Project Manager Engineering

Syed, Hasnain Khurshid

(Senior Planner / Scheduler – Project Controls)

Cell: +1-403-***-****, E-mail: *********@*******.***

I am a Canadian Citizen and as per North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), I am eligible for TN Visa and do not require sponsorship.

Career Objectives

To pursue a career in a progressive and dynamic environment in the field of Project controls.

Career Summary

Over 12 years of professional experience as Planner / Scheduler – Project Controls.

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Civil Engineering and Masters of Science (M.Sc.) in Engineering Project Management.

Varied experiences in Oil & Gas, Nuclear Reactor, Power Generation and Infrastructure in terms of Engineering, Procurement and Construction.

Familiar with Open Pit Mining Projects and SAGD Projects. Familiar with Well Pads Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Module Fabrication & Assembly.

Fully conversant with various phases of Project such as (Identify & Assess (Feasibility), Conceptual Design (Select), Project Definition (Define) – FEED), Detailed Engineering & Procurement, Construction, Start-up and Closeout.

Fully conversant scheduling various Engineering disciplines such as Process, Mechanical, Piping & Pipeline, Civil & Structural, Electrical and Instrumentation & Control.

Fully conversant with interdependency of Engineering Work Packages (EWP) with Construction Work Packages (CWP) & Field Installation Work Packages (FIWP).

Fully conversant with scheduling Construction Sequence of Work, such as Civil & Earthwork, Piling & Foundation, Steel Structure, Piping & Pipeline, Mechanical/Process Equipment, Electrical and Instrumentation & Control.

Hands on Experience in creating WBS Structure, Adding Activity Codes and Assigning Resources to the Activities.

Hands on Experience with Resource Levelling using Float and schedule optimization.

Fully Conversant with Critical Path Analysis (CPM).

Hands on Experience with creating Baseline Schedule and Comparing the Current Schedules with the Baseline Schedule for Bust/Delays.

Hands on Experience in preparing Man-Hour analysis report, Productivity, Forecasting and Analyse & Evaluate Project Performance using other Earned Value Management (EVM) Technique using indicators such as BCWS (PV), BCWP (EV), ACWP (AV/AC), CPI, SPI, CV, SV, BAC & EAC.

Fully Conversant with Commodity Curves, S-Curves, Resource Histogram and Stacked Histograms.

Fully conversant with Turnaround, Gate Reviews, and Construction Readiness Reviews (CRR).

Fully Conversant with carrying out IAP (Interactive Planning) Sessions in order to reach agreement among key project team members on Phasing, Milestones, Tasks, Execution Logic and Assignment of Responsibility.

Interact with Commissioning and Start-Up (CSU/C&SU) team to optimize the schedule and resources and prioritize the sequence of activities and their dependencies.

Expert user of Primavera P6 and Microsoft Office Suites.

Employment History (Project Controls)

Planning / Scheduling – Project Controls Consultancy May 2011 – Dec 2015

Organization: Various

Project: Various

Location: Alberta, Canada

Cost: Various

Scope 1:

From December 2014 to December 2015 provided consultancy service as SITE PLANNER / SCHEDULER to AIR LIQUIDE E&C GLOBAL SOLUTIONS at CNRL HORIZON H2&CO2 PROJECT FORT MCMURRAY, AB, Canada an $800M Project.

Provide Planning & Scheduling service to Workface Planning (WFP) team by creating detailed Field Installation Work Package (FIWP) for piping/pipeline Schedules on Primavera P6.

Provide WFP and Construction team the progress report for individual FIWP, rolled up to Area and further rolled up to the Project Level in terms of Duration, Progress %age, Earned vs Planned Quantity, Rate of Production on daily, weekly & monthly basis, Man-Hour analysis report, Performance (SPI) and Productivity (PF).

Create Pipe Weld Dia.Inch, Rigging, Bolt-Up, Valves, Supports Tracking Sheet by ISOs and create Commodity Histogram and Curve for weld and rigging for progress monitoring.

Weekly and Monthly update of progress workbook for piping production and the schedule on Primavera P6.

