Cost & Planning Engineer
Saudi Consulting Services
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :32 years, 11 أشهر
Major projects:
* Conversion of Qurayyah Open Cycle to Combined Cycle Power Project, 3100 MW (Contractor: DOOSAN-BEMCO)
* Qurayyah Power Plant Extension 1 Project, 632 MW (Contractor: BEMCO)
* Faras Generation Expansion Project, comprising 600 MV gas-fired generation plant (Contractors: GE/TITC)
My responsibilities include:
* Implementation, coordination and organization of global project control strategy
* Development of project control system including project control procedures, and cost control system and procedures, working closely with the Contractors
* Monitoring and controlling time management plan with computerised schedule in Primavera 6.2 for Engineering, Procurement, Installation, Testing & Commissioning components
* Critical path analysis, identifying delaying events, assessing forecasts, what-if analyses, risk analysis
* Review and modify work schedule and examining effect of schedule changes on project milestones and completion dates, recommending corrective measures, recovery plan preparation
* Preparation of weekly and monthly status reports
* Cost management, validating progress invoices for progress on different components of the EPC contracts, project cost status reporting
* Evaluation of claims, including cost and Extension of Time (EOT) claims
* Change orders processing
* Liquidated damages evaluation
* Coordination with discipline lead engineers and client’s Staff
* Project closing process - planning and monitoring defects rectification program, automating project closing process, and supervising preparation of project acceptance documentation
* Site supervision of civil engineering works
* Participate in project safety inspections
* Supervising and reviewing as-built drawings
Major projects:
* Lahore-Sialkot Motorway
* Lahore Ring Road Project
* Lahore Rapid Mass Transit System (LRMTS) - Priority Line
* Software Technology Park
* Murree Bulk Water Supply Project
* Sheikh Zayed Medical Complex
My responsibilities included:
On Lahore-Sialkot Motorway, Lahore Ring Road Project and other projects
* Planning of mega projects, using Primavera P6 and P3 software including creating work breakdown structure, activity definition, activity duration estimating, resource and cost loading, analysing critical path and creating budgeted cash-flows, schedule risk analysis
* Project monitoring, project status reporting, earned value and schedule performance analyses, recommending corrective actions in order to achieve objectives of scope, time, cost and quality
* Procurement planning, preparation of contract general condition and technical specification based on project scope and applicable standards
* Conducting procurement process including pre-qualification, evaluating and reviewing technical and financial proposals with reference to scope, technical specification and applicable standards, for Consultancy/EPC contracts
* Contract administration
* Reviewing policies and procedures pertaining to procurement process and proposing amendments
* Project governance - preparing and executing human resource management plans and cost plans for different project PMOs, designing PMO structure, conducting hiring process
* Planning, executing and monitoring Project Maker 2 - customized project budgeting software, including development of functional specifications, software development, user-testing, contract management
* Implementation of IBM Rational Portfolio Manager for managing projects portfolio
* Value engineering
* Post-completion project evaluation
During reference design stage of Lahore Rapid Mass Transit System (LRMTS) - Priority Line
* Master planning of LRMTS comprising integrated rail network of four lines, 80km long with 90 stations, Priority Line is of 27 km with 22 stations
* Land requirement analysis, planning and executing land acquisition plan
* Preparing detailed Primavera 6 plan for land acquisition
* Planning of utility relocation works for Electricity (132 KV and 11 KV) lines, Water Supply and Sewerage lines, Telephone lines, Gas line - determining duration of each utility’s works, scheduling priorities for each utility, determining duration of all utility relocation works, site delivery plan for each station/site
* Preparing plans and project appraisals for PMOs of utility organizations, including scope of services, human, material resource and cost management plans
* Planning and executing consultancy contracts for utility relocations for mapping existing utilities and designing relocation works, preparation of consultancy TORs, procurement of consultants, and administering consultancy contracts.
* Review project’s standards, technical design criteria, financial / economic and environmental feasibilities
* Attending project steering committee and coordination meetings
Major projects:
* Mangla Dam Raising Project
* Pehur High Level Canal Project
* Vision 2025 Hydropower Development Programme
* Swabi Salinity Control and Reclamation Project
My responsibilities included:
* Planning of Vision 2025 hydropower development programme
* Progress and monitoring reports, implemented improvements in monitoring and evaluation techniques
* Verification of progress invoices and cost control
* Preparation of project cost estimates, financial budgets, and setting physical targets
* Cash flow forecasting
* Construction supervision of buildings, water resources, access shafts and tunnels, reinforced concrete and steel pipelines
* Verification of construction works as per project technical specification
* Supervision of pre-cast factory, economized production by reducing cycle time in precast factory
* Liaison with federal ministries and donor organizations
* Automating design of roadway bridges, culverts, superpassages, etc. by developing spreadsheets
* Preparing tender, construction and as-built drawings
Major projects:
* Putra Jaya Capital Development
* Seri Sikandar Commercial Complex
My responsibilities included:
* Design of RC frame structure and piled foundation of five-storey commercial building for new industrial development
* Design of RC frame structure and piled foundation of three-storey commercial building
* Design of single and two-storey retail shop lots
* Automating engineering designs for buildings using spreadsheets
* Standardizing structural designs, thereby reducing design durations
* Construction drawings
* Supervising and training team of engineers and draftsmen
Major projects:
* Sukhbeas Outfall Channel Project
* Command Water Management Project
* Jalalpur Canal Feasibility Study
My responsibilities included:
* Construction supervision of drainage channel and structures including bridges, aqueducts, superpassages, siphons, cross-drainage structures and outfall structure
* Verification of construction works as per project technical specifications
* Manipulation of material quantities for earthwork, brickwork, concrete and, structural and reinforcing steel
* Verification of interim invoices
* Verification of escalation invoices
* Evaluation of contractors’ claims
* Preparation of construction schedules
* Structural design
* Design of surface drainage system
* Engineer’s estimate and tender documents
* Tender and construction drawings
* Feasibility study
* Study of surface and groundwater hydrology, and groundwater quality
Having been engaged in solid professional commitments for twelve years, I decided to achieve advanced management education, so that I can leverage my prior experience to further develop myself as a person and a well-rounded manager. Three years duration of Executive MBA course at LUMS has been enormous learning because of its features of interactive, case-based, and competitive learning system along with a class comprising of professionals from diverse business areas. During this course I worked on following real life projects: * Organization’s Strategic Plan (MBA final project) * Marketing Audit of an organization * Climate Survey of an organization * Vision exercise for an organization * IT Applications in an organization * Work Process Improvement in an organization
Graduation in Civil Enginnering