Summary CV
Ken Currie
Profile
Technical director at Mott MacDonald
responsible for the mechanical and
building automation aspect of construction,
retrofit and infrastructure projects and is
based in Dubai. Specialising in District
Cooling and HVAC, building automation
and refrigeration. Actively involved in the
construction industry in the Africa & ME
since 1975. Project experienced in district
cooling, commercial, industrial and retail
refrigeration, HVAC, and MEP, energy
management and deep level Mine Cooling
Designed demand side management
(DSM) systems for utility co.s.
Managed the national service organisation
in Saudi Arabia for a major US HVAC
vendor and established a ME region wide
controls capability for the same company.
Designed and fabricated large capacity
packaged chiller plant, associated CHW
networks, energy transfer stations, controls
and billing systems for the district cooling
industry in the ME.
Completed an indentured five-year
apprenticeship in industrial refrigeration
and air conditioning in 1976 and graduated
from Witswaterand Technikon,
Johannesburg South Africa in 1981.
Member of ASME and ASHRAE.
Experience and skills
Mott MacDonald, Technical Director
(2009 – present)
Design Manager Infrastructure. Design of
alternate district cooling systems and
checking of process engineering.
TAS ME LLC (2007 – 2009)
Developing and marketing EPC based
chiller plant solutions for district cooling
projects in the Middle East in conjunction
with world class partnering companies.
Developed high efficiency distributed
cooling system concept for district cooling
with lower cost chiller plant and piping.
York JCI Middle East
Manager – Packaged Chiller Plant
Division (2004 – 2007)
Established and managed York JCI
capability for marketing, engineering,
manufacturing, installing and
commissioning high capacity Packaged
Chiller Plant. Responsible for the design of
systems serving district cooling systems
and energy transfer stations, central
controls and commissioning of such plant.
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Trane Middle East Africa India
Region (1997 – 2004)
Regional manager responsible for
building automation, complex turnkey
and performance contracting activities.
Other roles included account
management, marketing, sales support
and power utility client relationship
development.
Trane Saudi Arabia (1993 – 1997)
Position
General manager Trane Company for
Technical Director
Services and Trane’s distributor Dallah
Trading Service Division. Transformed
Year of birth
Dallah’s capabilities, improved
1953
customer confidence and grew the
business three-fold.
Nationality
Airtite (Pty) Limited, Johannesburg
British
(1990 – 1993)
Start up and eventual sale of company
Language
fabricating and marketing (own,
English – mother tongue
patented) environment containment
product used in mining, manufacturing
Qualifications
and perishables cold chain.
Mechanical Engineer
Checkers Limited, Johannesburg,
South Africa (1984 - 1990)
Five year Apprenticeship in
Building Services and Refrigeration
Industrial Refrigeration & HVAC
Manager. Responsibilities included
Design management of all building
services, HVAC, store refrigeration and
maintenance management across 250
stores in South Africa on new and
retrofit projects.
HITACHI (Victor Kent Limited),
South Africa (1980 – 1984)
Commissioning manager – Mine
Cooling. Responsibilities included
installation and commissioning of high
capacity chiller plant serving the mining
industry in South Africa. Management
of multiple teams that rigged and
commissioned large chiller plant in
logistically tough locations (3km
underground) and on the surface.
MARCO, Saudi Arabia (1978 – 1980)
HVAC and chiller service supervisor -
Responsibilities included service
management, start up and
commissioning.
Cape Air Conditioning (1976 – 1977)
HVAC commissioning manager.
Carrier Air Conditioning, South
Africa (1971 – 1975)
Completed Indentured Apprenticeship
in Refrigeration & HVAC.