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Project Controls Planner/Scheduler

Location:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Posted:
June 08, 2020

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Musawar Shaikh (M.Eng) ***, ** street, Edmonton, Alberta, T6X0G2

Cell: 1-587-***-**** E-mail:addovf@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Profile

Project control professional with +15 years progressive experience in providing project control excellence from 10$ million CAD to 5 billion CAD EPCM, Shutdown projects in oil and gas, power, energy, industrial & residential sectors.

With Bachelor in Engineering and hands-on expertise in construction management, engineering & design, C&SU, Turnaround Scheduling fully capable of providing leadership in setting project control mechanism for large-scale projects in diversified industries. While specializing in scheduling and planning, also manifested excellent acumen in project cost estimation, cost control / management, earned value management, risk management and change management.

Site execution experience for inspections and assessment of ongoing construction infrastructures activities of commercial / residential buildings, oil and gas plants, Turnaround Mechanical, Piping, Electrical and HVAC, roads, pipelines, bridges.

Following are my highlights of my credentials:

Great skills in managing / leading contractors’ schedules, preparing bill of quantities/cost estimation, tender documentation and monthly reports.

Thorough understanding of corporate and industry practices, processes, standards and their impact on project activities, with wide experience in Oil and Gas (Piping, Mechanical, E&I, HVAC & Insulation) Steel Construction and Modules and Industrial Buildings, Earth works, Pipelines, Banks, High Rises, Towers and Commercial Buildings.

Solid skills to analyze and present project schedule data to project teams / management

Developed and worked on various project schedules, reporting and earned value formats

Strong skills in presenting / analyzing resource curves, histograms and resource usage data

Excellent communication and inter-personal skill

Efficient interface amongst engineering, sub-contractors, supply chain, construction execution, & commissioning

Excellent problem solving and work prioritization skills

Great skills in manpower & material procurement planning

Solid understanding of change management & control

Excellent multitasking, interpersonal & communication skills

Additional Skills

Master’s Program in Construction Engineering & Management, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, 2003 - 2005

Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering, N.E.D University of Engineering & Technology, PK, 1991 - 1996

Computer Skills: Primavera (P6,P8.3), MS-Office and Excel (charts, V-Look ups, Sum-ifs, Pivot Tables, Formulas),

Many courses in Project Management, Project Controls and Business Managements with related software like:

JD Edwards, Cobra, Oracle, SAP (IW 32, IW38, IW 39), MS Project, PRISIM, Maxavera Pipeline, Acumen, Power BI

Construction Safety Training System (CSTS) Ver 3.2 Including WHIMS

Time & Material ECMS software (Construction Management System)

Work Experience

Planner /Scheduler Sept 2019 to Present

Emulsion Handling Project Firebag SUNCOR, WorleyChord Canada, www.worleyparsons.com

Maintain detailed & Baseline schedule Level 4 for Piping, Electrical, Mechanical and systems Turnover

Involve disciplines /project managers in developing project schedules using CPM / PERT techniques & WHATIF scenarios

Tracked EWO (Extra work order) actual man-hours and costs

Identified schedule-associated cost trends for management attention

Maintenance Turnaround Planner /Scheduler Feb 2019 - Sept 2019

K+S Potash Canada, Bethune, Regina, SK – Canada www.ks-potashcanada.com

Responsibilities included:

Develop and Maintain various schedules for different outages and Turnarounds using SAP, MS Project, P6, Acumen

Level 4 Schedule for DryEnd ( dryer elevators, conveyor), Wet Piping & Valves (Crystallizer, Wet Processing, Utilities (Cooling tower, Evp feed tank, boiler, Well field and E& I, Train A, B, & C

Involve disciplines /project managers in developing project schedules using CPM / PERT techniques & WHATIF scenarios

Create various layouts, WBS to summarize and extract data such as look-ahead schedules, critical / activities Etc

Prepare Manpower histograms for resource : Boiler maker, electrical, mechanical, piping, Cranes

Develop earned value reports and captured schedule performance indication

Maintenance Turnaround Planner /Scheduler Feb 2018 - Dec 2018

Suncor Fort Hills Secondary Extraction Plant, C&SU – North Alberta – Canada www.suncor.com

Responsibilities included:

Develop and Maintain various schedules for different outages and Turnarounds using SAP, P6, Acumen, Maxavera, Power BI :

