Eihab Samir Ali Mohamednour, PMP PMI-RMP PMI-SP P3O
Glasgow,Glasgow City
Summary
Driven individual with solid foundation in engineering principles and strong desire to contribute to project success. Demonstrates proficiency in project planning and problem-solving, coupled with excellent communication and teamwork abilities. Ready to deliver impactful solutions and drive project outcomes in project engineer role.
A sound understanding of HV and EHV cable construction, design, installation, and test and commissioning together with a comprehensive knowledge of power system engineering, and a good knowledge of current power industry based electrical engineering standards and working practices.
Snapshot of major mega infrastructural and energy projects are as follows:
- 380KV underground cables between KMT BSP - HVP1 S/S, (Reinforcement of EHV-WOA Network Stage-1) (Tihan)
- Reinforcement of Jeddah 380KV Network Replacement of LPOF cables with XLPE cables (SSEM) Construction of 380/110/13.8KV AlWAHA-BSP (Waha-Jam, Waha-Knd, Waha-HVP1) (LS cables)
- Construction of 380/110/13.8KV Makkah Central BSP (MKN-MKC, MKWMKC) (ABB/AL-Fanar)
- Construction of 380kV D/C OHTL between Rabigh IPP2 to transition gantry near Al Adel - 380kV UG cable Gantry 1 to Al Adel BSP ( Sudkable)
- Construction Al Adel 38kV BSP (ALFanar/CEPCO/SSEM)
- Installation of 110 KV UGC for three new 110/13.8KV substations to develop power supply for KIDANAH projects at MINA, MAKKAH -WOA (Jeddah cables)
- Installation of 110 KV UGC for three new 110/13.8KV substations to develop power supply for KIDANAH projects at Arafat, MAKKAH -WOA (Bahra Cables)
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Project Engineer- HVDC cables
SSE
Glasgow, Glasgow City
2025.09 - Current
- Lead detailed design reviews for the LT14 HVDC/HVAC cable system, ensuring all contractor deliverables comply with SSENT technical specifications, CDM regulations, and applicable industry standards, IEC, CIGRE, IEEE, ENA NGTS.
- Evaluate detailed cable routing, landfall interfaces, and joint bay layouts, coordinating with civil, geotechnical, environmental, and installation teams to ensure constructability and long-term asset performance.
- Review and technically validate current-carrying capacity and thermal modelling, CYMCAP, including steady-state, cyclic, transient, emergency rating conditions, and short-circuit current performance. Ensure all modelling assumptions, soil thermal resistivity, backfill composition, burial depth, and duct configurations, comply with IEC 60287, IEC 60853, IEC 60949, CIGRE TB 640, ENA ER TS 97-1, and NGTS 2.5.
- Provide technical assurance for thermo-mechanical and installation design calculations, including pulling tension, sidewall pressure, bending radius, and installation forces, ensuring the design is robust and installation-ready.
- Assess trench cross-sections, duct bank structures, joint bay civil designs, and link box/link pillar configurations, ensuring alignment with SSEN engineering practices and safe integration with the wider LT14 route.
- Review and approve Inspection and Test Plans, ITP/ITPS, and testing documentation for HV/EHV cable systems, ensuring full coverage for cables, joints, and terminations in accordance with IEC 62895, IEC 62067, IEC 60840, and CIGRE TB 852.
- Attend, witness, and provide technical assurance during system qualification and type testing of the complete cable system, including land and submarine cables, metallic return cables, factory joints, straight joints, sectionalised joints, transition joints, and terminations, ensuring compliance with IEC 62895, IEC 62067, IEC 60840, CIGRE TB 852, and NGTS 3.05.16.
- Lead design risk identification, assessment, and mitigation, addressing geotechnical constraints, thermal hotspots, HDD interfaces, and landfall challenges in line with CDM Designer duties.
- Ensure continuity from FEED into detailed design, maintaining alignment of route options, technical constraints, and early-stage risk decisions through to construction-ready outputs.
- Provide technical governance across the LT14 cable package, challenging contractor assumptions, ensuring design consistency, and enforcing SSEN Transmission quality and assurance processes.
- Resolve multidisciplinary technical queries and interface issues between cable manufacturers, civil contractors, landfall teams, and HVDC converter designers to ensure seamless system integration.
- Mentor and support junior engineers, providing guidance on cable system design, thermal modelling, route engineering, standards, and SSEN-specific engineering processes.
- Ensure readiness for construction by validating all detailed design deliverables, installation procedures, method statements, and commissioning plans in preparation for LT14 execution.
- Review and validate electromagnetic field (EMF) studies for cable system, ensuring compliance with ICNIRP 2009 exposure limits and relevant IEEE C95.x human exposure guidelines.
- Review and validate induced voltage and sheath bonding studies for cable systems, including steady‑state and fault‑condition induced sheath voltage performance and bonding arrangements, ensuring analysis aligns with IEEE 575 guidance on sheath induced voltages and industry best practice for personnel and asset safety.
- Critically assess contractor-proposed deviations from prequalified cable design and construction, evaluating impacts on system performance, reliability, and compliance. Develop and present robust technical justifications and responses for Technical Authority (TA) review and approval, ensuring alignment with CIGRE TB 852 requirements to define and verify appropriate testing regimes for validation of all design, process, and material changes.
Sr.Project Engineer
Saudi Electricity Company
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2014.03 - 2024.10
- Responsible for preparing cable system designs to applicable specifications and tender documentation, coordination with cable and accessories manufacturers, and providing technical support.
- Identified and design fully compliant cable system solutions to meet customer requirements, by being conversant with all electro-technical aspects of cables, accessories and installations procedures.
- Prepared and deliver project-based cable system Design Packs containing all relevant information and documentation for both design and construction phases.
