Ahmad Muhammad Eldagen
Riyadh
Summary
I'm Ahmad Muhammad Eldagen, Results-driven Planning & Project Control Manager with 10+ years of experience in construction and infrastructure projects. PMI-PMP & PMI-RMP certified, with a strong track record in project planning, cost control, risk management, and contract administration for major clients like Saudi Aramco, KOC, and Mitsubishi Electric. Expert in Primavera P6, MS Project, and Power BI, optimizing schedules, mitigating risks, and driving efficiency. Skilled in stakeholder coordination, earned value analysis, and strategic project execution. A proactive leader committed to delivering projects on time, within budget, and to the highest standards.
Professional with deep experience in project controls, skilled in cost management, risk assessment, and scheduling. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results, adaptable to changing project needs. Known for reliability and strategic thinking, equipped with analytical skills and leadership qualities essential for driving project success.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Control Manager
TARGET Construction Saudi Arabia W.L.L
01.2025 - Current
- Review schedule trends to find problem areas and recommend corrective action to management.
- Monitor engineering design progress, material and equipment procurement, and construction and commissioning status.
- Prepare progress monitoring tools for the management and monitoring of the above-mentioned schedules.
- Review schedules for slippage of key dates.
- Aid in the defense/approval of any claim for time extension or major change to the schedule.
- Other duties as requested from time to time.
- Ensuring that each Scheduling Engineer runs his or her section to the highest professional standards, that all information is current, and that every member of the team is receiving the information he or she needs to fulfill their responsibilities.
- Participate with the project management team, as directed by the Project Director, to achieve project deliverables.
- Issue high-level schedule weekly updates.
- Responsible to control and check project total expenditure including verifying and checking invoices and claims from suppliers, vendors, and subcontractors to ensure recording of all project expenditures.
- Aid in preparing cost data for proposals and contract negotiations.
- Figure out the project scope, define requirements, work with the team and others to coordinate operations, and meet deadlines and customer requirements.
- Follow the Estimating life cycle following prescribed standards and procedures.
- Establish quote priorities based on evaluation and analysis of overall opportunities.
- Develop and implement requirements for cost recording, reporting, and analyzing standards, programs, and reports.
- Performs performance monitoring and control functions for specific applications.
- Prepare financial reporting, and trending data.
- Perform data analysis and development.
- ALEC GROUP - KSA / UAE. Website: www.target.ae
Projects Planning and Follow-Up Department Manager
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
11.2021 - 12.2024
- Establish, develop, and maintain project tracking platforms for effective monitoring and reporting.
- Develop and manage the Master Works Programme, ensuring alignment with project goals and client expectations.
- Define and implement the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to streamline project scope and deliverables.
- Allocate budgeted costs and major resources to ensure optimal utilization throughout the project lifecycle.
- Establish and monitor key program milestones, ensuring timely completion and proactive risk management.
- Conduct Earned Value Analysis (EVA) to measure project performance and forecast potential cost and schedule deviations.
- Identify schedule delays and propose appropriate mitigation strategies or entitlement justifications.
- Continuously assess project risks, proposing corrective actions to minimize disruptions.
- Investigate and analyze data variances, ensuring accuracy in progress tracking and reporting.
- Lead the change management process, ensuring alignment with project requirements and business objectives.
- Oversee quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) activities to maintain project standards and compliance.
- Ensure prompt documentation and implementation of contract modifications and job closures.
- Oversee the issuance of contract forms for new contracts, amendments, and closeouts.
- Collaborate with Contract Administrators to prepare and manage contracts with clients and subconsultants.
- Provide internal reports for project leadership teams and external reports for clients and stakeholders.
- Generate and present comprehensive project reports for senior management, outlining major risks and progress updates.
- Ensure accurate monthly data collection and reporting to track project efficiency and compliance.
- Summarize project status updates for top management, highlighting major risks and potential overruns.
- Oversee operation staff scheduling, rostering plans, and work shift allocations based on project requirements.
- Maintain effective cross-department coordination, ensuring smooth collaboration between engineering, procurement, and construction teams.
- Develop and update service timetables, considering the complexity and scale of multiple projects.
- Led the end-to-end development and deployment of an HR Management System (HRMS), transforming workforce operations and tracking.
- Spearheaded the design, testing, and rollout of integrated Mobile and Web Applications, ensuring seamless HR and project management functionality.
- Developed advanced workforce scheduling modules, incorporating AI-driven analytics for predictive resource allocation.
- Implemented attendance tracking, shift planning, and automated reporting to enhance operational efficiency.
