Project Management Team Member

AMR MOSTAFA, P.Eng., PMP, LL.M.

Toronto, ON T: 416-***-**** E: ***.***********@*****.***

Job Posting General Submission

Seeking an executive role that leverages my extensive experience in Engineering, Legal, Project & Contract (Commercial) Management, along with strategic leadership and supervisory expertise, to drive both personal growth and organizational success.

Profile Summary

Over 30 years of progressively responsible as a team member and supervisor in Capital Projects, Contracts and Claims Management, between Canada and overseas, involving all facets of commercial commitments from start-up to close-out including proposal, procurement (AFP, RFQ, RFP, IFB, etc.), award, execution, drafting, negotiation, eManagement, and dispute resolution experience.

Management and leadership skills to manage departmental staff and lead projects and motivate team(s).

Expert knowledge of construction contract administration and claims management techniques and practices in a large multi project complex construction and infrastructure environment.

Extensive experience in the interpretation of contract law, and Ontario legislation.

Pre-award experience writing both technical and non-technical contract specifications.

Proven experience working with legal, risk, technical, financial and commercial functions,

Experience on large infrastructure projects at a senior level working with senior government officials and stakeholders

First-hand knowledge of P3 Alternative Financing and Procurement (AFP) Projects of large infrastructure development contracts (DBFM) and (BFM) models.

Proven advanced negotiation and conflict resolution skills.

Double Major degrees in Engineering and International Business Law.

Certified P.Eng. and active member of PEO

Certified PMP and active member of PMI

Certified Construction Adjudicator and active member of ODACC

Bilingual English and French.

Relevant Work Experience

HATCH

Feb. 2024 to Present

*Commercial Director, Energy

Responsible for the Energy sector (Nuclear, Thermal, eGrid, Renewables, Hydropower, and O&G) commercial support.

Metrolinx

Mar. 2021 to Feb. 2024

*Senior Contracts Manager

Supervising multiple teams of Managers, Senior Contracts Administrators (SCA) and Contract Administrators (CA) to manage and administrate the Emergent Strategic Services Contracts under the Capital Projects Group (CPG).

Jacobs consultant to Metrolinx

Aug. 2018 to Sep. 2020

*Commercial / Claims Manager

Seconded to Metrolinx to work on the Rapid Transit and Go Expansion Program

Member of the Commercial Support Team, responsible for Claims and Disputes Management across the Capital Project Group (CPG), in addition to providing front line support and assistance to the Vehicles Project Delivery Teams and to the Bus Program (BRT) on commercial matters and claims avoidance/management techniques.

Successfully settled two major Variation(s) before attaining the claims phase, in a fair and reasonable manner, saved $2.4M CAD plus legal cost.

Applied an overlooked contract clause, by interpreting ambiguous and unclear language, this potentially saved Metrolinx $17.4M CAD

Successfully negotiated and issued more than 20 Contract Amendments in the amount of $ 545M CAD.

Reviewed and provided major changes to Metrolinx Claims procedures for both AFP and non-AFP contracts.

Assisted Metrolinx Procurement in drafting supplementary clauses to CCDC Contracts.

Sep. 2017 to July 2018

*Senior Contract Administrator

Member of the Capital Projects Group (CPG), provided Contract Management Services for the Regional Express Rail ("RER") Program, LSE and for the Finch West LRT.

Successfully managed and administered more than 70 Construction contracts including the migration to new ERP Unifier.

Applied a new process for Variation Orders / Directives ensuring that the Owner approval and budget allocation are in place before work commencement.

CBRE

May 2016 to Sep. 2017

*Maintenance Projects Estimator

• Rendering Facility Management Services to Petro-Canada Retail and Petro-Pass sites nation-wide. The scope comprised Vendor Management, Capital and Expense Budget control through Corrigo platform.

• Significantly reduced the sub-trades quotations for Fuels Service Station maintenance Projects, saved ~8M CAD per year.

• Introduced new criteria for outliers Service Station(s), saved sub-trades expenses and consequently the Client.

Mar. 1996 to Dec. 2014

* Legal & Compliance Counsel

Supervising team of professionals from diversified backgrounds;

Drafting and reviewing of ALL contracts/agreements (commercial, procurement RFP/RFQ/RFI, employment, non-standard, multi-country, licencing, etc.);

Responsible to oversee the ongoing contract management to ensure compliance to contractual obligations and performance expectations required by the service provider(s).

Handling ALL the Claims Management pertinent to all the Company’s active projects.

Liaise with Outside Counsel regarding Litigation ( obtaining and providing documentation, monitoring cases, responding to Police reports, and updating master litigation list) ;

Corporate Secretary and BPOW (Blue Print One World) database maintenance for Corporate Governance; in addition to handling the Board of Directors and General Assembly Meetings preparation and legalization;

Yearly review and update of the Department Business Continuity Plan (BCP).

