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Abdus Salam Khan
Senior Civil Engineer
Mirpur
Summary
Engineering professional with proven track record in leading high-performance teams and driving innovative engineering solutions. Known for fostering collaborative environments and achieving significant project milestones. Reliable and adaptable, with focus on strategic planning and resource management.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
2008
2008
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Head of Engineering & Real Estate
Trust Bank PLC
05.2018 - 09.2024
- Assessing and managing construction projects financed by the bank, ensuring they meet technical standards and regulations
- Overseeing the progress of projects to ensure they are completed on time and within budget
- Evaluating the risks associated with funding construction and infrastructure projects, including structural integrity, environmental impact, and compliance with safety standards
- Conducting feasibility studies to determine the viability of projects before they receive funding
- Providing technical advice to lending officers and management about the feasibility and technical aspects of proposed projects
- Assisting in the development of policies and guidelines for project financing, ensuring they align with industry standards
- Ensuring that funded projects comply with local, state, and federal regulations, as well as environmental and safety standards
- Monitoring the use of funds in construction projects to prevent misallocation or fraud
- Working with architects, contractors, and other engineers to ensure that projects are designed and executed properly
- Liaising with government agencies and regulatory bodies regarding compliance and permitting
Chief Civil Engineer
Tokyu Construction Co. Ltd.
06.2016 - 01.2017
- Company Overview: Japanese Construction Company
- Technical supervision of the design, development, operation and maintenance of the project
- Ensure regulatory compliance within the engineering and maintenance function, ensuring that all policies and practices are in compliance with required regulatory standards
- Field visits to potential locations requiring specific technical assistance and, based on performed assessment, recommend best solution for project implementation
- Review and assess technical design documents for construction interventions, providing substantive technical inputs and quality assurance
- Provide technical assistance in establishment of common grounds for minimum standards requirements for the implementation of specific construction tasks as required by the project
- Monitors and supervises construction works
- Ensure that technical documentation on construction site is maintained in accordance with relevant national laws and standards and contract for works
- Assess staff performance and provide coaching and guidance to ensure maximum efficiency
- Assesses project performance to identify success factors and incorporates best practices into project work
- Prepare and maintain status reports for projects under implementation and for completed projects
- Correcting any project deficiencies that affect production, quality and safety requirements before final evaluation and project reviews
- Sign off the final handover documentation upon completion of all (re)construction works in each project
- Japanese Construction Company
Chief Engineer
OSJI Joint Venture Corp. Ltd.
03.2016 - 06.2016
- Company Overview: Japanese Joint Venture Construction Company
- Devises plans for each phase of the project
- Ensure that technical documentation on construction site is maintained in accordance with relevant national laws and standards and contract for works
- Review and assess technical design documents for construction interventions, providing substantive technical inputs and quality assurance
- Identifies and procures the resources needed
- Performs quality control checks, ensuring the safety and effectiveness or reliability of the system or product
- Determine work procedures, prepares work schedules and expedites workflow
- Assigns duties and examines work for exactness, neatness and conformance to policies and procedures
- Ensuring that a project runs smoothly and that the project is completed on time and within budget
- Communicating and liaising effectively with project management, project team, subcontractors, consultants, co-workers and clients
- Correcting any project deficiencies that affect production, quality and safety requirements before final evaluation and project reviews
- Managing, supervising and visiting sub-contractors on site and advising on civil engineering issues
- Sign off the final handover documentation upon completion of all (re)construction works in each project
- Japanese Joint Venture Construction Company
Executive Director
Lunar Eclipse International
01.2015 - 03.2016
- Company Overview: Trading Company
- Maintaining administrative staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; maintaining a safe and secure work environment; developing personal growth opportunities
- Identifying risks and ensures appropriate strategies are in place
- Improves program and service quality by devising new applications; updating procedures; evaluating system results with users
- Ensure operations adhere to policies and regulations
- Ensuring financial and other agreed targets are met in all departments and driving the business to increase profits
- Reviewing working practices to ascertain if it is successful and if not, devise an alternative
- Decides budgets for all departments and reviewing and approving equipment needs
- Ensuring the correct practices, safety and security regulations are being met
- Responsible for day-to-day decisions and working with legal departments on all matters
- Overseas employment and administrative management of overseas staffs and offices
- Trading Company
General Manager-Admin & Project
Design Development Consultants
10.2013 - 12.2014
- Developing detailed designs, undertaking technical and feasibility studies and site investigations
