Project Construction, Project scheduler

VISHAL PATEL

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Richmond, Texas 77406 Cell: 832-***-****

LEAD PRIMAVERA PLANNER/CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER

Summary of Achievements

15 years of combined experience of working on wide range of projects such as oil and gas, industrial plants, manufacturing plants, power plants, residences, hotel buildings, apartments, master planned communities ranging from $750K to $750 million in monetary value globally.

8+ years of combined experience of handling and winning tenders from $1million to $750 million.

12+ years of experience of working with Primavera P6/8/15 version.

Trained and managed resources (30-50) to accurately track project progress, labor cost and hours using earned value management and critical path methodology of PM.

Astronomically improved on time delivery with smarter solutions to simple problems.

Volunteer and lead small construction projects like picnic shelters, children play areas for neighbors.

Run 10K’s, half marathons and recently finished my first Chevron marathon in January 2015.

SKILLS:

Computer Applications: Proficient with Oracle Primavera Professional Version 8, 15 (Project Management), Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint and MS Project 2016.

Possess excellent communication (verbal and written) and negotiating skills to drive the process or project in the right direction.

Master at planning and scheduling tasks and activities from simple to complex projects.

Knowledge of both designing and construction with degrees in architecture and construction to help better visualize the project and its execution.

Professional Experiences

OneSubsea (A Cameron & Schlumberger Company) 07/2013- 11/02/2015

Lead Project Planner for North & South America Region- Tendering (Subsea Projects)

In my capacity as the only Lead Project Planner for North and South American region for production services department, I was fully accountable and responsible for overseeing planning and scheduling of subsea projects that the executive team would decide to bid for clients such as BP, Chevron, Pemex, Anadarko, Noble, Total, Shell, Reliance and ONGC. Major accomplishments under this role included:

Spearheading and efficiently managing a team of 8 planners from 4 continents to present a detailed, integrated, work breakdown structure (WBS) project schedule using Primavera P6/P8 as a part of tender submission.

Having a 60-65% contribution in winning of 2 big (up to $750 Million) and 7 mid-size (up to $350 Million) tenders since my joining in July 2013.

Successfully implementing an improved interface process between manufacturing plants in 4 continents, using Primavera P8 to ensure the procurement, manufacturing and testing activities are optimized and well integrated with overall plan with system and product engineering.

Proposing ideas such as a well-coordinated and populated “Request for Input” form to improve the start of tender kick off process to gain more time assigned for schedule preparation to ensure appropriate logic is in place, critical path reviewed and confirmed to minimize errors at tender submission.

National Oilwell Varco (NOV), Houston, Texas 05/2011–06/2013

Project Controls/Scheduler for Power & Control Systems (Offshore & Land Rig Projects)

As a Project Controls/Scheduler professional overseeing two departments (Power systems and Drilling), I was tasked to come up with a process that would effectively track project, resource and cost allocation, utilization and 18 month look ahead. This would enable the senior executive management teams to make intelligent business decisions in pursing new opportunities and help new product development team to create a road map for company growth and expansion. Various milestones achieved under this role were:

Successfully executing a process in place in 5 months that achieved the above objectives.

Proposing and successfully implementing a reporting process that was not complex, yet detailed and moreover that was non-existent in the business for the last 25-30 years.

Improving an on-time project delivery from 45% to 80% in 1.5 years by suggesting department managers to relocating available manpower, expediting deliveries without increasing cost, challenging purchasing department to look for options to mitigate the projects running late.

Leading initiatives to train and monitor 78 resources through progress reporter (a primavera product) to accurately update and report at 95-99% accuracy on project status.

GE Energy, Sugar land, Texas (Contract) 04/2010-04/2011

Project Controls for Measurement Control Solutions (Power Projects)

In the Project Controls position for a 1 year contract, I was asked to expedite a process improvement strategy involving global service managers, project managers, project coordinators and regional training managers for effectively managing their projects. My initiatives included understanding measurement control solution projects all over the globe and generating a biweekly report for the general manager to update on project status once the process was in place and executed. My major accomplishments were:

Using my previous experience of managing resources using Primavera P6, I was able to successfully identify and channelize available resources on projects that needed them globally.

Significantly expediting the improvement process that involved issue identification, suggesting solutions, training, implementing and resulting in significant increase in the on-time delivery and reduction in wastage of resources and labor costs.

