Career Episode Report for Civil Engineer 2022

First Name Last Name
Instructor
Civil Engineering
6 October 2019
Career Episode
Introduction
This career episode is based upon a particular engineering problem that I was required to solve
on August 2018. Friend of mine who is a full-time employee of the BlueTech Company through
the company requested my services in providing them with technical drawings for a three
bedroom apartment as well as assist in supervising the project’s implementation. This project
was conducted at Ha'il in north-western Saudi Arabia. I was associate design engineer and site
engineer in this project from August 2018- March 2019.
Background
As an associate design engineer, I carried out daily engineering activities under the direction of a
senior engineer, while at the same time acquiring the opportunity to independently plan and
manage projects. The project entailed actual design of a three bedroom apartment, preparation of
bill of quantities, certification and approval of the drawings, tendering, and project
implementation in record 5 months.
The project objectives included provision of three bedroom apartment facility based on design
and build philosophy using sustainable construction materials. The design therefore included
sustainable designs and solutions and the construction was heavily green type. Given the hot
weather, the design and construction was conducted such that the house would have a system of
self-cooling based on manually regulated thermostat for each of the rooms in the house. To
check on cost and project schedule timeline, most of the construction materials had to be sourced
locally.
The nature of my work area included: Perform with engineers from other disciplines and
nationalities in a team environment. Solve problems and improve the production and
serviceability of products that work for manufacturing and service staff. Create and suggest
improvements in construction processes if any. Prepare drawings for engineering.
The chart of organization hierarchy highlighting my position is as shown in figure 1.

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Figure 1: organization hierarchy.
Statement of my duties included: Using computer applications in the field of engineering to
create/ develop, read and interpret blueprints. Upgrade the brand and reduce service failures and
sales support staff costs. Provide management technical guidance if needed. Establish and
maintain relationships within or outside of BlueTech Company with individuals and business
units. Provide leadership and management to design the HVAC system design team of engineers.
Identify and procure process equipment that is necessary. Investigate, develop and implement
new large-scale system technologies.
I provided an AutoCAD design of the building with all elevations including but not limited to
west elevation, south elevation, east elevation, north elevation as well as interior elevations,
sections. After approval of the drawing, I was responsible in ensuring that the construction is
done as per the design and approve of any changes before being implemented. In case of such
variations, I was made updated versions of the designs to include any changes (if any). The
selection of the material was every key aspect of this project given that the client needed a
sustainable design using green construction technologies. Therefore, I ensured that correct
materials as per the design specifications were adhered to. This include allowing for suitable
Chief Executive
Officer
Managing
director/ Project
director
Project
supervisor/
cordinator
Finance/ Human
Resources
Manager
Design/
Structural
Engineer
Associate
Design
Engineer/ site
engineer