Azzah A. Alshmarani

As a Shift Engineer at Hilton Riyadh, I drive operational excellence across all hotel facilities, combining technical expertise with strategic oversight to ensure seamless guest experiences and peak system performance. I specialize in preventive and predictive maintenance, energy optimization, and operational reliability, turning complex technical challenges into measurable business impact. Key Responsibilities: - Lead end-to-end corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance across all departments, ensuring uninterrupted guest services and compliance with safety and quality standards. - Develop and execute preventive maintenance schedules, monitor KPIs, and optimize HVAC systems, electrical panels, mechanical assets, and life-safety equipment for peak efficiency. - Supervise, mentor, and coordinate a multi-disciplinary team of technicians, enforcing SOPs, SLAs, and regulatory compliance while fostering a culture of safety and accountability. - Manage external vendors, OEMs, and contractors for specialized repairs, inspections, and warranty claims, ensuring cost-efficient, high-quality service delivery.

Key Responsibilities: - Reviewed tender documents, technical specifications, project drawings, BOQs, contracts, and client requirements to develop accurate and compliant cost estimates aligned with project scope and engineering standards. - Conducted detailed quantity take-offs (QTO), cost analysis, and material assessments, identifying scope gaps, potential risks, and value-engineering opportunities to ensure optimized bids. - Collaborated with the Estimation & Tendering Manager in bid clarification meetings, negotiation discussions, and internal cost reviews, ensuring pricing, resource planning, and risk mitigation were strategically aligned. - Coordinated with suppliers and subcontractors to consolidate quotations, validate technical compliance, and benchmark market rates for accurate cost modeling. Notable Achievements: ~ Delivered highly accurate bid estimates that supported winning projects while minimizing financial and operational risk exposure. ~ Identified cost-saving and value-engineering opportunities that enhanced project profitability and commercial competitiveness.

Key Responsibilities: - Participated in tender and bid estimation cycles, analyzing RFPs, BOQs, project drawings, specifications, contract terms, and commercial conditions to develop precise and compliant cost estimates. - Conducted technical and commercial feasibility studies, identifying scope gaps, risk exposures, cost drivers, and value-engineering opportunities to support robust project approvals. - Coordinated pre-bid site visits, client briefings, and clarification meetings to ensure full alignment on project requirements and expectations. - Managed supplier and subcontractor engagement, including RFQs, pricing negotiations, technical validation, market benchmarking, and consolidation of quotations to build optimized cost breakdowns across civil, material, equipment, and manpower scopes. Notable Achievements: ~ Streamlined bid estimation process, enhancing accuracy and enabling faster, more competitive submissions. ~ Identified value-engineering opportunities that improved project profitability and reduced financial risk exposure.