Dr. Furat Al-Faraj, Employee at University of Bolton
Summary
Respected, dedicated, and enthusiastic professional with over thirty years of experience, working in academia, and consultant in international consulting firms and the United Nations Agencies (FAO and UNDP). Extensive experience managing projects from initiation stage to completion. Highly skilled in tracking details, maintaining deadlines while producing high quality deliverables. Managed and supervised multidisciplinary project teams on multi-projects with excellent skills in liaising with stakeholders; the ministries, the provincial governments, and the NGOs. Transparency, full coordination and cooperation of all involved parties are my first priority to efficiently achieve the goal and identify new service delivery opportunities.
Proven ability to design capacity building programmes and deliver training courses on:
Project Management including defining the Goals and Life Cycle of the Project, Project Management Constraints, Roles and Responsibilities of the Project Manager and the team, Creating a Project Plan, Measuring, Managing and Maintaining Progress, and Completing the Project; Research Skills and Methods; Integrated Water Resources Management; Management of Transboundary Water Resources; Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources; Dam Safety and Emergency Preparedness and Response Plans; HEC-DSSVue (Hydrological Engineering Centre – Data Storage System) HEC-RAS (Hydrological Engineering Centre – River Analysis System); Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems; and UN-SDGs-Agenda 2030.
Programme leader of the Master by Research (MRes) in Environmental Management at the School of Engineering, University of Bolton, United Kingdom. Supervisor of Discipline Research Projects of undergraduate students, M.Sc. Dissertation and PhD study support at the School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford, United Kingdom. Dr. Al-Faraj supervised more than 50 undergraduate students and more than 140 postgraduate students at both University of Bolton and University of Salford.
Have a proven track record of publishing papers in Peer- Reviewed Journals such as Journal of Hydrology, Water Resources Management, Water, Water Policy, Environmental Processes, Journal of Water and Climate Change, and Environmental Engineering and Management Journal. International researches reviewer serving a number of Peer-Reviewed Journals.
Proven ability to design capacity building programmes and deliver training courses on:
Project Management including defining the Goals and Life Cycle of the Project, Project Management Constraints, Roles and Responsibilities of the Project Manager and the team, Creating a Project Plan, Measuring, Managing and Maintaining Progress, and Completing the Project; Research Skills and Methods; Integrated Water Resources Management; Management of Transboundary Water Resources; Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources; Dam Safety and Emergency Preparedness and Response Plans; HEC-DSSVue (Hydrological Engineering Centre – Data Storage System) HEC-RAS (Hydrological Engineering Centre – River Analysis System); Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems; and UN-SDGs-Agenda 2030.
Programme leader of the Master by Research (MRes) in Environmental Management at the School of Engineering, University of Bolton, United Kingdom. Supervisor of Discipline Research Projects of undergraduate students, M.Sc. Dissertation and PhD study support at the School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford, United Kingdom. Dr. Al-Faraj supervised more than 50 undergraduate students and more than 140 postgraduate students at both University of Bolton and University of Salford.
Have a proven track record of publishing papers in Peer- Reviewed Journals such as Journal of Hydrology, Water Resources Management, Water, Water Policy, Environmental Processes, Journal of Water and Climate Change, and Environmental Engineering and Management Journal. International researches reviewer serving a number of Peer-Reviewed Journals.
Contact info
Email: f.al-faraj@bolton.ac.uk
Industry Experience
Education: PhD
Seniority: Manager, Director, Professor
Years of experience: 20 years or above
Work Experience
Assistant Professor, Acting Chair of Civil Engineering Department and Head of Environmental Engineering Unit, Libya.
Benghazi higher Institute for Vocational Engineering
Acting Chair of Civil Engineering Department and Head of Environmental Engineering Unit.
Project Manager and Consultant
Ministry of Water Resources and the FAO
Leading and managing the Nation-wide hydrological monitoring network.
Preparing the World Bank's Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy for Iraq (FAO)
International Consultant and Project Management Communication and Coordinator
Med Ingegneria S.r.l. Italian Company
Water Resources Management and Transboundary water issues.
International Consultant and Project Manager
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
International Water Resources Management Consultant and Dam Safety Expert. Supervised and managed dam safety projects and developing emergency preparedness and response plans. In addition, management of water crises issues. Designed capacity building programmes and delivered training courses.
Discipline Reserach projects and Dissertations supervisor.
University of Salford
Supervision of Discipline Research Projects (DRP) of undergraduate students, and Postgraduate including MSc and PhD candidates
University of Bolton
Lecturer in Civil Engineering (Water and Environment)
Programme Leader of MRes Environmental Management (Accredited by CIWEM), School of Engineering, University of Bolton, United Kingdom. 2. Internal Examiner of PhD candidates at the University of Bolton
Industry Expertise
- Strategic Planning
- Engineering
- Scientist
- Project Manager
- Research Institute
- Emergency Response
- Consultant
- Publication
- Education Institute
- Water Management & Security
- Policy
- Research
- Environment
- Community Supply
- Water Supply & Drainage
- Water Safety Plan
- Service Provision & Demand Management
- Drinking Water Managment
- Development & Management
- Water Management
- Water Risk
- Drinking Water
- Water Systems Monitoring
- Hydrology
- Governance & Planning
- Sustainability
- Climate Change & Sustainability Services
- Environmental Services
- Water and Environment
- Environmental Report Writing
- Quality & Environmental Management
- Environmental Assessment & Management
- Sustainable Practices
- Environmental Health & Safety Management
- Managing Director
- Climate Change
- Risk Management
- Water Demand Management and Loss Control
- Environmental Regulation Management
- Scientific writing
- rainwater harvesting
- Data Analysis
- Rainwater Harvesting
- water engineer
- Pre-Disaster Risk Mitigation