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Youssef Alamari, Facilities Manager

Youssef Alamari

Facilities Manager·Olaat Properties Co. Ltd.

Saudi Arabia

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineer - Mechanical Powers and Thermal Machines

Work experience

Total years of experience: 23 years, 5 months

Facilities Manager

December 2015 - Present

Olaat Properties Co. Ltd.

Saudi Arabia

December 2015 - Present

- Preparing documents to put out tenders for contractors.
- Project management and supervising and coordinating work of contractors.
- Investigating availability and suitability of options for new premises;
- Calculating and comparing costs for required goods or services to achieve maximum value for money.
- Planning for future development in line with strategic business objectives.
- Managing and leading change to ensure minimum disruption to core activities.
- Directing, coordinating and planning essential central services such as reception, security, maintenance, mail, archiving, cleaning, catering, waste disposal and recycling.
- Ensuring the building meets health and safety requirements and that facilities comply with legislation.
- Planning best allocation and utilization of space and resources for new buildings, or re-organizing current premises.
- Checking that agreed work by staff or contractors has been completed satisfactorily and following up on any deficiencies.
- Coordinating and leading one or more teams to cover various areas of responsibility.
- Using performance management techniques to monitor and demonstrate achievement of agreed service levels and to lead on improvement.
- Responding appropriately to emergencies or urgent issues as they arise and dealing with the consequences.

Company industry:
Facilities & Property Management
Job role:
Management

Projects Manager - Eastern Area

March 2013 - August 2015

Youssef Marroun Contracting Company - YMCO

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

March 2013 - August 2015

- Execute works activities as per company approved QA/QC plan.
- Perform safety instructions as prescribed by safety manuals.
- Deliver approved quality objectives for requirement of resources and decisions.
- Depth Study of drawings, specifications and provide technical clearance to subordinates such as site engineers / site foremen.
- Follow up with consultant for material/subcontractors submittal and approval on time in coordination with main office QA/QC section.
- Follow up with consultant/client for any clearance prior to stoppage of works.
- Timely submission of clarification if found any variance with drawings and actual site condition.
- Produce sufficient data for Variation Orders and timely communicate to client in coordination with Estimation section.
- Timely submission of invoices and follow up with consultant for approval up to release of money compliance with cash flow prescribe by planning section.
- Define the project materials, man power and equipment needed to finish the works on time without delays.
- Ensure the latest drawing issued to site and previous “VOID” according to ISO 9001:2000.
- Ensure non-conformity issued after rejection of any materials.
- Proceed Internal supply Orders (ISO) at least before 1 week from the date of material needs and forwarded it to the Main Office for approval.
- Follow up with purchasing until finalization of requested ISO and items delivery, and report any delay.
- Follow up with subcontractor for delivery of material on time.
- Make sure that all the monitoring/measuring equipment used in the Project are calibrated as mentioned in the approved procedure.
- Make sure that all employees in the project are following the safety requirements as per company Safety Policy.
- Initiate the Fast Accident Report immediately when any accident/incident noticed.
- Make sure that the housekeeping issues were implemented in different locations in the site.
- Attend the weekly management meeting and follow up the action assigned on the specified dates without any delays.
- Attend the periodic meetings with the Client/Consultant as required from their side and keep minutes of meeting.
- Governance and oversight of all project activities and assigned work responsibilities to site engineers and foremen.
- Take proactive leadership role to improve process improvement programs in all areas of project delivery and management.
- Mentoring of works execution in terms of quality required and scheduled time.
- Ensure that the project addressed overall objectives and program executed on time without waste and delay.
- Prepare recovery schedule to meet the original plan if delay founds.
- Ensure subcontractors payment forwarded on timely manner considering sufficient safety margin.
- Conduct evaluation of subcontractors who completed the assigned task.
- Immediate Forward any evaluation to purchasing in order to aware subcontractors/suppliers performance for further corrective actions.
- Coordinate with the Main Store and Purchasing for material order and delivery on site.
- Conduct staff evaluation twice a year.

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Management

Senior Sales Engineer

September 2012 - March 2013

Roofing Middle East - KSA

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

September 2012 - March 2013

- Present and sell company products and services to current and potential clients.
- Follow up on new and current clients
- Negotiate contracts and close deals
- Prepare action plans and schedules to identify specific targets and to project the number of contacts to be made.
- Prepare presentations, proposals and sales contracts.
- Establish and maintain current client and potential client relationships.
- Prepare a variety of status reports, including activity, closings, follow-up, and adherence to goals.
- Communicate new product and service opportunities, special developments, information, or feedback gathered through field activity to appropriate company staff.
- Coordinate company staff to accomplish the work required to close sales.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Sales

Site Engineer ( MEP )

