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Badar Jamal, Planning & Cost Control Engineer

Badar Jamal

Planning & Cost Control Engineer·Global Process Systems

United Arab Emirates

Diploma, Project Managment Professional Training certificate of 35 PDU's

Work experience

Total years of experience: 21 years, 7 months

Planning & Cost Control Engineer

January 2012 - Present

Global Process Systems

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2012 - Present

* Deliver and maintain consistent and realistic plans and control structures for the project. * Determine the list of plans required to execute the assigned project sub-elements and their interface to other sub-elements. * Develop the activities, logic, resources and progress for the assigned project sub-elements, leading to the creation of the baseline schedule and its subsequent maintenance. * Develop, implement and comply with the planning and progress monitoring procedures. * Conduct the schedule monthly progress update, forecast, critical path and trend analyses for assigned elements, including any impact from interface areas. * Implement and maintain the status reports. * Provide regular and comprehensive schedule status reports to Project sub-element managers.* Develop contract key dates, milestones and Client plan dates that align with the overall project schedule. * Participate in evaluating bid schedules and reviewing contractor plans to support contract award recommendations. * Develop contract sections for planning and progress reporting. * Review and verify contractors reported progress and ensure that this is reflected in the project schedule. * Contribute to the translation of the project’s risk profile into the probabilistic risk model and understand the output, including the key risk drivers for the possible range of schedule completion dates. Track the criticality of the main paths to completion and float consumption. * Provide input data for and participate in benchmarking activities. * Develop and regular update on Engineering Progress Measurement system for the Projects and calculate Productivity Discipline wise. * Contribute to close-out data to enable knowledge retention (lessons learned, project data compilation) at completion of work. Prepare forecast / recovery plans in case of any Variance and implement the schedule.Perform project costing related reporting.
Develop & monitor the Project Budget.Prepare Project wise In / Out Cash flows.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Management

Planning Engineer

February 2011 - Present

Topaz Energy and Marine

United Arab Emirates

February 2011 - Present

1) To develop all planning and scheduling tools to be used for controlling, monitoring and reporting of project status.
2) To determine milestones to support project schedule, including identification of contractual
milestones.
3) To communicate activity durations and sequence to specific work disciplines.
4) To identify inter-discipline restraints or interfaces
which define activity sequences and work with functional teams to coordinate work sequences
within total project plan.
5) To develop quantity release or installation curves for a specific work discipline and review quantity logs to ensure total quantities are represented for each discipline.
6) To monitor man hour booking, manpower, material, equipments status on a regular and ongoing basis for the project and highlight any discrepancies to the Project Manager/ Management
7) To assist in the development of manpower requirements for specific work disciplines and assist in resource levelling analysis to perform quantity and manpower resource loading for assigned schedules.
8) To determine critical path activities for work areas and / or work disciplines and monitor schedule deviations and proposes corrective action/work around solutions.
9) To identify and reports activities which have a critical or potential impact on schedule.
10) Attend project review meetings with
contractors/clients at site to review and discuss work progress, highlight areas of concern and area plans in order to resolve problems of schedule delays in project activities indicated by tracking schedule.
11) Preparation of look-ahead plan.
12) Follow up on procurement plans.
13) To update the project schedule by creating baseline schedules
14) Monitor & control project cash flow progress.
15) Coordinate with different departments and liaise with clients and consultants.
16)Submission of regular reports to management and highlighting variances and areas of concerns.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Engineering

