Karam Ahmad, Senior PMO

Karam Ahmad

Senior PMO

Qetaifan Projects

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, Project Management
Experience
12 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :12 years, 5 Months

Senior PMO at Qetaifan Projects
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since January 2018

• Develop, Review, Monitor and Control the project Preliminary, High-Level & Detailed Time Schedules.
• Draws up the resource deployment schedule to match the project time schedules.
• Create and maintain the Project Management Plans, Project Initiation Docs & Communication Plans.
• Develop and Maintain the “Qetaifan PMO Manual”.
• Identify, Agree, Record and Update all deliverables, issues and key dependencies.
• Track the scope of work in all areas of the project and ensure it is properly authorized and recorded.
• Work with consultants/sub-contractors to perform tasks related to Project Management, engineering, and design.
• Developing, monitoring and controlling a construction budget for Qetaifan Project.
• Interact with all internal and external stakeholders and ensure that actions are effectively monitored and tracked throughout the program period as scheduled.
• Develop, Maintain, Track and Control the Project Risks Register.
• Ensures quality work is executed from all project parties as per the requirements of the client.
• Supervises Site / Construction management / Site co-ordination & Progress review of the contract work through weekly site visits.
• Ensures continuous value engineering initiatives to effect cost reduction and cost effectiveness of each resource
• Perform regular inspections of the project to ensure adherence to the project plan.
• Performs Contracts comprehensive review, provide comments and participate in the negotiation pre and post signing the contracts.
• Assists the technical team in reviewing the project drawings and specifications.
• Prepare comprehensive materials from project reports for Weekly/Monthly review.
• Prepare project executive summaries and reports for Qetaifan’s top management.
• Implements policies and mechanisms for management of sub-contractors, deployment of their services and their subsequent evaluation.
• Utilizes project management software “Oracle-Primavera” for better project management and coordinates with IT function for incorporating ideas based on specific Qetaifan’s requirements.
• Coordinate between all project stakeholders (internal/external) to insure the delivery of the project within budget, on a timely manner and as per the Client’s standards.
• Attend all meetings such as progress meetings, coordination meetings and subcontractor’s performance meetings.

Senior Planning Engineer at Urbacon General Contracting Company (UCC)
  • Qatar - Doha
  • October 2015 to January 2018

Responsibilities:

• Plan and schedule the project by developing a project master schedule in line with the proposal requirements through the application of the primavera P6 software.
• Identify the project deliverables, milestones, and required tasks and targets to determine the staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of the project through the project measurement system.
• Implement the work schedule and monitor progress of the work for timely execution of the project through daily/weekly/monthly/ reports with respect to review of the overall project.
• Progress monitoring of specific projects on a regular basis. Anticipate and resolve any problems, bottlenecks/scheduling conflicts. Prepare and maintain package work plans and monitor progress to achieve on time or earlier deliveries to keep the project on schedule.
• Co‐ordinate internal project team reviews followed by an approval and review by the client of the work schedule, progress measurement and reporting systems. Review status reports, modify schedules and plans as required and keep the management and Project director apprised of the progress on a regular basis.
• Ensure that project controls documents such as resources histogram, schedules, reporting systems, material controls systems, etc. are fully developed by the designated personnel and reviewed by Construction Management and that Engineering and Procurement interfaces are properly addressed.
• Perform any other duties and responsibilities as and when directed by the Supervisor.
• Develop and implement plan versus actual progress charts (histograms/S curves).
• Track, monitor and forecast progress of all activities and deliverable such as products, engineering documents, fabrication status and construction of all discipline.
• Analyze gaps between the planned and actual progress and highlight the areas of concern which required action of the associate task member.
• Perform probabilistic analysis of completion dates and potential alternatives. Present risk based analysis of most likely completion and expected deviation range.
• Prepare and update three weeks and three months look-ahead schedule that reflect the priority activities
• Liaises with all team leaders and/or members to communicate required completion dates and interface between functional team/operational team and project team.
• Participate all meeting ( i.e. schedule review meeting, progress meeting, coordination meeting).

Projects Analyst / PMO at Supreme Council of Health - naufar Project
  • Qatar - Doha
  • June 2013 to August 2015

PROJECT: NAUFAR PROJECT, Wellness and Recovery


DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Planning/Control
1. Develop and maintain a Work Breakdown Structure for the project.
2. Create and maintain the Project Management Plans, Project Initiation Document, Risk Register and Communication Plans.
3. Develop and maintain the Project Schedules.
4. Identify, agree, record and update all deliverables, risks, issues and key dependencies.
5. Implementing strategies developed by senior management to maximize staff utilization to target productivity.
6. Track the scope of work in all areas of the project and ensure it is properly authorized and recorded.