- Improves program and service quality by devising new applications; updating procedures; evaluating system results with users
- Assess staff performance and provide coaching and guidance to ensure maximum efficiency
- Working with department heads and senior management to get the best performance from staff keeping employees motivated and organizing appropriate training for them
- Assessing the potential risks of specific projects, as well as undertaking risk management in specialist roles
- Managing, supervising and visiting contractors on site and advising on civil engineering issues
- Communicating and liaising effectively with colleagues and architects, subcontractors, contracting civil engineers, consultants, co-workers and clients
- Managing change, as the client may change their mind about the design, and ensuring relevant parties are notified of changes in the project
- Adopting all relevant requirements around issues such as building permits, environmental regulations, sanitary design, good manufacturing practices and safety on all work assignments
- Ensuring that a project runs smoothly and that the structure is completed on time and within budget
- Correcting any project deficiencies that affect production, quality and safety requirements before final evaluation and project reviews
Commissioned Officer
Bangladesh Army
12.1994 - 05.2013
- Responsible for all human resource management functions within the regiment/unit or headquarters which includes personnel accounting, strength reporting, database management, strength management, casualty operations and unit administration
- Coordination with the protocol office, Serve as the Regiment security officer, coordinator, health committee representative, and community services representative
- Responsible for the enrollment and tracking of all weapons, equipment and stores enrolled in the facility
- Responsible for all aspect of leading, training, mobilizing and deploying a Battalion/Regiment in both peacetime and wartime conditions
- Provide guidance and mentoring to a Regiment/Battalion level staff and three/five subordinate companies
- Maintain control systems to prevent fraud, waste, abuse or mismanagement of Government resources
- Ensures the best quality of life for soldiers and their family members
- Responsible for the logistic, administrative and fiscal management of a combat support unit
- Responsible for developing and implementing an operational & security plan and a logistic support plan which ensures operational readiness for wartime contingencies and peacetime missions
- Develop subordinate leaders through an active professional development program emphasizing coaching, counseling, and mentoring
- Responsible for the overall supervision of the regiment personnel administration center and its activities
- Serve as a commander and staff officer of unit, sub unit, headquarters and headquarters detachments
Engineer Staff Officer at Forces Headquarters, UNOCI
United Nation Peace Keeping Mission
03.2009 - 03.2010
- Develop Force Engineer support plans and programme
- Plan, coordinate and implement the assigned engineer tasks (field/combat and construction) in accordance with mission priorities
- Monitor and supervise the utilization of Military Engineering resources
- Supporting civilian construction projects that deemed crucial to implement UN mandate
- Advise HOMC/FC, Force HQ Staff, CISS and the Chief Engineer on military engineering resources, capabilities and employment
- Assess mine, IED and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) threats and develop counter Mine/IED SOP's and measures (with United Nations Mine Action Service, UNMAS)
- Plan, coordinate, implement and monitor counter IED, DE-mining and EOD tasks under military domain
- Maintain close liaison with Mission Engineer Section and other relevant offices for daily operation and management of engineering works/projects
- Engaged for humanitarian and non-military activities
Platoon Commander, Quick Reaction Force, BANBAT-1, MONUC
United Nation Peace Keeping Mission
07.2003 - 08.2004
- Force protection
- Prevent and deter any threat to or attack against the UN personnel/properties
- Bomb, Explosive Ordnance and IEDD operations
- Mine marking and clearance
- Security checks & duties
- Traffic control & Taking down traffic accidents
- Inquiries, Interrogations & Law enforcement
- Searches/investigations/support in interventions
- Detention of dangerous criminals; Crowd and riot control
- Operation of detention facilities
- Interventions (Special weapons and tactics - SWAT)
- Defence against terrorism
- VIP escorts and honor guards
- Escort classified documents and all sorts of logistic supplies
- Convoy and oversize vehicle escort and river crossing control
- Route reconnaissance and marking
Education
Master of Science - Decision Making Process, Training Management & Strategic Studies
Defence Services Command & Staff College
Master of Business Administration - undefined
IUBAT
Bachelor of Science in Engineering - Environment & Transportation
Military Institute of Science & Technology
Diploma in Combat Engineering - undefined
US Army Engineering School
Fort Leonard Wood, MissouriBachelor of Science - Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics
Bangladesh Military Academy
Higher Secondary Certificate - undefined
Barishal Cadet College
Secondary School Certificate - undefined
Barishal Cadet College
Skills
Project management
Engineering design
Workflow planning
Stakeholder management
Safety protocols
Project planning oversight
Employee development
Requirements analysis
Resource allocation optimization
Proposal development
Resource allocation
Regulatory compliance
Design oversight
Engineering leadership
Operations management
Additional Information
Research/ Thesis Papers:
● Role of UN for the security of small states
● Feasibility of having a national database for Bangladesh – A toll for averting mass scale crime and corruption
● Conflicting issues in Manual of Bangladesh Military Law
● Involvement of pedestrian and non motorized vehicles in road accidents
● Is nuclear power plant a feasible option for meeting electricity demand of Bangladesh?
