Ahmed AlKady, Lead Cost Engineer

Ahmed AlKady

Lead Cost Engineer

Heisco

Location
Egypt
Education
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
Experience
21 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 2 Months

Lead Cost Engineer at Heisco
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • My current job since March 2017

Project: EPC&C Gas Train 5 Project at MAA Refinery
Client : KNPC
Main Contractor : Tecnicas Reunidas
Subcontract: General Construction Works for The Compressors, Utilities and Interconnecting Sub-Areas and EPC for The API Tanks
Subcontract Value: KWD 55 million.

Project: Painting Unit Works
Client : Various.
Works : In-house Tanks Painting Works.
Value: KWD 2 million.
Senior Cost Engineer
 Project studying (Contract, Specifications and BOQ).
 Tender budget studying and coding.
 Revising variation orders (according to project control department perspective)
 Preparing budget adjustments according to variations and revised quantities.
 Tracking cost and preparing monthly reports for cost variances for main cost categories (Permanent material, subcontractors, manual manpower, equipment, indirect cost and non-manual manpower).
 Preparing project forecast report and updating estimated cost at completion (EAC) every 3 months.
 Analyzing actual cost and preparing lesson learned reports.
 Trend analysis (preparing databases for company general ledger and employees expenses).
 Approving projects’ requests according to project budget and forwarding it to procurement department (Using ERP system).
 Quotations' studies (according to cost control department point of view)
 Estimating cost to complete (CTC) in details (Resources level).
 Helping planning department to prepare labors and equipment plans according to schedules updates and company resources.
 Preparing cash-in and cash-out flows.
 Preparing the commercial portion of claims (EOT - Disruption - Commercial Claims)
 Company representative in commercial meeting with the main contractor.
 Training and supervising site quantity surveyors and cost controllers to prepare required daily, weekly and monthly reports.
 Attending top management meetings as cost control department representative.
 Site visiting to follow up project progress.

Senior Cost Engineer at Azmeel Contracting Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • August 2015 to January 2017

Home Ownership Project at Jubail increment 1, BI-28-15008 & 10012
Contract Value: 797 million SR.
Client: Aramco
“Acting as” Lead Cost Control Engineer

 Preparing the Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) based on (16) divisions of (CSI) codes and link it with Bill of Quantities (BOQ).
 Dividing and distributing the works into the main cost elements (Materials, Labors, Equipment, and Sub-Contractors & Overheads).
 Using the professional software (ERP Oracle) and prepare Cost Codes based on Activities to facilitate the process of cost control and apply that for all company’s projects.
 Analyzing The BOQ to identify the Critical Items to control them by ranking the Items according to their amount. With applying the 80/20 Rule.
 Applying of cost allocation forms ( Labor Time Sheets, Modified Material Request Form, Material Issue From Site Store, Equipment Operating Time Card, Subcontractor Service Received Note, Petty Cash Expenses) to ensure the project are selecting proper Task Code.
 Applying the Earned Value Analysis (EVA).
 Forecasting the status of the project’s Cost by calculating (EAC) and (ETC) based on the performance of the project.
 Preparing periodical reports to control project’s Time, Schedule, Cost & Profit for each task and for project level and for all company projects.
 Recommending the corrective and preventive actions to the higher management to improve the performance of the projects to finish on time and within budget.

Senior Cost Control Engineer at Abdullah A.M Al-Khodari Sons Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • January 2013 to August 2015

Abdullah A.M Al-Khodari Sons Co. AlKhobar, Saudi Arabia
“Head Office”
MOH infra-structure Projects and Taiba University Projects
Contracts' Value : 1.50 Billions
Senior Cost Control Engineer

