Nora Hamawandi Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

At the British Board of Agrément, I was promoted to Planning Engineer from Project Manager – Certification Engineer, where I started leading the end-to-end project lifecycle with a focus on achieving all deliverables within budget and timeline.☞ In this role, I leverage agile project management skills while gathering design requirements, understanding project scope, estimating costs, negotiating contracts, preparing plans, and initiating on-site operations.☞ Here, I supervise all operations and ensure we are adhering to health, safety, and environmental regulations, along with minimising time to complete each step through continuous process improvement.☞ To ensure we have enough experts on the team, I evaluate staffing needs and concurrently oversee the hiring of subcontractors and on-site crew members.☞ I also lead meetings and collaborate with clients, architects, and key stakeholders to resolve on-site issuesKey Achievements:✪ Accomplished project deliverables early by coordinating progress with managers and collaborating with on-site team members.✪ Streamlined Agile workflow through effective scheduling to ensure completion of daily, weekly, and monthly objectives.

London, England, United Kingdom

In this critical role, I was tasked to meet the certification requirements along with supporting management and key stakeholders in delivering high-value projects.☞ Apart from the management of projects, I leveraged technical expertise and conducted assessments of construction products/systems, such as cladding and external wall insulation systems.☞ Defined project milestones and timelines while preparing contract offers for assessments and ensuring they were proportionate and realistic.☞ I was also tasked to prepare, maintain, and update detailed work programmes to ensure data is available for timely progress and completion of assessments.☞ I also drafted Certificates and Reports, sought and took due regard for comments thereon, and arranged the production of documents for publication.Key Achievements:✪ Carried out Certificate maintenance tasks, such as certificate reviews, assessments of a factory, and surveillance reports.✪ Ensured cladding and external wall insulation installation adhered to Building Regulations and Fire performance Regulations.✪ Leveraged technical expertise in Wind load calculations, impact on buildings, thermal modelling, and U -value calculations.

Doha, Qatar

At Doha Extraco, I was the key resource for ensuring all quality requirements were adhered such as project requirements & specifications. I maintained compliance with all engineering standards, codes, and design instructions (QCS, CESMM) by reviewing produced material samples.☞ I prepared and submitted inspection reports to QC management for approval.Key Achievements:✪ Conducted lab tests of received material for quality inspection and ensured it met defined quality standards.✪ Approved purchase requisitions upon successful completion of lab test and verification of results.

In this role...☞ I proactively planned for on-site operations and expedited work while ensuring all stakeholders were on the same page, including Construction Managers, Contractors, Sub Contractors, vendors, and clients.Key Achievement:✪ Ensured conformance with internal standards and external regulatory requirements pertaining to the environment according to the (Environment protection law) and health & safety regulations.

Manama, Bahrain - London, Uk

As the Subject Matter Expert, I delivered support services by partnering with key clients and managers in administering construction projects from preparing project roadmaps to closure.☞ I supervised all operations of house extension and refurbishing projects in private residential buildings from inception to handover.☞ I utilized Primavera for monitoring and tracking performance to ensure progress aligns with scope, budget, and timelines.Key Achievement:✪ Completed all project tasks while providing high-quality customer service and delivering results within the timelines.✪ Ensured all processes and procedures were completed as per the scheduled roadmap.