General Manager
Engineering
Total years of experience :39 years, 8 Months
Manage 500 engineers spreaded over 305 sites for a total of 7.5 billion SAUDI RIYAL
❖ May 2012 to Present: Saudi consolidated engineering company Khatib & Alami, KSA
General Manager - KAP 1- 7.5 billion SAR
Roles & Responsibilities: • Manage Design Team and Supervision teams (500 Engineers) to achieve targets
• Achieve targets to deliver 68, 000 IFC Drawings in 4 months (30 engineers)
• Development of strategic direction and the measures to achieve vision by setting targets and key performance indicators, while providing advice and counsel on day-to-day operating issues,
• Bring operations and processes in the organization to a world class level and install best practices throughout the organization to ensure the effective and efficient attainment of corporate objectives.
• Guarantee that timely and value-added management information is processed, continuously improved and delivered to Client
• Guarantee the delivery of financial results, which involve significant judgment in terms of controlling all aspects of the expenditure based on forecasts; understanding and assessing the likely impact of decisions taken and risks managed.
• Ensuring that the organization has sound systems of internal control, risk management and compliance matters.
• Develop the budgets; deliver annual and half yearly statutory accounts and liaison with external auditors, tax advisors and consultants.
• Managing 500 Engineers a cross 305 Projects valued 7.6 Billion SAR
• Provides technical expertise and support.
• Evaluate and improve WBS, OBS
• Manage Ministry of Interior - KSA daily requests and correspondence
• Provide support to Technical Team and expedite Submittals approval
• Provide Leadership and resolve issues
• Expedite project progress to achieve targets
• Set up procedures for variation orders reviews and claim prevention
• Implement project plans to achieve deliverables on time.
• Set up Project Controls department, Project management procedures, policies
• Assess and identify problems, and implement solutions
• Develop GIS system for all sites for monitoring and Control
• Review modified BOQ for 23 Prototypes design
❖ August 2009 to June 2012: Al-Arrab Contracting, KSA
Project Director / COO assistant
Roles & Responsibilities: • Acting General Manager to initiate Mega projects starts (one billion SAR plus)
• Provide technical expertise and support for new projects, new business initiatives
• Conduct technical due diligence with others on business initiatives and project development
• Provide project recommendations, and communicate effectively
• Provides technical support to capital projects (conceptualization, cost and performance estimates, schedules, proposed staffing levels, environmental and regulatory issues, interface with interconnecting utilities)
• Finalize subcontractors agreements (Liable milestones)
• Guarantee the delivery of the financial results, which involve significant judgment in terms of controlling all aspects of the expenditure based on forecasts; understanding and assessing the likely impact of decisions taken and risks managed.
• Assess COO in Project issues and Revenue target achievement
• Provide Leadership and resolve issues
• SAP Business team leader
• Alongside the senior management team, take responsibility for ensuring that the organization has sound systems of internal control, risk management and compliance matters.
• Develop the budgets; deliver annual and half yearly statutory accounts and liaison with external auditors, tax advisors and consultants.
• Expedite project progress to achieve revenue targets
• Set up procedures for variation orders reviews and claim prevention
• Implement project plans to achieve deliverables on time.
• Evaluate and improve WBS, OBS
• Participates in budget development and tracking
• Set up Project Controls department, Project management procedures, policies
• Asses and improve Procurement procedures
• Assess and identify problems, and implement solutions
• Recruit to hire Project Managers, directors, construction managers
• Develop Gate review / IMPPR/IWPR
• Establish company construction productivity rates
❖ December 2008 - August 2009:Sama-ECH, Dubai, UAE
Project Director for, Dubai Tower of Doha - 1.9 Billion QR - Tallest Tower in Doha
Roles & Responsibilities: • Provide Leadership & solutions
• Participates in Project plan development not limited to scope development/ deliverables, org chart, and schedule) in collaboration with the Project Lead Coordinates and ensures functional resources availability to participate in project
• Presents scope, org chart, and schedule (milestones) to Project Sponsor for approval
• Actively attends and participates in core team and sponsor update meetings
• Participates in budget development: responsible for working with Project Sponsor to acquire project funding and additional funding, as needed
• Collaborates with Project Manager, and others, as needed, regarding issues and unplanned expenditures that may impact the budget
• Acquire approvals to spend funds
• Work with Project Manager, Project Lead as needed, to resolve issues
• Works with Commercial Director in vendor/contract negotiations
• Works with Purchasing Dept for procurement services
• Keeps upper management informed of project status
• Removes obstacles to project progress
• Review change orders; and presents those change order which impact the project scope, for the Sponsor's approval.
