Assisted in supervising the contractor in the installation and commissioning of the field network and telecommunications infrastructure for the temporary construction. The network topology is a combination of FDDI ring and star connecting eight (8) individual buildings on a 3 sq. km land area. The network infrastructure consists of seven (7) units of Xylan 9-slot OmniSwitch running on firmware revision 3.1.9, two (2) units Bay network hubs, two (2) units of Accton Cheetah hubs and one (1) unit of Cisco 4500 router. The purpose of the router is to link the existing Yanpet FDDI network with the temporary construction network.
Managed the temporary construction enterprise network consisting of four (4) units of Novell IntranetWare 4.11 server (under a single NDS tree-multiple partitions), two (2) units of MS Windows NT 4.0 Server (1 for RAS communications and 1 for MS Exchange), six (6) units of Lotus cc:Mail post office and one (1) unit of MS Exchange post office. Also managed the site computer support help desk consisting of three (3) software support specialists and one (1) hardware technician. Coordinates with network administrator's of other Fluor Daniel offices regarding e-mail mailbox transfers. And with Mobil global computer support team regarding software system application changes.
Solely administered a network consisting of two (2) units of Hewlett Packard LC file server running on Novell NetWare 3.12 and 5 units of Hewlett Packard 24-port AdvanceStack hubs. Also administered one (1) unit of Lotus cc:Mail post office for the site. Provided hardware, software and networking support to the 95 PC workstations of the client and Fluor Daniel attached to the network. The workstations are running on DOS/Windows 3.11 for Workgroups and Windows 95. Provided software support to the end-users with regards to the use and operation of Lotus Smartsuite (AmiPro, 123, Freelance) and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) application packages. Coordinates with network administrator's of other Fluor Daniel offices regarding e-mail mailbox transfers and software system changes.
Responsible in the daily operations supervision of the school's computer laboratory. Teaches the students the standard operating procedures and programming guides in using the computer programs during their assigned computer laboratory schedule. Provides additional recovery notes in operating the computer, its connected peripherals and resolving hardware/software problems. Teaches the students how to recover when an error occurs in their program and furnish additional information to improve solutions on various computer laboratory exercises. Responsible in ensuring that all the PC's and peripheral equipment are in good working condition.
Supervised the school's Computer Laboratory Coordinator Volunteer program and created the guidelines for the volunteer program. Implemented a computer security for all the stand-alone PC at the computer laboratory under DOS and Windows 3.1 environment.
Provided instructions and notes to the students enrolled with computer subjects, the standard operating procedures in using PC business application software WordPerfect, Lotus 123, dBase 4, MS Windows 3.1, MS Word and MS Excel. Assisted the students during their computer laboratory time in operating the computer and its connected peripherals. Helps also in resolving hardware and software problems encountered. Teaches the students how to recover when an error occurs during the operation of their various computer laboratory exercises.
Created examination schedule including instructor proctor schedule and room assignment for the whole semester. Checks all the instructor's lesson plan and reviews teaching guides to make sure that they conform to the prescribed course content. Created various database programs to automate certain school report requirements.
Responsible in the daily operations of the computer center which services include computer tutorial on business software operations and programming, computer system rental, system development, computer sales, data-entry and type-setting services. Conducts training on computer software operations and programming to the enrolled students. Supervises computer-users and provides assistance services.
Work includes but not limited to the management of the computer center, providing work estimates on data-entry jobs, conducting tutorial lessons to the enrolled students, designs and layouts template for typesetting and desktop publishing works and acts as team leader in the development of computer programs.
Responsible in the development of a prototype material planning program, a feature not currently available with the company's global material systems (GMS) program. Resolved the tedious task of entering GMS material descriptions by formulating a process to import information contained in the CD-ROM disk of Saudi Aramco's general supply and spare parts catalog.
Functioned as local area network administrator for the field materials Novell 3.11 server and running on Arcnet topology. Responsible in the development of the material issue history program used by the project management to rebut contractor delay claims. Performs analysis of program results and provides update to Saudi Aramco project management team (SAPMT) regarding percent completed against contractor claims. Generated dBase IV programs to convert a manual form-entry task into a computerized routine for engineering submittal and request (Saudi Aramco form 8135 and 8136). Actively supported the company's continuous performance improvement program by conducting end-user support and training on the software and programs being used in the company.
