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Skills:Cost engineer, Civil Engineer, Cost controls, cost manager, project manager, software developer, Construction Manager, project manager

Cost controls manager 11/16/2020 - current
Clifford Devlin Ltd, London, London United Kingdom
Industry: Construction
I am a Senior Quantity surveyor in the UK equivalent to Senior cost controls manager and cost engineer within the contraction industry. Project I am handling are mainly included civil and RC frame construction, Demolition, excavation, piling and temporary work.
My responsibilities are included but not limited to pre contract tendering, contracts review and negotiations also post contract and contraction procurement, valuations, variations and RFIs, extension of time and closing accounts. As Clifford Devlin is mainly a principle contractor I am managing accounts to clients and from subcontractors. depend on size of the project I am managing the project from £300k to £20M and also managing the commercial team of estimators, cost engineers and site managers. working alongside project managers and company commercial managers. My background is chartered civil and structural engineer so I enjoy new challenges in this failed and as a critical thinker are able to come up for a solution and are able to assemble a A team where is required to tackle a complication. I am leading the tender team for new opportunities also do Estimating by myself when is required to make sure meeting the deadlines and maximize the wining opportunities. When reviewing the tender not only looking for the best price but best practice and method of work to maximize the project profitability along with the wining strategy by identifying, analysis and quantifying the risks.--
Commercial manager 11/01/2017 - 11/15/2020
Brompton Cross Construction ltd, London, London United Kingdom
Industry: Construction
Brompton cross is a main contractor in residential and commercial sector. I have gained exceptional experience working with them to manage the commercial team of estimators, cost engineers, and purchasing officers. As a design and build company I worked along with design team and project management team for new build and refurbishment projects within the central London.
As a commercial manager I was directly worked with the company CEO to optimize the marketing strategies and maximize the sale by grabbing opportunities from new markets. As a team leader, I have designed the required processes and assembled and trained a commercial team of estimators, cost engineers and purchasing officers to match the company requirements. I have set up career development goals and milestones within the 3 years plan for the team which benefit the individuals and the company mutually. This needed huge effort, hiring and firing to get to the best result, however, could provide a solid backbone to the business and improved the team performance by 33%, reduced the company overheads by 3.1% and increased the client satisfaction by 7.9%. The system adopted to other departments of Design and site management and provide similar great results. Along with the above responsibilities, as a senior quantity surveyor - cost controls engineer -, I was responsible to manage the account from pre contract to post contract for projects to up to £20M. More details with the attached resume.--
Cost controls manager 02/01/2015 - 08/14/2015
S.J. Henderson, London, London United Kingdom
Industry: Construction
At SJH, as a senior quantity surveyor, I managed Three residential projects with total value of £8M. I was assigned to take over these projects’ accounts, in later stage of the projects and provide final accounts to be submitted to the clients and attending meeting to resolve issues.
I was responsible to review the sub-contractors accounts and complete the commissioning and final accounts stage. The main challenge was that a huge number of disputes for variations and extension of times, left to the last part of the projects and I had to dig into all contracts and sub-contracts, original and revised drawings, instructions, RFIs, emails and programmes to stablish a strong dispute management. Successfully, all three projects settled down and completed with exceptional results.--
Cost controls manager 08/15/2015 - 10/31/2017
Patterson Constructions Ltd, London, London United Kingdom
Industry: Construction
Patterson construction is a well-known principle contractor with over 35 years background in construction industry and providing first class construction services such as RC frame, Groundwork, temporary work, underpinning, piling, shell & core, steel frame.
At Patterson construction, as a senior quantity surveyor, I was managing projects ranged from £300k to £6M. The projects comprise complete shell & core construction works for new-build and refurbishment projects in residential and commercial sector. Furthermore, as a commercial manager, I was managing the commercial team of two quantity surveyors, an estimator and a purchaser officer and I was directly reporting to CEO. The Projects were included, construction of new basements, foundations, excavations, underpinning, piling, demolition, temporary work, waterproofing, RC frame and structural steel frame, blockwork, rib decking and concrete slabs and stairs.--
Cost controls manager 01/01/2013 - 01/02/2015
ASME Engineering Ltd, London, London United Kingdom
Industry: Construction
At ASME I was working along with the commercial team as a quantity surveyor and estimator on structural steel frames fabrication & installation projects. I was working on new build and refurbishment projects with values ranged from £300k to £8M. The works were included Structural steel frame fabrication and installations, temporary works, rib decking and facades.
Within ASME I had a chance to work on many well-known projects such as Victoria Albert Museum refurbishment, Shard CAD 5, Madame Tussauds star war extension, Oxford St Market place Aldo Building, a commercial building extension and refurbishment and etc. My involvement with these projects, as a quantity surveyor, allowed me to work closely with top main contractors, companies such as mace, ISG, Colins, Coniston construction, etc. I was preparing valuations and variations accounts and was attending progress and dispute resolutions meetings with these main-contractors and their experienced commercial manages and PQes which I learned a lot from them and gained a priceless experience which I could use them efficiently, later when, I start working for main contractors--

Azad university 09/01/1995 - 06/01/2000
Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Civil Engineering
Minor:Structural Engineering
graduated in Bachelor degree in civil and structural engineering.

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