Mark Khalaf, West Regional Project Manager

Mark Khalaf

West Regional Project Manager

Saudi Oger LTD.

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
Experience
22 years, 6 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 6 months

West Regional Project Manager at Saudi Oger LTD.
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • March 2014 to April 2016

• Managing 31 project simultaneously in Al Madinah Al Munawarah to for the Ministry of Interior.
• In charge of the Western Region for all the Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing activities in KSA which included 2500 workers.
• Expert of all the planning procedures and time schedules of activities and ensuring multiple deadlines are met.
• Conducted meetings and conferences with consultants and owners to discuss all aspects of the projects.
• Implemented new procedures and instructions for 2500 workers to follow and had to deal with laying off and terminating workers due to financial hardship.
• Ensuring budget numbers always achieved and managing the process flawlessly.
• Traveling extensively to all KSA regions on weekly bases to ensure quality control and assurance is achieved and work is performed in good manner.

General Manager at Doha Engineerng Works
  • Qatar - Doha
  • May 2006 to July 2010

• Has been working as a General Manager for an Electromechanical Contracting Company in Doha - Qatar for the last four years.

• Has established the company from ground Zero (nothing) until took over the first project of 10 million riyals.

• Has been in charge of bringing people from abroad, pricing contracts, Cost estimates writing work schedules, conducting formal meetings with consultant and overall operation of the company.

• In-charge of all formal documentation from Spread-sheets, Inquiries, Purchase orders, Scheduling, Reviewing Electromechanical Drawings to writing formal contracts and generating cost estimates for projects.

• At present Managing 2 projects consisting of Tower (Al-Faisal-2 & Al-Jazeerah Academy Staff Accommodation).

Project Manager at Inovar, Inc.
  • United States
  • March 2003 to April 2006

• Managed 3 Electromechanical projects simultaneously (Production Facility, Staff Accommodation and Hospital)

• Was in charge of hiring Electro-Mechanical Engineers, Electricians, HVAC Technicians, Welders and pipe fitters.

• In charge of overall Electro-Mechanical Operations.

• Conducted all formal meetings with consultants and main contractors and owners.
• Managed three shifts over 24 hours 7 days a week on several occasions.

Senior Electromechanical Engineer at JUKI Electromechanical Systems
  • United States
  • April 1995 to April 2003

• Extensive experience in Site Project management for Pharmaceutical projects (Merck & co.) which consisted of 3 huge buildings which accommodates 1500 people.
• Was in charge of cost estimates, Scheduling and conducting all formal meeting with consultants & owners.

• Was responsible for overall Electromechanical operations of the project which lasted for 2 years.
• Has used Primavera Software to manage and Schedule project.
• Certified in project management. Managed several multi million dollars installs of BUILDINGS (Electro-mechanical Aspect only).

• Worked with Excel and Power Point on regular bases help customers with their problems by conducting presentations on a regular bases.

• Directly involved on a daily basis with Circuit Cam, Unicam, HLC (Host Line Controller) to convert Gerber and cad files into machines programs.

• As the most experienced Electro-Mechanical Engineer at JUKI, my main task was to work with customers on a daily bases to resolve all open issues which involved writing formal letters, conducting formal meetings and presentations.

• Attended all major Electro-Mechanical conventions for the last 8 years.
• Conducted formal presentations at shows as well as at customer sites.
• Communicated with customers on a high level of professionalism. (Sales Managers, VP’s, Process Engineers).

• Wrote several Service and Electro-Mechanical Bulletins.
• Worked independent without any supervision, and was in charge of the California Branch for the company.

• As the man in charge in the State Of California, I had a customer base of 150 customers (Companies).
• Conducted all the face to face meetings and conference calls with the clients, which also included all the Sales negotiations.
• Directed the entire Technical Service Department which included Northern America & Europe.

Electromechanical Engineer at Applied Materials
  • United States
  • January 1993 to April 1995

• Involved in Writing procedures and documentation for Electromechanical testing Equipment which are mainly used for Electromechanical Projects.

• Was involved in supervising Electromechanical projects which involved contracts with the U.S.A Department of Defense.

• Was responsible for Cost estimating and managing all electromechanical issues and applications that arises in the site regularly.

• Was involved with consultants and main contractors on a day to day bases to resolve any problems or issues.

• In California (San Jose area), was responsible for all overall Electromechanical activities in the site for building a tower of 25 stories.

Electromechanical Engineer at Dage Precision Industries
  • United States
  • April 1990 to May 1993

• Was involved in multimillion dollar contract with the department of defense to install Electromechanical Equipment for Testing Applications.

• As the main Electromechanical Engineer, was responsible for all Technical reports and documentations on a daily bases.

• Experienced with meeting and deadlines without any extra cost that effected the company.

• Worked under pressure for 4.5 years with customers and consultants to
Extensive domestic travel to customer sites.

• Conducted Training classes for programming the machines as well as demonstrated machines to customers.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
  • at San Francisco State University
  • June 1989

I was on the Deans Honor List for the last 2 years of my Engineering Degree Education With a grade Point average of 3.5. My Electrical Engineering Degree was focused on Electronics. I also have about 20 years experience 3 of them are in the Gulf area in Doha and the rest are in the Silicon Valley in California.

Specialties & Skills

Computer Skills
Managing Employees
Project Management
Customer Service
Teamwork
Self Motivated, proactive and always looking for improvement.
People oriented, have been dealing with customers in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.
Conducted Different levels of presentations and meetings across the globe.
Computer Expert in All MS Applications / Web design/ PMP
Expert in Customer Satisfaction from 20 years of experience in the United States and GCC.

Languages

English
Expert
Spanish
Intermediate
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

IEEE
  • Active Member
  • February 1991

Training and Certifications

yes (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 1998
Valid Until:
June 1998

Hobbies

  • Love to Excercize and run, Reading and traveling.
    Wrote and designed training manual of 400 pages for a software program to control multi-million dollars equipment during working for JUKI Electromechanical Systems. With Doha Engineering, I created all procedures and instructions for the employees to follow during employment. I won 3 trophies in Football, Pool and Table tennis.