Yasmeen Kazan, Independent Consultant

Yasmeen Kazan

Independent Consultant

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Structural Civil Engineer, PMP Certified
Experience
16 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 5 Months

Independent Consultant at
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2016
Design Consultant at Toscana Landscaping and Pools llc
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2015 to October 2016

Managing stakeholders, authorities and developers, responsible for analyzing and recommend changes to Construction documents and advice necessary amendments. Direct involvement with Project Managers to monitor progress details, and problem solving procedures, field conditions, and resourcesu. Prepare assessment reports for achievements vs schedules, costs spreadsheets and perform analysis on same. Ensure that bid packages contain proper engineering drawings, designs and specification, methods of measurements, construction contract, preparation of detailed bills of quantities according to MSCSI2004.

Head of Corporate Real Estate Department ( CRE) at HSBC Middle East Limited, Jordan
  • Jordan - Amman
  • August 2010 to March 2015

•Project Management: planning, executing, monitoring and quality control.
•Property Management: workplace standards of commercial and residential properties, space design and planning.
•Facility Management.
•Health, safety and fire standards implementation and monitoring, liaison with local authorities.
•Emergency Planning and Business Continuity Management.
•Facilitating and implementing energy sustainability initiatives.

Responsible of preparing projects documents, time/cost schedules, managing teams /progress to ensure a timely completion within organizational policies and standards, Identifying milestones, obtaining acquired internal/authorities approvals, Coordinating project phases and deadlines with concerned departments and suppliers/contractors.
Manage organization’s commercial and residential properties including rentals, leasing contracts preparation and negotiation while maintaining a vital relationship with landlords and related official authorities. Enforcing occupancy and property operating policies on occupants wither it was staff, clients or residents.
As a Department Head I was involved in both strategic planning and day-to-day operations which included managing services and processes supporting the core business by space and resources planning allocation/ utilization, also ensuring that properties meet health and safety requirements and complying to legislations. Also using best practice methods to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs and securing a suitable working environment for employees and operations. Generally I was responsible for contracts management, fixed assets, building, machinery and grounds maintenance through a team of technical professionals and experts, cleaning, waste disposal and recycling; catering and vending, health and safety, utilities and communications infrastructure and space management, following up on any deficiencies using performance management techniques to monitor and demonstrate achievement of agreed service levels and to lead on improvement.

Cost planning and Quantity Engineer at NEA Project Management and Chartered Quantity Surveyors, Jordan Amman
  • Jordan - Amman
  • October 2009 to July 2010

•Cost Management and Estimation.
•Quantity surveying.
•Project tender documents preparation.
•Sites progress and meetings.
•Problem solving wither contractual or execution.
Manage projects costs, from initial calculations to final figures, working with clients, consultants and contracts. Tracking work variations affecting the contracts. Preparing tender documents including bills of quantities, evaluating tenders and analyzing costs, analyzing outcomes and preparing detailed progress reports.

Cost Planning and Contracts Engineer at 2K Architects / Planners / Engineers
  • Jordan - Amman
  • September 2007 to September 2009

•Preparing architectural, structural and EMP BOQs quantities.
•Reviewing monthly payments, take off sheets and assisting in preparation of projects documents.
•Understanding and adherence to FIDIC and Master Format CSI.


Preparing tenders comparisons, preparing progress reports and monitoring output targets with monthly forecast. Assisting project team in locating and accessing resources, prepare job files for timely invoicing, final sign off and closure. Assisting in the preparation of tender documents and contracts. Preparation of project quantities and take off sheets, reviewing contractual payment certificates and variation orders.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Structural Civil Engineer, PMP Certified
  • at Jordan University of science and Technology
  • July 2007

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Real Estate
Property Management
Contract Management
computer Skills
Stress and Time Management
Strategic and analytical Planning
Change Management
communocation skills

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Russian
Intermediate
French
Beginner

Memberships

Jordan Engineering Association
  • Memeber Engineer
  • August 2007
American Project Management Institute, Jordan PMI Chapter
  • Certified Project Manager
  • November 2011
Project Management Institute,PMI Khaleej Chapter
  • Certified Project Manager
  • June 2016
Society of Engineers - UAE
  • Structural Engineer
  • August 2016

Training and Certifications

3D MAX (Training)
Training Institute:
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Project Management, Primavera 3, First Level (Training)
Training Institute:
Jordan Engineering Training Center
HSBC Group Internal Mandatory and Optional Courses SKILLS (Training)
Training Institute:
HSBC Standards and Guidlines
Computer Aided Structural Design Using PROKON (Training)
Training Institute:
Jordan Engineering Training Center
Photoshop ␣ (Training)
Training Institute:
Jordan University of science and Technology
Computer Aided Structural Design Using STAAD Pro (Training)
Training Institute:
Jordan Engineering Training Center
CSI 2004 Master Format (Training)
Training Institute:
Project Documentation Technology Institute
Office Time and Stress Management (Training)
Training Institute:
jordan University of science and Technology
Computer Aided Drafting AutoCAD (Training)
Training Institute:
Jordan Engineering Training center

Hobbies

  • Voluntary Work with animals, gardening, Travelling, Outdoor Activities, Reading and Arts