Waqar Hussnain, Projects Director

Waqar Hussnain

Projects Director

Abdul Mohsen al Tamimi Group

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Master's degree, Project and contract management
Experience
11 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :11 years, 10 Months

Projects Director at Abdul Mohsen al Tamimi Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Umm Lajj
  • My current job since August 2022

❖ The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC) approved Project
Director.
❖ Heading a construction of villas, clusters and building with scope of
concrete and embedded works.
❖ Managing a technical team of 25 people including Project
Manager and Construction Manager. Total of 200 indirect and
direct workers on site.
❖ Monitoring construction progress, overseeing finance and ensuring
project quality and HSE.
❖ Making strategic decisions and providing leadership and direction
to project managers to implement those decisions.
❖ Meeting with clients, stakeholders and project managers to report
on project progress.
❖ Liaising with stakeholders and building strong working relationships.
❖ Managing risks to avoid delays or reputational damage.
❖ Ensuring permits and legal papers are secured ahead of the
project.
❖ Managing project managers and enabling them to supervise and
manage their own teams.
❖ Supporting BIM team to finalize models and ensure that there are
no clashes in any trade.
❖ Assisting Health, Safety and Environmental department to ensure
that project works continue as per the requirements.
❖ Providing sequence of works to enable the planning team to
develop a realistic and workable schedule.
❖ Guiding Quality department to ensure the project materials follow
the specifications.
❖ Supervising the procurement team to ensure the timely delivery of
materials and within the budget.
❖ Writing RFIs and letters related to the project materials, funding and
extension of time (EOT).
❖ Providing support to the Project Management information system
(PMIS) team on Aconex submission.
❖ Attends periodic meetings with client finance department to
ensure that cost related matters are on track.
❖ Mentoring the team members to make them ready for bigger
professional responsibilities.

Construction Project Manager at Mutlaq Mubarak al Qureshi Contracting
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • February 2022 to July 2022

❖ Currently managing a project of Ministry of Housing (in Al Kharj)
consisting of 115 Villas with 39, 097 m2 total area and five different
designs.
❖ Managing a technical team of 25 people and a total of 150
indirect and direct workers on site.
❖ Prepared and reviewed the project Master schedule along with
cost and resource loading.
❖ Worked on the preparing the project S- Curve.
❖ Involved in the procurement of the project materials with the
respective department.
❖ Drafted the subcontracts for the various scope of the project.
❖ Prepared variation orders and change requests to get the Client’s
approval.
❖ Hired a project team of Engineers and technical personnel.
❖ Lead high level meetings with the Consultant, Client and the
Owner.
❖ Drafted RFIs and letters related to the project materials, funding
and extension of time (EOT).

Project Manager at Dalmatech2
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2018 to January 2022

❖ Managed a project of US Life Cycle Management
Centre with Royal Saudi Air Forces (RSAF). Retained by United
States Air Force (USAF) to provide construction leadership in Saudi
Arabia for $60M Government contract of 50, 000 Square foot
facility.
❖ Providing United States Air Force (USAF) representation on-site in
front of contractor and consultant.
❖ Implemented OSHA construction safety standards on-site and
maintained healthy and safe environment at work.
❖ Organized OSH trainings for the staff members to educate them
about the hazards at construction sites.
❖ Attend daily stand-up and weekly progress meetings with all
stakeholders.
❖ Providing weekly status report to the client (USAF/RSAF).
Review and approve Contractor Data Requirements List (CDRLs) on
a monthly basis incl. Program management reports, Daily site
activities schedule, site security plan, mobilization/ de-mobilization
plan and field test reports etc.
❖ Provided my expertise to the program in the preparation of
Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
❖ Performed executive level military status briefings on the day to
day progress of high-profile construction effort.
❖ Prepared progress measurement sheet to show planned vs actual
progress to the client.
❖ Written Statement of Objectives (SOO) Outside Plant (OSP) Fiber
Connectivity Infrastructure for the New Secure Communications
Facility (SCF) and drafted high-level schematics using MS Visio 2019
❖ Did final handover and sign-off for the upgradation works of
COMSEC closets in four Royal Saudi Airforce- Airbase(s).

Project Engineer at Dalmatech2
  • Saudi Arabia
  • May 2015 to April 2018

Review and approve Contractor Data Requirements List (CDRLs) on
a monthly basis incl. Program management reports, Daily site
activities schedule, site security plan, mobilization/ de-mobilization
plan and field test reports etc.
❖ Provided my expertise to the program in the preparation of
Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
❖ Performed executive level military status briefings on the day to
day progress of high-profile construction effort.
❖ Prepared progress measurement sheet to show planned vs actual
progress to the client.
❖ Written Statement of Objectives (SOO) Outside Plant (OSP) Fiber
Connectivity Infrastructure for the New Secure Communications
Facility (SCF) and drafted high-level schematics using MS Visio 2019
❖ Did final handover and sign-off for the upgradation works of
COMSEC closets in four Royal Saudi Airforce- Airbase(s).

Project Engineer at SEDER Group
  • Saudi Arabia
  • June 2012 to April 2015

Prepared project schedule baseline using MS Project and
Primavera P6
❖ Prepared progress measurement sheets and S-curves using the
planned and actual progress
❖ Updated the Master Schedule on the weekly basis
❖ Worked in different phases of the project incl. initiation, planning,
execution, monitoring and control and closing

Education

Master's degree, Project and contract management
  • at Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano)
  • July 2022

(2021)

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
  • July 2012

BE Civil Engineering

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Engineering Management
Management
Construction Management
Planning
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
MICROSOFT PROJECT
PROGRESS
BUDGETING
CLOSING
CONSULTING
MANAGEMENT
MEETING FACILITATION
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
PRIMAVERA

Languages

Arabic
Intermediate
English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker

Memberships

Saudi Council of Engineers
  • Registered Engineer
  • August 2015

Training and Certifications

30-Hour OSHA Hazard Recognition Training for the Construction Industry Course (Training)
Training Institute:
OSHA
Date Attended:
April 2020
PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2017
Valid Until:
September 2023

Hobbies

  • Project Management