Project Manager

Imran Ahmed, P.Eng, PMP, ASQ-CMQ/OE

****-******* ********, **, *******, Alberta, Canada. T2L 1Z4

Phone :(R) 403-***-****, (C)403-***-**** Email: ********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

To seek a career with an organization that capitalizes on my strong project management skills and provides me with a challenging environment as well as exciting growth opportunities.

MAJOR TECHNICAL AND PERSONAL SKILLS

Project management of EPC, Environmental Protection and T & D projects

Management of multiple concurrent projects

Site construction, project quality and operations management

Strong communicator, effective conflict manager, quick learner, honest and hardworking

Multilingual

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Project Manager

Newalta Corporation, Calgary, Canada.

Jun 13- Feb 16

Project Manager for Syncrude additional centrifuge processing capacity project

Project Manager for TCC(Thermo Mechanical Cuttings Cleaner) facility construction project

Project Manager for Fox Creek Natural Gas Tie In Project

Quality Manager Shell Jack Pine Mine Tailings Centrifugation Facility units 3 and 4

Developed and implemented QMS for major projects and engineering departments

Manage in-house engineering teams and third party engineering consultants during design phase

Responsible for overall project delivery, budget control and management, estimating, financial reporting and forecasting, construction, project deliverables, safety, quality and environmental planning and mitigation

Project Manager

SNC Lavalin T & D, Calgary, Canada.

Feb 12-Jun 13

Project Manager for Bruderheim substation upgrade project, Buck Lake substation upgrade project, Whitecourt Industrial substation upgrade project and Underwood project (Green field Substation and 138 KV line)

Developed estimation, construction, risk & reward and commissioning stage gate deliverables and acquired stage gate approvals from client’s Senior management

Developed month end reports, presented to the client and acquired approvals

Participated in development of bid packages, evaluation of vendor’s bids and contract awards

Managed in land and offshore remote detailed design teams

Developed, reviewed and approved project deliverables

Family Caregiver & Business Owner

Jun 09-Nov 11

Took care of aging parents (Father 90 years & Mother 85 Years)

Ran family owned graphic design business(team of 25 graphic designers) and served North American, European and Australian customers

Project/Operations Manager

K-Bro Inc. Calgary, Canada.

Jun 07-May 09

Managed and successfully delivered project of building state of the art processing facility

Managed a team of 200 employees and a yearly operations budget of $ 7 million

Managed and coordinated outsourced plant design

Actively participated in writing contract packages, purchase agreements, evaluated multiple parallel quotes, short listed contractors, negotiated prices/completion time and awarded contracts

Controlled changes on project and evaluated and approved contractors claims for extra work

Physically inspected job site, quantified amount of work completed and approved pay outs

Ran on site, weekly project coordination/review meetings

Developed monthly progress reports and kept senior management abreast with project health

Supervised installation/commissioning teams from Canada, USA, UK, Denmark and Germany

Compared technologies, operational performance, maintenance requirements, capital/operating costs, potential key risk areas and procured fit for purpose energy efficient low N O x boilers, progressive flow process water softener, variable speed air compressor and heat recovery units

Worked with ABSA, CSA and City of Calgary and acquired regulatory approvals

At project close out got punch list items fixed, made recommendations for pay outs of final payments/hold backs, acquired as build drawing, and wrote project lessons learnt report

Operations/Project Manager

Pimlico Pvt. LTD, Burnaby, Canada.

July 02-May 07

Managed a team of 150 employees and a yearly operations budget of $ 5 million

Successfully managed and delivered a multi-million dollar processing plant upgrade project

Developed project charter and acquired executive managements approval

Responsible for overall project execution plans and strategies which include scheduling, risk management, procurement and contracts, resource planning and construction

Conducted project review meetings, coordinated multi-discipline problem-solving and resolved technical, schedule and cost problems including non-conformance to job specifications or engineering standards

Monitored and controlled the actual progress versus schedule and achieved productivity and other performance related goals

Established and maintained interfaces and a positive relationship with all personnel assigned to the project and ensured mutual understanding and agreement is reached on all phases of the work

Moved to Canada

May 2001

Assistant Project Manager Environmental Projects

Hagler Bailly Inc, Islamabad

Mar 98-Dec 00

Managed Swiss and Dutch funded sustainable industrial development project

Designed and conducted training workshops on in-plant and end of pipe pollution control options for pulp and paper, textile, sugar, chalor alkali, polyester, glass, food & beverage industrial sectors

Conducted environmental audits and baseline pollution surveys

Investigated current practices and recommended strategies for establishing pollution control in effluent streams, air emissions and solid waste

Conducted industrial mass and energy balances for process performance evaluation

Participated in government-business round table conferences, development of environmental database, implementation of self-monitoring program for the industry

Developed Environmental Monitoring Systems for textile processing units with complete procedures for ISO 14001 and work instructions for plant operators

Prepared technical reports and training material for industrial workers

PROCESS ENGINEER

Rupali Polyester Ltd, Lahore, Pakistan.

May 90-Feb 98

Managed Polyethylene Teri Phthalate (PET) plant operations, trouble shot complex process issues suggested process improvements/plant modifications

Assisted project manager in managing capacity enhancement project for polymer plant from 80 t/day to 100 t/day

Conducted mass and energy balances for process performance evaluation

Managed control room activity and a process team of 25 staff members. On an ongoing basis, reviewed lab test results adjusted process parameters like vacuum, temperature and glycol feed at various esterification and polymerization stages, for process optimization and control

Planned, authorized and executed routine changeover of processes equipment like polymer/slurry/glycol pump and filters, cooling tower and heat transfer oil heaters

Supervised start up and shutdown of plant for yearly/scheduled maintenance and repairs

Developed strong comprehension of PFD and PID’s.

Supervised installation of process controls in polymer plant

EDUCATION

Certificate of Project Management, SAIT, Calgary, Alberta 2010

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, 1989

Specialization in Petroleum and Gas Technology,

University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

CERTIFICATIONS

ASQ-CMQ/OE-(52991) 2015

PMI-PMP-(1574754) 2013

P.Eng.-APEGA (131498) 2011

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