Firas Al Assi, Project Manager

Firas Al Assi

Project Manager

Ezdihar

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Architecture Engineering
Experience
13 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 3 Months

Project Manager at Ezdihar
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since May 2021

• Responsible for the successful execution and leadership of projects including the meeting of project goals of the Ezdihar profitability.
• I Proved my success in achieving goals by maintaining an exceptional image and applying guidelines, and values while managing client expectations in line with the overall strategic vision that advances Ezdihar’s objectives.
• Leading the high-level design of architecture services while create, maintain and deliver to project schedules and budgets.
• Provide overall project management responsibility through all phases of project delivery including client, project scheduling, and all construction phase management responsibilities.
• Identify, manage KPI and other metrics for core processes.
• Create documents for operations, integrating output from tools into daily operations.
• Plan and deliver departmental company projects, managing project expectations and demands from key stakeholders.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements and documentation.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, budgets and identify potential issues.
• Working with a combination of agile methodologies across different internal functions.
• Perform risk management documentation to minimize project risks.
• Professionally research issues at a high level and analyses the impact to design appropriate implementation processes, along with specifying, monitoring and analyzing the management information.
• Operations the appropriate resource requirements during project cycle.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Proactively take measures to stabilize, improve the process and increase the efficiency of Ezdihar.
• Building client relationships that result in revenue and profitability growth and reporting on successes and areas needing improvements.
• Delivering great results, providing advanced support, evaluating projects efficiency, guiding staff, and observing projects control as well as evaluating projects execution and impact of developing trends using prescribed methodologies to determine if the projects is proceeding within available resources & budget.

Project Manager at INC Solutions
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • October 2020 to May 2021

• Manage and direct overall INC Solutions activities and monitor progress, including project capacity planning, developing and mentoring staff, and internal process improvement activity and direct cross- organizational program teams through project lifecycle from ideation to project execution, including executive approval and multiple demand management processes.
• Lead, evaluate, and develop the operations team and professionals to achieve the established budget, safety, quality and customer satisfaction goals.
• Provide support to the project team as required to ensure high standards of delivery.
• Providing sound management judgment and advice.
• Assist and guide huge teams to monitor progress against plan and take appropriate action to ensure adherence to the plan.
• Provide leadership within project management business and provide leadership and mentoring to the team.
• Ensure all staff members reporting to you have current and relevant training.

Project Manager at Compass project consulting
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2019 to September 2020

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with new and existing clients.
• Manage multiple aspects of client, team and project coordination and communication.
• Manage the delivery of project management team outputs, in accordance with agreed time-scales and quality standards.
• Co-ordination and sign off on all management information produced by project management teams prior to issue. Pensions Operations the appropriate resource requirements during project cycle.
• Perform large scale utility substation engineering with higher complexity in Compass Project Consulting.
• Provide the day-to-day management, monitoring and evaluation of operations activities as in the agreed project work plan and time schedule.
• Solve complex problems of somewhat nature and assists less-experienced employees with solving problems and resolving issues.
• Works with clients to identify objectives and formulate options; conceptualizes projects and establishes key work priorities, scheduling and budgeting.
• Resolve complex design issues by providing innovative and practical technical solutions.
• Interface with new and existing clients, contractors and consultants to assure quality control in the field and on documents
• Perform risk management documentation to minimize project risks.
• Research issues at a high level and analyses the impact to design appropriate implementation processes, along with specifying, monitoring and analyzing the management information.

Projects Manager at Rubaiyat Modern Luxury Co. LTD
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • September 2017 to May 2019

• Directly responsible to the client and the firm for the successful execution and leadership of projects including the meeting of goals, quality of work performed, utilization of staff, and profitability.
• Ensure all projects are delivered on time within the stipulated scope and budget.
• Lead the initiation and planning of a project and ensure technical feasibility.
• Ensure resource availability and allocation.
• Develop a detailed plan to monitor and track the progress of the project.
• Coordinate with internal and external parties for the flawless execution of projects.
• Manage relationships between clients and stakeholders.
• Measure project performance using appropriate project management tools.
• Perform risk management analysis to reduce project risks.
• Report and escalate to upper management as and when needed.
• Create and maintain a comprehensive project documentation.
• Perform sketch review, research, and reconciliation.
• Interpret results and present findings to influence strategic decisions within the department division.
• Maintaining client communications and relationships.

Project Architect at Blueprint Design And Contracting
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2016 to August 2017

• Plan and deliver departmental or company projects, managing project expectations and demands from key stakeholders.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Develop and deliver hoc reports, proposals, requirements and documentation. Proactively manage changes in project scope, budgets and identify potential issues.
• Monitor the project work approval process in terms of accurate cost code allocation and initial budget set-up and approvals.
• Perform weekly time writing reporting for operational locations and contracts.
• Support financial and commercial targets and improvement initiatives.
• Produce monthly ad-hoc reports for internal and external use.

Owner Representative - Projects Engineer at Maknaz Investment Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2015 to May 2016

• Prepare designs at the schematic, design development, construction document and approvals phases for projects of all sizes and complexities.
• Analyze design and construction issues for solutions and incorporation.
• Prepare master plans for new building construction, meet with clients to ascertain needs and develops space list, square meter requirements and preliminary floor plans.
• Work directly with the Superintendent in the scheduling, coordinating and managing employees, subcontractors, vendors and overseeing the implementation of our field safety program.
• Manage and prioritize the project budget and obtain the best possible pricing; weighing and eliminating risk in the buyout process.
• Analyze project buyout, savings, and contingencies.
• Lead and manage cross-functional teams on projects to deliver commitments on schedule, under budget, and exceeding customer expectations.

Architect at Al-Arrab Contracting Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2011 to December 2014

• Successfully laded all aspects of projects including design, redesign and development production of contract document drawing and specifications.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Architecture Engineering
  • at University Of Petra
  • July 2010

Arts Education coursework Interior Design coursework Computer Information Systems coursework Building Construction seminar Continuing coursework in Sustainable Design

High school or equivalent, High School
  • at Al-Khaleej Private School
  • January 2005

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
MS Project
AutoCAD
Engineering Drawings
Project Collaboration
Competent or able to learn new technologies.
Microsoft operating systems as windows XP, VISTA and windows 7 also Microsoft office TOOLS especiall
Self starter.
AutoCAD
Sketchup 3D Modeling.
Adobe Photoshop.
Primavera P6
Microsoft Project

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Jordan Engineers Association
  • Architect Engineer
  • August 2010
Saudi Council of Engineers
  • Architecture Engineer
  • January 2013

Training and Certifications

Primavera P6 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2022
Project management Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2020

Hobbies

  • Horse Riding
  • Swimming.
  • Fitness
  • tennis
  • Basketball
  • Bodybuilding