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Ahmed Elhagin

Madrid,Spain

Summary

Experienced Project Manager with over 20 years of experience managing projects from tender to handover, liaising with contracts estimator, procuring materials for installation, managing P&L of jobs, producing progress reports and assisting in the preparation and issue of financial progress reports. Excellent supervisory experience, including setting goals and objectives, project development, planning and organization, budget monitoring and cost control.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Project Manager

Saudi Arabian Parsons Limited
01.2024 - Current
  • Define Fast Track works scope and techniques to achieve the project deliverables
  • Leading the Contractual and Commercial Teams
  • Meet the financial objects of the projects and manage the budgets
  • Managing multiple contracts/ multiple contractors in parallel
  • Monitor and report progress on all projects to all stakeholders
  • Coordinate engineering disciplines to ensure correct and coordinated design documentation per each stage and ensure gate reviews
  • Coordinate, meet and obtain bids from vendors and subcontractors
  • Resolve cost issue and disputed in conjunction with the commercial team
  • Works with the Project Scheduler to define achievable and fast track deliverables and confirm the critical path items
  • Prepare design briefs, scope of work, RFP documents for design consultants
  • Work closely and effectively with the Urban Planning Department and other divisions within NEOM to ensure that developed master plans that are technically feasible
  • Prepare strategies for projects packaging upon the readiness of the concept master planning stage
  • Ensure that designs are completed according to time and budget
  • Develop, in conjunction with Design Consultant Firms, design plans in response to technical problems posed by a project’s scope
  • Ensure timely delivery of designs and the quality construction thereof by utilizing design technics and thorough constructability reviews
  • Communicate design modifications and implementation of additional clients’ requests to design and construction teams
  • Facilitate innovative multi-disciplinary workshops and coordinating design development with internal and external design and engineering teams.

Project Principle

Mott MacDonald Group
05.2023 - 02.2024
  • Led and managed a team of 30+ staff and contractors, ensuring several projects delivery on time and within budget
  • Guiding project managers for developing and implementing project plans, schedules and budgets, delivering the project 10% under budget
  • Established and maintained strong relationships with clients, suppliers and other stakeholders, ensuring client satisfaction and repeat business
  • Implemented health and safety policies and procedures, resulting in zero lost time incidents throughout the project
  • Managed project risks and issues, proactively identifying and mitigating potential risks
  • Led and motivated project team to meet and exceed project KPIs
  • Reported project status and financial updates to stakeholders and collected feedback
  • Utilised in-depth knowledge of client contracts to define project scope, objectives and delivery.

Lead Electrical Engineer

Tecnicas Reunidas
07.2012 - 04.2023
  • Lead and/or support a Team of Electrical Engineers and Electrical Designers on Pre-FEED, FEED and Detail Engineering Projects
  • Develops project scope of work for electrical engineering and design
  • Monitors and advises Department Manager of major project changes
  • Prepares detail design schedule milestones, staff loading schedules and man-hour estimates for engineering and design tasks
  • Reports progress, updates schedules, manages staffing needs and hourly budget
  • Establishes engineering and design concepts and data for scope assigned to group and assures technical accuracy and conformance to project requirements
  • Prepares project scope deviations documentation as required
  • Researches suitable solutions, estimated cost and timescales
  • Trains less experienced engineers
  • Reviews vendor documents
  • Independently evaluates the selection and/or modification of standard techniques, procedures, criteria and systems to efficiently meet project objectives
  • Applies standard engineering design tasks and exhibits a working knowledge of applicable codes
  • Plans, schedules, and coordinates detailed phases of work
  • Reviews and generates design data and/or deliverables from various inputs
  • Performs the more sophisticated and complicated designs in accordance with established company standards
  • Coordinates details and miscellaneous design criteria with other disciplines
  • Supervises, checks and assists other electrical personnel in their assignments
  • Prepares and /or supervises and checks documents and drawings as required
  • Manages all Electrical personnel on the team including Workshare Office staff
  • Manages all Electrical design deliverables on the project, including electrical power studies (load flow, short circuit, motor starting, protective relay coordination studies, etc.), electrical area classification drawings, one-lines, schematics and wiring design; lighting, power, grounding, and cable tray plan drawings, and specification of electrical equipment such as Motor Control Centers and Switchgear in Petrochemical Plants
  • Preparing detailed subcontractor´s scope of work
  • Involved in Project construction phase to meet project schedule
  • Responsible for electrical pre-commissioning, commissioning and handover activities for all electrical scope of work.

