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Summarized Duties and Responsibilities – April 1986 – November 2014
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Geraldo Managuelod

Geraldo Managuelod

Lower Hutt,WGN

Summary

Able to lead and manage all aspects of large-scale Civil Engineering/Infrastructure projects (e.g., buildings and dry and wet underground utilities) from inception to completion. Ensures that projects are delivered efficiently and effectively by maintaining quality and performance to client’s satisfaction. Develops a comprehensive project execution plan in reference or in accordance with the project’s Scope of Work, Construction Schedule/Timelines and ensure completion within budget. Strong project management skills, leads cross-functional project team to meet objectives. Identify risks and develop mitigating measures to allow/achieve continues project execution. Closely monitors project performance and determine (if any) areas for improvement. Frequent engagement with stakeholders by maintaining clear communication to address/fulfill their expectations. Monitors project progress, track key performance matrix and ensure deadlines are met. Lead team to resolving project related issues to eliminate “roadblocks” during project execution. With exceptional communication skills and interpersonal abilities. Ensures Contractor’s compliance to regulatory requirements, industry standards and best engineering practices. Communicate project updates/status and deliverables to executive management and stakeholders for information/reference.

Experienced with project management, team leadership, and cost control. Utilizes strategic planning and effective communication to ensure project success. Track record of delivering projects on time and within budget while maintaining high safety and quality standards.

Overview

39
39
years of professional experience

Work History

Construction Manager

Cohmen Trading and Contracting
09.2023 - 05.2025
  • Reviews the project Scope of Work, notes and ensures that project’s critical milestones are met.
  • Performs technical collaboration with other engineering discipline (e.g. electro-mechanical team, etc.) in order to achieve a well-coordinated execution of the project.
  • Organize support team to prepare the Project Execution Plan, Project Quality Plan (with emphasis on work procedures/method statement, test and inspection plan and documentation system) and the Baseline Program.
  • Organize project resources (such as materials, equipment, manpower) and closely track on-time availability of the same at construction sites. Inspect and receive client issued materials, maintain and closely track usage.
  • Anticipates and considers potential risks and environmental impact issues in order to not hamper smooth construction operations.
  • Administers overall execution of project and ensure that works are carried out in accordance with the project’s governing codes, standards and specifications, referred international industry codes, strict adherence/implementation of HSE program, achieve high quality work standards, meeting milestone dates/construction schedule and budget control.
  • Conducts regular communication/collaboration with project’s key construction personnel, project’s support team (e.g. procurement, plant and equipment, HSE (Safety), QA/QC, cost control and planning teams, sub-contractors) about the project execution plan to ensure a well-coordinated and smooth execution of the project.
  • Anticipates/forecast and determines potential risks, hazards, interface with other stakeholders’ facilities that will possibly hamper continuous construction operation. Organize remedial measures to address/mitigate if risks exist or encountered.
  • Manage interface/s with other facility owners/stakeholders in order to not hamper continuous project execution.
  • Thoroughly study project changes in scope of work as required by field condition and advise the details to project management or cost control team to determine legitimacy of possible variation.
  • Ensures that the project is constructed and documented in accordance with contract/project requirements and good Engineering practice.
  • Frequently monitors progress of work and actual project expenses in order to track if project execution is on schedule and within budget.
  • Escalates to senior management, unforeseen issues that may hamper continuous construction operation and share remedial measures for assessment to avoid time and budget losses.
  • Frequently monitors/assess work performance of sub-contractors, specifically meeting milestone dates, quality of work and strict adherence to safety and environmental (HSE) protocols.

Resident Engineer

Dorsch Gruppe Middle East
10.2019 - 07.2023
  • Construction and testing of pressurized sewage pipeline.
  • Install Electro-mechanical and Instrumentation, Control and Automation components for Surge Vessels and Odour Control Units in Pump Stations.
  • Install Water Supply and Air Supply systems for Surge Vessels and Odour Control Units at Pump Stations.
  • Reinstatement of disturbed paved roads and road furniture.
  • Construction of dry and wet underground utilities (e.g. wastewater and surface run-off water drainage systems, potable water supply networks, firewater system, etc.) and paved access roads with furniture at Qatar Economic Zone.

