CURRICULUM VITAE
1.
Family name:
Tokcaer
2.
First name(s):
Emre
3.
Date of birth:
04.December.1977
4.
Nationality:
Turkish Republic
5.
Civil status:
Married
6.
Education:
Institution (date from - date to.)
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
Middle East Technical University 2000 – 2003
MSc, Environmental Engineering
Middle East Technical University 1996 – 2000
BSc, Environmental Engineering
7.
Language skills: (1 = excellent - 5 = basic)
Language
Reading
Speaking
Writing
Turkish
Mother language
Mother language
Mother language
English
1
1
1
8.
Membership of professional bodies: Member of Turkish Chamber of Environmental Engineers
9.
Other skills:
Excellent use of Microsoft WORD, EXCEL & POWERPOINT
Intermediate level use of AUTOCAD, CAPDET, WATERCAD, SEWERCAD, MS PROJECT
& PRIMAVERA PROJECT PLANNER
Beginner level use of MAPINFO Professional.
10. Present position: Environmental Engineer, COWISNS (The merged company of COWI Anadolu and SNS Müş.
ve Müh. Ltd. Şti.)
11. Years within the firm: 2 years
12. Key qualification:
Mr. Tokcaer has experience in the field of infrastructural and environmental engineering. While assisting lectures for
more than 8 courses in Environmental Engineering Department of METU, he has also been the teaching assistant for
“Treatment Plant Design” course which required the students to prepare wastewater treatment plant designs. The course
also included Project Cycle Management (PCM) and Feasibility Study topics.
As a Junior Environmental Engineer in the “Environmental Heavy-Cost Investment Planning Project” he worked as the
deputy team leader of the air quality management team for the Karabük Air Quality Management Project; including
preliminary assessment of ambient air quality with emission inventory calculations and passive sampling. Mr. Tokcaer
worked in the team for the preparation of the Feasibility Studies of Tokat Wastewater Treatment Plant Project, Nevşehir
Wastewater Treatment Plant Project, Kuşadası Solid Waste Management Project, Çanakkale Solid Waste Management
Project and Dilovası Domestic and Industrial Wastewater Management Project. During this project he has also devel-
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oped good communication skills with local government and municipality staff, working in close co-operation with provincial directorates throughout the study.
Mr. Tokcaer has contributed as author to the preparation of the Wastewater Guideline for Tariff Setting in the "Technical Assistance for preparation of the Draft Regulation on Tariff Setting for Wastewater and Solid Waste Services.
Preparation of Wastewater and Solid Waste Guidelines for Tariff Setting to help implementation of the regulation."
project. He also took part as trainer in the Education Programme on Solid Waste and Wastewater Guidelines for Tariff
Setting.
Emre Tokcaer has also worked as a junior environmental engineer in "Developing the capacity of environmental authorities through the transfer of best practices and training to support effective use of financial resources" project, contributing to Environmental Financing Strategy documents and prioritization studies for Turkey.
Mr Tokcaer has been the project manager on a project to draft Technical Specifications and Terms of Reference documents for a project to implement Nitrate Directive in Turkey. Besides being responsible for the management of the project and he also contributed to the major outputs of the project.
Recently he is working in the project Technical Assistance to Prepare Wastewater Treatment Plant Projects in Turkey as
Regional Leader for Diyarbakır and Siverek project packages. Mr Tokcaer is responsible for co-ordination of both Siverek and Diyarbakır project packages for helping the management of the whole project. He is also contributing to the
outputs of the projects.
13. Specific experience in the region:
Country
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)
Turkey
January 2008 –; Technical Assistance to Prepare Wastewater Treatment Plant Projects in Turkey
Turkey
September 2007 – December 2007; Management of Technical Assistance for the Preparation of
Technical Specifications, Market Research and Terms of Reference for the ‘Capacity Strengthening and Support of Implementation of Nitrate Directive in Turkey Project’
Turkey, Romania,
Crotia, Bulgaria
December 2006 – August 2007; Junior Environmental Engineer, Developing the capacity of
environmental authorities through the transfer of best practices and training to support effective
use of financial resources
Turkey
August 2004 – December 2005; Junior Environmental Engineer, Environmental Heavy Cost
Investment Planning Project
Turkey
2001; Researcher for Environmental Emergency Action Plan for Marmara Region
Turkey
2000 – 2004; Teaching Assistant in Environmental Engineering Department, METU
14. Profession Experience Record:
Date from date to
Location
Company
Position
Description
Nov 2006 –
Turkey
COWISNS
Environmental
Engineer
Regional Leader of Diyarbakır and Siverek
(Şanlıurfa) components under Technical Assistance to
Prepare Wastewater Treatment Plant Projects in Turkey.
(The
merged
company
of COWI
Anadolu
and SNS
Müş. ve

Coordination of Diyarbakır and Siverek project
packages

Preparation of Fact Finding Reports for cities of
Emre Tokcaer’ s CV_December 2008
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Date from date to
Location
Company
Position
Description
Diyarbakır and Siverek
Müh. Ltd.
Şti.)