 Project studying (Contract, Specifications and BOQ).
 Tender budget studying and coding.
 Preparing detailed budget at resources level.
 Preparing budget adjustments according to variations and revised quantities.
 Tracking cost and preparing monthly reports for cost variances for main cost categories (Permanent material, subcontractors, manual manpower, equipment, indirect cost and non-manual manpower).
 Updating estimated cost at completion (EAC) every 3 months.
 Analyzing actual cost and preparing lesson learned reports.
 Trend analysis (preparing databases for company general ledger and employees expenses).
 Approving projects’ material requests according to project budget and forwarding it to procurement department (Using ERP system).
 Quotations' studies (according to cost control department point of view)
 Estimating cost to complete (CTC) at very detailed level.
 Helping planning department to prepare labor and equipment plans according to schedules updates and company resources.
 Updating cost data on Prolog Manager Software.
 Preparing cash-in and cash-out flows.
 Member of company team who is preparing five years business plan.
 Closing finished projects (Closing opened purchase orders - closing subcontractors' payments and liabilities - following up demobilization works - following up stuff and equipment transfers).
 Training site stuff to prepare required daily, weekly and monthly reports.
 Attending top management meetings as cost control department representative.
 Site visiting to follow up project progress.
Note: I have promotedfrom cost control engineer to senior cost control engineer at Jan 2014.

Quantity Surveyour at Abdullah A.M Al-Khodari Sons Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • April 2011 to January 2013

Abdullah A.M Al-Khodari Sons Co. Um-Elmelh, Saudi Arabia
“Construction of Border Guard Airport Um Al-Melh, Empty Quarter”
Contract Value: 207 million SR (Phase #1).
Client: Ministry of Interior, Border Guard
Quantity Surveyor

 Quantity Surveying.
 Preparing monthly invoices.
 Preparing monthly invoices for subcontractors.
 Preparing variation orders.
 Drawings’ revising.
 Preparing shop drawings.

Project Engineer at Nasr General Contracting Hassan M. Allam
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 2003 to March 2011

2008 to 2011
Nasr General Contracting Company Hassan M. Allam Assuit, Egypt
“Assiut - Hurghada, Phase #1”
Contract Value: 1.6 billion EGP (phase #1).
Client: Ministry of Investment
Technical Office Engineer

 Quantity Surveying.
 Drawings’ Revising.
 Preparing monthly invoices.
 Preparing monthly invoices for subcontractors.
 Preparing weekly and monthly reports for the head office in Cairo.
 Preparing presentations for visitors.

Note: I have got certificate of merit from ministry of investment for my efforts in this project.

2006 to 2008
Nasr General Contracting Company Hassan M. Allam Port Sudan, Sudan
All branch projects:
“International costal road ( Kabatit - Port Sudan)”
“Port Sudan Internal roads”
“Port Sudan Towers Phase I & Phase II”
Contract Value: 100 million USD (all projects).
Client: Sudani Authority of Roads and Bridges, Government of Red Sea State
Technical Office Engineer

 Quantity Surveying.
 Drawings’ Revising.
 Prices breakdown.
 Helping owner engineers in design
 Company representative in prices breakdown meetings.
 Preparing necessary data for site engineers and surveyors.
 Preparing monthly invoices.
 Preparing monthly invoices for subcontractors.
 Site investigation for new projects tenders.
 Member of new projects tender studying workgroups.
 Preparing weekly and monthly reports for the head office in Cairo.

2004 to 2006
Nasr General Contracting Company Hassan M. Allam Baharia Oasis, Egypt
“Al-Wahat AlBahria - Siwa Road”
Technical Office Engineer
 600 million EGP.
 Drawings’ Revising.
 Quantity Surveying.
 Prices breakdown.
 Preparing necessary data for site engineers and surveyors.
 Preparing monthly invoices.

2003 to 2004
Nasr General Contracting Company Hassan M. Allam Rashid, Egypt
“Rashid - Behira”
Site Engineer
 1.4 billion EGP.
 Equipment Management.
 Preparing of sections to be approved by the consultant and the owner.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at Minia University - Faculty of Engineering
  • May 2002

fair by 64.85% Bsc project excellent

Specialties & Skills

Quantity Surveying
Infrastructure Projects
Airports
Highways
MS Dos , Windows MS Office , Open Office Autodesk AutoCAD , Autodesk Civil 3D
Autolisp Programming

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate

Memberships

Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers
  • Civil Engineer
  • May 2002
Saudi Council of Engineering
  • Member
  • January 2013

Training and Certifications

FIDIC Conditions of Contract (Module 1) (Training)
Training Institute:
FIDIC

Hobbies

  • Computer Games