Mohammed Aboulfotouh, Project Controls Director (Corporate)

Mohammed Aboulfotouh

Project Controls Director (Corporate)

Saudi Bin ladin Group

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Master's degree, Structural analysis
Experience
30 years, 10 months

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Total years of experience :30 years, 10 months

Project Controls Director (Corporate) at Saudi Bin ladin Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since August 2016

• Manage, lead and Negotiate the transition period to restructure the whole group into one strong matrix organization - project controls oriented organization - which include but not limited to implementation of project controls procedures and processes.
• Manage. Lead, and Implement all related financial management aspects all over the new consolidated group organization chart and business lines.
• Lead, Manage and Negotiate new ground rules with all group Clients to overcome current group liabilities and maintain group stabilization and stream line their Cash flow.
• Lead, manage and direct a team of Senior/Junior Planning (Cost) Engineers and QS, to define, co-ordinate and manage project schedule, Budget, and contracts development, maintenance and monitoring progress status and reporting systems to ensure customer satisfaction and in accordance with company procedures and client contract requirements
• Perform Overall Integrated Project Planning & Control, Budget Monitoring & Control, Project Management, Subcontractors/Vendors management and ensure Project Completion within Time and Cost Constraints.
• Lead kick‐off meetings and Projects/Business line review meetings and provide direction on finalization of Yearly Revenue, P&L Plans, Contract schedules, and Resource Mobilization Plans.
• Analyze Overall Projects/Business line Budget, Actual & Anticipated Expenditures. Prepared Cost to Complete Statements. Investigated grey areas and highlighted the same to top management thereby ensured Projects/Business line Budget Compliance & Profitability.
• Generated various Turnover Plans, Backlog Plans, MIS (MCSR) Monthly Cost Status / Project Forecast (PFR) reports pertaining to Projects/Business Line Progress & Budget and highlighted Schedule & Cost over runs to management for preventive / corrective measures. Developed Monthly Cash Flow Projections for Financial Planning through either ERP system or utilizing PM software.
• Coordinate various stakeholders of project/ Business Line such as Corporate Office, Clients, Project Site, Vendors / Contractors and synergize their efforts towards project deliverance.
• Managing, evaluating & executing contracting works and coordinating among consultants, subcontractors and clients; preparing the tender specifications & finalisation of requirements.
• Formulate budgets for timely procurement of various critical materials and ensuring uninterrupted supply of materials to negate project slowdown.
• Anticipate interface issues & critical bottle necks of project and take proactive measures for resolving the same at the shortest period of time.
• Develop Risk Management plans along with risk sources and mitigation plan and closely monitor the changes and advise swift workaround and recovery measures to overcome potential risks.
• Anticipate the potential variation /changes to utilize opportunities for harvesting more revenues.
• Oversee and supervise various project channels including electromechanical, steel work and special construction work.
• Monitor all construction activities including providing technical inputs & coordination, architectural & engineering drawings and specifications with site management teams to tighten control of all activities.
• List down the resource needs for projects, after considering the budgetary parameters set. Generate requisitions plans of local / International procurement items and co-ordinate with concerned departments for central procurement items.
• Leading, mentoring & monitoring the performance of a team of 50-100 individuals (Senior Planning/Cost engineers, quantity surveyors, contract administrators, and Analysts) to ensure efficiency in process operations & meeting of individual & group targets.

Project Controls Manager at Kharafi National
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • December 2005 to August 2016