Works in part with the home-office Material Planner and with the Field Material's Manager. Fully responsible in the data preparation and update in generating the weekly Material Ready At-Site report, Material Status Tracking report and the monthly home-office Engineering Activity Report. Provides update to the material planner, cost engineer, engineering manager, project manager and site superintendents regarding status and delivery of material requirements at site. Coordinated with the lead engineers of different disciplines (piping, process, electrical, mechanical and control systems) regarding material requirement dates, delivery pri-ority and status of progress drawings not yet issued for construction. Works in junction with the material manager regarding drawing deficiencies in the bill of materials, cost of materials on-hand and surplus materials; and with the procurement manager regarding item costs and status of purchase orders and requisitions.
Created computer programs to automate work processes and attended program development and design meetings when a new program is required. Coordinated with the company's computer programmer during the design, development and testing stage of any special program require-ments. Uses a i486 PC, HP LaserJet and various software packages for office automation such as Lotus 123, WordPerfect, dBase 4, Harvard Graphics, Clipper, MS Windows 3.1, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word running in MS-DOS, Windows 3.1 and Novell 3.11 networked environment.
Prepared and established processing schedule of jobs controlled in batch process. Created system logical flowcharts and run guides in final form to produce end products in terms of logical decisions and machine instructions. Fully responsible in the accuracy and completeness of all data inputs, computer processing and output reports of the programs ran in batch process during the assigned shift period. Coordinates with the on-duty supervisory computer operator regarding program operations troubles, system errors and hardware malfunctions. Coordinates with the on-duty data entry supervisor regarding input problems on the information and data entered. Coordinates with the applications programmers regarding program deficiencies, revisions, documentation changes, testing and installation of new applications. Attends development meetings during a programs design and implementation stage. Keeps aware of the current processing status of all jobs in batch process and special runs. Receives and maintains current individual run packages for all existing program runs and keeps historical file record of completed jobs. Coordinates with outside customers regarding inputs "due-in" and output reports "due-out". Provides information and update on the status of requested program run and reports required.
Controlled a PC system together with its input-output devices and control programs. Plans all computer program requirements and logic to create computer-generated reports and charts for submission. Develops coded machine instruction and encodes all inputs prepared by the SCE staff. Carry out necessary corrections, additions and deletions of entry to update stored information. Responsible in the storage of computer disks and keeps record on information stored in disk. Routinely inspects all computer systems and peripherals to insure that they are in good working condition. Acts as department ADP Security officer, conducts and implements standard operating procedures for all SCE computer users.
Provided assistance to the station's computer systems analyst in responding to on-site and/or on-call consultation and support services to the end-users by identifying and resolving hardware/software problems. Also assists the systems analyst in the development and testing of new programs for station users as required by other departments. Acts as co-SysOp of the station's remote bulletin board system (RBBS) with the station's systems analyst. Conducts station personnel (civilian and active military) training on the application programs and software installed regarding usage, data-entry and update procedures, input preparation and report generation.
Acts as computer programmer in various data processing management studies related to software analysis, development and use. Work includes but not limited to the entry and update of the U.S. Navy Special Projects Systems (projects costing $1,000 up to $2,000,000). Created programs for the data-entry, information update and report generation of the Safety-related Works, Weight Handling Equipment Inventory List, Overall Project System (Minor maintenance work and specific construction jobs), Base-wide Telephone System List and other work with the use of the PC.
Uses various programming and software packages for office automation such as Clipper, dBase III+, SuperCalc 4, WordStar, Lotus 123 and Sideways.
Acts as personnel-in-charge in teaching the students enrolled in the university with computer subjects the standard operating procedures and programming guides in using the computer system. Provides assistance to the students during their computer laboratory time in operating the computer, its connected peripherals and resolving hardware/software problems. Teaches the students how to recover when an error is encountered with their programs and provides additional information and algorithms to improve solutions to various computer programming exercises. Responsible in the supervision of all the microcomputers and peripherals ensuring that all are in good working condition. Coordinates with the computer repair technician in case of computer breakdown.
Uses and creates programs in PC's such as Genie I and III (TRS-80 Models I and III compati-ble), Apple II+ and IBM-XT. Uses various software packages for the above-mentioned PC's such as NewDOS 80, CP/M 80, ProDOS and MS-DOS operating systems, Wordstar, SuperCalc, dBase III+, Lotus 123 and GWBasic.