Outage 2020 TSRU & FSU Units, Outage 2019 Furnace Pigging and Inspection,

Turnaround 2021 Flare area (KO Drums, Flare, Solvent unloading) Utilities area (SRU Units, TSRU Units, Froth Storage tanks, Solvent Storage, E-Houses )

Involve disciplines /project managers in developing project schedules using CPM / PERT techniques & WHATIF scenarios

Create various layouts, WBS to summarize and extract data such as look-ahead schedules, critical / activities Etc

Prepare Manpower histograms for resource : Boiler maker, electrical, mechanical, piping, Cranes

Develop earned value reports and captured schedule performance indicators

Sr. Planning/Scheduling Engineer Sept 2014 – Dec 2017

KBR Industrial / Wabi – Suncor Fort Hills Secondary Extraction Plant – North Alberta – Canada www.kbr.com

Responsibilities included:

Developed detailed & Baseline schedule level 4 for Piping, Mechanical equipment, Pumps, Knockout Drums, TSRU

Units, Bullet Vessels etc.

Established FIWP, milestones for the total project and supervises schedule resource loading and leveling

Define critical path, perform variance analysis and notify management of critical activities and schedule risks

Conduct forecast reports and recovery plans, contingency planning and schedule compression Risk Management techniques

Developed detail schedule for E&I include E-Houses, Cable try & fitting, power transformers, switchgears, control

panel, capacitor banks, NER’s, Heat tracing etc

Tracked EWO (Extra work order) actual man-hours and costs

Identified schedule-associated cost trends for management attention

Studying project’s documents : Drawings, BOQ, Contract and Addendums, Change Orders and Critical Mile stones

Developed details schedule for Instrumentation include control / safety relief/ MOV/ valves, Field instrument etc

Providing technical support to ensure that the project schedule is maintained to client’s satisfaction

Performing SPI and PF analysis and planning for recovering delays

Preparing reports for operation team and management for project scheduling activities priorities and forecast, Power BI

KBR Mod Yard - Edmonton – Canada Project : Horizon Sands Phase 2 (172 Modules)

Owner: CNRL, Client: Tecnicas Reunidas – Canada Value: $150 million

Project included receiving materials from Spain: steel, electrical cables and control boards, EHTs, breakers,

Fabricating spools and pipes, then assembling modules in right sequence as per the approved priority list

Studying project’s documents : Drawings, BOQ, Contract and Addendums, Change Orders and Critical Mile stones

Developed baseline & Mater schedules (+15,000 activity ) collaboration with all team project /construction managers

Defined critical path, perform variance analysis and notify management of critical activities and schedule risks

Conduct recovery plans, contingency planning and schedule compression techniques (part of risk management)

Produced consolidated periodic progress and forecast reports and analysis,

Created graphics including Gantt charts, activity network diagrams, S-curves, manpower stacked histograms

Developed/updated progress curves for EV and PF factor calculations based on Planned and Earned hours reports

Identified schedule-associated cost trends for management attention

Contributed in developing electronically way to exchange data between Primavera and Cobra

Senior Planner/Scheduler

Enbridge Pipelines Inc. Edmonton, AB www.enbridge.com 2013 – 2014

Line 3 – Pipeline Hardisty to Regina, Sarnia Tank & Line 7, WBPE Facilities (Pump Stations, SUB Stations & Terminals)

Develop integrated multidiscipline projects schedules by working with disciplines to meet project planning requirements

Developed detailed schedules in Primavera for projects at the Pre-FEED, FEED and execution stages of the projects

Coordinated with all stakeholder( ENV & regulatory etc.) and ensured all issues were Covered in schedule development

Consistently use enterprise planning & scheduling standards to follow project codes, WBS, resources and reporting formats

Performed what-if scenarios, and reporting on the results and analysis to management and clients

Provided technical advice and expertise related to work order, planning developing detailed what-if schedule scenarios

Optimize project schedules by using CPM technique, analyzing resource availability / leveling, considering procurement lead times and capturing execution constrains.

