Daniel Powis

Management of large EPC desalination plant tenders, including interfacing with internal stakeholders such as engineering, procurement, construction teams and corporate approvals; interfacing with external partners such as construction partners and developers / clients.

Costing of large (100 to 500 M USD) desalination plants (Multiple Effect Distillation and Reverse Osmosis) in EP or EPC contracts Negotiation with consortium partners of scope split and termination points

Managed the testing, repairing and commissioning of the Al Marjan Island (Ras Al Khaimah) Vacuum Sewer Network and Sewage Treatment Plant. Supervised a compliance audit on various sewage treatment plants in Ras Al Khaimah and suggested improvements to meet reliability and compliance benchmarks. Conducted business development for operation and maintenance contracts

Managed the audit, overhauling, modification, testing and re-commissioning of the Palm Jumeirah Crescent Sewage Treatment Plant in Dubai, which had been built earlier but not fully commissioned.

- Ajman STP Process Enhancement (50MLD) : managed construction and installation of structures (clarifiers, pumping station, electrical room), and the retrofit of the existing structures, as well as the flow connections. Participated in the writing of the Capital Investment Plan for future plant and network optimisations. - FEWA DAF (16MiGD) SWRO Pre-treatment : design optimization from experience feedback, project documentation organisation.

- Worked on various Wastewater treatment plant tenders, from 5MLD to 100MLD, in general design - Developed design and estimating tools for piping and HVAC - Worked as commissioning engineer on the Burj Khalifa lake filtration plants (62MLD), a combination of rapid settler and microfilter plant for lake filtration

Supervised construction, installation and pre-commissioning of the Palm Jumeirah Crescent Sewage Treatment Plant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

- Widening of a 12 km stretch of road from three-lane to highway : created real-time unit-cost calculation tools, supervised site activities

- Construction of 4,000 sq.m villas for the royal family : managed site inspections with consultant, consolidated concrete orders, reported on progress, coordinated with design office

- Extension of the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant : civil inspections