Bilal Safdar, Project Civil Engineer

Bilal Safdar

Project Civil Engineer

Bulleh Shah Packaging (Pvt) Ltd (Stora Enso & Packages Ltd JV)

Location
Pakistan - Lahore
Education
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
Experience
13 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 5 Months

Project Civil Engineer at Bulleh Shah Packaging (Pvt) Ltd (Stora Enso & Packages Ltd JV)
  • Pakistan
  • My current job since October 2013

BSP Expansion Project 335 consists of work areas as follows:
- Biomass power plant 35MW (150TPH boiler)
- Production line expansion (PM6 & PM7)
- Infrastructure development

Following are my responsibilities as Project Civil Engineer:
- Preparing and updating plans for work packages covering scope, time, cost, quality, communications, risk, resources, procurement and stakeholders.
- Developed and using an integrated Daily Monitoring System for efficient monitoring and control of work packages.
- Defining scope of work, calculating budget and preparing tenders for award of work packages.
- Preparing and finalizing contracts with suppliers and contractors.
- Evaluating work packages progress through Earned Value Management and S-curves.
- Identifying and reporting time and cost based impacts levied on work packages.

Tendering Engineer at TAG Engineering & Construction (Pvt) Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • November 2011 to October 2013

Following were my major responsibilities:
- Engaged with senior management and sales resources to design bid strategy, analyze client requirements and assemble a solution suite that showcased a capability to deliver.
- Responsible for making accurate estimation of direct and indirect costs including material, manpower, consumables and equipment.

Major proposals prepared for following project tenders:
- Construction of New Khanki Barrage, Pakistan (USD 250 mil.)
- Rehabilitation of Jinnah Barrage, Pakistan (USD 130 mil.)
- Construction of Deep Water Terminal Port, Pakistan (USD 120 mil.)
- Construction of Metro Bus, Lahore, Pakistan (USD 82 mil.)
- Construction of southern and marina interchanges, Lusail, Qatar
- Earthworks for Qatar metro packages

Intern at Tetra Pak Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • July 2010 to August 2010

Responsibilities included on site progress management of the project. Presentations for progress reporting on daily basis for the project sewage system. Estimation of Bill of Quanitities from the contractor's regular Interim Payment Certificates as part of supervision.

Intern at Tetra Pak Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • June 2009 to February 2010

The main responsibilties included assisting in the areas of project planning and progress monitoring for achieving critical project objectives through regular coordination. Professional construction managment tools used such as Primevera Project Planner and Microsoft Project were learned to enterprise level during the internship in addition to gaining valuable exposure in dealing with several internal and external clients and vendors especially regarding Pre-engineered buildings.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at University of Engineering & Techonology, Lahore
  • July 2011

Interened twice at Tetra Pak Pakistan in sophomore and junior year for a combined duration of 9 months.

High school or equivalent, Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC)
  • at International School & College of Pakistan, Kuwait
  • May 2007
High school or equivalent, Secondary School Certificate (Matriculation)
  • at International School & College of Pakistan, Kuwait
  • May 2005

Specialties & Skills

Earned Value Management
Project Plans
Microsoft Office
Project Bidding
Tendering
AutoCAD
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premier
Adobe After Effects
Google Sketchup
MS Project
Primavera
MS Office

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Affiliate Member
  • March 2008
Institute of Civil Engineers
  • Student Member
  • April 2008
IStructE
  • Student Member
  • April 2008
Environmental & Horticultural Society, UET Lahore
  • Coordinator/President
  • May 2010
Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
  • Registered Engineer (RE)
  • December 2011

Training and Certifications

Innovative Leadership Training/Lecture (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2010
Valid Until:
September 2010