EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Civil Engineering, Osmania University, India, Sept 1990

Diploma in computer applications. Primavera, Pascal C language Excel, MS word, Autocad etc. Sept 1991

Email ac9s9s@r.postjobfree.com; Another syed.aqeel @ saudiparsons.com

Registered to Saudi Council of Engineers.

Key Activities:, Contracts, Cost, Quantities, Proj Management, Planning, Presentation to the client, Dealing with contractor, Project Control, etc.

Languages: English Arabic and Urdu – Read and Write.

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

28

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

28 years professional experience at various levels in civil engineering field out of which 26 years in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which includes Project Management works for the Desalination Plants Works, Water Waves, infrastructure works, building works for Estimation, QS, planning and cost, providing the forecasted budgeting, checking and verifying the cost submitted by the contractors, checking and verifying the variations, Scheduling, Monitoring & Updating project schedule estimating the project cost, .Having the ability to adapt and work very well as a team in a multinational environment. having an excellent working knowledge of computers, and have a long time experience in using a wide variety of computer software/programs including Primavera (P6), Excel, MS word, AutoCAD & Project Planner etc.

Responsibilities as Cost/Contracts Manager/Engineer in Project Management including estimation works in infrastructure works, building works,– checking the terms and condition based on contracts, checking the specifications, Estimating the project cost, project cost controlling, checking the sub-contractors bills, getting the prices from different suppliers, comparing the prices from different suppliers with the sub-contractors estimated price and according to current market prices, dealing with the client and the consultant, reporting to the manager in charge, contacting the projects managers and site staff for the proper functioning of the projects cost, making aware the higher management the difficulties which come across, preparing the periodic reports for the ongoing projects, Bidding the new project work, having good knowledge of market rates, contacting the suppliers for the latest prices from time to time. Follow the contract general specification, Contract Articles, Government tenders and procurement laws, using the standard method for measurement.

Sept 2013 to date:

Saudi Arabian Parsons Ltd.

Working As Senior contracts Admin/QS For Parsons Projects 1) Jeddah Prince Fawaz Infrastructure Works, 2) MODON Jeddah 3 Infrastructure, Road Works, Infrastructure works including Bridge works etc.

Responsibilities:

Payment certificates Review :

Evaluation of the payment certificates, arranging the meeting with the contractor, prepare the meeting minutes along with Parson’s comments in coordination with Parson’s higher management staff, Returning those payment certificates which found big errors in comparison to the standard payment procedures at the same time providing the solution by coordinating with the contractor representative, dealing with contractual issues, cost issues, quantities issue etc. coordinating the persons in-charge for the insurance issues, bonds issues whether the bonds are valid to process the payment certificates, dealing with administrative issues. Prepare the Meeting minutes, follow up in timely manner, to be based on signed contracts (refer to General specification, Articles Government tenders and procurement laws), using the standard method of measurement.

Variation requests, variation orders Review.

Cross checking the requests for variation, if found errors or if there is exaggeration in price or in quantities, immediately in coordination with QS calling the contractor Engineer, providing the comments and asking them to correct the cost as well as quantities, asking the concerned staff to provide the supporting documents in order to process the variation requests, follow up this matter from time to time till the finalization of variation requests as well as variation order, reporting all the concerned issues to the higher Parsons management as well as to the client MODON, to be based on signed contracts (refer to General specification, Articles Government tenders and procurement laws), using the standard method of measurement.

Progress Meetings and Commercial Meetings:

Arranging the meetings, preparing the progress meetings and commercial meetings, follow up the issues from the start to till finalization, monitoring the project schedule, proving the feedback to the contractor for the update of the project schedule, recovery schedule, checking the cost report etc.

Weekly Monthly Report and Correspondence Works ; Review the contractor weekly report and provide the feedback for the Monthly report to Parsons management, Correspondence works includes drafting the letters for the contractor and as well as for the client, providing the solution to the issue both for the client and as well as to the contractor, follow up the issue till finalization.

