Safwan Alharbi
Jeddah,Saudi Arabia
Summary
Highly competent and goal-oriented Industrial Engineer with two years of experience specializing in operations projects within the aviation industry. Skilled planner and problem solver with an analytical mindset, dedicated to boosting performance and optimizing efficiency.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Operations Projects Interface Specialist
Jeddah Airports Company- Daa Intel. Contract
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
04.2025 - Current
- Strategically coordinate and manage relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including government agencies, airlines, ground handlers, and security, to ensure alignment of project goals with operational requirements.
- Monitor project execution closely, assessing contractor performance and ensuring adherence to project timelines and quality standards.
- Delivered data-driven reports and analysis on project progress and operational requirements performance for new airlines to the executive management.
- Identify and lead initiatives for process improvement within project implementation and operational coordination to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Perform thorough readiness assessments to evaluate the preparedness of operational teams and resources for the go-live phase, ensuring all criteria are met.
- Develop and implement contingency plans to address unexpected challenges, ensuring continuity of operations in adverse situations.
Operations Projects Interface Coordinator
Jeddah Airports Company - Daa Intel. Contract
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
11.2023 - 03.2025
- Engaging with the project team, internal stakeholders, external stakeholders and gathering the project update, requirements, and operational impacts.
- Coordinate with relevant stakeholders for Projects and new Airlines by meetings ,site visits, trials ,etc., to minimize any disruptions to airport operations.
- Reporting& Data Collations : Maintaining accurate data and analysis of project-related information, decisions, and actions. Prepare Monthly& Weekly New Airlines reports summarizing project progress for management.
- Operational Readiness Support & Trial Scenario: Assist in ensuring operational readiness for new infrastructure, systems, or services introduced by projects. Support testing and validation activities, coordinating with operations staff and airlines or project teams to ensure a smooth transition.
Operations Planning Intern
Jeddah Airports Company
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
03.2023 - 09.2023
- Capacity and demand forecasts
- Improving capacity
- Passengers arrivals rate forecast.
- Project recommended by the trainee titled "Capacity Improvements at the bussing area of the arriving zone at KAIA". This project aims on increasing the Total Capacity of the arriving zone by:
1- Reducing the busses Parking Time
2- Reducing the walking time of passenger Journey by (+50%).
3- Increasing the total parking lots by 6 parking more (Capacity utilization). - Weekly performance Dashboard for the Terminal 1 and Campus done by the trainee to the executive management. The performance report has a brief overview about:
1- Applied On-Time performance (OTP) as a percentage for all flights whether Departures or Arrivals.
2- Executive Summary of Flight Movements and passenger numbers for both departure and arrival.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 10.2018 - 09.2023
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Power BI
- Operations Managements
- Project Management
- Stakeholders Management
- Communication
- Time management
- Process improvement strategies
- Collaborative mindset
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Projects
- CAPACITY IMPROVMENTS at THE BUSSING AREA of ARRIVING ZONE at KAIA, Jeddah Airports Company, 05/2023, 06/2023
- PROFIT ANALYSIS - A MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING APPROACH, Nemco Company, 09/2022, 05/2023
- REDUCING THE WAITING TIME OF GREEN CARD HOLDERS AT SAUDI NATIONAL BANK (SNB), King Abdulaziz University, Simulation Model by using Arena Software, 04/2022, 06/2022
Timeline
Operations Projects Interface Specialist
Jeddah Airports Company- Daa Intel. Contract
04.2025 - Current
Operations Projects Interface Coordinator
Jeddah Airports Company - Daa Intel. Contract
11.2023 - 03.2025
Operations Planning Intern
Jeddah Airports Company
03.2023 - 09.2023
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
King Abdulaziz University
10.2018 - 09.2023
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