Humaid Jafri, Senior Contracts Manager

Humaid Jafri

Senior Contracts Manager

Faithful+Gould

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Master's degree, law
Experience
22 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :22 years, 7 Months

Senior Contracts Manager at Faithful+Gould
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since April 2020

Project: L01 Commercial Project for Crown Price Private Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Project value: US $ 300 Million
Role:
• Providing contractual and commercial advice on pre-contract and post contract matters
• Identifying contractual risks analysis and providing solutions to avoid or mitigate them
• Formulating contractor’s payment application and cost reporting process
• Advised the Client on the overall contractual strategy on the Covid-19 issue and defended a claim from the Contractor related to Covid-19
• Reviewing and finalising contractor’s payment applications, variations and closing final accounts

Senior Contracts Administrator at Faithful+Gould
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • September 2013 to March 2020

Project: King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Project value: US $ 12 Billion
Role:
• Lead a team to review, analyse and make recommendations on subcontract claims and variations
• Drafted contractual correspondences and advised the Main Contractor on various contractual issues
• Identified and prepared critical upstream variations
• Maintained claims register and prepared claim presentations for Client Higher Management
• Advised the Main Contractor in deciding crucial claim strategies
• Liaised with Legal Consultants to assist them in preparation of strategies during arbitration proceedings
• Quantum analysis of subcontractor claims and prepared settlement statements of these claims
• Conducted and chaired meetings with subcontractors
• Facilitated dispute resolution process between the Main Contractor and the Subcontractors
• Delegated work to the team consisting of Quantity Surveyors, Contract Administrators, Forensic planners
• Commercial management including reviewing, reconciling subcontractor’s payment applications and cost reporting

Significant contribution:
• Pivotal role in forming the Downstream Claim Team to review, analyse and recommend subcontract claims and variations; managed claims worth US$ 800 Million
• Settled subcontractor’s claims worth US$ 530 Million for US$ 140Million (saving of 75% of the claimed amount for the Main Contractor)
• Renegotiated a rejected upstream variation worth US $ 325 Million. The variation is accepted in principle by the Project Owner

Contract Administrator at Faithful+Gould
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • November 2011 to September 2013

Project: King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Project value: US $ 12 Billion
• Role:
• Contract administration and management of 6 facilities
• Managed a team of 6 quantity surveyors and delegated them tasks suitably
• Prepared the monthly upstream payment applications on behalf of the Main Contractor
• Reviewed, assessed and certified subcontractors’ payment applications
• Managed variations from the subcontractors
• Prepared monthly cost report
• Drafted contractual correspondences
• Archived signed subcontracts and subcontractor’s payment applications
Significant contribution:
• Reconciled structural steel weighing 3, 500 tons which was made redundant due to design changes
• Prepared and negotiated a US$ 10 Million Insurance claim with the Loss Adjuster for a fire incident in the Project
• Lead a team for successfully preparing the Bill of Quantities to be used in upstream payment for a significant part of the project.

Senior Contracts Engineer at DB Realty
  • United Arab Emirates
  • August 2010 to September 2011

Project: High-rise Residential and Mixed-Use Projects in Mumbai, India
Role:
•Preparing pre-tender cost estimates and tender documents
•Evaluating the received bids and preparing evaluation reports
•Attending tender queries
•Rate negotiation with the contractors
•Preparing work orders and managing amendments

Project Engineer at Technosoft Engineering Services
  • United Arab Emirates
  • December 2006 to August 2010
Project Leader at Prothious Engineering Services
  • United Arab Emirates
  • March 2005 to July 2006

Project: Various Projects on Steel Detailing in USA
Role:
•Preparing shop drawings and general arrangement drawings using SDS/2 and Tekla
•Quality checks of the deliverables
•Material take-off, Tracking and managing changes
•Maintaining documentation

Consultants at Stadd Engineers &
  • United Arab Emirates
  • July 2003 to March 2005

Project: Modification, Expansion and New Construction of Industrial Structures
Role:
•Preparing pre-contract estimates and assisting Contract Manager in compiling contract documents
•Certifying contractor’s monthly invoices
•Value Engineering
•Maintaining documentation for the project
•Preparing monthly cost report

Site Engineer at Abhishek Corporation
  • United Arab Emirates
  • June 2002 to July 2003

Project: High-rise buildings in Mumbai
Role:
•Planning and scheduling of works,
•Managing QA /QC of the works
•Preparing and submitting monthly invoices
•Appointing sub-contractors and certifying their invoices
•Co-ordination with Structural Consultants, Architects and other Sub-contractors

Trainee Engineer at HM Enterprises
  • United Arab Emirates
  • December 1997 to December 1998

Project: Residential Buildings for Indian Railways in Mumbai
Role:
•Taking out quantities of works
•Assist the Site Engineer in preparing monthly invoices
•Maintaining daily site diaries
•Material procurement and inventory handling.

Education

Master's degree, law
  • at Robert Gordon University
  • January 2019

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High school or equivalent, law
  • at Robert Gordon University
  • January 2019

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Bachelor's degree, Quantity Surveying and Contract Management
  • at NICMAR
  • January 2011

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High school or equivalent, Civil Engineering
  • at Dr. BabaSaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
  • January 2002

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Specialties & Skills

Commercial Management
Contract Management
Claims Administration
Contract Administration
Quantity Surveying
MANAGEMENT
DOCUMENTATION
ENGINEERING
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
MICROSOFT WORKS
PROCUREMENT
QUALITY CONTROL
SCHEDULING
ARBITRATION
AUTOCAD

Languages

Arabic
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English
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Hindi
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