Prepare the cost report as per management requirement. Arranging the meetings, prepare the Meeting Minutes, follow up the issues related to commercial, Planning and contracts.

Modify the QS report based on Contractor submission, follow up the QS report as per Ministry request, as per management requirement, prepare the financial statement.

Providing the solution to the Management pertaining to the planning, fluctuation in cost as per requirement, coordinating the technical team.

Coordination work with the Architect, in coordination with Architect preparing the Cost saving proposal.

Follow up the work from day to day basis.

Coordinating with construction team, from day to day reporting to the manager.

Oct 2011 to March 2013:

V3 Middle East Engineering Consultant

Worked as Senior Contracts Manager/Senior planning Engineer including Costing and QS Works.

Responsibilities:

Dealing with the Contracts issues and payment issues,

Review Payment Certificates, prepare the recommendation to the client for the contractor payment certificate, Coordinating the persons in-charge for the insurance issues, bonds issues.

Review Variation requests, variation orders Review, prepare the recommendation to the client for the variation request and variations orders.

Review Weekly and Monthly Progress Report, providing the comments on these reports, preparing the Monthly report for the client, Office correspondence work, providing the necessary advice to the office staff as and when required.

Follow up on daily basis the issues with the contractor till the issue is finalized.

Also dealing with Planning works which includes the works for desalination Plant including water waves etc. Waterfront Mall and Hotel 4 Star, Preparing the Project Baseline Schedule using P6, Monitoring the schedule from time to time as per management requirement, Checking the contractor P6 schedule, providing the comments, attending the meetings for the Project schedule with the client, asking the contractor to prepare the updates, if found delay, asking the contractor to put the recovery schedule.

Also the work for the project management works which includes preparation of project master schedule, using Primavera Project Planner (P6). Dealing with document transmittals and design submittals, monitoring document control. Preparation weekly, monthly progress reports and look-ahead schedules, dealing with Monthly payment invoices / applications and work executed reports. Attending weekly and monthly progress meetings, coordinating with the representatives of Client, dealing with the contractor. Attending the contractor’s and client meetings. Preparing the meeting minutes. Forwarding the Minutes to the concerned Authorities.

Dec 2007 to May 2011

Turner Arabia, Jeddah, KSA -Project management Works

Position: Cost Manager for KAEC Project and Senior Project Control Engineer (Planning) including Cost, contracts and QS works- PMO works.

Project: King Abdullah Economic City, Rabigh- Jeddah-Infrastructure works, Building works and KAFD project

Responsibilities:

Dealing with contracts and planning for KAEC for the infrastructure works, multistoried buildings construction works for Resort cove area, approximate cost of the Resort cove on going projects is around 2 Billion Saudi Riyals, on going projects are Town houses 270 villas, Community 1b 134 villas contractor, SOD 7 villas, RC Mall, GEMS world Academy ( School Project ).

Dealing with contracts and planning for Zone A infrastructure, Zone B infrastructure, Zone E,and the projects under tendering works ( big city which the forecast cost is about 350 Billion SR)

Follow up the monthly report, getting the information from site staff category vise.

PMO works : Providing the input for the Design BOQ which includes specifications, description of the items, arranging the meetings with the designer/consultants, explaining the need for the project budget cost, accordingly give the instruction to designer to put the required specifications within the budgets, checking the design BOQ, projects specifications, condition of contract, providing to Turner higher management as well as to client EEC the required data as per requirement.

