Araz Faizy, Senior Projects Manager

Araz Faizy

Senior Projects Manager

BYOOT DESIGN AND BUILD

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
Experience
18 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 4 Months

Senior Projects Manager at BYOOT DESIGN AND BUILD
  • Great Britain (UK) - London
  • My current job since August 2022

Accountable for managing the two residential D&B Projects in London. Led design and build (D&B) project comprising fifteen
apartments, including infrastructure works. Forged and maintained productive relationships with relevant stakeholders/vendors.
Validated requirements to make changes in project scope, schedule, and costs. Assessed project for risk mitigation.

Projects Director at AKON INTERNATIONAL CO. LTD
  • Saudi Arabia
  • April 2021 to May 2022

Led actions in observance of strategic plans, vision, approvals, and leadership for the development and increased efficiency across four
projects for Aramco and SWCC's developments, including gas reservoir storage, water desalination plant, and housing projects. Initiated
HSE compliance initiatives, crew supervision, cost controls, and excellent communications. Managed stakeholder local governments and
community leader relationships in collaboration with building a master plan for multiple projects in Saudi Arabia.
▪ Consistently monitored project progress and ensured financial/budget adherence and quality assurance measures.
▪ Led and advised project managers to ensure the project met all contractual obligations, Developed health and safety measures and
practices for the company and maintained compliance with all regulations.
▪ Conducted regular meetings with clients, stakeholders, and project managers to obtain project status reports.
▪ Identified cost-effective initiatives to meet expense expectations and project completion success.
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▪ Defined pre-construction requirements for teams and collaborated with experts to establish project targets.

Senior Project Manager at ARAIL CONSTRUCTION & INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2019 to May 2020

Saudi Arabia National Guards' Housing Project
Value: 600 M Saudi Rial (£132M)
Directed the SANG housing project, a large-scale development of 600 villas for the SA National Guard using modern design and
constructed to both external and infrastructure work, to include sewage (185KM), storm (137DM), box culvert (6KM), water supply
(225KM) electrical network (360KM), streetlights (4, 500no), cut & fill (1.3M m3), hard and soft landscape, and road works (1.1M m2).
The delivered project according to scope, budget, and deadline, meeting all customer expectations. Supervised teams of multi-discipline
sub-contractors, teams, and employees.
▪ Detailed all plans for site activities, established targets and forecasted completion dates.
▪ Consistently monitored and supervised costs and scheduled performance mandates.
▪ I liaised with field and procurement teams, designers, stakeholders, contractors, and clients.
▪ Maintained all quality controls, environmental health & safety requirements and met all quality and safety expectations.
▪ Ensured all projects and programmes were executed in observance of policies, standards, and procedures.
▪ Approved all sub-contractor and vendor invoices and project documentation to ensure all maintained contract alignment.
▪ Generated work packages and instructions, problem resolutions, and prepared status reports for stakeholders.

Senior Project Manager at ARAIL CONSTRUCTION & INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD
  • Saudi Arabia
  • April 2018 to June 2019

F4/5A1 Transfer Metro Station and Bus Terminal
Value: 613 M Saudi Rial (£135M)
Coordinated and tracked all project operations, which consisted of a transfer station between Lines 1 and 5, a bus terminal with eight
floors (4 under and 4 above ground), a concrete structure (120K M3), a steel structure (4K Ton), block work (40K m2), curtain wall, GRC
panel, façade (36K m2), floor finish (54K m2), and wall finish (42K m2), roofing glass façade, (11, 3K m2), MEP and technical rooms.
Supervised all multi-disciplined teams and activities to certify alignment with project scope, budget, and customer project plans.
▪ Managed performance, cost controls, and schedules and defined all site actions through established targets and forecasts.
▪ Maintained strong quality controls and environmental and ensured met health and safety regulations.
▪ Developed policies and procedures and managed the acquisition and utilisation of materials and labour needs.
▪ Analysed construction profits, revenue generation activities, margins, billing rates and intended use.
▪ Created an in-depth project plan and monitored and tracked progress, including risk management efforts.

Senior Project Manager at SAUDI CONSTRUCTIONEERS LTD
  • Saudi Arabia
  • April 2017 to April 2018

Riyadh Bus Project Phase (I) & (II)
Value: 2.5 B Saudi Rial (£670M)
Guided this bus and rapid transit project's multiple phases (Phase 1 - $350M & Phase II - $320M) and included 15 construction sites.
Spearheaded effective alignment with scope, budget, schedule, and customer requirements. Directed all activities of subcontractors and
employees, site planning, target development, and forecasting. Oversaw costs and plans and communicated with all fields, procurement,
designers, and stakeholders.
▪ Expertly constructed the 536.nos Bus Stops (Steel Structural/ Cladding Buildings) for 15 bus Lines and 422 bus stop adaptations.
▪ Led activities to construct 28 pedestrian bridges made of steel and pre-casts, including 2 terminal stations, car parks, and 38 BRT
stations for six BRT lines.
▪ Managed operations to construct four park-and-ride areas and built 11 km of roads for infrastructure work and 1, 060 feeder bus
stops.

