Senior Planning Engineer
Petroleum Development Oman
Total years of experience :23 years, 8 Months
Company profile: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) is the leading Exploration and Production Company in the Sultanate of Oman delivering the majority of the country's crude oil production and natural gas supply
Project: Lekhwair Upper Shuaiba Field Development Project, Construction of 5 Remote Manifold Station (RMS) facilities in various fields, installation of associated MSVs & construction of associated CS & GRE Pipelines.
Planning Responsibilities:
* Responsible & Accountable for managing the Planning & Project Control, in an asset portfolio or ring fenced projects, ensuring consistency & quality across the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning phases.
* Preparation / review of Master Project Schedules detailed up to WBS level-3 or level-4 for the entire Project life-cycle using Primavera-6 / MS Project & with supporting Schedule Basis Document.
* Preparation / review of Look ahead schedules (90 days, 28 Days & frozen week) for Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Commissioning activities & confirm it is aligned with L3 Master Schedule
* Booking of activities in Company ERP system SAP
* Loading of resources to comply with the schedule & analyze different options for optimization of resources as per the changing requirements.
* Generating / updating of daily, weekly & monthly reports including progress report, delay analysis, S Curves, Burn down Curve, Activities report etc.
* Coordinate with Project Managers & Execution team to develop the Project Schedules incorporating the complete Scope of Work with appropriate logical links & clearly showing the critical paths to achieve the project completion.
* Continuous progress monitoring & Periodic update of the schedules, critical path analysis & notifying the management about any schedule variance, propose necessary actions to avoid any delay.
* Analyze Risks and Opportunities having impact on the schedule and propose corrective action plans.
* Analyze EOT Claims, Project Change Requests & Scope deviations as required with respect to their impact on Schedule & Cost.
* Review of Contractors’ Schedules & confirm the complete scope is reflected in it
* Integrate various contractor schedules & company’s commissioning & startup schedule in to Master Project schedule
* Coordinating with site for construction progress, periodical review of resources & staging of materials.
* Attend progress and look-ahead meetings with site supervisors, department heads and subcontractors to discuss the progress and coordinate for the maximum complaisance of the project with the schedule.
* Coordinate with Engineering & Procurement departments, notify about the priorities & criticalities of their deliverables
* Perform recovery plans & rescheduling wherever necessary.
Project:
Various offshore Subsea platform inspection & pipe lay projects in Middle East & India of different clients like Iranian Offshore Oil Company, Occidental Qatar, Saudi Aramco etc.
Job Profile:
* Preparation of Look ahead schedules (Yearly, 3-Montly, 4-Week) for all vessels according to their classifications.
* Preparation of Look ahead schedules (Yearly, 3-Montly, 4-Week) for ROVs, Sat system & Diving Crew.
* Preparation & Updating of Master Schedule (Engineering & Construction) up to level-5 using MS Project.
* Identifying the critical path & notifying the management.
* Identifying the options fro optimization of resources.
* Continuous monitoring & updating the schedule.
* Notify the management about any schedule variance, cost variance & deviation.
* Generating / updating of weekly & monthly reports including progress report, delay analysis, S Curve, Activities report etc.
* Loading, monitoring & analyze recourses, to comply with the schedule.
* Perform recovery plans & rescheduling wherever necessary.
* Reviewing & monitoring of sub contractor schedules.
Project:
Fabrication & Installation of Jumpers, CRP Spools & Umbilicals for subsea facilities development of KG-D6 Gas Project, Bay of Bengal, India for Reliance Industries Limited.
Job Profile:
* Preparation & Updating of Master Schedule (Engineering & Construction) up to level-5 using MS Project.
* Generate 4-week look-ahead schedule weekly & notify the client.
* Daily updating of a 2 week excel spread sheet forecasting onshore fabrication & offshore installation & notify the client daily.
* Generate frozen week schedule & issue for construction.
* Generating / updating of weekly & monthly reports including progress report, delay analysis, S Curve, Activities report etc.
* Identifying the critical path & notifying the management.
* Identifying the options fro optimization of resources.
* Loading, monitoring & analyze recourses, to comply with the schedule.
* Perform recovery plans & rescheduling wherever necessary.
* Reviewing & monitoring of sub contractor schedules.
* Preparation & Updating of Master Schedule (Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Commissioning) using Primavera version 3.1.
* Preparation & updating of Level-4 construction schedule.
* Reviewing & monitoring of sub contractor schedules.
* Loading, monitoring & analyze recourses, to comply with the schedule.
* Generating / updating of weekly & monthly reports including delay analysis, S Curve, Activities report, Claims register, Payment status register, etc., as per the project requirement and submit the same for the company review
* Coordinating with site for construction progress, periodical review of resources & arranging the materials
* Preparing the Monthly delay analysis report for Management review & mitigation measures
* Preparation & monitoring of Project Cash flow with respect to updated schedule
* Weekly meetings with client to discuss work progress and general site issues.
* Performing necessary activities like Work Order creation & Service entries in company SAP ERP system.
* Monthly progress Payment certificate preparation, certification from client, payment follow up
* Preparation, Updating & control of Budget quantity / value / Man-hours with percentage of spent & cost at completion (CTC)
* Preparing, analyzing & reporting of Excel database sheet for Hiring / Sub contracts Cost Control Report - expected final project completion cost with all anticipated variations and commitments. Highlighting the risky / critical new works to the management by doing analytical estimation.