July 2010 - August 2012

Makkah Clock Royal Tower - A Fairmont Hotel

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

July 2010 - August 2012

** Pre-Opening Stage: ( Site Engineer - MEP )
In-Site Work with construction company engineers - SBG / Saudi Bin Laden Group - during Construction & Installation, hand over, testing and commissioning period to finalize and receive all Electro-Mechanical and Finishing works. Ensure that all work done was in accordance to the applicable codes and company standards. Work Areas Include:
1. HVAC Systems
2. Refrigeration (Cold Rooms & Freezers)
3. Plumbing Works & Systems
4. Firefighting system
5. Fire alarm system
6. Electrical Systems
7. Low Voltage
8. Elevators and escalators installations.
9. Kitchens & Laundry Equipment’s Installations, supplies, maintenance & preventive maintenance.
** Opening & Operation Stage: ( R&M Engineer )
1. Assure all systems operation stability and reliability. Responsible for the proper operation of the buildings.
2. Assists Repair and Maintenance Team in all aspects of the operation as requested.
3. Performs a routine inspection of engineering areas on a daily basis and provides a checklist of the walk through and follows up by taking appropriate actions.
4. In absence of the Chief Engineer, assumes appropriate duties.
5. Responsible for the maintenance of the buildings and all machinery. Plans yearly maintenance of equipment.
6. Personally supervises hazardous work; ensures all safety regulations are strictly observed.
7. Controls and closely monitors all utility consumption to ensure optimum utility usage by all departments in the hotel.
8. Assist the Chief Engineer with annual evaluations of all P/O operation section employees.
9. Attends and contributes to all Meetings as required.
10. Instill the Training philosophies of the company and work closely with the Training Manager and Departmental Trainers. Develop and assist with training activities focused on improving skills and knowledge.

Company industry:
Hospitality & Accomodation
Job role:
Civil Engineering

Quality Control Engineer

September 2009 - March 2010

CPC Group - Bin Laden Groups

Damascus, Syria

September 2009 - March 2010

Roots Steel International Company Limited, an ISO 9001:2008 certified organization offers an entire range of customized, high-performance Metal Building Systems and components for industrial, commercial, military facilities and institutional use. Specialized in providing design and detail engineering, project management, manufacturing, installation and after-sales service through our team with extensive experience in Pre-Engineered Building (PEB) and Steel Structure (SS) for construction and engineered products.
Company is one of CPC (Construction Products Holding Company) Group which is also one of
SAUDI BIN LADEN - SBG - Groups. (Website: www.rootssteel.com)
1. Inspect and supervise different process stages and assure its conformity to all quality standards, procedures and instructions applied. Those stages are: (Incoming Materials - Coil Forming - Preparation - Primary Welding - Fitting up - Main Welding - Blasting and Painting - shipping).
2. My job also is to assure that all steel works are done according to standards applied (ASTM Standards - AWS Standards - SSPC Standards - …. Etc).

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Engineering

Site Engineer ( MEP )

January 2004 - July 2009

Zaim Engineering

Damascus, Syria

January 2004 - July 2009

•Zaim Engineering Company is one of the major Syrian companies, works in a wide integrated range of HVAC systems and supplies (Trading - Contracting - Manufacturing and Maintenance).
•First, I worked as a Sales Engineer for all HVAC Systems supplies, equipments and Accessories.
•Second, Projects and Site Engineer (MEP Works).
•Third, I worked as a Quality control engineer in the company plant. Then, I promoted to be the Management Representative of Quality Management System (QA/QC Manager).
• Website: www.zaimeng.com

Company industry:
Mechanical Engineering
Job role:
Civil Engineering

Site Engineer ( MEP )

January 2003 - December 2003

FreeMont (KATAKIT) Company

Damascus, Syria

January 2003 - December 2003

- Project Engineer. I have been one of engineering team - Syrians and Italians - who installed all machines and equipment required in the factory for all preparation and production operations (Refrigeration Stores - Water Treatment System - Clean and Service Water Supply Systems Plumbing’s - Pumping Stations For Water supply and Irrigation and all Required Plumbing’s - Steam and Compressed Air System - Chilled Water System - Air Conditioning System - Fresh Juice Pasteurization and Filling line - Electrical and Communication Works - Computers Network Infrastructure and Devices).

- Operations Coordinator Engineer. Follow up all operations and requirements that ensure the readiness, reliability and quality of all Preparation and Production Procedures.
• Website: www.katakit.com

Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Civil Engineering

Contracts and Operations Coordinator

January 2002 - July 2002

ASEC ( Arabian Swiss Engineering Company )

Damascus, Syria

January 2002 - July 2002

•Contracts and Logistics Engineer. Select proper contracts concerning cement manufacturing plants, do all correspondences required, prepare and apply for tenders.
•Associate with all Foreign Experts and Engineers to Execute Contracts Works in Cement Plants at all Syrian cities, Follow up all Maintenance and Upgrade Operations applied and make all reports required.
• Website: www.asec-holding.com

Company industry:
Heavy Industry & Metallurgy
Job role:
Engineering

Education

Damascus University

September 2002

September 2002

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineer - Mechanical Powers and Thermal Machines

Syria

GPA (percentage): 62%

GPA (percentage): 62%

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Saudi Council Of Engineers

Mechanical Engineer

April 2014

Syrian Council of Engineers

Mechanical Engineer

December 2009

Middle East Facilities Management Association - MEFMA

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December 2017

International Facilities Management Association - IFMA

Member

January 2018

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