SARATH BALAN, Planner

SARATH BALAN

Planner

Bapco Upstream, Bahrain

Location
Bahrain - Manama
Education
Master's degree, Operations Management
Experience
14 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 5 Months

Planner at Bapco Upstream, Bahrain
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • My current job since June 2021

 EPC schedule review (P6, Various Schedule Levels) and monitoring progress updates / performance analysis
 Evaluation (EPC), development and implementation of Progress Measurement System in MS Access and MS Excel
 Management report preparation (Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Look-Ahead Reports)
 Preparation of multi discipline progress S-Curves
 Preparation of micro schedules, acceleration / recovery plans, as and when required for disciplines / projects
 Analyzing change orders and its cost/time impacts (schedule impacts)
 Subcontractor management, evaluation of Subcontractor’s Planning Packages
 Delay analysis (Critical Path Analysis) and maintaining delay logs to support Extension of Time (EoT) claims
 Attending meetings with client / contractors for progress evaluation

Senior Planning Engineer at HEISCO, Kuwait
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • August 2016 to June 2021

 Schedule Preparation (P6) and performing progress updates
 Development and implementation of Progress Measurement System in MS Access and MS Excel
 Progress monitoring and report preparation (Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Look-Ahead Reports)
 Preparation of multi discipline progress S-Curves
 Preparation of micro schedules, acceleration / recovery plans, as and when required for disciplines / project
 Analyzing change orders and its cost/time impacts
 Subcontractor management, evaluation of Subcontractor’s Planning Packages
 Delay analysis (Critical Path Analysis) and maintaining delay logs to support Extension of Time (EoT) claims
 Attending meetings with client / subcontractor for progress evaluation
 Productivity analysis

Planning Engineer at NBTC, Kuwait
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • May 2015 to May 2016

 Schedule Preparation (P6) and performing progress updates
 Development and implementation of Progress Measurement System in MS Access and MS Excel
 Progress monitoring and report preparation (Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Look-Ahead Reports)
 Preparation of multi discipline progress S-Curves
 Preparation of micro schedules, acceleration / recovery plans, as and when required for disciplines / project
 Analyzing change orders and its cost/time impacts
 Subcontractor management, evaluation of Subcontractor’s Planning Packages
 Delay analysis (Critical Path Analysis) and maintaining delay logs to support Extension of Time (EoT) claims
 Attending meetings with client / subcontractor for progress evaluation
 Productivity analysis
 Invoicing

Planning Engineer at Ramsis Engineering, Bahrain
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • March 2012 to February 2015

Routine Mechanical Maintenance Services \[Oil & Gas: Bahrain Oil Field Maintenance\] and General Construction Services
•Interface Piping Project
•Shut-down Services for Oil vessels, Storage tanks, Oil heaters and PECO filters

 Scheduling / attending meetings with client to obtain work orders to ensure incessant work / cash flow
 Scheduling maintenance work orders : Primavera 6
 Development of Progress Measurement System In MS Access for projects and work order progress tracking
 Development of Work Permit Tracking System in MS Access
 Project Work Order progress monitoring for Entire Bahrain Oil Field Maintenance / General Construction Services Jobs
 Performing delay analysis \[EoT Claim\]
 Quantity take-off
 Estimation
 Invoice preparation and timely submission of the same to attain client approval
 Planning & intra discipline co-ordination
 Productivity analysis
 Database control by updating the progress & tracking in MS Access
 Preparation of progress reports daily, weekly & monthly

Planning Engineer at Nasser S.Al-Hajri Corporation, Al-Jubail, K.S.A
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • August 2010 to March 2012

 Progress monitoring and report preparation (Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Look-Ahead Reports)
 Analyzing change orders and its cost/time impacts
 Attending meetings with client / subcontractor for progress evaluation
 Productivity analysis

Junior Planning Engineer at Jobby Engineers
  • India - Mumbai
  • August 2009 to July 2010

•Progress monitoring and report preparation (Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Look-Ahead Reports)
•Preparation of multi discipline progress S-Curves
•Productivity analysis

Education

Master's degree, Operations Management
  • at MG University
  • August 2009
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Anna University
  • April 2007

Specialties & Skills

CPM Scheduling
Progress Monitoring
Progress Reports
Database Development
Primavera P6
Problem Solving
Primavera
Project Planning and Controls
PMS Development
Delay Analysis
Communication

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Native Speaker
Tamil
Intermediate

Memberships

Kuwait Society of Engineers
  • Mechanical Engineer
  • August 2018

Hobbies

  • Cricket