Scheduling Department Manager
AL.AMAR Consultant group, Cairo, Egypt
Total years of experience :26 years, 3 months
• Reviews/prepares the design and tentative time schedules during proposals phase.
• Reviews/updates, during the mobilization phase of the project, the originally prepared milestone schedule in the proposal phase. Issue the revised milestone schedule after approval by the Project Manager, to all key personnel of the project.
• Identifies with the assistance of the Project Manager the constraints between the different project disciplines and the sequencing/timing of tasks for fulfillment of the time schedule of the project.
• Issues the final form of the time schedule- baseline schedule “REV 0”- to the Project Manger.
• Ensure issuance of PM Budget to all active projects /additions.
• Review of the assigned budgeted hours and resource assignments to ensure proper resource allocation for projects/ additions tasks.
• Updates the time schedule on bi-weekly bases reflecting the actual project status (dates, percentage completion and actual man-hours consumption).
• Ensure proper loading of actual hours, and to be in conformity with related progress of work.
• Maintain rectifying any information in Data Base (for example: relocated persons, multidiscipline assignments, etc).
• Expedite PM’s to apply any required corrective actions.
• Informs the Project Manager for any deviation from budget man-hours or scheduled time, makes any necessary schedules and resources allocation adjustment.
• Develops during the construction phase, the detailed field schedules in conjunction with the Construction Manager.
• Reviews manpower allocation for all design projects, to be logically conforming to the available employed manpower.
• Reviews contractor’s schedules and follows it up periodically.
• Analyzes and evaluates contractors’ claims, prepares recommendations concerning justified/excusable time extensions, as the case may be.
• Prepares evaluation reports for bidder’s proposed time schedules based on conformity with tender requirements.
• Participate in contractors pre-qualification documents and preparation of related evaluation reports.
• Participate in analyses contractors tender documents and preparation of related evaluation reports.
• Review/comment/approve the baseline schedule -prepared and submitted by the contractor, taking into consideration the identification of craft labor /equipment /material /cash requirements by time period.
• Review the progress status reports - prepared and submitted by the contractor - by the time period, as set forth in the contract.
• Review one Month look- ahead schedules.
• Follow closely the labor mobilization and/or demobilization, also follow equipment /material deliveries, should they start to fall behind the schedule, take action to expedite the deliveries, as there should be no surprises with respect to such deliveries.
• Involve CM/RE and contract administrator for bringing the subcontractors into line with the overall construction plan.
• Perform time impact analysis prior to issuing change order (t+he client must be aware of both schedule impact and cost impact).
• Analyze and evaluate contractors’ claims, prepare recommendations concerning justified/excusable time extensions, as the case may be.
• Responsible for providing the Construction Services Division input to Project Procedures and Quality Management Plan, construction planning, developing the requirements for project site facilities, preparation of field staffing schedules and job descriptions, analyzing and determining the site temporary facilities requirements and preparing field organization charts.
• Reviews all project correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, etc.
• Study with the site staff for studying the contractor’s claims and prepares related reports.
• Study with the Construction Managers/Resident Engineers in studying variation orders of contractors and all contract administration processes.
• Follow up observations and corrective/preventive action
• Issue the outstanding subjects list weekly for every project.
• Reviews all project correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, etc.
• Obtain the necessary data from the different sites in order to prepare the monthly construction services division report.
• Make regular visits to the site in order to be sure that all the procedures, work instructions and forms are implemented at the different sites.
• Reviews close-out reports prepared by Construction Managers/Resident Engineers.
• Provide the Contract Administration Section with all documents and correspondences related to the project contract, variation orders, claims, any modifications, etc.
• Assists Business Development Division Management in the preparation of proposals, preparation and/or review of contract documents, development of scopes of work, determination of inputs for contract pricing efforts, and the preparation of project plans and schedules.
• Responsible for planning, scheduling, conducting and coordinating the technical and management aspects of projects.
• Establish deadline/milestones and assigns required resources.
• Organizes and manages the work of engineers and draftsmen allocated to him and provides engineering support and/or advice to project team as required by the Project Manager.
• Assists the Proposal Manager during the negotiation of contracts, as required.
• Establishes detailed scope of work for the project in conjunction with the Company Principal-in-Charge and client, and in accordance with the project proposal and contract.
