Muhammad Nisar LEED AP, Sr. Project Controls Engineer

Muhammad Nisar LEED AP

Sr. Project Controls Engineer

Jeddah Stormwater Drainage Program, AECOM Arabia Ltd

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Master's degree, MBA (MIS)
Experience
22 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :22 years, 6 Months

Sr. Project Controls Engineer at Jeddah Stormwater Drainage Program, AECOM Arabia Ltd
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since March 2012

Manage Budget, Cost, Schedule, Scope and QA of the Project by assisting the Program Director on a multi Billion Dollar multidiscipline program. My day to day duties include:

• Reviewing, documenting and processing project related correspondence, Change Management documents and Logs, Submittal Cycles, Construction Schedules including Schedule updates and Construction Reports etc.
• Evaluating, processing, encumbering and tracking contractor Payment Applications, third party consultants' and A/E Invoices.
• Organizing, conducting, coordinating, preparing and distributing project phase Meeting Agendas and Meeting Minutes including Design Review, Pre-Construction, Job Start, and Weekly Progress meetings.
• Forecasting final cost at completion (FCAC) of various projects and requesting additional funds, if needed, to complete the remaining projects.
• Preparing detailed computer generated cost reports, report layouts, charts and diagrams and providing analysis/review of cost and budget expenditures.
• Monitoring and reporting anticipated cost overage and other unsatisfactory cost variances.
• Assisting in the maintenance of overall cost and cost control reporting system for the project.
• Accumulating and documenting historical cost and schedule data in the project document control system.
• Assisting in the development, maintenance, monitoring, impact identification and recovery plan development.
• Assisting in the master schedule and mile stone schedule review process, analyzing and monitoring critical path, schedule updates, look ahead schedules and recovery schedules.

Project Manager, Quality Assurance, U.S. Air Force Center for Engineering & Environment (AFCEE) at AECOM Technology Corporation
  • United States
  • November 2010 to March 2012

Managed the Quality Assurance program for DoD overseas Military and Civil construction program. My Day to day duties included:
• Constructability review of the A/E submitted partial and complete design drawings, conducting Quality Control (QC) site walks to ensure the adequacy of count and placement of material on the project sites.
• Field coordination with Contractors, Subcontractors, A/E, Inspectors, third party Consultants and Site Administration for Quality Assurance/ Quality Control (QA/QC) and to ensure the continuity construction.
• Participating in Change Management and Dispute Resolution negotiations including PCOs, COs, Claims etc.
• Analyzing, validating, documenting and tracking RFPs, PCOs and COs
• Facilitating, reviewing, approving and forwarding RFIs and A/E responses to RFIs.
• Participating in the implementation of project Start up and Commissioning Plan weekly meetings to represent the Owner and ensuring Compliance with the Original Design and Specification requirements
• Reviewing, documenting and processing project related correspondence, Change Management documents and Logs, Submittal Cycles, Construction Schedules including Schedule updates and Construction Reports etc.
• Evaluating, processing, encumbering and tracking contractor Payment Applications, third party consultants' and A/E Invoices.
• Organizing, conducting, coordinating, preparing and distributing project phase Meeting Agendas and Meeting Minutes including Design Review, Pre-Construction, Job Start, and Weekly Progress meetings.
• Monitoring and reporting anticipated cost overage and other unsatisfactory cost variances.
• Assisting in the maintenance of overall cost and cost control reporting system for the project.
• Accumulating and documenting historical cost and schedule data in the project document control system.

Project Engineer III, Western University of Health Sciences at FLUOR Enterprises Inc.
  • United States
  • July 2008 to November 2010

Assisted the Project Director in the Owner's Representative role to manage the Construction Program of a Healthcare higher education campus new construction. My day to day duties included:

• Assisting in Constructability review of the A/E submitted partial and complete design drawings, conducting Quality Control (QC) site walks to ensure the adequacy of count and placement of material on the project sites.
• Field coordination with Contractors, Subcontractors, A/E, Inspectors, third party Consultants and Site Administration for Quality Assurance/ Quality Control (QA/QC) and to ensure the continuity construction.
• Participating in Change Management and Dispute Resolution negotiations including PCOs, COs, Claims etc.
• Analyzing, validating, documenting and tracking RFPs, PCOs and COs
• Facilitating, reviewing, approving and forwarding RFIs and A/E responses to RFIs.
• Participating in the implementation of project Start up and Commissioning Plan weekly meetings to represent the Owner and ensuring Compliance with the Original Design and Specification requirements
• Reviewing, documenting and processing project related correspondence, Change Management documents and Logs, Submittal Cycles, Construction Schedules including Schedule updates and Construction Reports etc.
• Evaluating, processing, encumbering and tracking contractor Payment Applications, third party consultants' and A/E Invoices.
• Organizing, conducting, coordinating, preparing and distributing project phase Meeting Agendas and Meeting Minutes.
• Assisting in preparing Project Closeout Packages including As Builts, Record Drawings, O & M Manuals, Warranties etc. and coordinating Project acceptance and final Completion.
• Preparing detailed computer generated cost reports, report layouts, charts and diagrams and providing analysis/review of cost and budget expenditures.
• Monitoring and reporting anticipated cost overage and other unsatisfactory cost variances.

