Muhammad Asif Samim

District Eight, Kabul, Afghanistan

Phone: 0093(0) 775823321-705372868
E-mail: asifsamim9@gmail.com

Profile
I am a professional development expert with outstanding knowledge and experience in Survey and Designing
of construction projects (Schools, Roads, Streets, Canals, Bridges, MHP), Project Management, GIS and
Monitoring and Evaluation by over seven years of experience in different projects. I have ability of the
leadership and innovative skills in leading the assigned projects.
I am good in English, fluent in Dari and Pashto languages, worked with the people from culturally diverse
backgrounds.

Education
 Bachelor of science in Engineering – Department of Civil – Nangarhar University, Afghanistan, Jun, 2013;
 Baccalaureate - Afghan Institute of Technology (AIT) School – Kabul, June, 2008;

Professional Trainings/Workshops
 Project Management Training – IDLG – Kabul, Afghanistan, 2018
 (GIS) Geographic Information System– IDLG – Kabul, Afghanistan, 2017
 Road Rigid Pavement Design– IDLG – Kabul, Afghanistan, 2017
 Water Supply Network Design IDLG – Kabul, Afghanistan, 2017
 Park Design IDLG – Kabul, Afghanistan, 2017
 Project Implementation IDLG – Kabul, Afghanistan, 2017
 (ESS) Environmental Social Safeguard IDLG – Kabul, Afghanistan, 2017
 Water Quality Test MRRD – Kabul, Afghanistan, 2014
 Bridge & Road Design MRRD – Kabul, Afghanistan, 2014
 MHP Design MRRD – Kabul, Afghanistan, 2014
 Irrigation Sector MRRD-Kabul, Afghanistan, 2014
 Pre-Employment Training –USAID, Jalalabad, 2013
Professional Work Experience
Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG)
Civil Engineer, Sep, 2020 – Aug, 2021
Independent Directorate of Local Governance through the “Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program”
designs and implement different projects including the Transport (Road & Bridge), Water Supply and
Sanitation, Building Park and Recreation Area for Children and Women, Power supply & House
numbering, Livelihood project for women to provide comprehensive, public services and facilities to people
to better their live and bring facilitation on the daily life. The project allocated through the CDC
comprehensive agreement. As a Civil Engineer, I am a key member of the Project Team working closely
with the Afghan Government, Donor, and CDC units for well executing the projects. My roles and
responsibilities are as follow:

 Prepare technical designs, cost estimates and infrastructural maps for proposed projects and any
other projects requiring rehabilitation and upgrading.
 Conduct detailed feasibility studies and detailed engineering design (DED) for selected projects.
 Prepare proposals and engineering designs, plans for the construction, service delivery and related
projects.
 Conduct project progress and impact monitoring, evaluation, and reporting and facilitates liaison
with stakeholders (donors and contractors) involved in the execution of the construction and other
related projects.
 Formulate the portion of the municipal budget pertaining to infrastructure upgrading/development.
 Prepare and implement infrastructure operation, maintenance, upgrading and rehabilitation plan.
 Review the municipality’s available master plan and recommend areas for improvement.
 Introduce the municipality to advanced engineering software.
 Assist in developing training material and guidelines for capacity development and training of
municipal and urban authorities, to enable them to comprehend, participate and support activities
and to undertake participatory Municipal Strategic Action Planning.
 Equip and furnish municipal administrations with furniture and utensils, IT hardware and software,
and any other equipment, including vehicles, trucks for trash collection and tools.
 Build the capacity of municipal staff on in modern management and administration procedures,
concepts of transparency and accountability, public participation, PPPs, basic IT skills etc. on the
job in the context of infrastructure projects; to build the capacity of municipalities to develop
SMAPs in particular, and to introduce advanced engineering software
 Produce training guidelines for infrastructure development, bid preparations, for road, culvert,
drainage, public latrines, waste collection, water and sanitation.
 Assist in the design and implementation of selected SMAP projects in the target municipalities.
 Support infrastructure upgrading projects.
 Prepare and implement infrastructure operation, maintenance, and upgrading and rehabilitation plan.
 To assist in the preparation and management of project budget.
 To assist in the design and implementation of a Strategic Results Framework, M&E performance
indicators and the delineation of indicative project activities.
 Future Generation Afghanistan (FGA)
M&E Officer & GIS Focal Point, June, 2018 – through Aug, 2020
Future Generation Afghanistan through the “Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program” designs and
implement different projects including the Transport (Road & Bridge), Water Supply and Sanitation,
Building Park and Recreation Area for Children and Women, Power supply & House numbering,
Livelihood project for women to provide comprehensive, public services and facilities to people to better their
live and bring facilitation on the daily life. The project allocated through the CDC comprehensive agreement.
As a M&E officer and GIS Focal Point, I am a key member of the Project Team working closely with the
Afghan Government, Donor, and CDC units for well executing the projects. My roles and responsibilities are
as follow:

