Description

When billion-dollar projects face risk, delay, or claims, what defines their success is not delivery but how well they’re protected.

Hi, I am Faiaz, a Civil Engineer (B.E.), with an MBA in International Business and an LL.M in Oil, Gas & Renewable Energy Law (Robert Gordon University), where I authored a published dissertation on Saudi Arabia’s legal and strategic leadership in attracting renewable energy investment (Vision 2030).

Over 30+ years, I’ve led the full contracts and commercial management lifecycle across $Billion+ projects from concept through FEED, design, tendering, negotiation, claims, and close-out in oil & gas, EPC, infrastructure, rail, transport, real estate, and renewables.

Through this journey, I’ve built and led PMO, PMC, and PMT functions, developed corporate-level policies and procedures for contracting, supply chain, and project management, and pioneered value engineering, risk mitigation, innovation, and digital transformation frameworks across KSA, GCC, North America, and global markets.

What’s My Core Expertise:

✅ Contracts & Commercial Strategy for EPC & Mega Projects

✅ Claims & Dispute Resolution | FIDIC | Complex Variations

✅ Procurement & Supply Chain Strategy

✅ PMC, PMT & PMO Leadership

✅ Board & C-Level Advisory

✅ Corporate Training

✅ Public Speaking

✅ Mentoring

Key Milestones & Career Highlights:

✅Led contracts for $1.7B Doha Metro + King Fahad International Airport

✅3500-home Ajyal project, Saudi Aramco

✅First Aramco advisor to drive e-Procurement via SAP Ariba

✅Claims recovery on $Billion+ projects (Doha, Lusail, Nile, London, SABIC)

✅Author on Saudi renewable energy law (Vision 2030 alignment)

✅Chartered Arbitrator (MCIArb), MRICS, PMP, MICCP and continuous mentor to industry professionals

Who I Work With:

- Corporate boards & EPC

- Universities seeking keynote speakers

- Project owners needing a contracts strategy or claims resolution

- contracts, procurement & PMO teams

Languages

English
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Riyadh (up to 50km)

WORLEYPARSONS ENGINEERING
GRC Consultant
June 2024 - March 2025 (9 months)
• Spearheaded the development and execution of the GRC strategy and mentoring framework to enhance governance and compliance across multiple departments.
• Championed and lead Organizations' Governance is integrated with the corporate models to ensure compliance with regulations and industry standards.
• Actively participated and administered PMO objectives are delivered with structured approach and created processes for smooth implementation of the systems.
• Developed and enforced the risk management framework and processes while devising foundational risk mitigation strategies.
• Provided specialized expertise to analyze business operations, identify inefficiencies, and developed strategic solutions to enhance overall organizational effectiveness.
• Created a business unit strategy for the project management department resulting in increase its efficiency by 11%.
• Developed pricing strategy for a pilot program aimed at utilizing renewable energy.
• Developed, administered Risk analysis at all levels and created action plans for risk mitigation.
• Developed comprehensive guidelines for contract administration that simplified processes and reduced average processing time by three hours per week while maintaining compliance with organizational standards.
• Developed a governance framework, organizational structure, policies, processes, and KPIs for organizational restructuring.
• Mastered in-depth analysis and provided strategic recommendations for change orders, resulting in $40 million savings across 6 contracts while enhancing operational efficiency through informed technical and commercial insights.
• Designed a comprehensive reporting framework for tracking project milestones, ensuring clear communication across 12 active contracts, 22 Sub contracts and reducing feedback loops by 30% through the use of automated tools.
Bechtel Corporation
PMO CONSULTANT
May 2023 - May 2024 (1 year)
• Researched on renewable energy laws and produced an article summarizing as the combination of Saudi Arabia's effective laws, strategic initiatives like Vision 2030 and its geographic advantages in attracting foreign nations to pursue renewable energy, decarbonization, and net zero emissions".
• Conducted change strategy and stake holder engagement covering operational reediness and impact assessment resulting in training delivery, resource reformation.
• Developed project management methodologies and tools to be applied from the inception stage and during execution for the control of projects ensuring meeting compliance and deliverables are achieved in optimum time.
• Researched innovative process methodologies and delivered a set of PMO models in project management, procurement, supply chain sections.
• For an industrial project, developed frame work for cluster management, industrial investment opportunities, identified areas needed for development and sharing distribution of utilities among prime industries, support industries and intermediate industries.
• Developed a communication management plan for the stake holder engagement between the client and third-party companies and government entities ranging from ministry of transportation, ministry of energy, ministry of industries for approvals and strategy implementation.
• Engineered a comprehensive contracting strategy that elevated the tendering process for 12 road construction projects, outpacing traditional methods of RFI, RFQ, and RFP submission while promoting efficiency.
• Transformed existing approval workflows into an automated system that reduced processing time by over 40 hours monthly; simplified creation methods for purchase and service orders while improving accuracy.
• Formulated robust sourcing frameworks allowing efficient collaboration among stakeholders focused on defining design parameters; succeeded in streamlined procurement processes
SASREF
Management Advisor
August 2022 - April 2023 (8 months)
• Coordinated with cross-functional departments including legal and finance to finalize terms for 15+ contracts monthly; upgraded transparency around deliverable expectations resulting in a measurable reduction of disputes during execution.
• Chaired Tender committee meetings, driving crucial strategic decisions that led to the creation of actionable business plans and vendor selection processes while overseeing budget approvals greater than $100 million during a pivotal 2023 turnaround.
• Clarified inquiries regarding ITT and ITB documentation during the bidding phase, leading to seamless integration of critical modifications into final contracts that improved overall compliance by 30% across all projects.