Firas Shugaa

*** ******** *****, ********, **, Canada – L6H 6T8, Phone: 647-***-****, Email: adhr3h@r.postjobfree.com

Career Objective

To attain a challenging position in the field of project management; using proven related skills in construction project management, procurement, risk management, contract specifications, codes and sustainable building construction.

Education and Professional Certifications

BSc Engineering completed requirements with excellent work experience in value engineering, construction drawings and specification, contract documents preparation and proposal writing.

LEED AP BD+C (Leadership in Energy & Environmental design Accredited Professional in Building Design & Construction) with green building council membership since 2009

REP (Certified Renewable Energy Professional), from the Association of Energy Engineers since 2012

BCIN (Ontario Building Code Identification Number- Designer Large Buildings) since 2012

PMP (Certified Project Management Professional from PMI)

Teaching effectiveness program Humber College certification

Work EXPERIENCE

Project Manager

Toronto Ports Authority acting as PortsToronto Present

Toronto, ON

Project manager working with TPA (PortsToronto) acting as client representative for the Toronto Ports Authority on various projects throughout the entire project lifecycle. PortsToronto owns Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, The Outer Harbor, Marine Terminals and various other sites. My work involved construction projects of various types including aviation and marine project management, infrastructure projects, technical and equipment projects in addition to all required risk analysis, capex and procurement procedures. The work requires intensive skills and knowledge of federal and municipal regulations and standards, in addition but not limited to preparing Scope of Works documents, Board of Directors project justification memorandums, RFP, RFT documents preparation, writing & review CSC divisions of the contract, invitation to Bidders, all tendering process procedures, proposal analysis, and following contract procedures, bonds and insurance, WSIB requirement, design review including conceptual design, design development and tender preparation documents. contract administration, project controls, commissioning and closing procedure. The role of PM requires managing high security sites, including aviation, marine and land transportation, requirement of geotechnical investigations and site environmental assessment stage I & II, flood protection and coordinating with MECP and government regulations. Managing multiple contracts of various size and scope including underground installation, paving and landscaping, IT and E/M infrastructure, in addition to large scale building construction with all aspects and components from early site preparation to furnishing and systems commissioning.

NABCO Canada Inc 2015- Jan. 2018

Project Manager – Ontario

Toronto / Richmond Hill Location

Procurement manager serving Ontario; responsible for all NABCO projects from the GTA as location and Ontario as senior project manager; duties involved planning for all Ontario sales and installations; tracking project progress via performance against schedule/ budget and generating various analyses and reports on status; productivity and trends scheduling service and work timeframe for on-going projects, align project requirements with company process assets, visualize to illustrate the construction timeline processes; finding leads, targeting projects, biddings and new clients; responsible for project take-offs and WBS; align requirements with contract divisions and CSI master format; assign sales representatives to projects; follow-up on quotes and purchase orders; follow-up on shop drawings and project site work; scheduling using Primavera and MS project software; closing procedures and final project delivery.

Humber College

School of Applied Technology

Project management Instructor 2013 -present

As part of the School of Applied Technology faculty, responsibility includes teaching fundamentals of project management, procurement, project planning and construction risk management courses to continuing education students at Humber College. Duties involved preparing course materials, providing lectures, preparing tests and evaluation for the students based on the course outline.

ISD Architects

Green & OBC Specialist / Project Manager 2012-2015

Developed construction drawings for design and permit application; provided Green consultancy as LEED AP BD+C and Ontario Building Code in relation to projects; prepared WES to identify requirements for new projects; participated in design various stages & biddings; performed site visit, meeting with owners, construction related issues including providing technical information to contractors, preparing minutes of meetings and reporting to main office.

2MK Architects/Contract Administrator for 3 projects located in GTA & Niagara regions.

Symbiosis Designs LTD

Resident Engineer (Senior Project Coordinator-Project Manager- Quality Assurance) 2005-2012

Performed the construction drawings quality control and site quality assurance, design audit and compliance with construction requirements; solved construction details; coordinated all trades; led site related technical decisions, performed architectural general review and design team coordinator at the International Academy Amman Project and Invest Bank site project manager (Headquarters building, Elite branch & Mecca Street Branch); led site inspections; approving stages and contractor’s submittals, prepared the substantial completion report for work packages; reporting to senior management and preparing final reports to clients.

Technical team leader for Issam Khateeb Developers; working on commercial and residential multi-story buildings and the new Fairmont Hotel project in Amman.

Managed the Anabtawi luxury condos project and guided the project towards a successful and famous reputation in the exceptional quality with supreme building materials and systems which enabled the owner to exceed the market price by 250%.

The firm later emerged with Symbiosis designs LTD and I continued with them for 5 more years.

Greater Jerusalem Contractors

Project Manager (Construction) 2003-2005

Managed the Linear Accelerator Building at Bashir Hospital (high-tech building with massive 2m thick concrete structure and radiation solutions); in collaboration with Siemens and successfully guided the project to success.

QUALIFICATIONS AND BACKGROUND

Extensive knowledge and practice in building design & construction, with work -experience in various project management methodologies.

Active participation in procurement processes from early procurement planning, to bidding and contract administration procedures to project closeout and lessons learned update.

Performing site project management procedures, field inspections and quality control processes with years of experience working on various projects and team leading for large scale projects including steel structure and concrete work in high rise buildings and structural various components; infra structure projects, power sub-stations and various E/M projects such as pump stations, sanitary connection projects, IT and hydro connection for major projects. Special interest & previous work experience in commercial projects of various types and components including the expensive knowledge in construction contract administration procedures, construction act, water and land conservation and remediation of contaminated sites, with work experience in working on various conservation and environmental protection legislations.

Participation in Contract Administration procedures from early bidding process to project closeout. Performing site project management procedures, field inspections and quality control processes.

Performing design review, aligning design requirements with contractual and municipal & federal requirements, supervising complex operations, evaluating construction documents, and monitoring contractor’s performance.

Project Management teaching experience in Ontario Colleges with over 6 years of work history at Humber College, as teacher in procurement, fundamentals of project management, project planning & construction risk management. Successfully completed Humber College Teaching effectiveness program, AODA compliance and customer service training.

Extensive knowledge in Ontario Building Code as certified code designer / large buildings by the Ministry of Municipal Affaires & Housing; excellent working experience with AutoCAD, other project management software; Primavera P6 and MS office suite, to assist in providing innovative solutions for complex problems.

References available on request

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