FARID ARAB
No.***, Marina Diamond * Building, Dubai, UAE
Mobile: 050*******
Email: ****.*****@*****.***
Nationality: Iranian
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
A professional planning engineer with successful experience in scheduling, controlling and delivering of various projects in oil, gas, petrochemical and construction industries.
KEY SKILLS
• Preparation and tracking of overall programme of works
• Significant multi sector experience in oil, gas, Petrochemical and Construction
• Skilled in the utilisation of Critical Path Method (CPM) analysis, Cost Control, Budget planning, claiming, risks analysis, Recovery schedule, Man power histogram, Progress report and S-curves
CAREER SUMMARY
2009-up to now
Company: Société d'Entreprise & de Gestion
Position: Senior Planning Engineer
Projects: Prudential tower (32 floors-Dubai), Residential towers (60 & 14 floors-Abu Dhabi)
• Responsible for preparing the overall project Schedule including shop drawings, Material Submittals, Procurement and constructions works up to level 5
• Tracking and controlling of activities and monitoring the project progress and time analysis
• Producing Progress report, Man-power report, Critical activities status report and Productivity report for different steps of project
• Assisting project manager in proposing and analysing of claims and measuring the efficiency of Suppliers and subcontractors, estimating the required resources and time to hand over the project.
• Preparation of recovery schedules in coordination with Project manager and executive team.
2006-2008
Company: Iran’s National Petrochemical Company
Position: Head of Planning Engineers
Project: H.D.P.E. Expansion plant
• Accountable for planning Department of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) expansion plan to deliver the project on time and within budget
• Creating the master baseline schedule up to level 6 including progress measurement system and Tracking and controlling of E, P, C and commissioning phases
• Responsible for preparation of shut-down schedule, progress update and coordination of work
• Creating progress reports including project risk analysis, look-ahead resources estimation and What-if analysis
• Providing supervision and assistance to planners in the development and integration of individual schedules into the Master project plan
• Establishment of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Activity Codes, Cash
• Preparing recovery schedules for departments to recover delays or preventing look-ahead delays.
• Scheduling of commissioning period in coordination with all sectors, vendors, site teams, engineering teams and logistics
2006-2006
Company: Iran’s Water and Power Resources Company
Position: Planning engineer
Project: CFRD dam
• Recruited to deliver the C.F.R.D Dam project on behalf of client with key responsibilities for all scheduling and planning aspects
• Directly responsible for all project budgets ensuring all expenditure falls in alignment with levels set including Procurement Status Reports and resource forecasting
• Accountable to control risk analysis and contingency planning activities
2004-2006
Company: Arak Petrochemical Company
Position: Planning Engineer
Project: HDPE, Aromatic and HP pilot plants
• Establishment of Master Baseline of H.D.P.E., Aromatic and H.P pilot Plant projects up to level 5 with responsibility for E, P and C phases.
• Defining WBS, Activity Codes and work measurement system for the Programme
• Responsible for the creation of Weekly/Monthly reports including ‘S’ Curves, tasks progress, productivity rates, Critical activities analysis and project costs
• Assisting contract team in the production of tenders recommending appropriate criteria for selecting suppliers.
• Job allocation to all Discipline Engineers and follow up for daily job progress.
• Understanding project work scope, contract milestones, Estimating budget quantities, costs, durations and resources.
2002-2004
Company: Heavy Equipment Production Company (TETA)
Position: Planning Engineer
Project: various industrial projects
• Responsible for manufacturing and Installation of ship un-loaders with key accountability for the scheduling of detailed site plans, Progress reports and resource efficiency calculations
• Producing Baseline schedule for manufacturing of Oil/Gas equipments including heat exchangers, storage tanks, vessels and steel structures. Tracking the production process on daily bases to ensure on time handing over. Updating the baseline schedule and producing progress reports to feedback project manager and installation team at site.
• Creating detail baseline schedule for manufacturing and installation of power plant equipments and expansion of recovery boilers. Controlling and monitoring of shop drawings production, Bill of Material, Procurement and manufacturing process in coordination with site installation team. Assisting Project manager to follow up critical parts status by monitoring and reporting regular progress reports
FURTHER SKILLS
Softwares: Primavera (P3), Primavera 5, Primavera 6(P6), MS Project, Visual basic , MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS Access, AutoCAD, Outlook, IT
Languages: Fluent English and Farsi; Basic Arabic
Training Workshops: Effective Project management, Earned value management systems, challenges of E.P.C. projects in oil/gas, Professional development in project based organizations, Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), FIDIC and Project controlling system and techniques
Certificates: Primavera 6 (P6) advance user (Course 102, Course 106) issued 2008
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
BS: Industrial engineering, IUT, 2003