Senior Project Planning & Control Engineer
China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation
Total years of experience :16 years, 2 Months
Major Projects:
• EPC of BAB Integrated Facilities Project (On Going)
o Client -ADNOC ONSHORE
o Position- Lead Planning Engineer
o Value- USD 1.5 Billion
o Project Duration- 42 Months
o Peak Manpower 7, 300
• EPC of Mender Field Development
o Client -ADNOC ONSHORE
o Position- Senior Planning & Control Engineer
o Value- USD 400 Million
o Project Duration- 27 Months
o Peak Manpower 2, 000
Currently working as Lead Planning & Control Engineer on Bab Integrated Facilities Project (BIFP). The project scope includes developing of new Remote Degassing Stations (10 Nos), Construction of new substations, new Process Train for Bab Central Degassing Station, Oil Lines, Flow Lines and Nitrogen Lines (986 KM in total) for 310 No’s Oil Producing Wells, 30 No’s Water & Gas Wells and 4 No’s Water Injection Clusters.
Responsibilities:
• Preparation of Planning package with overall project (Level-I, II, III/IV) schedules in Primavera project planner 16.1 (Detailed) & Developing Progress measurement systems for EPIC Projects to PMC/Client.
• Preparation and submission of project control procedures to Client.
• Responsible for the timely issue of project control deliverables & progress reports to Management/Client.
• Monitor the progress of the work for timely execution of the project through weekly/monthly reports/Look Ahead Reports with respect to review of the overall project schedule.
• Assist with Engineering & Procurement disciplines in preparing technical document register and procurement tracking register and provide input as required.
• Preparation of planning deliverables like weekly reports, monthly reports, manpower histograms, S-curves and various Look Ahead Program (Weekly & Monthly).
• Review, analyze and advise on schedule changes or proposals affecting schedule completion dates. Advise on mitigation strategies.
• Verify Critical Path and interfaces between design / engineering / procurement / execution.
• Identify long lead items; monitor progress throughout the procurement period.
• Prepare monthly progress reports on all long lead items. Identifying engineering progress, manufacturing and shipping. Including Owner supplied items.
• Attend all progress meetings includes technical/contractual matters in relation to project controls
• Coordinate with Engineering/Procurement to ensure timely delivery of drawings & Materials in support of schedule execution. Responsible for the timely issue of Quality project planning deliverables
• Reviewing the planning deliverables and reports of Subcontractors to ensure they are meeting with project requirements.
• Co-ordinate with our internal project team reviews followed by an approval and review by the client of the work schedule, progress measurement, reporting systems & Preparation of Recovery plans
• Prepare monthly executive reports on project status and progress and reviews the project close-out reports. Plan in order to mitigate risks and reduces costs
• Provide feedback and lessons learned in order to improve the Planning & Scheduling methods and provide input to the statistics of Planning department
• Responsible to Perform any other duties and responsibilities as and when directed by Project Control Manager
Major Projects:
• Nine Combined EPC Projects at Qatar Gas Onshore LNG Plant
o Client -Qatar Gas
o Position- Lead Planning Engineer
o Value- USD 140 Million
o Project Duration- 24 Months
o Peak Manpower 1, 100
• Provision of Return Line to Flare
o Client -Qatar Gas
o Position- Planning Engineer
o Value- USD 110 Million
o Project Duration- 18 Months
o Peak Manpower 900
• Qatar Petroleum Refinery Turnaround
o Client -Qatar Petroleum
o Position- Turnaround Planner
o Value- USD 80 Million
o Project Duration- 3 Months
o Peak Manpower 5, 000
Responsibilities:
• Developed monitoring & reporting systems, formats, procedures and flow charts for my organization to be used for all projects for monitoring and control purposes
• Developed a schedule on Primavera P6 of 24, 000 activities and performed live monitoring & reporting using Primavera.
• Prepared Primavera plans which included defining activities, resource loading, defining and assigning calendars as per requirement, activity relationships, defining milestones, identification of critical path, near critical paths and sub critical paths.
• Monitored project based on planned, actual and earned man hours and traced delays or any other variation and highlighted in meetings.
• Scope clarification using technical queries and made claims based on additional and revised scope.
• Analyzed progress based on S- Curves, histograms, pie charts and tracked critical activities completion.
• Prepare look-ahead plans and perform Earned Value Analysis.
• Developed recovery plans in case of project slippage and scope creep.
• Developed and maintained project risk register.
• Estimated all required resources (Equipment, Manpower and Material) to complete the project within planned budget.
• Research, fact-find and prepare data to allow quantification of delay; and associated damages and entitlements.
• Research, fact-find and prepared robust counter-claims or rebuttals - using recognized delay analysis methodology - that will be acceptable in dispute resolution forums.
• Coordinated with Client and sub-contractors for queries and technical issues to avoid delays and implemented solutions to expedite the job.
• Developed a cost baseline for the project, monitored cost commitments, expenditures, cash flows and accurately forecasted the financial status during the life of a project.
• Developed cost reporting and cost control procedures.
• Maintained project records of cost data for all cost analysis and reporting functions from various sources.
• Prepared Primavera plans which included defining activities, resource loading, defining and assigning calendars as per requirement, activity relationships, defining milestones, identification of critical path, near critical paths and sub critical paths.
• Monitored project based on planned, actual and earned man hours and traced delays or any other variation and highlighted in meetings.
• Reviewed the Cash flow Charts, Cost Performance index and Earned Value Curves.
• Issued weekly/monthly project status reports and change orders.
• Managed and monitored project performance on an ongoing basis to identify issues and opportunities early and took pre-emptive action.
• Participated in Client/contractor meetings and resolved project issues.