organization Skills.
 Ability to prioritizein a complex, fast-paced
environment
 Honest with High Self Respect and Integrity
 Proven Self Starter
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
March 2009 – April 2015
Al Ballaj Contracting and General Maintenance
Al Ballaj Contracting and General Maintenance is a trading and contracting company with its main office in Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was established in 2000 operating in Abu Dhabi. It has become a leading regional
Electro-Mechanical contractor, and technology provider to different market sector (including industry and
construction) by making the latest products and technologies available thus playing an important role in accelerating
the development of the region.

2. Project Engineer ELE / ELV / HVAC (MEP) October 2011 – April 2015
EPC6 Ruwais TAKREER (Oil and Gas Refinery) Non Process Building with STRABAG as main contractor
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Responsibilities:
 Electrical equipment design, installation, testing, commissioning, maintenance of the following:
o High Voltage Switchgear (ABB + ABB Relays
IEC68150)
o Ring Main Units (ABB)
o Capacitor Banks (Schneider Electric)
o Transformers (Oil & Dry type Schneider
Electric)
o Generators (ETAONE)
o HV Cablingand Termination (Raychem)
o Low Voltage Switchgear (Schneider
Electric)
o AC & DC UPS (Borri & CEG)
o AC & DC Motors (WEG)
o Integrated Protection and Control
System (ABB)
o Light Control Systems (Indoor /
Outdoor & Street lights) (Cooper)
o Lifts (ThyssenKrupp)
 Extra low voltage equipment design, installation, testing, commissioning, and maintenance of the following:
o BuildingManagement System with
Honeywell field devices
o FireAlarm System (SAFCO)
o Annunciation Panels (ABB)
o Structured CablingSystem (ABB / Cisco)
o Audio / Visual Systems (Omnix)
o Personnel Access Control (ABB)
o Closed CircuitTelevision (ABB /
Oxalis)
o Public Address System (Tyco)
o Fiber optic cables,patch panels,
patch cords,converters.
 HVAC equipment installation, testing, commissioning, and maintenance of the following:
o Air Cooled Chillers (York)
o Water Cooled Chillers (Carrier)
o CoolingTowers (Carrier)
o Chilled Water Pumps with VFD's and
Starters (WEG)
o Chemical DosingUnits for Chilled Water
System
o Closed Control Units (Stulz)
o SplitUnits (Carrier)
o Fan Coil Units (Carrier)
o PipingInstrumentation and Field
Devices (Weiss)
o CAV / VAV / Duct Heaters (Carrier)
 Completion of 16 non process buildings and a substation fromconstruction up to commissioning, handover, and
maintenance defect liability period.
 Led the completion of ERC (Emergency Response Center) & CMC (Crisis Management Center) Rooms. Critical
server and data centers.
 Interfacing, interconnection design and execution of installed equipment.
 Plan and design of building services equipment.
 Supervise construction plans and specifications and draw up contracts.
 Perform operation and maintenance of equipment installed.
 Make and improve building services equipment control and automation.
 Design and produce drawings of electrical systems using Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
 Prepare and interpret specifications, drawings and regulations for the building services equipment.
 Work out delivery and installation schedules for building services equipment.
 Organize and manage contractors and materials for the building services equipment.
 Make sure that completed works meet specifications and safety standards.
 Implement safety standards and regulations during the period of the project (PTW & Task Risk Assessment)

3.  Establish pre commissioning, commissioning, and mechanical completion, inspection test plans procedures for
the hand over process of the project.
 Arrange and perform technical inspections, and reports for the installed equipment up to handover. This
includes material receiving,installation,precommissioning,mechanical completion,commissioning,startup and
performance runs inspections (FAT/SAT).
 Coordinated works between contractors and sub contractors from different vendors through technical meetings
and scheduled plans.
 Providemaintenance support and optimal operation of the units during the defect liability period. This included
planned and unplanned maintenance on equipment.
 Chaired technical meetings with the managers, consultants, contractors, and clients.
 Follow up day to day activities, operation, and maintenance and reporting to higher management.
 Perform root cause analysis of equipment failures.
 Responsible for all issues of the project, worked in a 24/7 on call duty.
 Communicate complex technical information to a non-technical audience.
 Verifying and reviewing all Issued for Construction drawings (IFC) and documents
 Reviewing, creating, issuingand following up on all Request For Information (RFI) and Field Change Documents.
 Reviewing and creating Red line Mark-up additions to Drawings
 Providing E&I engineering technical support and solutions to project management and supervision
 Delivering up-to-date work front status reports.
Achievements:
 Expanded the knowledge and expertise of my subordinates.
 Exceeded the level of expectations of the client, which in then gave us more jobs from the client.
 Grew passion and willingness between team members to complete the project.
 Introduced technical efficiencies that resulted in an improved task completion time of 150 percent.
 Implemented plans between contractors and workers that succeeded in completion of the work at time.
 Recruited, trained and established a startup team that was fully operational within a month - one week ahead of
schedule.
 Learned to face all problems and never say "That is not my responsibility".
Instrument, Control and Commissioning Specialist April 2011 – October 2011
Recommissioning of Gas Turbine / Generator under supervision of ANSALDO ENERGIA SPA
Valathur, Rameswaram, India
Instrument, Control and Commissioning Specialist February 2011 – April 2011
Major Overhaul and Commissioning of Gas Turbine / Generator under supervision of ANSALDO ENERGIA SPA
Liberty, Sukkur, Pakistan
Electrical, Instrument, and Commissioning Engineer June 2010 – January 2011
Construction and Commissioning of Gas Turbine / Generator under supervision of ANSALDO ENERGIA SPA
Pervomayskaya, St Petersburg, Russia
Responsibilities:
 Recommissioning of the V64.3A gas turbine after combustion chamber repair. Calibration, loop check, repair,
and start up to full load.
 Commissioningof the V92.4 gas turbine after major overhaul. Calibration, loop check, repair, and start up to full
load.
 Construction & Commissioningof the V64.3A gas turbine for a new plant. Calibration,loop check, and start up to
full load.
 Testing, repairing, calibration, automation, loop checking, and replacement of the following:

