SYNOPSIS

In the Engineering fraternity, ‘competency’ is a scary word as it has a deep meaning and relates to ability and capacity. As such is it measurable and even worse, how can it be measured? Engineering is all around us in today’s environment, satisfying everything from our basic needs to our more complex futuristic dreams and ambitions. Engineers who make this possible enjoy contributing to teams through technical endeavors to sustain and improve lives whilst performing their task with due care and diligence. Coupled with innovative and creative talent and balanced with professional judgement. Society rightly places great faith in the engineering profession, trusting engineers to regulate themselves on its behalf. This trust can only be delivered through significant individual commitment that is publicly demonstrated by the attainment of the professional competence and practice guided by a certain standard. The speaker shall discuss the dilemma that is faced by young aspiring engineers in attaining professional registration.


SPEAKER'S DETAILS

Y.Bhg. First Admiral Dato' Ir. Hj Ahmad Murad Bin Hj Omar (Retired) is an accomplished professional and entrepreneur at the same time. Qualified as a Mechanical engineer and later registered as a Professional Engineer with Practicing Certificate (PEPC) accredited by Board of Engineers Malaysia in 1989 and later pursued a Masters Degree in Business Engineering management form Warwick UK. Admiral Murad is a FELLOW of the Institute of Marine Engineering Science & Technology (IMarEST) United Kingdom. In February 2012, he was elected as the President of IMarEST South East Asia Division (SEAD) for a two-year term heading one among six Divisions worldwide. He is also a Chartered Engineer (CEng) registered with the UK Engineering Council and a Chartered Marine Engineer (CMarEng). He was also a Council Vice President from April 2010 to Mac 2015. Recently in November 2015, he was awarded Honorary Vice President of the Institute for life. Also a FELLOW of the Institute of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) since 21 Mar 2005. In 2005 he was admitted as a member of SNAME (Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers) USA.

Admiral Murad had been in the past admitted as a Program Advisory Committee (PAC) in UniKL MIMET and also currently serving as Industrial Advisory Board member at University Technology Malaysia (UTM. On 20th April 2-019, Dato’ Ir. Murad was elected as Institution Engineers Malaysia Vice President for 2019-2021 session. Also appointed by Ministry of Education under the “AIxChange : CEO @ Faculty Programme 1.0 Learn From The Pros” for 2019-2020. He was also appointed to be in the technical secretariat for Jawatan Kuasa Kabinet TVET (JKKTVET) by the Minister of Education in 2019 and still serving current


Career Development:

Admiral Murad after joining the RMN in 1974 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in 1984 and to Commander 1996. After graduating from the Malaysian Armed Forces Defense College, he was promoted to Captain in 2001 and a year later as First Admiral. He had held many positions including on board ships as well as bases including as Director General of Engineering at Navy Headquarters Ministry of Defence Kuala Lumpur and as Fleet Systems Commander in Navy Base Lumut prior to early retirement option in 2007.

After retirement, he was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of Motor Teknologi & Industri Sdn Bhd in Feb 2008 and later as Acting CEO, an engineering company dealing in remanufacturing and precision machining of machine components/diesel engines and automotive engine and vehicle refurbishment based in Rawang, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Among projects managed during this period was the refurbishment of 100 Mercedes Benz trucks for the Malaysian Army under the Ministry of Defence, Leaving MTI in Apr 2009, he became Chairman of a Six Sigma Consultancy Company and moved on to be the Executive Chairman of OMAHAMS Corporation Sdn Bhd, a trading company dealing with Wartsila, Jotun Marine paints and an engineering consultancy for marine project management and human capital development running courses endorsed by the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM). Dato’ Ir Murad was involved with KD PERANTAU Hydrographic Ship restoration project and a series of marine engagement with Boustead Naval Shipyard related to repair of Navy vessels.