Project Engineer III, Los Angeles County + University of Southern California (LAC+USC) at JACOBS Engineering Group, Inc.
  • United States
  • February 2007 to July 2008

Assisted the Sr. Construction Manager in managing the construction of a new medical center hospital project for the County of Los Angeles. My day to day duties included:


• Assisting in Constructability review of the A/E submitted partial and complete design drawings, conducting Quality Control (QC) site walks to ensure the adequacy of count and placement of material on the project sites.
• Field coordination with Contractors, Subcontractors, A/E, Inspectors, third party Consultants and Site Administration for Quality Assurance/ Quality Control (QA/QC) and to ensure the continuity construction.
• Participating in Change Management and Dispute Resolution negotiations including PCOs, COs, Claims etc.
• Analyzing, validating, documenting and tracking RFPs, PCOs and COs
• Facilitating, reviewing, approving and forwarding RFIs and A/E responses to RFIs.
• Participating in the implementation of project Start up and Commissioning Plan weekly meetings to represent the Owner and ensuring Compliance with the Original Design and Specification requirements
• Reviewing, documenting and processing project related correspondence, Change Management documents and Logs, Submittal Cycles, Construction Schedules including Schedule updates and Construction Reports etc.
• Evaluating, processing, encumbering and tracking contractor Payment Applications, third party consultants' and A/E Invoices.
• Organizing, conducting, coordinating, preparing and distributing project phase Meeting Agendas and Meeting Minutes including Design Review, Pre-Construction, Job Start, and Weekly Progress meetings.
• Accumulating and documenting historical cost and schedule data in the project document control system.
• Assisting in the master schedule and mile stone schedule review process, analyzing and monitoring critical path, schedule updates, look ahead schedules and recovery schedules.

Assistant Project Manager at Gateway Science & Engineering, Inc.
  • United States
  • June 2003 to January 2007

- Assistant Project Manager, Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD)
- Assistant Project Manager, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)

My day to day duties included assisting the Project Managers in the support role of Junior Engineer on the following assignments:
• Assisting in Constructability review of the A/E submitted partial and complete design drawings, conducting Quality Control (QC) site walks to ensure the adequacy of count and placement of material on the project sites.
• Field coordination with Contractors, Subcontractors, A/E, Inspectors, third party Consultants and Site Administration for Quality Assurance/ Quality Control (QA/QC) and to ensure the continuity construction.
• Analyzing, validating, documenting and tracking RFPs, PCOs and COs
• Facilitating, reviewing, approving and forwarding RFIs and A/E responses to RFIs.
• Reviewing, documenting and processing project related correspondence, Change Management documents and Logs, Submittal Cycles, Construction Schedules including Schedule updates and Construction Reports etc.
• Evaluating, processing, encumbering and tracking contractor Payment Applications, third party consultants' and A/E Invoices.
• Organizing, conducting, coordinating, preparing and distributing project phase Meeting Agendas and Meeting Minutes
• Assisting in preparing Project Closeout Packages including As Builts, Record Drawings, O & M Manuals, Warranties etc. and coordinating Project acceptance and final Completion.
• Acting as JOC Project Manager to managing Job Order Contracting (JOC) projects using PROGEN software application environment.
• Preparing detailed computer generated cost reports, report layouts, charts and diagrams and providing analysis/review of cost and budget expenditures.
• Assisting in the maintenance of overall cost and cost control reporting system for the project.
• Accumulating and documenting historical cost and schedule data in the project document control system.

Project Engineer at M/S Campaigner Associates (Pvt.) Ltd
  • Pakistan
  • October 1998 to March 2000

Worked as a Field/Site Engineer to assist the Project Superintendents on multi-storied residential building projects. My day to day duties included:
. Managing the installation of water/sewer pipes,
. Working on subcontractor contracts, Preparing daily reports,
. Coordinating with different utility companies for installation of utilities lines,
. Reviewing and forwarding submittals and RFC’S, Preparing change order requests with complete break down for material, labor and equipment,
. Providing quality assurance and quality control,
. Scheduling delivery, storage and handling,
. Coordinating weekly job site meetings,
. Preparing construction schedules for projects,
. Verifying subcontractor’s pay applications,
. Reviewing and preparing close out documents,
. Keeping record of punch list items.

Education

Master's degree, MBA (MIS)
  • at California State University, Long Beach
  • December 2002

MBA (MIS), California State University, Long Beach, California, Dec. 2002.

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
  • December 1998

BS (Civil Engineering), University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, Nov. 1998. Continued Education: Pursuing Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.

Specialties & Skills

Primavera Expedition
Change Management
Project Controls
A/E Coordination
BUDGET and FORECAST
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
CORRESPONDENCE
COST CONTROL
VALUE ENGINEERING
PROJECT CONTROLS
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
QUALITY CONTROL/ QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA/QC)

Languages

Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
English
Expert

Memberships

Project Management Institute (PMI), Los Angeles Chapter
  • Member
  • March 2006
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Associate Member
  • January 1999
Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
  • Professional Engineer
  • October 1998
US Green Building Council
  • LEED AP (BD+C)
  • April 2009

Training and Certifications

Facilities Contracts (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2005
Valid Until:
May 2005
P3 Expert (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 1999
Valid Until:
November 1999
OSHA Training Certificate of Achievement. (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2007
Valid Until:
March 2007
Primavera (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2004
Valid Until:
February 2004
Prolog Manager/Proliance (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2006
Valid Until:
September 2006