Haider Khafaji, Senior Project Business Manager

Haider Khafaji

Senior Project Business Manager

General Electric

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Doctorate, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
21 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 2 Months

Senior Project Business Manager at General Electric
  • United States - Texas - San Antonio
  • My current job since February 2012

Haider is currently managing global LNG Export project in US: major Pre-Treatment System, LNG System & Power Island project for GE Oil & Gas ($1.4 Billion). Responsible for all project phases including Design, Engineering, Sourcing, Constructions, Fit-up, Testing, and Shipping of all Trains per contract requirements. Working as a single point of contact with EPC & Owner for all customer needs, drive CAPEX & OPEX reduction, managing P&L and all GE global internal interfaces/ integration with GE store for contract deliverables
Haider is Senior Project Coordinator with multi-discipline experience in the Construction of Mega Oil and Gas Projects within all disciplines of engineering. Provide technical and contractual support from early biding stages and ensuring clear hand over after getting the project award. Responsible for mobilization phase, engineering, manufacturing, construction and all project stages until the successful project completion.

Extensive knowledge of several project functions with high level of EPC experience/exposure

Senior Project Business Manager at General Electric
  • United States - Texas - San Antonio
  • February 2015 to March 2017
Senior Customer Service Manager at General Electric
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2012 to February 2015

Haider was responsible for providing key leadership in projects & operations for PGS business planning & growth. Oversee the development of project, industrial Internet & ops management organization & execution per business plan, schedule, cost estimates, & customer expectations. Provide leadership to project & org team by aligning business goals & managing customer demands with business needs & growth opportunities. Managed warranty, claims, & closed punch items after project COD. Achieved Business OP & CM. Managed over $ 2.0 billions projects & operations.

Senior Service Engineer at Honeywell International
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • February 2012 to November 2012

Haider Managed portfolio of Control System Projects Business with EPC. Translate concepts, develop strategies & implement changes. Oversee the development of project engineers for the execution per project plan, schedule, cost estimates and customer expectations.

Application Engineer-Sales Support at (Siemens JV), RS Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2010 to January 2012

Haider directed application engineers & sales support team in the business & sales growth of Iraq. Build relations with key leadership in customer organization, Support project execution & achieve business goals. Oversee the development of proposals, cost estimates, terms & conditions & pricing strategies to win customer purchase orders & long-term service contracts. Managed engineering teams (mechanical, control, construction) during the FEED through the construction phase of the projects.

Global Ops & Business Manager at J.J. MANAGEMENT
  • United States - Louisiana
  • February 2003 to September 2010

Haider provided leadership on sales & operations teams in Middles East & North America regions. Lead contract negotiations, customer relations, contract & projects execution, & business development. Ensure customer satisfaction, deliver on time, within budget at the optimum level of quality.

Education

Doctorate, Mechanical Engineering
  • at University of New Orleans
  • May 2017

Conducted research and performed data analysis, gaining a good Hands-on experience with engineering apparatus such as heat exchangers, refrigeration cycles, & heat pump. • Masters Project & PhD dissertation is “Phase Change Effect on a Charge and Discharge of Desuperheater “ • Experienced in Drafting and Modeling of 3D drawings in AutoCAD. • Worked on thermal fluid science projects using CFD software (ANSYS).

Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at University of New Orleans
  • May 2010

University of New Orleans (New Orleans) 3.64/4.0 GPA Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME) May 2010, Major: Thermal-Fluid Science

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at University of Technology
  • July 2006

Specialties & Skills

Northern
Science
International Sales
Microsoft Office software & the Internet- Expert
AUTO-CAD
Auxiliary equipment
MECHANICAL DESIGN
Project Management
Finance Management
Business Development
LNG Project Management
O&G Knowledge
Turbomachinery design. O&M
Power Plants Operation & Maintenance
Natural Gas Pre Treatment

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Spanish
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Project Manager (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2016
Service Manager (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014