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Ali Jouhar

Ali Jouhar

Civil Engineer- PMP®, P.E., PGD-CPM
Islamabad

Summary

PMP certified project manager with 29+ years of professional work experience and a result-oriented civil engineering professional, proficient in planning and construction supervision of civil engineering projects with a flair for adopting modern methodologies in compliance with quality standards, seeking senior level assignments with an organization of high repute dealing with Roads & Infrastructure Development projects.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
4
4
Languages

Work History

Team Leader

CDM Smith Inc. Pakistan/NDC, Pakistan
Islamabad
10.2020 - Current
  • Leading, directing, and monitoring the performance of all project team and support staff under their control.
  • Serving as the primary point of contact for client and main contractors related all project matters.
  • Developing, foster and maintain a strong and close relationship with the client. Keep the client informed on all project related issues in a timely manner.
  • Performing services such as Construction Supervision & Project Management, Construction Management, Quality Assurance and Testing & Commissioning during the Construction phase of the project
  • Review of Contract Documents and providing feedback and recommendations on technical issues in line with the Contract technical requirements
  • Conducting periodic site visit of works and preparing site inspection reports highlighting delays to the progress of various project components as well as any issues impacting the progress along with recommendations in line with the Contract and PIL requirements
  • Review of daily progress reports from field team and preparing ‘Weekly Log of Issues’ for onward communication with Client, USAID, Supervision Consultants and Contractors
  • Review of Quality Control tests records in line with Contracts Technical Specifications
  • Verifying quality of all new infrastructure construction, rehabilitation of existing infrastructure
  • Chairing weekly site coordination meetings with projects stakeholders and preparing/circulating minutes of meetings
  • Review and providing feedback on WAPDA and supervision consultants bi-weekly, monthly, and quarterly progress reports
  • Conducting milestones certification visits for certifying achievement of payment milestones, as specified in the Project Implementation Letters (PILs) in line with milestones scope and PIL requirements

Project Manager/ Resident Engineer

Khatib & Alami
Dubai
01.2015 - 04.2020
  • Leading, directing, and monitoring the performance of all project team and support staff under their control.
  • Serving as the primary point of contact for client and main contractors related all project matters.
  • Developing, foster and maintain a strong and close relationship with the client. Keep the client informed on all project related issues in a timely manner.
  • Performing services such as Construction Supervision & Project Management, Construction Management, Quality Assurance and Testing & Commissioning during the Construction phase of the project
  • Provide Contract Administration and Contract Management services including documents management, maintaining, and archiving up to date project correspondences and records
  • Liaising and coordination with employer and authorities’ representatives in relation to project activities and obtaining NOCs
  • Review of Contractor's baseline program of works and forwarding recommendations for employer's consent.
  • Review and approvals of Contractor’s Quality & HSE plans
  • Review and approvals of Contractor’s technical submittals such as materials, shop drawings, method statements
  • Review and responding to Contractor’s ‘Requests for Information (RFI)’ and coordinating with relevant design disciplines relating Contractor’s RFIs requiring design input.
  • Review of daily progress/issues reports from site inspection teams and responding accordingly
  • Quality assurance checks on Contractor’s during implementation stage through routine daily site inspection together with the Contractor’s and site inspection team
  • Closely monitor the contractor's works during the execution to ensure compliance with contract drawings and technical specifications, approved materials, and national and international codes of practice and ensure contractor’s implementation of project specific QA/QC plan.
  • Conduct regular site visits to monitor the contractors' progress and performance during the execution stage of works.
  • Maintaining and ensuring site safety during the execution of works in line with the project specific Environmental, Health, Safety, and Security (EHSS) plan
  • Monitoring the contractor's program of works to ensure on time delivery. Review and evaluation of Contractor’s weekly and monthly progress reports and highlighting issues impacting Contractor’s Baseline Program
  • Review and analyze contractor’s EoT and Cost claims and prepares recommendations to client. Assisting the client in review, negotiation, and settlement of contractor’s claims.
  • Convene and attend regular progress review meetings with the client. Prepare and distribute the meeting minutes amongst the attendees. Regular follow up with the concerned parties relating the close out of the issues as per meeting discussions and agreements.
  • Provide recommendations on budgets and cost efficiency measures.
  • Formulating Weekly and Monthly Progress Reports entailing progress & details for engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities
  • Reporting to the Project Director on project’s staffing status, progress of work, recommend solutions for critical site/construction related issues.
  • Reviewing Contractor’s payment applications and issuing payment certificates for client’s processing.
  • Review and analyze variation/change orders and issuing detailed recommendations for client’s processing.
  • Advising staff and client on construction and contract administration matters related to assigned project works.
  • Taking pro-active actions to highlight issues and ensure timely actions are taken to maintain smooth progress of work with required quality, avoid reworks, avoid delays for a successful project completion in accordance with project completion timelines.
  • Proactive identification of significant site safety/construction related issues which might impact the works progress and/or project personnel, adjacent properties and such other activities that are causing disturbance to the general public/residents and escalating such issues to the concerned stakeholders/authorities for timely resolution.
  • Preparing project team organization charts and assist in negotiations for appropriate levels of staffing requirements.
  • Efficient utilization of project resources and creating excellent project teams through application of management skills
  • Assisting in the development and growth of professional competence of individual project team members and evaluate the performance of personnel on a regular basis.
  • Maintaining daily diary and performing day to day miscellaneous tasks relating the projects
  • Providing project close out services such as:

