Owais Akhter, Project Control Specialist

Owais Akhter

Project Control Specialist

Zuhair Fayez Partnership Consultants

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh - Al-Malaz
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
21 years, 0 Months

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Project Control Specialist at Zuhair Fayez Partnership Consultants
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since January 2013

- Effectively implemented the company’s standard project control system
- Ensured consistent application of project control process across the project
- Responded to contractor’s contractual and scope clarifications queries
- Identification of stakeholders, level of influence, and register development
- Evaluation of construction program with the project team during development
- Baseline and issued network-logic-driven schedule for project teams
- Schedule management and recoveries throughout the project
- Supported program integration, governance, and plan optimization
- Earned value analysis, forecasting, and identifying opportunities to improve
- Assisted management in status review meetings, presentations, and reporting
- Advised on the application of effective planning techniques and controls
- Prepared and effectively communicated weekly and monthly reports
- Promoted interdepartmental understanding of key project issues
- Reviewed and recommended contractor’s IPCs in coordination with QS
- Recommending preventive and corrective actions
- Risk identification, assessment, contingency Planning, risk register
- Analyzed risk to forecast contingencies, support contingency management
- EOT claim analysis and recommendation
- Assisted in monitoring/managing scope changes in compliance with contract
- Reviewed and recommended change orders in coordination with QS
- Reviewed Project controls procedures and recommended enhancements
- Established & implemented document management and control processes
- Developed a common understanding of project documents and requirements
- Effective communication and information management
- Liaising with other departments, to ensure updated information flow
- Participated in the negotiation of sub-contracts
- Supported configuration management and maintained project records
- An ensured smooth transition of the project from construction to operations
- Carrying out project close-out requirements as per contract

Lead Planning Engineer at Fahd Alireza Engineering Consultants
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • April 2012 to January 2013

-Collected a list of deliverables from all departments.
-Calculated design hours to be utilized for each subtask.
-Prepared proposed design Schedule.
-Prepared final submission of bid for Royal Commission’s approval.
-Prepared a detailed design Schedule for each subtask.
-Monitored design progress based on man-hours consumed against each deliverable.
-Prepared weekly progress reports for each subtask.
-Delivered weekly status of the project: critical issues, risks, the health of the project, and proposals to avoid delays.
-Prepared monthly design reports for the Client.
-Prepared manpower-loaded construction programs for design phase submissions of each task.
-Prepared monthly man-hours consumption for Invoicing purposes.
-Built knowledge and skills to improve delivery performance.
-Replaced deficient project management processes with standard and best practice tools, methods, and processes.
-Maintained the templates, sub-templates, and checklists of each major task of the project.
-Showed the importance of time in the projects, detecting sources of wastages in time and resource capacity.
-Helped to solve resource contention to the task managers using the methodology.
-Identification, Assessment, and Mitigation of Potential Risks.
-Stand in support of the directory, focusing on the important issues, not just urgency.
-Helped the areas to define their own checklist for main tasks and maintain a weekly report.
-Ensured that the Project Management Office procedures and processes are kept up to date.
-Provided ongoing services to ensure that problems stay solved and do not recur.
-Improved communication and decision-making, so that projects achieve strategic objectives.
-Improved communication so that senior executives and stakeholders know project status.
-Provided oversight to ensure projects are in compliance with established standards.

Project Management Officer at Homex Alesayi Co. Ltd.
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • November 2011 to March 2012

-Implemented governance standards in the company
-Projects monitoring, controlling, and reporting
-Manage interdepartmental coordination

Senior Planning Engineer at Al Suwaiket Trading and Contracting Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • March 2011 to October 2011

-Developed schedule & presented to the client for approval
-Progress monitoring, controlling, and reporting
-Implementation of project control procedures

Planning Engineer at Saudi Binladin Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • June 2007 to December 2010

-Provided support for the administration of contracts including Scope of Works, Tender preparations, and Schedules.
-Prepared all preliminary data for planning (Activities, Calendars, WBS, Resource Dictionary, etc.)
-Analyzed and modified planning data through time-based analysis and/or resource-limited based scheduling.
-Prepared Budgets, Work Statements, Master / Detailed Schedules, and other procedures for Project Control System.
-Prepared procurement and material delivery schedules, recognized and followed up on long lead items.
-Approval of Project Schedule from Consultants and Project Manager.
-Produced visual aids to help explain the schedule of work, including bar charts and network diagrams
-Site mobilization plans.
-Ensured on-time delivery of Materials by regular coordination with Procurement Department.
-Collected progress from various teams, tabulated productivity and prepared Trend / Forecast Reports and Presentations.
-Calculated, analyzed, and presented Metrics Reports such as EVA and Burn Rate Analysis to appropriate parties.
-Analyzed the updated schedule and emphasized items such as Critical Path, Slipped Tasks, and Upcoming Tasks.
-Attend weekly meetings with clients, discuss technical proposals and resolve any ambiguity for the smooth running of the project.
-Recognized deficiencies against the plan, identified risk and pursued explanations for corrective actions.
-Reconciled all project activities on monthly basis and compared them with baselines.
-Prepared different Cost Analyses, IPCs, and Change Orders.
-Estimated Bill of Quantities for variation claim purposes.
-Provided technical judgments for variations, EOT, and progress payments.
-Assisted PM in Administrative Closure (Preparation of closure documents, process deliverables, and releasing resources).
-Assisted Project Manager in preparation of Project Post Implementation Evaluation Report.

Planning Engineer at ABS Engineering Corporation Private Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2004 to May 2007

-Jointly worked with project team in reviewing and clarifying scope.
-Prepared WBS, Duration & Resource estimates, and developed schedules using Primavera.
-Progress monitoring, controlling and reporting.
-Proactively worked with the project team for updating and maintaining schedules.
-Assisted Project Manager in all review meetings and managed all relevant communications.
-Identified potential delays and suggested preventive actions.
-Prepared EOT claims and presented them to the engineer for review and approval.
-Implemented change control procedures.
-Invoice preparation and presentation to the client.

Sale & Application Engineer at Haquique Sons (Aviation & Technical Services)
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 2003 to June 2004

-Bid Evaluation.
-Contract Negotiations.
-Post Contract Award Documentations.
-Provide technical consultation to End Users.
-Order execution and monitoring.
-Lead team.
-Reporting and Analysis.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at NED University of Engineering and Technology
  • February 2003

Graduated in 1st Division.

High school or equivalent, Pre Engineering
  • at Govt. College Formen Nazimabad
  • June 1997

Passed in A-Grade.

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Consulting
Planning
Project Control
Primavera
Microsoft Office Applications
AutoCAD
Risk Management
Planning
Change Management
Contract Compliance
Stakeholder Engagement

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Coucil
  • Engineer
  • March 2003
Project Management Institute
  • Member
  • March 2011
Saudi Council of Engineers
  • Project Control Specialist
  • January 2016

Training and Certifications

Risk Management Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2019
Valid Until:
January 2025
Primavera Project Planner P3 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2007
Valid Until:
January 9999
Planning and Scheduling with Primavera P6 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2009
Valid Until:
January 9999
Oracle Projects Applications (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2009
Valid Until:
January 9999
Advance Project Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2011
Valid Until:
January 9999
Project Management Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2018
Valid Until:
December 2024