Attique Ahmed, Director, Project Controls

Attique Ahmed

Director, Project Controls

Major Projects Canberra - ACT Government

Location
Australia
Education
Bachelor's degree, BE in Mechanical Engineering
Experience
14 years, 0 months

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Director, Project Controls at Major Projects Canberra - ACT Government
  • Australia - Canberra
  • My current job since September 2022

Key Responsibilities:

1. Overlook project controls of Canberra Hospital Expansion Project, CIT Woden (smart university campus) design and construction project, Canberra Light Rail Stage 2 Project, Canberra Theatre Redevelopment Project, and other Infrastructure delivery partner directorate projects.
2. Establishment of project governance and reporting components of Project Delivery Framework (PDF) for Major Projects Canberra which aligns with Capital Delivery Framework.
3. Contribute to finalisation of Procurement standards and supplementary documentation.
4. As a Senior Project Manager, plan and execute Digital, Data and Technology Services (DDTS)' scope of CIT Woden Project.

Project Manager at AMSA – Federal Governmen
  • Australia - Canberra
  • January 2022 to September 2022

Key Responsibilities:

1. Establish Projects Portfolio Capability (PPC) for the organisation
2. Select and implement EPPM for AMSA as part of setting up Program and Project Management Governance models.
3. Help implement AMSA Strategy 2030 by delivering projects and their intended benefits.
4. Help implement organisational change program under the future operations taskforce which will ready AMSA for the upcoming decades.
5. Project and Program management of the future operations taskforce to achieve strategic objectives
6. Project delivery and creation/maintenance of project artefacts
7. Uplifting the Portfolio, Program and Project Management Maturity (P3M3) of the entire organisation

Program Manager – Capital Works at Emergency Services Agency – ACT Governmen
  • Australia - Canberra
  • September 2021 to January 2022

Key Responsibilities:

1. Stakeholder consultation, feasibility, strategic location assessment, due diligence, and various other initiation phases of multiple new stations projects for the Agency.
2. Implementation of project management best practices including but not limited to introduction and implementation of performance measurement baselines (scope, cost, and schedule), project dashboards, risk, feedback, stakeholder, and lessons learned registers.
3. Training and uplift of all project managers within the Agency to create a culture of quantitative project management using KPIs and baselines.
4. Development of various project monitoring templates such as cost and progress tracking tool, project dashboard etc.
5. Project Management of individual new emergency services station projects.
6. Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders on design & build of new emergency stations.
7. Renovation of existing stations including their business case and budget management.

Manager Project Planning & Operations at Ausvet Pty Ltd
  • Australia - Canberra
  • October 2017 to September 2021

Development and management of Project Management Office along with management of companywide projects

Key Responsibilities:

1. Development of a project management office (PMO) in line with best practices recommended by Project Management Institute (PMI).
2. Leading the project management office (PMO) after its development.
3. Team building including recruitment for the PMO as well as creation of project management policies and procedures.
4. Train the entire Ausvet team (including all corporate and other project technical staff) in project management to uplift the entire organisation in terms of its Project Management Maturity.
5. Evaluating various Enterprise resource planning solutions and selection of most suitable one for Ausvet.
6. Implementation of new project management information system.
7. Providing input in creation of tender management policies and procedures including creation of JDs and recruitment of the first tender management executive for the company.
8. Chair weekly project management meetings for all ongoing projects (around 10 different projects at one time).
9. Perform duties as part of Executive team for the company including making decisions around critical company operation matters.
10. Development of first companywide annual budget (first of a kind at Ausvet) and setting up charge out rates in accordance with company policy regarding profit as well as recovery of all direct and indirect costs.
11. Monitoring company cash flow to always ensure healthy cash balance and mitigate the risk of insolvency.
12. Provide advice regarding feasibility and help establish a European branch of Ausvet.
13. Ensure individual project success by implementing project management procedures for initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing of a project.
14. Conduct project closing meetings and prepare project closing reports for all completed projects.
15. Attend meetings with clients to negotiate contract terms, price, progress monitoring process and other project constraints.
16. Review all Ausvet project contracts and recommend changes where necessary.
17. Work closely with Manager Corporate Services to ensure project accounting is conducted as per company policy of booking direct and indirect costs on each project level.
18. Provide support is development of Transfer Pricing Agreement between Ausvet's multiple office across the globe.
19. Establish detailed project budgets both at proposal submission and project planning stages, and invoicing procedures for all projects

Deputy Project Control Manager at Sinohydro Corporation Limited
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • June 2016 to September 2017

Project: Design and development of 790 villas including all infrastructure works with project value of 507 million USDs)

Key Responsibilities:

