Sherif Zaklama

A PMP certified Project Controls Manager with over 15 years of experience in Mega Projects (CCC Saint Regis Nile Corniche hotel, Renovation of Hilton Dream Land, Emaar Up Town Cairo, several projects in Madinaty Talaat Mustafa Group and all Wadi Degla Projects). 

Wadi Degla Development, Aug 2022 – Current,

Project:​Responsible for Wadi Degla projects, which are Neopolis, Promenade New Cairo, Breeze, Tijan 2, Blumar El Sokhna and Murano.

Position:​Project Controls Manager

Duties:​- Manage the Project Controls Team to develop and follow the project through its stages starting from Tendering to handing over

- Review contracts in the tendering phase

- Monitor the progress of the projects

- Develop and manage the cash flow in accordance with the approved budget

- Develop mitigation plans and strategies

- Challenge EOT’s and Claims

- Review Progress Reports

- Analyzing the data and reports to guide the project managers and advise them with necessary actions to be taken to comply with plan

- Responsible for delivering the information to the team members

- Delegating and following up the tasks with the team

- Regular site visits

Atrium Quality Contractors, Mar 2020 – Aug 2022,

Project:​Responsible for Madinaty projects, which are Four Seasons Hotel, Mall A, Mall F, Medical Center, residential compounds such as Privado and V24.

Position:​Project Controls Team Leader

Duties:​- Responsible for setting the goals to the team members to work upon

- Keeping track of and setting various tasks

- Responsible for supervising all the activities within the team

- Setting different approach and developing plans to accomplish the tasks

- Responsible for delivering the information to the team members

- Coaching the team members

- Delegating tasks to the team member and following up

- Coordination between team members

- Coordinate between different departments

- Setting internal meetings with the projects’ team following up the progress and projects’ status

- Setting internal meeting with different departments, such as Procurement, Technical Office, to follow up on projects’ status

- Attending progress meetings with client

- Reviewing all reports issued internally and externally

- Reviewing and adding in Claims affecting project progress

- Creating and reviewing Budget and Cost Reports

- Aiding in the creation of Master and Baseline Schedule

- Regular site visits

ASGC -Al Shafar for Real Estate Investment and General Contracting, Aug 2017 – Feb 2020,

Project:​Responsible for Levana Uptown Cairo residential compound

Position:​Planning Team Leader

Duties:​- Issuing baseline programme fully resource loaded

- Mapping BOQ items into the baseline programme

- Examining the tender drawings and reflecting them on the programme

- Providing bi-weekly programme update

- Issuing weekly, bi-weekly and monthly reports

- Highlighting KPI’s for project manager

- Issuing Claims due to variations while progressing

- Creating Revised programme due to claim impact

IMCC Project Management Group, May 2015 – Jul 2017,

Project:​Responsible for several projects, such as Palm Hills Commercial Projects, Hilton Dream Land HotelRenovation and Oracle Fit Out, Egypt

Position:​Sr. Planning and Scheduling Engineer

Duties:​​Palm Hills Commercial Projects:

- Issued resource loaded P6 programmes

- Issued bi-weekly and monthly reports

- Regular updates for  schedules to reflect actual conditions

- Regular site visits

- Analyzed and coordinated between drawings of different trades using AutoCAD 2016

- Reviewed project’s budget

- Coordination of key responsibilities and assignment between different parties

Hilton Dream Land Renovation:

- Supervised the execution of the mock-up room and the hotel renovation 

- Analyzed tender drawing using AutoCAD 2016 and ensured it is up to standard

- Coordinated between the comments received from the client regarding the mock-up and the interior design drawings for the hotel renovation

- Synchronized between drawings and BOQ

- Revised tender documents and time schedule for issuance

- Evaluated tenderers based on their company’s profile and met to assess their qualification

- Ensured all key enquiries for tenderers were addressed during mid-tender meeting

- Analyzed received tenders and chose the successful one to execute the project

- Issued bi-weekly and monthly reports

- Regular site visits

Oracle Fit Out:

- Coordination of key responsibilities and assignment between different parties 

- Reviewed Time schedule using P6 and deliveringProject on time 

- Revised and evaluated final as-built drawings. 

- analyzed and issued final invoice and other interim payments  

- Issued Handing Over Certificate of the project 

- Supervised over the execution of final snag list 

- Delivered the project to the client 

Consolidated Contractors Group (CCC) Nov 2010 – April 2015,

Project: ​The Nile Corniche Project – USD 1 billionresidential and hotel multistory buildings on the Nile Corniche, Cairo, Egypt

Position: ​Cost Control Engineer / Risk Coordinator, May 2014 – April 2015

Duties: ​‐ Analyzed project budget

‐ Presented project productivity rates through regular progress reports.

‐ Evaluated the cost impact and key risks of the project

‐ Calculated the direct and indirect cost affecting the project

‐ Examined project man power chart

‐ Assigned cost codes for payments

‐ Corporate social responsibility leader participated in voluntarily activities toward the welfare of our colleagues and community

Planning and Scheduling Engineer/ Risk Coordinator, Nov 2010 – April 2014 

- Construction of revised project schedule usingPrimavera

- Bi-weekly updates of schedule reflected actual siteconditions

- Frequent progress reports using Microsoft Office and AutoCAD drawings

- Abide and ensure safety regulation during site visits

- Assessed project risks and assure corrective actions was taken overcome risk

- Assisted in issuing a claim using window method due to Political Unrest

- Corporate social responsibility leader participated in voluntarily activities toward the welfare of our colleagues and community

PMP certified Engineer who graduated from American University in Cairo (AUC) and did several Management courses with Edinburgh Business School