Ammar Dannaoui, Engineering Manager

Ammar Dannaoui

Engineering Manager

HLG

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Architectural Engineering
Experience
14 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 4 Months

Engineering Manager at HLG
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2005 to June 2019

• Project Management

o Delivered the projects on time, within the budget and acceptable quality to all stakeholders.
o Liaised with all stake holders (Main Contractors, Consultants, Client and internal departments) to ensure project deliverables are catered during the engineering, execution and close out of the project.
o Coordinated with Planning Manager & Project Staff in quantifying total material and labour requirements for the project, ensuring timely order of materials, planning / arranging of manpower / sub-contractors.
o Coordinated with Planning Manager & Project Staff in monitoring daily productivity, comparing with planned, taking corrective actions for loss of productivity.

• Engineering

o Managing design deliverables, design documents and technical specifications,
o Managed Value Engineering Workshops & produced reports to the Operations & Commercial Departments for further action pertaining to the ARC-STR works.
o Initiating meetings and workshops among project teams to identify and track issues.
o Liaising with the Procurement Department to acquire design consultants, suppliers and subcontractors.
o Reviewing subcontractors’ agreements, scopes of work, technical terms and conditions for effective employment.
o Monitoring development of technical submittals & shop drawings to meet construction requirements.
o Supervising the Document Control Department as per company procedures.
o Assessing technical data sheets & material samples to ensure compliance with the project technical specifications.
o Ensuring compliance of the design documents and all technical submittals, method statements and shop drawings to quality, health, safety and environment regulation and procedures.
o Directing best practices for the design and construction methodologies.
o Identifying engineering grey areas and implementing correction actions.
o Coordinating the works of the different project departments to ensure alignment of work output.
o Evaluating site requirements during the execution phases.
o Meeting consultants to clarify project design requirements & follow up approvals.
o Conducting design and site coordination meetings.
o Streamlining communications among the project team to ensure on-time deliveries.
o Evaluating the performance of architectural department periodically.
o Providing yearly quality objectives for the improvement of the department.
o Sharing the vision of the company and imparting the vision to the staff.
o Supervise and direct engineering staff.
o Oversee production of shop drawings for structural and architectural works.
o Conducting site walk and reporting progress.
o Checking of detailed drawings and compilation of specification.
o Supervising architectural and MEP drawings for accuracy & quality.
o Reviewing tender drawings and extrapolate relevant details of layout and materials.
o Coordinating project shop drawings and final architectural details to ensure timely approvals.
o Raising queries to the consultant in order to endure the progress as per the concepts and plans.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Architectural Engineering
  • at Beirut Arab University
  • June 2000

Specialties & Skills

• Profound knowledge of Building Complex Services from start to finish
• A highly motivated and experienced engineer.
• Excellent interpersonal and multi-lingual communication skills.
• Excellent negotiator & problem solver
• A highly committed individual and respect of deadlines.
• Ability to build rapport and effective relationships with people at all levels.
• Ability to plan & execute, fast track large to very large projects.

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
French
Intermediate