Kaif Mohsin, Senior Planning Engineer

Kaif Mohsin

Senior Planning Engineer

AECOM

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
Experience
16 years, 8 months

Share My Profile

Block User


Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 8 months

Senior Planning Engineer at AECOM
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since June 2020

❖ Recognized through promotion for being amongst the top performers on MOT program (105-person team) for exceeding goals and serving the organization above & beyond the job responsibilities.
❖ Assist in developing, implementing and maintaining planning processes, procedure, systems and tools and monitoring compliance.
❖ Developing and maintaining master schedule (schedules for design and pre-bid, engineering, contract and occupancy) including all milestone activities for pre-design, design, tender & award, construction.
❖ Reviewing contractor’s baseline schedules and analyzing it in line with the contractual requirements. Ensuring procurement, material and submittal logs are created and maintained.
❖ Highlighting critical items by analyzing critical paths, performing variance analysis, examining schedule and cost trends, identifying potential delays, and making recommendations for possible mitigation.
❖ Providing a timely and focused reporting of progress (issuance of weekly/monthly reports, and presentations) and performance of the programme to key stakeholders, including commentary on KPIs.
❖ Following up on Risk and Opportunities items, and preparing suitable planning in coordination with project leadership to determine the timely delivery of critical interfaces.
❖ Reviewing contractor’s claims, performing independent delay analysis of complex EOT/prolongation cost/acceleration/disruption claims, and producing written reports of findings and recommendations.
❖ Arranging planning workshops to discuss and assist Clients/contractors to close planning issues.
❖ Creating Ad-hoc schedules and scenario planning for supporting management requirements.
❖ Estimating time element of change orders and submitting analysis to the Client.
❖ Reviewing contract documents, suggesting changes for planning and programming aspects if necessary.
❖ Providing guidance, direction, and specialized assistance to planning staff, interface with client, attend regular meetings, and coordinate with project stakeholders for all planning matters.

Senior Planning Engineer at Al Bader Constructions
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2013 to June 2020

❖ Promoted to senior planning engineer for successfully implementing project planning & scheduling strategy, plans & procedures, and outstanding performance on the assigned multiple projects.
❖ Ensured the production of fully integrated project programs (Clause 14 schedule) in coordination with the project team including design, engineering, procurement, construction, testing & commissioning.
❖ Prepared engineering & procurement schedules (highlighting long lead items) at varying levels of detail.
❖ Developed project curves of progress, cost, and manpower, including planned, actual & forecast figures.
❖ Assigned the anticipated revenue & cost to the program activities and generated cash flow projections.
❖ Lead the project team in facilitating the risk management process for risk identification, definition, assessment, analysis, mitigation, and monitoring throughout the project lifecycle.
❖ Provided regular schedule updates and investigated the variances from baseline to assess the impact on project completion and notified the PM of potential delays with corrective actions.
❖ Demonstrated entitlement to time extensions (EOT) occurring as a result of additional work/delay/ disruption/ loss of efficiency, drafting of claim, and negotiation strategy with the Client.
❖ Developed ‘What-if’ scenarios, as per the needs of the project team to assist in managing micro elements of the project and recovery plans in case of schedule slippages.
❖ Carried out in-depth review, approval, and integration of subcontractor’s work schedules.
❖ Ensured active engagement of team members by assigning weekly targets through look-ahead schedules
❖ Prepared weekly & monthly reports to management and the Client (including dashboards).
❖ Contributed to the change management process by analyzing and reporting impacts on the schedules.
❖ Assisted in budgeting, cost coding, monitoring costs for projects, and highlighting budget deviations.
❖ Coordinated with clients, consultants & subcontractors in all matters relating to planning and contracts.

Planning Engineer at Combined Group Contracting (CGC)
  • Qatar - Doha
  • December 2010 to January 2013

* Tracked progress by updating and monitoring Baseline schedule in Primavera P6 on weekly basis.
* Analyzed the gaps between the planned versus actual and identified variances along with their causes and recommended corrective actions to be taken by the project team.
* Assessed impacts on the critical path and reported to the PM through Critical Items Action Report.
* Prepared a resource & cost loaded schedule as per specifications & BOQ for a Substation project
* Performed quarterly Budget updates and prepared cost & revenue reports.
* Prepared Preliminary Tender Schedules (Level 2 or 3) along with Manpower & Machinery Histograms.
* Attended progress meetings & addressed critical progress issues and interacted with consultant on project management issues pertaining to time variations & responded to float enquiries.

Planning Engineer at ALPINE – HCC JOINT VENTURE
  • India - Delhi
  • June 2009 to November 2010

* Assessed actual progress versus planned progress to determine trends and variances and anticipated delays in advance.
* Prepared Follow Up plans for lagging activities so as to put them back on the project schedule.
* Performed time & motion study and prepared time cycle charts of tunnel excavation and concrete lining activities.
* Prepared schedule progress reports & trending charts on daily, weekly & monthly basis.
* Maintained records of trends & variances that potentially affected schedule performance.
* Liaised with the client on all aspects to both progress and status queries.
* Assisted in the preparation of project time and cost claims and material reconciliation reports.
* Assured the credibility of the information contained in the schedule.

Civil Engineer at Unitech Limited
  • India - Delhi
  • July 2007 to May 2009

* Provided assistance to the Project Manager (PM) through daily surveillance in ensuring that contractors adhere to the development and implementation of plans, and programs to meet contractual commitments on safety, schedule, quality of works and cost.
* Prepared and analyzed weekly and monthly progress reports and informed PM on any deviations from the schedule so that appropriate corrective actions can be taken.
* Served as a single point of contact between the Project Team and the Government Officials as part of the site related Special Economic Zone operations.
* Attended weekly meetings with contractors for discussing progress, delays and provided effective suggestions and solutions.
* Monitored and prevented potential workplace safety hazards through routine inspections.
* Evaluated Structural drawings to ensure necessary details are provided as per relevant Indian Standard codes.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  • April 2007

KEY SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS * Excellence award for internship among class of 45 students. * All India Rank 2288 in IIT JEE’03 (Top 1.5% out of around 1, 53,000 candidates). * All India Rank 16 in UPSEAT’03 (out of around 1, 25,000 candidates). * Won 2nd Prize in Nirmaan (Straw Bridge making contest) at annual technical festival of IIT Kanpur.

Specialties & Skills

Project Controls
Planning
Project Management
Claims Management
MS Project
Primavera P6
MS Power Point
MS Excel
MS Word
Auto CAD
Power BI

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

Project Management in Primavera P6 rel 7 (Training)
Training Institute:
MICA Qatar
Date Attended:
December 2010
Duration:
30 hours
UPDA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014
Valid Until:
January 2022
LEED Green Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2015
Valid Until:
June 2020
Advanced Project Management (based on PMBOK by PMI) (Training)
Training Institute:
Green Gulf International
Date Attended:
July 2015
Duration:
40 hours
Green Building Principles (Training)
Training Institute:
Madras Management Training Instiute
Date Attended:
February 2015
Duration:
30 hours