Prepared reports for forecasts, 3Wlook-ahead disciplines reports, critical paths, resource utilization & future requirements

Participate in 3D model reviews to understand complexity of job and used this complexity ratio in construction planning

Senior Planner/Scheduler

Suncor Energy Services Inc. Edmonton AB www.suncor.com Jan 2012 – August 2013

Plant 300 Booster Pump House EPC Project

Performed analysis on critical activities, floats, and slipped activities to ensure they are reflected correctly by the contractors in the reports and investigated possible solutions to recover the schedule

Set up and implemented EV management, S-Curves (Plan, Actual, forecast), SPI/CPI analysis, Cost and schedule variances

Analyzed current schedule vs. baseline plans to report variances and corrective actions

Performed analysis on resource availability / leveling to report under or over utilization of the resources

Presented graphical reports/ dash boards on project performance indicators

Prepared forecasts, look-ahead disciplines schedules/reports, critical paths, resource utilization, future

Performed what-if scenarios, and prepared reports based on the results and analysis to management and clients

Reviewed reports of contractors, analyzed schedule progress, delaying factors, slippages impact on critical milestones

Turnaround & Senior Planner/Scheduler

JV Drivers Head Office,Leduc, AB www.jvdriver.com Nov 2010 –-Jan 2012

Major Projects (Kearl Lake Slurry Prep mechanical, SungJin Module Assembly, ALPAC Power Export

Performed planning and scheduling duties to develop, monitor, track EPC integrated schedules

Performed planning and scheduling duties to develop, monitor, track EPC integrated schedules

Updated revision of schedules as projects progress through development to execution stages

Updated schedules based on earned-value data from the various engineering contractors and field construction

analysts and other sources of construction tracking and reporting information

Module Fabrication /Assembly Yard

Responsible for planning and scheduling for pipe fabrication and module assembly

Prepared 148 modules master schedule with resource loading

Turnaround -INEOS Oligomers Chemical Plant Red Deer, AB www.ineos.com

Developed TAR Master schedule from SAP into Primavera with detailed job plan data, (Job steps, logic, resources)

Maintained and administered the TAR schedule / scope change management process for the evaluation and Reviewed approval changes in consultation with project control manager as proposed by contractors

Prepared 36 hrs. look-ahead schedules for resource coordinators (Boiler maker, electrical, mechanical, piping

Reviewed subcontractors’ TAR schedules to assess credibility, and alignment with master schedules

Verified adequacy of contractors’ proposed WBS, logic sequencing and critical path to perform schedule risk analysis

Ensured that progress measurement requirements are included and properly reflected in the detailed schedule

Identified critical activities, floats, slipped activities to ensure they are reflected correctly by the contractor in the

reports and investigates solutions to recover the schedule

Turnaround Scheduler

Suncor Base Plant Fort Mcmurray, AB www.suncor.com April 2010 – Oct 2010

Prepared turnaround schedule for two months (550,000 hrs) and one month (250,000 hrs) long outages using P6, SAP, Maxavera Pipeline, Acumen

Integrated operations down/up schedule and the maintenance scope developed by the planning group

Assisted disciplines /project managers in developing project schedules using CPM / PERT techniques

Created various layouts, WBS to summarize and extract data such as look-ahead schedules, critical / activities Etc

Prepared 36 hr. look-ahead schedules for resource coordinators such as Boiler maker, electrical, mechanical, piping

Created S-curves reports / project performance / health check information in terms of progress & variances

Developed earned value reports and captured schedule performance indicators

Re-forecasted project units and manpower requirements to update schedules

Planner/Scheduler and Cost Controls April 2007 – March 2010

AECON Industrial & Infrastructural Edmonton, AB www.aecon.com

Shell Scotford Up-grader Fort Saskatchewan AB

Developed Master Schedule for 217 Modules for SHELL Scotford Up-grader on P6

Produced LEM’s for direct and indirect labor, material, equipment & sub contractors

Monitored subcontractor Daily labor, equipment and material (LEM)’s and check their invoicing

Tracked EWO (Extra work order) actual man-hours and costs

Planner/Scheduler & Cost Controls Dec 2005 – March 2007

Colt Engineering Corporation, Edmonton, AB. www.colteng.com

Abraxus Construction Group Inc. Edmonton, AB ( 75 Module)

Site Drainage and Containment Program 2005 – Canada, Enbridge Pipeline Inc.

Major Sites (Canada): Hardisty, St. Leon, Glenavon, Hilton, Gretna, Souris, Regina

Major Sites (USA): Griffith, Dundee, Iron River, Naperville, Lockport, Mackinaw

Civil and Site Engineer 1995 - 2002

Adnan Asdar & Associates, Project and Construction Management, Pakistan www.aaaprojects.com

A.A Associates Consulting Civil Engineers and Planners, www.aa-aassociates.com

Professional Affiliations and Membership

Eligible for APPEGA

Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE)

American Society for Civil Engineering (ASCE), Associate Member

Engineering Council life time membership (PEC)



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