1. Develop procedures and perform project planning, scheduling, budget preparation and administration, contract and subcontract administration, and cost control.
2. Planning, Scheduling and Control of Project using various KPIs such as productivity, SPI, CPI, PSI, PQI etc.
3. Budgeting, Cost Controlling and Budget Optimization
4. Resource allocation and Management
5. Earned Value Management for monitoring and control of the project
6. Contracts and Subcontracts Management.
7. Implementing all procedures and standards pertaining to the project control.
8. Reporting to the client and consortium executives on project performance
9. Preparation of detailed project budget in accordance with project plan including procurement, construction and testing and commissioning.
10. Monitoring and controlling the project budget as leader of the cost control department.
11. Provide advice to procurement department on their performance management and tracking on plan vs actual report.
12. Provide advice to engineering team regarding their project performance obligations in accordance with the approved baseline schedule.
13. Ensuring compliance with HSE polices and providing resources to HSE In-charge to assist in performance of project with 0 Loss time injuries (LTIs)
14. Stakeholder management from subcontractors till proponent. Key Achievements
15. Created resource loaded baseline schedule which was approved by the client and became basis for monitoring and control.
16. Established project tracking and control systems to assess status and financial health of the project.
17. Developed project invoicing procedure for client invoice as well as subcontract invoices.
18. Created and implemented procedure to forecast, monitor and control cash inflow and out flow.
19. Helped in creation and agreement of project budget.

Major Project as Deputy Project Control Manager:

South Dhahran Home Ownership and Community Facilities, SDHOP -$ 507million USDs (Program Value: $2.4 billion USDs).

Planning Engineer at Sharqawi Construction
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2013 to May 2016

Key Responsibilities:

1. Perform project planning, scheduling, monitoring and contract and subcontract administration.
2. Develop resource loaded baseline schedules which were used for monitoring and control.
3. Resource allocation and Management
4. Earned Value Management for monitoring and control of the project
5. Contracts and Subcontracts Management
6. Claims and Change Management (incl. Extension of Time - EOT)
7. Implement all procedures and standards pertaining to the planning process.
8. Prepare various reports, schedules, presentations, and other written material.
9. Create and monitored the project on various KPIs such as SPI, CPI, productivity etc.
10. Monitor the project to meet various interim milestones. Key Achievements
11. Developed baseline schedule for the project and performed weekly updates.
12. Created weekly and monthly reports including dashboards, KPIs and other project indicators.
13. Contractual letters to various stakeholders based on the demand of the situation.

Major Projects as Planning Engineer (all values in USDs):

1. SADARA - Jubail -$ 40M (Project Value: $6Billion). Worked with Fluor and Saudi Aramco. Scope was MEP services for warehouses, engineering and manufacturing, security buildings, x-ray, cafeteria, mosque, fitness centre. Managed 44 staff and workforce of 650. Delivered under budget.
2. Atturaif Development Project Riyadh -$24M (Project Value: $0.97B). Worked with UNESCO and BuroHappold.
3. NOBU Hotel Project - (Project Value: $22M).
4. Rosh Rayhaan (Rotana) Hotel Project - (Project Value: $18M).
5. Movenpick Hotel Project - (Project Value: US$21M).

Planning Engineer at Descon Engineering
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • June 2011 to March 2013

Key Responsibilities:

1. Become familiar with scope of work, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Organization Breakdown Structure (OBS) etc.
2. Prepare Level III Plan for execution in line with project contractual /approved schedule
3. Update activities in the Level-III plan; generate rolling 3 months and 4 weeks look ahead plans based on updated Level-III Plan and work front availability status.
4. Support Client & Stakeholder communications including, information of the project progress measurements, work priorities and anticipated delays
5. Generate various weekly and monthly reports to Inform about the progress, work priorities and anticipated delays.
6. Continuously monitor critical path and total float to keep the project within schedule allowance.
7. Monitor allocation of key resources; manpower, equipment and material based on 3-months look-ahead plan
8. Monitor key parameters like productivity, Schedule Performance Index etc.
9. Attend meetings which involved discussions regarding schedule and scope
10. Help in generation of latest revenue forecast on quarterly basis in close coordination with the Cost Engineer

Major Project as Planning Engineer:

Borouge P 3A, Expansion of Polyolefin Unit Project, Ruwais, UAE, a 4.3 million resource-hours mechanical project having scope of work that mainly includes 700, 000 DI of Piping, 12, 500 Ton of Steel Structure, 12, 000 Ton of Equipment Erection/Heavy Lifts & about 175, 000 SQM of Painting.

Project Quality Engineer at Blue Tech Arabia
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • June 2010 to May 2011

Key Responsibilities:

1. Involve in the implementation of ISO 9001:2008 in the client company
2. Involve in the development of quality management procedures
3. Help in creation of tools issue log for mechanical workshop
4. Help in creation of equipment & tools calibration calendars
5. Help in organizing Internal Quality Audits and raise NCRs and CARs
6. Participate to get the client certified by the UKAS for the Quality Management System

Education

Bachelor's degree, BE in Mechanical Engineering
  • at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology
  • June 2010

Specialties & Skills

Planning
Primavera P6
Progress Monitoring
Costing
MANAGEMENT
PLANNING
PROJECT PLANNING
CONSTRUCTION
BOOKING (RESOURCE PLANNING SOFTWARE)
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROGRESS MONITORING
RESOURCE PLANNING
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Managing Successful Programs (MSP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2022
Risk Management Professional (RMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014
Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014
Program Management Professional (PgMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014
Project Management Professional (PMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014

Hobbies

  • President and Founder of Canberra Sultans Sports Club