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Khaled M. Aziza - CPM, PMP, EVP

Add.: 1643 Sunstone Dr. Mclean, VA 22102 Date of Birth: October 16, 1980 Tel: +1-319-***-****) Email: ac57i9@r.postjobfree.com Project and Contract management professional with an experience of (15) years that covers project lifecycle phases; namely, estimation, tender pre-qualification, tender preparation and evaluation, contract formation and negotiations, contract management and administration, change management and cost control, progress reporting, project coordination and close-out. This experience covers both sides of the project management cycle, from Owner/Client perspective or EPC Contractor/Subcontractor’s interest. Khaled joined Orascom Construction since 2007 and engaged into its major construction projects in Egypt, Algeria and recently the USA.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Contract Management Project Management Project Controls Project Development & Planning

Claims Management Risk Assessment Cost Management Earned Value Management

Change Management Contract Negotiations Progress Monitoring Tender Management Khaled joined Orascom-USA project and contract management team since 2014, his engagements include: Project Management. He leads monthly project progress assessments, and internal project meetings with the project manager, project controls and technical teams, to ensure compliance of project management decisions with the contractual and commercial requirements. He reviews, assesses and discuss progress status with subcontractors in his responsibility and prepares contractor monthly progress status reports to client. Khaled managed (5) subcontract agreements up to close-out throughout the completion of Iowa Fertilizer Project. He participates in key alignment meetings with the client and Orascom's operations and project management, presenting the contract conditions and contractual change management procedures and requirements to the project team. He participates in subcontract negotiations and provides identification of negotiation margins, establishes subcontracting strategies in coordination with project technical and planning teams, and provides formulation of contract conditions and procedures. Khaled’s contract management experience covers FFP (Firm-Fixed Price) Contracts such as Iowa Fertilizer Project EPC Contract, and various Time & Materials (T&M) Contracts. Contract Management and supervision of commercial and contractual performance of project activities. He manages the EPC contract management and administration plan with input from the project team, including identification and assessment of commercial risks. He manages timely invoicing to client by the accounting and finance manager. He supervises the review process of subcontractor invoices and authorizes payment in accordance with contract terms at his discretion. He oversees the warranty management and maintenance of the warranty claims log, and ensures that relevant contracts' records such as deliverables, correspondence, notices, client approvals, change orders, certificates and reports, are gathered, attributed and provided to the contract management team and document control system and leads the project closing out process up to final acceptance.

Claims’ management and resolution. He ensures contract notice compliance to preserve contractual and legal rights. He drafts, reviews, assesses, analyzes and negotiates resolution of claims, disputes and change order requests with the client and subcontractors, including labor productivity analysis, acceleration, schedule delay and sequence analysis. In addition, Khaled monitors the development and revisions to project baseline and progress schedules and safeguards Orascom’s entitlement for extensions of time resulting from changes and delays. He leads the identification and processing of change orders. He supports the project director with EPC contract change control and claim management and ensures commercial and contractual awareness to the project team leads.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS (LAST 4 YEARS)

Preparation, submission and negotiate the approval of claims and change orders in the aggregate amount of $250M. including Force Majeure claim, time extension and owner interference claims.

Close-out of various subcontracts (FFP - EPC, T&M, etc.) and resolution of final disputes, additional reimbursement and delay damages’ claims (where applicable).

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EDUCATION (SEQUENTIAL)

Project Management Diploma, University of Cambridge International - with Merit, 2008

French Language Courses, Centre Français du culture et de coopération, 2008-2010

Contractual & Legal Aspects in Construction Industry, American University in Cairo, 2007

ASCE Certified Project Manager Program (CPM), American University in Cairo, 2006

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Cairo University, 2003

EXPERIENCE

October – 2007 to Present – ORASCOM Construction / ORASCOM E&C USA, Inc. Project Manager / Contracts Manager

IOWA Fertilizer Complex Project, USA (2012 – 2018) Role : - Project Management, schedule and cost control for (5) Subcontracts.

- EPC Contract Management

- Contract negotiation: risk analysis / identification of negotiation margins, establishment of contracting strategies, formulation of special contract conditions, and contract procedures.

- Contract management for main EPC contract, and other lump sum and T&M Subcontracts.

- Tracking activities against detailed project plan and writing detailed and summarized EPC progress reporting.

- Monitor, control, negotiate and represent EPC Contractor for issues related to change orders with OWNER and sub-contractors.

- Cost control, monitoring expenditure figures against project budget.

