Principle Planning and Cost Control Engineer
ECG ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS GROUP S.A.
Total years of experience :18 years, 0 Months
• Prepares and present the firm’s man-power planning reports and histogram.
• Prepares and present the Productivity Reports and Histograms for the Firm’s Business Units and Disciplines.
• On an overall level; review and verify the correctness of all established programmes in term of logic sequence, logicality of progress update, budgeted man-hours, remaining man-hours & remaining duration using primavera and/or MS Project.
• On an overall level; review and verify the regural checkup reports through Database and Primavera Software in order to find any incorrect input by any one of the planners then ask the planner to rectify the incorrectness.
• On an overall level; review and verify the biweekly programmes updates in terms of key performance indices (KPIs).
• Review the Biweekly Reports in order to identify the problems coming out of Planners action.
• Work as a team leader for a team consist of schedulers, planners & cost controllers in order to distribute the work load and projects between the team members, review the final output, and to facilitate the communication internally inside the department and externally with other departments.
• Participate in preparing, reviewing and assessing the time extension claims and/or counter claims.
• Review and evaluation of the tenderers’ construction time schedules and contractors’ time schedule.
• Preparation and Update of Contract Programme.
• Preparation and Update Monthly Reports to Management and Clients.
• Assist to Prepare and support Project Progress Measuring System.
• Preparation and Update weekly, Daily Reports.
• Preparation of weekly forecasts for construction, design & procurement.
• Assist Prepare Sub-Contractor Schedule for the project work.
• Worked as a focal-point of the company to monitor subcontractor's work
• Assist and Identify the Long Lead items and make clear track of Procurement.
• Attend weekly and Monthly Client Meetings resolve the issues.
• Measure the Supervisor Productivity and identify the lack areas.
• Supervise Planners in preparing master and detailed time schedules for EPC (Engineering - Procurement - Construction) Projects.
• Responsible in assigning detailed resources (Manpower - Equipment & BOQ) for all divisions (Civil/Structural, Finishes, MEP & External Works) in order to assess resource requirements & leveling to optimize needs within project schedule requirements.
• Supervise/Responsible in assigning detailed activity codes, cost accounts, resources codes in the project schedule to generate earn value management and S-Curves.
• Develop Methodologies for data collection and coordination to different site representatives in order to follow up project progress.
• Coordinate with PE/PCE in developing and monitoring Project Earn value Management System.
• Check, analyze and comment on subcontractor’s schedule to match OGER schedule (Main Contractor) and use it in developing detailed schedule.
• Provide reports on resource requirements (Direct & Indirect) manpower Histograms & Spreadsheets to PD/PM.
• Follow up with Engineering, Procurement & Construction teams to collect and verify project progress and use them all in updating project schedule to assess the project milestone are achievable.
• Analyze actual project progress, revised critical Path and available float of activities and recommended possible solutions to project control manager and PD/PM if critical path is beyond required completion dates.
• Prepares revised schedules for EPC to comply with the project and client/consultant requirements.
• Prepare and issue short term work plans (such as 2-Week Look ahead or 4-Week Look ahead) and communicate these plans to various members of project team.
• Prepares periodic reports for PD/PM, Head Office Management and Client/Consultant.
• Develop and follow Extension of Time procedure in coordination with PCM and Contract Manager.
- Continuously monitoring the utilization of available personnel as well as facility resources to ensure optimum resource utilization.
- Establishing and implementing project control policies, procedures, and guidelines consistent with ECG Policy.
- Establishing employee development and training programs and maintaining a technical and managerial staff, which includes capabilities necessary to meet the goals and objectives of the Department.
- Establishing clear guideline ensuring timely and accurate preparation and submital of ECG invoices.
- Presenting various controls that assist the Project Manager in carrying out his responsibilities for invoicing for ECG projects.
- Regular Monitoring and Controlling of project performance to identify variances from the project management plan.
- Regular update and presentation of the company’s cash flow to forecast the likely cash requirements.
1) Prepares monthly reports showing differences between actual cost in minor details and budgeted cost.
2) Prepares forecast reports for the running projects.
3) Prepares status reports as needed by the management and/or clients/consultants.
4) Issue Status, Monthly & Forecast Reports for the Cost Control Mgr.
1) Studies contract documents to become thoroughly acquainted with exact requirements pertaining to schedule
2) Prepares and updates the job schedule, manpower schedule in coordination with Construction, Procurement, Engineering and relevant subcontractors
3) Revises project schedule in light of variation orders in coordination with Management and Operations, and assess the overall impact adjustments and the need for time extension, if any.
4) Prepares status reports as needed by the management and/or clients/consultants
5) Contributes to the Planning section of the End of Job Report incorporating differences between Project Schedule and job actual progress, and differences between forecasted and actual manpower requirements.
6) Issue Status Report for the Projects Control Mgr
7) Using the Earned Value Analysis (BCWS VS BCWP and ACWP and get the Cost Variance).
8) Analysis of variance in the monthly report
Supervising of all civil works in site.
Preparing bending list and timetables.
Contact with consultant.
Revising all drawings of the project
University of Banha (Shoubra) - Cairo/ Egypt Bachelor of Civil Engineering, (Construction Management) - 2006 Computer Skills: * Primavera P3&P6. * AutoCAD. * Microsoft Office Language Skills: * Arabic: Mother Tongue. * English: Good Project Management Institute - PMI - USA *Project Cost and Scheduling Workshop - PMI *Professional Project Management Program (PMP) -Still to apply for the exam