- Liaised with cable & accessory suppliers and manufacturers to obtain the most cost-effective supply price and to so advise the estimating team.
- Liaised with suppliers and clients to ensure that the latest technical information is held, and to have knowledge of future developments.
- Maintained information on the customer approvals status and type registration status of all cables and accessories.
- Assimilated, review and prepare system information for type registration when necessary.
- Maintained an electro-technical dialogue with customers, manufacturers, suppliers, colleagues.
- Attended technical symposia or conferences that may be relevant.
- Undertook cable rating, induced voltage, cable force and cable pulling calculations.
- Undertook cable crossing modelling, with appropriate software
- Provided regular reports on the status of the designs being undertaken and where necessary, to recommend improved methods of working.
- Worked with external contractors and consultants when required.
- Generated progress reports with clear updates, maintained transparency in operations.
- Spearheaded process improvements, contributed towards better quality control measures.
- Facilitated regular team meetings, fostered a collaborative working environment.
- Liaised effectively with clients and stakeholders for consensus on project goals.
- Applied technical knowledge for troubleshooting issues, minimised downtime during project execution.
- Led project teams to successful completion of complex engineering projects.
- Identified bottlenecks early on by implementing robust monitoring mechanisms, enhanced workflow efficiency.
- Delegated tasks appropriately among team members to optimise resources usage.
- Exhibited excellent problem-solving skills during crisis situations; ensured minimal disruption in workflows.
- Enhanced project success rates by introducing data-driven decision making.
Project Engineer
METS/ALBushair Contracting Company
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2013.04 - 2014.01
- Testing and commissioning of transmission substations (power transformer, switch gear) up to 500kv.
- Handling the installation testing, commissioning, and put-into-service of 132KV, 115KV, 33KV, 13.8 KV UGC.
- Handling installation testing, commissioning and put into service of MV 33 KV OHTL.
- Installation testing and commissioning of 1000 KVA, 1500KVA and 2000KVA 33/13.8kv transformers and RMUs for system extension and system expansion work orders.
- Request for shutdown and follow up with SEC for approval.
- Receive and review drawings for new work orders from SEC translate the requirements and received drawings into tasks, and assign them to Foreman and other subordinates and supervise the execution as per SEC specifications and requirements.
- Receive as-built drawings from draftsman review and submit to SEC.
- Managing the logistics of site equipment & materials.
- Supporting Project Manager & planning & scheduling engineer to improve progress, performance & schedule.
Site Engineer
AIMN SIDDIG Contracting NEC Contractor
Khartoum
2010.06 - 2013.02
- Coordinated all site inspections with the site subcontractors.
- Ensured that all inspection reports are accurate and that all attached documents are current status.
- Ensured all work is correctly prepared prior to any inspection being undertaken.
- Reviewed all inspection reports for compliance.
- Assisted the site QC manager in the organisation, maintenance and control of the quality system.
- Liased with the site construction engineers and provide assistance when requested.
- Prepared nonconformance reports to the QA manager and assist in developing corrective actions.
- Assisted the QC manager and construction manager in resolving any discrepancies and ambiguities.
- Coordinated with the customers QC inspectors for the resolution of site problems.
- Coordinated with the site subcontractors to ensure that communications exist and are maintained.
- Assisted the site subcontractors in the resolution of drawing interpretation.
- Attended the weekly QC meetings.
- Reviewed work procedures and method statements for compliance with good work practices and the customers contract specializations.
- Issued nonconformance reports in conjunction with the site QC manager.
- Handled QC site instructions and coordinate their closure.
- Handled Installation testing, commissioning and put into service 33 kV, 11KV, 04 KV OHTL.
- Handled Installation testing, commissioning and put into service 33kV UGC & RMU.
- Handled the erection of concrete poles, stringing of ACSR conductors as well as trenching, cable laying, cable jointing, cable termination, testing, etc.
- Ensured site safety by implementing rigorous health and safety protocols.
- Monitored supply chain management reducing delays in delivery of essential materials.
- Improved efficiency with regular site inspections and maintenance.
Education
BSc. (Hons) - Electrical Engineering (Power and Control)
University of Kordofan
Kordofan, Sudan 2004.11 - 2009.12
Skills
- Competency with Microsoft Office software, AutoCAD and working knowledge with other specialised calculating and simulation software (Sketchup, Mathcad, MS Project)
- Working knowledge of cable rating modelling software, such as CYMCAP, ELEK, Cableizer, or other similar cable modelling software
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD and other specialised calculating and simulation software (Sketchup, Mathcad, MS Project, P6
- Follow and promote the company’s health and safety policies
- Use initiative, be self-motivated and able to work with minimum- level of supervision
- Good interpretative skills
- Ability to prioritise various and changing tasks
- Work to deadlines and communicate early when this is not feasible Well organized and flexible
- Good communicator and a team player
- Microsoft Office including Word, Excel
- Proactive issue identification
- Innovative thinking
- Knowledge of plc programming
- Effective delegation method
- Stakeholder communication excellence
- Strategic planning aptitude
- Electrical system design
- Fault diagnosis capability
- Safety compliance
- Technical change orders
- Technical specification writing
- Contingency planning competence
- Advanced engineering principles
- Project design delivery
Timeline
Project Engineer- HVDC cables
SSE
2025.09 - Current
Sr.Project Engineer
Saudi Electricity Company
2014.03 - 2024.10
Project Engineer
METS/ALBushair Contracting Company
2013.04 - 2014.01
Site Engineer
AIMN SIDDIG Contracting NEC Contractor
2010.06 - 2013.02
BSc. (Hons) - Electrical Engineering (Power and Control)
University of Kordofan
2004.11 - 2009.12