Monther Abu Salem, PM Control Systems & Planning Manager

Monther Abu Salem

PM Control Systems & Planning Manager

AECOM

Location
United Kingdom
Education
Diploma, Oracle Certified Database Administrator
Experience
24 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :24 years, 8 Months

PM Control Systems & Planning Manager at AECOM
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since February 2014

• Overseeing development and implementation of the Proliance system on the program.
• Identifying business processes, procedures and activities to facilitate Proliance solutions where necessary.
• Identifying Proliance configuration to meet program and contractual obligations.
• Understanding and evaluating software interface between Proliance and other project management systems and resolves complex interface issues.
• Anticipating technical and usage issues associated with Proliance system and providing recommendations to senior management prior to a need arising.
• Ensuring the flexibility of the Proliance configuration to accommodate future likely requirements and potential problem areas.
• Actively addressing issues as raised by project teams by providing guidance or resolution either personally or through delegation to the Proliance team.
• Training, mentoring and developing a team of Proliance experts and users.
• Acting as an advocate of Proliance amongst the program team and ensures that efficiencies from its usage are maintained.
• Providing support and expertise where necessary to client requests for assistance or advice on the reciprocal Proliance implementations or interfaces.
• Advising senior management of the status of Proliance on a regular basis.
• Keeping immediate supervisor informed of situations beyond the individual's control or authority to act.
• Prepare different level Dashboards using Tableau (New)

Project Planning & Coordination - KAIA Development Phase I at ICAD - Innovative Contractors for Advanced Dimensions
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • March 2013 to December 2013

1. Coordination between PMO and subcontractors and related departments for planning issues.
2. Supervising the project planning team.
3. Managing project life cycle with work package managers.
4. Progress monitoring against the baseline schedule.
5. Preparing E2 Log (Material submittal/Procurement) and following up the E1 Log (Shop drawing submittals).
6. Adminstrating Primavera P6 & PCM software.

Process Control Engineer (PCS) at Turner Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2009 to August 2012

1. Planning and scheduling for the project using Primavera P6 (Management Level).
2. Working on the contract management using Primavera CM & Prolog.
3. Reporting to project, planning manager regarding activities on critical path.
4. Coordination for recovery programs, in case of delay.
5. Follow up subcontractor’s program.
6. Initiating response/correspondences with main contractor
7. Attend site coordination meetings with the contractor/subcontractors, as and when required by PM.

IT Manager/Planning Engineer, Lamar Towers Project at Turner Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2009 to December 2010

1. Managing IT & Communications issues for Lamar Towers Project, Jeddah Corniche (Servers and domains, Internet & Intranet, Networking, User Access Control and Security, Backup strategies, Oracle & Prolog Databases, software setup and installations, Primavera, AutoCAD and other software licensing issues…etc).
2. Planning and scheduling for the project using Primavera P6.
3. Maintenance and backup strategy planning and management.
4. Follow up of the Consultant and General Contractor IT Issues.
5. Support services for Turner staff.
6. Review and follow up of nework drawings design and infrastructure for the project with progress.
7. Some developments in the head office, Oracle related Programming and DBA.

Admission Manager/IT Programs Instructor at Saudi Oger LTD
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • August 2007 to November 2008

1. Managing the whole admission process & staff for Saudi Oger Institute.
2. IT Programs Instructor & Coordinator
3. Software Programming & DB Admin.
4. IT Programs Instructor.
5. IT department setup responsible for a period of time.
6. Member of the Administration of the Institute for a period of time.

Programmer – Oracle Application Developer & Oracle DBA at Jordan University of Science & Technology
  • Jordan - Irbid
  • January 2002 to August 2007

1. Oracle programmer - Developer for the University systems: Financial(General Accounts and Payroll), Inventory(Stores & Supplies), Health Insurance, Personnel & HR, Bids, Scientific research, Envoys & Training, … etc.
2. Database Administrator for the University systems databases using ( Oracle8i/9i/10g Server & Application Server, RAC).
3. Latest Charged with Student Information System (Registration, Administration and all other student needs) working as a Technical Assistant Director in Admission and Registration Unit.
4. Training for the Students coming from inside & outside the university.
5. Oracle Home designed Applications Integration team work.
6. System analysis and design for new application systems needed by different units and departments in the university.

Technical Instructor at New Horizons Computer Learning Centers
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • July 1999 to January 2002

1. Instructor for Oracle DBA Courses: SQL & PL/SQL, DBA, Backup & Recovery, Performance Tuning, and Network Admin.
2. Instructor for Microsoft Office Applications (MS Word 97/2000, MS Excel 97/2000, MS Access 97/2000, MS Power Point 97/2000, MS Outlook, … etc.)
3. Instructor for MS Operating Systems: Win95/98/NT 4.0/2000 Professional & Server, Networking Essentials.
4. Instructor for Internet Applications & Web Design (Internet Explorer, Business on the net, Internet Tools, HTML, FrontPage 98/2000).
5. Part time instructor for Oracle DBA courses for 4 months between Dubai & Abu Dhabi

Hardware & Maintenance Engineer at Arabella for Computers & Communications
  • Jordan - Irbid
  • January 1999 to June 1999

1. Assembling & Maintaining Personal & Network Computers for Internet Cafe’s.
2. Instructor for Microsoft Office Applications. (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, ... etc).

Education

Diploma, Oracle Certified Database Administrator
  • at Oracle University
  • June 2001

Oracle Certified Professional certificates are well recognized in the IT fields.

Bachelor's degree, Engineering Technology
  • at Yarmouk University
  • August 1997

Bachelor in Engineering Technology with a major in Electrical Power & Machines Engineering. During which computer courses where leading me to my graduation projects (Photo voltaic Electricity Generation for Rural Areas) & (Wind Energy) by using programming in Fortran77 to make our calculations. All this led me to concentrate on Information Technology and programming after graduation more than Electrical Engineering.

Specialties & Skills

Training
Instructor led Training
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point,...etc)
Primavera P6
Training (Instructor)
Networking
AutoCAD 2009
Project Management
Oracle Programming & Database Administration
Primavera CM (Contract Manager)

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner
Romanian
Intermediate

Memberships

Jordanian Engineering Association JEA
  • Memeber
  • October 1997
Project Management Institute PMI
  • Member
  • February 2006

Training and Certifications

Fundamentals of Solaris8.0 for System Administrator (Training)
Training Institute:
IT University, Amman
Date Attended:
August 2002
Solaris8.0 System Administration (Training)
Training Institute:
IT University, Amman
Date Attended:
August 2002
Online: Managing Diversity at Work (Training)
Training Institute:
Turner University
Date Attended:
May 2011
Preparation Course for PMP (Training)
Training Institute:
AlKhaleej Training and Education, Riyadh
Date Attended:
February 2006
Oracle Discoverer for Administrators & End Users (Training)
Training Institute:
ITCC, Amman
Date Attended:
April 2003
Oracle 9i JDeveloper: Servlets & JSP, XML, OC4J (Training)
Training Institute:
ITCC, Amman
Date Attended:
December 2003
Java Programming (Training)
Training Institute:
ITCC, Amman
Date Attended:
November 2003
Business Conduct Policy (Training)
Training Institute:
Turner University
Date Attended:
February 2010
Online: Managing Resources with Oracle Primavera P6 (Training)
Training Institute:
Turner University
Date Attended:
January 2011