mireille kirolos, Contracts and Claims Section Head

mireille kirolos

Contracts and Claims Section Head

Egyptian Union for Construction-El Hazek

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Construction Engineering (concentration Management)
Experience
12 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :12 years, 2 Months

Contracts and Claims Section Head at Egyptian Union for Construction-El Hazek
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since May 2019

o Study and implement construction contract
o Organize a risk management plan
o Prepare and negotiate claims.
o Communicate with Employer through letters and submittals
o Manage the communication between the departments for variation orders
o Prepare and follow up on guarantees and taxation documents
o Study pre-award contract documentations
o Prepare the contract qualifications for negotiations
o Projects Studied:
 Alburouj Project Parcels 1.05 and 1.11
 Neighborhood D & E (Multi-Family), for Villette Project
 Podium in the Central Business District in the New Capital
 Factory for Helwan Company for Engineering Industries
 IKEA MOA Civil Works
 New Giza University and infrastructure
 TABA Desalination Plant
 EMAAR Nursery Plant Project
 CBD Towers in New Capital
 Neighborhood F (Multi-Family), for Villette Project
 EMAAR, Marassi Sidi Abd El Rahman Project
 Central Bank District Package 8 tower in the New Capital
 ZED Towers, Phase B
 Shedwan Gouna Village
 Phosphate Plant Civil Works
 Package 18 in the Central Business District
 Block work and Plaster for Package 8 in the Central Business District
o Projects Operated:
 Villette, Neighborhood D&E, SOREAL
 Package 08 crescent towers, New Capital CBD, CSCEC

Senior Contracts and Claims Engineer at ASGC
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 2018 to May 2019

o Analyze construction contract
o Negotiate and prepare variation orders and variation order log
o Organize a risk management plan
o Prepare and negotiate claims.
o Communicate with Employer through letters
o Prepare and follow up on bonds and taxation documents
o Communicate and follow up on subcontractors.

Contract Administrator at Orascom Construction
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2015 to February 2018

o Analyze construction contract and risks
o Direct and supervise the insurance and financial bid requirements
o Organize a risk management plan
o Prepare the commercial figures for the insurance and financial bid quotations
o Prepare a cash flow in coordination with cost estimation and planning
o Projects studied:
 Jiji and Mulembwe Hydroelectric Plant, Burundi
 ADIA Power Project in Nigeria
 Al Alamein Hotel Refurbishment main works
 Ashuganj Power Station in Bangladesh
 ASORC Naphtha Complex Project
 Water Supply Development Project of Santiago Island - Republic of Cabo Verde
 Ain Sokhna IWPP - 150, 000 m3/day & 475 MW Plant
 Hamrawiin Coal Power Plant
 Ataqa and Mahmoudia Power Plants
 El Orman Cancer Hospital in Luxor
 New Capital Power Plant
 El Brullus Power Plant
 El Aouj FEED Project in Mauritania
 Hassi Massoud Power Plant in Algeria
 Hassi Tidjerane Plant in Algeria
 El Beida Cement Factory in Algeria
 Nasareya (Iraq) Power Plants
 Qudruple bundle 500 KV Double Circuit OHTL
 ZARAT Project desalination Plant in Tunisia
 Nairobi Nakuru Mau Summit Road PPP project in Kenya
 Bir Seba Power Plant in Algeria

Teaching Assistant at American University in Cairo
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2014 to January 2015

o Prepared and gave tutorials to students about how to use Revit and Navisworks
o Directed and supervised students with their projects
o Proctored exams with the professor

Construction Management intern at Dar El Mimar, DMG learning academy
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2014 to September 2014

o Attended a concentrated course in contractual management, design development and quantity surveying
o Learnt working on primavera
o Worked on a sample project to apply the learned lessons

Engineering assistant at American University in Cairo, Rare library
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2013 to February 2014

o Prepared Hassan Fathy, Gamal Bakry and Sayed Karim projects for scanning
o Directed the students in their research about Hassan Fathy
o Sorted and restored the projects

Teaching assistant at American University in Cairo, Islamic art and architecture course
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2012 to January 2013

o Organized and went on field trips in old Cairo
o Educated and directed students in projects and research

Engineering Trainee at Aga Khan Foundation
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2011 to August 2011

o Assisted Dr. Dina Bakhoum in old Islamic monuments restoration in old Cairo.
o Advised/Supervised workers during restoration
o Collaborate with the design office to restore the points of the building that were being surveyed
o Taught and educated the kids that lived in the neighborhood about the goals and ethics of our work

Team Leader in Junior Summer Program at American University in Cairo
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2011 to May 2011

o Guided/Supervised a group of teens and helped in exposing them to different experiences

Counselor at Wellspring
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2009 to August 2009

o Guided the team in their experiences and exponential learning
o Recruited/Trained and educated the schools and universities to work as a team

Education

Bachelor's degree, Construction Engineering (concentration Management)
  • at The American University
  • December 2014

• Expected to graduate: Fall 2014 • Minors (2): Islamic Art, Architecture and Architectural design • Thesis, in construction engineering in materials: “Using Earth Materials and Simple Techniques for Low Cost Housing”, AUC, Spring 2014: o Designed and developed a new earth material to use in earth bag technique housing o Developed an economic way of construction with economic and environmental materials

Specialties & Skills

Construction Management
Architecture
Preimavera
navisworks
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
AUTOCAD
COUNSELING
LEADERSHIP
Negotiation

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

PMP preparation course (Training)
Training Institute:
Learning Zone
Date Attended:
October 2018
Duration:
24 hours
FIDIC (Training)
Training Institute:
Orascom Construction in House
Date Attended:
January 2016
Duration:
16 hours