 Perform regular monitoring visits to each of the projects and sites, provide visit reports and share it
with provincial management;
 Make sure that the program is implementing according to the CCNPP manuals;
 Collecting reports from MIS and sharing with Senior Management if needed;
 Manage of all CDCs Registrations and proposal submission process with CDCs and PMU;
 Monitoring & Evaluation of millstones activities during the implementation of CCNPP with
accordance of operation Manuel;
 Clarify the core information needs of management and provide relevant and timely information to the
Program team;
 Preparing and organizing the documents based on the checklist prepared with consultation of
provincial/ chief trainer;
 Assisting Social and technical Staff and solving issues raised in the field;
 Conduct monitoring site visits and submit reports on findings and lessons learn;
 Assist in the design of monitoring and evaluation forms, tools, and testing of data collection
instruments; (i.e. Baseline assessment, evaluations, monitoring tools, etc.)
 Sitting up M & E system and its proper follow up with the accordance of CCNPP OM;
 Maintain and file all necessary M & E documents as office record;
 Track progress towards achieving project objectives over time (monthly) and assist in preparing
graphic presentations;
 Coordinate with the relevant departments and get feedbacks related to the quality and achievement of
the project;
 Assist Program staff in clarifying project information needs;
 Perform field visits to ensure the quality of data collected by Programs and to verify the accuracy of
reported data and
 Produce activity reports in English Pashto and Dari.
GIS Main Responsibilities:
 Use a range of GPS tools in the field to capture the location of 'assets' such as bridges, street lights,
road barriers and flood defenses;
 Create and maintain the structures necessary for GIS data storage;
 Undertake desk-based data capture (digitizing) to convert paper maps to GIS datasets to, for example;
record the location of telecoms cables or water pipelines from original maps;
  Manipulate, analyses and present geographical information by creating;
 In coordination with the Director of Program, ensure all activities planned are implemented in a timely
manner;
 Collection of required spatial data from the field;
 Technical support of provincial teams in GIS issues;
 Demarcation and digitizing of formed CDCs and GA and filling the required Attributes;
 Provide weekly, monthly, quarterly reports to the line manager;

Future Generation Afghanistan (FGA)

Design Engineer May, 2017 through May, 2018
Future Generation Afghanistan is implementing “Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program” in the
provincial level to provide comprehensive, public services and facilities to people to better their live and bring
facilitation on the daily life. The project allocated through the CDC comprehensive agreement. I am a key
member of the Project Team working closely with the Afghan Government, Donor, and CDC units for well
executing the projects. As a Provincial Design Engineer my responsibilities are as follow:

 Designed and written proposal for the projects of (Transport (Road & Bridge), Water Supply and
Sanitation, Building Park and Recreation Area for Children and Women, Power supply & House
numbering, Livelihood project for women)
 Prepared monthly work plan and execute the sub project survey, design, estimation, work plan and
financial part;
 Applied the CCNPP Operational and Technical Manual;
 Identified and solve technical and procedural problems in the field;
 Technically supervised from the communities’ subprojects;
 Prepared technical report from subprojects supervision;
 Provided technical advice, support and oversight to community projects throughout the city in close
coordination with all CDCs;
 Prepared/reviewed the sub- projects installment schedule when receive from De Afghanistan bank;
 Prepared/reviewed the Sub Project Final Status Report and expenditure sheet when receive from De
Afghanistan bank;
 Prepared the subprojects progress reports and submitted to provincial engineer or provincial manager;
 Had close cooperation with CDCs on engineering proposal preparation and ensure they follow CCNPP
Procurement guidelines stated in the operational manual;
 Promote use of CCNPP Technical Manual and procurement forms particularly when sub-project
contracts are employed;
 Follow up the Project Cost Data Base (PCDB) every three months and use it to prepare subproject
budgets;
 Had quality control checking of all materials before using on the Subprojects;
 Solved the existing problems of proposal together with CDCs;
 Conducted necessary technical training to CDCs;
  Assisted in preparing monitoring plan with monitoring team;
 Participated in meeting with CDCs and discuss subproject progress;
 Prepared regular project progress reports and
 Did regular field visit and prepared instilment documents according to term and conditions of project
contracts.

