Mamoun Menouni

Senior Project Director

Morocco

Experience

Jan 2024 - Present
1 year 7 months
Morocco

Senior Project Director

TGCC Morocco

  • Leading multi-functional teams including project management, project control, cost control, HSE, document control, engineering, construction, constructability, and commissioning.

  • Managing major projects such as OCP Mzinda Benguerir Corridor and High-Speed LGV train in Morocco, coordinating engineering, procurement, and construction management tasks from pre-feasibility phases to commissioning across multiple global offices (UK, USA, Australia, India).

Jan 2021 - Dec 2025
3 years
Morocco

Senior Project Director

STAM Morocco

  • Directed major pipeline projects including the 203 km steel pipeline from Jorf Lasfar to Khouribga, the steel pipe from Kénitra to Rabat, and the FRP pipe from Jorf Lasfar to Daourat Dam.

  • Helped the client achieve strategic targets to double Moroccan fertilizer and phosphate exports and successfully commission and close out projects, delivering additional recognized formal value worth millions of dollars.

Jan 2019 - Dec 2022
4 years
Montreal, Canada

Senior Project Manager (Major Projects)

GHD

  • Managed geotechnical projects for the Ministère des Transports du Québec, including Highway 19 in Laval, Quebec.

  • Oversaw project planning, risk management, stakeholder coordination, and technical execution for large-scale transportation infrastructure works.

Jan 2015 - Dec 2017
3 years
Casablanca, Morocco

Trainer / Coach

Jacobs Engineering Academy

  • Developed project management, safety, and soft skills training modules for Jacobs Academy in Morocco.

  • Delivered modules to Jacobs Morocco employees and participated in the 2016 inclusion conference in Pasadena, USA, presenting a networking module.

Jan 2009 - Dec 2019
10 years
Morocco

Program Director / Project Manager, Jorf Phosphate Hub Program

Jacobs Engineering

  • Executed twenty large-scale projects for OCP (Office Chérifien des Phosphates) as part of the Jorf Phosphate Hub outside battery limits program.

  • Projects included:

  • Gypsum and return of sea water HDPE solid wall pipes onshore (up to 2.1 m diameter, 550 m length)

  • Gypsum and return of sea water HDPE solid wall pipes offshore (1.8 m diameter, 550 m length)

  • 120 ha earthworks, roads, fill, cut, bridges, and underground concrete pipes (up to 2.5 m diameter)

  • Phosphate slurry distribution plant (0.9 m steel pipe over pipe racks)

  • New rainwater and sewer system (concrete pipes up to 2.1 m diameter, deep tunneling)

  • Roads construction and rehabilitation

  • Phosphate conveyors earthworks

  • Fertilizer conveyors

  • Pipe racks for melted sulphur, ammonia, steam, raw water, phosphate slurry

  • Sea water pumping (12 pumps up to 18 000 m³/hour)

  • Sea water distribution (concrete pipes up to 1.6 m diameter)

  • Raw water distribution (concrete pipes up to 1.6 m diameter)

  • Fire water distribution (steel pipes up to 0.6 m diameter)

  • Steam production (concrete pipes up to 0.6 m diameter)

  • Electricity production (125 kV, 60 kV, and 10 kV substations)

  • Desalination plant phase 2 (reverse osmosis)

  • New main administration building

  • Revamping of sulfuric acid plant (SAP)

  • Construction of concentration acid plant (CAP)

  • Control room in mine plants

Jan 2008 - Dec 2009
1 year
Marrakesh, Morocco

Earthworks Department Director

Kuwaiti Burhan / Autoroutes du Maroc

  • Directed earthworks department for the Marrakech–Chichaoua highway.

  • Led construction teams to execute 8 million m³ of cut, fill, and subbase works in accordance with specifications and quality control standards, completing and commissioning the highway in 2008.

Jan 2007 - Dec 2008
1 year
Marrakesh, Morocco

Principal Engineer

Bouygues Maroc (Bymaro) / Siger

  • Served as principal engineer in the construction of the Royal Mansour Palace.

  • Managed works from excavations and foundations through to building completion and final construction works.

Jan 2004 - Dec 2008
3 years
Montreal, Canada

Geotechnical Engineer

Inspecsol

  • Performed foundations and road geotechnical projects across Quebec, Canada.

  • Conducted subsurface investigations, soil sampling, laboratory testing, and design recommendations.

Jan 2003 - Dec 2005
3 years
Québec City, Canada

Researcher

Université Laval / Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ)

  • Conducted a research thesis for MTQ on the use of Quebec soft clays in road fills.

  • Performed laboratory work including triaxial shear strength tests to develop a methodology for assessing the suitability of soft clays in road embankments.

Jan 1996 - Dec 1999
4 years
Morocco

Geotechnical Engineer

Laboratoire Public d’essais et d’études (LPEE)

  • Executed foundations and road geotechnical projects, including quality control for the Casablanca–Settat 56 km highway.

  • Conducted soil investigations, laboratory testing, and provided engineering recommendations.

Summary

Mamoun has 28 years’ experience in Engineering, construction and management of major projects He was in charge, as project manager and program manager, of major projects in Morocco and Canada like the Jorf Phosphate Hub program including twenty large scale projects, such as onshore and offshore submarine HDPE long sea outfall, pipe racks and conveyors, platforms preparation, highways construction, roads, buildings, steel pipelines and FRP pipelines. He possesses skills that give clients and employers confidence that their projects are feasible, well thought, well designed and constructed in a safe and optimal manner, following professional project management tools. Detaining a background in coaching and training teams in leadership, project management, HSE, and soft skills modules, Mamoun demonstrates the capacity to lead project and programs teams toward a clear and well defined vision, following all project phases.in different execution modes such as PMC, EPCM and EPC.

Languages

Arabic
Native
English
Advanced
French
Advanced

Education

Oct 2003 - Jun 2005

Université Laval

Master in Business Administration · Business Administration · Québec City, Canada

Oct 2003 - Jun 2005

Université Laval

Master of Engineering Science, Geotechnics · Engineering Science · Québec City, Canada

Oct 1992 - Jun 1996

Hassania School of Public Works

Bachelor of Science · Science · Morocco

Certifications & licenses

Jacobs JSTEPS Gate Keeper

Jacobs

Soft Skills Jacobs College Module

Jacobs

Project Control Jacobs College Module

Jacobs

Jacobs Beyond Zero Safety Program 40-Hour

Jacobs

Project Management Jacobs College Module

Jacobs

Project Management Professional (PMP)