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Osama Saad, Senior Planning Engineer

Osama Saad

Senior Planning Engineer·China State Construction Engineering Corporation

United Arab Emirates

Master's degree, MBA

Work experience

Total years of experience: 15 years, 11 months

Senior Planning Engineer

January 2019 - Present

China State Construction Engineering Corporation

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2019 - Present

• Develop cost and resource loaded baseline schedules integrating design, subcontractors and material supply schedules into master construction schedule.

• Prepare and issue project management related correspondences to the Engineer and Nominated Subcontractors (e.g. notices of delay, performance issues, etc)

• Ensure timely and accurate project status reporting for management and client review. Developed detailed periodic reports that ascertain schedule and cost variance explanation and corrective actions required.

• Coordinate schedule data with the project team during weekly meetings. Identified and communicated schedule and cost issues to the team.
• Monitor and Control work progress for Nominated Subcontractors and report the required action to management.

• Incorporate performance issues/delays into the project schedule and developed Time Impact Analysis (TIA) to claim for Extensions of Time (EoT).

• Prepare progress status presentation for clients during weekly progress meetings and conduct effective discussions with regards to current project status.

• Assist in planning and controlling projects costs and generated regular forecasts and S-curve to ensure EAC was within estimated budget.

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Engineering

Lead Planning Engineer

December 2015 - January 2019

Al Shafar National Contracting

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

December 2015 - January 2019

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Engineering

MBA Intern

September 2014 - September 2015

Emerson Process Management

United Kingdom

September 2014 - September 2015

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Research and Development

Planning Engineer/Scheduler

November 2011 - July 2014

Contrack International, Inc.

Cairo, Egypt

November 2011 - July 2014

I worked in two large construction projects ($50, 000, 000) and ($70, 000, 000) respectively. The scope of work included multi-service buildings, K-Spans, infrastructure, roads, and civil, architectural, electro-mechanical tasks. I utilized my planning expertise to help the company win construction claims and complete the project on time with the targeted profit margin.

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Engineering

Planning and Cost Control Engineer

August 2010 - October 2011

Warner Lewis Egypt

Cairo, Egypt

August 2010 - October 2011

• Scheduled construction and procurement activities and monitored the project cash flow.
• Gathered project status information and generated progress reports for management review.

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Engineering

Internship

April 2010 - July 2010

Orascom Construction Industries

Cairo, Egypt

April 2010 - July 2010

I did my graduation project around construction engineering management for three areas in Cairo Festival Cities. These areas are: multiple stories garage, Marks&Spencer and IKEA store. The project included the development of resource and cost loaded baseline, risk management, cash flow analysis.

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Engineering

Education

University of Durham

September 2015

September 2015

Master's degree, MBA

United Kingdom

American University In Cairo ( AUC )

January 2014

January 2014

Higher diploma, Professional Program in Project Management

Egypt

GPA (point): 3.83 out of 4

GPA (point): 3.83 out of 4

Cairo University

May 2010

May 2010

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering

Egypt

GPA (percentage): 61.37%

GPA (percentage): 61.37%

Skills

Planning
Expert
Planning
Expert
Scheduling
Expert
Scheduling
Expert
Consultancy
Expert
Consultancy
Expert
Business Analysis
Expert
Business Analysis
Expert
Project Control
Expert
Project Control
Expert
Primavera P6 , P3
Expert
Primavera P6 , P3
Expert
• Primavera risk analysis v8.7, v7.7
Intermediate
• Primavera risk analysis v8.7, v7.7
Intermediate
• Microsoft project 2007
Expert
• Microsoft project 2007
Expert
• Auto CAD 2007
Intermediate
• Auto CAD 2007
Intermediate
• Sap 2000
Intermediate
• Sap 2000
Intermediate
SPSS
Intermediate
SPSS
Intermediate
Planning
Expert
Planning
Expert
Scheduling
Expert
Scheduling
Expert
Consultancy
Expert
Consultancy
Expert
Business Analysis
Expert
Business Analysis
Expert
Project Control
Expert
Project Control
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
Spanish
Beginner
French
Beginner

Memberships

Project Management Institute

Member

June 2012

Training and Certifications

Certifications
PMI=Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)
Nov 2012 - Nov 2018
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Jun 2012 - Jun 2018

Training
Construction Quality Management for Contractors
United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Apr 2012
PMI-RMP exam preparation course
VTC
Dec 2012