• Establishes, with the Project Staff and appropriate Division and Department Management, staff budgets and manpower requirements necessary to execute the scope of work.
• Prepare monthly project status reports, change orders, and invoices.
• Issues the Project Quality Plan in coordination with the Quality Assurance and Audit Department.
• Establishes the design criteria and conceptual preliminary engineering designs for all areas of the project, and monitors the preparation of the final engineering and construction drawings.
• Monitors the progress of all project functions and reports on their status to the Projects Division Head and client as required. Gives particular attention to reporting matters affecting project overruns or delays, as soon as these become apparent, and makes every effort with Company Management to rectify them.
• Supplies Projects Division Head and/or client with up to date information regarding the status of all project management functions by the maintenance or appropriate records and the periodic issuance of informative reports.
• Maintains, through the Project Staff, a chronological file of project history, supported by minutes of meetings and a daily log of significant events affecting the project. Keeps the Company Principal-in-Charge and the VP of the concerned Technical Division informed of significant project milestones and of major events that could affect the project costs, schedule, or client relations.
• Authorizes and approves all requests to the Finance Department for preparation of invoices to the client. Authorizes and approves all costs charged to the project.
• Approves all submittals to the client of work outputs, information requests, advisory notices, project status reports, etc.
• Ensures compliance of work with contract objectives. Prepares contract change notices and requests as required, in accordance with established Division procedures and the Project Quality Plan.
• Coordinates intercompany work assignments with other Divisions, Departments, and/or Field Offices.
• Represents the Company in all relations with Client.
Projects:
- MIVIDA PARCEL 6 (VILLAS) :Mivida is still a fully integrated community allowing residents access to every convenience imaginable. This includes playgrounds, community centers, a business park, thriving hotels and boulevard style shopping in a bustling town center. With all these elements combined; Mivida is the place where life truly comes together. Our scope to design the villas and townhomes for the compound.
- Renovation of IT WORX administration building
- TIRANA CITY RESORT ( 3HOTELS ): Great Resort contain of three hotels with different stills with area GBA 622 541 m2
- Shelter Tower administration building: administration building in Nigeria with built up area 6000 m2
- Almushrif Place in Abu Dhabi .
• Maintains liaison between all personnel assigned to the project to assure mutual understanding and agreement on all phases of the work as defined by the contract and to assure continuity of job progress and design.
• Assists in the preparation of the Bases of Design Report (BODR) of the project including; data collection, identification of problem areas, conceptual and preliminary engineering, outline specifications and project’s preliminary cost estimates.
• Gathers and disseminates project data and information to all concerned so that all activities are well correlated to meet the project commitments.
• Assists the Project Manager in the detailed development of the project scope of work.
• Coordinates and resolved technical problems including non-conformance to project specifications or engineering standards.
• Plans and directs utility and offside studies and engineering design.
• Establish and maintains coordination between engineering staff and client technical representatives. Controls client requests to assure adherence to the project scope.
• Approves requisitions for quotations and purchase of materials, equipment and subcontracts.
• Reviews all bid analyses and present them to the Project Manager for approval.
• Assists the Project Manager in the preparation of the Project Procedures Manual, Quality Plan, Schedules, etc.
• Assists the Project Manager or, in his absence, conducts project review meetings involving any or all technical disciplines assigned to the project team.
• Assists the Project Manager in motivating the project team to efficiently, economically, and satisfactorily completes their technical assignments.
following projects:
- CAIRO FEASTIVAL CITY PROJECT. Cairo Festival City (CFC)
- OQYANA WORLD FIRST. OQYANA WORLD FIRST,
- NATIONAL BANK OF EGYPT - GREATER BRANCHES CONSTRUCTION, renovation and upgrading of ten (57) branches in region.
- HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT BANK HEAD OFFICE
- PORTO PHOENICE MARSA ALAM PORTO PHOENICE PROJECT,
- VILLAS AND TOWN HOUSES - MARASSI SIDI ABDELRAHMAN
- LOCAL MASTER PLANNING CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR MARASSI PROJECT
- BEACH CLUB-MARASSI PROJECT A Moroccan style beach club
- LIFE STYLE ESTATE ORIANA PHASE 3 DEVELOPMENT
- HOLDIPHARMA NEW PHARMACEUTICAL PLANTS FOR CID & KAHIRA COMPANIE
- INMA OFFICE AND SHOPPING CENTER
Egypt;
• Reviews/prepares the design and tentative time schedules during proposals phase.
