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Ali Naveed

Riyadh,Saudi Arabia
Ali Naveed

Summary

Accomplished professional with extensive expertise in network design, implementation, and operations, as well as network security auditing. Demonstrates exceptional skills in project planning and scheduling, budget management, and risk assessment and mitigation. Proven track record in motivational leadership, team leadership, and stakeholder communication. Adept at using Microsoft Project and Power BI for methodical planning and outstanding time management. Committed to enhancing business continuity through effective disaster recovery planning and security policies and procedures. Career goal includes leveraging skills in service management to drive high performance reward schemes within dynamic organizations.

Seasoned professional in team management with focus on enhancing productivity and maintaining high performance standards. Able to drive impressive results through strategic planning and problem-solving, utilising unique skills in communication, decision making and conflict resolution. Committed to creating harmonious work environments that foster team success and business growth.

Offering strong leadership abilities and collaborative mindset. Knowledgeable about project management, team coordination, and fostering positive work environment. Ready to use and develop communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills in role.

Overview

17
years of professional experience
4011
years of post-secondary education
1
Certification

Work history

Ericsson
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

O&M Team Lead Civil
11.2023 - Current

Job overview

Project Desc: Tawal (Ericsson) Managed Services Scope: 16000+ Site
Assigned Responsibilities:
• Responsible to plan with 30+ teams for Preventive and Corrective maintenance for sites.
• Built strong relations with customers through positive attitude and attentive response in order to provide better services and customer satisfaction.
• Maintained documentation for telecommunication systems, equipment inventory and floor plans.
• Analyzed user-generated trouble tickets to determine causes of problems and took appropriate action for resolution.
• Planned various preventive maintenance tasks and procedures to building and equipment.

  • Provided leadership and direction for employees, supervising activities to drive productivity and efficiency.
  • Delegated tasks to make best use of individuals' skills.

Ericsson
Riyadh, Riyadh Region

Implementation manager
04.2019 - 10.2023

Job overview

Working with Ericsson as implementation coordinator in Aspiration, 5G1, 5G2 ,5G3 and 5G4 (L700, L900, New sites) with Mobily and STC projects as

Providing expert level advice and consultancy to the Project Teams in the field of Site implementation as well as ensuring that site designs, construction with standards and specifications are agreed with the customer prior to the start of the project. Understand to best match the local environment. Review site specific designs as produced by the Design Consultancy and make recommendations to manage cost and simplify construction.

Lead, Manage and organize the Teams Designate and organize the subcontractors and monitor their activities at sites, Monitoring the sites through Construction Engineers and Supervisors, Quality assurance of sites from customer point of view, Scheduling provisional acceptance of the sites by the customer, Troubleshooting all the operational matters relevant to civil works, Commissioning and Integration of the sites until the drive test and commercial service status of the sites, Leading the sites for Final Acceptance from the customer, Control of all contractor services that they are under compliance with agreed terms and sites are handed over according to schedule, Warehouse requisitions for material inflow and issue of the same to the sites, Designate the Sub-Contractors site construction work and supervise through Construction / Site Engineers to implement quality assurance and target achievement according to the rollout plan. Managing the Pos and invoicing process for ASPs verifying the Pos against work done by ASP And budgeting for projects.

  • Maintained strong awareness of industry advancements and technology trends, capitalising on emerging tools to meet business demands.
  • Managed implementation projects from scope through completion, monitoring and mitigating delays.
  • Observed workflow to establish system development priorities.

Mada Al Shurooq

Senior project manager
01.2018 - 01.2019

Job overview

Working with MADA as a Project Manager in 4G7,4G6,4G7,LTE,USF10,11 and WBB with Huawei Ericson and Nokia projects as .

· Independently manage projects with high risk and complexity ensuring final delivery to meetcustomer’s expectations of Time and Quality.

· Ensure project complete within budget by efficient cost controlling and internal and external resources management.

· Leading Implementation team to achieve the rollout target as per confirmed schedule.

Shares project experience and knowledge of project management, provide project management training to junior staff members

Plan, schedule, organizes and supervise smooth running of the projects Attend the weekly regular project progressive meeting with consultant

Responsible for the day today running activity of Project ensuring that all Site Engineer, Ensure timely submission of shop drawing and approval of the same

Report to the Management the day today progress of works, requirement of Manpower, equipment and other resources, difficulties encountered and specific action required from him to resolve problems at site.

Coordinate with the nominated and domestic sub-contractors to ensure the timely competition of activities. Arrange meetings with the sub-contractors

Preparations of weekly progress report for submit to the project Manager/ project director

having regular meeting with Site Engineer and Foreman for monitor the progress achieved with regard to the plan, discuss with them day to day problems and suggest proper solution.

