AHMED ELSHERIF

• Develop processes for maximizing safety, quality, and productivity
• Identified and resolved unauthorized, unsafe, or ineffective practices.
• Direct creation of production, maintenance, and Facilities Management operations.
• Lead addition of site maintenance and shutdowns participation to provide services and establish required team and equipment.
• Provide tactical and strategic organizing, planning, and control of all production, and quality assurance.
• Improved production efficiency from 72% to 89%.
• Specific focus on major projects, process improvement initiatives, material flow, material management, and capital funding requirements
• Developed systems and procedures to improve operational quality and team efficiency.
• Developed and maintained relationships with external vendors and suppliers.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and professional development guidance to manufacturing management team
• Establish strong working relationships with all cross-functional partners, maintain effective communications required to enhance operations, including customer interfaces, and comply with company policies and procedures
• Provide environment that provides for associates' safety, health, welfare, and security of company assets.

• Led the Team to get ARAMCO approval for 6 (9COM) for the newly established factory within 6 months duration.
• Support in developing strategic plans for business expansion and developing new business relationships
• Maintained excellent customer relationships through consistent delivery on commitments.
• Review and improve operations organizational effectiveness by developing processes, overseeing employees, establishing a highly motivated work environment, and creating innovative approaches for improvement
• Boosted customer satisfaction ratings by resolving issues quickly and effectively.
• Uphold standards of excellence and soaring quality.
• Provide guidance and feedback to help the team strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas.
• Support in recruiting, onboarding, and training high-performing employees to achieve business plan objectives.
• Follow up on project timelines to ensure tasks are accomplished on time by all involved departments.
• Develop, implement, and maintain budgetary and resource allocation plans.
• Delegate responsibilities to the best employees to perform them while enforcing all policies, procedures, standards, specifications, guidelines, training programs, and cultural values.
• Resolve internal staff conflicts.
• And to the mutual benefit of those involved.

• Projects
• West Damietta Combined-cycle Power Plant 750 MW (GE-ORASCOM consortium). Fast track project
• Cairo Metro line 4B - 8 new metro stations in addition to a new Depot for the new line. Worked as Interface Construction Manager.
• Provide overall leadership to the Area Construction Management team.
• Monitored subcontractor operations and applied effective time, resource, and money management strategies to delivery under-budget project completion.
• Coordinate different subcontractor's activities per project schedule and arrange priorities
• Ensure that the Area Construction Management team is staffed, guided, and empowered to accomplish its mandate
• Collaborated with contractors, architects, engineers, and public agencies to complete projects within timeline limitations and budget constraints.
• Ensure that the Area Construction Management team has a clear understanding of plans and priorities and that all members work in unison to achieve the plan
• Ensure Area Construction Management team members thoroughly understand the contracts/scope and that they proactively ensure work is executed accordingly
• Identified and resolved construction issues promptly to prevent delays.
• Monitor the activities of all contractors/divisions engaged in the construction to ensure their obligations are fulfilled while ensuring all active construction interfaces are managed
• Ensure work is executed by approved Inspection and Test Plans (ITP)
• Proactively identify and work to resolve any site issues that may impede project delivery
• Conducted critical pre-installation conferences with general contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and manufacturer's representatives.
• Ensure that decisions requiring actions are addressed in a timely fashion
• Ensuring opportunities for improvement (safety, environment, cost, schedule, and quality) are items of focus and vigorously championed
• Participate in risk assessment activities with contractors and implement control measures for high-risk works
• Evaluate team members' performance and assist them in their personal and career development
• Ensure required reporting is implemented.
• Tracked project costs and other financial metrics to maximize profitability.

Projects:

• Giza North Combined Cycle Power Plant 3X750 MW (Mechanical equipment and piping installation - CP118).
• Sidi Krir Combined Cycle Power Plant 1X750 MW (Mechanical equipment and piping installation – CP118).
• Responsible for estimating work to be done, identifying dependencies, critical path activities, and resources needed for each project
• Manage projects and drive project team from start through to completion.
• Define project scope, objectives, milestones, and deliverables.
• Ensure business requirements are suitably defined, understood, and signed off
• Proactively manage project risks and issues and minimize their impact on the project
• Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
• Regularly communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders and use their feedback to optimize progress
• Negotiate the use of resources in a matrix management environment.
• Coordinate and manage project reporting, project reviews, and project steering meetings
• Responsible for Health, Safety, and Welfare of all team members
• Managed projects from procurement to commission.
• Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
• Coordinated material procurement and required services for projects within budget requirements.
• Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
• Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.

Projects:

• EBIC Ammonia plant-Ain Sukhna, Egypt (2,000 MTPD export-focused greenfield ammonia plant).Client KBR
• El Kurimat combined cycle power station 1X750 MW (2 Gas turbine 250MW).
• New Talkha combined cycle power station 1X750MW (2 Gas turbine 250MW & balance of plant piping).
• Nubaria combined cycle power station III 750MW (2 Gas turbine 250MW).
• Created weekly and monthly reports and presentations for management team.
• Maintained records and logs of work performed and materials and equipment used.
• Complied with safe operating practices and assessed operational procedures against best practices.
• Coordinated site investigations, documented issues, and escalated to executive teams.
• Interviewed, hired, and trained new workers.
• Kept sites compliant with OSHA, state, and local regulations to prevent unnecessary risks.
• Successfully managed budgets and allocated resources to maximize productivity and profitability.
• Defined clear targets and objectives and communicated to other team members.

• Tested equipment performance and demonstrated operation and servicing of equipment to customer with annual availability over 98%.
• Managed maintenance data records and tracked operating information for onsite reference.
• Coordinated repairs and maintenance actions for wind-farm (105 turbines).
• Applied systems analysis techniques to assess and resolve complex repairs issues for clients and end users.
• Examined faulty equipment, interpreted reports and analyzed customer complaints to diagnose equipment malfunction.
• Scheduled service calls according to customer location and urgency of need.

Projects

• El-Ezz steel plant – Suez - Fabrication and installation 9000-ton steel structure.
• Misr Canada lube oil re-refining factory Installation of 48 oil tanks API 650.
• DSD new factory -Egypt - Installation of 4500-ton steel structure.