Ahmad Ghannam

• Assist the Assistant Commercial Manager/CEO on all commercial and contractual matters for the construction of the Attarat Power Plant and mine opening activities.
• Perform commercial review on new tender, procurement, contracts or contracts’ amendment and make recommendations to Assistant Commercial Manager.
• Preparation and timely submission of monthly progress claims for payments and draw down from Debt and Equity.
• Coordinate with technical and mining team on commercial issues on new tenders and contracts.
• Undertake financial analysis and review on historical performance and projection of the company.
• To check all payments to the contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in accordance to the purchase order and contract.
• involves in the commercial meetings with Project stakeholders.
•Identifying the hidden risks in contract agreements and tenders.

• As a contracts engineer responsible for putting together plans and estimates, including budgets and timescales; preparing and presenting documents for tender
• Negotiating sub-contract orders, planning critical dates, helping to resolve any disputes which come up, and identifying areas for improvement in the company’s contracting processes.
• Working with different levels of personnel within an organization to analyze and solidify an overall contract strategy
• Coordinating with engineers to ensure adherence to time and budget parameters
• Documenting daily progress and issues if any and reporting status of contract process to management
• Following up to guarantee contractual payments have been made
• Providing Contract interpretations to project management and engineers.
• Identifying the hidden risks in contract agreements and tenders.

Consolidated Contractors Company-Tengiz-Kazakhstan
Client: TCO/KPJV
Duration: 20/05/2014 - Till Now
Project: Future Growth Project/3GP Site Preparation & Fencing Project
3GP Civil Installation & Core Substation Project
My main duties are as following:

• Assist Project Management in all aspects of administration of project contracts.
• Ensure that contract correspondence, documentation and records are being prepared Responsible to ensure that requests for variations are reviewed, responded and resolved in a timely manner.
• Preparing payment application and invoices.
• Preparing claims and variation orders and participating in negotiations with Client, as requested.
• Provide claims avoidance & mitigation advice to manage subcontracts works, as requested
• Ensuring that all duties and obligations under the Contract are fulfilled.
• Monitoring the adherence of contractual requirements regarding the provision of bank guarantees and parent company guarantees, if applicable
• Advising on interpretation of contractual language in the event of disagreement on contractual terms.
• Verifying and maintaining bank guarantees/parent company guarantees,
• Verifying and maintaining insurance certificates,
• Reporting contract status and issues
• Ensuring all contractual documents and correspondence are prepared, distributed as appropriate, logged and filed.

• Study and understand the contract documents.
• Determine areas, including provisions of the general or special conditions that may be ambiguous or present problems or result in unforeseen costs.
• Investigate conditions at the job site prior to bid to understand and evaluated site accessibility, surface and underground conditions and any condition that would affect construction methods and costs.
• Estimate accurately each job and review the estimate with Senior estimator in sufficient time to permit careful analysis, checking of calculations, and corrections as necessary.
• Attend pre-construction and job meetings.
• Maintain and supervise adequate estimate and plan files.
• Preparation of bid and job correspondence.
• Prepare special reports as requested.

Working in HUPCCA Project (Hook Up Project-Offshore) with CCC (Consolidated Contractors Company) in Caspian Sea- As Contractor to AGIP-KCO-ENI- (28-9-2010 - Until Now) - Acting as Contracts & QS Manager - ATYRAU-REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN. My Main duties are:
1. Participating, as necessary, in developing the solicitation and writing the draft documents.
2. Monitoring the contractor’s progress and performance to ensure goods and services conform to the contract requirements.
3. Authorizing payments consistent with the contract terms.
4. Resolving disputes in a timely manner.
5. Documenting significant events.
6. Seeking funding sources and submitting bids
7. Carrying out feasibility studies
8. Preparing plans, contracts, budgets, bills of quantities and other documentation
9. Writing reports like monthly cost report.
10. Preparing and submitting final accounts
11. Participating and making valuations
12. Arranging payments to Sub-Contractors
13. Providing advice and forecasts about costs.

1. Follows-up and supervises project’s execution and ensures its compliance with industry standards and contract.
2. Provides technical assistance to the project’s Foremen on the implementation of assigned tasks in order to achieve set goals.
3. meeting cost, quality target dates and deadlines set.
4. Ensures that the production and progress rates performed are according to the construction schedule.
5. Prepares the project requirements plan for materials, labours and equipment.

Working as site engineer for mechanical erections and steel fixing of Air preheaters and EP ( Electrostatic Preciptator ) in Rabigh Power Plant Project.

Working with Nuqul Group (1/11/2006-31/1/2008) As Fire Protection Engineer responsible for fire protection systems in all facilities of the group. My duties:
• Competing and preparing reports for current state of fire sprinkler systems that exist in group facilities based on NFPA 13. These reports also include NFPA 20, NFPA 14.
• Building an inspection, testing, and maintenance program for water based fire fighting system based on NFPA 25.
• Auditing and Inspection on group facilities based on GSM (Group Standard Manual)
• Giving technical Support for group business units in this field.
• Giving and preparing reports for fire risk assessment in group facilities.

Working with Coca Cola Bottling Company of Jordan (CCBJC) (16/7/2006-Until Now) As Production Engineer with following duties:
· Organizing, Planning, Commissioning and maintaining production lines.
· Improving existing operations, incorporating new methods and processes.
· Investigating operational problems affecting production.
· Providing technical expertise and support.
· Preparing manufacturing documentation required for product manufacture.
· Providing manufacturing data.
· Identifying ways to reduce production costs.
· Training and supervising staff.
· Working with regulatory bodies to ensure safety, environmental and design standards are met.
· Working with engineering departments to produce cost estimates for new designs.