Senior Project Controls & Planning Engineer
WSP
Total years of experience :15 years, 4 Months
Working within PMO office for joint Supervision Consultancy Contract for Construction Projects in Jeddah with Jeddah Municipality, as a Senior Project Controls engineer, managing and leading 67 Planning/Scheduling and Project Control engineers in different types of Projects and different locations across the Jeddah
Responsibility and accountability included, but not limited to, the following:
● Providing technical support through Producing documents and templates.
● Establishing and implementing methods for managing projects within different disciplines.
● Oversee, monitor, and analyze Project’s performance and prepare reports highlighting all the potential risk and issues with project and recommend suitable solutions.
● Evaluating the project scheduling information collected from Project Management Teams or Contractors and advises Management of expectations to the plan and potential corrective action and/or impacts to the project.
● Advice client on issues related to contractor’s claims, review and approval extension of time.
● Generate Weekly, Monthly Progress Reports.
● Coordinating and resolve long term and short-term planning and scheduling Problems for projects.
● Delivered timely, accurate and sensitive project controls information that facilitates a clear understanding of the performance of the project in relation to planned performance targets.
● Ensured cross-program dependencies are managed and the dependency log is accurately maintained.
● Maintain Risk Register in order to foresee the possibility of occurrence and take corrective actions in conjunction with the Project Manager.
● Assigning and managing roles and resources in Primavera P6.
Working within PMO office (Core Team) for joint MOH Program - Ministry of Housing, as a Senior Planning Engineer and Project Controls engineer, managing and leading 15 Planning/Scheduling and Project Control engineers in different locations across the Kingdom
Responsibility and accountability included, but not limited to, the following:
● Providing technical support through Producing documents and templates.
● Establishing and implementing methods for managing projects within different disciplines.
● Oversee, monitor, and analyze Project’s performance and prepare reports highlighting all the potential risk and issues with project and recommend suitable solutions.
● Evaluating the project scheduling information collected from Project Management Teams or Contractors and advises Management of expectations to the plan and potential corrective action and/or impacts to the project.
● Advice client on issues related to contractor’s claims, review and approval extension of time.
● Regularly prepared presentations /reports for the senior management to highlight project progress and issues.
● Coordinating and resolve long term and short-term planning and scheduling Problems for projects.
● Delivered timely, accurate and sensitive project controls information that facilitates a clear understanding of the performance of the project in relation to planned performance targets.
● Ensured cross-program dependencies are managed and the dependency log is accurately maintained.
● Assigning and managing roles and resources in Primavera P6.
Worked within PMO department as a Senior Planning Engineer, to manage and lead projects of education and controlling projects in different locations across the kingdom.
Responsibility and accountability included, but not limited to, the following:
● Review and monitor schedule and progress submitted by contractors during detailed design drawings, Procurement and construction.
● Maintaining and monitoring project plans, project schedules, organizing, attending and participating in stakeholder meetings.
● Evaluating the project scheduling information collected from Project Management Teams or Contractors and advises Management of expectations to the plan and potential corrective action and/or impacts to the project. Produce Liaising with the project Team making adjustments to projects through the change process flow
● Documenting and following up on important actions and decisions from meetings
● Prepared regular senior management presentations / reports reflecting project progress and issues
● Ensuring project deadlines are met.
● Determinization and approval of project changes as team member of Change Control Board (CCB).
● Improving the practices and procedures for preparing, managing and controlling project schedules.
● Coordinate and work with the project management team to resolve project issues
I was worked as Senior Planning Engineer and Project controller at worked with AlFanar Power
&Water (Alfanar Group Construction Division), for Construction/Project Management Services firm for
substations, Power, Infrastructure & Buildings Projects.
*My major job responsibilities include
● Manage and lead engineering activities, both in-house and outsourced, during the proposal,
design and construction stages of substation projects with strict adherence to the project contract;
ensuring a common understanding of goals, schedule, contract deliverables, etc.
● Providing expertise and support to the proposal and project teams in validating sub-contractor
bids, and in negotiating sub-contracts for electrical substation and switchyard projects
● Analyze sub-contractor bid responses for inconsistencies, oversights and mistakes
● Lead sub-contractor bid reviews to resolves bid response inconsistencies, oversights and
mistakes.
● Provide cost recommendations to the proposal team based on the bid review analysis.
● Notify the Engineering Manager and the Project Managers of any difficulties encountered in the
engineering and design that may adversely impact safety, reliability, quality, cost, or schedule of
the AlFanar project deliverables, and provide recommendations for solutions.
● Review and approve purchase orders for contract materials and services and control
requirements.
● Develop status reports and modify plans or schedules, as necessary, to ensure contract
parameters are met.
● Provide substation project management support, including managing engineering scope
according to technical contracts, equipment procurement, developing change orders, and
maintaining project schedules
● PreparingProjectschedulesonPrimaveraP3, 6 & MS project
● Creating Project Budget and resource details in SAP.
● Define and standardize the Project WBS and cost centers in SAPPS-Modules
● ProjectMonitoringandControllingbySAPandPrimaveraP6
● Monitoring & Controlling of Projects Budget and Resources
● Preparing, Validating and Controlling Assets Budget of all Offices
● Monitoring, adjustingandupdatingthecostplanandcashflowsandtheconsolidationoftheseresultsin
weekly/monthly reports
● Conducting regular project progress status meetings and updating the project schedule.
● Close collaboration with execution team and Management
● Creating invoicing plan in line with the payment terms of the contracts in SAP SD Module
● Internal Planning process review & control in accordance with latest ISO standards. Accountable
for internal /external audits on planning processes and management
● Responsible for updating Planning data base, status reports & analysis
● Ensure good and flawless documentation with clear backups ensuring a smooth handover of
acquired orders to execution team
● Assisting Management in Business Plans presentations & meetings to BOD
civil engineer