Having regular meeting with site engineer, foreman to discuss about program and progress of work and to closely monitoring the job costs do not exceed the budgeted target

Ensure quality of the work is as per project specification and satisfaction of consultant and client Providing proper work environment, safety and welfare of the work force employed at the site Arrange of all materials to the site a time to avoid any project delay

Huawei

Implementation manager
01.2016 - 06.2018

Job overview

Working with Huawei as a implementation manager in 4G3,4G5,4G6,4G7,LTE 4G1.USF5,6.USF10,11project.

1. Proper project tracking and providing clear instructions to team for daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly plans.

2. Daily meeting with subcon for project close tracking and getting result.

3. Evaluating subcontractors on monthly basis for PM.

4. Arranging for timely and when-required on-site training for Huawei and Subcon engineers.

5. Good communication with customer and subcontractors whenever required.

6. Should solve daily minor/major issues of site without escalating to management.

7. Follow daily/weekly/monthly plan and getting it done by subcontractors.

8. Should absorb work pressure.

9. Function and management/Implementation/Overall Project Progress/Revenue Recognition 4

10. To provide a 100% accurately implemented site as per design and requirement of customer. Overall project management of site/project of Turnkey and Non-Turnkey projects. Quality control, revenue recognition, implementation on-site as per Huawei standards (agreed with customer) and providing a 100% accurate sites for customer acceptance. Good subcontractor management.

Design Team Lead and Telecom IM:

Providing expert level advice and consultancy to the Project Teams in the field of Site Design as well as ensuring that site designs, construction with standards and specifications are agreed with the customer prior to the start of the project. Understand to best match the local environment.

üReview site specific designs as produced by the Design Consultancy and make recommendations to manage cost and simplify construction.

üProvide hands on training for local staff who will be attending Technical Site Surveys (TSS), reviewing drawings and approving designs.

Review and approve alternative materials proposed by suppliers and customers. Assist the Design Consultancy to produce nonstandard solutions as required.

Ensure the site designs are in line with customers’ requirement and standard of the operation. Ensure that site designs are compliant with local Health and Safety requirements.

Support Project Manager in establishing CW processes and procedures and actively. Design as per CW spec. and standard documentation (process and planning guidelines). Maintain accordingly to ensure continued output, quality and safety. Define targets for permitting, design and construction in terms of timelines, dead lines and budget/costs. Monitor the production of the planning drawings and review as necessary.

Ensure that the Customer CW designs are reviewed by Client, coordinate different expert evaluation and ensure keeping timelines overall.

Monitor the build permit applications and other permits by the Partner.

Check and monitor cost variations to the model site prices or agreed BoQ (whatever is applicable). Ensure the availability of all current standards, specifications and general requirements of Client and Customer where applicable.

Suggest solutions to technical queries to progress the CW works. Suggest solutions to sites with difficult CW design problems.

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Technical Responsibilities:

· Coordinating with engineers to resolve escalated issues and achieve higher customer satisfaction matrices; monitoring performance of field engineers & providing necessary feedback

· Monitoring the post service activities like follow up with the customers, service reminders and handling customer grievances for superior customer service Preparing microwave equipment’s orders in agreement with company’s future and in progress plans.

Project implementation manager MCW:

D.C power up gradation as per SOW

Defines the project organization, recruiting the project organization Managing the direct labor budget for the project

Training the project organization

Managing the project organization as a whole in terms of technical performance and task delivery Identifying, tracking managing and resolving project issues

North Ericsson 100 Sites (STC) Site acquisition PAT & FAT

North and central Huawei 30 sites (STC USF PROJECT) Trunk key Rollout

Scheduling provisional acceptance of the sites by the customer

Troubleshooting all the operational matters relevant to civil works

Designate the Sub-Contractors site construction work and supervise through Construction / Site Engineers to implement quality assurance and target achievement according to the rollout plan

Planning and executing the Civil work in accordance with the Scope of Work (incl. Model Site Designs, CW specifications & guidelines)

Construction Quality Assurance & Compliance with Tender Documents and the tender Price and the quoted unit rates to be workable. Material Testing & Construction Inspection in accordance with the Drawings & Standards. Support Management via regular reports and updates.