- Provide coordination, commercial and managerial support to project technical teams.

- Negotiation and resolution of construction claims. Cost : $ 1,800 M.

Project Development Engineer / Sr. Contract Engineer Sorfert Fertilizers Complex, Algeria (2007 – 2012) Role : - Tender evaluation, selection and approval. Contributed in contract negotiations: risk analysis / identification of negotiation margins, establishment of contracting strategies, formulation of special contract conditions, and contract procedures.

- Liaise between various technical disciplines and required project management activities, considering planning and contractual constraints.

- Ensure that the Project Manager is provided with adequate financial information to enable correct and accurate preparation of project status report.

- Manage and responsible for activities assigned to sub-contractors. This includes: Prepare Scope of Work; participate in vendor selection process; Complete Requisition for Purchase Orders; Approval of deliverables; compliance with project targets.

- Prepare/responsible for claim analysis and counterclaims.

- Provide contract administration activities in accordance with the contractual model (Engineering, Procurement and Construction contracts, all under joint and several liabilities bridging agreement and an indemnity agreement between contractors).

- Control of change orders and reimbursable works identification and time schedule analysis.

- Represent Owner in authority audit activities.

- Close-out of open issues, and final negotiations of claims.

- Final negotiation of claims.

Cost : € 1,400 M.

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Project Coordinator / Sr. Contract Engineer

EFC Revamp, Egypt (2009 – 2012), Rehabilitation, and increasing production capacity of Urea Solution plants Role : - Tender evaluation, selection and approval. Contributed in contract negotiations: risk analysis / identification of negotiation margins, establishment of contracting strategies, formulation of special contract conditions, and contract procedures.

- Project management and coordination in direct reporting/presentation to CEO office (PMO role).

- Project progress meetings, draft minutes of meeting and track areas of concern activities (critical and sub-critical).

- Draft official correspondence in coordination with technical disciplines.

- Control of project invoices and associated change management activities.

- Claim Analysis, preparation and counterclaims.

- Provide contract administration activities in accordance with the contractual model (Engineering, Procurement and Construction contracts, all under joint and several liability bridging agreement and an indemnity agreement between contractors).

- Control of change orders and reimbursable works identification and time schedule analysis.

- Review engineering, procurement and construction activities time schedule in accordance with the delivery dates and stages’ completion.

Cost : € 85 Mil.

Feb – 2004 to Sept. 2007 - Design & Project Management Engineering Co. (DPME Consulting), Proposals / Contract Engineer / Project Coordinator Study of tender/client requirements; provide estimates of required consulting services, draft of technical and financial proposals, and preparation of various business/consulting services agreements. KEY PROJECTS:

Al Othaim Commercial Mall – Riyadh – KSA (2005 – 2006) Role :

- Preparation of technical and financial offer, consulting services cost study, identification of proposed time schedule for required engineering services.

- Draft design services agreement.

- Coordination between technical disciplines in order to meet project constraints (budget, time and quality of services)

Cost : $ 50 Mil.

Dubai International Airport - limited MEP Subcontract (7 units) Role : - Preparation of technical and financial proposal, consulting services cost study, identifying level- 1-time schedule for required design services.

- Draft agreements of shop drawings and sub-contract.

- Preparation of consulting services time schedule.

- Preparation of services variations and change orders Cost : $ 300,00 (Per unit)

Dec. 2003 to Feb. 2004 - Design & Project Management Engineering Co. (DPME Consulting), Technical Office Engineer, review design drawings according to approved formats, coordination between different disciplines, identify special contract conditions; assist design team in finalizing final drawings & documents according to standard formats.

Jun. 2001 to Sep. 2002 - Hyundai Construction Ltd. Construction Services TRAINEE - Site Supervision Engineer (Four Seasons - Nile Plaza Hotel – Zone C – Cairo, Egypt) Khaled M. Aziza Page 4

COMPUTER SKILLS

- Primavera Enterprise

- Microsoft Project

- Primavera Contracts Manager

- Microsoft office package 2016, Windows OS & Internet applications.

- AutoCAD

- ORACLE (ERP)

LANGUAGES:

- English (Exc. Spoken & Written)

- French (Good Spoken & Written)

- Arabic (Native)

LANGUAGES:

- English (Exc. Spoken & Written)

- French (Good Spoken & Written)

- Arabic (Native)

OTHER

- Authorized to work in USA without sponsorship? YES

- Relocation? YES

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