General legal advice to internal and external stakeholders;

Selected Achievements:

Negotiated and concluded three major agreements ($M20 Airport T3 into-plan Hydrant, $M60 On the Run Retail network operation transfer and Port Said Fuels Terminal relocation Project, amounting $M 22).

Prepared the materials and provided training on business related US Laws & Regulations including Anti- Corruption, Competition Law and Corporate Separateness to ALL Senior management and employees .

* Contracts, Customer Master and Pricing Manager

Leading three professional team units of 9 persons from diversified backgrounds;

Management and Administration of 5 countries Customer’s Accounts, Receivables, Payables, Credit and Pricing.

Customer’s Contracts administration, and management.

Operational Excellence, and Process Improvement.

Setting team/individual objectives, KPI’s and budget Control.

Providing training and development for reporting staff.

Selected Achievements:

$M30 Special Project Centralization of 5 Affiliates Customer Service activities in Business Support Centre (BSC)

Flawless Migration from JDE legacy systems / interfaces to new ERP (SAP, GCMS) with minimum business disruption.

Development and Standardization of relevant processes, procedures and work instructions.

Meeting targets in a high volume, fast paced Order to Cash (OTC) day-to-day environment.

* Projects Manager

Completed design, construction and streaming of more than 25 Retail outlets and Fuels Depots. The scope included the preparation of the Contract Strategy or Plan and all aspects of pre and post award of the project Contracts, cost estimates, call for tender, bid analysis, awarding, project management, time scheduling, supervising Contractors/Subcontractors, reporting, contractor’s evaluation and reappraisal. Working application of the ACI, BS building codes and AASHTO Standards.

Site Supervision role: Site, and Contractor supervision of Industrial Oil & Gas facilities, Engineering Inspection, Monitoring ongoing Project activities against PM plan and Performance measurements baseline, controlling changes and recommending corrective or preventive action(s) in anticipation of possible problems.

Previously:

1994 –1996 Program/Project Manager

Management and Financial Consultants ( MAFCO - UAE )

$M300 Abu Dhabi - Dubai Highway Project:

Review a Portfolio of Infrastructure package(s) (Architecture, Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical) prior to submission.

Review tendering documentation before the call for tender, submitting and awarding, concluding the contractual process with the awarded contractor thereof.

Review the Qualification packages for Governmental approved listing repository.

Liaise between Design Office and respective Senior Government Official(s) ) inter alia Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Petroleum, ADNOC and all its subsidiaries, Consultant(s), and Contractor, providing detailed drawings, fulfilling the licensing requirements, Engineering support, and Change orders.

Managed virtual teams from diversified disciplines (civil engineers, electro- mechanical, architects, land surveyors, project schedulers, Draftsmen, accountant, and an administrator), in order to fulfill the requirements stipulated by the respective Governmental Client.

1989 –1994 Bridges & Special Structures Engineer (Egypt–KSA–Lebanon)

International Engineering Consultant (Dar Al Handasah - Shair & Partners)

Prepared preliminary and detailed Design of conventional Reinforced Concrete structure(s) including RC elements of Bridges, Tunnels, in addition to checking existing structures “As-Built” drawings.

Developed Repair Methodology of existing heritage buildings and Design of Composite Section.

Resident Engineer (RE) role: Site, Plant and Contractor supervision, Liaise between the Design Office and the Construction site(s), Monitoring ongoing Project activities against PM plan and Performance measurements baseline, Controlling changes ( time / cost ) and recommending corrective or preventive action(s) in anticipation of possible problems

Selected Infrastructure Projects:

$M60 Benha Bridge and Approaches 18Km of Pre-stressed Post-tensioned Box-Girder Reinforced Concrete Bridge including approaches.

$B1.5 Medinah 1st Ring Road comprised of 13 Underpass and Flyover(s), I was responsible for the Manakhah U/P pre-tensioned Reinforced Concrete Tunnel.

$M50 AUC Heritage Building Restoration Built in the 1900s the American University in Cairo decided to maintain the original cultural character of the building though to be used as the Campus library.

Education & Professional Development

Global Professional Master of Laws, GPLL.M., University of Toronto 2022

Master of Laws, LL.M., INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW 2012

LL.B. in Law, EIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY 2003

Post Graduate studies in Structures, CAIRO UNIVERSITY 1991

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, CAIRO UNIVERSITY 1989

Certified Construction Adjudicator, Ontario (“ODACC”) 2019

Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) 2017

Petroleum Oriented Safety Training ("POST"). 2016 Project Management Professional (“PMP”). 2015

Dale Carnegie Soft Skills Trainer (Communication, leadership, teamwork, etc.). 2007

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