Arlene Cunanan, Assistant Manager, Planning

Arlene Cunanan

Assistant Manager, Planning

Emaar Properties

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
Experience
17 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 4 Months

Assistant Manager, Planning at Emaar Properties
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since December 2013

• Prepares, updates, and revises Master Development Schedule
• Prepares, follow up the preliminary schedules for the projects under design
• Monitors and follow up the progress of works for the projects under construction
• Reviews consultants' and contractors' programs against contractual deliverables
• Issues high level program update on project status to Development & Project Managers
• Prepares weekly report to the Senior Management
• Updates monthly presentation for the Senior Management
• Prepares monthly reports as required by various departments (s-curves, milestone tracker, newsletter update)
• Creates project construction milestones required in establishing payment plan prior to market launch
• Attends planning / progress meetings
• Maintains up to date database of existing/on going major projects/contracts
• Coordinates with different business units within the organization for planning and scheduling matters.

Planning Engineer at Dimensions Engineering Consultant
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since July 2013

• Reviews and approves contractors’ programme of works, ensuring that it is in accordance with the contract
• Reviews contractors’ progress and ensuring that the programme is updated on a regular basis
• Liaises with resident engineers to determine reasons for any lapses in progress and issues affecting the progress
• Projects completion dates based on current progress, advises on the effect of any progress remedial measures
• Monitors and reviews the contractors daily, weekly, and monthly reports
• Attends regular progress meeting

Planning Engineer at Commodore Contracting Co. L.L.C.
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2008 to July 2011

• Establishes project schedule/baseline of various high-rise building projects in its different phases/disciplines using Primavera Project Management (P3/P6)
• Prepares manpower, costs and other resource loading utilization; histogram, s-curves and cash flow diagram
• Monitors and updates progress of on-going projects
• Generates daily, weekly, monthly, and dashboard reports
• Alerts and informs Project Managers of project delays and slippage against the Baseline
• Creates recovery schedule for projects in delay
• Prepares time impact analysis for project claims/delay
• Reviews and checks suitability of subcontractors’ schedules
• Creates construction programme proposal for project tenders
• Provides assistance to QS; work on quantity take-off/calculation when necessary
• Attends Employer/Engineer meetings relevant to project’s programme
• Provides technical assistance to Branch Manager, Project Director, & Senior Planning Engineer
• Assumes responsibility of Planning Engineer/s on leave

Instructor (Part-time) at Crescent Technologies, Inc.
  • Philippines
  • July 2007 to April 2008

Conducts 3-day training of basic project planning using Primavera Project Planner (P3)

Planning Engineer at Datem Construction, Inc.
  • Philippines
  • March 2007 to April 2008

• Establishes project schedule/baseline of various high-rise building projects in its different phases/disciplines using Primavera Project Planner (P3)
• Prepares manpower, cost and other resource loading utilization; histogram and s-curves
• Monitors and updates progress of on-going projects
• Generates weekly reports on project accomplishments and look-ahead schedules
• Creates recovery schedule for projects in delay
• Creates construction programme proposal for project tenders
• Provides assistance to QS; work on quantity take-off/calculation when necessary

Planner at Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation
  • Philippines
  • March 2006 to December 2006
District Officer at Manila Water Company Inc.
  • Philippines
  • July 2005 to March 2006
Technical Assistant at SKI Construction Group Incorporated
  • Philippines
  • December 2004 to July 2005

Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at University of the Philippines
  • November 2003

Graduated in advance (4.5 years)

Specialties & Skills

Project Planning & Scheduling
Primavera P6
Civil Engineering
Microsoft programs
Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher, Visio
Primaver Project Planner (P3, P6)
Autocad

Languages

English
Expert
Filipino
Expert

Training and Certifications

Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2013
Valid Until:
August 2019
Project Management Professional (PMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2017
Valid Until:
December 2020
Computer Aided Construction Management Using Primavera 3.0 (Training)
Training Institute:
Crescent Technologies (Philippines)
Date Attended:
February 2005
Project Scheduling and Planning (Training)
Training Institute:
AACE International (UAE)
Date Attended:
February 2011
Primavera 5.0 for Enterprise Project Management (Training)
Training Institute:
CIM Technologies (Philippines)
Date Attended:
March 2008
Staad Pro - Computer Aided Structural Analysis & Design (Training)
Training Institute:
Microcadd Technologies (Philippines)
Date Attended:
March 2004