Ir. Juraimi Masood
- General Manager Development Office Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Johor, Malaysia.
- Head of Development Department responsible for the planning, construction, test and deliver of the various packages within the Port development plan.
- Specialist in Electrical System Concept and Design and have possession of 132kV Competency Certificate from the Energy Commission and currently handling the 132kV system within the port.
- Studied Electrical Engineering at UTM & University of Hartford.
On April 17, 2018, I had attended and Industrial Seminar held at L50, UTM. Professional Journey as an Engineer was the topic of the day. He came to briefly explain to the students (especially the final year students) about his personal experiences, his career journey, and also the obstacles when we wanted to be an engineer in the future.
He mentioned that he had been involved in the heavy engineering industry since 1991 until present days. He first became an Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer under Sime Darby Engineering Sdn Bhd starting from 1991 until 1996. Then, he worked as a Principal Engineer under KTA Tenaga SB from 1996 until 1997. The latest post is the General Manager at Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas, Johor.
He explained that his work involved designing, project planning, project costing, construction, quality, and the most important aspect, safety. Safety should be the top priority regarding what happened in the field. Now, he is responsible for managing stakeholder and the development plan. Back then, he only dealt with the equipment and stuff only. But now, he needs to deal with the end users, communities, authorities, and also the consultant company.
Besides, he told us that the most important thing for all the fresh graduates to do is always believe that sky is the limit in whatever they are doing in the future. Do not stop improving and keep moving although there are, for sure, lots of obstructions ahead of us. Even though we are really good at technical skills, never forget the soft skills that are really important for us to communicate with the other people later on.
Lastly, he said that all of the success can be achieved by following the ethics of an engineer. If the engineer does not follow the code of ethics, fatality and disasters might happen, or even death. Therefore, engineers must be careful when designing something that is going to be used by the public.