Sr.Planning Engineer / Manager
Altorath International Consulting Engineers
Total years of experience :29 years, 0 Months
Responsibilities and Duties performed:
• Overall responsibility ensuring planning, co-ordination and successful implementation of the project from inception to completion with professional approach implementing project management techniques, monitoring different departments with respective KPIs.
• Involved in all project meetings contributing valuable inputs for projects timely completion and anticipated delays and corrective actions / acceleration required for recovery of backlogs.
• Verify and advice the main contractors to develop the most appropriate and cost effective construction method and sequence of construction activities, in line with the Project overall scope in order to ensure the project is completed timely, safely and on budget.
• Prepare, check and approve the baseline program (Clause 14) which should be resource and cost loaded in line with all the contractual documents that includes Contract drawings, BOQ, contract conditions etc and oversees the entire program of work .
• In coordination with project manager, plan and advice on work break down structure for massive and complicated project execution.
• Determine plant & resource requirements for the current project and forecast on resource engagements in coordination with tendering department etc.
• Prepare and verify Cash flow, charts, S-curve and Histograms on the running projects .
• Forecast critical activities to avoid delays and advise on recovery of delayed activities. Verifies critical path and interfaces between design/ engineering/ procurement / execution
• Monitor long lead delivery items by following the procurement procedures starting from material submittal approvals to placement of LPO etc.
• Monitors progress periodically and compares it with the baseline planning.
• Updates the schedule based on inputs received from project team
• Prepares the monthly Progress reports and Prepares the monthly Labor histograms
• Pre contract activities like pre-qualification study, Tender compilation and scrutiny, Inviting tender, tender evaluation, comparative study and finalization of vendors.
• Analyzing the approved work program with actual site progress to send contractual letters for delays and EOT claims.
• Company profile:
M/S Al Swiss Group of companies is a leading group of following multi-discipline ISO 9001 : 2000 certified contracting companies operating in U.A.E, Oman & India, providing highly professional services in Oil & Gas Field, Civil Construction, Fabrication and Erection of steel structures, Piping, Mechanical and Electrical works, Air Conditioning and Ventilation (HVAC), Ducting, Industrial & Cryogenic Insulation, Refractory, Fireproofing & Firestops, Shotcreting / Sprayed concreting, Guniting, Import, Export and Trading etc.
Responsibilities held:
• Being a part of company’s decision making committee, contributed valuable inputs in framing and implementing systems and procedures to achieve the strategic goal of the company.
• Overall responsibility ensuring planning, co-ordination and successful implementation of the project from inception to completion with professional approach implementing project management techniques, monitoring different departments with respective KPIs.
• Involved in all project meetings contributing valuable inputs for projects timely completion and anticipated delays and corrective actions / acceleration required for recovery of backlogs.
• Having good knowledge in contracts successfully represented the company in several disputes and arbitration in DIAC for delay claims.
• Involved in project budgeting, preparing cash flow charts, Forecast for bank facilities etc
• Assisted purchase department with procurement log sheets for all the running projects.
• By using PRIMAVERA PROJECT PLANNER P6, preparation of Master Project Time Schedule which is fully resource and cost loaded based on project specifications and estimation.
• Making comparison sheet of quotations and evaluating.
• Keep update information on project progress and make all out efforts to resolves the problems arise during project tracking. Identify the critical activities of projects..
• Performed troubleshooting activities at sites during monitoring, determined appropriate resolution, and implements corrective actions.
• Weekly progress meeting with the client for reviewing of project progress.
• Contractually recording of delay events as per Contract terms and conditions.
• Preparation of time extension case based on calculations of delay events according to over all work schedules.
• Pre contract activities like pre-qualification study, Tender compilation and scrutiny, Inviting tender, tender evaluation, comparative study and finalization of vendors.
• Co-ordination with the sub-contractors, Consultants and client.
• Laisoning with govt. departments i.e Municipalities, FEWA, SEWA, Etisalat etc. for NOCs, approvals etc
• Offering stage-wise inspection of construction activities to customer.
• Handing over the system to the customer with all procedures.
• Independent In-charge for the projects from the initial stage to the Handover System.
• Complete Layout preparation which includes survey of site with total station, Proposal for new internal roads, Buildings, Farm houses etc.
• Preparation of time resources report Monthly, Weekly with respect to baseline time, and resource.
• Quantities take off for material requirements.
• Preparation and presentation of additional claims with full documentation.
• Co-ordination with the sub-contractors, Consultants and client.
• Ensuring quality works as per drawings and specification.
• Organizing review meetings with sub-contractors to improve quality and progress of work and to take corrective actions.
• Clearing sub-contractor’s invoicing.
• Offering stage-wise inspection of construction activities to customer.
• Handing over the system to the customer with all procedures.
• M/s Al Nawras Building Contracting is a small organization, constructing the residential & commercial buildings (Like villa & office complex)
Overall responsibility from design, estimation, planning, co-ordination and successful implementation of the project from inception to completion.
• Works include setting out, surveying, quality control, fixing sub-contractors, preparing quotation, running bills, material approval, co-ordination between consultant, client and contractors.
• Attending meeting, preparing progress payment, reports, organizing works as per programme, estimation and costing, preparing tenders.
• Independent in-charge for the whole project from initial stage till hand over stage.
• In parallel dealing with client and subcontractors.
• Attending site & Office meeting and taking care of all office works (Preparation of variations, Fax correspondence, Follow up of works, running bills, progress payment reports, etc.)
• Control over material, labour surveying, progress of works
• Recruitment, development and training of multi-disciplinary teams to achieve quality, time and financial objects.
TYPES OF PROJECTS HANDLED (GENERAL): • Construction of Industrial buildings like, Warehouses, Factories, Multi-storeyed buildings. • Construction of commercial and residential high rise buildings, Labour accommodations, Villas, Laboratory, stores, Show rooms etc. • Construction of poultry farm buildings, like broiler houses, hatchery building, Slaughter house. • Installation of steel structures for Industrial, Commercial, Residential and Poultry Farm buildings. • Approx. 200,000 Imp. Gallon Water tanks and a full network systems including the pumping station for a poultry farm project. • Gas tank installation and its net work connecting to the respective farm houses. • Transformer, LV panel and generator connection operated by ATSP switch and the complete net work system. EXPERIENCE IN INDIA (FOUR YEARS)