Specialist Engineer

TECNICAS REUNIDAS
08.2008 - 07.2012
  • Preparing electrical design basis specification and all electrical equipment specifications
  • Preparing the load list & equipment sizing document
  • Preparing Protection & Metering one line diagram for HV, MV & LV Switchgears, MV & LV MCC, UPS & Battery Charger
  • Preparing UPS & Battery charger calculation
  • Preparing all electrical equipment data sheets
  • Preparing electrical control automation system architecture drawings and preparing I/O list
  • Preparing electrical equipment material requisitions & technical bid evaluation
  • Cable sizing calculation sheets (Under voltage and short circuit) and confirming it by ETAP program
  • Preparing the coordination study, the purchasing requisition for transformers, HV, MV & LV switchgears and MCC's
  • Prepare relay coordination study including the relay logics to meet project philosophy of operation
  • Preparing substation layout, cable tray routing, cable tray filling and lighting calculation
  • Attending technical meetings with the client, vendors & subcontractors
  • Reviewing and commenting all vendor drawings for electrical, mechanical equipment in order to ensure that all technical requirement is as per project standard and requirement
  • Preparing wiring diagrams for the project.

Electrical Field Engineer

Tecnicas Reunidas Gulf
07.2006 - 05.2008
  • Interact with electrical engineers and staff members to identify, define and resolve developmental issues
  • Contribute to constant upgrading of product documentation
  • Direct and assist technically Electrical Superintendents and crafts
  • Conduct electrical progress work inspections on continuous basis along with complete end electrical installations checkout
  • Ensure quality and compliance to parameters and codes preceding turnover to client establishment
  • Support project controls and supervise detailed work plans as well as mini-schedules establishment
  • Coordinate and record client as well as vendor needed electrical installations and tests verifications
  • Support technical coordination of tag-out and lock-out program activities
  • Coordinate with Electrical Engineers in home office to solve drawing as well as set-route problems
  • Inspect permanent plant components through receiving process to ensure project drawings and standards are attained
  • Coordinate and check subcontractors in electrical field engineering
  • Ensure to provide Field Material Request of permanent plant components for purchase
  • Supervise Substation´s energization and prepare energization procedure & sequence.

Electrical Design Engineer

WESCOSA
12.2001 - 05.2006
  • Design and Develop Medium & Low Voltage Switchgear, MCC´s, Switchrack, Switchboard & Panelboards products meeting customer requirement, cost target and Market related technology
  • Technical ownership of the project
  • Ensure product compliance to global design standards like IEC, NEMA or any other compliance standard
  • Completes system / component sizing, modeling, and simulation to meet requirements
  • Participate in multi-discipline concurrent development and corrective action teams
  • Provide formal and informal updates to Engineering Manager
  • Participate in client´s meeting.

Education

Master of Project Management -

London South Bank University
10.2024

BSc : Electrical & Control Engineering -

Arab Academy for Science & Technology & Maritime Transport Alex
01.2001

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Project plan development
  • Project Framework Engineering
  • Contract Preparation
  • Scope Management
  • Client Relationship Management
  • Team Leadership
  • Vendor Selection
  • Quality Assurance
  • Budget Control
  • Staff Management

Languages

Arabic
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Spanish
Elementary

Timeline

Senior Project Manager

Saudi Arabian Parsons Limited
01.2024 - Current

Project Principle

Mott MacDonald Group
05.2023 - 02.2024

Lead Electrical Engineer

Tecnicas Reunidas
07.2012 - 04.2023

Specialist Engineer

TECNICAS REUNIDAS
08.2008 - 07.2012

Electrical Field Engineer

Tecnicas Reunidas Gulf
07.2006 - 05.2008

Electrical Design Engineer

WESCOSA
12.2001 - 05.2006

Master of Project Management -

London South Bank University

BSc : Electrical & Control Engineering -

Arab Academy for Science & Technology & Maritime Transport Alex
Ahmed Elhagin