Preparation of the Water and Wastewater Master
Plan Report for Siverek

Contribution to the preparation of Water and
Wastewater Master Plan Report for Diyarbakır
COWI Project Manager for Technical Assistance for
the Preparation of Technical Specifications, Market
Research and Terms of Reference for the ‘Capacity
Strengthening and Support of Implementation of Nitrate Directive in Turkey Project’.

Project management including contracts with
sub-consultants, financial management, communication with the client and EC Delegation

Contribution for all project outputs; Inception
Report, Need Analysis Report, Technical Specifications, Terms of Reference and Final Report
Junior Engineer and Local Non-key Short Term Expert in "Developing the capacity of environmental
authorities through the transfer of best practices and
training to support effective use of financial resources" project for DG Environment funded by EU

Contributed to preparation of Draft Note on Cofinancing document as part of Environmental Financing Strategy in Turkey particularly for the
Annex document.

Contribution to the contract management and
project preparation trainings. Organization of
workshops and trainings.

Junior engineer for project prioritization studies
in Turkey.
Technical Assistance for preparation of the Draft
Regulation on Tariff Setting for Wastewater and Solid Waste Services. Preparation of Wastewater and
Solid Waste Guidelines for Tariff Setting to help implementation of the regulation. Client: Ministry of
Environment and Forest.
Aug 2004 –
Dec 2005
Turkey
UBM
Environmental
Engineer

Contributed as author in preparation of
Wastewater Guideline for Tariff Setting.

Trainer in the Education Programme on Solid
Waste and Wastewater Guidelines for Tariff Setting.
Junior Engineer and Local Non-key Short Term Expert in Environmental Heavy Cost Investment Planning Project for Ministry of Environment and Forest
funded by EU

Team Leader Assistant of the investment packages component including feasibilities and de-
Emre Tokcaer’ s CV_December 2008
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Date from date to
Location
Company
Position
Description
sign.
Aug 2000 –
Aug 2004
Aug 1999 –
Sept 1999
Turkey
Germany
Middle
East Technical University
ESWE
Institute in
Wiesbaden
Teaching Assistant
Internship

Member of the team for the preparation of Project Fiches and Application Forms for EU funding of the projects

Member of the team for the preparation of tender
documents for the works contracts and Terms of
References for the service contracts within the
investment packages component.

Deputy Team Leader for the Preparation of “Preliminary Assessment of Ambient Air Quality in
Karabük” Report and service contracts for the
implementation.

Contribution to the capacity building programme
including the PCM and procurement trainings.
Organization of workshops and trainings.

Organisation of Study Tour on air and industrial
pollution control sectors, visibility events and
training sessions

Teaching Assistantship for the following courses,
including but not limited to:
o
Treatment Plant Design
o
Wastewater Treatment Unit operations and
processes of wastewater treatment
o
Wastewater Engineering

Research on industrial wastewater treatment,
mainly on removal of heavy metals.

Member of the organization committee of the 1.
National Environmental Pollution Control Symposium in Ankara.
Assist in the design of different experimental set-ups
on water and wastewater treatment.
15. Other relevant information (e.g. publications)

Attended a 2 day course in Integrated Risk Assessment and Management for Continuous Improvement between
15-16 August 2007.

Attended a training on Contract Management under the " Developing the capacity of environmental authorities
through the transfer of best practices and training to support effective use of financial resources" project
(March 2007)

Attended a training development workshop on Environmental Impact Assessment under the EIA institutional
strengthening project of the METAP Programme (July 1999)
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PUBLICATIONS & PARTICIPATED MEETINGS

Journal of Hazardous Materials, October 2006 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, pg. 1674-1680)
“Pb(II) biosorption using anaerobically digested sludge”, Emre Tokcaer and Ülkü Yetiş.

IWA 4th World Water Congress, September 2004, Marrakesh, Morocco.
“Removal of Pb(II) using anaerobically digested sludge”, Emre Tokcaer and Ülkü Yetiş.

2. National Environmental Pollution Control Symposium, October 2003, Ankara
“Evaluation of a Treatment Plant Design Course” Merih Kerestecioğlu, İpek İmamoğlu, Emre Tokcaer, Hande
Yükseler

7th European Biosolids and Organic Residuals Conference, November 2002, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK.
“Pb(II) Biosorption by Anaerobically Digested Sludge” Emre Tokcaer, Gürkan Karakaş, Ülkü Yetiş

TUBITAK-INERIS Seminar: “Major Industrial Risk Prevention and Implementation of the SEVESO II Directive”, October 2001, Gebze-Kocaeli
“Marmara Sea Region, Industrial Pollution and Risk Mitigation Action Plan”, Ülkü Yetiş, Serkan Girgin, Emre
Tokcaer, Öznur Oğuz

1. National Environmental Pollution Control Symposium, October 2000, Ankara
Mr Tokcaer took part in the organization of 1. National Environmental Pollution Control Symposium and helped
to edit the symposium book
Emre Tokcaer’ s CV_December 2008