Ahmed Elmesalami, Project Control Lead

Ahmed Elmesalami

Project Control Lead

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO-Shell)

Location
Oman
Education
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
Experience
26 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :26 years, 1 Months

Project Control Lead at Petroleum Development Oman (PDO-Shell)
  • Oman - Muscat
  • My current job since August 2012

- Spearheaded comprehensive management, leadership, & strategic oversight of a complex portfolio with a budget of USD 3 billion. Regularly advising company directors, they delivered detailed portfolio status reports & provided expert guidance on strategic directions for informed decision-making.
- Effective stakeholder relationship management was a priority, involving liaison with clients & diverse stakeholders to ensure alignment with project objectives. The individual demonstrated attention to detail in validating schedule management inputs & providing commentary & analysis on reports. High-level Steering Committee Meetings with top management & contractors were orchestrated.
- Leading & mentoring a team of 12 professionals, the individual cultivated growth through guidance & targeted training. Robust risk & opportunity assessment strategies were executed & the project risk register was meticulously maintained & updated. They managed intricate change management processes & employed Primavera Risk Analysis for probabilistic risk analyses.
- Annual business plans were formulated with defined KPIs & budget phases, ensuring pragmatic feasibility. A meticulous project controls plan & corresponding procedures were developed to maintain quality standards & procedural consistency. The individual architected a comprehensive progress measurement system & played a pivotal role in bidding & tendering stages, enhancing project viability.
- Contributions to contracting strategy workshops & SWOT analysis updates enriched strategic decision-making. Rigorous internal project assurance reviews & audits were conducted to ensure alignment with company protocols. The analysis of contractors' & vendors' schedules included critical path analysis for driving project efficiency.
- Skillfully managed project interfaces & shutdown activities, ensuring smooth execution & minimal disruptions. They championed project productivity assessment, comparing & benchmarking against industry standards. Expertly created master schedules for tendering phases, identified pivotal contract milestones, & ensured comprehensive coverage.
- Serving as a company-wide subject matter expert, the individual specialized in comprehensive scope scheduling, particularly in tanks & pipelines construction. Rigorous project progress monitoring involved consistent updates of schedules with actual data inputs & insightful trend analyses. Close collaboration with Project Managers & engineers ensured project objectives within defined scope, schedule, & budget parameters.
- Weekly & monthly progress reports, including trend analysis, cost breakdown, & schedule adherence metrics, were produced & disseminated. The implementation of robust cost control processes allowed for accurate reporting on estimates, expenditures, & financial commitments. Regular attendance & contribution to weekly progress meetings involved active monitoring & evaluation of project statuses.

Senior planning engineer at Dana Gas
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • June 2010 to July 2012

Project Description:

This is an EPCC project. The project consists of drilling operation for 5 wells, un-manned offshore platform (10m*10m) with total 850 ton weight, onshore plant and subsea pipeline (33 km-12”) (concrete coated) plus onshore pipeline (7 km-12”, 7 km-6” & 3 km-10”) to link the offshore platform with the onshore plant.

Job Responsibilities (Client Representative):

• Conduct thorough risk assessments and maintained risk registers.
• Manage change processes and maintained the changes register.
• Built stakeholder relationships for alignment with project goals.
• Actively participated in weekly progress meetings for monitoring projects.
• Follow up the project productivity and compare it with the standard productivity.
• Created master schedules for tendering and integrated project schedules.
• Contributed to bidding strategies, workshops, and SWOT analysis.
• Created project controls plan, procedures, and progress measurement systems.
• In charge of creating the project level 03 schedule and ensure that a detailed, fully integrated, resourced and properly logic linked are produced.
• Managed project interfaces, shutdown activities, and productivity assessments.
• Regularly reviews the manpower plan to assure compliance with Contract Terms & Conditions.
• Analyzed contractors' schedules and synthesized progress reports.
• Monitor project progress, updated schedules, and trend analysis.
• Collaborate with Project Managers for scope, schedule, and budget adherence.
• Generate weekly/monthly progress reports with insights including Trend analysis, Cost analysis, Activity behind Schedule or the Activity Due Plan for the following week or month.
• Provided expertise in tanks and pipelines construction scheduling.

Senior planning engineer at Archirodon construction overseas
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2008 to May 2010

Project Description:

This is an EPC project. This project is a consortium between three companies (Archirodon, Boskalis and Hyundai). The project is a construction of marine structures; Dredging and reclamation of marine port contain quay wall, causeway, Revetments, breakwater and three bridges.

Job Responsibilities:

• Attend the weekly progress meeting to discuss and monitor the project status.
• Follow up the project productivity and compare it with the standard productivity.
• Prepare the final productivity file to assist the company for future projects.
• Prepare master schedule for tendering phase.
• In charge of creating the project integrated level 03 schedule and ensure that a detailed, fully integrated, resourced and properly logic linked are produced.
• Discusses the outcome of the above planning in terms of schedules and procedures with the Project Manager and / or Lead Discipline Engineers to achieve a final project plan.
• Ensure that all schedules produced by the planning teams comply with the project planning procedure.
• Prepare the revised schedule, including corrective actions, loaded with all resources and revenues.
• Regularly reviews the manpower plan to check compliance with Contract Terms & Conditions.
• Reviews and comment on Contractors' and Vendors' schedules.
• Undertakes project follow-up of progress monitoring, working to update the project schedule with actual inputs and issue the updated schedule status along with the trend analysis schedule showing forecast dates.
• Helps the Project Manager on project delays, reasons, and corrective action suggestions.
• Prepares and issues weekly and monthly progress reports.
• Assist in preparation of the project budget.