- Handing over inspections and issuing snag/punch lists and conduct de-snagging inspections

- Recommendations to client on issuing of ‘Taking over Certificates (TOC)’

- Review and approvals of project as-built records and O&M manuals

- Conducting DLP inspections and preparing/forwarding inspection reports to the Client and Contractor.

- Recommendations to client on issuing of ‘Defect Liability Certificates (DLC)’

Assistant Resident Engineer Roads & Infra Works

Hyder Consulting Middle East (Now ARCADIS) UAE
Dubai and Abu Dhabi
08.2008 - 10.2014
  • Construction Supervision & Project Management, Supervision & Construction Management, Quality Assurance and Testing during Construction phase .
  • Assisting Resident Engineer in Review and approvals of Contractor’s submittals such as materials, shop drawings, method statements
  • Assisting Resident Engineer in Review and approvals of Contractor’s Quality & HSE plans
  • Assisting Resident Engineer in Review and liaising with design disciplines and formulating responses to Contractor’s ‘Requests for Information’
  • Assigning daily tasks to field inspection teams
  • Review of daily progress/issues reports from site inspection teams and responding accordingly
  • Quality assurance checks on Contractor’s during implementation stage through routine daily site inspection together with the Contractor’s and site inspection team
  • Review and evaluation of Contractor’s weekly and monthly progress reports and highlighting issues impacting Contractor’s Baseline Program
  • Attending weekly progress review meetings and preparing records of meeting and circulating amongst the attendees
  • Liaising with authorities’ representatives in relation to project activities and obtaining NOCs
  • Witnessing materials testing at field and independent accredited material testing laboratories
  • Participating in handing over inspections with Employer’s representatives and preparing/issuing punch lists to Contractor for rectification
  • Conducting site safety inspections and issuing safety observations to Contractor for required action
  • Maintaining daily dairy
  • Assisting Resident Engineer in Review and approvals of project as-built records and O&M manuals
  • Conducting DLP inspections and preparing/forwarding inspection reports to the Client and Contractor
  • Conducting day to day miscellaneous tasks relating the projects assigned by the Project Resident Engineer

Assistant Resident Engineer Bridges & Structures

Halcrow International Partnership (HIP), UAE
Sharjah and Ras-al-Khaymah (RAK)
01.2004 - 08.2008
  • Construction Supervision & Project Management, Supervision & Construction Management, Quality Assurance and Testing during Construction phase .
  • Assisting Resident Engineer in Review and approvals of Contractor’s submittals such as materials, shop drawings, method statements
  • Assisting Resident Engineer in Review and approvals of Contractor’s Quality & HSE plans
  • Assisting Resident Engineer in Review and liaising with design disciplines and formulating responses to Contractor’s ‘Requests for Information’
  • Assigning daily tasks to field inspection teams
  • Review of daily progress/issues reports from site inspection teams and responding accordingly
  • Quality assurance checks on Contractor’s during implementation stage through routine daily site inspection together with the Contractor’s and site inspection team
  • Review and evaluation of Contractor’s weekly and monthly progress reports and highlighting issues impacting Contractor’s Baseline Program
  • Attending weekly progress review meetings and preparing records of meeting and circulating amongst the attendees
  • Liaising with authorities’ representatives in relation to project activities and obtaining NOCs
  • Witnessing materials testing at field and independent accredited material testing laboratories
  • Participating in handing over inspections with Employer’s representatives and preparing/issuing punch lists to Contractor for rectification
  • Conducting site safety inspections and issuing safety observations to Contractor for required action
  • Maintaining daily dairy
  • Assisting Resident Engineer in Review and approvals of project as-built records and O&M manuals
  • Conducting DLP inspections and preparing/forwarding inspection reports to the Client and Contractor
  • Conducting day to day miscellaneous tasks relating the projects assigned by the Project Resident Engineer

