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Being an Entrepreneur, I am leading professional transportation engineering works related to project management, multi-modal, planning, designing, coordinating preliminary studies, project development and representing the County's interests to engineers, contractors, local government, regional agencies, State and Federal agencies, utility companies, and the public for the timely design and construction of Regional Trail and Transportation Capital Improvement projects of Dakota County.Representing the County during the study phase, preliminary design or final design process for construction projects by reviewing proposed layouts, plans and specifications. Managing consultant design progress and professional service expenditures and regularly reviews design elements and budget compliance. Coordinating internal review of studies and plans by transportation functional areas, collate review comments and participate in the value engineering, cost estimating and cost adjustment process. Negotiating and in timely manner processes requests for change orders or contract amendments for professional design services. Synchronizing with local, regional, State, and Federal agencies and utility companies to obtain required approvals, permits, and agreements. Facilitating environmental studies and documentation in accordance with accepted NEPA and MEQB procedures and practices. Communicating current project information to internal Transportation staff and to external stakeholders through a variety of forums. Conduct regular project meetings with Project teams. Aligning and leading Public Involvement Program for the project. Act as County spokesperson on design and right of way issues. Participating in professional service contract selection process and coordinates the preparation and execution of contracts. Supporting the County's efforts in obtaining State/Federal funding for the project and provides status reports to administering authority on regular basis.

Being a Role Model I am the Trailblazer & Accountable for all projects administered in my Program by spare heading the project teams & working with all stakeholders firstly to define the project & then to meet all defined project scope, schedule & budget requirements.Developing a sound & effective working and communications with the McKenzie County leadership for all projects thus keeping them updated on significant issues related to technical, schedule & budget, reporting periodically overall projects status information & ensuring to get their approval on all projects changes.Upholding external stakeholder interfaces directly as well as through functional group experts to develop public engagement plans that identifies strategic methods & techniques for working with affected stakeholders & maintaining record of public involvement.Soliciting the project Initiation planning studies for accurate, feasible, realistic & achievable projects scoping, base lining, scheduling, budgeting, WBS & risk assessment phases by ensuring that all required project parameters are well established for producing the project charter. Monitoring & controlling the Pre-designing phases of the projects thus micro scoping the project concept, layout & environmental conflicts to identify & resolve through public engagement, developing environmental strategies to get environmental permits. Leading the Projects Closeout effectively on the issues of Environmental, agreements with stakeholders, right of way, assets release to local units of government. Focusing on the Risk management by proactively controlling the threats & capturing the opportunities. Pivoting the Quality management by insisting on a consistent & effective quality conscious mindset in the project teams.Spinning among the project teams, stakeholders & public agencies maintaining adequate open & substantive professional communications environment & productive working relationships capturing the issues & corrective actions.

As Director of Operations, Directed the Strategy & Business Development activities of this Esteem Organization in the Utilities, Infrastructure, Industrial, Healthcare, Retail, Airports, Leisure, Residential, PEB, Dams & Golf Courses projects & Drove the new Construction & Real Estate business thus played the Key Role in the Sustainable Development of National & Overseas Engineering Projects.Conscientious for the overall Management of all Strategic Projects Execution & Customer Relationship activities. Provided market feedback to the Board of Directors regarding competitive offerings, prospect needs & generate Sustainable Business Development Bigger & Better ideas.Taken ownership of the Management of the functions of the Engineering Business and Constrain increased Revenue & Profit to achieve the Company’s Ambitious Growth.Responsible for Planning and Coordinating the implementation of Engineering Business Plans & the penetration of new markets.Researched Organizations & Individuals to identify new Leads & Potential new markets.Explored the needs of other Companies & Learned who makes Decisions about Real Estate Growth.Contacted Potential Investors & other Business Opportunities to establish rapport & set up meetings.Planned& Oversaw new marketing Initiatives for the Growth of Construction Business.Attended Conferences, Meetings, Workshops & Industry Events.Negotiated & closed Business Agreement with Potential Investors.Developed Business & Strategy Goals for the Construction Development & Planned for Implementation of Big picture’s goals.Maintained healthy relationships with Clients.Performed additional duties, responsibilities & special projects as assigned.Trail blazed Customer Care Service Skills & acted as an Ambassador to the Community.Articulated & Presented information to a group both in a public or internal setting.Passionate in Analyzing a situation, assessing alternative solutions & recommended an effective course of action.

