Senior Planner (Portfolio Coordinator)
Dar Al Handasah
Total years of experience :15 years, 2 Months
• Reviewing main contractor’s proposed baseline schedule for client‘s review and approval.
• Monitoring target completion programmes and analyzing it’s compliance with master programme and the milestones.
• Monitoring of resources including the manpower, equipment/machinery etc.
• Reviewing Extension of Time (EoT) claims as contractual conditions, analyzing for determining impact due to delay events impacts both retrospectively and prospectively.
• Letter drafting for project contractual matters, delays, variances and extension claims
Involved in development of infrastructure works to meet all requirement of a Lusail future City including Tunnel road (2levels), rail station, car parks and at grade utilities and roads with required tie-in with existing networks and roads.
Duties can be summarized in following:
• Prepared contractor’s revised baseline schedule (both internal and external) based on approved EOT and prepared its attributing reports including revised logic, construction methodology etc.
• Worked out on clarification and Consultant’s comments and submitted for client review, iterations and approval thereof.
• Reviewed and evaluated sub -contractor’s Extension of Time (EOT) requests in line with Main Contract.
• Prepared delay analysis with 11 major events and did workshops and presentations for Client Approval.
• Reviewed and evaluated sub-contractor’s weekly and monthly progress updates and reports and their rolling schedule, including catchup plans, revision of schedule and mitigation measures.
• Ensured the accuracy of updated schedule by extensive internal and external verifications, carrying out periodic site visits to confirm actual progress and sequence of work progress.
• Prepared monthly management reports, including status, progress trend, variance, and forecast Completion.
• Interfacing with all internal departments including Traffic Management, Utilities (Dry & Wet), Procurement and Risk Management and also with other packages which may impact Schedule and suggest time frame for their early settlement.
• Ensured that sub-contractor’s mitigation/ recovery program is realistic and achievable.
• Identified engineering procurement schedule risks, and highlighted issue to project team for necessary action.
• Involved in crisis management and alternative scheduling for mitigating issues due to Embargo (June)
Duties included the following:
• Coordination of planning and scheduling activities & EOT works for defense airport, high-rise and hospitality projects.
• Involved in project baseline programme with resource and cost loading using Primavera P6, and fetched rolling schedules from master programme.
• Analyzing project progress versus baseline program, identifying, forecasting delays and risks, performing schedule risk analysis, and proposing action to mitigate slippages and claims by contractors.
• Monitoring milestone for client baseline and internal target completion programme. Performing project earned value cost analysis, identifying any variance in project scope.
Design & Build project with Passenger Terminal Building, Aprons & Taxiways, Runway, Airfield Ground Lighting and Markings, Approach Roads, Fuel farm, AWAN IT network, Water Supply lines and Landscape/Hardscape.
Duties performed on these projects were:
• Reviewed and evaluated all main contractors’ proposed baseline schedule for Client review and Approval.
• Monitored various target completion programmes and analyzed its compliance with master programme.
• Identified engineering procurement schedule risks, and highlighted issue to project team for necessary action.
• Determined actual causes, type of delays and analyzed impacts both retrospectively and prospectively
• Reviewed EOT/TIA programme by contractors for determining impacts due to delay events by CPM scheduling technique.
• Prepared monthly management reports, including status, progress trend, variance, and forecast Completion.
Project includes Design and Build project includes PTB with concourse/Transportation center, Aprons, Taxiway, External Approach Roads, Internal Surface Roads and Elevated Roads, Flyovers, High Speed Rail Station, ATC Tower, MSCP.
Duties performed during this period included:
• Prepared and monitored for a period of 2 years cost and resource loaded contractual master baseline programme (external) and master working programme (internal).
• Prepared and monitored each activity in 3 weeks rolling schedules complying master schedule.
• Preparing snapshot & KPI reports for senior management.
• Maintained logic revision report with reasons and effects it has on internal& external milestones.
• Maintaining procurement log for contractually accepted long lead items and monitoring its impact on master schedule.
• Reviewed subcontractors baseline programme with all submissions based on actual situation at site.
• Analyzed delay effects and disruptions by employer/ contractor risk events by critical path method.
• Reviewed claims/EOT by various analyses and gave observations contractually/real-time basis.
• Coordinating with risk management team deliberating to avert possible risks and mitigate them.
Project Management
Involved in Project Management at its Initiation, Mobilization, Planning, Execution and Closing
Interpret Technical Specifications, General Conditions of Contract and Special Conditions of Contract
Reading and Understanding Construction drawings
Checking the Master Bill of Quantity (BOQ) and Revision of BOQ if and when required
Planning and scheduling all involved activities in the project
Planning, Allocation, Leveling and Projection of Resources
Determining Construction Methodology based on the Design, Contract Duration and Schedule
Preparation of Preliminary Planning and Detailed Planning of Construction activities
Issuing Job Directive Information to the respective parties in the project at all stages
Allotment of Men, Materials and Machineries in day to day activities based on priority
Coordination with Project Managers, Customer, Sub-Contractors and Suppliers
Providing information, data collection and report generation for variation / change management
Involved in determining the risks associated with the project during the construction phase
Site Project Planning, Scheduling and Monitoring
Prepared Baseline program, macro & micro level executable plans, monitored projects from initiation to closing, prepared revision program, action plans and catch-up schedule
Preparation of Baseline program, Work Breakdown Structure, milestones, Critical Path
Micro level planning on daily/weekly/monthly basis
Tracking project with respect to Baseline and Milestones to the Actual Progress at site
Ensure the completion of activity planned on the respective time
Preparation of Action plan and Catch-up schedule if required
Cost Monitoring & Controlling
Preparation of Budget, Cost Monitoring and Controlling Reports, Activity Based Costing
Preparation of Zero Based Budget with respect to planned activities
Preparation of Job Cost Ledger includes up to date expenditure in terms of labor, materials etc
Preparation of Job Cost Report which includes the revised estimation of unit cost rate of every item
Cost control based on Inventory Control, Construction Methodology & Productivity of Resources
Management Information & Presentation
Preparation of EVA Reports, S Curve, Gantt charts, Reconciliation report, Variance Analysis
Earned Value Analysis & Integrated S curve through excel and planning software
Preparation and interpretation of Gantt chart with sequential activities
Reconciliation of Resources, Productivity, Performance & Evaluation reports
Determination of Cash Flow, Liquidity and Working Capital
Preparation of reasons for deviation from planned activities to actual
Presentation & Reports generation including Invoice Schedule, Performance Report, MoM etc
Graduate Engineer Trainee