farhan siddiqui, Project Manager

farhan siddiqui

Project Manager

Emaar

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
Experience
26 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :26 years, 2 Months

Project Manager at Emaar
  • United Arab Emirates
  • August 2017 to May 2022

(Client)
Projects Community town houses (+2700 villas), Clubhouse, Swimming Pool, Infrastructure,
Landscaping, Mosque (1000 capacity), G+1 Community Mall
Project value AED 220 to 600 million (each community)
Reporting to Project Director
Job responsibilities:
* Oversee all aspects of project from inception, execution, commissioning and handover. Lead projects throughout the
project life cycle and effectively interact with multiple stakeholders (Authority, development, commercial, consultant,
cost consultant, lead contractor, sub-contractors, suppliers, operations, and villa owners).
* To ensure that the project deliverables are on time, within budget and at the required level of quality.
* Create and maintain a consolidated list of concerns and risks and review them with on a recurring basis to help drive
to closure. Escalate items to higher management as appropriate.
* Review of tender packages, important shop drawings, material submittals against contract deliverables and project
specifications.
* Ensures lessons learned are shared with project team and are implemented. Work with the team to improve the
design, reduce costs through value engineering.
* Effectively coordinate and control all the correspondence related to project deliverables, variation claims, change
management, EOT etc. on case-to-case basis and respond accordingly.
* Regular sites walk with contractors, consultant. and higher management. to ensure work is aligned as per requirement.
* Ensure all PC and PS items are nominated well in advance.
* Chairing coordination and progress meeting with all the stakeholders. Project performance reviews in terms of
timeliness, quality, and adherence to scope of work and company’s project standards.
* Ensure that all Authority approvals and NOCs are obtained in time.
* Ensure project requirements, specifications and standards of building performance, quality, cost schedules and safety
are maintained. Review, advice and resolve critical technical issues.
Achievement-
* Delivered 6 town house community having in total +2700 villas within budget and on time.
* Projects delivered worth around AED 1.8 billion
* Received Nshama outstanding performance award.

Projects Manager at Almarai Emirates Company
  • United Arab Emirates
  • August 2010 to July 2017

(Client)
Projects Industrial buildings (precast, PEB, ), cold store warehouses, accommodation, workshops
In UAE, Oman, Qatar &KSA
Project value up to AED 130 million
Reporting to Capital Projects Manager
Job responsibilities:
* Project management of turn-key industrial projects. Oversee all stages of the project from concept feasibility, design
coordination and approval process of the project ensuring all stakeholders’ views are coordinated.
* Complete management of internal client, consultant, contractor, and sub contractor’s coordination
* Manage and supervise the construction works maintaining the progress against the approved project baseline to
achieve its objective in line with the scope of work.
* Review and approval of tender packages, pre-qualification of the contractors, bidding documents, and construction
contract; and prepare recommendations for internal approval.
* Supervise construction sites and make sure standards of building performance, quality, cost schedules and safety are
maintained. Review, advice and resolve critical technical issues.
* Apart from overall project control, monitor project costs and time and make recommendations and bring value
engineering to the project.
* Ensure that projects are carried out in compliance with Almarai’s health and safety policies and procedures
* Regular site visit in other Gulf nation’s including-Qatar and Oman to monitor progress, quality checks, health and
safety standards, baseline compliance, and problem solving.
* Prepare weekly report for the management and final site close out report, which include summary of problems,
solutions, and recommendations for future improvements.
* Ensure that the project deliverables are on time, within budget and at the required level of quality.

