MOHAMED ARAFA, Assistant Vice President (AVP) MENA Projects and Business Development Manager

MOHAMED ARAFA

Assistant Vice President (AVP) MENA Projects and Business Development Manager

SEMBAWANG ENGINEERING & CONTRACTORS - Dubai / Singapore

Lieu
Émirats Arabes Unis
Éducation
Baccalauréat, CIVIL ENGINEERING
Expérience
13 years, 1 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :13 years, 1 Mois

Assistant Vice President (AVP) MENA Projects and Business Development Manager à SEMBAWANG ENGINEERING & CONTRACTORS - Dubai / Singapore
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
  • juillet 2007 à juillet 2016

Responsible for:

1 Project Management.
2 Tendering & Estimation Management - MENA.
3 Commercial, Contracts and legal management of final
settlements negotiations with clients, in addition to all
suppliers and subcontractors’ claims.
4 Change management and Claim management.
5 Business Development & Marketing Manager - MENA.


Key Accomplishment:

In Gulf:

a. Improved and reshaped business development and Estimation policies in MENA for more specific prospecting to reflect company’s portfolio strategy and capabilities.
b. Recovered all company’s dues and resolved claims issues with all clients in MENA, commercially as well as legally.
c. Led the snagging, contractual and legal closing phase of Discovery Gardens project in Dubai (36 G+4/5 residential buildings), and negotiated settlements with 160+ creditors
where I successfully dropped 60% of their dues.
d. Built company’s database and identified the potential customers and partners, and approached most of them.
e. Formed and led tendering team and was the Bid Capitan of overseas tendering team in mega size tenders in MENA.
f. Secured and commenced two new projects through personal contacts:
e.1 Bahrain: 323 Villas at Riffa Views (AED 600 Million).
e.2 Saudi Arabia: 100 G+5 of National Housing Program
(SAR 1.0 Billion).

f. Added great value to business creation through sharp markets survey and smooth establishment of Project Management division within the group.
g. Approached the most likely customers and secured a project management contract with Dubai World Central to build the first three SMART hotels in the region, 200 rooms each (AED 300m).
h. I was income generating employee by providing
professional project management supervision, costs,
Engineering, Procurement and Contracts consultancy
services to customers.
i. Established the Estimation team in MENA and built
company’s database with big network of customers,
partners and vendors, and closed USD 8.0 Billion tenders in competitive dry cost pricing prior HQ’s management reserves insertions.
j. Secured two projects in Dubai: JAFZA Convention Centre (AED 1.9 Billion) + Precast Factory at DIC (AED 100 Million)

In North Africa:

a. Established the office and entire business in Tripoli.
b. Managed to align company’s position and to build
company’s reputation with potential customers / partners.
c. Secured two cost-plus contracts (USD 1.2 Billion).
d. Led Initiation, Planning and Execution phases of secured
projects, and commenced mobilization and construction
works up to superstructure skeleton by very limited
resources prior uprisings implication.

Construction Manager à CODE Contracting LLC
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Al Ain
  • janvier 2007 à juin 2007

Responsible for:
1 Detailed Design and Shop Drawing preparation & approval.
2 Mobilization of underground potable water network at Al Ain Industrial City, all surveying, earth works, pipe laying and concrete works for supports and chambers.

Accomplishment:

- Completed the assigned scope in four months.

Senior Project Engineer à ALOBBOR FOR DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION LLC
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Abu Dhabi
  • décembre 2003 à décembre 2006

Responsible for:

1 Site Construction in direct labour management besides major subcontractors.
2 Arch/Civil Design, Procurement, QS, Planning, Estimation & Drafting activities.

Accomplishment:

Execution of USD 41 million projects in Abu Dhabi, Swaihan, Ramhan Island, Navy Base, Air Base, etc for reputed clients; UAE Armed Forces, Department of Presidential Affairs, etc.

Structural Designer and Supervision Engineer à Alexandria Consulting Group
  • Egypte - Alexandrie
  • juillet 2003 à décembre 2003

Responsible for:
1 Sites Inspections for building projects.
2 Structural and Architectural design on Staad and SAP
softwares, and drafting construction drawings on ACAD.

Éducation

Baccalauréat, CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • à Alexandria University
  • juin 2003

Tests de Bayt.com

Civil Engineering Test
Score 60%

Specialties & Skills

Civil Engineering
Structural Engineers
Business Development Manager
Multicultural Team Management
Construction & Project Management / Leadership - Certificated
Technical Office - Experienced
ESTIMATION - Certificated
PRIMAVERA
CCS - MS OFFICE (EXCEL, WORD & POWERPOINT) - AUTOCAD - SAP & STAAD.
Business Development - Experienced

Langues

Anglais
Expert
Arabe
Expert

Adhésions

Engineers Society of Egypt
  • member
  • June 2003
Project Management Institute - USA
  • Examing...!
  • March 2016
Engineers Society of UAE
  • member
  • January 2011

Formation et Diplômes

FIDIC Contracts (SOE of UAE) (Formation)
Institut de formation:
SOE Dubai
Project Scheduling and Primavera 6 (Formation)
Institut de formation:
SOE Dubai
Project Leadership (Cranfield Management School UK) (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Cranfield Management School UK
Cost Estimation & Value Management (SOE of UAE) (Formation)
Institut de formation:
SOE Dubai
Project Management Professional (PMI of USA) – PMP (Formation)
Institut de formation:
PMI
Date de la formation:
April 2016
Durée:
40 heures
CCS Cost & Tendering Software (MAF Institute of UAE) (Formation)
Institut de formation:
MAF UAE

Loisirs

  • Travelling, Music and Reading