Reza Paykazadi

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PROJECT & PROGRAM PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Throughout the past 13 years, I obtained appropriate experience in scheduling, controlling and managing EPC industrial projects [such as: power plants, gas pipelines, Construction, and Industrial projects], and a variety of other small construction/demolition projects. Especially in the last 5 years, I’ve been working on project and program management knowledge specially PMBOK and Prince which helped me to achieve successful records in all phases of large-scale superfund projects for government and private-sector clients. Backed by strong credentials and a proven history of on-time, on-budget and high-quality project completions.

KEY SKILLS

Demonstrated skills in estimating, planning, and also coordinating large scale projects ranging from $100K to $140M

Proficient in multi-phase project management and cross over various functional groups

Proven ability to monitoring the project performance with EVM technique (project health methodology)

Solid knowledge of Risk Analysis, scheduling and negotiation skills

Expert in change analysis and Issue tracking

Strong ability to Scheduling and controlling the procurement and execution work packages

In-depth knowledge of Engineering Process and Procurement Process (RFI, RFQ, …)

Familiar with EPCM, Design-Build, PPP, and FIDIC contracts and contracts management

Self-motivated, punctual and strong in teamwork

Results driven and goal-oriented with a commitment to the organization strategic plan and QMS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1.GSI GC. Co. http://www.gsi-gc.com

GSI is a general contractor in different industries and infrastructure development with wide scale from $2M to $1.0B, especially in Industrial EPC, Power Plant, Steel Mill Plant and Mine.

Projects Coordinator (Project Management specialist), 05/2012 to 02/2015

Projects Scheduling & Controlling Manager, 03/2007 to 04/2012

Key Accomplishments:

Saved 5% of Cost Breakdown Structure by implementing EVM methodology in all projects and presented this achievement to the portfolio manager

Improved proposal and vendor evolution system

Prevented project deviations by 6%, through proper reviews, implementation of contract terms and conditions

Key duties:

Coordinated a multi-national consortium project and supported Program Managers to managing projects

Created deliverable oriented WBS, WBS dictionary and scope baseline (estimate and define) for different projects

Defined stakeholder requirements and prepared risk response plan, also controlling risk’s effects on constraints

Generated and maintained the consolidated project master schedules by Primavera P6 and MS Project

Estimated proper resources and requirements data, and also analyzed (CPM) Critical Path to avoid delays in project progress and provided recommendations for corrective action

Used Oracle Contract Management for tracking and monitoring project objectives, deliverables in projects life cycle

Created appropriate CBS (cost breakdown structure) and Budget Management Plan

Guaranteed the attainment of key milestones by proactively tracking metrics and project outputs (change monitoring)

Prepared projects charters and updated project management documents

Prepared Master Document Registry and managed engineering activities and document control (includes: monitoring transmittals and drawing packages, also supporting proposals process)

Prepared effective progress reports for different stakeholders, such as; Banks, financial sponsors, Portfolio manager, etc.

Assessed project issues and identified solutions to meet productivity and required level of quality

Cooperated with quality management department to meet project requirements and also company’s QMS

Leaded project teams(schedulers, controllers, cost analyzers, etc.) and managed interdisciplinary interfaces and their confliction

2.Sazeh Sazan Co. (SSC) 10/2004 to 3/2007

Project scheduler and Controller,

SSC is a project management company in oil and gas industry with projects range from $10M to $150M.

Scheduled and controlled the execution of sour gas 56" Pipeline with 4 compressor stations and infrastructure (more than 35M cubic foot concreting) in the South Pars area in Iran, (pipeline Length: 316 miles)

Prepared (estimated) and controlled Project CBS-Cost Breakdown Structure- (budget: $350M)

Used different tools and techniques such as Primavera P3 and Contract Management (Expedition) linked together to master and control schedule for the project

Budgeted accompanied with Estimated in term of required resources allocation and time evaluation

Used time saving techniques to reduce the time in Engineering Phase up to 10% per cent including: Fast Tracking, crashing, resource out, and reduce quality.

Analyzed and implemented a Project Management Information System (PMIS) and also connected to the Expedition ver8

Prepared Configuration and Change Management plan such as Communication, Numbering, and Change Procedure

Analyzed risk effects on time and cost by Pertmaster software

Prepared periodic reports (Monthly and weekly) including: proper analysis information of execution(bar charts and graphs), baseline variation, and related risk response to provide clear understanding for Project Manager

3.ALISAZ Construction Company http://www.alisaz.com 09/2003 to 10/2004

Scheduler and Cost estimator, part time

ALISAZ is a construction company in Middle East with project ranging between $0.5M to $10M.

Prepared detail construction schedule with Primavera P3 for The Sport City Project-Tower Villagio Bridge in Doha-QATAR

Prepared estimation of probable cost of materials, labors, and equipment for construction based on contract bid ($10M)

Modified bid and purchasing procedures and created an integration procurement database with Excel

Prepared Price Breakdown Structure (PBS)

Accompanied to implementation of ABC warehousing which expedite execution of deliverables

4.Mah Taab Gostar Co. http://www.mah-taab.com 07/2002 to 08/2004

Project controller & business analysis, Part time

Mah Taab is a private investment company in field of Power plants.

Work under PM department in the Rudshur power plant project - phase one was Three V94.3A gas units

Prepared feasibility study documents, such as market research, cost estimation [$2.5M], product analysis

Provided WBS and master schedule by using MS-Project

Expedited early works and mobilization

Created and Prioritized project work packages

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

University Of Toronto, The School of Continuing Studies [Toronto/Canada] 05/2015-current

Advanced Certificate in Project management / part time-evening

Amir Kabir University, [Tehran/IRAN ] 10/ 2012 to 09/2015

MBA Certificate candidate / part time- distance Learning

Islamic Azad University [Tehran/ IRAN] 10/1997 to 01/2002

B.ENG. IN Industrial ENGINEERING (SYSTEM AND PROJECT ANALYZING)

TRAINING

PMP, in progress 2015

Contract Management V.14 (Oracle software) 2011

ISO 9001:2008 / ISO 14001:2004 / OHSAS 18001:2007 2009

Primavera Expedition (contract management), certified by Primavera Inc. 2006

Planning & Scheduling with Primavera Enterprise 5 – certified by Primavera Inc. 2007

Project Risk Management and analysis with PERTMASTER - certified by Primavera Inc. 2005

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY

Proficient in, Primavera Enterprise Project Management (P6 ver.8 and older), Contract Management (Expedition, Ver. 14 and older) and MS Office collection (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.)

Sound knowledge of AutoCAD, MS Visio, MS Project and INFOMAKER

Familiar with PERTMASTER

References available upon request

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