Senior Civil Engineer

Dorsch Gruppe Middle East
08.2017 - 09.2019
  • Repair, upgrade, expansion and maintenance of various types of sports and administration buildings and field training facilities.
  • Refurbishment, expansion and maintenance of sewage and storm surface water run-off drainage systems
  • Refurbishment, expansion and maintenance of water supply, irrigation and firewater systems
  • New construction, upgrading and maintenance of landscape (hardscape and soft scape)
  • Responsibilities:
  • Get acquainted with the Contract Terms and Conditions and Client’s governing Codes, Standards and Specifications, HSE Procedures, the Quality Management System, Material and Equipment Specifications.
  • Provides technical support and recommend remedial measures to problems/issues.
  • Analyze and provide feasibility study report of proposed upgrading works/projects.
  • Provide advice or recommendation regarding cost control implementation or value engineering.
  • Review and assess work methodologies to ensure that works comply with the owner’s and/or end-user satisfaction.
  • Conducts initial assessment of properties for new construction, repair and/or renovation and prepares evaluation report for senior management assessment.
  • Establish work schedules, manage implementation and track milestones.
  • Conduct regular site coordination meetings with the Project Management team, Main Contractor and Subcontractors to ensure, all issues and concerns arising from the project, stakeholders, clients/end-users are resolved on time.
  • Perform facility inspections quality assurance to ensure compliance with local and referred international industry standards. Recommend operational efficiencies, repairs, and upgrade opportunities, if any.
  • Identify and resolve moderate and complex issues that arise in existing systems and processes.
  • Constantly monitors work execution to ensure compliance with the highest quality work standards, meeting milestone schedules and Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) protocols.
  • Serves as focal point of communication between client/end-users, the senior management, other stakeholders, the project management team and Contractors.

Senior Civil / Structural Engineer

Dorsch Gruppe Middle East
12.2014 - 07.2017
  • Land development to allow construction of below facilities.
  • Construction of corporate office facilities, accommodation buildings, dining building to accommodate 400 personnel, Mosque, training buildings and field combat (obstacles) training facilities.
  • Installation of dry and wet underground utilities (e.g. sewage, TSE, surface run-off drains, house connections, potable water supply, fire water and irrigation supply systems, electrical and communication cables and manholes for the abovementioned facilities.
  • Construct paved roads with road furniture and street lights within the facility premises.
  • Construct landscape (soft scape and hardscape) utilities.
  • Summarized Responsibilities in Project Management Consultancy:
  • Checks the project’s Contract Terms and Conditions to determine the full Scope of Services to be provided.
  • Reviews the Contractor’s Project Execution Plan, Project Quality Plan, Construction Environmental Management Plan, the Baseline Program and Traffic Management Plan.
  • Collaborates with project involved multi-disciplinary teams in order to deliver a well-coordinated project to achieve client/end user satisfaction.
  • Closely monitors the execution of civil/structural works in order to ensure that activities are carried out in accordance with the project requirement.
  • Review Contractor’s construction documents such as, work method statements, risk assessment and inspection and test plan, material specifications, shop drawings and 3rd party service providers and transmit the same upon approval, to the Contractor for implementation.
  • Review design proposals/request for information that are not covered or reflected by the scope of work, however, required by site condition and escalate to senior management for further assessment.
  • Checks existence of potential risks, hazards, interface with other stakeholders’ facilities that may possibly affect continuous construction operation. Figure out and share innovative and/or remedial measures to address/mitigate identified risks/interface in order to allow continuous construction operation.
  • Advice supervision team (site engineers and inspectors) to be vigilant on their daily site monitoring and provide coaching from time to time.
  • Performs monitoring/supervision of worksites in support to site team’s daily site monitoring/supervision.
  • Ensures that the project is constructed and documented in accordance with contract requirement and good Engineering practice.
  • Maintains construction logs, necessary discipline data and manuals for reference and attributes for project handing over.
  • Keeps senior management well informed on work progress and provide progress reports.
  • Monitors pre-commissioning/inspection and final/end-user commissioning/inspection of completed works.
  • Organize snagging/punch listing activity and closely monitor rectification and closing out of snags.
  • Leads the “Project Handing Over” processes.

Senior Projects Engineer to Construction Manager

Gulf Lotus Trading and Contracting Co.
06.2006 - 11.2014
  • Construction of underground dry and wet utilities (e.g. potable water network, wastewater and surface run-off water drainage systems, power and communication cable)

Project Engineer to Senior Construction Superintendent

Metals Services for Trading & Contracting Co.
04.1991 - 10.2005
  • Construction of Oil and Gas multi-product (gasoline, diesel and jet fuel) pipeline, pipe scraper launching and receiving facilities, Booster pump stations, oil and gas flow lines and trunklines, remote valve stations, remote manifold headers, upstream and downstream tie-in facilities, water Injection pipelines with attributed electro-mechanical, instrumentation, pipe cathodic protection, civil and structural steel and concrete structures.
  • Construct access roads for operation and maintenance of above utilities.
  • Client:
  • Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)

Project Engineer

Chiyoda Petrostar Ltd. (on secondment)
04.1986 - 11.1990
  • Construction of dry and wet underground utilities and terminal support buildings of King Fahd International Airport such as;
  • Foul sewer (main lines and house connections), TSE and storm/surface run-off water drains and manholes
  • Potable water distribution network, chilled water supply, irrigation and firewater systems.
  • Hydrocarbon pipelines (e.g. gasoline, diesel and jet fuel)
  • Electrical power cables, communication cables, duct banks and manholes
  • Ancillary/support buildings and pump stations.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering

Saint Louis University
Baguio City Philippines
03-1982

Skills

  • Project management
  • Construction management
  • Problem-solving
  • Site management
  • Team building and leadership
  • Safety compliance
  • Subcontractor management
  • Work Planning and Prioritization
  • Schedule coordination
  • Budget management
  • Subcontractor oversight
  • Specifications review
  • Construction administration
  • Quality inspection
  • Value engineering
  • FLUENT IN English
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Health and safety compliance
  • Risk assessment
  • Task delegation
  • Environmental regulations

Accomplishments

    Awarded a recognition of playing a major role in completing the second world's hardest oil and gas pipeline construction in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This saved the Company's performance integrity/ potential backlash and contractual penalties.

