Mohammed Shahabuddin

• Enterprise-wide portfolio performance reporting and data-driven insights to support executive decision
making, strengthen compliance, and optimise value across complex capital programmes.
• Achieved VAR targeted objectives & KPIs by planning and controlling the execution of the Annual
Management Plan for a global portfolio of Mega Projects.

• Directed project controls for a multi-billion-dollar Greenfield Giga Program processing crude oil into
polymers.
• Contributed to the MoU between SABIC and Aramco, developing the Cost Sharing and Reimbursable
Agreement (CSRA).
• Developed the Joint Internal Administration Procedure (JIAP) for Work Element Release (WER).
• Developed a web-based Overall Integrated Complex Program Schedule for real-time updates by two
PMC Contractors from multiple global office locations with varied time zones.
• Served as Financial Controller (FCR) to ensure financial compliance for Work Element Release (WER).
• Managed PMT staffing plans, corresponding budgets, and PMT cost forecasts; produced monthly cost
reports, project cost forecasts, trend analysis, and management reports.

• Responsible for Pre-FEED and FEED development activities, including cash flow and PMT staffing plan
reviews.
• Developed and secured Board approval for multi-hundred million USD project funding up until FID, and
allocated in SAP IM & PS Modules.
• Defined project cost and schedule control requirements for Program Management and FEED contracts.
• Authored the SABIC Project Controls Manual to consolidate all Mega project controls requirements.

• Aligned Shell & SABIC for a multi-billion-dollar Brownfield Mega Program regarding Project Authority
Schedules, Project Change Control/Change Order management, and approval procedures, ensuring
compliance with both stakeholders internal procedures.
• Set up a project-specific Project Controls Plan, approved by both partners, while duly safeguarding
SABICs interests.
• Established the basis for project progress measurement, monitoring, and reporting process in a JV
environment, accounting for both SABIC and Shell corporate requirements.

• Managed an integrated master schedule for a multiple plant expansion project involving detailed
engineering and construction.
• Obtained consistent deliverables from four distinct EPC Contractor teams by standardizing formats,
templates, and progress measurement criteria; this facilitated seamless synchronization and data
integration at the overall summary level.
• The project required a major complex-wide turnaround to complete the project Tie-ins. Developed a
system-based pre-commissioning schedule prior to the plant turnaround.
• Implemented a mitigation plan to address contractor resource shortfalls by executing service
agreements with resource contractors, successfully recovering the progress schedule using local
resources.
• Successfully facilitated an external project audit with zero findings.

• Streamlined a delayed project by auditing and re-adjusting inflated progress reports to reflect factual
site status; developed a re-baseline plan for an agreed extension after correcting the progress data.
• Resolved a major financial dispute of $14 million by identifying omited subcontractor retention
amounts which were novated to the EPC, following the Contract conversion from reimbursable to LSTK.

• (Foster Offices): Directed Project Controls during the FEED and Detailed
Engineering phases for a multi-billion-dollar program.
• Achieved FEED for the U&O Project within 135k hours, delivering a 15k man-hour saving against budget.
• Participated in the bidding process for EPC contracts across five process units and a Utilities & Offsite
package, from ITB preparation and bid evaluations to presenting award recommendations and FID
packages to the Board.
• Managed a team of 27 project controls personnel (5 PMT Teams) at contractor offices across various
geographical locations, reporting to me, overseeing baseline planning, progress monitoring, integrated
overall schedules, cost control, change orders, and interface management.
• Supervised the development of the Open Book Cost Estimate (OBCE) for the conversion of a Cost
Reimbursable contract to LSTK for the U&O Project; validated the OBCE for the Ethylene Cracker Project
in coordination with experts from Foster Wheeler (now Wood) and Faithful+Gould Ltd as consultants.
• Secured project FID budget from the Board and implemented the SAP Project System Module for cost
control.
• Construction Site Office: Led on-site project control activities for the construction, commissioning
startup, and turnover phases of a Cost Reimbursable U&O project under EPCm Contract.
• Contributed to US $ 3.73 million in savings within a unit-rate quantity re-measured subcontract by
eliminating double-accounting errors in measured quantities during invoice processing.
• Processed and authorized 2, 500 + multi-stage invoicesfor a Cost-Reimbursable contract and successfully
closed dozens of subcontracts and hundreds of vendor POs upon startup.

• Supported planning requirements for various Mega Projects during the development phase, including
the 50 KTA Butene-1 Project (Petrokemya - EPC: Samsung), Air Separation Unit Project (GAS Phase II -
EPC: Linde), and MTBE III De-botlenecking (Ibn Zahr - EPC: Snamprogeti).
• As Section Lead, responsible for assigning Planning Engineers to project teams, performing assurance
activities, and developing internal project controls procedures.
• Participated in development-phase planning for various Mega Projects, oversaw schedule
reviews/analysis, defined project control requirements in Invitations to Bid (ITB), and finalized Technical
Bid Tabulations.
• Conducted various studies to optimize project schedules and evaluate alternate execution strategies.

Prepared bar charts (pre-digital systems), resource
estimation, and schedule development for a 600, 000 sq. ft. sterile injectable facility. Managed on-site construction and QA/QC
requirements for large-scale storage tanks, truck-filling logistics facilities, and distribution piping
networks.
• Execution of site works as per approved IFC drawings and approved
schedule, performed quantity take-offs, and managed payment certification.

Planning Engineer | Gland Pharma (India): Prepared bar charts (pre-digital systems), resource
estimation, and schedule development for a 600, 000 sq. ft. sterile injectable facility.
▪ Project Engineer | Indo Burma Petroleum Pol Depot (India): Managed on-site construction and QA/QC
requirements for large-scale storage tanks, truck-filling logistics facilities, and distribution piping
networks.
▪ Construction Engineer (India): Execution of site works as per approved IFC drawings and approved
schedule, performed quantity take-offs, and managed payment certification.