Future Generation Afghanistan (FGA)

Provincial Design Engineer, June, 2015 through Dec 30, 2016
Future Generation Afghanistan is implementing “National Solidarity Program” in the National level to provide
comprehensive, public services and facilities to people to better their live and bring facilitation on the daily
life. The project allocated through the CDC comprehensive agreement. I am a key member of the Project Team
working closely with the Afghan Government, Donor, and CDC units for well executing the projects. As a
Provincial Design Engineer my responsibilities are as follow:

 Design and written proposal for NSP program which included the projects of primary and secondary
schools, small dams, roads, MHP and Community center;
 Applied the NSP operational manual and technical manual;
 Prepared monthly and quarterly work plan and execute the sub project survey, design, estimation,
work plan and financial part;
 Prepared the sub- projects installment schedule when receive from accountant;
 Prepared the sub project final status report and expenditure sheet when receive from Accountant;
 Prepared the subprojects progress report to Provincial Management unite (PMUs);
 Followed up the Project Cost Data Base (PCDB) every three months and use it to prepare subproject
budgets;
 Solved the existing problems of proposal together with community development councils (CDCs);
 Suggest necessary training to PMUs;
 Assisted in the preparing monitoring plan with monitoring team;
 Participated in meeting with the PMUs and CDCs and discuss subproject progress;
 Prepared regular reports and
 Provided base line reports.
Future Generation Afghanistan (FGA)
Site Engineer, Sep 17,2013 through Jun 9,2015
Future Generation Afghanistan is implementing “National Solidarity Program” in the National level to provide
comprehensive, public services and facilities to people to better their live and bring facilitation on the daily
life. The project allocated through the CDC comprehensive agreement. I am a key member of the Project Team
working closely with the Afghan Government, Donor, and CDC units for well executing the projects. As a Site
Engineer my responsibilities are as follow:

 Executed and Implemented the projects of schools, MHP, Community center and roads according to
proposals
  Surveyed for new projects;
 Followed up work schedule for civil and construction activities and report to project manager;
 Provided and arranged required plans and other technical documents for structural planning and
scrutinizing;
 Solved civil and structure problems and deficiencies which happen in the project;
 Provided technical advice, support and oversight to community projects throughout the province in
close coordination with all CDCs;
 Proactive in the identification and solution of technical and procedural problems in the field;
 Quality control checking of all construction materials before using on the Subprojects;
 Maintained safe, productive and profitable work sites;
 Provided need information of project progress in monthly meeting and communicated with project
manager for the smooth completion of projects within contract limited time;
 Managed and organized of the tasks and updating the detailed monthly and quarterly work plan;
 Prepared the subprojects progress reports to PMUs;
 Prepared/reviewed the subprojects final status report and expenditure sheet when receive from
Accountant;
 Had closed cooperation with CDCs on engineering proposal preparation and ensure they follow NSP
procurement guidelines;
 Promoted use of NSP Technical Manual and procurement forms particularly when construction
contracts are employed;
 Monitor and evaluate all PDC and prepare the report to main office.
HARIF Manufacturing and Engineering Co.
Site Engineer, 2012 till September, 2013.
 Executed and Implemented the projects of schools and roads according to proposals;
 Layout of project;
 Supervision of all projects;
 Performing and supervised of the Capacity Building for Results (CBR,MDD,FDT, Concrete Mix
Design, Concrete Compressive Strength +Slump+ temperature) Sample testing;
 Developed work plan for labor and control of them;
 Quality & quantity control of project;
 Provided weekly and monthly reports to the office and
 Prepared of supports documents for the payments.

Computer Skills
 Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and MS. Project.
Certificates and Skills
  AutoCAD 2D (Two dimension) and 3D (Three Dimension) AutoCAD Civil 3D (High way & Road
Design Software) from future vision organization (FVO);
 Surveying from Takal Engineering services company;
 Total Station from Takal Engineering Services Company Kabul;
 Eagle Point (Road Design Software) from future vision organization (FVO);
 Structural Analysis and Design Software from future vision organization;
 Revit (Architectural 3D Drafting and Annotation) from future vision organization;
 (GIS) Geographic Information System;

Competencies:
 Professionalism: Excellent knowledge in designing, planning, coordination and implementation as well as
good technical skills in project management.
 Communication: Speaks and writes effectively, listen to others, clearly interprets messages from others
and responds appropriately.
 Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by
genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others.
 Planning & Organizing: Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority
activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and
resources for completing the work.
 Client Orientation: Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “beneficiaries/ clients” and
seeks to see things from their point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with
beneficiaries.

Languages:
 Good in English, Fluent in Dari and Pashto languages.
References:
Will be available upon request.