• Project is a High rise building (Dubai Tower of Doha), with 438 m high as tallest Tower in Doha, has three levels of retails, 5 Star hotel, Offices, Apartments, Podium, and parking. It is approximately 102 floors with 292, 229 m2 of gross floor area
• Identify potential partners and modes of partnerships.
Strengthen relationships with domestic and international stakeholders in the real-estate industry.
• Participate in all phases of the corporate development process from sourcing and due diligence to negotiation, including the identification of new growth opportunities and arrangement.
❖ September 2007 - December 2008: Turner Construction, Dubai, UAE
Project Manager for Burj Dubai infra structure Development - 4.45 Billion AED
Roles & Responsibilities: • Develop Design/Build Master Plan with WBS
• Managing 90+ projects (Budget is 4.4 Billion AED) and issue Schedule Updates
• Develop Standard schedule templates and reports,
• Develop Cost Accounts and Cash flow Forecast
• Issue weekly and monthly, work in place reports, cash flow forecast
• Establish Procedures and implement policies
• Project Includes substations, car parks, infra structure utilities, Tram system, Boulevard, Water features (Largest Water Fountain in the world), Street furniture, landscaping, District cooling plants, signage, Tele communications,
❖ March 2004 - September 2007: PAC Group. Troy - Michigan - USA
PMO Specialist - Project Control for Detroit Edison Energy
Roles & Responsibilities: • Establish and operate PMO (Project Management Office)
• Develop and lead Project Control Group (Cost Engineers, Schedulers, Planners, and Estimators) to achieve project deliverables on time and within budget
• Evaluate existing project process models and provide modifications
• Develop and implement Design/Build process and issue on company server
• Managing 200 plus projects ($112 million) and issue dashboards & health checks
• Develop communication plan, and roles and responsibility matrix
• Develop Standard schedule template, Estimating Template, and standard reports
• Provide data integration procedures between Primavera, SAP, and Maximo
• Develop Cost Estimating Model (Budget, actual, Forecast, Financial control)
• Facilitate projects meetings to assure cost forecasts and to capture issues and concerns
• Integrate with Asset Management, Financial Controls and Supply Chain Management
• Develop/implement Gate review process to assure project implementation readiness
• Develop forms, procedures and Standard work instructions (SWI)
• Manage the effort to Cost load 200 plus projects into Primavera Enterprise (P5) to measure project status utilizing the Earned Value concept
• Issue Executive Monthly reports to Senior management
❖ September 2002 - March 2004: G. Stephens Inc. Toledo - Ohio - USA
Construction Manager for City of Toledo
Roles & Responsibilities: • Develop construction schedules, budgets, estimates, and issued progress reports
• Resource Loading, Cost Loading development and tracking
• Project Manager on $487 million Capital Improvement Program
o 60 MGD Equalization basin, Flocculation Facilities, Combine sewer system, Pump stations renovations (146 pump stations), Hydraulic Sewer Modeling, Bay View Wastewater treatment Plant renovations, skimming tank improvements, Marina improvements, Back-up power, Blowers replacement, Water Quality Study Models, GIS (Geographical Information System) project
o Introduce new products and methods to the client to reduce cost and improve Quality.
