Riaz Ali Rind, operations Manager

Riaz Ali Rind

operations Manager

Apex Landscape Works LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Agriculture Entomology
Experience
17 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 2 Months

operations Manager at Apex Landscape Works LLC
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since September 2015

Managing overall Landscape Projects of the Company.

Landscape Engineer at Ghantoot Landscaping
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since February 2015

• Planning, Managing and operating hard landscape and soft landscape projects.
• Oversight inspection and implementation of hard landscape and soft landscape and irrigation network activities.
• Reading all kinds of drawings and implementing activities as per drawings and BOQs.
• Handling clients and consultants and modification as per site instructions.
• Managing Material inspections and material requisitions, getting approvals from Consultants.
• Being focal person with logistic department, suppliers, contractors and sub-contractors.
• Developing periodical progress reports of projects.

Unit Manager at Prominent Insurance Brokers L.L.C
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2014 to February 2015

• Maintain strong relationship with clients and develop new clients.
• Analyzing financial needs of the clients and providing affordable solutions.
• Developing client leads and achieving sales targets.
• Manage fiscal record and keep up dated data of the clients.
• Handle telephones and customers; keep all records up-dated.
• Coordinate and communicate with all colleagues and report manager.

Project Manager at Continental Enterprise
  • Pakistan - Hyderabad
  • June 2012 to January 2014

• Manage Projects within the guideline Project Management principles; i.e Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling and closing within time and project cost.
• Plan and schedule Project activities efficiently in order to meet client requirements for construction and particularly for maintenance work.
• Prepares necessary paper work for the completion of work and get it authorized by consultant.
• Develops relationship with Consultants, Sub-contractors, Project Team and Government Agencies involved.
• Getting approvals from government bodies impacted through project activities.
• Finalizing BOQs, Purchase Orders, ETC.
• Execute soft landscape, irrigation operations in specifics with Architects/Consultant to achieve client requirements.
• Supervise and Monitor the site staff and labor force through Engineers, supervisor/foreman; for all landscape maintenance/construction from drawing till handover.
• Oversees the requisition of materials for use in the construction/maintenance and check whether the materials are specified.

Community Outreach Assistant at United Nations Office for Project Services
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • February 2011 to May 2012

• To be focal point for all partner agencies with regard to Project Activities; focusing on the resource mobilization, data collection and analysis, capacity building and participation of communities towards shelter project objectives.
• To liaise with and when necessary provide advice to local partner agencies on matter related to quality control and transparent accountability of desired project activities focused on hard and soft landscaping.
• To perform monitoring and evaluation oversight of implementing partner activities. Document findings and forward to Project Coordinator in weekly updates and monthly reports.
• To coordinate closely with technical staff of shelter project, ensuring effective sharing of information and efficient use of resources.
• To identify foreseeable obstacles to project delivery in a timely fashion and contribute to resolving them.
• Ensures proper document classification, sorting, filing and proper archiving.
• Represents UNOPS relevant shelter related meetings at the District and Provincial level as required.
• Help, facilitate the technical trainings of local partners, community based organizations in line with UNOPS undertaking to ‘’Build Back Better’’ utilizing risk mitigating construction practices.

Project Manager at Government of Sindh
  • Pakistan - Hyderabad
  • March 2007 to December 2010

• To work on diverse projects - both urban and rural - that range from designing the layout of parks, gardens and housing estates to city-centre design, sporting sites and improving land affected by rains.
• Preparing budgets for ongoing Landscaping Projects.
• Bidding and selection of consultants, contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers etc.
• General Administration, assisting Deputy District Officer in handling bidding, procurement, tender document development, reporting and coordinating with DCO Office.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Agriculture Entomology
  • at Sindh Agriculture University
  • March 2005

Plant Protection Plant Production Horticulture Landscaping

Bachelor's degree, Economics
  • at University Of Sindh
  • December 2002

Studied Macro and Micro Economics, Statistics and Different theories affecting economic growth.

Specialties & Skills

Coordination
Engineering
Budgeting
Landscaping
Project Management
BUDGETS, COST CONTROLY
PLANTATIONS, HORTICULTURAL PRACTICES
IRRIGATION NETWORK
PROBLEM SOLVING
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
LANDSCAPE, HARD LANDSCAPE, SOFT LANDSCAPE

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
Hindi
Expert
Bengali
Intermediate
Punjabi
Expert

Training and Certifications

Ethical and Sexual Harrasment (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2011
Valid Until:
April 2011

Hobbies

  • Debates and Speeches
    1st Prize in Speech of Seerat Ul Nabi