• Reviews/prepares the design and tentative time schedules during proposals phase.
• Reviews/updates, during the mobilization phase of the project, the originally prepared milestone schedule in the proposal phase. Issue the revised milestone schedule after approval by the Project Manager, to all key personnel of the project.
• Identifies with the assistance of the Project Manager the constraints between the different project disciplines and the sequencing/timing of tasks for fulfillment of the time schedule of the project.
• Issues the final form of the time schedule- baseline schedule “REV 0”- to the Project Manger.
• Ensure issuance of PM Budget to all active projects /additions.
• Review of the assigned budgeted hours and resource assignments to ensure proper resource allocation for projects/ additions tasks.
• Updates the time schedule on bi-weekly bases reflecting the actual project status (dates, percentage completion and actual man-hours consumption).
• Ensure proper loading of actual hours, and to be in conformity with related progress of work.
• Maintain rectifying any information in Data Base (for example: relocated persons, multidiscipline assignments, etc).
• Expedite PM’s to apply any required corrective actions.
• Informs the Project Manager for any deviation from budget man-hours or scheduled time, makes any necessary schedules and resources allocation adjustment.
• Develops during the construction phase, the detailed field schedules in conjunction with the Construction Manager.
• Reviews manpower allocation for all design projects, to be logically conforming to the available employed manpower.
• Reviews contractor’s schedules and follows it up periodically.
• Analyzes and evaluates contractors’ claims, prepares recommendations concerning justified/excusable time extensions, as the case may be.
• Prepares evaluation reports for bidder’s proposed time schedules based on conformity with tender requirements.
Working on the following design & construction projects:
Construction projects:
- Madinaty
- Tender evaluation of many projects
Design project over 30 projects: (for example)
- OQYANA FIRST WORLD
- HERMS Head quarters
- Domiatic Office Building
- Elkorimate Power Stations
• 2003-2007, CONSULTANT ENGINEERING GROUP (CEG), CAIRO, EGYPT; Architect in the Presentation Department, then Coordinator & Assistant to Head Office Manager, then Architect in the Working Drawing Department. Responsibilities included preparation of avant-project drawings (color plans & perspectives); Area statement studies for several projects among them: Qatar Tower, Qahramaa Building, Equestrian Club.
Coordinator/Assistant to Head Office Manager
- Coordination between Cairo Branch and Doha Headquarters.
- Auditing the project managers and department's engineers to check their compliance with -quality procedures and manuals.
- Monitoring projects progresses and revising them with audit schedules
- Checking project schedules versus base line budget hours
- Assuring the internal departmental checking prior to project deliverables submission to the client
- Checking project deliverables (drawing - documents - specifications ..Etc)
- Assuring the usage of up-dated standards and codes & iso 9001 for practices by departmental engineers.
- Preparing weekly reports about Cairo Office to Head Mangers for Cairo & Doha.
- Preparing primavera schedules for projects.
Architect, Design Department. Prepared working drawing for tender stage & coordinate it with other departments, Prepare drawing lists & primavera schedules for projects for the following projects: - Elawkaf Compound (Residential building)
- Zaid ElKhairen Office Building
- Villa Complex Emad ElMakii
- Saud bin Fahd Office Building
2003-2003 Consultant KATO Group, Cairo, Egypt; Architect. Responsibilities included meeting for clients to know the requirements, preparing the design and project presentation & shop drawings for a Villa on area 4500 m2 (Main villa, horse's track & landscape)
, Cairo, Egypt; Training as Architect. Responsibilities included preparing project presentation and shop drawings for a villa in 6 October City, Egypt.
1998-2000, Moharam-Bakhom Consultant, Cairo, Egypt; Training as Architect.
• Contract & law course. • Preparation course for PMP EXAM - 3ed & 4th Edition • Diploma in Project Management, American University in Cairo (AUC.) Project Planning and Control Techniques Management of Project Resources Project Budgeting and Financial Control Project Bids and Contracts Project Feasibility Studies Primavera Project Planner (P3 FOR WINDOWS)
• B.SC Faculty Fine Arts (Architecture), Helwan University June, 2002. • Member of Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers.
