Maged Armanious

Accredited as a Senior Project Management Professional, I bring to the table my nearly 19 years of
extensive experience as a strong foundation in the areas of Strategic Support & Planning, Project Management & Controlling, Contracting, Tendering, Budgeting, Claims, Process Improvements, Estimation, Operational Excellence, Contractors Management, Team Management, and Leadership Acumen. I have acquired remarkable proficiency in driving critical assignments across the career with proven success in ensuring optimum results.

I am presently associating with Leighton Contracting Abu Dhabi LLC as Project Controls Manager, where I am accountable for directing contractual programmes preparation and approval. I also plan & execute tenders/projects strategy and construction sequence with project directors.

Over the years, I attained proven skills in projects management right from development to delivery
encompassing planning, monitoring, controlling phases of the project lifecycle. Hold distinction in managing the projects in line to ensure optimum results, analysing costs & project completion.

Leighton Contracting Abu Dhabi LLC | Project Controls Manager
February 2011 – Present (Abu Dhabi / Dubai, UAE)
 Setout Tenders/Projects strategy and Construction sequence with Project Directors.
 Leading site work progress and technical staff for risk mitigation and improve production.
 Budgeted Contract scope management to identify Change Orders for time/cost claims.
 Assessing outcomes of ‘what-if’ analysis to overcome forecasted delay to site progress.
 Collaborate with Top Management and Employer of critical activities and target actions.
 Substantiated analysis of EOT Claims, Variations, and negotiation with Employers.

Salini Costruttori SPA Dubai Branch | Senior Planning Engineer
June 2007 - February 2011 (Dubai, UAE)
 Preparation of Baseline and Working programmes and setting of commodities KPIs.
 Monitor work progress and constraints for mitigation measures to achieve Milestones.
 Management of site work sequence and resources movement with Project Manager.
 Escalate in management meeting construction risks affecting monthly revenue targets.
 Integrated planning to accomplish Authorities/Governments additional works deadline.
 EOT Claims presentation to Employer and 3rd Party Committee for final determination.

Bin Hafeez General Contracting LLC | Planning Engineer
March 2006 - June 2007 (Dubai, UAE)
 Submittal of Baseline Programme for approval of Project’s construction stages.
 Generating daily, weekly, and monthly reports as per Contract’s specification.
 Monitoring Construction teams for work progress deviations and corrective actions.
 Adoption of reporting techniques to demonstrate obstructions and unresolved tasks.
 Coordination with Joint Venture Partners and Subcontractors for interface resolution.
 Preparation of EOT Claims and discussion with the Engineer to support Claim resolution.

Bin Hafeez General Contracting LLC | Structural Site Engineer
March 2005 – March 2006 (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
 Supervision and Construction of Bridge, MSE Retaining Walls, Culverts, and finishing.
 Schedule site programmes for resources/materials call-offs to meet timely inspections.
 Track inspection requests for approval to accomplish planned monthly payment targets.
 Comparison of resources actual production rates against Contract’s estimated budget.
 Liaise with site teams for adequate resources allocation to maintain budget output rates.
 Communication with Authorities for work permits issuance in line with type of works.

Bin Hafeez General Contracting LLC | Estimator & Tendering Engineer
October 2004 – March 2005 (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
 Scrutinize Tender Contract specifications for suppliers/subcontractors’ enquiries.
 Drawings’ quantities take-off for verification against Tender’s BOQ quantities.
 Attending site visits originated by the consultant for existing site assets and condition.
 Evaluate practical construction methodologies to be applied during estimation phase.
 Detailed BOQ items breakdown to comprise all expenses in assessing rates estimate.
 Final Tender’s price discussion with Top Management for Bid price authorization.

Bin Hafeez General Contracting LLC| Planning & Cost Control Engineer
August 2002 – October 2004 (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
 Preparation Tender programmes to generate quantities, resources and cashflow curves.
 Coordination with site Project Managers and Office Engineers for actual site progress.
 Update Projects programmes, actual cost and explore delays and critical activities CPM.
 Attendance of site meetings with the Consultant and preparation of progress reports.
 Evaluate Subcontractors agreement and submitted Payment Certificates for approval.
 Validate site daily reports with the actual resources production rates/cost with Budget.

Bachelor of Civil Engineering Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport
Alexandria - Egypt
February 2002

Project - Structural Design