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Sanam Chhodar, Senior Planner

Sanam Chhodar

Senior Planner·Overseas AST

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering

Work experience

Total years of experience: 15 years, 0 months

Senior Planner

June 2018 - Present

Overseas AST

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

June 2018 - Present

Development of Cost and Resource Loaded Base Line Schedule using Planning Software PRIMAVERA (P6 v7, 8.3 and 15.2) and planning Package and updating on a Weekly basis.
Revising Baseline Schedule as per project requirement.
Development of short-term recovery program on MS project to catch up the delay
Preparation of Various Look-ahead Schedule viz-a-viz 2 Weeks and 2 Months Look-ahead
Preparation of Dashboards and presentation for top Management on Monthly/Weekly basis
Preparation of Weekly/Monthly Progress Report of Project for Client/Consultant.
To Coordinate with Site team and Technical office team for project progress and review on a daily basis/ weekly basis and Monthly basis.
Tracking of Various progress deliverables, NOC approvals etc…
Performing delay analysis, preparation and submission of various delay events and EOT documents.
Interaction with JV Partners on various aspects of the project related to Programme, Variation Orders, Claims and EOTs at different stages of the project.
Preparation of Programme for EOTs and performing Delay analysis
To interact with CM/PM/TOM/MD and discuss the forecasting strategy of project progress.
Progress monitoring by Preparation of Various KPI’s, S-Curves and presentation for senior management.
Estimation of Plant and Manpower requirement for the Project based on standard norms and achieved productivity. Monitoring actual resources availability & analysing with Histograms

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Civil Engineering

Planning Engineer

February 2015 - May 2018

Projects Link Contracting Co. LLC

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

February 2015 - May 2018

Development of Cost and Resource Loaded Base Line Schedule using Planning Software PRIMAVERA (P6 v7, 8.3 and 15.2) and planning Package and updating on Weekly basis.
Revising Baseline Schedule as per project requirement.
Development of short term recovery program on MS project to catch up the delay
Preparation of Various Look-ahead Schedule viz-a-viz 2 Weeks and 2 Months Look-ahead
Preparation of Dashboards and presentation for top Management on Monthly/Weekly basis
Preparation of Weekly/Monthly Progress Report of Project for Client/Consultant.
To Coordinate with Site team and Technical office team for project progress and review on daily basis/ weekly basis and Monthly basis.
Tracking of Various progress deliverables, NOC approvals etc…
Performing delay analysis, preparation and submission of various delay events and EOT documents.
Interaction with JV Partners on various aspects of project related to Programme, Variation Orders, Claims and EOTs at different stage of project.
To interact with CM/PM/TOM/MD and discuss the forecast strategy of project progress.
Progress monitoring by Preparation of Various KPI’s, S-Curves and presentation for senior management.
Estimation of Plant and Manpower requirement for the Project based on standard norms and achieved productivity. Monitoring actual resources availability & analyzing with Histograms
Monitoring & maintaining project compliance with project management standard practices, Quality & HSE standards, procedures and templates.
Attending the Project Management Audits by Governing bodies viz-a-viz Bureau Veritas etc…

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Management

Planning & Cost Control Engineer

June 2011 - January 2015

Organization- Punjlloyd Ltd

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

June 2011 - January 2015

Assigned as acting project control manager for two months. Responsible for the development and defining of various WBS, updating and maintenance of project Planning & scheduling system,
To develop a Schedule compliant with the selected execution strategy in order to mitigate the risks & reduce cost.
Development of Base Line Schedule using Planning Software PRIMAVERA (P6 V7, 8.2), MS Project & updating on regular basis.
Preparation of Weekly/Monthly/Three Months Look-ahead schedule & Progress Report of Project for Client.
Tracking and finalizing scope changes of Civil; Structural Steel; Piping & Mechanical Equipment works and its effect on the overall project schedule
Presenting Project progress status & constraint to Client in Weekly/Monthly & Project Review Meetings.
Progress Measurement using S-Curves separately for Engineering Procurement and Construction, along with Overall Progress of the Project
To monitor and control the project progress, analyze and asses any delay and to propose corrective actions in order to mitigate risks and prevent any delay whenever required.
Preparation of Variation Claims for execution of works which comes under change order.
To Coordinate & assist with Contracts department for Preparation of EOT (Extension of Time) for the project.
Preparation of Executive Progress Summary Report / Presentations to the Top Management on Project Status for periodical (Weekly Meeting with CEO) Review.
To interact with PCM/CM/PM & issue Progress Reports to Client & Top Management on weekly/ monthly basis & discuss the forecast strategy of project progress.
To Coordinate with Project Operation Teams, Engineering, Procurement and Construction and make them aware of the Project Milestones & critical activities to ensure project schedules are met.
To Coordinate with Client Operation and PMT Team on weekly basis for Project Review.
Define and Optimize the necessary resources requirement for EPC&C or I phases
Estimation of Manpower Requirement for the Project based on standard productivity norms. Monitoring of actual resources availability & analysis using Histogram
Preparation of Project Progressive invoice based on project progress & key milestone achievements.
Preparation and Reshuffling of Project Budget.
Approval of subcontracts & Local Purchase orders in Oracle system managing the availability of sufficient Budget of the project.
Management & tracking of subcontract services, certification & invoices.
To provide Project Feedback and Lessons Learned to Business development Team in order to improve the Planning & Scheduling Methodology & implementing the methodology Management.
Monitoring & maintaining project compliance with project management standard policies, Quality & HSE standards, procedures and templates through project audits

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Management

Education

National Institute of Technology

April 2011

April 2011

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering

India

GPA (percentage): 65.9%

GPA (percentage): 65.9%

Civil Engineer. Prepared and demonstrated minor and major project on 1. Slope Stability. 2. Compression and tension test of Glass reinforced Fly Ash, to build low cost building/Shelters.
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Skills

MS Project
Expert
MS Project
Expert
Primavera P6
Expert
Primavera P6
Expert
Budgeting
Expert
Budgeting
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Planning
Expert
Planning
Expert
BUDGET
Expert
BUDGET
Expert
CLAIMS
Expert
CLAIMS
Expert
CONTRACTS
Expert
CONTRACTS
Expert
COST CONTROL
Expert
COST CONTROL
Expert
CIVIL ENGINEER
Expert
CIVIL ENGINEER
Expert
EPC
Expert
EPC
Expert
ESTIMATION
Expert
ESTIMATION
Expert
MS PROJECT
Expert
MS PROJECT
Expert
PRIMAVERA P6
Expert
PRIMAVERA P6
Expert
PLANNING
Expert
PLANNING
Expert
PROJECT CONTROLS
Expert
PROJECT CONTROLS
Expert
PROCUREMENT
Intermediate
PROCUREMENT
Intermediate
OIL AND GAS
Intermediate
OIL AND GAS
Intermediate
MARINE CONSTRUCTION
Intermediate
MARINE CONSTRUCTION
Intermediate
FIDIC
Intermediate
FIDIC
Intermediate
ERP
Intermediate
ERP
Intermediate
MS Project
Expert
MS Project
Expert
Primavera P6
Expert
Primavera P6
Expert
Budgeting
Expert
Budgeting
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Planning
Expert
Planning
Expert

Languages

Hindi

Expert

English

Expert

Spanish

Beginner

Tamil

Beginner

Memberships

society of Engineers

Affiliated member

September 2017

Hobbies and interests

Sports, Trekking

Participation in various college level sports (Basket ball, Football, Volley ball, Tennis, cricket, Hockey) Runner up in College level Snooker Championship.