From March 2015 Project Management Office Leader – Systra – Astana - Kazakhstan
up to now Light Rail Transit Project, instead of the previous BRT project.
Activities: Schedule Management, Risk Management, Electronic Documentation Management, Cost Control, Office Management (writing of the Management Plans and Processes).
From September 2014 General Schedule Manager – Systra – Astana - Kazakhstan
to March 2015 Bus Rapid Transit project : 22km, 18 stations, 1 Depot, 27 buses, budget of 450 millions of €. Project aborted in May of 2015 and replaced by a heavy Light Rail Transit project: elevated metro upon a viaduct. Feasibility study on going.
Specific tools : Primavera P6 (schedule management), Mezzoteam (documentation management).
Achievement of Schedule Management Plan, Master Schedule and Summary Schedule during the Study phase. Documentation Management. Risk Management.
From January 2014 Strategic Planner during design study phase – Systra – Paris - France
to August 2014 EOLE project : tunneling for 8km new railway track in the very center of Paris, between Gare Saint-Lazare and CNIT-La Défense. 2 new underground rail stations created. 5 billiards of euros project, including new trains delivery.
From August 2012 Planning & Coordination Manager – Setec Industries – Vélizy - France
to December 2013 Plannification and coordination manager on a new tramway project
(T6 line, southern Paris). Total cost : 384 millions of €
From March 2011 Planning & Coordination Manager – Quantity Surveyor – C. W. control
to July 2012 SETEC Industries (french engineering company ; ) – Rouen – France
Project Management of a tramway capability improvement : new railtracks and railtracks extension, new streetcars (27 Alstom Citadis streetcars instead of Alstom TFS), new equipments (tramways cleaning and washing equipment, sand distributor, under-floor wheel lathe), new maintenance building.
Total cost : 125 millions of €
From February 2010 Planning & Coordination Management – Transurb Technirail – Algeria
to September 2010 Transurb Technirail is a belgian engineering company specialized in railway industry and acting in Algeria to supervise the railway signalling deployments (intermediate position between the vendors and the client) :
· Vendors Plannings follow-up
· Documents delivery follow-up
· Quality control (writing of internal processes)
· Adjustment of a Documentary Management policy
· Adjustment of an internal Budget policy by project (5 parallels projects)
· Settle of an organigram with job descriptions
· Contracts Management in collaboration with the Project Managers and the Project Director
From July 2008 Project Management – Thalès Rail Signalling Solutions – Algeria
To December 2009 Local management of a railway signalling project (vendor position):
· Subcontractor management (planning, follow-up on field, quality control, progress meetings, warehouse management, technical support)
· Daily customer facing position
· Team leadership (15 p.) : 1 senior engineer in rail signalling + 3 junior engineers, 1 civil engineer, 1 office assistant, 1 telecom engineer, 1 warehouse manager + 1 storekeeper, 1 lay-out designer, 1 security manager (36 armed guards employed), 3 drivers
· Weekly Reporting to Back Office Project Management (Algiers and Paris)
Ø Full turnkey project : Technical studies, designs, civil works, material implementation, tests & commissionning, delivery : technical studies and designs were produced in Morocco, supervised by Thalès Paris, checked by the customer in Brussells and/or Algiers and modified on site by my engineer for minor modification (with client’s approval). All the materials were imported from Europe (Electrical and electronic cabinets, 100 miles of optical fiber, BTS cabinets for GSM-R sites, Axle counters, railtrack driller, tools, …) except steel elements (signalling masts and electrical cables were bought in Algeria and 30m GSM-R pylons were imported from Tunisia). From 4 up to 12 weeks needed between material expedition date from France and arrival in the project warehouse, due mainly to frequent custom worries.
Ø 35 millions € project : 8 train stations (Axle counters and PIPC technology, 160 km/h capability), 100 miles long railway, Optical Fiber and GSM-R implementation (10 BTS sites with 30 and 40 meters pylons)
Ø Very strict safety and security policy to apply 7 days a week, 24h a day (Algeria is under “Etat d’Urgence” conditions since 1992 because of islamic terrorism and the project was very isolated, 300 miles away from Algiers)
From January 2008 Customer Project Manager – Ericsson Belux - Brussels
To June 2008 5 Subcontractors management (UMTS turnkey deployment).
Customer facing position (Mobistar, belgian operator).
Mission: On-Site quality controls before BTS sites launch and documents delivery (As-Built) audit. Each site was double-checked by me and the customer’s expert.
From July 2007 Roll-Out Manager - Shabakkat Telecoms - Kuwaït
To December 2007 Full UMTS turnkey deployment on Watanya Telecom network.
Re-organisation of the Shabakkat’s deployment department (about 15 fellows : radio-engineers, logistic for shelters and pylons, civil works, BSS cabinets implementation).
Customer facing position position : Customer’s trust reinforcement.
30 sites built in 6 months.
From June 2005 2G Project Manager – Nokia Siemens Networks Morocco
To June 2007 Roll-out of 200 BTS’s per year (80 Turn-key sites) on Maroc Telecom’s network (also called Itissalat al Maghrib, Vivendi’s subsidiary company).
Radio-optimization : 500 TRX’s added.
Customer facing position : planning, forecast and reporting.
Team leadership (10 people : site-acquisition, administrative works, civil works, BSS implementation).
Coordination with radio-engineering department.
Management of 5 subcontractors for Sites Acquisition, Civil Works, Implementation, Commissionning, Integration and Maintenance.
Documents acceptance : site acquisition reports, drawings, As Builts, invoices
From September 2003 Moroccan handcraft retailer, France
to May 2005: shop owner.
From April 2002 Regional Manager – SFR (operator), France
to July 2003: Subcontractors management for full turnkeyGSM sitesdeploymentand SDH (microwave links) supplier (NEC) coordination, forecasting, reporting.
From April 2000 Team Leaders Manager – Nortel Networks Spain and Portugal
to April 2002: National wide site acquisition team leadership for UMTS (3G) pre-sales rollout (6 team leaders and 7 subcontractors) on Xfera and OniWay contracts.
From November 1999 Area Manager – Mobinil (operator), Egypt
to April 2000: Civil Works supervising, coordination between radio engineering, site acquisition and construction, mainly along the Red Sea road (about 15 sites, mainly shelter + 50m pylon). GSM technology and transmission link by microwaves (30cm dishes).
From September 1998 Site Acquisition Manager - Nortel Networks, Morocco
to November 1999: Pre-sales phase : process, negotiators training, subcontractors management for BSS network implementation (GSM technology).
From February 1998 Facilitator – Optimus (GSM operator), Portugal
to September 1998: Deputy area manager on Turn-key GSM network deployment : site acquisition, civil works supervising (both urban rooftop and field sites), internal reporting. GSM Technology and transmission link by microwaves (except from BSC’s to MSC by optical fiber).
From February 1997 Negotiator – I.T.A Telecom, France
to January 1998: GSM Sites negotiator (up to 5 sites negotiated per month, rooftops and greenfields) for France Telecom Mobiles (Itinéris network) in Western part of France.
From February 1996 Sales representative – Sagem Fax (newly Safran), France
to February 1997: Entreprise solutions : prospection and clients follow-up.