Engineering Manager
Ferrometalco Steel Construction S.A.E
Total years of experience :30 years, 9 months
Setting up a system for examining and accepting technical submittals for the project life cycle, which includes design, detailing, and material control utilizing global codes like the American ”AISC”, and Saudi codes, familiar with ambitious standards such as Aramco, Sabic, and Maaden.
Directing a technical staff made up of 40 employees divided into 4 separate divisions.
Monitoring early warning procedure to assure the opportunity to expedite any necessary improvements in the delivery of team output, verifying lessons learned, motivating the teams to achieve best performance, which led to an increase in their KPIs of 75%.
Managing internal stakeholders such as top management and external stakeholders such as governmental authorities, customers, consultants & suppliers.
Ensuring that the workshop/site inspection will conform with contract papers, authorized submittals, codes, and standards which leads to the success of the fabrication/construction quality program on the projects, which includes quality audits and checkpoints.
Supplying constructability inputs during bidding, evaluating & awarding contracts by assisting in preparing pre-qualification documents.
Examining the general terms and conditions of the contract to identify risky areas like ambiguities, disagreements, or departures from the agreed-upon scope of work. As work progresses, offer suggestions to the project for mitigating these risks; carefully review and assist with corrective measures, instructions for raising change requests and change orders.
Linking different Engineering disciplines to communicate/perform data analysis and recommend resolutions, Expert in steel structures, valuable experience in other multi-disciplined fields tasks such as concrete, mechanical equipment, piping, and module assemblies.
Participating in pre-fabrication/construction meetings and validating receipt and approval of submittals and monitoring technical queries’ system for each project.
Facilitating coordination of internal team’s/subcontractor’s work with third parties such as public agencies, Reviewing subcontractor’s monthly invoices, and validating achieved quantities.
Successfully Led all engineering and technical activities output achieved by a workforce consists of fifty-six members allocated at KSA, Jordan & Palestine without losing the control of them whether on site or remotely and sometimes hybrid, I closed a lot of older open tasks since I joined by direct contact with projects external stakeholders such as consultants/clients.
1. Project Manager Achievements For 12000 tons Aramco Haradh Gas Plant Project:
Managed external stakeholders, such as clients, and gave them the required status updates. also collaborated closely with other internal key stakeholders, such as the company's senior management, and provided them with accurate, comprehensive information on the project's status, budget, schedule, progress, planned, actual, and anticipated resources and productivity, trends, and risks.
Observed closely PMC Staffing “KPIs”, verified time sheets, invoices, cash in/out diagram to maintain cost saving without sacrificing other milestones such as scheduling & quality.
Controlled the procurement activities with the Procurement department and kept on budget.
Coordinated the identification of risks, monitored preventive measures, and/or set corrective actions as much as required to improve the project status, consequently mitigating the risks.
Maintained a safe, clean working environment by enforcing rules, safety, and regulations.
Used new management methodologies such as Agile in addition to a normal Waterfall methodology.
2. Engineering Manager Achievements:
Improved all 30 members’ KPIs by 85% by getting them well trained to do design/detailing activities.
3. Estimation Manager Achievements:
Supported sales team in obtaining quotes, reduced company's proposals prices by 20% through negotiations over pricing and fees, while ensuring the continuation and enhancements of services based on goals and available resources, and remained in line with market fluctuations, used win-win negotiation skills with clients, and as a result, won 5 large scale projects contracts in Saudi Arabia, including the Aramco Haradh Gas Plant and Sec HQ in Riyadh.
Checked contracts versus proposals and agreed with clients about contradictions resolving way.
B.Sc., Bachelor of Science (Engineering) - Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University – Cairo, Egypt - Date: Jun 1993 - Major: Civil Engineering – Structure Department - Grade: Very Good - Graduation Project Subject: Properties of materials - Graduation Project Grade: Excellent
