simon akkari, Project Manager

simon akkari

Project Manager

Alstom

Location
Australia
Education
Master's degree, Master of Project Management
Experience
23 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :23 years, 2 Months

Project Manager at Alstom
  • Australia
  • April 2008 to August 2014

• Kerang SVC upgrade:$4.2M
Replacement of aging SVC system. Leading role in the project to co-ordinate and manage the Consortium.
Monitoring project risks and scope creep to identify potential problems and proactively identifying solutions to address them in advance.
Escalating promptly any issues that may impact operations.
Producing stage plans, highlight reports, risk logs, requests for change etc.
Managing client expectations by ensuring the delivery of the highest quality service.

• Summerleas RD Substation 33KV: $12M
Design and construct Greenfield Projects 33kV substation.
Responsible for delivering project against agreed scope, budget, schedule & customer expectations. Doing this whilst supervising, directing & motivating teams of multi-discipline contractors & employees.
Achieved variation exceeding 10%

• Rosebery 110 KV augmentation project for Transend: $6M
Brownfield projects covering three substations West-coast Tasmania.
Directed the execution of the project from conception through delivery.
Provided superior customer care, analysed process, developed project plans, coordinated resources supervised project team controlled budget and managed performance, monitor risk associated with each process. Led highly effective project implementation team.
Increased project opportunity by 20%

project /site manager at G&S ELCO
  • Australia
  • December 2002 to February 2006

supervising and site managing several electrical domestic installation

system engineer at invensys foxboro
  • Australia
  • May 1989 to October 2002

„ Integrating, installing, commissioning SCADA Systems.
„ Designed, coordinated, and implemented SCADA Systems.
„ Site coordinator between Foxboro, customers and subcontractors.
„ Telecommunications expert, solving many communications issues.

Education

Master's degree, Master of Project Management
  • at University of Technology Sydney
  • July 2012
Diploma, Graduate Diploma of Computing
  • at Deakin university
  • October 1996
Bachelor's degree, A Bachelor degree in the electrical engineering with major electronics and telecommunications
  • at Ipnet
  • January 1984

Specialties & Skills

Risk Management
Customer Focus
Contract Management
Project Delivery
People Management
MS Office
Lotus note
MS Project

Languages

Arabic
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French
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English
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