Engineering Project Management Professional

Results-driven and highly skilled Project Management with over 10 years of experience in managing and optimizing project costs within the Oil & Gas and Chemical processing industries. Adept at applying cost control principles, methodologies, and tools to support all project phases. Seeking a challenging opportunity to leverage my expertise in project cost management and global project experience. Ability to work successfully in a fast-paced environment using cutting-edge technologies. Reputation as a resourceful team player working with integrity and professionalism to earn respect, inspire cooperation and exceed project expectations.

Key Skills:

• Great Experienced with Project Cost Control and Project Management

• MSc. in Chemical Engineering and MEng. in Mechanical Engineering

• Proficient with Primavera P6 Scheduling, Power BI, Ecosys, Oracle (GBS), ERM and Advanced in Microsoft Excel

• Excellent with Process Hazard Analysis Techniques and Risk Management

• Great Knowledge of Monte Carlo Simulation and other Estimation Methods

• Strong Interpersonal and Communication skills

Professional Experience

Project Control Specialist Feb. 2022 – Present

Worley Cord, Edmonton, Canada

• Successfully managed project cost controls for CNRL VDU, Carbon Engineering Calciner 3.0, IOL Nanticoke, and Pembina RFS4.

• Applied advanced cost control principles and methodologies, resulting in accurate cost reporting and guidance to senior management.

• Monitored project budget, earned, and burned hours and cost weekly. Communicated with site project manager for the potential risk and opportunities.

• Managed LEM for reimbursable expenses based on the contract. Working with AR/billing team for prompt billing.

• Utilized Ecosys to streamline cost management processes, generate progress, and performance curves by power BI every week to ensure the project in right track.

• Skilled in identifying and analyzing cost drivers, cost variances, and cost trends to control project costs and ensure that they remain within budget constraints.

• Validated subcontracts costs, investigated, reported cost variances.

• Frequently communicated with site manager and project manager for the estimation to completed cost and better forecast the cost of estimation at completion.

• Built weekly cost forecast based on the ETC hours (direct and indirect) and potential upcoming material, subcontractors, freight costs.

• Expertise in developing and implementing cost control measures, such as cost-benefit analysis, value engineering, and cost-saving strategies, to optimize project costs and improve project profitability.

• Managed manpower plan and scorecard to ensure the project progress is lined up with baseline. Calculated the earned value to provide accurate WPI and CPI.

• Strong negotiation skills to work with vendors, suppliers, and contractors to negotiate contracts and pricing to achieve cost savings and mitigate cost overruns.

• Experienced with PCR, PVN, and other change managements.

• Host progress/cost review meeting every month with project stakeholders.

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• Prepared technical reports and kept good relationship to the clients.

• Managed PCS and WPR monthly for the lump sum, reimbursable, and fixed rate projects.

Project Control Specialist Jan. 2015 – Jul. 2020

(Petroleum) Bureau Veritas, Edmonton, Canada

• Obtained the Simple and Better Rewards for creating a method to recycle the expensive solvents used for heavy metal extraction and successfully saved 100,000 dollars for the clients.

• Assessed operational process, performance, and budget to identify potential solutions for the project as well as provided optimization recommendations.

• Prepared proposal preparation, contract negotiations, cost estimation, cost control, and schedule leverage with project management tools like Primavera P6

• Generated engineering project management deliverables (proposal, flow sheet, P&IDs, material specifications)

• Supported improvement of methods and systems to manage the project’s cost and schedule.

• Experience in developing and managing project budget (AFE budgeting), including cost estimates, actual cost tracking and budget forecasting.

• Participated in quality control process to ensure test completion.

• Demonstrated ability to build and manage high-performing project teams through effective communication, motivation, and delegation of tasks and responsibilities.

• Strong team-building skills, including the ability to foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment, promote open communication and feedback, and resolve conflicts effectively.

• Leaded quality assurance and prepared report by MS office and DATA analysis.

• Oversaw and managed six projects at the same time, keep all the on-hand projects updated with clients, supervisors and managed the multiple tasks with flexible arrangements.

• Skilled in conducting risk assessments, risk analysis, and risk monitoring to ensure that risks are identified, tracked, and managed throughout the project lifecycle.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving to analyze risk data, evaluate risk impact and probability, and develop effective risk response plans.

• Experienced with the continuous improvements and risk management of the bitumen distillation process (completely trained with Six Sigma and Lean)

• Investigated the root cause of lab non-conformances and supported the quality system.

• Resourceful and innovative troubleshooting

• Flexible to manage and resolve non-routine issues in the project management.

• Provided billing support and helped with the finance department for discrepancies check.

• Excellent customer service and good relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Project Coordinator Jan. 2012 – Dec. 2014

Fossil EPC, Sherwood Park, AB

• Experienced with design, construction and testing of piping system based on client requirements and existing operating and design conditions.

• Prepared Construction Work Package including scope and construction detail, P&IDs, isometric drawing, and process piping drawings.

• Coordinated with piping design and fabrication department for management of changes.

• Experience with project management tools like Primavera P6 and Timberline

Intern May. 2010 – Dec. 2011

(Extraction) Syncrude Canada Ltd, Edmonton, Canada

• Built a system suitable for analyzing the impact of caustic addition in flotation.

• Reviewed and improved the general standard operation procedures specific for this project.

• Performed the engineering calculation including mass and energy balances, thermodynamic, and mass transfer.

Junior Chemical Engineer Jun. 2007 – Mar. 2009

Wuhan Fortuna Chemical Co. Ltd, Hubei, China

• Performed raw material inspections to ensure adherence to their specifications.

• Evaluated and updated processes and procedures as necessary.

• Performed routine plant production, analytical investigations, and failure analysis.

• Supervised packaging department and ensured the quality checks.

• Monitored and updated process with latest equipment technology and process protocols.

Education

MEng in Mechanical Engineering (Engineering Management) Sep. 2020 – Dec.2021

University of Alberta, Canada

Capstone Project:

Non-Noble Metal Catalysts for Hydrogen Emission Reaction

Related Project:

Civil Engineering - Construction Planning

• Residential home and garage quantity takeoff calculation

• Critical path analysis, schedule estimation and resources leverage

• Construction materials, labor, and management cost estimation

Engineering Safety and Risk Management

• Westray mine disaster case study and Inherent Safe Design (ISD) for large rotary evaporator unit

• Process safety strategies (hazard analysis, hazard protection, gas dispersion calculation, toxic effects criteria, chemical reactivity, fires and explosions prevention, inherent safe design)

Project Risk Management and Engineering Project Management

• Lethbridge watermain replacement

• Calculate the contingency based on the risk probability by Monte Carlo Simulation

• Familiar with project management tools – Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Team Gantt, etc.

MSc in Chemical & Materials Engineering May. 2009 – Jan. 2012 University of Alberta, Canada

BSc in Chemical Engineering Sep. 2003 – Jun. 2007

Wuhan University of Technology, China

Awards

• Simple and better rewards, Bureau Veritas

• Captain Thomas Farrell Greenhalgh Memorial Graduate Scholarship, University of Alberta

• Top GPA (Top10%) Scholarship, (2004-2007), Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Reference available upon request

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