Board Director
Bahrain National Gas Company (B.S.C.).
Total years of experience :30 years, 7 Months
Summary:
Dr Bassem Mohamed Battisha is a forward thinker, proactive, self-made, business oriented, professional with high leadership skills, he is dynamic and active member in the local and regional business societies; and maintains wide network of local and international highly influential contacts in various sectors, he holds positions in several international committees, NGOs, professional bodies and institutions in public and private sectors. He initiated / founded / developed / managed several initiatives, companies, mega projects, international forums.
In almost 28 years of experience in my life career, I have learned that determination, commitment and diligence in service in any field of work amounts to great success in as much as there is consistency. Being coach-able is an important attribute required to learn and built ethics and principles meet for quality and professional standards needed in all works of life.
Communication and good skills in human relations summed up with learned ethics and acquired principles enhances one's administrative and leadership capacity and quality management functions. This helps in rendering good new and innovative ideas, business development and negotiations, contract and project management, administrative functions etc.
Thus, as General Manager Projects, it is at my office to function with these standards and also inculcate such into other colleagues and junior staff to ensure efficient and productive business cycle both within us and other international
Responsibilities:
• Supervise the design works of Consultants/engineering Contractors and EPC Contractor.
• Review/ approve drawings, specifications and other technical documents for Pipeline Engineering.
• To supervise the work of EPC Contractor specialists and ensure that quality and standards are maintained and cost effective solutions are adopted.
• Participate in review / audit of Contractor’s construction work, witness pre-commissioning and commissioning activities.
• To review Inspection and Test Plans and participate in Pr-Inspection meetings with Vendors to ensure all technical issues are resolved and quality/inspection plans are finalized to achieve the Project Quality and schedule delivery requirements.
• Carry out review /approve Contractors /Sub Contractors Method Statements of important and critical work activities.
• Carry out pre-commissioning and commissioning activities.
Responsibilities:
• Oversee the construction project phases from start to end.
• Perform a key role in planning, budgeting and identification of resource needed.
• Create the teams, develop the objectives/ goals of each and assign individual responsibilities.
• Project accounting functions including managing the budget, tracking of team expenses.
• Ensure that construction activities move according to pre-determined schedule.
• Monitor the project work plans and make revisions as and when need arises.
• Communicate effectively with the contractors/ subcontractors responsible for completing various phases of the project.
• Maintain strict adherence to the budgetary guideline, quality and safety standards.
• Providing the technical directions and ensuring compliance with project scope, specifications and international code and standards.
Responsibility:
• Close supervision of construction work
• Leading Multi discipline team.
• Ensuring delivery of project elements in line with project timeframe.
• Review and approve with my team project document such as MS / ITP / TAR, TQ, QCP, WPS, RFI, weld maps, progress report.
• Perform regular audits for the compliance of QA/QC procedures and HSE procedures.
• Progress delay analysis and corrective action instruction.
• Verify along with project management team technical and commercial variations.
• Carrying out along with project management team risk analysis.
• Interface activities with other running projects and authorities.
• Planning and execution of project pre-commissioning and commissioning.
• Supervising the engineering going on by EPC Contractor.
• Participating in reviewing / auditing of Contractor’s construction work, witnessing pre-commissioning and commissioning activities.
• Leading a team to prepare along with the contractor project close out dossiers.
