Antoinette Cherfane

Leadership and Functional Management
• Heading the corporate team composed of planners and cost controllers, and responsible of functionally managing the project team-members, including commercial managers, deployed in Lebanon, Jordan, Qatar, UAE, Algeria, Iraq, and KSA.
• Staffing, forming and mentoring project teams in all business units and across the Middle East
• Conceiving corporate and project-specific procedures and oversee their implementation across all business units
• Acting as a subject-matter expert and knowledge reference for all matters related to activity and cost planning

Cost Planning, Monitoring and Control
• Reviewing and auditing budgets and cash-flows of all the company’s projects targeting margin maximization and positive cash cycle (average total value of yearly budget of 310 MUSD)
• Supervising project teams in setting baseline budgets and forecasting costs at completion of large projects
• Creating cost reports and dashboards to the firm’s chairman of the board, general manager, finance manager and other major stakeholders

Project Programming
• Overseeing the creation of the baseline programme for each project and ensuring its compliance with the industry’s best practices and contractual requirements
• Receiving, reviewing, and adjusting each project schedule update and assisting in the preparation of recovery action plans to address delays and keep the project on the right track

Forensic Delay Analysis
• Supervising the preparation of Extension of Time claims in case of project delays along with their full supporting documents including exhibits, impacted schedules, quantum, etc...
• Conducting forensic delay analysis using time-impact analysis and other industry-specific techniques (as per AACE’s International Recommended Practice) for defending the company in arbitration and other dispute resolution proceedings

Enterprise Resource Planning and Digital Transformation
• Preparing the Functional Requirements Document (FRD) of the company’s new ERP platform and acting as an SME/Business Process Owner for the implementation of the Project Management module across all subsidiaries and geographies
• Leading the cross-functional UAT testing, training, workflow preparation, and user role definition

During the last 5 years of my tenure as department head I performed the above tasks for the projects listed below:
- DUBAI: Design and Construction of Sewage Treatment Plant in Deira Island. Owner: PALM DEIRA L.L.C. Project Value: 82 Million AED
- SHARJAH: Sharjah Waste to Energy Project - Phase I. Owner: CNIM. Project Value: 118 Million AED
- ABU DHABI: Design & Build of the Taweelah Aluminum Extrusion Plant & Cast House. Project Owner: TALEX. PMC: AECOM. Project Value: 285 Million AED.
- QATAR: TECH-4 EPC Contract to construct three buildings for use by QSTP - Qatar Science and Technology Park at Education City. Project Owner: QF (Qatar Foundation). PMC: ASTAD. Project Value: 220 Million QAR.
- ALGERIA: Ain Tsila Central Processing Facility. On-going project. Project Owner: PETROFAC. Project Value: 64 Million USD.
- ALGERIA: Accommodation Camp for GTIM (Groupement Timimoun). On-going project. Project Owner: GTIM. Project Value: 72 Million USD.
- ALGERIA: New Steel Complex in Bellara - Package 9D. On-going project. Project Owner: ALGERIAN QATARI STEEL. Project Value: 150 Million USD.

As a Planning & Cost Control Engineer, my main duties were to:
 Create the cost and resource loaded baseline schedule.
 Monitor the progress against the baseline schedule.
 Establish the baseline budget.
 Preparing a monthly project execution report which mainly includes Cash Flow, cost-benefit analyses and budget forecast.
 Prepare cost-benefit analyses reports.
 Prepare the Progress Monthly Report.
 Prepare the Payment Certificates for Clients.

•Assisted in the design and development of engineering studies
•Conferred with other members of the engineering team to determine project requirements
•Developed and prepared design drawings
•Prepared bills of quantities