Waleed AbouKhadra

Senior Contracts and Budget ManagerFull Time

• Job Details:Project: California High Speed Rail Programme. Programme Management Consultancy Fees US$ 700 million for construction cost worth US$ 68 Billion. Key Duties and Responsibilities:  Manage the prime contract with the Authority including all contractual matters, invoicing and dispute resolutions;  Point of contact with the client on all matters related to the contractual activities including changes and claims;  Manage all contractual matters related to the subcontractor working on the program;  Serve in a key role in a comprehensive range of strategic and capital planning, analyses and reporting for the integrated team delivering high speed rail capital program;  Monitor the financial and program delivery performance relative to forecasts with proactive updates to leadership on any significant variances;  Develop and maintain a historical record of the Authority’s overall capital program budget and multi-year programing updates with clear documentation of incremental variances and associated rationale;  Participate and present budget and programming analyses to business and financial planning working teams (committees) with other business unites and the Authority’s independent financial advisors with a strategic capital program viewpoint;  Identifying opportunities to increase transparency, accuracy, and timeline of budget development and reporting via a well-organised and documented budget management system that is managed in conjunction with the program controls and finance teams;  Review Key input from various teams including impacts to cost estimates and contingencies, cost loaded schedules, finding availability, applicability of funding to program costs, risk based cost, schedules, and funding scenarios that will impact the budget;  Investigate and realize improvements defined by other colleagues that would improve capital budget performance such as cost reduction via efficiencies, schedule acceleration, alternative procurement strategies;  Identify, evaluate and implement internal and external stakeholder requirements including those from State and Federal agencies regarding capital program budget updates and reporting;  Conduct specialized analysis to evaluate how short and long term policy, funding and finance scenarios impact the Authority’s capital program and operations;  Evaluate program’s asset management strategies to ensure that they are used effectively in capital and operating financial models and decision making.

Contracts and Business ManagerFull Time

• Job Details:Contracts Management: ♣ Responsible of contract management with the client including monthly payment, change management, contractual documents (insurance, letter of guarantees, correspondences …etc.) and risks management ♣ Responsible of dealing with the client on a daily bases and building strong relationships with the different departments within the client’s organisation including contracts, legal, finance and business supports ♣ Involved in the development and implementation of the procurement strategy for construction contracts for the programme and Qatar Rail Programme ♣ Responsible of the preparation, submission and negotiation of claims or variations to the company contract with the Public Works Authority and Qatar Rail ♣ Responsible of the formation, negotiation and administration of sub-contracting contracts with WSP│ Parsons Brinckerhoff on the programmes. This includes the individuals work order, review and approval of payments and any contractual matters related to these sub-contractors. ♣ Involved in drafting the tender documents, conditions of contract and pricing mechanism preamble and schedules for the construction framework contracts ♣ Responsible of tender preparation, issuance, technical and financial evaluations, negotiation, preparation of letter of award and contracts document ♣ Responsible of managing the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for contractors and consultants working on the programme ♣ Participated in the update of the general conditions of contract from 1984 version to 2010 version to be aligned with the FIDIC Cost and Budget Management: ♣ Responsible of monitoring and controlling the construction cost budget for the projects under the programme including commitment cost, cash flow, EVM and finalisation with Ministry of Finance; ♣ Responsible of setting up and maintaining an IT system to manage the commercial aspects including, construction cost budget, change management and payments; ♣ Involved in the preparation of the budget for the Qatar Rail Programme, where PB is the Strategic Programme Manager. Planning Management: ♣ Provide leadership for planning and scheduling, progress measurement, and reporting for the entire programme. ♣ Develop, implement and maintain planning, processes, procedure, systems and tools and monitor compliance. ♣ Provide guidance, direction, and specialized assistance to planning staff, interface with client, attend regular meetings, and provide statistical reports. Business Management: Responsible of the development, monitoring and controlling the internal revenue and cost budgets in order to achieve the targeted profit margin. This includes monthly reporting to the headquarter office with addressing any financial clarification or concern and reporting financial and programme risks.

Contracts AdministratorFull Time

• Job Details:♣ Conducted the pre-qualification process and assessment of bidders not on the approved list and prepared the shortlisted bidder list for client's approval ♣ Prepared the tender documents parts related to commercial and legal subjects (i.e. Instruction to Tenderers, general and special conditions, form of agreement, forms of tender, and pricing schedules) ♣ Compiled all the parts of the tender documents including the technical parts, prepare the invitation letters and issued the tender documents to shortlisted Tenderers ♣ Contributed in the preparation of procurement strategy for different contract Issue and prepared responses to bidders' queries during tender period ♣ Conducted technical and financial adjudication, prepared technical and financial report and recommendation for client's approval ♣ Prepared letter of award and contract documents for the successful bidder after incorporating all queries and addendum ♣ Followed up and checked all the post-award documents (i.e. advance and performance guarantees, insurance policies) ♣ Prepared monthly payment certificate after checking and discussing with the site manager the contractor's payment claim; ♣ Prepared and issued the change notice requested by the engineering department and managed the process of settlement with the contractor with reference to Silver Book of FIDIC 1999 forms