Huawei
Qassim

Project engineer
11.2014 - 12.2015

Job overview

  • Visited sites to check project progress and eliminate bottlenecks.
  • Scheduled projects and resources to meet deadlines whilst achieving target spends.
  • Reviewed designs, plans and reports to ensure constant compliance with project specifications.
  • Checked client requirements and generated solutions from identified needs.
  • Coordinated project resources, goals and activities, facilitating successful closure and handover.
  • Created detailed project schedules, working closely with contractors to manage deadlines.
  • Produced project progress reports for stakeholder reviews and meetings.
  • Executed quality assurance activities, checking project results against client requirements.
  • Estimated costs, scheduling requirements and labor needs to produce engineering designs.
  • Presented project updates to stakeholders, highlighting successes and suggesting solutions for weak spots.
  • Enforced health and safety protocols to minimise accidents and injury.
  • Oversaw field projects implementing engineering designs and maintained strict compliance with specifications and applicable codes.
  • Responded quickly to emergency outages, providing rapid repairs to limit operational disruption.
  • Examined project plans and locations to identify and mitigate potential hazards.
  • Covered various phases and sub-tasks to enable timely, under budget project completion.
  • Captured project outputs for ongoing analysis and progress monitoring.
  • Directed cost-effective construction of highly specialised equipment and machinery.
  • Established and implemented corrective action to minimise project risk impacts.
  • Sourced cost-effecftive sub-contract elements to meet project resource requirements.
  • Worked with production teams to facilitate smooth transition from design and testing to full-scale manufacturing.
  • Instructed teams on design, quality and manufacturing plans to achieve commissioning goals.
  • Evaluated risk indexes to meet data and process audit needs.
  • Implemented policies and devices to improve workplace safety.
  • Researched and developed engineering solutions to combat operational issues.

Rawsi Al Bina

Project Engineer
01.2012 - 01.2014

Job overview

  • Developed comprehensive project plans for network installations and upgrades, managing budgets and timelines
  • Coordinated project resources, goals and activities, facilitating successful closure and handover.
  • Reviewed designs, plans and reports to ensure constant compliance with project specifications.
  • Scheduled projects and resources to meet deadlines whilst achieving target spends.
  • Visited sites to check project progress and eliminate bottlenecks.
  • Checked client requirements and generated solutions from identified needs.
  • Created detailed project schedules, working closely with contractors to manage deadlines.
  • Produced project progress reports for stakeholder reviews and meetings.
  • Maintained continuous communication with stakeholders, providing regular updates and addressing concerns
  • Conducted site inspections, securing necessary approvals from consultants and ensuring compliance with standards
  • Implemented project management best practices, minimizing risks and ensuring timely project completion
  • Configured and managed network infrastructure, including switches, routers, and wireless access points
  • Key Achievements: Led successful network upgrade projects, enhancing overall system reliability and performance
  • Achieved a 15% reduction in project costs through efficient resource management
  • Improved network security through the implementation of advanced firewall and intrusion detection systems.

Al Sharq

Project engineer
01.2008 - 01.2012

Job overview

  • Visited sites to check project progress and eliminate bottlenecks.
  • Scheduled projects and resources to meet deadlines whilst achieving target spends.
  • Reviewed designs, plans and reports to ensure constant compliance with project specifications.
  • Coordinated project resources, goals and activities, facilitating successful closure and handover.
  • Checked client requirements and generated solutions from identified needs.
  • Created detailed project schedules, working closely with contractors to manage deadlines.
  • Executed quality assurance activities, checking project results against client requirements.

Education

Government Technology College Faisalabad

Diploma in Associate Mechanical Engineering

Preston University

B-Tech in Mechanical Engineering

Skills

  • Microsoft Project
  • Power BI
  • Motivational leadership
  • Outstanding time management
  • Excellent communication
  • High performance reward schemes
  • Network Design, Implementation, and Operations
  • Team supervision
  • Key Performance Indicator (KPI) management
  • Risk Management
  • Security Policies and Procedures
  • Disaster Recovery Planning
  • Business Continuity Planning
  • Project Planning and Scheduling
  • Budget Management
  • Risk Assessment and Mitigation
  • Stakeholder Communication
  • Team Leadership
  • Vendor Management

Certification

  • Project Management Professional (PMP)

Languages

English
Urdu

Timeline

O&M Team Lead Civil

Ericsson
11.2023 - Current

Implementation manager

Ericsson
04.2019 - 10.2023

Senior project manager

Mada Al Shurooq
01.2018 - 01.2019

Implementation manager

Huawei
01.2016 - 06.2018

Project engineer

Huawei
11.2014 - 12.2015

Project Engineer

Rawsi Al Bina
01.2012 - 01.2014

Project engineer

Al Sharq
01.2008 - 01.2012

Government Technology College Faisalabad

Diploma in Associate Mechanical Engineering
01.2004

Preston University

B-Tech in Mechanical Engineering
01.2006
Ali Naveed