Project Control Manager
SEDER GROUP
Total years of experience :11 years, 4 Months
• Led a diverse team comprising of 5 team members driving strategic cost control initiatives across the division Collaborated closely with the cost control team to guarantee that all cost-related transactions were accurately recorded, analysed, and managed, ensuring alignment with project budgets and financial objectives.
• Led the monitoring and control of all cost transactions, encompassing manpower, subcontractors, equipment, and materials, significantly enhancing project profitability and budget adherence.
• Spearheaded the review and management of client and subcontractor invoices, focusing on aligning them with project progress and ensuring timely, accurate financial reporting. This involved deep diving into invoice deductions to identify and rectify root causes, thereby recovering costs and optimizing financial outcomes.
• Directed the preparation and submission of monthly revenue and cost accruals, managing the analysis of gaps between accruals and submitted invoices to initiate corrective actions, thereby ensuring financial integrity and accountability.
• Played a pivotal role in managing and reducing project costs through effective subcontractor invoice management, ensuring that expenses were recorded timely and accurately, leading to substantial cost savings.
• Acted as a crucial liaison between the department and senior management, minimizing communication gaps and facilitating the efficient implementation of PMO tools, processes, and procedures, which included cost control measures.
• Delivered comprehensive monthly reports on projects performance, integrating these insights into the companys overall performance metrics, thereby driving strategic improvements and financial optimization.
• Guided the cost control team in the creation and management of project budgets, ensuring compliance with approved cost structures and facilitating financial stability.
• Monitored and improved the efficiency of resource utilization against revenue, contributing to enhanced financial performance and cost savings.
• Coordinated with planning teams to manage project cash flows effectively and instituted controls to minimize resource wastage, further strengthening financial health.
• Spearheaded the implementation of comprehensive governance frameworks across the organization, enhancing operational efficiency and compliance.
• Led the automation of tasks and processes using Power BI, Monday.com, Dynamics 365 and other software; enhancing operational efficiency by developing comprehensive data visualization tools and dashboards Championed the adoption of project management best practices, ensuring optimal project execution, resource allocation, and quality standards.
• Championed the adoption of project management best practices, ensuring optimal project execution, resource allocation, and quality standards.
⚫ Review project/s contracts (Subcontractor contracts and main contracts).
⚫ Specialized in creating detailed project management reports using Power BI, Excel, Kaggle studio, including dynamic management dashboards and data-driven presentations for monthly and weekly analysis.
⚫ Create, update, monitor and control project/s budgets.
⚫ Create, update, monitor and control project/s Cashflow.
⚫ Assist in creating and reviewing project/s schedule/s.
⚫ Review, monitor and control project/s schedule/s.
⚫ Create Procurement plan along with PM and project planner.
⚫ Create Purchasing requestions (PRs) for project/s.
⚫ Review Purchase orders.
⚫ Follow up with other departments to ensure that the project is on the track these department are contracts dep., engineering & technical dep., supply-chain dep. Finances dep. PMO dept and construction dep. Key Projects
-- EPC of 20 MWp Grid-Tied PV Power Plant with 35 MWhr Battery
-- EPC of Ghana Street lighting in Ghana.
-- EPC of overhead transmission lines in Morocco.
-- EPC of 132Kv overhead transmission lines in Zambia-Lusaka.
⚫ Review, monitor and control; project/s contracts, PRs, POs, and budget/s.
⚫ Create, update, monitor and control project/s schedule.
⚫ Create and update project progress reports (daily, weekly, bi weekly and monthly) Key Projects
-- EPC of Barwa and Damac 4 66/22 Kv Sub-stations in Cairo-Egypt
-- EPC of 115/13.8Kv OHTL and Underground Cables in Qatif-KSA
-- EPC of OHTL in Balat-Egypt Planning and cost estimation Engineer
1-As a Planner:-
A-Read the tender document, Collect Requirements, Define the scope, risks, ways to improve quality and how to implement them into the schedule.
B-Make WBS (Work Breakdown Structure),
C-Make Activity list and it's relationships,
D-calculate required resources and duration for each activity
E-Monitoring and controlling (Time & Cost)
F- report to the manager
G-take a corrective action
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2-As a Cost Estimator:-
(create a programs via "Visual-basic" And "Excel" that help me and help my mates to estimate better and faster )
A-Making CBS (Cost Breakdown Structure)
B-Estimating required costs for each resource in each activity
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3-As a Quantity surveyor:-
(create a programs via "Visual-basic" And "Excel" that help me and help my mates to estimate better and faster )
A- Surveying throughout Auto-cad or Revit
B- Making an excel files for the survived Quantities
C-Compare the survived Quantities With the original BOQ
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4-As a Pricing engineer:-
A-Create data base for suppliers on excel,
B- Create data base for labors, Equipment, Materials and S/C . Including Names, Productivity, Unit rate and description)
C-Prepare material take off to be send to suppliers,
D-sending Request for Quotations
E-Pricing the project (Using Excel and Pricing software called COSTOS )
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5-Tender Department Coordinator and planner :-
(Coordination and planning the work within the tender team )
A-Make time sheets
B- who does what and when
C-Identify the reasons of delay in delivering the project/s and ways to solve and improve it .
D-Searching for ways to improve the tender department and the work.