Muhammad Ashar, Head of Planning

Muhammad Ashar

Head of Planning

Group Five Pipe Saudi

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
21 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 7 Months

Head of Planning at Group Five Pipe Saudi
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • My current job since January 2024

 Ensure proper pipe production planning, scheduling, monitoring, finished pipe storing and delivery to the customers.
 Formulating production policies, initiating, and implementing production budget and forecasts.
 Provide technical evaluation on customer inquiry, raw materials.
 Coordinating with sales and purchase department in matters dealing with all materials of ordering and movement.
 Supervising all planning staff and ensuring that production and inventory status and report is properly prepared, reported and maintained.
 Liaising with the commercial department and insertion of change/delay events into an impacted schedule.

Senior Planning Engineer at Target Construction Saudi, Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • February 2021 to December 2023

 Develop project WBS, baseline schedule, progress measurement, S-curves, histograms, and progress tracking system.
 Review and issuance of look ahead schedule, weekly and monthly progress reports.
 Updating schedule and maintaining realistic critical path
 Manage and participate in weekly and monthly progress review meetings with client and higher management.
 Prepare recovery schedule and revised baseline schedule.
 Preparing dashboard reporting and assisting in meetings.
 Perform project delay and earn value analysis and prepare extension of time claim.
 Prepare monthly progress invoice.

Sr. Planning Engineer at Sharqawi Co
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • December 2015 to January 2021

MEP project Planning and Scheduling

Sr. Planning Engineer at China Harbour Engineering Co
  • September 2014 to July 2015

 Develop detailed project schedules with resource and cost loading and ensure consistency with contract documents (Conditions of Contract, Specifications, Bill of Quantities, Drawings and Method Statement)
 Monitor the progress and spending of projects to ensure timely delivery and on budget
 To ensure that the project schedule is being updated on periodical bases.
 Analyze project progress versus baseline program and identify/ forecast delays
 Coordinate with Project Manager and site team for recovery plans and monitor implementation.
 Analyze overall project performance using Earned Value Management (EVM) and Key Performance Indexes (KPI’s)
 Support the project Manager providing all information necessary for a rapid identification of any unfavorable trend or any potential problem in time in order to start immediate corrective actions.
 Assist in maintain current and accurate records on internal and client database and document control systems (including all logs - material, drawings, RFI…etc.).

Lead Planning Engineer at Target Engineering Construction LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2011 to August 2014

 Preparation of Project Planning Dossier contains Project WBS, Master schedule, S-curves, Progress monitoring and reporting procedures and formats, manpower and equipment mobilization Histograms
 Preparation & submission of project reports (Daily, Weekly & Monthly) reflecting the real project status both w.r.t. to time, performance and cost.
 Close monitoring of Project milestones and follow up with client for the approval of achieved contractual milestones
 Analyze validity of schedules from subcontractors and ensure alignment with master schedule
 Preparation submission and follow up of Project Progress certification & Progress invoices as per invoicing procedure
 Coordinate and follow up with clients for contractual issues, Claim and Counter Claims
 Prepare Project Presentations as per requirement (Kickoff meeting, Monthly management Meeting etc), Recording of Minutes of Meetings for weekly project Review Meeting.
 Correspond & coordinate (emails, Letters, meetings) with Client area In-charges to discuss Planning & Control issues and reports.
 Update and monitor Project Master Schedules Level-III, Identify the critical & near critical activities and continuously monitor them and report to management and make schedule Risk analysis Quarterly
 Prepare and distribute to all concerns, 3 weeks and 3 month look-ahead schedule
 Evaluates the planning and scheduling information collected from Project Management Teams and contractors and advises management of exceptions to the plan and potential corrective action and/or impact to the project.
 To developed up-to sufficient detail to ensure effective control of all objects going into the project deliverables. This may be achieved through development of detailed plans as required.
 Discusses, coordinates and resolves long term and short term planning and scheduling problems with personnel throughout the Company and with contractor organizations. Acts as technical consultant when required.
 Keep a follow up on the procurement items and monitor their delivery schedule W.R.T to the requirement at site
 The Variation orders time impact are properly managed and integrated into the plan.
 To identify and collect technical documentation in order to understand the project deliverables and all components

Planning Engineer at Descon Engineering Qatar LLC
  • Qatar - Doha
  • September 2008 to October 2010

 Review project milestones, tender/ contract requirements and prepare project schedules
 Ensure that all contractual/ company and local authority requirements for QA/QC & HSE requirements are complied
 Review, identify and advise project manpower, equipment & other resource requirements.
 Prepare & ensure master program of works/ critical milestones are achieved, ensure effective planning & monitoring of site progress
 Preparation, implementing corrective actions & recovery program to arrest slippage.
 Develop look ahead program and identify resource requirement of manpower, equipment and materials

Assistant Manager at SUPARCO Karachi
  • Pakistan
  • September 2004 to May 2008

Responsible for the maintenance of plant equipment and machine tools including: air compressors, chillers, air handling units, heat exchangers, diesel generators, mixer, ovens, pneumatic/electric overhead cranes, hydraulic platforms, compressed air/HVAC/ water supply piping, conventional/CNC machine tools and different types of welding machines.
• To manage repair and installation cell comprise 25 team members
• Planning of periodic mechanical maintenance work
• Complaint handling and assure spare parts /consumable availability
• Supervise critical mechanical maintenance work through out the plant
• Liaise with other cells to enable efficient maintenance work
• Assist in developing, iprovement and implementation of CMMS
• Report/data input into CMMS for equipment performance monitoring
• Ensure safe working condition of all tools, lifting and mobile equipment
• Vetting technical specifications of equipment are to be procured

Maintenance Incharge at SIDDIQSONS DENIM MILLS PVT. LTD
  • Pakistan
  • February 2002 to August 2004

 Responsible for Routine and Turnaround maintenance planning & scheduling.
 Vendor/ contractor coordination to enable safe and efficient execution of maintenance activities.
 Coordinates and perform unit turnarounds to assure proper and safe

Implementation, within budget and on schedule.
 Ensure work is planned, scheduled and executed safely and efficiently
provide estimating/budgeting/cost reporting for shutdown activities (manpower loading, equipment, etc.)
 Manage and depute maintenance team on operational complaints
 Troubleshooting of operational faults
 To supervise in house mechanical workshop
 Review of spare part holdings, ordering spares, carrying out stores inspections and maintaining adequate inventories

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at NED University of Engineering & Technology Karachi-Pakistan
  • August 2001

First Division

Specialties & Skills

Maintenance Management
Change Management
Resource Management
Project Control
PRIMAVERA 6
Maintenance and Installation of Rotary, Stationary and Machine Tools Equipment
MS Office
Project Planning
Project Progress measurement

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Concil
  • Permenent
  • April 2002