Mohamed El Newery

Leading, developing and implementing SG's strategic business plan in Egypt and the Gulf region, and successfully establishing a subsidiary in Saudi Arabia, and winning Bid contracts. Responsible for conducting market research and analysis to identify potential business opportunities in the region. Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders to ensure bid security and negotiate contracts, resulting in a 20% increase in revenue.

• Oversaw the end-to-end bid preparation process, from customer requirement receipt to contract award.
• Developed bidding strategies on projects, including analyzing market conditions, identifying potential risks and opportunities, and determining the most competitive prices.
• Directed a team of bidding, supervising their work, providing guidance and support, and ensuring that deadlines and quality standards.
• Established and maintained relationships with customers, suppliers, subcontractors, joint venture partners, and other stakeholders.
• Coordinated with other departments within the company, such as project management, finance, and legal, to ensure smooth coordination and implementation of tendering activities.
• Monitored and managed budget and expenditure related to bids and proposals, any cost related to new scope & Change or Variation orders.

Led and developed and winning bids, researching and writing proposals for successful multi-billion-EGP construction projects in residential, commercial, high-rise, industrial, water treatment, power generation, and road and bridges in Egypt, the Gulf region, and Africa. I succeeded in obtaining contracts with high-profile clients and achieved a 15% increase in bid success rate.

• led the end - to - end bid process and proposal writing.
• Developed sound technical proposals to ensure compliance with client requirements and standards.
• Supervised and delegated tasks to the team to achieve key productivity targets.
• Managed the cost estimation process by reviewing direct costs, calculating indirect and overhead costs, and creating top sheets for each project.
• Developed staff levels to effectively carry out current and future workloads.
• Coordinated with relevant departments to obtain information needed during the process of cost estimation.
• Reviewed the commercial and technical submissions are fully complied with all necessary details.
• Organized the budget handover meetings to project managers.

Participated in managing and winning bids for multi-billion-EGP construction projects in residential, commercial, high-rise buildings, and infrastructure sectors in Egypt. I succeeded in obtaining contracts with high-profile clients and achieved a 15% increase in bid success rate.

• Reviewed bid document in order to verify the availability of sufficient information.
• Coordinated with Planning in preparing initial time schedule & cash flow.
• Coordinated with Procurement Department to collect information about market prices for suppliers & subcontractors and equipment's.
• Prepared the final proposal commercial & technical terms & clarifications.
• Supported the bid team in effectively collecting the clarifications raised with the client and addressing concerns.
• Reviewed and finalized project cost estimates as prepared by the Teams.
• Assisted the proposals manager in the identifying, evaluating and ranking risks and developing a strategy to manage and mitigate these risks.
• Reviewed the commercial and technical submissions are fully complied with all necessary details.
• Follow up with client & developer during bid evaluation stage.

Participated in managing and winning bids for multi-million-Saudi Riyals construction projects on Aramco residential, commercial, and high-rise projects with a large back-office team in Egypt for Saudi Arabia projects.

• Reviewed the tender documents on receipt to ensure its completeness.
• Organized the start of the bid and review meeting.
• Reviewed all clarifications are raised well in time to get better clarity on bid submission.
• Reviewed and finalized project cost estimates.
• Assisted the proposals manager for review the cost break-down, and identification, evaluation of risks.
• Verified the detailed MTOs (Quantity take-off) which received from QS team.
• Followed the completeness of sub-contract inquiry packages and the availability of sub-contract offers well in time.

Participated in managing and winning bids for multi-million-dollar construction projects in the power generation plant and infrastructure sectors in Egypt and the Gulf region. I gained valuable insights into key success factors and best practices.

• Reviewed the tender documents on receipt to ensure its completeness.
• Organized the start of the bid and review meeting.
• Coordinated & follow-up to ensuring post bid clarifications are addressed.
• Coordinated with the engineering team in preparing preliminary design drawings and BOQ.
• Oversaw the cost estimating process by reviewing the direct costs.
• Reviewed the commercial and technical submissions are fully complied with all necessary details.
• Assisted the proposals manager for review the cost break-down, and identification, evaluation of risks.
• Organized the budget handover meetings to project managers.
• Maintained the lessons learnt database from existing projects.

Participated in studying and winning bids for multi-million-dollar construction projects in the railway and airport sectors in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. I gained valuable insights into key success factors and best practices.

• Prepared requests for quotations for materials and subcontracts.
• Analyzed cost reports and prepared cost comparisons for review.
• Assembled final estimate packages, analyzed completed estimates including benchmarking against similar completed projects.
• Calculated costs by analyzing labor, material, and time requirements.
• Ensured maintenance of cost database by entering and backing up data.
• Attended customer and vendor meetings to answer technical questions and complete required deliverables.

Participated as a technical office engineer at the headquarters in several projects.

• Discussed and suggested technical proposals for design drawings.
• Reviewed, resolved conflicts between structural and architectural drawings.
• Prepared QS for steel and concrete work and any implemented activities.
• Update the shop drawing log before sending the shop drawing to the consultant for approvals.
• Studied and prepare requests for information (RFIs) for all missing, that may arise during construction.
• Coordinated with the Surveying Engineer to provide him all the information about land coordinates and any site measurement required.
• Prepared as-built drawings at the end of the project and hand over to the project consultant.

Started as a site engineer, and during my time, I was responsible for overseeing the construction process and ensuring adherence to project specifications and timelines. As I progressed in my career, I took on more managerial responsibilities.

• Coordinate with site staff, clients and local government officials to achieve on-time project delivery.
• Communicated daily with vendors to keep project fully operational.
• Monitored subcontractor operations and applied effective time, resource, and money management strategies to ensure project completion under budget.
• Developed and implemented quality control plan to guarantee highest standards of workmanship.