This journey was certainly not an easy one, no. Although I had struggled with abundant problems and threats, these experiences allowed me to obtain unmatchable technical expertise, several certifications and work experience with several nationalities, diverse and professional engineers who are expert in their field.
Worked on those technologies, in leading positions in real world, where others have only read or heard about. Currently working on desalination project of worth 513 million USD with robust technologies.
How it started:
Viewing from a bird angle, it feels impressive and admirable while looking at my profile now, but a very few people know”, 25 years ago in student life, when had to support whole family and studies as well.
How it’s going:
Is reflecting in my career with proven track record admiring masses as a successful professional. It has been over 20 years working with top multinational companies worldwide since last 20 years who placed on top ranking in top desalination companies officially (i.e., Metito & Acciona) in 2021 – 2022.
Another turning point was in 2004, when a group decided to invest in my “Business Feasibility” of industrial “Bottled Water” project and launched “SIZ Bottlers” in Korangi, Karachi, Pakistan with seeding fund of over 20 million PKR.
In 2006, started industrial water treatment career with textile mill “Lucky Tex”, Karachi and joined them as “Manager Water Treatment & Effluent Recycling”. I upgraded their desalination plants, designed by a US company, which were running under capacity immediately after startup and finalized the design of “Wastewater Treatment Plant” with recycling capabilities.
During technical search for this textile plant, I visited Metito website and saw a banner of “We are hiring” in November 2006 and without thinking, just sent my resume and forgot.
Beginning of international career:
Neither did I have intentions to leave Pakistan, nor did I have any plans. But when God wants something for you to happen, it happens. I landed in Metito, Sharjah, in February 2007. There, without any reference or payments under the table, I got selected from Karachi to work with a leader in water and wastewater engineering company i.e., Metito Overseas Limited, Sharjah, UAE.
A few minutes later, the General Manager, Mr. Salah El Ekad, was on the other side. Starting from general discussion it became more technical, focusing on both practical and theoretical aspects and ended after 48 minutes. I can’t forget his sentence then:
Metito provided me an international platform where I had gotten the opportunity to work on several RO desalination, Wastewater Treatment Plants, Pumping Stations, Pipelines, and networks around the gulf (i.e., Qatar, UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Iraq) & Africa (Sudan, Ethiopia)
Alhamdulillah, after taking off professionally from Metito, I worked with two more German companies in Emirates. Namely, MENA Water GmbH and Passavant Energy & Environment. Did two remarkable projects there one of them is World Bank funded project in Khartoum, Sudan of largest Drinking Water plant (300,000,000 l/day) at River Nile, Sudan and second one with Passavant of largest Sewage Treatment Plant, Gabel Asfar, Egypt.
Finally, I joined Acciona Agua as Engineering Manager in 2018, Khobar, Saudi Arabia. One of the biggest desalinations worldwide worth 1,980,000,000 SAR having capacity of 630,000,000 l/day with seawater open intake