
Walid Mohamed Alkhawaga
Operations Manager at Spacedge Contracting, Trading & Decoration
New Cairo, Cairo, EgyptWork Experience
Operations ManagerFull Time
Spacedge Contracting, Trading & Decoration
Aug 2023 - Present -1 yr, 10 months
Operations ManagerFull Time
Gettco Construction
Jun 2022 - Jul 2023 -1 yr, 1 month
Qatar , Doha
- Job Details:Leading different teams of project managers in sites, beside centralized technical office, contracts, tendering, quantity surveying, cost controlling, planning, and procurement managers • Develop and implement project execution strategy, ensure the implementation of quality control standards and cost control on project for on time completion. • Execute daily operations of monitoring the work executed by the engineering team at site and prepare interims and completion project reports. • Supervise monitor and report Projects progress throughout the project cycle to ensure on time completion. lead Internal Project Progress Meetings and coordinate with other departments. • Manage Cash Flow Requirements for the Projects. Controlled expenditures within limitations of project budget. Manage material and manpower requirements. Overseeing the preparation of invoices, variance and claims and client followup. • Coordinate with clients, consultants, and project managers. • Inspect and observe work in progress to ensure that procedures followed, and materials used conformed to project specifications and quality standards. • Maintain an effective Health and Safety system in place for the Projects strictly adhering to standards and specifications. Assure the company procedures and company policies are being always complied with Company Business Conduct and Ethics Policies. • Training and development of subordinate employees to improve project performance and enhance individual career development. • Coordinate with technical teams to resolve technical problems. • Ensured a positive work environment and awareness by all staff at the site of project goals and objectives. • Conducted weekly Monitoring progress meetings throughout the project cycle with project managers and other related departments. • Recruit, select, train, assign, schedule, coach, counsel, and discipline employees • Communicate job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions. • Plan and review compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures. • Contribute operations information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; prepare and complete action plans; implement production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolve problems; complete audits; identify trends. • Forecast requirements; prepare an annual budget; schedule expenditures; analyze variances; initiating corrective actions. • Review and approve all operational invoices and ensure they are submitted for payment. • Communicate customer issues with operations team and devise ways of improving the customer experience, including resolving problems and complaints. • Work closely with the GM and management team to set and/or implement policies, procedures, and systems and to follow through with implementation. • Communicate all operating policies and/or issues at department meetings. • Work closely with the inventory manager and team to perform analysis of our inventory and ensure we are utilizing our inventory effectively, purchasing the right equipment, maintaining solid inventory data, and reduce sub-rental expenses.
Project ManagerFull Time
Gettco Construction
Jun 2019 - May 2022 -2 yrs, 11 months
Qatar , Doha
- Job Details:Manage and oversee contracts from commencement to completion, attend tender and pre-start interviews. Build and maintain excellent client relationships, whilst overseeing all phases of the construction process. • Formulate the estimates, budgets and the construction timetable for the client and develops the construction strategy. • Manage daily working, utilization, implementation, and technical consultants engaged on client assignments ensuring the correct material & required resources turn up to site before a job. • Selected the subcontractors and workers. • Ensure implementation of Health & Safety regulations • Develop contacts with stakeholder’s senior staff, directors, and other influential staff during the implementation phase. • Attending pre-start meetings with subcontractors. Instigate and chair subcontractor progress meetings. Attendance of project meetings. Compilation of monthly site progress report. • Build excellent working relationships with all sectors of the project teams. • Involvement in initial contract programming, followed by regular short-term programming as the project evolves. Monitoring and reporting of actual progress against contract program. • Compile monthly site progress report. • Overall responsibility for the site’s health & safety, carry out weekly internal meeting with site team heads. • Formulate and compile close out schedules to ensure completion and quality. • Check, audit and maintain quality assurance. • Attending monthly internal valuation meetings.
Project ManagerFull Time
Al Seal Contracting and Trading
Nov 2018 - Jun 2019 -7 months
Qatar , Doha
- Job Details:Utilizing Project Management, financial responsibility, to prepare customer cost reports and assemble cost data, perform cost control, and interpret project cost data. • Develop and plan well-defined technical approaches and scopes of work for complex remediation sites. Understand the concepts of Statements of Objectives and Performance Work Statements as opposed to typical Scopes of Work. • Manage various work streams and projects, including coordinating cross-functional and cross-departmental project teams, to ensure project objectives are achieved and timelines are met • Develop, implement, and lead project plans, including specific quantitative and qualitative research and analyses, expert interviews, project scoping, timeline development, assignment of roles and responsibilities, etc. • Create and deliver “stakeholder ready” presentations, memorandums and other materials that effectively communicate project objectives, recommendations and/or findings to various audiences (e.g., external stakeholders) • Provide oversight and management on all aspects of project planning, and implementation, including but not limited to: o RFP drafting and procurement management. o Budget creation and allocation for current and future project cycles o Contract execution o Correspondence with internal departments (e.g., Legal, Budgets, Contracts, etc.) o And all other steps necessary to ensure individual project/initiative success. • Lead new partner outreach/acquisition strategy development, project consultant/operator management, ongoing relationshipbuilding within the industrial and manufacturing ecosystem, and awareness-building for the portfolio. • Actively contribute to portfolio strategy and brainstorming sessions and team building activities • Act as a public-facing representative by communicating key updates and providing status reports on project developments, either orally or written to senior staff and leadership on an ongoing basis
Education
MBA in Business Administration
University of NorthamptonJan 2015 - Jan 2018 - 3 yr
Technical Diploma in • ATHE Level 7 - Diploma in Strategic Management
ATHEJan 2015 - Jan 2016 - 1 Year
B.Sc.in Engineering in Civil Engineering
Qatar UniversityJan 1994 - Jan 1999 - 5 yr
High School - Thanaweya Amma
Doha High SchoolJan 1994
Achievements
Led initiatives that resulted in a 20% increment in operational efficiency while ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. Promoted twice within three years due to successful project execution strategies that improved client satisfaction scores to 95%.
Skills
Languages
Arabic
FluentEnglish
Fluent
Training & Certifications
Diploma in Strategic Management
University of Northampton·2016FIDIC
Hill International·2015IELTS
British Council·2015Grade A Civil Engineer
Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning - Qatar·2013Member of Egyptian Engineers Syndicate
The Egyptian of Engineers Sydicate·1999