Senior Project Manager
Projacs International - Qatar, egis
Total years of experience :32 years, 10 Months
Program & Project Management services:
- Manages the project technically and contractually, organizes, plans, schedules, and controls the field work, minimizes extra costs for changes requested by the client.
- Establishes and maintains the project handbook, project execution plan and procedures manual
- Develops and modifies and Implements the project control system (i.e. forms…etc) to match the requirements of the project over many contractors for different trades packages.
- Interviews shortlisted external consultants/contractors to form part of a project team.
- Takes executive decisions as required by the nature of the ongoing construction needs, except on those matters which need to be discussed with the client before any action can be taken.
- Complies with the clauses & requirements of all contract documents agreed between the client and all other parties (Consultant and Contractor) and act accordingly. Accordingly should be fully aware of all contractual details
- Issues necessary letters to and replies to letters received from all parties working on the project in accordance to Contract documents.
- Advises and directs the client on the correct path on contractual and technical matters.
- Leads and manages project procurement, delivery and commissioning
- Liaises with key stakeholders
- Controls all project budgets including consultants fees
- Leads and manages the production of project documentation
- Advises on construction/contract/cost aspects of building work.
- Prepares general reports and recommendations to clients
- Advises on procurement and program issues
- Develops feasibility studies
- Identifies appropriate consultants and set up design/project delivery teams
- Identifies and resolves project issues
- Establish and maintain project risk registers
- Manages submission and negotiations of proposals to local authorities and local planning authorities.
- Manages the preparation of and prepare tender and contract documents. Undertakes contract administration, valuation and certification.
- Negotiates contracts with contractors
- Ensures compliance with quality management principles and processes
- Directs, looks after and monitor Projacs staff working as part of the project team
- Manages internal recruitment for project teams.
- Prepares and delivers client presentations
- Delegates assignments and responsibilities and distributes work among project team members
- Conducts informal and formal performance appraisal to all project team members, identifies employee strengths and weaknesses to enable employees to improve their performance
- Oversees and directs the day-to-day work of the Project team
- Carries performance review for direct reports and referee other reviews
- Reviews all tender documents and bills of invoice.
- Checks and approves payment of certificates and invoices for payment to consultants and/or contractors.
Project Management services:
- Follow-up various programs linked to the master time schedule such as equipment program, manpower program and material procurement program
- Follow-up the impact of ongoing events in the project on the baseline time schedule
- Study and follow‐up the impact of proposed changes on project duration
- Study the monthly performance percentage completed results and propose solutions to recover any expected delays.
- Follow-up of the approval, implementation of the quality plan, and the levels of achievement for the stated quality objectives.
- Implement best practices in the areas of accuracy and proficiency leading to successful project completion and customer satisfaction.
- Manage the project team through monitoring the performance, providing information, solving problems and improving efficiency.
- Explaining and adjusting ambiguities, discrepancies, errors and omissions in the contract documents.
- Advise the client and the contractor in all matters regarding the requirements and interpretation of the contract documents.
- Prepare, compile, participate and manage disputes.
- Coordination of various designs disciplines and Client’s requirements.
- Developing trust and open communication with the Client.
- Understanding Client needs and working to achieve successful project outcomes.
Construction Management Services:
- Monitor the work of construction to ensure the implementation of the designs and specifications according to the contract documents.
- Compile and check revision of Shop Drawings, Proposals, Studies of the Project and issue concerned approvals.
- Compile, check revision of the Contractor’s Work Programs Method Statement, Resources Procurement Plans, and issue concerned approvals.
- Compile and check revision of the recommendations for materials approval or rejection.
- Issue site work instructions and Bulletin of proposed changes of the work to the Contractors based on client’s requests.
- Amend the drawings and specifications incorporate and make any corrections, or changes or missing information and issue reproducible copy.
- Approve the Quality Control Program of the Contractors.
- Certify work volumes and issue an interim certificate for progress payment.
- Accept As-Built Drawings.
- Certify completion of part or all of the work
- Manage, review and negotiate claims and variations activities.
- Keep daily records, take measurements and monitor the Contractor’s progress
- Ensure timely decision-making to avoid delays and penalty claims.
- Maintain and keep accurate records and correspondences.
- Compile and issue standard progress reports.
- Issue Project Completion Report (close-out).
- Arrange Site’s weekly progress meeting.
- Supervise & execute inspections for hold point’s release.
- Ensure implementation of quality as per procedures, specs & standards.
- Ensure implementation of H.S.E. procedures on site.
- Prepare QA/QC plan & general procedures.
- Execute verifications (spot checks) on inspections carried out by production.
- Ensure that all planned inspections (as per I.T.P) are carried out.
- Snagging & handing over for the plant buildings.
- Supervise, execute & inspecting all activities.
- Supervise & execute inspections for hold point’s release.
- Prepare QA/QC plan & general procedures.
- Ensure that quality procedure is implemented.
- Ensure safe & healthy working conditions on site.
- Ensure that all planned inspections (as per I.T.P) are carried out.
- Maintaining project quality as per specs & standards.
- Snagging & handing over.
- Set up the site organization in line with the project organization chart.
- Select & recruit site local staff & schedule resources.
- Coordinate, manage subcontractors & participate in their selection.
- Prepare & verify subcontractor’s monthly statements.
- Ensure that quality procedure is implemented.
- Ensure safety & healthy working conditions on site.
- Providing all information generating potential additional time revenues.
- Highlight any unforeseen cost.
- Managing & mobilization all site activities, equipment & resources.
- Supervising sub contractor’s performance, quality & progress.
- Maintaining project quality as per specs & standards.
- Preparation & execution for scheduled programs.
- Snagging & handing over.
- Mobilization & management for all activities to achieve optimum productivity.
- Reinforcement, shuttering, scaffolding (kwik-form) & casting all concrete items: slabs, cores, stairs, parapets & corbels.
- Prepare & verify subcontractor’s monthly statements.
- Implementing project quality as per specs & standards.
- Supervising sub contractor’s performance, quality & progress.
- Execution of scheduled programs & follow up work progress.
- Report any encountered problems to construction manager & implement corrective action.
- Highlight any potential additional revenue or unforeseen cost.
- Snagging & handing over.
- Execution & supervising all concrete activities.
- Execution & supervising all finishing activities.
- Execution & supervising all external activities and landscaping.
- Implementing project quality as per specs & standards.
- Supervising sub contractor’s performance, quality & progress.
- Inspection requests and handling over.
- Execution & supervising all concrete activities, finishing activities.
- Implementing project quality as per specs & standards.Supervising sub contractor’s performance, quality & progress.
* Mini MBA Program, Management Development Institute (MDI) College of Business Administration, Missouri State University, Doha, Qatar 2010
* Certified Arbitrator, Arab Center for Arbitration (ACA), International Arbitration in Construction and FIDIC Contracts, Doha, Qatar 2010
* B. Sc of Civil, Structural Section, Ein Shams University, Faculty of Engineering, 1991