Cost & Planning Engineer

July 2008 - February 2011

Yusuf A. Alghanim & Sons W.l.l, Kuwait

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

July 2008 - February 2011

- Responsible for estimation, costing, rate analysis, preparation of Bill of Quantity, preparation of Bill of Material for projects.
- Development of project budget, estimation & tracking the projects against the baseline schedule, variance analysis, cost control.
- Prepare all Contracting Projects Database showing Cost History, Variation Records, Project Progress, Progress Billing & Documentation, Inventory Management, Project Performance Analysis, Calculate Current Margin, Expected Margin at completion.
- Prepare schedules on MS Project & Primavera Project Planning.
- Prepare forecast for Common materials & Project Specific Items Contracting Division based on order Intake and the backlog projects actual Schedules and coordinating with Purchasing Manager & Stores team and give them material requirement plans.
- Prepare Resource Planning and also making Sub-Contracting requirement plan for all the Projects.
- Provide support to site in storage, supply, delivery etc. of required material.
- Control of regular monitoring, auditing, and reporting of all stock transactions.
- Prepare reports, presentations and timelines from statistical data
- Cost Forecast for considering all the pending Purchase orders, Variations, Labour and Installation and any other Cost on the project.
- Prepare One year Labor & Sub-Contractor Requirement Forecast based on Order Intake and Backlog Projects.
- Prepare Earned Value (EV) Report and introduce Earned Value Management systems in the Company.
- Cost Analysis of all the Work In Progress projects and performance of the projects.
- Follow up and tracking of material delivered to the site for month closing with the supplier and Installation team.
- Maintain variation order log.
- Prepare Cost reports as per Project Progress and prepare Interim Progress Payment by considering Actual Cost of Work Performed at site.
- Monitor of monthly cost, Sales and Cash received for Active Projects.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Planning & Scheduling Engineer

November 2007 - June 2008

SungChang A.Al Shaikh Contracting Pvt. Ltd. KSA

Khobar, Saudi Arabia

November 2007 - June 2008

- Preparation/update of projects schedules, progress reports, follow-up sheets, task orders, check lists, work breakdown structures, Flow charts
and progress curves.
- Develop Cost Breakdown Structure, Cost Coding structure, Cost Accounts and Cost loading of the Master Schedule.
- Develop the Cost Monitoring system, monitoring of contract procurement.
- Establish estimation process, recording estimates and develop the estimate / work plan & final estimate report.
- Implement Cost Management Procedures for the Project Coding, Change management, Invoices, Cost.
- Develop a schedule on the basis of scope of work, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Organization Breakdown Structures (OBS) and work
Procedures & prepare Bar charts & Critical Path Method diagrams.
- Preparation of budget area wise and activity wise and resource loading for material and labor.
- Preparation of internal schedule for site execution using Primavera.
- Coordination with Execution Staff regarding Planning, scheduling and cost reports.
- Progress Monitoring & preparation of weekly and monthly progress report.
- Participates in progress review meetings with contractors for monitoring periodically the performance, and suggests corrective steps in case of deviation
from agreed schedules. Provides clarifications or interpretation of contractual terms/clauses to engineers responsible for field execution of work. Initiates Provisional and Final Acceptance Certificates.
- Monitor and analyses progress, efficiency, consumption of direct materials & equipment utilization.
- Estimates the cost impact whenever there is any change in scope of work or plan is revised.
- Estimation of manpower requirements, histogram, s-curves.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Engineering

Mechanical Engineer

January 2005 - November 2007

Sanyu Consultant Inc& Yachiyo Engineering, Japan

Lahore, Pakistan

January 2005 - November 2007

- Coordination of all aspects of developing cost estimate, cost monitoring and control reporting for projects in cooperation with operations.
- Preparation of cope of work and verify scope pf work, budgeted man hours, budgeted quanities, total of deliverables, format of delivery, time schedule, bill of materials and othe requirements as well. Evaluation of variations in Contract Package and proposal & take corrective action as necessary.
- Develop and maintain procedure and tools on projects cost estimation and control.
- Established project planning schedules, follow-up progress reporting and annual project budget annual frame.
- Analyze and review cost forecast, prepare monthly cost reports for individual projects as well as projects portfolio.
- Participates in progress review meetings with contractors for monitoring periodically the performance, and suggests corrective steps in case of
deviation from agreed schedules.
- Prepared Monthly Progress report related to the Projects and submit to the Client.
- Supervised and inspect all the Mechanical and Electrical works at site.
- Inspection and Checking of Welder Qualification Test according to AWS and ASME standards.
- Inspection & checking of Radiography Tests for welding.
- Made all the safety procedures according to JIS standard. Attend monthly safety petrol.
- Responsible for checking of engineering drawings and technical documents and give approval of Construction drawings,
- Preparation of Cost Report, invoicing and Winding up reports for the project.
- Responsible to establish Project plan vs actual completion details and develop schedule variance and maintain project schedules, ensure allotted man hours, deadlines and cost requirements to be strictly adhered.
- Prepared Cost status report and maintain project plans.
- Prepares various cost performance and other management information reports with cost performance analysis to keep management advised of
cost trends and implications.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Mechanical Engineering

