Russel Abdul Salam, Planning Engineer

Russel Abdul Salam

Planning Engineer

NBTC

Location
Kuwait
Education
Master's degree, Project Management Professional
Experience
14 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 5 Months

Planning Engineer at NBTC
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • My current job since July 2016

• Responsible and accountable for Initiating, Planning, Executing, Control & Monitoring and Closing of the Project.
• Preparation of Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 & 4 EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) Schedules with Resources & Cost calculations in Primavera.
• Determination of Project Budget, Cost tracking & monitoring, Budget forecasting (Estimate to complete - ETC & Estimate at completion - EAC).
• Interface with Accounting, Procurement, Engineering and other groups where necessary for the implementation of Cost estimation and work breakdown structure across the project.
• Preparation & submission of Project tender schedules and its cost estimations.
• Conducting of Monthly Financial review meetings with the high level management.
• Review monthly the forecasts to complete, any deviation from baselines and the effect of the corrective actions taken by Project Manager.
• Perform project/construction cost control activities, develops cost control programs and coordinate integrated cost control activities under standard procedure and system.
• Produce routine project/construction cost and financial reports to Project Manager.
• To Exercise Change Order Variance on each project & record the cost impact.
• Review, check & approve the Subcontractors invoices.
• To ensure the communication with and involvement of all required personnel to each project/construction work and integrate to resolve any claims arising from the design, procurement and construction activities and other relevant parties.
• Company's official representative to report progress on project work in a timely manner, highlighting issues which could impact on cost and schedule.
• Preparation of daily activity & resource planning and progress monitoring of the work.
• Reporting of weekly & monthly progress status to the management & client.
• Preparation of Contractual letters to the Internal division, Sub Contractors & Client.
• Preparation & Monitoring of Project Measurement Systems (PMS) & EPC S Curves.
• Actively participating in design, client and site meetings and providing proactive support to the project management teams.
• Recording & maintaining the lessons learned register from each project.
• Highlighting the project control issues to Management and propose necessary corrective actions.
• Informing Client for any project related cost overruns with justification.
• Monitoring Subcontractor's performance against baseline schedules.
• Review meetings with Client to discuss the project progress against approved Plan.

• Preparation and submission of EOT (Extension of Time) & delay analysis (Window
analysis methodology) to the client for additional claiming purpose of Time & Cost.

Planning Engineer at Al Turki Enterprises
  • Oman - Muscat
  • June 2014 to January 2016

• Responsible and accountable for Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, Closing of the Project.
• Preparation of Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 & 4 EPC Schedules in Primavera P6.
• To exercising control over manpower and material resources in order to execute the project within budget, schedule, quality and HSE requirements.
• To exercise change control and variance control on each project /construction work.
• To ensure the communication with and involvement of, all required personnel to each project/construction work and integrator to resolve any claims arising from the design, procurement and construction activities and relevant parties briefed with new communication channels established where ever necessary.
• Company's official representative to report progress on project/construction work in a timely manner, highlighting issues which could impact on cost and schedule.
• Preparation of daily activity & resource planning and progress monitoring of the work using Primavera 6.
• Update schedules in Primavera P6 with physical progress and man-hour expenditure to show all trends, status, forecast, and prepare scenarios.
• Material, manpower & equipment planning for daily work activities.
• Preparation of monthly Planned and Actual Financial values (Cost monitoring).
• Preparation of Project Measurement Systems (PMS) & EPC S Curves.
• Actively participating in design, client and site meetings and providing proactive support to the project management teams.
• Highlighting the project control issues to Management and propose necessary corrective actions and implementing.
• Informing Client for any project related cost overruns with justification.
• Monitoring Subcontractor's performance against baseline schedules.
• Review meetings with Client to discuss the project progress against approved Plan.

Project Engineer at Al Baddad International
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • August 2013 to June 2014
Planning Engineer at Nasser S Al Hajri Corporation
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • February 2010 to June 2013

• Working as in-charge for Planning / Scheduling activities for the Project.
• Prepare and update schedule including weekly and monthly look-ahead schedules using Primavera P6.
• Prepare Project Progress Measuring and Productivity Measurement Systems.
• Preparation of monthly Invoice.
• Preparation of Progress reports and Progress S curves.
• Monitoring actual utilization of resources against planned quantity.

EXPERIENCED OVER ALL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Installation scheduling of equipment's in the utility area such as heat exchangers, boilers, air coolers, cooling towers, and pressure vessels.
• Preparation of detail activity & resource planning and progress monitoring of the work using Primavera 6.
• Update schedules with physical progress and man-hour expenditure to show all trends, status, forecast, and prepare scenarios.
• Material, manpower & equipment planning for daily work activities.
• Preparation of schedules with respect to the master time schedule, updation and progress reporting, using Primavera Project Planner (P6)
• Experience of developing systems and procedures for the department including progress-monitoring and productivity-monitoring procedure.

Planning Engineer at M & M Brothers
  • India
  • July 2009 to January 2010

Education

Master's degree, Project Management Professional
  • at Pursuing PMP (Course completion certification)
  • January 2022
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Anna University Chennai
  • April 2009

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Primavera P6
AUTOCAD
MICROSOFT EXCEL
MICROSOFT WORD
PRIMAVERA - P6
MICROSOFT POWER POINT

Languages

Hindi
Intermediate
Malayalam
Expert
English
Expert
Tamil
Intermediate
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

Kuwait Society of Engineers
  • Engineer
  • September 2019

Training and Certifications

Primavera Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2013

Hobbies

  • Physical Activities, Music, Browsing, Social medias