• Lead, manage and direct a team of Senior/Junior Planning (Cost) Engineers and QS, to define, co-ordinate and manage project schedule, Budget, and contracts development, maintenance and monitoring progress status and reporting systems to ensure customer satisfaction and in accordance with company procedures and client contract requirements
• Perform Overall Integrated Project Planning & Control, Budget Monitoring & Control, Project Management, Subcontractors/Vendors management and ensure Project Completion within Time and Cost Constraints.
• Lead kick‐off meetings and project review meetings and provide direction on finalization of Contract schedules, and Resource Mobilization Plans.
• Analyze Overall Project Budget, Actual & Anticipated Expenditures. Prepared Cost to Complete Statements. Investigated grey areas and highlighted the same to top management thereby ensured Project Budget Compliance & Profitability.
• Generated various MIS (MCSR) Monthly Cost Status / Project Forecast (PFR) reports pertaining to Project Progress & Budget and highlighted Schedule & Cost over runs to management for preventive / corrective measures. Developed Monthly Cash Flow Projections for Financial Planning through either ERP system or utilizing PM software.
• Coordinate various stakeholders of project such as Corporate Office, Project Site, Vendors / Contractors and synergize their efforts towards project deliverance.
• Evaluation of commercial offers / proposals, along with handling tender/ contracts / billing formalities & related documentation; answering clarification or change requests during Bid Evaluation Phase of the project.
• Managing, evaluating & executing contracting works and coordinating among consultants, subcontractors and clients; preparing the tender specifications & finalisation of requirements.
• Controlling the contract in terms of deviations at execution stage; issuing Non-compliance Report to contractors; resolving technical / commercial issues if any with the Engineering / Strategic Sales Team respectively.
• Formulate budgets for timely procurement of various critical materials and ensuring uninterrupted supply of materials to negate project slowdown.
• Anticipate interface issues & critical bottle necks of project and take proactive measures for resolving the same at the shortest period of time.
• Develop Risk Management plans along with risk sources and mitigation plan and closely monitor the changes and advise swift workaround and recovery measures to overcome potential risks.
• Anticipate the potential variation /changes to utilize opportunities for harvesting more revenues.
• Oversee and supervise various project channels including electromechanical, steel work and special construction work.
• Monitor all construction activities including providing technical inputs & coordination, architectural & engineering drawings and specifications with site management teams to tighten control of all activities.
• List down the resource needs for projects, after considering the budgetary parameters set. Generate requisitions plans of local / International procurement items and co-ordinate with concerned departments for central procurement items.
• Leading, mentoring & monitoring the performance of a team of 15 individuals (Senior Planning/Cost engineers, quantity surveyors, contract administrators, and Analysts) to ensure efficiency in process operations & meeting of individual & group targets.
• Devise Internal Machine movement plans and demobilization schedules at various phases of Projects and ensure optimum utilization of all available resources

PMO (Project Management Office) at Promastar-IPMS
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2004 to December 2005

Project Description
180 school buildings are to be build, fund and transfer to Saudi Ministry of Education by Alzakary Group as a general contractor and investor in 1000 million SR project all over the Kingdom regions.
Responsibilities
• Responsible for the setup, development and implementation of a project management office in the head office at Riyadh. Duties included the following.
• To manage a team of Senior Planning (Cost) Engineers, Planning (Cost)Engineers, & Contract administrators, to co-ordinate and manage project schedule development, maintenance, monitoring and progress status and reporting to ensure customer satisfaction.
• To monitor and review all aspects of PMO functions on project to ensure that the quality of the Planning and Cost engineering and planning/scheduling product is in accordance with the established company procedures and expectations.
• To define project needs for schedule development, maintenance and monitoring in accordance with company procedures and client contract requirements.
• Develop a Program Management methodology framework, which provides a structured approach to program management that provides the ability to monitor and control project risk, timescales, costs, quality, and more efficient use of resources all over the wide range of project.
• Develop; customize the PMO processes to meet internal and external needs. Develop tools and techniques to maintain the full integration between the contract administration requirements and projects execution requirements.
• Customize the PMO organization and define the roles, responsibilities and resource requirements.
• Customize & establish appropriate Key Success Indicators & manage trade-offs between scope, time & cost.
• Support departmental planning & control specialist to establish, update & report plans with actual & forecasts including realistic forecasts of final target positions.
• Document all obstacles, delays, & claims, obtain approval, & track all changes in project parameters.
• Ensure all project requirements & objectives are properly documented Establish & confirm guidelines applicable to the project.
• Obtain & manage all necessary services & competent staff for the project.
• Close all project documentation upon completion & archive appropriate records after formal acceptance & produce a lessons learned report
• Transfer skills and knowledge to the PMO staff.