PEPSICO INTERNATIONAL GREEN FIELD SNACKS FACTORY PROJECT, Multan, PakistanClient: Pepsico International, Contractor: Banu Mukhtar Contracting, Value: $90 million, Duration:16 monthsThe project over an area of 80,000 m2 consists of Architectural and Structural PEB comprising of Production, Warehouse, Office, QC Lab. Utility building, Deep wells & Pumps building, Weigh bridge building, Pipe racks, Chemical waste & Scrap storage building, Underground diesel tanks, Over ground LPG Vegetable oil & Nitrogen tanks, Overhead water tanks, WWTP. Compliance with FM Global targeting to achieve LEED Silver Certification. RESPONSIBILITIES:-• Prompted cross functional teams, Approved Baseline program, ITP, MS & SRA, Resolved Technical issues that affect Scope, Schedule and Quality.• Ignited & Ensured Change Management processes/Checklists being followed to adhered to QMS.• Initiated all activities among multiple sub-contractors including H/O & T/B areas, scheduling & PTW.• Piloted the site teams in line walks to monitor all activities ensuring usage of respective permits.• Transformed improvements in the milestones, critical path, issuing punch list and final IR, T&C, DLC.• Revitalized commercial teams to ensure timely verification of IPCs, VO & New Rate Analysis. • Ensured Safety Management Procedures and Inductions, PPE, TBT, Reporting incidences & Near misses, Evacuation plan, First Aid arrangements, COSHH, Plant and Hand tools checklists conformance.• Reviewed / Monitored Contractor’s work schedules, CPM charts, Cash flow status, Utilities diversion & betterment works, 2 weeks look ahead & monthly execution plans, strategy & program schedule. • Responded the Correspondence RFI / RFC, Requests of EOT, VO & CO.• Proactively identified Value Engineering opportunities to suggest cost and time savings to the Client.• Provided Claim analysis support, dispute resolution via negotiations and amicable settlement.

Principal Consultants: Kimley Horn Inc. Supervision Consultants: Progressive Consulting Engineers Inc. PROJECT: Rochester Destination Medical Complex (DMC) Upgrading Project, Rochester, Minnesota, USAClient: Department of Health - Minnesota, Contractors: Thor Construction Inc. and Mortenson Construction Inc. Contract Value: $ 101.7 Million, Duration: 22 months PROJECT DESCRIPTION:-The project consists of upgrading the existing surface and multi-storey ramp parking & Hospital buildings to construct additional floors to accommodate more Clinics & parking bays in the entire downtown system and especially in area of the Rochester Destination Medical Complex (DMC) project to overcome the increasing Medical Clinics and parking demand. Scope of work include construction of 2 to 4 new floors with all new Structural, Architectural, Cladding, Heat & Sound proofing, Utilities (MEP, HVAC, Fire Protection, Security System, WWTP), T&C of new Infrastructure in compliance with LEED, Interfacing & Demolition of redundant existing features, protection of existing live Utilities, Signage and Pavement markings.

Responsibilities & Achievements Successfully handed over completed capital construction projects providing professional directions & control to multi-disciplinary teams, accomplishing challenging business targets & program goals, delivering on time within budget & fulfilling all technical, quality and safety objectives. Collaborated effectively with all Government departments and managed the process for obtaining NOCs and permits for execution of various project jobs. Administrated subcontracts covering planning, resource mobilization, execution & cost tracking leading to early/accelerated completion, keeping a special eye on the Back charges & Abortive works. Implemented strategies and plans for effective Traffic Management & Temporary Diversion of live utilities on the critical path of projects, optimizing staff resources, improving operational efficiency and delivered up to 10% reduction in staff costs and overall 3% improvement in project profitability. Established the Zero Injury Culture among the teams by motivating them to arrange regular safety site walks, Tool Box Talks, safety committee meetings, always report near misses, minimize NCRs to zero, progress & financial reports, groomed team leaders to be prepared for safety and quality audits. Achieved final handover & close-out of completed projects including preparation & delivery of all as-built documentation, O&M manuals, warranty certificates & final QA/QC reports, final completion NOCs, final project reconciliation for obtaining TOC from client & final close-out and securing of 5% retention by obtaining DLC.  Managed the small works division of the company for 5 years (2010 – 2015) in addition to handling of road & infrastructure works for major projects, also supported the estimation department in bidding. Executed asphalt, wet mix & aggregate road base laying jobs deploying & supervising 4 paving teams on all road projects of the company over a period of 12 years (2003 - 2015).

 Supervised execution of earthworks, drainage works, structural backfilling, construction of minor structures & pavement works – aggregate sub-base/base course & asphaltic pavement layers. Worked as an Office Engineer in earthworks & structures sections of the coordination cell provided required technical assistance to the Senior Resident Engineer.Highlights Contributed to the successful execution of the 5 miles demonstration section participating from start-up to completion. As acting ARE, managed earthworks & pavement works in a 30 miles section of the highway delivering all jobs on time, within budget and meeting project specifications.Project Lahore – Islamabad Motorway (M2) Length: 74 miles Client: National Highway Authority (NHA) Pakistan Value: $ 50.56 million Duration: 48 months