Project Management Works : Official correspondence works, checking the consultant invoices, contractor invoices, inviting the contractor for the tendering works, at the same time giving recommendation to the consultant designer for any correction in contracts documents and BOQ, Bid analysis report, prepare the recommendation report to the client for the contractor and consultant, arranging the meetings with the consultant as well as with the contractor, providing solution to the contractor for the bidding works

Payment certificates Review :

Cross checking the payment with consultant Quantity Surveyor, certificates, if found some errors, arranging the meeting with consultants and the contractor, showing the error and forwarding same time the meeting minutes along with Turner’s comments in coordination with Turner higher management staff, Returning those payment certificates which found big errors in comparison to the standard payment procedures, dealing with contractual issues, cost issues, quantities issue etc. coordinating the persons in-charge for the insurance issues, bonds issues whether the bonds are valid to process the payment certificates, dealing with administrative issues. Prepare the Meeting minutes, follow up in timely manner

Variation requests, variation orders Review.

Cross checking the requests for variation, if found errors or if there is exaggeration in price or in quantities, immediately in coordination with QS calling the contractor along with consultant, providing the Turner comments and asking them to correct the cost as well as quantities, asking the concerned staff to provide the supporting documents in order to process the variation requests, follow up this matter from time to time till the finalization of variation requests as well as variation order, reporting all the concerned issues to the higher Turner management as well as to the client EEC, review the consultant payment certificate, follow the management works for the consultant staff.

Follow up work & Administrative work

Follow up any pending issues either with the contractor or with the consultant or with EEC, the pending issues are being reminded by sending the E mails and by telephone in order to close the matter smoothly, if any Turner staff person needs any clarification, at the same time assistance is being given to the required person from my side who is in need of the help or clarifications, the matters may be for the projects support related to planning, contractual issues, may be for any issues etc, leading the Turner staff as per requirement for contractual issues for technical issue for correspondence issues by coordinating higher Turner management.

King Abdullah Financial District Project with Turner Arabia

Worked as Senior planning Engineer, preparing the Master baseline schedule in P6 format, cost loading, resource loading, preparing the weekly report monthly report, updating the reports, updating the schedule periodically, evaluating the earned value from P6, and updating the schedule by attaching the baseline schedule, by P6 it shows how much the project is going to be delayed.

April. 2007 to Nov 2007

ALESAYI CONSULTANT CO

Position: Senior QS/Planning Engineer including contracts

Projects: Water desalination Plant, Elesayi Compound.

Responsibilities:

Worked as Senior Project Control Engineer (Planning)/Sr Quantity Surveyor.

Involved in the preparation of budget of the projects, dealing with the client and contractor, arranging the meetings with the contractor, progress updates, progress reports, resource reports and cost reports, together for reporting back to area management team, senior management and the client.

Planning work includes project time schedule, using Primavera Project Planner (P6). Lead the effort to help determine schedule activities, appropriate predecessor/successor relationship, preparation of Master schedule, updating the schedule etc, the work includes the desalination plan works, planning the activities, implement the procedure

Preparing the monthly reports for the project.

Bidding works: Follow up complete bidding of the project, inviting the bidders for the quotations, prepare the bid analysis report, recommending the contractor based on technical and financial aspects, and follow up the client requirements.

May. 2006 to April 2007:

Saudi Binladin Group - ABC Division

Project : MOI – (P -911)

Position: Senior Planning Engineer including contracts and Quantity Survey Works

Responsibilities:

Worked Senior Planning Engineer, Coordination works dealing, which includes project schedule, using Primavera Project Planner (P3). Lead the effort to help determine schedule activities, appropriate predecessor/successor relationships.

Involved in the preparation of regular progress updates, progress reports, resource reports and cost reports, together for reporting back to area management team, senior management and the client.

Preparing the weekly and monthly reports for the project.

Contacting the different sub contractors and getting the reports from time to time for the proper functioning of the project.

Preparing weekly reports and look-ahead schedules for all projects and consolidating project reports into monthly reports.

Scheduling and monitoring all procurement activities to assure timely arrival of material to sites while registering records and alarming for variances in quantities and prices.