Affiliations

  • Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers Inc. - Philippines – Fellow Member
  • American Society of Civil Engineers – PE, M. ASCE
  • Qatar Ministry of Municipality / Urban Planning & Development Authority (UPDA) – Certified Civil Engineer
  • Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (Qatar) – Council of Advisers Member

Language Spoken

English (fluent in speaking and reading & writing), Arabic (basic) and Philippine National language

Training

  • Completed Advanced Project Management (PMP) Course
  • Project and Construction Management
  • Webinar in Geotechnical Engineering
  • Webinar in Environmental and Energy Engineering.
  • Civil Engineering Profession Updates, Theory and Practice
  • Treated Sewage Effluent Water Planning and Design
  • Construction Materials, Testing and Mix Design (Soil, Asphalt and Concrete).
  • Quality Assurance/Quality Control for Construction Services.
  • Road Construction Materials, Testing and Design
  • Seminar in Water Distribution System
  • Contract Awareness Route to become contracts Engineer/Administrator
  • Health, Safety and Environmental Seminar
  • Seminar on Quantity Surveying
  • Advancement in Concrete Technology.

Countries of Assignment

  • State of Qatar
  • Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Summarized Duties and Responsibilities – April 1986 – November 2014

  • Conducts site survey/assessment and shares gathered information to project design team in order to achieve the integrity of design proposals.
  • Coordinate and collects data from project involved stakeholders and requests their interface requirements/procedure and details in order to reflect to project’s design proposals.
  • Performs technical collaboration with other engineering discipline (e.g. electro-mechanical team, etc.) and assist technical team in preparing required construction documents.
  • Collaborate with the QA/QC team in preparing the Project Quality Plan (PQP) with emphasis on procedures, Inspection and Test Plan and documentation system in accordance with the Company’s Quality Management System (QMS).
  • Plan, organize, direct, control and oversees performance/support of sub-contractors, material suppliers and 3rd party/independent testing agencies to ensure their compliance with the project requirement.
  • Organize project resources (such as materials, equipment, manpower) and closely track on-time availability of the same at construction sites.
  • Anticipates / considers potential risks and environmental impact issues in order to not hamper construction operations.
  • Conducts regular communication/collaboration with project’s key construction personnel, to include procurement, plant and equipment, HSE, QA/QC, cost control and planning teams, about project execution plan to ensure a well-coordinated and smooth execution of the project.
  • Supervise/monitors the safe and successful execution of trenchless pipeline installation (micro tunneling), dewatering system and over pumping system.
  • Anticipates/forecast and determines potential risks, hazards, interface with other stakeholders’ facilities that will possibly hamper continuous construction operation. Develop remedial measures to address/mitigate if risks exist or encountered.
  • Administers overall execution of project at construction sites and ensure that works are carried out in accordance with the project’s governing codes, standards and specifications, referred international industry codes and standards, strict adherence/implementation of HSE program, achieve high quality work standards, meeting milestone dates/construction schedule and budget control.
  • Where there are observed and/or anticipated project changes in scope of work as required by field condition.
  • Interacts with the client’s project management team, in-house project support departments, key role players, the company’s senior project management and sub-contractors.
  • Ensures that the project is constructed and documented in accordance with contract/project requirements and good Engineering practice.
  • Constantly reports progress of work and escalate to senior management unforeseen issues that may hamper continuous construction operation and share remedial measures for assessment to avoid time and budget losses.
  • Frequently monitors/assess work performance of sub-contractors specifically meeting milestone dates, quality of work, compliance to high level of safety and recommend corrective measures and/or recovery plan to overcome delayed activities or problems encountered.

Timeline

Construction Manager

Cohmen Trading and Contracting
09.2023 - 05.2025

Resident Engineer

Dorsch Gruppe Middle East
10.2019 - 07.2023

Senior Civil Engineer

Dorsch Gruppe Middle East
08.2017 - 09.2019

Senior Civil / Structural Engineer

Dorsch Gruppe Middle East
12.2014 - 07.2017

Senior Projects Engineer to Construction Manager

Gulf Lotus Trading and Contracting Co.
06.2006 - 11.2014

Project Engineer to Senior Construction Superintendent

Metals Services for Trading & Contracting Co.
04.1991 - 10.2005

Project Engineer

Chiyoda Petrostar Ltd. (on secondment)
04.1986 - 11.1990

Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering

Saint Louis University
Geraldo Managuelod