Interests
Timeline
Head of Engineering & Real Estate
Trust Bank PLC
05.2018 - 09.2024
Chief Civil Engineer
Tokyu Construction Co. Ltd.
06.2016 - 01.2017
Chief Engineer
OSJI Joint Venture Corp. Ltd.
03.2016 - 06.2016
Executive Director
Lunar Eclipse International
01.2015 - 03.2016
General Manager-Admin & Project
Design Development Consultants
10.2013 - 12.2014
Engineer Staff Officer at Forces Headquarters, UNOCI
United Nation Peace Keeping Mission
03.2009 - 03.2010
Platoon Commander, Quick Reaction Force, BANBAT-1, MONUC
United Nation Peace Keeping Mission
07.2003 - 08.2004
Commissioned Officer
Bangladesh Army
12.1994 - 05.2013
Master of Business Administration - undefined
IUBAT
Bachelor of Science in Engineering - Environment & Transportation
Military Institute of Science & Technology
Diploma in Combat Engineering - undefined
US Army Engineering School
Bachelor of Science - Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics
Bangladesh Military Academy
Higher Secondary Certificate - undefined
Barishal Cadet College
Secondary School Certificate - undefined
Barishal Cadet College
Master of Science - Decision Making Process, Training Management & Strategic Studies
Defence Services Command & Staff College
Languages
Bengali
Native language
English
Advanced
C1
Training
- Foreign Training, Engineer Command & Staff Course, US Army Engineering School, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, USA, 2005, Distinguished Honor Graduate
- Domestic Trainings, Army Staff Course, Defence Services Command and Staff College; Under the Bangladesh University of Professionals, 2008, Qualified
- Professional Trainings, Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Preparation training at STC; Security Awareness Training; Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment training
- Other Courses, Army Commando Course, Basic Commando Course, Bomb and Improvised Explosives Device Disposal Course, Weapon Course, Military Science Course, Junior command & Staff Course, Engineer Officers’ Basic Course
Personal Information
- Father's Name: Abdul Karim Khan
- Mother's Name: Punuara Begum
- Spouse's Name: Tanjina Akbar
- Child Name: Abtahi Samin Khan
- Child Name: Javairiya Nawar Khan
- Child Name: Kahokiya Manar Khan
- Date of Birth: 07/13/73
- Nationality: Bangladeshi
- Marital Status: Married
- Religion: Islam
Training
- Foreign Training, Engineer Command & Staff Course, US Army Engineering School, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, USA, 2005, Distinguished Honor Graduate
- Domestic Trainings, Army Staff Course, Defence Services Command and Staff College; Under the Bangladesh University of Professionals, 2008, Qualified
- Professional Trainings, Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Preparation training at STC; Security Awareness Training; Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment training
- Other Courses, Army Commando Course, Basic Commando Course, Bomb and Improvised Explosives Device Disposal Course, Weapon Course, Military Science Course, Junior command & Staff Course, Engineer Officers’ Basic Course