Assist Project validating quantity take-off for piping and estimate Man-Hours using Rate of Production Per Crew Per Quantity.

Monitor and Track hydro-testing progress and update progress workbook and schedule on Primavera P6 by system.

Assist Construction Manager in Interactive Planning Sessions (IAP) internally and with sub-contractors.

Participate weekly construction and scheduling meeting and update team with current progress, schedule variances and critical areas to focus.

Assist in weekly and monthly progress reports in terms of FIWP statuses and piping progress.

Various Day to day Planning and Scheduling activities as described in Career Summary.

Scope 2:

From August 2014 to December 2014 provided consultancy service as SITE PLANNER / SCHEDULER to VOICE CONSTRUCTION OPCO ULC at NWR STURGEON REFINERY PROJECT Edmonton/Redwater, AB, Canada an $8.5 Billion Project.

Complete Earthwork and Underground Piping/Pipeline Works.

Maintain Construction Schedules database on Primavera P6 at FIWP Level.

Scope Includes Complete Earthwork, Underground Piping & Pipeline Services.

Half Monthly and Monthly Schedule Update on Primavera P6.

Weekly, Half Monthly and Monthly Progress Update using man-hours and quantities.

Assist in preparing Man-hour analysis reports based on Planned, Actual and Earned values. Analyse and evaluate the project performance by Earned Value Management (EVM) technique using indicators such as, BCWS, BCWP, ACWP, CPI, SPI, CV, SV, BAC & EAC.

Prepare Progress Report in terms of Man-hours and Quantities and create Man-hours and Commodity tabular reports, Histograms and S-Curves for presentation.

Hold and Represent Voice Construction Planning and Scheduling Team Meetings internally and with the Client.

Various Day to day Planning and Scheduling activities as described in Career Summary.

Scope 3:

From November 2013 to May 2014 provided consultancy service as SENIOR PLANNER / SCHEDULER to TOYO ENGINEERING CANADA LTD. On JACOS – HANGING STONE EXPANSION SAGD Project at Calgary, AB, Canada an Over 1.0 Billion Project.

Prepare Detailed Engineering, Procurement, Modularization and Construction Level 3 Baseline Schedule on Primavera P6.

Scope Includes, Civil & Earthwork, Piling & Foundation, Steel Structure, Mechanical/Process Equipment, Piping & Pipeline, Electrical, Instrumentation & Control and Pre-Commissioning & Commissioning.

Supervised sub-contractor’s (JV Driver) Level 4 or FIWP Level schedule and confirmed its integration with Level 3 Schedule.

Critical Path Analysis (CPM)

Create and supervise project Activity Codes.

Prepare and supervise project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

Schedule updates.

Milestone tracking and analysis of Baseline vs. Current.

Assist in preparing Man-hour analysis reports based on Planned, Actual and Earned values. Analyse and evaluate the project performance by Earned Value Management (EVM) technique using indicators such as, BCWS, BCWP, ACWP, CPI, SPI, CV, SV, BAC & EAC.

Analyse and preparing graphical representation of progress curves and forecast, commodity curves, preparing resource loading profile and perform resource levelling using float.

Maintain close liaison with estimation and cost group.

Maintain close liaison with the Project Execution Team, Engineering Managers, Project Manager, Project Engineers, Project Controls Manager, Client and Sub-Contractor counter parts.

Various Day to day Planning and Scheduling activities as described in Career Summary.

Scope 4:

From November 2012 - August 2013 provided consultancy service as SENIOR PROJECT CONTROLS SPECIALIST to JACOBS CANADA LTD. On SHELL T&I (TAILING & INFRASTRUCTURE) Program (ALBIAN SANDS) at Calgary, AB, Canada Approx. $600 - $800 Million per Year Funding Project.

Prepare and execute the Shell T&I (Tailings and Infrastructure) Program L2 Portfolio Planning Schedules on Primavera P6.

Scope Includes, Civil & Earthwork, Piling & Foundation, Steel Structure, Mechanical/Process Equipment, Piping & Pipeline, Electrical, Instrumentation & Control and Pre-Commissioning & Commissioning.

