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Yehia Mohamed Refaat Ebrahim

Director of Projects at ABC Project Contracting Co LLC & Ground Up Contracting JV

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Work Experience

  • Director of ProjectsFull Time

    ABC Project Contracting Co LLC & Ground Up Contracting JV

    Mar 2019 - Present -6 yrs, 4 months

    • Job Details:o Proactively manage projects to deliver them in-scope, on-time, and onbudget while enforcing checkpoints and managing change control. o Articulates a clear view (current and future) of the application to the executive management team, customers, and project team. Evaluate enterprise-level projects on defining and meeting strategic goals and objectives for projects; coordinate the initiation and planning of diverse projects to meet application and technology roadmap commitments. Balance and articulate the effort of the functionality with the value for the IT applications. o Create, maintain, and deliver communication plans, status updates, charters, schedules, and budgets. o Ensure that all required sub-projects and activities are identified, planned, and managed. o Elicit, accurately characterize, and document project goals, scope, stakeholders, risks, issues, success measures, effort, and resource estimates. o Maintain an objective, fact-based perspective and encourage teams to display transparency on the status and proactively recommend opportunities to improve. o Deliverable Quality: Oversees, monitors, and manages the quality of multiple highly complex applications and works to identify continuous improvement measures/root cause and corrective actions. Verifies project deliverables are acceptable, fulfill terms of the team agreements, and are within time and budget. May oversee the deliverables of contract work. o Responsible for problem management, issue resolution, and risk identification and mitigation, while empowering and motivating the
  • Operations ManagerFull Time

    Offset Construction LLC- UAE

    Dec 2015 - Feb 2019 -3 yrs, 2 months

    • Job Details:o works closely with the Managing Director, and department heads in the creation and monitoring of the annual operating budget and long-term capital budget. o Serves as an advisor to the Executive Director, and as a role model/mentor to other Staff Supports the Managing Director to ensure the highly productive, day-to-day management of the organization. o Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms. o Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking. o Monitors resource and personnel allocation to ensure departments are appropriately resourced Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand. o Help establish and execute organizational priorities on a weekly, monthly, and long-term basis. o Partner with stakeholders to ensure clear requirements documentation. o Assess, manage and mitigate risks. o Work with senior staff to facilitate effective long-term planning and strategy. o Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness. o Contributes to the creation and stewardship of organizational culture and ethos, both internally& externally. o Facilitate intra-departmental collaboration to ensure that all departments are communicating effectively and supporting one another as needed. o Participate in HR decisions regarding senior staff, approves salaries, and participate in key hires and terminations. o Conduct& participate in, annual reviews for department heads. o Troubleshoots and strategizes to address departmental and organizational challenges.
  • Senior Project ManagerFull Time

    Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Company (KSC)- KSA

    Apr 2014 - Nov 2015 -1 yr, 7 months

    Saudi Arabia , Taif

    • Job Details:Technical Duties: o Provide customer service levels that meet or exceed expectations throughout the life of the contract. o Assists in the introduction of new methods of construction, equipment, and machinery to improve the construction process. o Conduct meetings with consultants and/or clients on technical matters and responding to their questions, claims, concerns within field of responsibility and as per business needs. o Maintain or enhance contract margin and periodically report progress and achieve contract objectives and profitability goals. o Manage contract progress billing in assistance with Cost Controller and Finance Team. o Employ sound risk management principles. o Develop a detailed project management plan for the project to support realizing a goal of, an on-time, per or better than budget, and as per contractual terms. Proactively identify potential issues, investigate various claims promptly and resolve timely, effectively, and fairly. o Ensure optimization of manpower and equipment at all times. o Develop a subcontracting capacity that can be called on during peak demand. Support and engage in a collaborative work environment between various functional departments including Finance, Engineering, Purchasing, Sales and Manufacturing. - Administrative Duties: o Conducting periodic meetings with subordinates for reviewing progress and work flow, discussing their suggestions and taking suitable actions accordingly. o Preparing periodic reports with respect to the activities and achievements to be submitted to the direct supervisor for review. o Specifying manpower requirements as per the human resources planning practices and in accordance to approved manpower histogram. o Conducting performance appraisals for subordinates according to scheduled plans and recommending necessary actions as per the applied practices at the company. - Operational Duties: o Ensures the completion of the jobs within the contractual aspects. o Ensure the project within the budgeted time, cost, and quality standards with a perfect safety record. o Responsible for optimizing the allocated manpower, material and equipment for assigned projects. Responsible for timely preparation and approval of all submittals and drawings for the projects in coordination with other relevant departments. Approves all materials requested for projects using product catalogue. o Responsible for timely issuance of invoices for assigned projects. o Coordinates with cost control and planning on all variation orders
  • Senior Project ManagerFull Time

    Amana Contracting & Steel Buildings Co. – RAK, UAE

    Oct 2007 - Mar 2014 -6 yrs, 5 months

    United Arab Emirates

    • Job Details:Principal Duties: - Strategic o Responsible for maintaining strong relations with all project stakeholders o Assists in the introduction of new methods of construction, equipment, and machinery to improve the construction process. o Assists Procurement in selecting and evaluating subcontractors and suppliers - Operational o Completely manages & supervises the overall work of all the projects from the time of the Letter of Intent or the o contract is received from the Client. o Studies contract documents to become thoroughly acquainted with exact requirements and specifications o Reviews and approves/signs budgets of my job(s) o Coordinates with the Planning and Cost Control functions for the preparation and update of the Project Schedule, Manpower Schedule and Job Budget o Deal with the training and development of personnel in the project as well as performing other duties as assigned by the General Manager. o Ensures the completion of the jobs within the contractual obligations of the client and within the allotted o time, cost and quality standards with perfect safety method. o Responsible for optimizing the allocated manpower, material and equipment for assigned projects. o Responsible for the timely delivery of required site forms (within 48 hours) including all Material delivery notes (with authorized signature and ID number), Master Labor Card, Daily Activity Report and information to meet the Personnel needs and proper update. o Maintains strong relationship with clients and consultants. o Responsible for timely preparation and approval of all materials requested for projects using product catalogue.
  • Education

    • Bachelor's Degree in Civil

      Zagazig University (ZU)

      Jan 1987 

    Activities

    • Trainee at  Howard & Harbert Jones (HHJ)

      Student Activity

      Jun 1983 - Sep 1986 -3 yrs, 3 months

    Skills

    • Leadership
    • dynamic
    • Senses the urgency
    • deadlines
    • A good communicator
    • Negotiator
    • Strong personality
    • Team Leader
    • Hard worker
    •  Excellent analytical
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    Languages

    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • English

      Advanced

    Training & Certifications

    • PMP

      PMI·2011
    • IOSH

      CHSS·2007
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