Senior planning engineer at Petrojet
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2002 to December 2007

•Damiatta LNG (SEGAS-Egypt)(50 Million Euro)
•Arabian pipeline (Fajr-Jordan)(393 km, 36”)(99 million $)
•Ext. of Arabian pipeline (Fajr-Jordan)(143 km, 20”)(51 million $)
•Compressor Gas station (Fajr-Jordan)
•Shrarah - Mellita pipeline (Agip-Libya)(725 km, 30”)(90 million Euro)
•Skikda pipeline (Sonatrach-Algeria)(648 km, 30”)(106 million Euro)
•Nuayyim pipeline (Saudi Aramco-KSA)(150 km, 16")(30 million $)
•5 Gas stations (Apatchy/Khalda-Egypt)(100 million $)
•Qasr-Salam pipeline (Apatchy/Khalda-Egypt)(34 km, 24")(91 million $)
•Salam Train No. 3 & 4 (Apatchy - PM was Petrofac-Egypt) (53 million $)
•Saint Kath. pipeline (SSRDP-Egypt)(33.4 km, 10" + 57.8 km, 12")(11 million Euro)
•Cold crystallization plant (Arab Potash-Jordan)(84 million $)

Job Responsibilities:

• Review and approve the project's budget.
• Ensure all required resources are mobilized on time to meet the project targets.
• Ensure that a detailed, fully integrated, resourced and properly logic linked project schedule is produced for the project. The planning staff working within the various sections of the works produces the individual sub-projects.
• Ensure that all schedules produced by the planning teams comply with the project planning procedure.
• Ensure that the project schedule is progressed accurately once per week, and to report the project status against the key milestone dates.
• Produce weekly KPI for each type of material and milestones of the works.
• Prepare a consolidated daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports for the company CEO.
• Attend client weekly progress meeting to discuss and monitor the project status.
• Follow up the project productivity and compare it with the company Norms.
• Prepare master schedules with full resources loading for tendering phase.
• Prepare the revised schedule loaded with all resources and revenues.
• Provided expertise in tanks and pipelines construction scheduling.

Planning engineer at Alexandria Construction Co. (Talaat Mustafa Group)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2001 to March 2002

Project Description:

Construct a complete city on 6 million square meter, with all facilities such as (internal roads, U/G piping, building, villas, mosques, hospitals, schools, malls, banks area, gardens, sporting club and elevated tank).

Job Responsibilities:

•Preparing Detailed Construction Baselines & Revisions with full resources loading.
•Preparing the revised Schedules with full resources loading.
•Presenting Periodic Progress Reports (weekly and monthly).
•Produce weekly KPI’s of construction performance for each type of materials and milestones.
•Reviewing and monitoring subcontractors progress against program.

Site Civil Engineer at Ministry of Defense, Engineering Department
  • Egypt - Suez
  • January 1999 to May 2001

• Supervised all new airbase construction activities.
• Prepare the contractor invoices.

Site Civil Engineer at Alexandria Construction Co. (Talaat Mustafa Group)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 1998 to December 1998

Project Description:

Construct a complete city on 6 million square meters, with all facilities such as (internal roads, U/G piping, building, villas, mosques, hospitals, schools, malls, banks area, gardens, sporting club and elevated tank).

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all civil works for 3 buildings, each is five stories.
• Prepare the contractor invoices.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at Zagazig University
  • May 1998

B.Sc. Civil Engineering, GPA 74.5%

Specialties & Skills

Leadership
Change Management
Planning and schedulling using primavera 6
Earned Value Management
Risk Assessment
Primavera Project Planner P6
ASSAI (Documents control software)
MS Power point
MS Word
MS Excel
Successful in meeting deadlines
Negotiation
Delay analysis
Communication
Conflict Resolution
Presentation
Risk Management
Change Management
Stakeholders' management
Develop and coach my team
Problem Solving
Planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, resource allocation, and resource levelling
Preparing Planning Procedures
Active team player, fast learner, always eager and willing to learn
Innovative, flexible, have positive attitude, cooperative, proactive, and creative
Can-do attitude and Decision Maker
Expert in Lean, continuous improvement, sharing knowledge, experience, and apply lessons learnt

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Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Memberships

Egyptian Engineering Syndicate
  • Civil Engineer
  • July 1998

Training and Certifications

Project Management Qualification (PMQ) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2019
Cost control (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2004
Valid Until:
April 2004
Planning & project management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2004
Valid Until:
January 2004
Cost control (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2003
Valid Until:
June 2003
Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2011
Valid Until:
June 2018

Hobbies

  • Tennis
  • Football
  • Writing
  • Playing Chess
  • Reading