Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Timeline
Compliance & Regulatory Experience
Previous Workplace Experience
Visa Status
Professional Development
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Diaaeldien Saad

Diaaeldien Saad

Automotive Engineer
Beaconsfield, Melbourne,VIC

Summary

Automotive Engineer and Licensed Vehicle Tester with strong experience in vehicle compliance, safety inspections, and regulatory standards across light and heavy vehicles and buses. Experienced in interpreting vehicle legislation, defect standards, and inspection guidelines to determine compliance outcomes. Proven ability to manage inspection programs, identify compliance risks, investigate vehicle defects, and produce clear technical findings.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
7
7
Certificates
2
2
Languages

Work History

Manager

Victorian Bus Inspections (VBI)
09.2024 - 02.2026
  • Operations Management: Directed inspection workflows for a diverse fleet, ensuring strict adherence to Victorian safety standards (ADR, VSI, VSB, VSG, STV…etc)
  • Compliance Innovation: create a digital reference tool that cross-referenced RWC and Safety Compliance requirements against official resources; this reduced inspection errors and significantly improved tester efficiency.
  • Liaised directly with customers and fleet operators to coordinate inspections, explain compliance requirements, and provide clear technical advice.
  • Lead Signatory: Held multiple technical licenses, personally verifying compliance for Heavy/Light Vehicles and Buses.
  • Team Leadership: Coordinated ongoing training for technical staff to ensure uniform application of changing safety regulations.

Diesel Mechanic

Peninsula Diesel Repairs
03.2018 - 09.2024
  • Inspect different fleet vehicles as per manufacturing standards.
  • Ensure adherence of maintenance schedule to reduce downtime and assure fleet availability.
  • Manage in-house service workshops for preventive maintenance and repairs, including the reporting of faults that need to be outsourced to authorized service centers.
  • Troubleshooting and problem-solving (mechanical – electrical – control)
  • Provide training for workshop technicians to demonstrate the latest diagnostic tools/ equipment in addition to providing lessons learned from the industry.
  • Report progress and completion to the manager.

Achievements

  • Played a key role in extending the fleet maintenance scope to include material handling equipment, such as forklifts and cranes.
  • The workshop was granted to use Mercedes Benz diagnostic tool as a result of having myself as a Mercedes CDT (certified diagnosis technician), which extended our fleet maintenance contract to include Mercedes-Benz vehicles.
  • Demonstrate good communication and technical skills through the training conducted for all workshop team members (including managers, spare parts team, and mechanics) on new diagnostic and workshop management tools.

Trucks Department supervisor

MCV (Manufacturing commercial vehicles)
Cairo
12.2011 - 03.2018
  • Manage in-house service workshops for preventive maintenance and repairs.
  • Revise service reports and priorities further service actions to assure safety and high performance.
  • Follow up company full range fleet PM and repairs as per manufacturer service schedule.
  • Adjust and maintain workshop different KPIs.
  • Optimize processes and workflows to assure proper ergonomics for new and existing service and production facilities including tools and operators’ motion using lean approaches.
  • Issue Daily / monthly and annual reports to assure productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness for different truck service departments personals.
  • Provide details to support planning and department annual budget forecasting.
  • Review customers’ feedback and follow up to ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Calibrate and reprogramming Trucks body control modules ECU to interface between the truck and auxiliary electronic systems.
  • Diagnose trucks’ faults and malfunctions and provide process-based solutions to tackle the problems.
  • Communicate frequently with technicians and parts associates to ensure timely completion of work.
  • Maintain parts and supplies stock levels to assure parts and supplies availability at minimum cost.
  • MCV is the only manufacturer of Mercedes buses and trucks in the Middle East located in Cairo - Egypt

Achievements

  • Developed a new inspection and documentation process which reduced maintenance time by 25%.
  • Reduced come back jobs by 35% using effective quality assurance techniques.
  • Established a PSM control system connecting the Mercedes trucks with third-party accessories. as concrete pump attachment and upgraded the control from a manual to a fully automatic control
  • Seconded to a role as after-sales representative engineer in MCV KSA branch during 2014 which impacted positively on the company after sales reputation in KSA and increased the sale of new vehicles by 25% during 2014-2015.
  • Developed a full visual digital archiving and indexing system for special tools.
  • Conduct on-job training for sales and service teams on new systems and equipment updates

Education

Certificate - Fleet Management

Fleet Management IPWEA
Melbourne, VIC
09-2021

Trade Recognition Australia (TRA) - undefined

Diesel Motor Mechanic
05-2020

Certified Diagnostic Technician (CDT) - undefined

Mercedes-Benz Global Training Authority
05-2011

Bachelor of Science - Automotive and Tractors Engineering

Helwan Uni
09-2007

Skills

Collaborative team management

Workflow improvement

Long-term planning

Analytical decision-making

Certification

Victorian Driver’s License and Heavy Rigid (HR) (Victoria)

Timeline

Manager

Victorian Bus Inspections (VBI)
09.2024 - 02.2026

Diesel Mechanic

Peninsula Diesel Repairs
03.2018 - 09.2024

Trucks Department supervisor

MCV (Manufacturing commercial vehicles)
12.2011 - 03.2018

Trade Recognition Australia (TRA) - undefined

Diesel Motor Mechanic

Certified Diagnostic Technician (CDT) - undefined

Mercedes-Benz Global Training Authority

Bachelor of Science - Automotive and Tractors Engineering

Helwan Uni

Certificate - Fleet Management

Fleet Management IPWEA

Compliance & Regulatory Experience

  • Vehicle inspections under Victorian vehicle safety and defect standards
  • Interpretation of ADR and regulatory inspection requirements
  • Compliance monitoring across licensed inspection activities
  • Identification and investigation of vehicle non-compliance issues
  • Preparation of inspection findings and technical reports
  • Working with operators to improve safety and compliance outcomes

Previous Workplace Experience

  • Truck Department Manager | MCV | September 2011- March 2018
  • After sales representative engineer | MCV | KSA | June – August 2014
  • Overall repair lead| MCV | January 2010 - September 2011
  • Overall repair Engineer | MCV | August 2008 - January 2010

Visa Status

Australian Citizen

Professional Development

  • Certified Automotive Fleet Manager (CAFM) Preparation, May 2016 – NAFA Fleet Management Association
  • Fleet Management Certification, Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) – Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia
  • Heavy Vehicle & Bus Inspection Licensing Training, Victoria (HV, Bus, and Light Vehicle Tester Authorisations)
  • Roadworthy and Safety Compliance Training, including ADR standards and Victorian inspection procedures
  • Mercedes-Benz Technical Training Program, 2010–2011 – Mercedes-Benz
    Engines and Transmissions Training
    Actros Technical Training
    Star Diagnosis System Training
    Intelligent Brake System (IBS) Training
    Van PSM (Programmable Special Module) Training
    Safety systems, braking technology, and electronic brake control diagnostics.
  • Mercedes-Benz Van PSM (Programmable Special Module) Training, October 2011 – Mercedes-Benz
    Vehicle electronic configuration and integration of auxiliary systems.
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