- Collaborated with IT developers, software engineers, and business stakeholders, ensuring seamless system integration across all departments.
- Ensured data security, compliance, and performance optimization within digital HR solutions.
- Trained and onboarded employees on the new HRMS and mobile app functionality, ensuring smooth adoption and operational success.
- Developed dashboards using Power BI, integrating HRMS analytics with project performance metrics for strategic decision-making.
- MELCOMEC EGYPT.
Planning Manager
TARGET Construction Saudi Arabia W.L.L
08.2016 - 09.2021
- Conduct the implementation of the 'Project Execution Plan.'
- Conduct the preparation and management of overview and strategic programs, including design, procurement, and construction schedules together with supporting information required schedules.
- Coordinate and manage the preparation and development of target construction and procurement schedules together with associated information required schedules.
- Establish and agree on project reporting procedures, prepare, and present monthly project progress.
- Review the schedules and related documents from the sub-contractors including monthly reports and analyze the content to ensure compliance with project goals.
- Review schedule trends to find problem areas and recommend corrective action to management.
- Monitor engineering design progress, material and equipment procurement, and construction and commissioning status.
- Prepare progress monitoring tools for the management and monitoring of the above-mentioned schedules.
- Attend offsite meetings as requested by the client.
- Review schedules for slippage of key dates.
- Aid in the defense/approval of any claim for time extension or major change to the schedule.
- Other duties as requested from time to time.
- Ensuring that each Scheduling Engineer runs his or her section to the highest professional standards, that all information is current, and that every member of the team is receiving the information he or she needs to fulfill their responsibilities.
- Establish and keep consistent and adequate administration procedures, in their field across the project by the respective planners working under the Construction Managers.
- Participate with the project management team, as directed by the Project Director, to achieve project deliverables.
- Issue high-level schedule weekly updates.
- Responsible to control and check project total expenditure including verifying and checking invoices and claims from suppliers, vendors, and subcontractors to ensure recording of all project expenditures.
- Aid in preparing cost data for proposals and contract negotiations.
- Figure out the project scope, define requirements, work with the team and others to coordinate operations, and meet deadlines and customer requirements.
- Follow the Estimating life cycle following prescribed standards and procedures.
- Establish quote priorities based on evaluation and analysis of overall opportunities.
- Develop and implement requirements for cost recording, reporting, and analyzing standards, programs, and reports.
- Performs performance monitoring and control functions for specific applications.
- Prepare financial reporting, and trending data.
- Perform data analysis and development.
- Arabtec Holding - KSA / UAE. Website: www.target.ae
Sr. Project Control Engineer
Castle Engineering for Industrial Construction and Supply
05.2016 - 07.2016
- Development and update of a work breakdown structure to subdivide project contracts, scopes, tasks, and deliverables into a manageable part.
- Tracking contracts, scopes of work, and purchase orders, as they relate to budget, contract commitments, schedules, and progress.
- Updating and keeping project schedules following approved work plans, long-term strategic plans, and other schedule and plan tools.
- Coordinating and integrating with clients on all accounting systems and functions to supply prompt efficient access to cost and schedule data for all project contractors.
- Review project milestones, and tender/contract requirements, and prepare project schedules based on planned milestones.
- Ensure that all contractual/company and local authority requirements for Quality, Health Safety & Environment (HSE) requirements have been complied.
- Review, find, and recommend project workforce, equipment, and other resource requirements.
- Cairo- Egypt
Project Coordinator - Project Manager Assistant
ASEC for Manufacturing and Industrial Projects
04.2015 - 05.2016
- Attend client meetings and aid with the determination of project requirements.
- Assist the PM in the drafting and issuance of project proposals, RFPs, tenders, budgets, cash flows, and preliminary schedules.
- Prepare project organization and communication charts.
- Chair site meetings and distribute minutes to all project team members.
- Track the progress and quality of work performed by design disciplines/trades.
- Use project scheduling and control tools to check projects plans, work hours, budgets, and expenditures.
- Effectively and accurately, communicate relevant project information to the client and project team.
- Ensure meeting the clients' needs in a prompt and cost-effective manner.
- Review field inspection reports from Consultants throughout the lifecycle of the project.
- Issue Contracts, Letters of Intent, Purchase Orders.
- Maintain Contract Execution Tracking Log.
- Assist the PM in the review of Contractor quotations to ensure that only fair and reasonable pricing is recommended for approval.
- Track & manage contemplated change notices and change orders in the database.
- Keep the Project Manager (PM) and others informed about project status and issues that may affect client relations.