* Preparing, analyzing & reporting of Excel database sheet for Change Order Status - listing all Change orders and its payment details.
* Preparing, analyzing & reporting of Excel database sheet of Back-charge & Vendor claim Report - for vendors and contractors
* To prepare, submission and negotiation of variation claims to client with back up papers
* Show initiative and proactively handle commercial issues with minimum supervision from Management.
* Preparation & Updating of Master Schedule (Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Commissioning) using MS Project / Primavera version 3.1
* Preparation & Monitoring of 90 days’ plan & 14 days’ plan
* Preparation & updating of Level-4 construction schedule.
* Reviewing & monitoring schedules of both Design & Construction sub contractors.
* Loading, monitoring & analyze recourses, to comply with the schedules. Preparation of resource projection & usage reports.
* Generating / updating of weekly & monthly reports including delay analysis, S Curve, Activities report, Claims register, Payment status register, etc., as per the project requirement and submit the same for the company review
* Coordinating with site for construction progress, periodical review of resources & arranging the materials
* Record the reasons for delay for internal review.
* Attending progress meetings and look-ahead meetings with the client and briefing about the project status.
* Performing necessary service entries & updates in SAP system.
* Preparation of monthly financial projection sheet by analyzing quantity of work to be done all expense factors.
* Monthly progress Payment certificate preparation, certification from client, payment follow up
* Preparation, Updating & control of Budget quantity / value / Man-hours with percentage of spent & cost at completion (CTC)
* Preparation / updating of NTA (Near To Actual) report including financial S-Curve by comparing it against the projection.
* Preparing, analyzing & reporting of Excel database sheet for Extra works & Cost over run and its payment details.
* Preparing, analyzing & reporting of Excel database sheet of Back-charge & Vendor claim Report
* To prepare, submission and negotiation of variation claims to client with back up papers
* Advising Management of contractual issues with analytical report and preparing necessary correspondences.
* Updating of Master Schedule (Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Commissioning) using Primavera version 3.1
* Preparation & updating of Level-4 construction schedule.
* Loading, monitoring & analyze recourses, to comply with the schedules. Preparation of resource projection & usage reports.
* Attend daily progress meetings, reporting on current situations, monitoring changes in forward planning and restrictions to progress.
* Coordinate with Engineering Department and provide assistance for any engineering issues at site during fabrication and erection phase
* Maintain regular communication with vendors & subcontractors on progress and shortfalls.
* Co-ordinate meetings with Client and project management teams to resolve contractual problems.
* Prepare weekly & monthly status reports and submit the same for the company review
* Coordinating with site for construction progress, periodical review of resources & arranging the materials
* Preparation & updating of monthly report including delay analysis, S Curve, Activities report, Claims register, P3 Schedule updating, Payment status register, etc.,
* Monitoring of progress with workshop for piping prefabrication activities.
* Preparing the Monthly delay analysis report for Management
* Preparation & monitoring of Project Cash flow with respect to updated schedule
* Performing necessary service entries & updates in SAP system.
Project: Continuous CAD support for Production to Fleet Guard Inc, Stoughton, USA
Responsibilities:
* Performing CAD activities as needed by the client.
* Using CAD Tools Pro/Engineer & Unigraphics to produce 3D part models, Assembly’s and Bill of Materials.
* Producing detailed drawings from Pro/Engineer, Unigraphics and AutoCAD to international standards using geometrical tolerances were required.
* Quality Checking of Drawings as per the predetermined & international standards.
* Maintains and Revises existing CAD master drawings as per customer’s revisions and engineering change orders
* Taking accurate readings of the finished products and cross-referencing with drawings and standard parts.
* Providing engineering assistance to production team & Applications Engineers.
* Preparing detailed drawing for finished parts by taking accurate dimensions of it (Reverse Engineering)
* Assisting the project manager in estimation.
* Assisting in engineering administration duties.
* Studying the drawings & scope of work and prepare the Cost Estimate
* Submit the prepared Cost Estimate to the client & get it approved.
* Preparing the WBS for the award jobs & scheduling the procurement & production shop activities according to the client priority & recourse availability.
* Procure & stage all raw materials required for the completion of job orders.
* Testing all incoming materials against pre-determined specifications
* Managing the posting and inventories of all Raw materials and spare parts
* Planning & Coordination of manpower, materials and energy.
* Prepare & provide necessary drawings & instructions to the production shop.
* Coordinate with client engineering department and provide assistance for any engineering issues during fabrication phase.
* Quality checking of the product and preparing daily report of the production.
* Analysis of data against pre-determined specifications for finished product classification.
* Planning and Scheduling of maintenance work, preparing plant maintenance chart and keep going according to the maintenance chart.
* Maintaining accurate Bill of Materials and production versions for finished and Semi finished products
* Delivering of finished products to the client.
* Prepare & submit all Quality and Production documents to the client for final approval.
* To prepare, submission and negotiation of variation claims to client with back up papers.
Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering Completed in June 1999 from MES College of Engineering under Calicut University Academic Project: Design of a Dust Collector for a 3T Induction furnace Academic Seminar: Molten Metal Filtration