Resource loading the Portfolio Planning Schedules on Primavera P6 to identify various Primes and Crafts for the program. Create craft-wise resource histograms for presentation and analysis purpose.

Coordinate and review other Shell T&I Construction Contractors such as Ledcor for Civil & Earthwork, Pipeline and Steel Structure, Midlite Construction for High Voltage Electrical and Triton for Modules related schedules, quantities and resources.

Assist in prepare L2 & L3 schedule of different stages of Engineering schedules of various projects within the program on Primavera P6 such as Identify & Assess, Select, Define and Execute (Detailed Engineering and Construction) stages.

Critical path analysis.

Milestone tracking and analysis of Baseline vs. Current.

Schedule updates.

Assist the projects within the program, in preparing Man-hour analysis reports based on Planned, Actual and Earned values. Analyse and evaluate the project performance by Earned Value Management (EVM) technique using indicators such as, BCWS, BCWP, ACWP, CPI, SPI, CV, SV, BAC & EAC.

Prepare various progress related s-curves based on man-hours and rundown curves of commodities using quantities.

Maintain close liaison with estimation and cost group.

Maintain close liaison with the Project Execution Team, Project Manager, Project Controls Manager and the Client counter parts.

Various Day to day Planning and Scheduling activities as described in Career Summary.

Scope 5:

From May 2011 - June 2012 provided consultancy service as SENIOR PLANNER to IMPERIAL OIL/EXXONMOBIL WESTERN CANADA MAJOR PROJECTS (WCMP) on KEARL EXPANSION OPEN PIT MINING PROJECT (KEP) at Calgary, AB, Canada an $8.9 Billion Project.

Review the Contractor’s (AMEC, HCB&I, PCL, Kiewit, Ledcor & Emerson) Level 3 schedule on Primavera Project Management P6 related to Engineering, Procurement, Modularization and Construction for the bitumen area.

Scope Includes, Civil & Earthwork, Piling & Foundation, Steel Structure, Mechanical Equipment, Piping & Pipeline, Electrical & Instrumentation, Pre-Commissioning & Commissioning.

Monthly update Project L1 schedule.

Monitor high level project milestone and compare the contractor’s schedule for compliance.

Coordination with Flour CMT (Construction Management Team) for Construction L2 schedule related progress and compile various progress related charts and histograms (Man-hours & FTEs) for management reviews for the Bitumen area.

Constant monitoring of AMEC Engineering IFCs/ISOs availability with respect to execution needs dates.

Analyse Contractor’s Man-hour analysis reports based on Planned, Actual and Earned values. Analyse and evaluate the project performance by Earned Value Management (EVM) technique using indicators such as, BCWS, BCWP, ACWP, CPI, SPI, CV, SV, BAC & EAC.

Liaison with Bitumen area Project Controls/estimation team for consistency.

Liaison with other silos mining group and Infrastructure group for consistency.

Constant support PMs (Project Managers) and PEs (Project Engineers) with planning related tasks.

Represent Bitumen area planning team member in various meeting internally and with the contractors.

Position: Planning Engineer March 2009 - April 2011

Organization: DIWI Consult (Emirates) (Consulting Engineers and Project Managers)

Project: Western Region Infrastructure Maintenance Project Zone – 3.

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Cost: AED 410 Million Budget Infrastructure Maintenance Project.

Scope:

Monitor the Contractor’s construction schedule on Primavera P6 and progress reports on weekly and monthly basis

Chair weekly and monthly planning meetings on behalf of the Client.

Assist the Project Manager in progress review and other co-ordination meetings.

Detail review & analysis and prepare detail reports based on the evidences from (for example, schedule, correspondences, the Contractor’s monthly and weekly progress reports, and minute of meetings) the Contractor’s ‘Extension of Time (EOT)’ related claims.

Provide regular feedback to the Project Manager and the Client regarding Contractor’s EOT Entitlement.

Assist in prepare half monthly and monthly progress reports.

Handle and assist on other planning related issues internally and externally.

