MR. TAHIR AZIZ KHAN
NAME:
TAHIR AZIZ KHAN
ADDRESS:
H. No: F – 113, Street 7, Phase 2,
Officers’ Colony, Wah Cantt.
Post Code: 47010
PHONE NUMBERS
Home: (051) 4511337
Mobile: 0314 246 6888
E-MAIL:
tahirkhan177@hotmail.com
NATIONALITY:
AUSTRALIAN
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
1.
From THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
i)
Master in TRANSPORATION ENGINEERING
Specialised in ‘Railway Transportation Structures’
(Sponsored by Rail Corp / New South Wales Rail)
2008 – 2009
ii)
Master in GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Specialised in ‘Soil Mechanics’
2005 – 2006
iii)
Graduate Certificate in CIVIL ENGINEERING
2003
2.
Graduate Diploma in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1999 – 2002
From: The Learning Lab, Sydney, Australia
(A recognised institute of Department of Education, NSW, Australia)
Bachelor Degree in MINING ENGINEERING
1983 – 1988
From: The University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
3.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Passed:
1998 – 2009
(i) Six months’ course of ‘Computer Skills for the Office’,
(ii) Six months’ course of ‘Computer Networking – Windows NT 4.0’ and
(iii) One year’s course of ‘AutoCAD’, all of these from ‘Sydney Institute of
Technology’, Australia
IN AUSTRALIA
Sep. 2006 – Feb. 2012
Geotechnical Engineer
With Rail Corp/New South Wales Rail, Sydney, Australia
► Worked full time with Geotechnical Services Section in Sydney and
engaged in the following activities:
► Geotechnical Investigation & Assessment of Geotechnical Risks
expected to affect the normal & safe rail operation, at and around various
rail tracks and embankments
► Reconditioning, reconstruction and remedial activities, at and around
various rail tracks and embankments
► Widening of rail embankments at various places
► Shotcreting, Piling and Retaining Wall Installation to support the
batter-slopes beside the rail embankments at various places
► Embedding of geo-synthetics (i.e. geo-textiles & geo-grids) in the
structural layers and slopes of various rail embankments
► Rock Bolting, Roof Supporting, Shotcreting, Grouting and Water
Sealing at various sites in Chatswood – Epping rail tunnel
► Geotechnical Risk Assessment concerned with the piers of
Hawkesbury Rail Bridge
► Got appointed at a collaborative project of New South Wales Rail and
Bankstown City Council, undertaken for a city boulevard’s bridge
constructed over the railroad and engaged in the application of
Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics
► Worked with Geotechnical Softwares: SLOPE/W, SIGMA/W, and
SEEP/W
► Also worked with the engineers and geologists of SMEC, GHD,
Coffey Geosciences and Thiess too, at the above-mentioned works
Sep. 1998 – May 2011
Security Officer: Worked with a number of security companies on
casual basis, in Sydney metropolis
IN PAKISTAN
1995 – 1998
Engineer, Technical Services
With Biafo Industries, Islamabad, Pakistan
(A commercial explosive, Water Gel – Tovex manufacturing and
blasting services providing Canadian multinational company):
► Engaged in Rock-Drilling & Blasting for limestone quarrying at various
cement factories, tunnel construction, advancing the underground coal
mines, cutting the mountains for making roads and canal’s excavation
► Engaged in rock-bolting & roof stabilisation for a highway tunnel with
a German mining company, GTZ
► Engaged in Seismic Surveying / Oil Prospecting at various sites of oil
prospecting companies: Western Atlas (of USA), Union Texas (of USA),
British Gas (of UK), CGG (of France), BGP (of China), OGDC (of
Pakistan) and Mari Gas (of Pakistan)
► Engaged in providing the practical training to the users of commercial
explosives & accessories
► Engaged in marketing of the company’s products
1992 – 1995
Quarry, Blasting Engineer
With Daewoo Motorway Project, (Appointed at Islamabad
End), Pakistan (A multinational construction company of South
Korea):
► Engaged in Rock-Drilling, Blasting, Quarrying and Bulk Earthwork for
a portion of motorway (a 360-km long motorway constructed between
two chief cities of Pakistan, Islamabad – Lahore; its quality was
controlled by an Australian construction company, SMEC)
► Engaged in controlling the magazines of explosives & accessories,
explosive-handling, site workshops & stores, coordinating the fieldworks, handling the emergencies, telecommunications, procurements,
order-placements for explosives, their accessories and mechanical
spare-parts, dealing with the concerned government departments and
carrying out the other office duties
1990 – 1992
Assistant Director – Grade 17 Appointment
With Training Centre for Mine Technicians, Katas, Distt.
Chakwal, Pakistan (A technical institute of Mining Engineering
working under Inspectorate of Mines, Labour Department, Government
of The Punjab):
► Engaged in administrative, training and teaching duties
1988 – 1989
Mining Engineer
With Wah Stone, Hazara Road, HassanAbdal, Pakistan
(A limestone’s aggregate [of various sizes], cobble-stones, boulders and
building blocks producing quarrying company):
► Engaged in technical and administrative duties associated with the
rock-drilling, blasting, quarrying, crushing and dealing with the
government departments concerned with the mining activities
REFERENCES
Very good engineers’ references in Australia and Pakistan will be
provided on request (but during the hopeful selection procedure)