4. o PressureSensors / Switches
o Temperature Sensors / Switches
o Level Sensors / Switches
o Flow Sensors / Switches
o Combustion Chamber Spark Plugs
o Hydraulic Gas Valves & Skid (Diffusion,
Pre Mix, Pilot)
o Blow OFF valves
o CoolingValves
o IGV
o Compressor and ExhaustRTD's
o Air Intake Dryer
o Lube Oil Skid (AC / DC Motors)
o Compressed Air Skid
 Troubleshooting of all faults on the, PLC, HMI, SCADA, RTU, DCS, Cards, Logic system of ABB Composer and PGP.
 Establish pre commissioning, commissioning, and mechanical completion, inspection test plans procedures for
the hand over process of the project.
 Arrange and perform technical inspections, and reports for the installed equipment up to handover. This
includes material receiving,installation,precommissioning,mechanical completion,commissioning,startup and
performance runs inspections (FAT/SAT).
 Chaired weekly meetings with staff to ensure clientsatisfaction with the project delivery.
 Perform operation and maintenance of instruments and machines installed.
 Assistthe commissioningmanager in logic troubleshootingand faultfindingduringmachinestartup.
 Conducted instrument troubleshootingduringcommissioningand checkoutprocesses.
 Performed all design reviews for team consideration in regular meetings.
 Performed regular testing and evaluation of instrumentation designs.
 Ensured timely completion of work in coordination with other relevant engineering disciplines.
 Evaluated and reported to management on vendor drawings and data.
 Contributed to development processes via interdepartmental monitoring.
 Workingwith engineer to develop P&ID's and specify instrumentation required.
 Worked on Honeywell, ABB, DCS automation systems.
 Implement safety standards and regulations during the period of the project (PTW & Task Risk Assessment)
Achievements:
 Was promoted to Project Engineer position.
 Met deadlines consistently.
 Integrated an extremely complex system for the company.
 Solved technical disputes.
 Established good working relationshipswith customers/clients.
 Developed new quality standards for better quality performanceand reliability.
 Developed the product troubleshootingprocedure for operators with strongattention to detail.
 Insiston usingthe right tool for the right job.Never lower the quality of work presented.
 Understood the power generation and combined cyclescheme.
TRAINING
Training Engineer March 2009 – May 2010
Genoa, Italy
 Received intense trainingin the main office and factory of Ansaldo Genova in Italy for 6 months.
 Gas / Steam Turbineassembly and construction.
 11KV Generator assembly,construction,and testing.
 Control system of gas turbine and its auxiliaries includingPLC,HMI, RTU, SCADA, Logic assessmentand
improvement (Siemens Teleperm and ABB Harmony).
 Control system of Steam turbine and its auxiliaries includingPLC, HMI, RTU, SCADA, Logic assessmentand
improvement (Siemens Teleperm and ABB Harmony).

5. Training Engineer July 2007 – October 2007
ABB Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
 Experience commissioningand testingvariablefrequency drives in pumping stations.
 Written and oral presentation skillsaboutthe scope of work in pumping stations.
 Knowledge of circuitbreakers and insulation types for their specified purpose.
 Gained knowledge about the different types of protection used for transformers.
SPECIALIZED SKILLS & LANGUAGES
C/C++ Programming, MATLAB, Simulink,Orcad (PCBLayout and CircuitDesign Package), Multisim (Digital & Analog
CircuitDesign Package),Power Systems Analysis (Distribution Package),MicrosoftOfficeSuite, ProgramPLCs,
Cadence, PSCAD, VerilogA, Siemens Teleperm and MMI, ABB Harmony and PGP, AutoCad.
References availableonrequest