Project Manager
Frontier Works Organization (FWO)
Total years of experience :25 years, 9 Months
Duties:
• I was fully responsible for timely and under budget completion of the project.
• I was a focal point of stakeholder’s management which included client, sub contractors, sup-pliers and my team.
• I maintained a consistent and constant relationship with Client to ensure client-contractor smooth relationship.
• I supervised and managed the approval of drawings and materials.
• I also supervised the delivery of all local and long lead items.
• I lead and conducted internal meetings to guide the team, made them aware of critical issues and kept them fully motivated to ensure the timely completion of project.
• I monitored the work program (planned and updated) closely and took necessary measurements to control the schedule slippages.
• I also supervised HSE and Quality Control teams and helped them in implementing the HSE and QA/QC manuals.
• Successfully completed the project on time and with profit.
Key Achievement: I took the project from middle. The project was already late and kept suffering with respect the time lines / schedule due to certain inappropriate decisions made by company management at start. The project entered in the last 03 months from completion, where major finishing and MEP activities were remaining to complete. I applied Agile Project Management Technique by breaking the remaining activities into small activities to monitor them on daily basis, daily detailed progress meetings, daily adjustment of schedule and targets, extra hour working, delegating decision making power to junior team member related to work they were supervising, increased resources where required and team motivation. At the end, by the help of Allah the great, we succeeded to complete the project on time.
Duties:
• Overall responsible the timely and within budget completion of the project.
• Directly supervised site activities and guided site teams at every step.
• Liaised on with CICPA and FWO Management for smooth progressing of project.
• Reviewed all submittals and directly coordinated with CICPA engineers to obtain their approvals.
• Created great communication, coordination and coherence between FWO and sub contractors’ teams which played a key role in timely completion of project.
• Attended CICPA / FWO Management meetings and briefed on project progress on monthly ba-sis.
• Chaired internal project team (FWO and its Sub Contractors) meetings and kept the whole project motivated and charged for obtaining daily, weekly and monthly targets and overall completion of project.
• Created/ Prepared detailed Level 4 work program and monitored the work progress based on that.
• Completed the project successfully on time and with profit without any single incident.
• Supervised the project facilities during the warranty period and did the final handing over on time without any major issues.
Key Achievement: The project was handed over to me when there was only 30% of time remaining while 70% of the progress was to be achieved. I managed the project, teams and resources in such a way that we could achieve 70% of the progress and handed over the project on time.
• Overall responsible the timely and under budget completion of the project.
• Liaised on with client (ADDC and Consultants (Dr. M. H. Ali El Saie), ) and all other relevant
stakeholders /authorities.
• Supervised and controlled the project of DI and HDPE Pipes & Fittings from DN 100-400 and construction of concrete chamber and NDRCs to cross roads, ADCO, GASCO and TAKREER pipelines.
• Ensured the implementation of QA/QC and HSE procedures as per approved plans.
• Liaised on with client (Etihad Rail), PMC consultants (Parsons-AECOM), main contractor (Saipem-Dodsal-Technimont JV), main stakeholder (ADDC) and all other relevant stakeholders/authorities.
• I did all engineering works (design & drawings) for the relocation of water pipelines.
• Supervised and controlled the project of DI and HDPE Pipes from DN 100-600 relocation works and construction of concrete chamber and NDRC road crossing which was spread over 260 Km of Etihad Rail.
• Completed the project successfully without any single incident and fetched 25% clear profit for the company.
• Reviewed, checked and analyzed project schedules of 3000 activities submitted by contractors.
• Reviewed and checked reports submitted by contractors and provided comments and feedback.
• Reviewed, analyzed and recommended on 21 nos. of extension of time (EoT) claims submitted by contractor.
• Prepared and submitted daily, weekly and monthly reports to Bechtel’s management and client, Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC).
• Liaised on with all teams working on overall program and provided 04 Weeks Look Ahead reports.
• Assisted construction supervision teams in progress measurements and daily basis reporting.
• Prepared, obtained management approval & implemented Planning, Scheduling & Reporting specifications.
• Prepared and maintained 05 & 10 years Master Plans worth of more than 20 billions dirham.
• Took part in overall evaluation of contractors and consultants performance.
• Prepared and maintained Annual Capital Development Budget (CAPEX), Operational Expenditure Budget (OPEX) and required budget enhancements for both water and power projects worth of 10 billions dirham.
• Prepared high level monthly progress reports for ADWEA’s higher management for 250 running projects.
• Reviewed and critically analyzed work programs for both water and power projects submitted by contractors and consultants.
• Maintained the database of all projects of ADWEA & its Affiliate companies (ADDC, AADC, TRANSCO, and ADSSC)
• Reviewed and critically analyzed more than 80 cost and time claims and variations submitted by contractors and consultants.
• I was member of Integrated Management System (IMS) implementation team.
• I was member of Balanced Scorecard (BSC) implementation team.
• I was member of Change Control Board team.
• Checked and reviewed the work programs submitted by contractors.
• Monitored site progress and prepared reports for MWH management and client (ADM now ADSSC).
• Reviewed the progress reports submitted by contractors and provided feedback to management.
• Tracked actual vs planned progress using Primavera and analyzed delay impacts on cost and time.
• Provided deviation alerts and recommendations to project managers.
• Reviewed and provided analysis on an EoT of 720 days and of 08 millions cost claims submitted by
• Prepared baseline, revised, recovery and updated (as-built) schedules.
• Prepared and submitted weekly and monthly progress reports for internal and external customers.
• Prepared and submitted 05 extensions of time (EoT) claims.
• Prepared, submitted and obtained approval invoices for running projects.
• Prepared resource histograms and cash flow curves.
• Prepared baseline, revised, recovery and updated (as-built) schedules.
• Generated weekly and monthly progress reports to internal and external customers.
• Prepared, submitted and obtained approval of interim invoices.
• Maintained materials, shop drawings, vendor approval logs incl. delivery of long lead items.
• Assisted Project Manager in drafting correspondences and recorded minutes of meetings.
• Led a team of engineers supervising the construction of bridges, RCC culverts, underpasses, cattle creeps, retaining walls and other relevant structural works.
• Ensured high quality of work execution to meet or exceed the product requirements as mentioned in technical specifications.
• Facilitated Project Consultant (Engineer) to conduct inspections and obtained approvals.
• Helped and facilitated HSEQ teams to ensure safety of workforce, care of environment and quality.
• Worked on direct site supervision of construction of bridges, RCC culverts, underpasses, cattle creeps, retaining walls and other relevant structural works.
• Facilitated Project Consultant (Engineer) to conduct inspections and obtained approvals.
• Helping and facilitating HSEQ teams to ensure safety of workforce, care of environment and quality.
• Directly supervised all earthwork related activities for 50 m wide irrigation canal project.
• This included excavation, bedding, backfilling and compaction of side banks, guide banks, dikes and concrete lining.
We studied major in design of buildings, civil structures like dams and roads and I did the project on soil improvement methodologies.
