Project Engineer - Project Management
Saudi Aramco
Total years of experience :23 years, 1 Months
Vratsa Integrated Water Cycle, Bulgaria
Project funded by the EU Cohesion Fund and the state budget of the Republic of Bulgaria through the Operational Programme Environment 2007 - 2013
Total Investment 120 million euros.
Main activities and responsibilities:
- Direction and Coordination of the Construction Management and Construction Supervision team responsible for the control of the execution of Vratsa Water Cycle engineering projects.
- Provide leadership to project team to accomplish project goals and monitor output.
- Direct coordination of 10 engineering team members, including Senior Resident Engineers, Resident Engineers, Site Supervisors and Health & Safety Coordinator.
- Management of the team of 14 experts involved in the construction supervision and design review.
- Conduction of Design, Progress and Coordination meetings throughout the project cycle, to ensure cost and time constraints are met and act to ensure problem resolution, as necessary.
- Control of Project performance with responsibilities in reporting to the Project Director.
- Revision and approval of Contractor’s specifications plan and procedures for construction.
- Coordination of construction activities with local authorities and systems operation companies.
- Responsible for the general management and coordination of the financial aspects of the construction contracts and the construction supervision works.
- In charge for the correct implementation of the construction contracts.
Main achievements:
- Successfully developed the Project Management system for the Project based on PMI best practices
- Increased the productivity of the team by establish effective reporting system
- Developed the quality management plan for the Project
- Successfully implemented the quality management plan for the Project
- Successfully implemented a change management plan
- Developed a risk management plan
- Successfully implement a design revision plan in order to reduce projects costs
- Recruited and trained Resident Engineers.
- Preformed training for team members in FIDIC Conditions of Contracts for Construction
Recruited as a Resident Engineer, charted a phenomenal growth curve, by working in simultaneous projects accumulating positions of Quality Assurance Manager, Planning Engineer and Senior Resident Engineer, to merit the current position.
Main activities and responsibilities:
- Chief Resident Engineer for major national and international engineering projects up to 130 million euros of European Union Operational Programmes investments in infrastructures, water and wastewater sector.
- Designated official responsible for the direction and coordination of multidisciplinary engineering projects teams, up to 25 team members, including, design review experts, supervision teams and health and safety coordinators.
- Provide leadership and training to project teams to accomplish project goals and monitor team’s outputs.
- Development and implementation of project control and reporting system to provide updated information to the Project Stakeholders.
- Conduction of periodic design, progress and coordination meetings throughout the projects lifecycle.
- Monitor cost, time and quality projects constraints and act to ensure problem resolution, as necessary.
- Responsible for the general management and coordination of the financial aspects of the construction contracts and the construction supervision works.
- Deputed to conduct negotiation procedures in dispute resolution and claims.
- Enforce compliance to safety regulations, review of safety manuals. Lead of safety audits.
Main achievements
- Successfully completed the international award-winning project of the WWTP of Alcântara within the project-defined scope.
- Successfully developed and implement a Project Claim Management system using PMBook claim prevention technics.
- Developed and successfully implement projects time and cost management reporting systems.
- Successfully led the Quality Certification by the Portuguese National Laboratory of Civil Engineering of three projects.
- Manage to achieve negotiation agreement in dispute resolution and contractors claims in several projects, including the 70 million euro project of the Waste Water Treatment Plant of Alcântara, one of the largest WWTP of Europe.
- Spearheaded the conceptualization and implementation of the organization projects quality plans and construction supervision handbooks.
- Developed and implemented the organization projects archive in order to retain organizational knowledge and to ensure availability of data for potential use in future projects and internal/external audits.
Káranhjúnkar Hydroelectric Project
Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant is a hydroelectric power plant in eastern Iceland designed to produce 4, 600 GWh annually for Alcoa's Fjardaál aluminum smelter 75 kilometers (47 mi) to the east in Reyðarfjörður. The project, named after nearby Mount Kárahnjúkur, involves damming the Jökulsá á Dal River and the Jökulsá í Fljótsdal River with five dams, creating three reservoirs. Water from the reservoirs is then diverted through 73 kilometers (45 mi) of underground water tunnels and down a 420-metre (1, 380 ft.) vertical penstock towards a single underground power station. The smelter became operational in 2008 and the hydropower project was completed in 2009.
The Kárahnjúkastífla Dam is the centerpiece of the five dams and the largest of its type in Europe, standing 193 meters (633 ft.) tall with a length of 730 meters (2, 400 ft.) and comprising 8.5 million cubic meters (300×106 cu ft.) of material.
Main activities and responsibilities:
- Responsible for site production and quality assurance of SCL tunnel linings for the headrace tunnel from the main dam to the power station.
- Managed daily activities including the planning of site resources and works to ensure deadlines compliance.
- Coordinated the tunnel excavation works with the drill and blast teams.
- Coordinated the preparation of tunnel portals and sections for TBM works.
- Implemented portal and tunnel mapping records.
- Responsible for portal and tunnel primary rock support.
- Implemented data collection of probe drilling and spayed concrete records.
- Coordinated site inspections of works to ensure safe and trouble free construction works, verifications on excavation classes and determination of sprayed concrete thickness and rock reinforcement.
- Responsible for concrete mix design & production control on site batching plants.
Main achievements:
- Successfully implemented the concrete production plan for tunnel linings
- Implemented a record plan for primary rock support.
- Reduction of sprayed concrete rebound by 4%-6% with the adjustment of concrete mixtures
Project : Jardim Real - Residential and commercial buildings
Jardim Real residential and commercial buildings is a part of the “Alta de Lisboa” general urban plan for the occidental area of Lisbon.
This urban plan overtakes more than 300.000 m2 of construction area for a population of nearly 60.000 habitations and 17.000 residences.
Jardim Real has 160 residential apartments, 16 stores and one office building and covers 33.000 m2 of construction in high-rise.
Main activities and responsibilities:
- Managed the construction contract administration.
- Implemented the procurement and materials delivery plans.
- Designed and prepared interim payments.
- Led the preparation of construction methods of statements.
- Provided planning and scheduling construction activities.
- Managed the quality assurance of the performed works.
- Coordinated sub-contractors and designed section budgets.
- Enforced the compliance of safety regulations.
Main achievements:
- Reduction of construction costs in concrete structures by 12%.
- Successfully implemented the statements of works plan.
- Successfully implemented a variation procedure for control and implementation of client requested changes.
Specialization in Hydraulics, Dams and Maritime works
