-Cost Engineering (CCP)              Ongoing
 

XCEL ENERGY                                                                                                           Dec 2015 – Present

Senior Project Controller

* Coordinates with Project Managers and with weekly and monthly schedule and cost reports.

* Support Project Management team in providing accurate forecasting and review of expenditure

* Communicate with various stakeholders for schedule development

* Analyze work flow for outages for plants powered by coal, natural gas, nuclear and wind power generation

* Schedule inspections and track cost of work packages relative to budget.

SADARA (SAUDI ARAMCO / DOW CHEMICAL)                                             May 2015 – June 2015

Project Management / Scheduling Consultant

* Developed and revised training material to facilitate seminar

* Instructed the project management team and administrators on the use of P6 and Microsoft Project

* Trained team on the use of EVMs including CPI, SPI and variances for project monitoring

MICHAEL OPARA UNIVERSITY                                                                                              Mar 2015

Project Management Consultant

* Developed training material for a management seminar; Project Management as a Tool for Leadership

* Co-facilitated presentation on Project Evaluation using CPI, SPI, Baselines, Resource Levelling and other standard methods.

CHENIERE ENERGY                                                                                                 Jan 2015 – Feb 2015

Project Controller

Mid-Stream Projects:

Creole Trail Pipeline Expansion Project, La

Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project, La

* Created and Modified Project Schedule in Primavera and MS Project

* Worked to develop standardization of project controls evaluations using SPI and CPI and other EVM measurements

* Advised project management of schedule and cost trends, critical path changes, opportunities, conflicts and risks

* Conducted meeting with various contractors involved with the pipeline construction project to determine deliverables and timelines and perform pipeline estimates.

* Integrated various field contractor schedules, including; electrical, power systems, civil and structural engineering and construction schedules and developed Integrated Master Schedule.

* Performed critical path analysis evaluations and outlined critical milestones

* Developed daily executive summary reports describing work done, outlining future work and commitments and identifying risk events and determine schedule and project impacts.

CDI CORPORATION

Cost Engineer / Master Scheduler                                                                                                    Nov 2013 – Dec 2014

Mid-Stream Projects;

Kinder Morgan Export Terminal – Pasadena, Tx

Chevron – Pasadena, Tx

Chemical Facilities Projects:

Shell – Deer Park, Tx

Solvay - Pasadena, Tx

* Implementing, administering and maintaining cost control system and procedures to track project budgets, commitments, expenditures and forecasts for projects for major capital projects and value.
* Assist in the preparation and review of cost estimates and performed resource levelling.
* Develop reporting tracking tools and generates cost reports on regular basis including evaluation of earned value.
* Prepares project cash flow forecast and generated pipeline estimates.
* Establishes and maintains interfaces with stakeholders of the projects, and provides Project Controls reports.
* Produces or oversees production of cost reports, detailing budgets, approved changes, commitments, and forecasts from available information and historical trend analysis.
* Evaluate cost estimations received from the engineering and construction contractors.
* Accountable to the Business Manager on matters concerning planning, analysis, trending, reporting and potential risk mitigation using CPI and SPI schedule and Cost variance.
* Develops and manages Project Engineering and Controls Teams with the management approval
* Establishes appropriate financial control processes, forecasting and managing cash flow

* Estimating and contract evaluation for bids and business development

* Lead Integrated Planning Sessions to clarify project deliverables and chart work flow

* Determined Schedule Performance Indexes as a means to track project performance

* Developed Integrated Master Schedules for project portfolios and created baselines

TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY                                                                                             Oct 2013

Panelist

*Participated in discussion and advised faculty and student body on; Skills Required by Corporate American and Ways to Develop them in the Classroom

NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO                                                                            May 2011 – Nov 2013
Project Controls Specialist / Cost Analyst

Drilling Projects

BP, KFels, Transocean, Samsung, Noble Drilling, Pacific Drilling, Lamprell, Atlas, Seawolf, Shanghai Waigaiqiao, Daewoo, Jurong.

* Monitored and analyzed cost through design and construction
* Forecast future cash flows and costs from an understanding of potential changes
* Tracked and analyzed the project costs including budgets, commitments, actuals, accruals, and forecasts.
* Participated in the development and improvement of project controls systems.
* Provides analysis of project control requirements as part of bid review process
* Works with Schedulers to develop, manage, revise, and update integrated detailed project schedules including all phases of project execution and performed resource levelling.

* Schedule and cost estimates for man power planning for SPI and CPI reporting
* Develop templates for recurrent schedule creation and project cost analysis and created baselines
* Developed resource loaded chart for cost analysis and man-power analysis
* Developed schedules for land and subsea drilling rigs engineering, installation and operations support.

* Transition and recreation of schedules and templates from Microsoft Projects to Primavera
* Resource leveling and utilization analysis for man power analysis and business development operations

BINT AND PRATHEL LTD                                                                                     Feb 2010 – Dec 2010
Project Coordinator                                                                                                       

Exxon Mobile, Shell - Ng                                      

* Function in a Project Control Manager (PCM) role on large projects which includes development of project control plans.
* Apply/follow effective changes management processes to ensure capital discipline.
* Lead forecasting/reporting of cost/schedule performance throughout project life cycle.
* Assists project team in resolution of issues involving cost, schedule, & resource management.
* Ensure that relevant cost management procedures and reporting requirements are incorporated where appropriate on contractor's scope of services.

* Spearheaded project budget and time reconciliation through CPM and schedule analysis to determine SPI and CPI
* Schedule / Cost analysis for offshore drilling operations
* Developed risk register and contingency schedules for risk mitigation

VOXX SOLUTIONS                                                                       Aug 2003 - Jan 2010
Lead Project Scheduler

* Ensure required resources and effective processes are in place to execute the project control plans

* Power Plant Construction estimating, scheduling and resource levelling to determine feasibility
* Establish and maintains the WBS in SAP and Microsoft Project
* Tracks, analyses and reports cost/schedule information
* Assists project team in resolution of issues involving cost, schedule and changes
* Provides cost information in support of the projects Total Installed Cost estimate
* Lead forecasting/reporting of cost/schedule performance throughout project life cycle.
* Conduct post project audits to collect actual data versus estimated data for the purpose of audits.
* Report project cost to management as well as analyzing cost and schedule variances

*Budgeting and Cost Tracking for new and ongoing projects using Schedule and Cost performance indexes

BINT AND PRATHEL                                                                                          Mar. 2002 – Feb 2003
Project Scheduler