Samer Al-Ayash

• Monitor project performance and progress against established goals, providing advice and recommendations on schedules and resources proactively to keep initiatives on track.
• Collaborate closely with senior management to align project objectives with broader strategic initiatives, ensuring contributions support overall business growth and operational excellence.
• Conduct thorough post-project evaluations to capture lessons learned, and integrate insights into future planning and execution, continuously enhancing project success.
• Engage extensively with cross-functional project teams, external consultants (including engineers and architects), senior leadership, and internal/external stakeholders to ensure seamless collaboration and communication.
• Review designs, plans, and schedules of various project phases for large-scale initiatives, maintaining alignment with organizational objectives.

• Provided timely solutions to field conflicts arising from unforeseen site conditions or discrepancies in drawings by liaising with relevant parties involved in the project.
• Enhanced building performance by troubleshooting and resolving complex MEP issues on-site during construction phases.
• Streamlined MEP coordination processes for timely completion of projects by implementing efficient scheduling techniques and monitoring progress regularly.
• Improved MEP project efficiency by coordinating and overseeing the work of multiple engineering disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.

• Supervise and manage subcontractors executing MEP works for company’s projects.
• Project Manager for Underground Utilities Mapping and Inspection Projects (CCTV & GPR)
• Started with "Pavement Void Detection" as new service line in 2019
• Manage planning, estimation, tendering, procurement and preparation of design & shop drawings for MEP works – drainage, plumbing, HVAC, fire detection & fire fighting systems, low current & high current electrical systems, underground utility mapping and inspections
• Lead value engineering efforts for improving designs & reducing costs.

Assignments & Achievements

Global Survey: Operations Manager for CCTV Inspection, Cleaning and Patch Lining for Gravity Pipes

• Surveyed more than 850 km since 2013.
• Increased annual turnover by 400% between 2016 & 2021.
• Reduced operational cost by 10-15% by training and improving performance, and in-house maintenance of equipment.
• Adopted and introduced Patch Lining as new service to the company’s portfolio by mid-2017. And installed more than 2250 patches.

Fahad Construction & Trading: MEP Project Manager

• Rectangular Villas Compound (a complex of 37 Villas + Club House + other facilities) - 2016-2017
• CO2 Plant in New Industrial Area - 2019-2021
• Labor Accommodation - 2019-2021
• Buzwair Villa - Pearl Qatar - 2021-2022

Global Survey: Project Manager for: GTC-646/2014: Consultancy Services for Underground Utility Mapping - Client: Khatib & Alami and Kahramaa Qatar

• Trained new staff to increase the skilled team by 4 times.
• Adopted new applications and technologies to increase productivity and eliminate errors (GPR & EM)
• Motivated the working staff to improve their performance quantitatively and qualitatively by delegation and setting clear evaluation targets.
• Introduced new know-hows (GIS) to the company to expand the services portfolio.

Buzwair Engineering & Contracting / Global Survey: Project Manager for 2-year CCTV survey of sewer lines in Doha - Client: Public Works Authority (Ashghal) Qatar.

• Developed understanding of new technologies to expand company's services portfolio.
• Trained the working team by direct hands-on involvement.

Buzwair Industrial Gases Factory:

• Redesigned the MEP systems for a Helium filling plant in Ras Laffan Qatar and an Air separation plant in the New Industrial Area Doha
• Saved 10% of the project costs through value engineering and design review.

Buzwair Real Estate:

• Established the MEP maintenance team with all required training for manpower, maintenance schedules and standard operating procedures & method statements.

Managed the design, supply, erection, installation, testing & commissioning of projects related to

• Waste & Sewage Treatment – waste-to-energy & anaerobic digestion processes.
• Micro grid & Micro power plants – solar (thermal, CSP & PV), wind, Organic Rankine Cycle systems, waste heat recovery & co-generation.
• Green buildings – renewable energy systems (solar thermal, solar PV, wind), ground & water source heat pumps, smart home systems, energy monitoring systems, biomass systems, green roofs & walls, natural ventilation & lighting, clay plastering, under-floor heating & cooling systems.

Reported to the General Manager and led a team of 12 in managing Mechanical & plumbing projects – drainage, plumbing, heating, HVAC and fire fighting systems.

Major Projects

• Port of Beirut – Coordinated for successful execution of Plumbing Network project.
• Villa Sfeir & Debbaneh Apartment – Managed all procurement activities.
• Developed estimates & looked after procurement of several small projects.

Reported to the General Manager and led a team of 16 in executing various MEP jobs – drainage, plumbing, heating, HVAC, high & low current systems and fire fighting systems.

Major Projects

• Princess Noura University, Riyadh KSA – all MEP works for 9 buildings Main Contractor: Saudi Oger
• Jeddah Radio Complex – Installation & commissioning of low current systems.
• Makkah TV Station – as the MEP Project Manager supervised and followed up with subcontractors on behalf of the main contractor.
• Delta Holding Head Office - as the MEP Project Manager, managed design of electrical & mechanical systems, procurement, coordination with other trades and follow up of project execution.

Managed Project Activities Related All MEP Works – Drainage, Plumbing, Heating, HVAC, Solar Power & Low Voltage Systems – for Several Projects

Major Projects

• Lebanese American University (LAU) Frem Civic Centre Byblos.
• Technical College, Mhail-Asir KSA.
• Al Abadiyah Hills Lebanon.
• Commodore Furnished Apartments, Beirut Lebanon

Managed Tendering, Procurement, Engineering Submittals & Site Supervision and Management of Variation Orders & Payment Certificates for Mechanical & Plumbing Works for Residential Projects.

Major Projects

• Santa Building, Saifi Beirut
• Villa Abillama, Dbayeh Lebanon.
• Mehanna Residence, a Small Villa in Saifi Beirut
• Mazayef Residence, a Villa in Bsous Lebanon
• Najjar Villa, Reyfoun Lebanon.
• Developed Priced Bids for Projects and Looked After Procurement of Several Small Projects.

• BIMATIC, El-Chouf Lebanon, Company Engineer, Aug 2003 to Mar 2005: Designed and developed bakery & restaurant equipment and participated in sales activities.
  
• DR. ADIL MAYASSI, Beirut Lebanon, Assistant Engineer, Aug 2002 to Apr 2005: Participated in structural, fluid & thermal analysis for the design of an organic waste & sewage treatment plant based on the anaerobic digestion process.
  
• AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT, Beirut Lebanon, Research Assistant, Summer 2000: Worked with Dr. Rida Nuwayhid on a thermo-electric generation project