❖ November 1998 - August 2002: PAC Project Advisor Consortium International LTD. Ann Arbor - Michigan -USA
Project Manager for Ford Motor Company Dearborn, Michigan
Roles & Responsibilities: • Develop project work plans, facilitate weekly meeting, and track issues
• Develop process model (EDS) within Ford Product Development System (FPDS)
• Modify communication plans, templates, and recommended solutions to client
• Participate in two pilot sessions as a team member to validate the Product template
• Develop Process training program to create work plans using integrated Powertrain Processes (IPP) templates, Develop processes based on program complexity
• Support New Product Part Release (NPPR) team in drawing releases
• Establish processes for part tracking, maintained engines work plans
• Develop department Health Chart for Portfolio management
• Issue, analyze, maintain and verify Engine systems, deliverables and processes to support program Quality, Function, Cost and Weight Targets
• Track 255 engine parts from Design to release for production
• Review Vendor's progress reports for updates
• Perform impact analysis of data to manufacturing engineering
• Support Engine Project Steering Team (PST) and Project Focus Team (PFT) meetings, prepared agendas, meeting minutes, and update work plans
• Achieved Client Satisfaction Award, and Project Team Award
❖ August 1992 - November 1998: The V group. Cleveland - Ohio - USA
Project Manager - National Assignments
Roles & Responsibilities: • Establish fast track scheduling procedure manuals and specifications
• Review existing schedules, and recommend delay prevention solutions to client
• Prepare project estimates and Bid Packages
• Establish schedule updates specifications, procedures, issued Critical Path
Reports, variance analysis and status analysis reports
• Resource loading, leveling, and updates, Cost and document control
• Procure out of state General Contactors and negotiate contacts
• Establish engineer's construction estimates for bidding advertisements
• Review change orders, claims, and generated pay requests
• $86.7 million CIP for Summit County, Ohio
o The project involved, renovating 110 pump stations and 46 wastewater
Treatment plants
o Work with client to develop construction budgets, schedules for fifty-four projects, and maintain updates, and issue status reports
o Introduce new products and methods to the client to reduce cost and improve Quality. Such Products were Pumps, piping, new methods to install under ground piping, Ultra Sonic equipments, Gages, steel/concrete tanks
• Maximum Security prisons, Correctional Facilities, and defense supply centers
• United States Post Offices and distribution centers across the USA
• Blue Cross blue shield medical buildings, schools
• Communication centers, nursing homes, civic centers, and court houses
• Value engineering study team estimator for water treatment plant
• In house instructor for Primavera Training to clients and employees
❖ June 1991 - August 1992: Conric Construction Inc., Cleveland, Ohio
Construction Manager - Commercial, residential
Roles & Responsibilities: • Projects: Shopping centers, Food Courts, department stores, and housing
• Establish schedules and budgets for residential and commercial projects
• Execute projects as a construction manager
• Estimate / Bid / win projects
• Negotiates and signs contracts
• In charge of material procurements
• Issue change orders, claims, and generate AIA pay requests, affidavit, waiver of liens, project closeout
• Resource loading and cost loading development and tracking
❖ November 1989 - August 1990: Contract Administration Limited, Kuwait
Planning Engineer - Amiri Diwan Project-Car Park Garage (754 cars)
Roles & Responsibilities: • Develop project schedule. Network Logic diagrams using crew movement methods
• Cost and resource loading. Claim Development and analysis
• Track and updated schedules and issued progress reports
• Attended Progress meetings with Owner Representative
❖ June 1986 - November 1989: Kuwait Management Foundation, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Planning Engineer - Housing subdivisions, hospitals, commercial, industrial, and governmental
Roles & Responsibilities: • Planning Engineer for 560 housing subdivision with Infra-Structure, shopping centers, schools, Mosques ($180 Million)
• Developed Project Master Plan, and critical Path Float analysis
• Develop crews (Manpower Utilization) requirement to achieve deliverables on time and within budget
• Utilize Quantity production to achieve deliverables, such as how much concrete to be poured every day to achieve deliverables, and the equipment required
• Monitored and updated schedules and issued progress reports and develop claims
• Kuwait National Bank representative in large construction Projects responsible for budget and time control. Issued monthly progress reports
• Established contractor's schedules and reviewed with Owners for approvals
• Prepared Construction claims large and small
• Integral team member to develop Kuwait Air Base resource loaded Project schedule under the Supervision of U.S. Corp of Engineers
• Finished Project one month ahead of schedule
❖ June 1984 - June 1986: Ahmad Ismail G.T. & Contracting, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Project Engineer -7 buildings complex, office towers, Villas, Mosques, schools, housing, apartment complexes
Roles & Responsibilities: • Developed schedules, monitored, updated and issued progress reports
• Project Engineer in charge of construction from kick off to close out • Reviewed engineering drawings to issue shop drawings
• Facilitate coordination meetings, Progress meetings, and Material procurements
• Construct 25 stories building
• Procure material and equipment
• Facilitate pay requests
❖ January 1984 - June 1984: Saud & Abraham Abdul-Razzak Contracting Company, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Project Engineer - Residential
Roles & Responsibilities: • Construct water tower to provide water supply to residential homes as a part of building 649 housing units, infra-structure, schools, mosques, shopping centers, and clinics
• Assess in Data collection for monthly Master Plan updates
Skills/Training
• Ability to meet targets
• Working under pressure
• PMWEB/GIS
• Extensive experience using Primavera products P3, P4, P5 and Suretrack
• Microsoft project, Excel, Power point, Word, Outlook, Access 2000-level 1, 2
• Expedition-Document Control Software, Maximo and Aldergraf
• Primavera Enterprise, Microsoft project
• 6 sigma DMAIC
• P/T FPDS Project Management using Integrated Powertrain Process
• Advanced Business Writing for Professionals
• English - Arabic
Membership
• Member, Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Member of Saudi Council of Engineers