Project Systems/Processes
1. Develop project management systems and standards.
2. Monitor all parts of the project to assess if they are meeting internal requirements & escalate if not.

Project Research, Review & Reporting
1. Work closely with the PM and key staff to lead the timely delivery of weekly and monthly reporting processes.
2. Analyze and report progress against agreed Project Schedules.
3. Coordinate the production of reports, researches, minutes of meetings, specifications, activity plans and follow up actions arising with appropriate person.
4. Conducting researches, business analysis and strategy formulation, preparation of business plans for top management.

Project Resource/Budget Control
1. Work with the Project Manager and internal staff to identify all resources, budgets (CAPEX & OPEX) and timings required to deliver the project.
2. Coordinate the authorization of expenditure, production of purchase requisitions, receipt and authorization of all invoices.
3. Monitor and report resource utilization against project schedules.
4. Work closely with the market external medical stakeholders (Siemens, Philips & GE) for the implementation of fMRI in the facility.

Contracts Management
1. Put together plans and estimates, including budgets and timescales.
2. Prepare and present tender documents for tenders.
3. Contribute to work planning, and brief project teams, contractors and suppliers.
4. Supply information to resolve disputes if they arise or any queries.
5. Identify areas for improvement in existing contracting processes.
ion against project schedules.

Planning Engineer at Saudi Bin Laden Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2012 to June 2013

PROJECT: New King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Scope of work includes construction and finishing works of the following main buildings:

• High Speed Railway Station: -
Total area of 150, 000 m², provides high-speed rail service to link Jeddah with Makkah and Al-Madinah.

• Multi-Storey Car Park: -
Total area of 235, 000 m², will be ready to accommodate nearly 4100 vehicles at a time.

• Passengers Terminal Building: -
Total area of 860, 000 m², will be prepared with 46 boarding gates to accommodate up to 80 million passengers annually.

• Main Rescue & Fire Fighting Station: -
Total area of 21, 051 m², with ready forces to maintain the safety of the passengers.

• Data Center 1:-
Total area of 16, 000 m², includes servers, data communication, security devices & power supplies.

• Radio Sites: -
Total area of 5, 220 m², control air traffic and organize aviation movements.

• Crisis Management Building: -
Total area of 1, 736 m², ready to control and manage any crisis incident at the spot.

• Meteorological Observation Building: -
Total area of 924 m², responsible for the meteorological forecasts and climate data gathering on daily bases.


Duties and Responsibilities:


• Responsible for preparing resource loaded CPM schedule.

• Maintaining schedule updates and recovery schedules as needed.

• Assisting Planning Manager in monitoring and updating site progress, resource utilization and budgeting.

• Preparing cash flows, charts and histograms.

• Oversee and provide planning advice with regards to critical schedule milestones.

• Issuing one week and three weeks look ahead programs.

• Issuing monthly reports and executive summary reports to cover all aspects of the project and hand it over to top management.

• Monitored and updated all the subcontractor’s construction program, resource histogram, shop drawing submission and material procurement schedule.

• Coordinated between client, consultant and subcontractors on all site and progress related issues.

• Implementing of progress monitoring techniques using cost and physical quantities.

• Conducts regular site visits to verify project’s progress and evaluate productivity of the site team.

• Collecting & monitoring updated progress through daily site visits.

Project Officer at Aloula Mwared Real Estate Development Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • June 2011 to August 2011

Two Months of Training at Aloula Mwared Real Estate Development Co. (Khoubar, Saudi Arabia) in managing the development process for the company’s projects from inception till delivery of Title Deeds for purchasers.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Managing the development process for the company’s infrastructural projects from inception till delivery.

• Review the master planning process by the development team.

• Review the management of the infrastructure design by the project construction management team.

• Review the management of the infrastructure construction process ensuring compliance with deadlines and budget.

Education

Master's degree, Project Management
  • at University of Salford
  • November 2016

Highlighted courses: Strategic International Business Management, Operations & Information Management, Project Risk and Procurement Management and Project Management Skills Planning & Control.

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at University of Jordan
  • January 2012

Highlighted courses: Project Management, Construction Management, CPM Scheduling, Primavera P6, Contracts & Specifications and Construction Methods.

Specialties & Skills

AutoCAD
Primavera P6
MS Project
Project Management
Microsoft Excel
AutoCAD
Primavera P6
Microsoft Project 2010

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Project Management Institue
  • Member
  • June 2017

Training and Certifications

PMP Certificate Exam Preparation Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Progress Academy
Date Attended:
August 2015
Duration:
36 hours
Project Management Using Primavera (Training)
Training Institute:
Jordanian Engineers Association
Date Attended:
June 2009
Duration:
18 hours