Alexander Attie

 
           Alexander Attie

 

Alexander Attie, Engineer

Civil Engineer

Professional Profile Overview

Alexander Attie is a Civil Engineer, with over 40 years of experience in the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Industry of large Projects. During his tenure, Alex has held several different functions throughout the Major Projects lifecycle including holding roles as Project Manager, Project Engineer, Contract Manager, Procurement Manager, Construction Area Manager, and BD Manager.
Predominately working in Canada and the United States for most of the past 40 years of his career, Alex’s has experience with Heavy Oil, Hydro Power, Plant Utilities, and Midstream projects during the Front End, Detailed Engineering, Procurement and Construction phases of the project. His international experience outside of North America includes working in the UAE and Indonesia, as well as experience with global sourcing of engineered and fabricated equipment worldwide.
Additionally, Alex is familiar with reimbursable, lump sum, fixed fee, fee at risk and other modes of contracting within the Canadian marketplace. Skilled in developing, planning, executing scopes of work, and managing large contracts, Alex has also demonstrated strong abilities with resource planning, reporting & managing teams of engineers in the EPC environment, extensive interface experience in inter-disciplinary teams, working with non-technical project groups, in joint venture teams, as multi-office execution teams, as a vendor, a sub-contractor, and as well as the Client Engineering & Project Team. Moreover, his expertise also includes oversight of design/fabrication vendors which included contract management and reviews, issue resolution, and progress monitoring.

Business and Project Management Proficiencies

 

Technical engineering background working with developing Hydro and Gas Power Projects, Oil GBS, Sulfur Plants, and other Oil and Gas and Energy Infrastructure Projects. Alex also possesses excellent leadership of Estimating and Business Development teams responsible for the accurate estimating and preparation of proposals. As a leader, Alex is skilled at applying excellent communication & project management principles to every project or piece of work to effectively ensure positive delivery of scope and the proper management of change.
Procurement Strategy Planning; Preparation of Material; Contract Requisitions for large project; Earned Value Management & Reporting; Project Controls; Model Review Coordination: Contract Administration: Change management; Evaluation of Cost & Schedule Impact of Change; Claims; Scope Development; Scope Management.

 

Core Expertise

  • Evaluation of Large Projects Tenders
  • Scheduling and Staff Planning
  • Earned Value Management and Project Controls
  • Scope Management and Change Control
  • Service Requisition/MRP Technical Documents
  • Identification and Resolution of Contractual Issues affection Scope and Schedule
  • Purchase Order and Contract Technical Support
  • Oversight of Sub-vendors

Project Experience

  • Keeyask Hydro Power Project (Manitoba Hydro)
  • Hangingston SAGD Project (JACOS Resources (Alberta)
  • Country Club Mall Renovations (Nanaimo)
  • Mid-Stream Project - Dispute Resolution Support (Alberta)
  • Dover SAGD Plant (PetroChina-Brion (Alberta)
  • Sulfur Plant CNRL (Ft. McMurray Alberta)
  • Fluvana Gas Project (Tenaska USA)
  • Hibernia Oil Platform (Mobil Oil Group — NL)
  • Laforge 1 Powerhouse (Bay James Quebec)

IT and Other Skills

  • Microsoft Suite
  • Engineering Software
  • Project Management Software
  • Excellent Teamwork approaches

Professional Qualifications

  • B.A.Sc. (Civil Engineering)
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