Planning and Cost Control Deputy Manager (HO) at HASSAN ALLAM SONS (MISR SONS DEVELOPMENT)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 1997 to May 2004

Growth Path:
Planning and Cost Control Deputy Manager Nov 2001 - May 2004
Technical offer Leader May 1999 - Nov 2001
Senior Planner & Cost Control Engineer Jun 1997 - May 1999

Responsibilities as Planning and Cost Control Deputy Manager at Head office; Nov.2001-May2004
• Establish an effective following up and reporting system for progress monitoring, resource utilization and cost control. To provide a clear vision for actual performance compared with planned target and major obstacles, delays (if any) and major accomplishment and / or milestones.
• Attending regular meetings with the project managers, engineering managers, and project consultant to coordinate plans of action and outputs to maintain smoothly progress on all construction fields.
• Supporting the decision maker for claiming issues and variation orders .helping the project managers for judging the productivity rates, leveling, smoothing and/or crushing the resources charts.
• Support departmental planning & control specialist to establish, update & report plans with actual & forecasts including realistic forecasts of final target positions.
• Support and coordinate with other parties for special work included in our scope that include mechanical installation, equipments installation, electromechanical activities and steel structure erection.
• Anticipating schedule delays, bottlenecks and site obstacles; and initiating resolutions and catch up schedules.
• Replying to owner claims or instructions concerning planning and progress issues through contract terms and conditions.
• Developing, customization and implementation of planning and methodology requirement for tendering and future engagement projects according to company strategic plans.

Responsibilities as Technical offer Leader at Head office; May 1999-Nov.2001
• Having a clear comprehension of the contract general and special conditions particularly sections regarding the schedules, progress measurement, delays, payments, technical requirements and penalties.
• Develop, customize and prepare with team all technical requirements for the tender and execution of the work that include method statement, site conditions, mobilization and demobilization, tracking obstacles that affect the cost sheet, and resource requirements .
• Developing, customization and implementation of planning and methodology requirement for the contract that include base line analysis, milestone charts, resources charts, equipments utilization plans, manpower histograms and subcontracting requirements to achieve best utilization of company resources.
• Develop, Design, and Analyzing the balance sheet for cash in/out charts and draw the needed fund for each project to company top management.

Responsibilities as Senior Planner & Cost Control Engineer at Head office; June 1997-May 1999
• Assist Project manager & project team members to understand & accept scheduling concepts, theory & alternative approaches in scheduling project activities
• Support & supervise project team members & planning & control specialists in the art of scheduling & the use of the designated software
• Develop policies for external vendors contributing to outsourced projects for scheduling procedures & guidelines & inform them of these guidelines through Project Managers.
• Develop program and portfolio tracking and progress reports
• Recommend polices or procedures in developing revisions that will improve schedule accomplishment
• Produce comprehensive schedules in various formats & detail to suit different users or audiences
• Attend management, planning & control meetings to convey project planning and control strategy.

Technical Office Engineer at EGYPT Saudi Egyptian Building Company (SEBCO)
  • Egypt - Marsa Matruh
  • June 1996 to June 1997

Project: Santa Monika Tourist Village - Alexandria - EGYPT
Responsibilities
• Planning and progress monitoring and reporting
• Preparation of shop drawings, invoices, materials take off and quantity surveying.
• Preparation of submittals, correspondences and technical queries.
• Develop, approve and estimate change management.
• Quantity surveying including preparation of bill of quantities and revision/approval subcontractors invoices.

Technical Office Engineer at Major Projects Dept. (Armed Forces)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 1993 to June 1996

Project: Social Club for (Armed Forces) 11 stories 5 stars hotel - Cairo - EGYPT
Responsibilities
• Provide project management supporting activities including planning, development & implementation of the project schedule and regular follow up.
• Coordinate, review and approve the corrective actions and recovery plans undertaken to optimize the occurred delay in order to correctly drive and lead the progress to ensure project completion in a timely & costly manner.
• Following proposed and actual change management and anticipated cost or time extension claims.
• Having a complete and intense understanding and involvement with BOQ including cost, quantities and specifications for all divisions and subdivisions which where all represented in this project

Education

Master's degree, Structural analysis
  • at Minia University
  • January 1996

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Bachelor's degree, Engineering
  • at Minia University
  • January 1993

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