Engineer Project

ALVARO FERNANDEZ OSPINA

Calle *** # **-**, Int. *, Apto 210, Bogot D.C., Colombia

Phone: (57-1) 6018749, (57-1) 6215052, 571-***-**** Code 4525,

Mobile: (57-310-*******

e-mail: ****************@*******.***

Offers experience in the management, planning, controlling and scheduling

of construction projects. Possess experience in different areas of civil

engineering works. Offers experience on SAP ECC 6.0 and SAP/R3 v. 4.6 C.

EDUCATION

Master Science in Civil Engineering and Construction Management,

Universidad de los Andes, Bogot - 1997

B. S. Civil Engineering, Escuela Colombiana de Ingenier a, Bogot - 1992

EXPERIENCE

Bogot 's Waterworks Company (Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de

Bogot )

Planning and Investment Control Engineer, Oct 2004 - Present

Responsibilities: Planning and controlling multi-projects of water and

sewer systems using the company's SAP/R3 business information system.

Administration of PS and IM SAP modules (End User). IM Consultant and

Assistant of the PS SAP Analyst in upgrade of SAP.

Software: SAP ECC 6.0 (modules PS, IM, FM, AM and Upgrade to ECC 6.0),

Business Information Warehouse (BW), Microsoft Office 2007 (Excel, Word,

Power Point, Access), Lotus Notes.

Project management including; goals identification, cost planning,

scheduling, implementation and Earned Value / Actual Value control.

Administration of investment plan for water and sewer system programs and

generation of investments scenarios according to the financial and social

objectives.

Ingecon S.A.

Resident Engineer, Dec 2003 - Oct 2004

Responsibilities: Supervised and monitored the construction of multiple

sewer lines in terms of cost, time and quality. Provided oversight and

reporting to project owners on financial, administrative and technical

functions.

Software: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project.

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Project Engineer, May 2003 - Nov 2003

Responsibilities: Created standards and specifications in collaboration

with Empresa de Acueducto de Bogota. Researched global standards for local

application to design and construct water and sewage system projects.

Generated documents and drawings.

Software: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, AutoCAD, Internet,

Applications of Standards systems.

Civil Engineer-Consultant

Working as Independent, Apr 2000 - Apr 2003

Responsibilities: Consultant; project management, planning, budgeting and

business plan of civil engineering and industrial projects.

Software: Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office.

Instituto de Desarrollo Urbano, Bogota

Planning Coordinator, Jan 1998 -Jul 1999

Responsibilities: Scheduled, controlled, planned and budgeted projects of

public spaces. Generated follow-up reports for external entities and

special requests.

Public Space Line Manager, May 1997- Jan 1998

Responsibilities: Prepared contracts and budgets for projects of public

space. Participated with upper management to develop policies and norms for

the construction and usage of public spaces.

Software: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project.

Diego Echeverry Campos, PhD.

Organizational Consulting Assistant, November 1996 - April 1997

Researched the organizational structure of Water Company with a Project

Management scope.

Activities: Generated recommendations and plans of action for the

improvement on the development of projects within the water company Empresa

de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Bogota.

Software: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project.

Universidad de los Andes

Graduate Teaching Assistant, August 1996 - December 1996

Activities: Assisted civil engineering professors on the preparation of

engineering classes, and the selection of assignments, projects and

evaluations.

Software: Microsoft Office, CIO (Integral Control of Construction Sites),

Micro-cyclone (Software oriented to the simulation modeling and theory of

tails)

Graduate Assistant, January 1996 - October 1996

Researched on Project Management topics under the alliance Foster Wheeler

Andina S.A - Universidad de los Andes.

Activities: Revised processes on project development in an engineering

construction company. Evaluated mechanisms for cost control, time

management, quality control, informational support and human resources.

Recommended plans of action for the overall organizational improvement.

Software: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project.

Interplan S.A.

Resident Engineer, January 1995 - April 1995

Activities: Responsible for engineering, programming, budgeting, cash flows

and cost control on the construction of Bosques de la Cabrera, a 151,000 sq-

feet building in Bogota.

Software: Microsoft Office, Primavera Project Planner, CIO (Integral

Control of Construction Sites).

Planning Engineer, January 1995 - April 1995

Activities: Planning, scheduling and control of projects. Cost control and

work flow diagrams on investment projects for the oil refinery ECOPETROL,

Cartagena. Generated reports and follow-up assessments for top management

levels of the government-owned company.

Software: Lotus 1-2-3, Microsoft Office, Primavera Project Planner

Geoconstrucciones S.A.

Resident Engineer, August 1993 - July 1994

Activities: Responsible for the engineering side of the construction of

deep foundations, anchored walls and contention walls for various buildings

in and out of the city of Bogota.

Software: Lotus 1-2-3, Word

Proyectos Generales Ltda

Resident Engineer, Apr 1993 - July 1993

Activities: Managed teams for setting up steel configurations, carpentry

and prefabricated parts for the Hotel Forte Travelodge Capital Center in

Bogot (388,300 sq-feet).

Software: Lotus 1-2-3.

Compa a de Proyectos T cnicos CPT Ltda

Assistant Engineer, May 1992 - Nov 1992

Activities: Calculated economic studies for the fee collection due to

appreciation on three different areas of the country.

Software: Programming in BASIC.

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