July 2005 to May. 2006:

Al Muhaidib Contracting Co. Saudi Arabia

Project: KAAU Jeddah, Class Room 4100, 1280 & 1200

Position: Senior Planning Engineer including Estimation works

Site Planning, Preparing the Master Schedule, developing maintaining and progressing project plans, presenting reports to the consultants, checking the schedule with the consultant, completing the consultants comments, giving report to the manager in-charge, procurement, site progress, Providing analysis and recommendations as to corrective action based upon planning data, Generating progress earned value reports in support of the project requirements, Attending project meetings and providing planning advise, Resource & Cost loading in the schedule, Preparing Daily, Weekly & Monthly Project Progress Reports, Preparing the cost of the variation orders.

Assisting for the Bidding projects, coordinating the office staff.

Sep 1997 to July. 2005:

Yellow Sand Construction and Maintenance

Position: Senior Office Engineer/Senior QS including planning.

Responsibilities:

The work includes construction of RC multistoried bldgs at Durrat al Arous, Obhur, ALJ Projects and Private Projects, Estimation works, QS works, Preparing the master schedule of the projects, monitoring the work as per schedule, monitoring the Sub Contractors Reports, responsible for the review and approval of Payment certificates of the sub contractors, preparing the payment certificate for the client, assisting the General manger in bidding the project, attaining the prices for the new items and awarding the market price fluctuations, attending the consultant and client meetings, giving instructions to the site staff, official dealing with the client, consultant and with the subcontractors, preparing the BOQ of the projects, complete office work, giving instructions to the sub ordinates checking their work, reporting to the manager in-charge,

Mar 1995 to Aug 1997:

EMECO (Abbar & Zainy Group).

Position: Senior Project Engineer including planning

Responsibilities:

RC multistoried building and steel building execution work includes from excavation to the finishing of the project work, giving instruction to the site engineer, surveyor and to the foreman, quantity take off, arrangement of the material preparing the construction program of the work, dealing with the client representative and consultant, complete execution of the work, reporting to the office from time to time, ordering the material, preparing the payment certificate, preparing the sub contractor payment certificates.

Preparing the project schedule, coordinating with the related Electromechanical staff in order to prepare the schedule, updating the schedule

Feb 1993 to Sept 1994:

Al Thinayyan Development Co- (Const Div)

Project: Factory Construction & Ware Houses.

Position: Projects Engineer.

Responsibilities:

Factories and Steel building, ware house construction, execution work includes from excavation to the finishing of the project work, giving instruction to the foremen, surveyor, quantity take off, arrangement of the material preparing the construction program of the work, follow up the concreting works, dealing with the client representative and consultant, complete execution of the work, reporting to the office from time to time, ordering the material, preparing the payment certificate for the client, preparing the sub contractor payment certificates.

Nov. 1991 to Jan. 1993:

Riyadh Khalaf Est (Present Name Al Ishada Cont Co.)

Project: Meena Sea Port Jeddah, Jaffali Project

Position: Project Engineer.

Responsibilities:

Steel building, ware house construction, execution work includes from excavation to the finishing of the project work, marking the layout, giving instruction to the foremen, quantity take off, arrangement of the material, booking the concrete and follow up the concreting works, dealing with the client representative and consultant, complete execution of the work, reporting to the office from time to time, ordering the material, preparing the payment certificate for the client, preparing the sub contractor payment certificates, preparing the workers time sheet and ordering the number of required workers from time to time.

Aug 1990 to Oct 1991

A.Z Associates - India

Project: Residential Bldg.

Position: Site Engineer

Responsibilities:

Residential Bldg RC work, complete execution work includes from excavation to the finishing of the project work, marking the layout, controlling the workers, quantity take off, arrangement of the material, follow up the concreting works, dealing with the client representative, complete execution of the work, reporting to the concerned person, ordering the material, preparing the payment certificate for the sub contractors, preparing the workers time sheet and ordering the number of required workers from time to time.

Computer Skills:

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access)

Primavera Project Planner P6

MS Project 2007

AutoCAD 2013, Autocad Civil 3 D, earth work program.

Internet

Very proficient with PC operations and most applications

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