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Ramzi Kanaan

First Name: 
Ramzi
Last Name: 
Kanaan

Senior management professional with 19+ years of diversified and progressive engineering experience including Project Management, Project Controls, Planning, Cost control, risk management, change management, Cost Estimation, Design and Site supervision. Currently functioning as Project Controls Manager with Saudi Arabian Construction Company (SACC).

- Extensive experience working in PMO and controlling mega projects within the Construction field

- Significant exposure in conducting studies/ analysis, implementation of control procedures to reduce cost, improve performance and increase profitability

- Expertise in development and implementation of Project Controls Systems and procedures on projects

- Skilled in end-to-end project management activities including planning, scheduling, progress monitoring as well as earned value analysis and slippage recovery plans

- Highly experienced in cost control, budget, cash flow, cost forecast, KPI & variances analysis, cost and revenue trends

- Well versed in general EPC contract issues, FIDIC condition of contracts, claims/change orders & time extension request  Demonstrated leadership, teaming, organizational and people-management skills with consistent performance levels in excess of job requirements

IT Skills: SAP, Business Analyzer, Primavera P6 & P3, Build Smart, MS Office, Microsoft Project, RIB, STAAD PRO, RAM STEEL (Steel bldg. design), Autocad, MathCad and XSteel, BUTLER (USA) Design software: PRONTO (Steel bldg. design), PC-FFAD & PC FRAME (Frame design), ESP (H-section design), CFM (cold form section design)

Professional Since: 
Jun-1996 (27.9 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
Jul 1996 (27.8 yrs experience, WARNING: 0.1 years variance with Professional Since)
Years Experience: 
15

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