Project Engineer

December 2004 - December 2005

Descon Engineering Pvt. Ltd. Pakistan

Lahore, Pakistan

December 2004 - December 2005

Projects
- Plant shutdown at ICI PTA plant in 2005.
- Installation of Absorption chiller & Chiller plant plant at ICI PTA plant.
- Major plant shutdown at National Oil Refinery Pakistan
Responsibilities:
- Monitor deployment of Direct & Indirect Manpower, material, Equipment and plant against budget.
- Ensure timely availability of essential material at site & project execution in efficient and safe manner
- Preparation of Progress Reports on daily basis for project coordination meeting
- Coordination with sub-contractors for progress updating and reporting.
- Facilities, consumable and direct material estimation for the project.
- Preparation of Mobilization plan and Material estimation for the project.
- Taking site measurements as per prevailing site conditions to prepare detail engineering and isometrics drawings based on P&ID and plan layout as well as updating the as-built drawings.
- Responsible for fabrication of all the piping and structure for Installation of Methyl Acetate column at ICI PTA Petrochemical plant.
- Prepared Planning & Scheduling, manpower, tool, Material Schedules, Cost analysis reports.
Projects:
- Participate in the estimation and Planning of SAMREF Oil Refinery Pipe Line Project, Saudi Arabia after tendering of Project.
Responsibilities:
- Raise technical queries and Clarifications.
- Prepare Technical Inspection Execution Methodology for Technical Submissions
- Report any potential contract, cost and schedule issues.
- Provide monitoring support on the assigned contract in terms of cost, schedule and progress.
- Receiving quotations from sub contractor, negotiation for prices and delivery.
- Prepare Work Breakdown Structure, baseline planes for progress monitoring, procurement plan for overseas and local purchasing.
- Review contract requirements for project execution, project data sheets, piping material sheet, piping & instrumentation diagrams, plot plans
and general agreement drawings

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Engineering

Education

PMI - Institute USA

September 2010

September 2010

Diploma, Project Managment Professional Training certificate of 35 PDU's

United States

University of Engineering & Technology

December 2004

December 2004

Bachelor's degree, BSc. in Mechanical Engineering

Pakistan

GPA (percentage): 88%

GPA (percentage): 88%

Skills

Planning

Expert

Cost Control

Expert

Project Management

Expert

Project Control

Expert

Scheduling

Expert

AutoCad

Intermediate

Microsoft Office

Expert

Primavera P3

Expert

MS Project

Intermediate

ERP Software (Business Object, PROMAS)

Expert

Planning

Expert

Cost Control

Expert

Project Management

Expert

Project Control

Expert

Scheduling

Expert

Languages

English

Expert

Urdu

Expert

Arabic

Beginner

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Council

Mechanical Engineer

December 2011

Recommendations

Ammara Shahid

Sep 2010

Sep 2010

Interior DesignerClient

“Badar brings high energy and creative passion to all his projects. He listens intently to the issues and problems and is able to not only find quality solutions but also puts his client in a special “future” positioning category. This ability to create in a rapidly changing marketplace exists because it is obvious at any meeting with Badar that he never stops searching for what is “new”…………..he is involved! Badar is able to relate to all within the working environment, produce results, and have fun.”