Site Civil Engineer

Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Department of Irrigation & Public Health Engineering (DIPHE)
Peshawar
03.1996 - 10.2003
  • Construction Supervision, Quality Assurance and Testing during Construction phase.
  • To ensure that Contractor executes the works in accordance with the Contract drawings and specifications and approved shop drawings and method statements
  • To ensure the Contractor maintain the required quality of works as per the technical specification’s requirements
  • Preparing daily progress reports with highlighting site related quality and HSE issues and submitting to the Executive Engineer
  • Quality assurance checks on Contractor's during implementation stage through routine daily site inspection together with the Contractor's
  • Review and evaluation of Contractor's weekly and monthly progress reports and highlighting issues impacting Contractor's Baseline Program
  • Liaising with authorities’ representatives in relation to project activities
  • Witnessing materials testing at field and independent accredited material testing laboratories
  • Participating in handing over inspections with Contractor’s representatives
  • Conducting site safety inspections and preparing safety observations reports
  • Maintaining daily dairy
  • Assisting Executive Engineer in Review and approvals of project as-built records and O&M manuals
  • Conducting day to day miscellaneous tasks relating the projects assigned by the Project Executive Engineer

Project Civil Engineer

M/s. Mian Jehan Akbar Contracting Company
Mardan
07.1994 - 10.1995
  • To ensure that Contractor executes the works in accordance with the Contract drawings and specifications and approved shop drawings and method statements
  • To ensure the Contractor maintain the required quality of works as per the technical specification’s requirements
  • Preparing daily progress reports with highlighting site related quality and HSE issues
  • Coordinating and liaising with Consultant’s representatives for daily site inspection
  • Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports for onward submission to Consultants
  • Liaising with authorities’ representatives in relation with site inspections
  • Coordination with Consultant’s team in connection with materials testing at field and independent accredited material testing laboratories
  • Participating in handing over inspections with Consultants and Client’s representatives
  • Ensuring project quality and HSE plans are implemented at site and taking appropriate actions to address Consultant’s observations pertaining Quality and HSE matters
  • Maintaining daily dairy
  • Coordination with project Consultants for their review and approvals of project as-built records and O&M manuals
  • Conducting day to day miscellaneous tasks relating the projects

Junior Design Engineer

Parasol Designers & Builders
Swabi
09.1993 - 06.1994
  • Conducting site visits for data collection on site conditions and surroundings
  • Liaising with authorities and agencies for obtaining pre-design and final design NOCs
  • Analysis and structure design of various building components
  • Preparation of engineers cost estimates and bill of quantities
  • Preparation of Tender documents

Education

B.Sc. Civil Engineering - Civil Engineering

University of Engineering And Technology
Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
03.1989 - 09.1993

Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) - Construction Project Management

Heriot Watt University Scotland
Dubai Campus, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
09.2010 - 08.2012

Skills

    Client Service

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Affiliations

  • Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) with Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) since 1993, PEC Reg. No. CIVIL-15169
  • Member of Project Management Institute (PMI) since 2008, PMI Membership No. 1110466

Software

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

AutoCAD

Primavera

Aconex

Certification

Project Management Professional (PMP) certified from PMI-USA, 2021, PMP Cert. No. 3019117 (Validity June 18’2027)

Timeline

Project Management Professional (PMP) certified from PMI-USA, 2021, PMP Cert. No. 3019117 (Validity June 18’2027)

06-2021

Team Leader

CDM Smith Inc. Pakistan/NDC, Pakistan
10.2020 - Current

OSHA 30 Hours 'Construction Site Hazard Identification Training- Issuing authority OSHA USA

01-2019

Project Manager/ Resident Engineer

Khatib & Alami
01.2015 - 04.2020

Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) - Construction Project Management

Heriot Watt University Scotland
09.2010 - 08.2012

Assistant Resident Engineer Roads & Infra Works

Hyder Consulting Middle East (Now ARCADIS) UAE
08.2008 - 10.2014

Assistant Resident Engineer Bridges & Structures

Halcrow International Partnership (HIP), UAE
01.2004 - 08.2008

Site Civil Engineer

Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Department of Irrigation & Public Health Engineering (DIPHE)
03.1996 - 10.2003

Project Civil Engineer

M/s. Mian Jehan Akbar Contracting Company
07.1994 - 10.1995

Junior Design Engineer

Parasol Designers & Builders
09.1993 - 06.1994

B.Sc. Civil Engineering - Civil Engineering

University of Engineering And Technology
03.1989 - 09.1993
Ali JouharCivil Engineer- PMP®, P.E., PGD-CPM