Gopalam V.

Experience

• CAD Drafter KEO International Consultants · Full-time May 2025 – Feb 2026 9 mos Remote, CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • 27+ years of overall experience, including 18 years in the GCC and 9 years in India, across roads, infrastructure, engineering design, CAD/GIS conversion and multidisciplinary technical drawing environments.
  • Extensive experience in CAD production, drawing coordination, quality control and technical documentation for large-scale and complex infrastructure projects.
  • Strong expertise in Bentley MicroStation (CONNECT Edition & V8i), AutoCAD 2024 and Civil 3D, with additional experience in GIS and engineering design applications.
  • Experienced in coordinating CAD teams, managing drawing deliverables, maintaining drawing standards and ensuring consistency and quality across multidisciplinary project outputs.
  • Hands-on experience with PDS (Equipment Modelling & Piping) and multidisciplinary engineering drawing environments.
  • Strong background in CAD/GIS conversion services, including conversion, drafting, editing, updating and quality checking of large volumes of technical drawings and spatial data.
  • Proficient in ArcGIS, ERDAS, Small world GIS and other customized CAD/GIS applications.
  • Experienced in working on large-scale engineering and infrastructure projects, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams and delivering drawings in accordance with project standards and client requirements.
  
  Approval:
  
  • Approved from RTA Government of Dubai (UAE )
  • Approved from Dubai Municipality (UAE )
  • Valid UAE Driving Licence
  
  Detailed experience:
  KEO International consultancy, Bahrain (Remote Job)
  
  August 2025 to Present, Draftsman (BIM cad Technician)
  
  Involved in Roads & Infrastructure design works using civil 3D & BIM
  
  
  Khatib & Alami , Dubai
  
  Road maintenance project (Road Transport Authority Govt. Dubai)
  
  October 2019 to February 2022, Site Draftsman
  
  Involved in Roads & Infrastructure design works using AutoCAD and Micro station connect edition
  
  Dubai Municipality project (DS196/2 Nadd al Shiba 3rd sewerage and Stormwater system
  
  February 2022 to June 2025, Site Draftsman
  
  Involved in storm and sewer design works using AutoCAD and Micro station V8i
  
  AECOM, Middle East, Dubai
  
  January 2017 to September 2019, Site Draftsman (RTA, Dubai)
  
  Involved in Roads & Infrastructure design works.
  
  
  AL Turath Engineering Consultants, Dubai
  
  August 2014 to December 2016, Senior CAD technician
  
  
  Involved in Roads & Infrastructure design works with the following projects:
  
  • Ajfan Villas, Dubai.
  • Mirdif city centre , Dubai
  • Al Barsha South 2, Dubai
  
  
  
  DMF Engineering, Dubai
  
  March 2013 to August 2014, Senior CAD Draughtsman
  
  Involved in Roads & Infrastructure design works with the following projects:
  
  • Kabul New City, Afghanistan;
  • Damac , dubai
  • Nad al hamar, dubai
  • Port Island, dubai
  • mayesem, saudi arabia.
  
  
  Parsons International Ltd., Doha, Qatar
  June 2012 to March 2013, CAD technician
  
  • Project:
  
  • Project No. 1 – Education city bike station and bicycle path
  Prepared detail design for the bicycle station in Educational City which consisted of 18 bicycle station. Also the cable routing for the bicycle station.
  • Project No. 2 – GEC
  General Engineering Consultancy (GEC) where Qatar is divided into 4 parts and the infrastructure development is divided in four companies. It is a prestigious project of developing the infrastructure of different districts more than 50 in numbers. This project also involves the landscape lighting for the whole area.
  
  • Project No. 3 – Orbital Highway
  This project mainly deals with the truck route. It is in the outskirts of Doha.
  
  Description:
  • Modifications of the Master plans, utilities, cross sections, prepared by the respective engineers.
  • Preparing Plan and profile for the irrigation, storm water, and sewer and Fire fighting, Telecom, road drawings & electrical route drawings..
  
  Jazeera Emirates Power LLC, Dubai, UAE
  
  March 2009 to March 2012, Electrical CAD Draughtsman
  
  Project:
  Title : 400kV & 132/11 kV, FIBER OPTIC & PILOT CABLE INSTALATION & COMMISIONING WORKS (JEP)
  Client : DEWA, TRANSCO, ADWEA
  Environment: WINDOWS XP
  Software : Micro station 8.0, XM, AUTOCAD 2009
  Role : Team member
  
  Description:
  • Preparing Electrical and Civil Drawings contains Route drawings, Plan & Profiles, Bonding diagram and Demarcation, Sectional, Traffic Diversion and Single line Diagrams, As built Drawings as per the project requirement using the Micro Station, Auto CAD software.
  • To review the RTA & ADWEA standard cross sections.
  • To review the Project specifications and requirements.
  • To review and checked the project input sources contains softcopy and hot copies)
  • Collecting the trail pit images and survey co ordinates from the survey Engineer.
  • To prepare the shop drawings and co ordinate with Civil Engineer
  • To prepare the shop drawing hot copies different plot sizes (A1, A3 & A0) as per project requirement.
  • Receiving the feedback from the client and updated and revised the shop drawings.
  • To prepare the shop drawings according to the client specifications.
  Parsons International Ltd., Abu Dhabi, UAE
  
  April 2008 to Feb 2009, CAD operator
  
  Project:
  Title : SAADIYAT ISLAND (PARSONS)
  Client : TDIC (Tourist Development Investment Company)
  Environment : WINDOWS XP
  Software : Micro station 8.0, XM, Auto CAD 2004
  Role : Team member
  
  Description:
  • Modifications of the Master plans, utilities, cross sections, prepared by the respective engineers.
  • Preparing Plan and profile for the irrigation, storm water, and sewer and road drawings & electrical route drawings.