- Involved in interpreting performance data and translating this into practical improvements.
- Al-Qalaa Holding - EGYPT. Website: www.arescoeg.com
Technical Office Engineer - Deputy Site Manager
RIGA EGYPT for Construction and Industry
03.2013 - 03.2015
- Preparing technical and material submittals.
- Planning and keeping project budget and schedule planning.
- Supervising and reviewing the preparations of construction method statements.
- Attending progress meetings, discussing, and suggesting technical proposals.
- Taking part in the project management review and risk management review.
- Managing the cost analysis and cost control of site activities.
- Coordinating with quantity surveyors or payment appreciations and change orders.
- Taking part in the selection process of subcontractors and suppliers for projects.
- Reviewing subcontractors' invoices.
- Following up with subcontractors during negotiations and offering award or subcontract terms, and payments.
- Coordinating between the construction and engineering teams ensuring that the construction conveys the engineering team's requirements and that the engineering deliverables satisfy the construction.
- EGYPT
Mechanical Engineer at MEP Coordination Dept.
SBG - Saudi Binladin Group
09.2012 - 03.2013
- Prepare and Submit the BOQ of the MEP works for projects.
- Design and Read blueprints, technical drawings, and schematics.
- Recommend design modifications to cut machine or system malfunctions.
- Establish and coordinate the maintenance and safety procedures, service schedule, and supply materials needed.
- Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications.
- Focus for Engineering Services - Cairo, Egypt
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering / Mechatronics Division
Helwan University
Egypt01.2012
Skills
- Oracle Primavera P6
- AutoDesk AutoCAD
- AutoDesk Inventor
- AutoDesk Revit
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Power BI
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Tekla Structure
- SolidWorks
- Proteus 7 Professional
- SAP 2000
- MikroBasic / C Pro
- Alpha CAM / DeleCAM
- Mathworks Matlab
- Circuit Maker/Wizard
- Plate'n'Sheets 4
- Earned value management
- Team development
- Strategic planning
- Schedule management
- Staff training
- Program leadership
- Risk analysis
- Project estimation
- Cost control
- Document control
- Procurement management
- Budget development
- Resource planning
- Scope definition
- Resource development
- Resource allocation
- Contract administration
- Forecasting skills
- Data compiling and analysis
- Data gathering and tracking
- Scope management
- Prediction skills
- Project reporting
Certification
- PMI-PMP Certified
- PMI-RMP Certified
- CLAC Certified
- SAUDI ARAMCO Approved Planning Manager
- Kuwait Oil Company- KOC Approved Planning Manager
- ISO 9001 Quality Management systems Associate
References
- Mr. Charudatt Sonawane, Former Operations Manager, TARGET Construction Saudi Arabia, KSA, charudatt.sonawane@gmail.com, +966-56-389-6146
- Mr. Thaer Samad, Onshore Site Manager, BAUER Group, Normandy, France, thaersamad@hotmail.com, +33-9-80-61-88-69
- Mr. Kaiis Benotmane, Technical Director, Alcaconsult, Canada, kaisbenotmane@hotmail.com, +1-403-401-2818
- Mr. Wael Badawy, Project Engineering Manager, Nesma and Partners, KSA, wael.badawy@hotmail.com, +966-54-661-0546
- Mr. Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Zaher, Sr. Construction Manager, Orascom Construction, Egypt, eng.shreif@yahoo.com, +20-122-494-8286
- Mr. Anant Jha, Quality Manager and IT Operations Manager, HP, KSA, anantjha@gmail.com, +966-56-890-5001
Timeline
Project Control Manager
TARGET Construction Saudi Arabia W.L.L
01.2025 - Current
Projects Planning and Follow-Up Department Manager
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
11.2021 - 12.2024
Planning Manager
TARGET Construction Saudi Arabia W.L.L
08.2016 - 09.2021
Sr. Project Control Engineer
Castle Engineering for Industrial Construction and Supply
05.2016 - 07.2016
Project Coordinator - Project Manager Assistant
ASEC for Manufacturing and Industrial Projects
04.2015 - 05.2016
Technical Office Engineer - Deputy Site Manager
RIGA EGYPT for Construction and Industry
03.2013 - 03.2015
Mechanical Engineer at MEP Coordination Dept.
SBG - Saudi Binladin Group
09.2012 - 03.2013
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering / Mechatronics Division
Helwan University
Military Situation
Exempted
Driving Licenses
Available (International - Saudi - Egyptian)
Personal Information
- Driving License: Available (International - Saudi - Egyptian)
- Marital Status: Married+3