Senior Architect and Interior Designer
alnasser + partners
Total years of experience :16 years, 8 Months
Following up the project I’m responsible of during all design phases, including preparing time frames and work schedules for the project, supervising team members either in technical and design matters or following up on projects’ progress and submissions during all Project phases, following up the team members performance and development, correspondence with client through design phases, and coordination with other disciplines. In addition to the office support during the construction of the project, including checking shop drawings and “as built” drawings, responding to material approvals and RFI’s, providing any extra needed details, supportive site visits, and being a part of the project final inspection committee, all in collaboration with the supervision team.
Additionally, monitoring the implementation of the company’s quality criteria, Engineering standards, and Governmental regulations, while maintaining the clients’ satisfaction and providing them with their needs and requirements.
As a team leader my job includes administrative tasks, I’m responsible for the labor deployment, assigning submission dates, preparing time frames and work schedules, supervising employees either in technical and design matters or following up on projects’ progress and submissions during all Project phases, and following up the team members performance and development. In addition to following up with the Projects Manager during the construction of the projects.
Additionally, monitoring the implementation of the company’s quality criteria, Engineering standards, and Governmental regulations, while maintaining the clients’ satisfaction and providing them with their needs and requirements.
I worked as the Team Leader for the Quality Management System (ISO) for the company, including preparing all the documents and following up with the implementation of it for all company divisions.
In addition, I prepared all needed documents for Bids pre-qualification for the Construction projects bids the company applied to.
Job involved working on a contracting company’s managerial system including preparing company’s organizational structure, job description, job authorities, and workflow strategies for all company’s positions and departments.
• Planning
1- Prepare schedules for the Design process including phases starting from potential projects going through pre concept, concept, design development, and design for tender phase. Schedules include phase’s requirements, dates of receiving and submitting, and responsible engineer.
2- Follow up the preset schedules on daily basis in a systematic way, accelerate delayed submissions, and Take necessary actions to solve any pending issues caused by internal or external causes.
3- Prepare schedules for construction process including phases starting from tendering, pre construction, and construction ending with project's handing over. Schedules include phase’s requirements, document follow up, dates of receiving and submitting, and responsible engineer.
4- Follow up the preset schedules on daily basis in a systematic way, accelerate delayed submissions, and Take necessary actions to solve any pending issues caused by internal or external causes.
5- Prepare schedules for the maintenance process, including process documentation and requirements, dates of receiving and submitting, and responsible engineer. Follow up on daily basis.
6- Prepare task assignment forms for each new task, in coordination with the team leader. Refer to clients contracts, management requirements, planning experience.
7- Following up task forms with the team leader, take actions for accelerating any possible delays, revise team leader's feedback, take actions toward unjustified delays in coordination with the management.
8- Prepare high level schedules, summarizing the status of the company's projects for management review.
9- Follow up in an intensive way the whole progress of the company.
10- Act as a third party that monitors company’s Team and clients.
11- Generate new ideas to increase the productivity of the team, enhance the performance, and ensure smoothness of work.
12- Provide upper management with progress feedback, overall performance of the company, recommendations for solving disruptions, and increasing productivity. Assist with determining upcoming goals and objectives.
• Quality Control
1- Monitor the quality of drawings throughout the design process.
2- Monitor the quality of drawings in all disciplines "Architectural, civil, mechanical, electrical", paper work, daily and weekly reports, internal and external emails, communication channels, etc.
3- Activate the quality control form, as a documentation of the employee’s performance.
4- Monitor the quality of Construction process throughout the construction phase, in terms of commitment to design details, using site forms, following correct communication channels, commitment to submission dates of construction documents, etc.
5- Monitor the quality of the maintenance process throughout the maintenance phase, in terms of commitment to submitting daily maintenance checklists, receiving maintenance calls and taking correct actions; ensure all issues are solved using correct methods, following TTW's standards.
6- Monitor the Company’s incoming and outgoing documents and emails, and take the necessary actions to obtain the required quality.
7- Get feedback continuously from employees, study weak points in the above mentioned processes to develop methods to improve the overall quality.
8- Conduct meetings with division managers, and operations manager to discuss the performance of each division, and of the company. Discuss weak points and find new methods to develop quality assurance in TTW's services and products.
9- Work together with functional managers to prepare assessment for the employees every three months, to improve the quality of work, and assist upper management with the evaluation and employees raises.
In addition to working with Talal Abu Ghazale team to implement ISO 9001:2015 Integrated System on the Company’s procedures to achieve the certificate.
Working in the Headquarters of UNRWA, the job role is mainly monitoring, giving assistance to all fields of work, and defining guidelines and standards. More precisely my tasks were:
• Assist Camp Development Unit in the implementation of a comprehensive, participatory, multidisciplinary and integrated approach to camp development;
• Support the Camp Development Unit at HQ and the Fields in the formulation of sound solutions for shelter and housing projects linked to the overall master plans of the camps;
• Assist CDU in defining concepts, strategies and policies for the provision of shelter, housing and physical infrastructur
• Assist the HCDU in developing instructions, procedures and standards for all aspects of camp development, shelter, housing, physical & social infrastructure;
• Assist in establishing the methodologies and guidelines for carrying out general and detailed surveys as required;
• In addition to assisting the CDU with the preparation of documents for any special events held by the department like exhibitions (Flyers, invitations, banners).
My work in the company includes designing interior spaces and exterior buildings, producing full technical drawings and construction details for projects, coordination with electrical, mechanical and structural engineers, contacting and meeting with clients to present work and design ideas, and following up with the related organizations to acquire the municipality’s approval and the project’s license.
In addition, to the follow up with the project construction and provide site engineers with all the details and information needed along the project's construction period, including site visits, and producing bills of quantities.
As a team leader my job also includes administrative tasks, I’m responsible for the labor deployment, assigning submission dates, preparing time frames and work schedules, supervising employees either in technical and design matters or following up on projects’ progress and submissions, and following up the team members performance and development.
Additionally, monitoring the quality and standards while maintaining the clients’ satisfaction and providing them with their needs and requirements.
Working as an architect in the field of interior and exterior space design, architectural coordination, layout planning, furniture layout, landscape design, working drawings and construction details. In addition to the coordination with the related disciplines, and following up with the related organizations to acquire the municipality’s approval and the project’s license.
working as a junior architect in the field of interior and exterior space design, architectural coordination, layout planning, furniture layout, landscape design, working drawings and construction details, 3D modeling and project presentation
Graduation project in urban design and planning, a proposal for a new residential village in Wadi Rum, with an evaluation of "B+"