Rudy Awad, Sr. Facility Manager / Operation Manager

Rudy Awad

Sr. Facility Manager / Operation Manager

Intelligent Data Communication

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
16 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 3 Months

Sr. Facility Manager / Operation Manager at Intelligent Data Communication
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since April 2018

Senior Facilities Manager / Operation Manager

Main Duties: Tendering, Organizing and Planning essential central services such as MEP and Civil maintenance, security, archiving, cleaning, waste disposal, landscaping, and many other services.

• Prepare tender for multiple scale projects, including commercial and technical preparation.
• Negotiate quotations and proposals from Suppliers and Subcontractors in order to get the best prices without affecting the quality of services.
• Find alternative solutions and practices to reduce the cost of subcontractors.
• Develop and implement a facility management program including preventative maintenance and life-cycle requirements
• Conduct and document regular facilities inspections
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards and industry codes
• Allocate and manage facility space for maximum efficiency
• Supervise maintenance and repair of facilities and equipment
• Oversee facility refurbishment and renovations
• Plan and manage facility central services such as reception, security, cleaning, catering, waste disposal and parking
• Implement best practice processes to increase efficiency
• Obtain quotes and tenders from vendors and suppliers
• Calculate and compare costs for goods and services to maximize cost-effectiveness
• Coordinate and monitor activities of contract suppliers
• Manage and review service contracts to ensure facility management needs are being met
• Ensure delivery schedules, quantity and quality criteria are met
• Check completed work by facility team and subcontractors
• Verify payment and invoicing match contract pricing
• Plan and monitor appropriate facility management staffing levels
• Ensure efficient utilization of facility maintenance staff
• Performance manage, develop and train staff
• Prepare and track facility budget
• Monitor expenses and payments
• Generate and present regular reports and reviews of facility-related budgets, finances, contracts, expenditures and purchases
• Advise on and monitor energy efficiency
• Oversee environmental health and safety
• Assure security of the facility
• Respond to facility and equipment alarms and system failures
• Provide prompt response to requests and issues from facility occupants.
• Using CMMS software (Emaint) to provide smooth, fast and computerized working system.

MEP Engineer at General Engineering Technologies
  • Qatar - Doha
  • November 2016 to April 2018

Promoted to Assistant Deputy Manager/Facilities Manager
Main duties: Organizing and planning essential central services such as security, maintenance, archiving, cleaning, and waste disposal.

• Responsible for helping in the fast track work progress.
• Pushing and monitoring all disciplines to complete their tasks within the squeezed schedule, including MEP, Civil and irrigation.
• Providing progress reports and highlighting the areas that needs more focusing.
• Managing the sequence of work for staff or contractors in order to complete their task in a satisfactory way without having any abortive work.
• Responding appropriately to tenant’s emergencies or urgent issues as they arise.
• Coordinating and leading a team or teams of staff to cover various areas.
• Responsible for buildings maintenance repairs and services.
• Comparing costs for required goods / services to achieve maximum value.


MEP Engineer

• Responsible for Mechanical and Irrigation site progress with 7 engineers under my supervision.
• Attending Coordination & Technical meetings with the client and consultant.
• Preparing Designs, Shop and Coordination Drawings.
• Preparing Submittals and purchase requests.
• Supervising Coordination drawings between Mechanical, Electrical, Architectural and Structural services.
• Solving all site problems related to Mechanical services.
• Follow up and preparing reports of work progress on site to meet the work schedule program.

Senior mechanical engineer/ MEP project manager. at Blueprint
  • Qatar - Doha
  • February 2016 to November 2016

• Responsible for Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Team.
• Attending Coordination & Technical meetings with the client.
• Preparing Designs, Shop and Coordination Drawings.
• Preparing Submittals.
• Supervising Coordination drawings between Mechanical, Electrical, Architectural and Structural services.
• Solving all site problems related to MEP services.
• Follow up and preparing reports of work progress on site to meet the work schedule program.

Coordination engineer / engineering solution at Terna Qatar
  • Qatar - Doha
  • November 2013 to February 2016

Working on NECP project in Qatar foundation under ASTAD/ Parsons supervision.
•Responsible for Mechanical Engineering department and MEP coordination department.
• Attending Coordination & Technical meetings with the consultant and designer.
•Preparing Designs, Shop Drawings, Coordination and As-built Drawings.
•Preparing Method of statements, Submittals and RFIs.
• Supervising Coordination drawings between Mechanical, Electrical, Architectural and Structural services.

Project engineer at Building maintenance & subcontracting ( BMS)
  • Qatar - Doha
  • March 2010 to October 2013

•Estimation and pricing tendering projects (more than 250 Projects including take offs, BOQ price filling, and some project BOQ preparation)
•Coordination meetings directly with the clients or with the main contractors.
•Shop Drawings, Coordination and As-built Drawings.
•Material submittal.
•QFCHT (Qatar Foundation combating Human Trafficking) offices _ HVAC and fire fighting refurbishment job, testing and commissioning.
•Ibrahim Al Misnad Palace _ Supply, Installation, Testing and commissioning of HVAC (Package units DX Systems), Dehumidifying system for indoor pool, Water Supply, Drainage (Soil and Waste), Fire fighting, FM 200.
•Refurbishment and Redistribution of AC cooling load and fire fighting system in a seven floor Qtel building _ SIC 731 Qtel Airport.
•Vodafone staging station HVAC and Fire Fighting (FM200 system).
•Renovation of complete Fire Fighting, Water Supply and Irrigation systems for Qtel Stations Located in Al Waab, Abou Hammour and Industrial Area.
•Testing and commissioning of HVAC (Air cooled Chiller & DX Systems), Water Supply, Fire fighting, FM 200 and BMS systems for Qtel Data Center (QDC1, QDC2, QDC3 & OSS buildings) _ Wadi El Sail.

Site mechanical engineer at Names
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2008 to February 2010

• Shop drawing, Coordination and As-Built drawings.
• Material submittal and procurement.
• Installation of HVAC (Air cooled Chiller & DX Systems), Heating (Boiler & Radiator), Water Supply, Drainage, Fire Fighting and FM 200 systems for Balamand University new Faculty of Medicine
• Installation of complete HVAC (DX Systems), Water Supply, Drainage and Heating( Boiler, Solar Panels & Radiators) for Dima Villa in Adma and M.J. Villa in Maameltein
• Installation of HVAC (DX Systems), Heating (Boiler, Radiator, Floor Heating, Pool Heat exchanger), Water Supply, Drainage for Al Shaaer Villa _ Faqra, Luxury Clouds Chalets - Faqra Country Club

Education

Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Lebanese University –Faculty of Engineering- Branch 2 -
  • January 2009

Registered UPDA (Urban Planning and Development Authority, Qatar)

Specialties & Skills

AutoCAD
Coordination
Fire Fighting
Plumbing
ENGINEERING
MECHANICAL
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
MEETING FACILITATION
SUPERVISORY SKILLS
ATTENTION TO DETAIL

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert

Memberships

IFMA
  • International Facility Management Association
  • October 2020

Training and Certifications

CFM ( Certified Facility Manager) (Training)
Training Institute:
IFMA
Date Attended:
January 2020
Duration:
39 hours
Civil Defense Authorized Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2019
WES masters degree certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
Registered UPDA (Urban Planning and Development Authority, Qatar) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2015
Valid Until:
March 2018

Hobbies

  • Photography, reading & swimming