D.R. Associates, Houston, Texas 03/2008-10/2009

Construction Planner/Coordinator (Hospitality Projects)

As a construction planner and coordinator, I rejoined D.R Associates to pursue my interests and gain more experience in the construction of hotel and motel projects. I was tasked to oversee the successful completion of their construction within the stipulated deadline and budget. I undertook the construction supervision activities of mid to large hotel projects from $1Million up to $8.5 Million for franchisees such as Holiday Inn, Hampton, etc. Below objectives were successfully achieved in a period of 12-14 months:

Optimize the construction process by 30% by reviewing codes and correcting the errors in drawings.

Expedite the construction process by preordering long lead items, relocating essential crafts at the job site to save on labor costs and schedule activities as per logistics in the area of construction.

Diligently worked with engineers and designers to reduce cost by 20-25% keeping quality intact.

Critically challenged estimators on their numbers post contract winning to save at least 20% on cost.

Initiate a pre-work and post work meeting each day to analyze if the daily goal was achieved or not.

Casey Industrial Inc., Based in Broomfield, Colorado 08/2004-03/2008

Project Scheduler/ Construction Project Coordinator (Industrial Projects)

As a fresh graduate with Masters in Construction Management technology degree, I was asked to relocate initially to California to take over this role on an existing project and then travel with the project management team from project to project on future projects. I was asked to make key use of my internship experience particularly in construction documents, scheduling, estimating, resource planning by using Suretrak and later Primavera P3E/C to manage projects on site itself. The key achievements were:

Developing a brand new, well-integrated master construction schedule template of 3500 activities, using Primavera 5.0, based on engineering, procurement, delivery of equipment, structures, manpower, using Work Breakdown Structure to be used on all future projects.

Successfully implementing the Earned Value Management technique and reporting directly to the project manager and initiating a process of producing cost-to-go reports.

Proposing various ideas to the project management team such as mixing the old and new generation work force on the jobsite and paid day off for best employee to yield faster results.

Reviewing and mitigating activities on critical path by allotting unused resources, starting activities in parallel, off-site fabrication of smaller equipment’s to free up limited on-site space by 40%.

Proposing ideas such as ensuring smaller targets are met in order to achieve the bigger goal, which was project completion before time and under budget with zero accidents.

Developing better relations with local subcontractors, vendors and towns to enhance overall project success by providing incentives on early delivery of quality product, high safety standards, etc.

Industrial/Manufacturing/Power projects scheduled, constructed & commissioned on time:

oJames Hardie Building Products, Fontana, CA (Value: $4Million; Duration: 3 months)

oJames Hardie Siding Plant, Pulaski, VA (Value: $105 Million: Duration: 1 year)

oLee County Waste to Energy Plant, Fort Myers, FL (Value: $120 Million: Duration:1 year) (transmission & distribution units, switch yards, electrical distribution units, electrical generators, turbines, transformers were major components of the scope of this project.)

oClarion Laminate Boards, Shippenville, PA (Value: $50 Million Duration: 7 months)

oHastings Utility Coal Power Plant Hastings, NE (Value: $750,000; Duration: 8 weeks) (transmission & distribution units, PLC cabinets, electrical distribution units were major scope items on this project)

oSnowflake Biomass Power Plant, Snowflake, AZ (Value: $60 Million; Duration: 6 months) (switchyards, distribution units, electrical cabinets, transformers, PLC cabinets were critical )

D.R. Associates, Houston, Texas 12/2002-08/2004 Design and Construction Coordinator- Intern (Hospitality Projects)

In continuation with my masters in construction management technology, I was accepted as an intern at this prestigious firm to assist with design and construction of hospitality projects. The major tasks undertaken while working part time at this firm included.

Read and understand construction documents, codes, terminologies of the industry.

Prepare high level schedule to show designing, city approval, construction and inspection timeline.

Biweekly baseline and update to ensure it is on track and to assist with mitigation plans if required.

Prepare lessons learnt from each project to ensure the issues are not repeated on future projects.

EDUCATION:

Masters in Construction Management (University of Houston, Houston, TX) 08/2002-05/2004

Bachelors in Architecture (University of Pune, India) 1996-2001

Will not require sponsorship to work, References available upon request.

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