Senior Project Manager at AL ARRAB CONTRACTING
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 2015 to April 2017

Headquarters of Special Security Force of the Saudi Ministry of
Interior
Value: 720M Saudi Rial (£170M)
Held responsibility for the D&B project, consisting of an army base designed to accommodate the special forces in Riyadh, and consisted
of six main building areas, the main gate and four small gates, car maintenance and workshop, four warehouses and offices, infrastructure,
landscaping, roads, and a sewage treatment plant. Aligned all project activities with scope, budget, schedule, and client plans.
▪ Established plans, targets, and forecasted completion dates while monitoring costs and performance mandates.
▪ Communicated and collaborated with field teams, procurement, designers, subcontractors, and the client.
▪ The managed project team of 22 engineers, managers, and subcontractors and met all quality control, environmental, health, and
safety requirements to ensure all completed project plans.
▪ Estimated materials, construction, and labour costs and maintained project timelines.

Senior Project Manager at SAUDI OGER, LTD
  • Saudi Arabia
  • September 2014 to December 2015

Saudi Arabia National Guards Housing Project (Design & Build)
Value: 7B Saudi Rial (£2.5B)
Led all construction operations for a new villa of modern design for the SA National Guard, created to accommodate National Guards
and their subsidiaries. The project included 6, 000 precast villas, infrastructure, landscaping, roads, a sewage treatment plant, Concrete
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elevator water tank. Delivered projects in alignment with scope, budget, schedule, and client expectations. Supervised all activities, teams,
subcontractors, and employees.
▪ Designed plans and targets and forecasted completion dates while monitoring costs and performance expectations.
▪ Directed all actions of field teams, procurement, designers, and subcontractors and communicated with the client.
▪ Approved all contractor, subcontractor and vendor invoices and all project documentation.
▪ Generated work packages and instructions and resolved all problems that required resolution.
▪ Certified that projects and programmes were completed in alignment with standards, policies, and procedures.

Project Manager at SADARA - SAUDI ARAMCO & DOW JOINT VENTURE
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • November 2013 to September 2014

Arabia
Value: 350M Saudi Rial (£84M)
Spearheaded major project requirements for a world-scale and grassroots petrochemical plant on the east coast of Saudi Arabia.
Headed the construction of multiple management and facility buildings, warehouses and workshops, access gates, and related
infrastructure.
Certified all project work met scope, budget, schedule, labour, costs, equipment, and customer requirements.
▪ Oversaw and advised 20 engineers, managers, and subcontractors, ensuring quality control, environmental, health and safety codes
were maintained and quality and safety plans met.
▪ Developed policies, daily operations, logistics and organised material and labour resource needs.
▪ Estimated all project timescales, 3rd party experts, labour costs, and supervised project staff.

Package Manager
  • May 2012 to November 2013

London (Value: £85M)

at SIR ROBERT MCALPINE LTD
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • January 2005 to November 2013

Listed Worked Projects with Sir Robert McAlpine

Package Manager
  • October 2011 to May 2012

London 2012 Olympic - ArcelorMittal Orbit (Value: £20M

Package Manager
  • June 2011 to April 2012

London 2012 Olympic LOCOG Compound (Value: £10M

Package Manager at Wastage Shopping Centre
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • April 2008 to July 2011
Package Manager
  • July 2008 to June 2011
Package Manager
  • January 2005 to April 2008

Army Base Colchester Garrison Phase 1 & 2 (Value: £560M)

Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at University of Greenwich
  • December 2022

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High school or equivalent, Civil Engineering
  • at Duzful Azad University
  • December 2022

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Master's degree, Construction Management & Law
  • at Kingston University London
  • January 2005

, Legal Obligation, Construction Organization, Dispute Resolution, and the dissertation compared the contract NEC3 with

Specialties & Skills

Quality Assurance
Cost Control
Construction Law
Construction & Property
BUDGETING
DOCUMENTATION
QUALITY CONTROL
BILLING
LEADERSHIP
MEETING FACILITATION
NETWORKING
PROJECT PLANNING
RISK MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIC PLANNING

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
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