Mudher Takialdeen

1. Mudher Takialdeen Electrical Engineer Baghdad University 1991

2. 1992-2004 Graduate experience and further training House , building wiring Ready Food factory (maintenance ) Ice Factory (maintenance) Bulk clothing (management )

3. Bechtel Cooperation March 2004-2006 • I was responsible for budget of $0.5 million • Managed a team of 400 electricians (along with 3 colleague engineers ) , and many other smaller teams • Dec 2005 – Jun 2006,Electrical Engineer , Iraq • Rural water treatment sites x 4 • Mar 2005 – Dec 2005 Site Engineer, Iraq • 33/11 KV replacement substation, Baghdad /Iraq • March 2004-March 2005 Site Engineer Assistant, Iraq • Reoperation of a power plant Tested the steam boiler, water intake and oil pump station cables (power and control) and initiated replacement where required. Terminated all new cables and re-terminated old ones

4. Jun 2006 – Oct 2006 , • Project Engineer (Operation and maintenance ) • Responsible for a budget of $0.2 million (of total budget of $20 million ) • Managed a team of 6 Engineers who managed around 140 technicians • Responsible for managing the complete project operations. • Projects • 2 Sewage Pump Stations/ Baghdad • Water treatment plant expansion and rehabilitation / Baghdad • Installation of transformers, MCCs, control panels, lighting, grounding, generators, pulling and termination control and power cables. • Ensured all tests were completed before the startup, including Motor Run test, Battery and Charger, AC-DC High Potential Testing, Transformer inspection, cables, panels and pumps • Designed the operation manuals to the operators of the plants or the pump station.

5. Oct 2006 – April 2009 • British Council • Education Project Manager , Iraq, Bahrain, UAE • Own budget of $750,000 • Arranged more than 40 workshops, meeting, conferences, seminars in 6 different countries • Linked more than 100 schools in the Gulf area with UK schools • Helped 17 Iraqi schools with the establishment of their first IT labs • Organised and delivered educational and school projects between Iraq and UK/Iraq and Arabic Gulf countries which included: • conferences, seminars and meetings to high level officials in the UK, Iraq and other Gulf countries • conferences, seminars, meetings and workshops for teachers and head teachers from UK, Iraq and other Gulf countries • Linked schools electronically between Iraq and the United Kingdom • Assisted Iraqi Ministry of Education with the English language curriculum

6. Feb 2010 – Feb 2011 , Tfl/London Underground • Project Manager Assistant, work experience, London, UK Power Upgrade Project • Supported LU (London Underground) Power Upgrade Development and Delivery Team. • Supported team in planning and managing major projects, utilizing company processes and working to corporate standards • Supporting staff in accomplishing agreed project objectives. • Established and maintained a good, professional and pro-active working relationship with Contractor’s project management team, • Identified and managed interfaces between assigned major project and other ongoing LUL Network activities. • Helped in negotiating and administering all major project agreements with outside parties, including local authorities, developers and national government.

7. November 2013 • Joined National Grid as Programme Administrator, via Transitions agency • Had applied unsuccessfully to a range of engineering organisations for engineering jobs

8. UK Training & Accreditation of my skills and qualifications Via Jobcentre Plus: • Nov 2011- April 2012, (6 months) Finchale College, Durham, UK, 17th Edition Wiring Regulations • Dec 2011 , PAT and CSCS Construction Skills Certification Scheme

9. Other UK Courses • 2013 Safety work practice in Tunnelling 3 day course, Crossrail • Place facilitated by Transitions with Crossrail JCP brokerage • I joined this course hoping to get a job with the company , I ended up being offered an apprenticeship by Crossrail in irrelevant jobs to me like brick laying or painting ! • 2011 Business Administration course Kingston College • 2010 London Underground courses • LU Access Training course • Substation competence and awareness course • Track accustomed training • Medium Risk Confined Spaces course CSTS • 2014 ArcFM , this is a special course with NG that will help me get more professional position in the future

10. NARIC and IET • My university degree is considered comparable to British Bachelor Degree Standard according to NARIC • Did not join the IET until now. Not sure about benefits of doing so.

11. Transitions services 2012-2014 Over 20 hours 1-1 advice & guidance Guidance with 7 targetted engineering and administration job applications Range of engineering internships applications – no result Administration internship Circle Housing (3 months part time) Crossrail Tunnelling Safety course TXM Engineering presentation to management Equality Nexus network presentation to participants Workshops: UK Jobsearch Orientation for refugee professionals workshop IET information and advice workshop National Grid information and advice workshop Advisory Seminar

12. Skills-transfer challenges I faced in the UK • Overseas Engineering degree accreditation: how standardised are the IET and Naric systems for accrediting overseas degrees and matching to British standards? • Overseas experience accreditation: as above. • Getting work placement, job shadowing or apprenticeships for overseas engineers to gain experience & to prove themselves is very hard • Joining a professional body proved to be very confusing • Jobcentre Plus sent me on several vocational courses which didn’t result in progress. The Work Programme didn’t progress things.