Objective: A position where I can use my knowledge and experience as

Planning and Scheduling Engineer and Budgets and Programs

Engineer to contribute to the success of the organization and

advance my career.

03/2007 - Present Fred Meyer (Kroger Group of Companies)

Redmond, WA, USA

Clerk - Home Department

. Performs tasks in various phases of retail store

operations such as selling, customer servicing,

cashiering, and merchandize stocking/re-stocking.

09/2002 - 12/2006 Pru Life Insurance Corp. of U.K.

Insurance Agent Makati, Philippines

. Conducted financial needs analysis for individuals;

recommended and sold appropriate insurance-saving-

investment packages.

. Provided after-sales service to individual and

corporate clients.

01/1997 - 08/2000 East Asia Plans, Inc. Pasig City,

Philippines

Agency Manager

. Conducted financial needs analysis for individuals;

recommended and sold appropriate insurance-saving-

investment packages.

. For prospect small-size companies, projected the

retirement pay due employees and determined the

amount that must be regularly set aside in order to

come up with the retirement pay; recommended and

sold the appropriate insurance and fund accumulation

packages.

. Provided after-sales service to individual and

corporate clients.

. Planned, organized and managed the agency and its

activities to achieve sales and sales force level

goals.

05/1986 - 06/1995 Saudi Consolidated Electric Co., Eastern

Province SCECO Headquarters

(Now - Saudi Electricity Company, Eastern Region)

Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Capital Planning & Scheduling Engineer / Budgets & Programs

Engr.,

Resources Planning Dept.

. Prepared monthly, quarterly and annual executive

summary reports on Ongoing Capital Projects by

consolidating contracting, progress & financial

status reports received from the E&C Project

Management Department, Contract Procurement

Department, and project proponent-implementing

departments, highlighting deviations from the plan

and corrective actions being undertaken.

. Coordinated and formalized changes to baseline

scopes, schedules, and budget allocations of Ongoing

Capital Projects as part of the next year's proposed

Capital Program.

. Prepared CPM schedule templates for various types,

magnitudes, and implementation strategies of capital

projects, which were used in planning and scheduling

projects in the 20-Year, 5-Year, and Annual Capital

Programs.

. Prepared Integrated Master Schedules for huge

proposed capital projects, the most prominent ones

of which were the Qurayyah Power Plant Phase II, and

the biggest project in the Middle East then - the

Ghazlan II Power Plant.

. Reviewed and coordinated capital projects proposed

by the company's fifteen (15) departments; assigned

each project into the appropriate capital program

year based on latest justification, scope, facility

completion date, status of front-end activities,

relationship with other projects, implementation

strategy options, and source of fund.

(i.e., either in the next year, or in any of the

individual years in the subsequent 5-years, called

the 5-Year Capital Program)

. Prepared master schedules, budgets, fund commitment

forecasts, expenditure forecasts, and exhibits for

New Capital Projects to be proposed for inclusion in

next year's Annual Capital Program.

. Finalized the proposed Capital Budget Book (in

English to be translated into Arabic) on next year's

proposed Annual Capital Program (covering ongoing

and proposed capital projects), which was to be

presented to the SCECO Board of Directors for

approval.

. Finalized and helped issue the Annual Capital Budget

Book, as per BOD's approval, for departments'

implementation and for updating of their annual and

5-year operating plans.

. Maintained database on all engineering

jobs/contracts, construction-only contracts, and

turnkey contracts (EPC--engineering, procurement and

construction) for use in identifying any pricing

trends, which were considered in budgeting and

scheduling of future contracts.

. Evaluated Gantt charts and PERT/CPM networks (with

Work Breakdown Structures) submitted by bidders on

construction-only and EPC contracts of high

visibility projects.

. For Customer-funded capital projects, prepared

schedule of Customer initial and subsequent payments

to Company for the cost of establishing the

facility.

04/1981 - 04/1986 Saudi Consolidated Electric Co., Eastern

Province Aramco Construction Camp

(Now - Saudi Electricity Company, Eastern Region)

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Planning & Scheduling Engr., Project Management Dept/Extra

High Voltage Div.

. For newly approved 230Kv and 380Kv Substation and

Transmission Line projects, coordinated with Senior

Project Engineer and Project Engineers, and prepared

Project Execution Plan, that indicated major

milestone events and cost aspects of the following:

bid package preparation, contract procurement, EPC

contract. If implementation strategy is not EPC, the

detail design, equipment/material procurement &

construction.

. During bid evaluation process, participated in

evaluation of progress, manpower and equipment

schedules, as well as billing forecasts, submitted

by Bidders. Documents reviewed were in the form of

Gantt charts and PERT-CPM/ PDM networks with work

breakdown schedule.

. Coordinated with Company's Independent Project

Management Contractor or In-House Project Engineers

on the progress achieved (Earned Value) by the

turnkey or construction only contractor to obtain up-

to-date progress data for progress payment

verification and Top Management information.

. When needed, joined Project Engineers in special

meetings with Contractors to discuss schedule

concerns. Evaluated Contractors' proposed CPM

schedule for progress recovery during schedule

slippage situation.

Work Highlight: Ghazlan II Power Plant

(Additional 2,400 MW Generation at

Ghazlan P/P in the Eastern Province of

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

(http://www.power-

technology.com/projects/ghazlan/)

It was this Applicant who prepared the entire

document package that was used by the SCECO-East

Management in Bahrain in year 1994 in their

presentation before 5 banks, i.e., one local and

four international banks, for a US $ 500 Million

syndicated loan, to augment the internal fund in

meeting the total project cost of US $ 1.7 Billion.

Through the course of several years of project

development, there had been numerous revisions in

the project work scopes, costs and target completion

dates in both the power plant and the accompanying

power transmission system and support facilities.

Those changes required revision and finalization of

the Budget Brief (the official baseline document for

any capital project) and updating of the contracting

& work schedule, as well as revision of the

financial commitment and cash flow forecasts.

Education:

. Graduated: Bachelor of Science in Radio &

Electronics Engineering - FEATI University (Manila,

Philippines)

. Earned units: M.S. Industrial Economics - Center

for Research & Communications (now University of

Asia and the Pacific)

Computer Skills:

- Microsoft Office Excel - Microsoft Office Word

- Microsoft Office Project - Microsoft Office PowerPoint

- Primavera Project Planner P3, P3e - Internet

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