Senior Civil Engineer at Todini/Salini Construzioni Generali Italy
  • United Arab Emirates
  • December 2008 to June 2010

Client RTA (Dubai govt.)
Consultant Parsons International
Projects R881/3A Comprehensive improvement of the parallel roads & bridges- JLT
Project value AED 350 million
Job responsibilities:
* Responsible for coordination between consultant, project engineers and subcontractor for proper execution of work
and its approval. Reporting to the Project manager.
* Managing project deliverables in line with the project plan.
* Recording and managing project issues and escalating where necessary.
* Review and approval of the sub-contractor’s shop drawings, material approvals and method statement.
* Frequent field Inspections with consultant’s engineer for the approval of critical site work activities.
* Executes the construction works in line with the delivery schedule, contract specifications and conditions
* Preparing weekly and monthly weekly progress reports for the client presentation
* Works undertaken- Utilities. Road work and landscaping. Bored piling, pile cap, pier, retaining wall-underpass work,
abutments, and approach slab for bridges.
* Approved by DM (Dubai Municipality) for utilities and road work.

Senior Civil Engineer at Obayashi Corporation Japan
  • United Arab Emirates
  • August 2005 to December 2008

Client RTA (Dubai govt.)
Consultant Parsons/Systra
Design Consultant Atkins/Hyder
Projects Dubai Metro Project
Project value AED 28.0 billion
Job responsibilities:
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* Viaduct substructure works for the Elevated Section 2 of the Dubai Metro project-The Red Line
* Sequencing of the construction operations - liaising with consultant for site inspection, approvals, and handover.
* Heading team of 8 site engineers and reporting the progress to the Construction Manager
* Bored Piling works of Metro Viaduct, pile cap, pier, and erection of pier cap.
* Underground utility’s location and its diversion work.
* Road works-temporary diversion work-embankment- Hard and soft landscaping works
* Soil investigation works - Bore Hole and CPT - Subcontractor- Swiss Boring and Fugro.
* Construction of entrance pod and foot bridge work for metro pedestrian crossing
* Progress meeting, weekly, look ahead, monthly schedule.

Project Engineer at Muraibit Building Contracting LLC
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2002 to July 2005

Client Sheikh Suweidi
Consultant Bin Khadims
Projects Buildings -B+G+P +12, Luxury villas, warehouse
Job responsibilities:
* Day to day functioning of projects right from the inception through to completion.
* Managing co- ordination with consultants, contractors, and other parties.
* Managing project deliverables in line with the project plan.
* Preparation of shop drawings, BOQ, BBS, method statement, progress payment, weekly reports.
* Ensuring that all information on drawings is conveyed efficiently and details produced where required.
* Highlighting possible variations to Project Manager / Commercial team.
* Controls and monitors Subcontractor’s performances
Public work dept. (Govt. of India

Assistant Engineer
  • February 2001 to December 2001

Client Govt. of India
Projects School, Stadium, Roads
Job responsibilities:
* Preparation of estimates for approval along with executive engineer.
* Make sure approved drawings and specification compliance by the contractor
* Inspection of work and entry of as built measurement in MB
Real estate and Private Contractors (India

Civil Engineer
  • March 1996 to January 2001

Projects Buildings, Hotels, Pool, Villas, Govt. Warehouses.
Job responsibilities:
* Handling all projects correspondences related to the site works
* Responsible for monitoring on site progress against construction/periodic programmed in consultation with
Manager/Engineers/Senior Supervisors.
* Ensuring that all information on drawings is conveyed efficiently on time to the site.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at University Of Calicut
  • October 1995

project done- low cost housing , Aqueduct.

Specialties & Skills

Infrastructure
Townhomes
Project Management
CONSULTING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
ENGINEERING
MANAGEMENT
MICROSOFT WORKS
PROGRESS
REPORTS
APPROACH
BRIDGES
DELIVERY
Risk Management
project management

Languages

Arabic
Intermediate
English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Society of engineers
  • Registered member
  • March 2003

Training and Certifications

Safety course (Training)
Training Institute:
Project safety managment
Date Attended:
February 2007
Duration:
36 hours
ISO 9001- 2008- Quality Management system certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2016
PMP (Training)
Training Institute:
Project management institute
Date Attended:
May 2013
Duration:
52 hours

Hobbies

  • cooking, traveling