Position: Planning Engineer January 2008 - March 2009

Organization: Mouchel Middle East LLC (Consulting Engineers and Project Managers)

Project: Jumeirah Village Circle Supervision, Dubai, UAE.

Location: Dubai, UAE.

Cost: AED 1.0 Billion Original Budget Infrastructure Project.

Scope:

Monitor the Contractor’s construction schedule on Primavera P6 and progress reports on weekly and monthly basis

Chair weekly and monthly planning meetings on behalf of the Client.

Assist the Construction Project Manager in progress review and other co-ordination meetings.

Detail review & analysis and prepare detail reports based on the evidences from (for example, schedule, correspondences, the Contractor’s monthly and weekly progress reports, and minute of meetings) the Contractor’s ‘Extension of Time (EOT)’ related claims.

Provide regular feedback to the Construction Project Manager and the Client regarding Contractor’s EOT Entitlement.

Assist in prepare half monthly and monthly progress reports.

Handle and assist on other planning related issues internally and externally.

Position: Planner – Project Controls June 2004 to December 2007

Organization: Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (Nuclear)

Project: Various

Location: Mississauga and Tiverton, Ontario, Canada.

Cost: Various

Scope 1:

From June 2004 to November 2006 – Home Office – Mississauga, ON

Provide to RDBU (Reactor Development Business Unit), timely services in planning and scheduling using Primavera Project Manager for the Enterprise (P3e). Meet the key development milestones and deliverables in the Generic ACR-1000 (Advanced CANDU Reactor 1000 MW) Engineering Development Program.

Assist the planning team in preparation of Level 3 baseline schedule using work packages from engineering disciplines within the business unit contains list of deliverables, hours and interfacing.

Assist the planning team in update of Level 3 schedule on half-monthly and monthly basis.

Assist the planning team in producing progress reports and s-curves.

Scope 2:

From November 2006 to December 2007 at Bruce A Retube U1 & U2 CNADU 6 nuclear reactor field project – Tiverton ON.

Assist field services in running and maintain of level 3 construction schedule for Bruce A Retube U1 & U2 CNADU 6 nuclear reactor project on Primavera Project Manager for the Enterprise (P3e).

Participate in the decision making process to optimize the overall project schedule.

Collect progress information and provide weekly, half-monthly and monthly progress reports. Assist in analysing deviations including identifying project critical paths, delays and recommending remedial actions.

Assist in preparing weekly analysis reports, such as, critical path, driving path for key milestones, milestone analysis report, engineering production report and generate s-curves for engineering, construction and training & rehearsal.

Position: Production Controller June 2003 to November 2003

Organization: Jervis B. Webb Company of Canada Ltd. (Manufacturing)

Project: Various.

Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Cost: Various.

Scope:

Assist in planning, scheduling subcontracting, material purchase requisition, production & material / inventory control and on time material deliveries of conveyor systems / components at site.

Coordinating with Project Buyer, Engineering, Manufacturing and the Site on daily basis to ensure smooth flow of mechanical parts for both shop fabricated & outside fabricated components.

Operating MRP based in-house developed software called CIS (Computer Information System).

Clients include Daimler Chrysler, Ford Motors, General Motors, Honda, Toyota, DOFASCO and etc.

Position: Planning Engineer April 2000 to April 2002

Organization: DESCON Engineering Ltd. (Various - EPCM)

Project: Various.

Location: Lahore, Pakistan.

Cost: Various.

Scope:

Assist in creating proposal L2 schedule of upcoming projects to bid on Primavera Project Planner (P3). Create coding structure. Resource-load the schedule in order to forecasting the required resources.

Coordinating project sites regarding various planning related reports and analyze progress data at head-office in terms of progress variances and productivity.

Worked also at site in the Middle East at a petro-chemical plant and assist in running schedule updates and produce progress reports and s-curves. Assist in weekly preparation of four week look-ahead schedule on Primavera Project Planner (P3).

Education

M.Sc. (Engineering Project Management) from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Manchester, United Kingdom. (09/98 – 09/99).

B.Eng. (Civil) from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. (08/92 – 09/96).

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