Zainul Abdin, Senior Project Manager

Zainul Abdin

Senior Project Manager

Bin Hanif Group

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
Experience
31 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :31 years, 1 Months

Senior Project Manager at Bin Hanif Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2020

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Entrusted in bidding for New Tenders and for follow-up till successful closure of the Contract Award.
- Preparing Tenders, Evaluating Subcontract Offers, Techno-commercial discussion & Finalization of Contract in view of project schedule.
- Promoting our Company's achievements to New Clients and Consultants and attending Business Meetings and establishing cordial relations to get repeated job orders.
- Giving regular advice and feedback to Internal Departmental Heads in relation to the Contractual and Commercial issues and technical issues.

Achievements:

• Managed successfully in the completion of a Luxurious Villa for a Royal Client in Dubai.
• Reviewed the quantities take off and pricing of Tender Bids and was shortlisted in multiple Tenders by the Consultants, negotiated the Tender Price with the Client, and won the Contract in close competition.

Construction Division Head at Arabia Holdings LLC
  • United Arab Emirates
  • June 2014 to July 2020

Roles and Responsibilities:
▪Prepared Project Feasibility Report on Investment and Return of Investment prior to undertaking various Projects and reporting directly to Group Vice Chairman.
▪Promoting Company Vision and Values, Following Company's Quality Policy, Health and Safety Policy by implementing Quality Plan and H & S Plan.
▪Sourcing right individuals for right job, Providing training, counseling subordinates Staff, Imparting Strategies and Objectives for the smooth conduct of Business.
▪Monitoring overall Operations of the Construction Division, Setting Job Description for all Staff, Setting Goals for each department members and measuring their success by performance appraisals and so on.
▪Prepared Operational budget for new fiscal year and submitted to the Management for the Approval.
▪Managed large workforce comprising of Project Managers, Engineers, Planners, QS, Contracts Manager and Accounts Team along with 300+ skilled and unskilled workers. Achievements:
•One of the key achievements is obtaining ISO Certification on Quality Management System ISO 9001: 2015, Environmental Management System ISO 14001:2015 and Occupational Health & Safety Management System OHSAS 18001:2007 from Quality Register System, a worldwide certification body.

Operation Manager at Gamma Contracting LLC
  • United Arab Emirates
  • August 2007 to April 2014

Roles and Responsibilities:
•Handled the Company's Major Project Division with Projects value of AED 50 Million and above and directly reporting to the Chairman.
•Attended Business Meeting with Clients and Consultants.
•Prepared Company Pre-Qualification Document and successfully registered the Company in Local Authorities Departments like RTA, JAFZA, TECOM by fulfilling their requirements.
•Prepared Company Business Plan and Forecasted Cash flow and achieved compliance.
•Attended to Clients requirements to their satisfaction and achieved appreciation letters.
•Monitored the execution of Projects with a team of highly skilled engineers and successfully handed over many projects on time within budget and with quality. Achievements:
•Was instrumental in increasing the annual turnover of the Company by three-folds thus increasing the Resource levels and increasing the Company's Assets

Project Engineer / Site Engineer at ETA Ascon Group of Companies
  • United Arab Emirates
  • August 1988 to January 2003

Roles and Responsibilities:
•Reviewed the Architectural and Structural Drawings for any discrepancy and brought to the notice of the Consultants for approval.
•Reviewed the Subcontractor Shop Drawings of Aluminium & Joinery Works, MEP Works and other specialized works in order to be in line with the Architectural Requirements and advise them for any changes if required.
•Prepared Technical Query (TQ), Request for Inspection (RFI), Material and Shop Drawing Submittals (MS and SS) and updated them periodically with Document Controller.
•Prepared Job Allocation for the day's work and allocated the workforce accordingly.
•Conducted Toolbox Talks to Workers on important activities and explained about the Method Statement, Risk Assessment prior to start of any works on Site.
•Raised Work Permits with the Consultants and got it approved in time with the works program.
•Prepared Material Indents / Orders by taking quantities from the Drawings and actual measurements from Site and submitted to Project Manager for approval and further ordering.
•Prepared Machinery and Power Tools Requirements Schedule in advance and submitted to Plant & Machinery Dept; on time for delivery to Site matching with the works program.
•Prepared Manpower Requirement Schedule in consultation with the Project Manager and got it arranged on time without any delay to works on Site.
•Attended Structural Inspections by the Engineers from the Local Authority and got it approved for the Concrete pour.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at Annamalai University
  • May 1982

Specialties & Skills

Value Engineering
Quality
Profitability
CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT
SUBMITTALS (CONSTRUCTION)
QUALITY POLICY
APPRAISALS
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (OHSAS)
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING (MEP) SYSTEMS
DRAWING
SHOP DRAWING

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate
Malayalam
Intermediate
Tamil
Native Speaker
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

Society of Engineers Dubai
  • Project Manager
  • March 2012

Training and Certifications

Credit Risks & Manangement (Training)
Training Institute:
Arabia Holdings
G+12 License from Dubai Municipality (Certificate)

Hobbies

  • Environmental causes
    - Active member in EEG (Emirates Environmental Group)