Greffins O. Irikefe (PMP)

Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/greffinsirekefe/

Email: igreffins@yahoo.com

Phone #: (+1) 5756051755. TEXAS, USA.

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING / PROJECT MANAGEMENT

An experienced and certified Primavera and Project planner with a strong background in schedule integration, risk

management and project controls on EPC &I projects in value up to $6.5 Billion. Industries include, upstream &

downstream oil & gas, nuclear facility. Possess 9+years experience in integrated master schedule (IMS) development,

project controls reporting, schedule risk assessments, and risk management. Pipelines construction, gas flow lines,

fabrication, & Installations. Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and Master in Project Management.

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Areas of Expertise

• Project planning & scheduling

• Master schedule development

• Project Control Processes

• Monte Carlo assessment

• Qualitative risk assessments

• Substation, Distribution (Overhead & Underground) Construction

• Fabrication and Installations

• Pipelines Construction

• Quantitative risk assessments • EPC &I Projects

• Gas Flow lines

Software Experience

Software Skills:

  · Primavera P6 • MS Project 2003, 2007 & 2010• Advanced Excel • PERT Master

  · CMX

Certifications

  · Project Management Professionals (PMP)

  · Primavera P6

  · PERT Master

  · OSHA 511 (Oil and Gas Emphasis)

  · Earn Value Management

  · Hazardous Communication

  · Uranium Enrichment 101

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

June 2015 – Till Date

Project Control Specialist

  · Responsible for all aspects of the project planning and scheduling functions, including management of an

integrated schedule, development and updating of progress curves, performance curves, and assessment of

resources;

  · Documentation, Auditing Invoices, Budget Analysis on Project

  · Working with Project Managers, Contractors, Engineers to ensure projects stay within budgets

  · Cost, Budget Analysis on Projects

  · Monthly Accruals, querying in Accounting

  · Control ongoing project planning and scheduling status, forecasts, and reports it to the Master Planner Conduct

productivity analysis to identify adverse trends and works with asset management to determine necessary

mitigations;

  · Monitor progress against schedules, analyze deviations and recommend remedial actions. Coordinate with

Departments to record and track progress of identified schedule activities and interfaces with other asset team

disciplines;

PPL – Allentown Pennsylvania

Sept 2013 – May 2015

Sr Scheduler

  · Conduct the schedule monthly progress update, forecast, critical path and trend analyses for assigned elements,

including any impact from interface areas. Implement and maintain the status reports. Provide regular and

comprehensive schedule status reports to Project sub-element managers

  · Tracks data for cost compilation and monitoring, productivity, critical path, risk analysis, and reporting,

Integrates cost and schedule data to meet company performance and financial goals

  · Develop the activities, logic, resources and progress for the assigned project sub-elements, leading to the

creation of the baseline schedule and its subsequent maintenance

  · Ensures data integrity by providing accurate and timely submission of reports for project assessment and

predictive analysis

  · Scorecard and performance review tracking, coordinates resource loading and milestone schedule adherence,

and provides detailed variance analysis of the schedule, Interfaces with senior management in the identification

and resolution of project issues concerning cost and schedule

  · Responsible for schedules, manpower schedules, quantity of commodity curve analysis or support, progress, and

performance reporting;

  · Contribute to close-out data to enable knowledge retention (lessons learned, project data compilation) at

completion of work

URENCO USA – CONSTRUCTION OF URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY

(EPC&I PROJECT), NEW MEXICO

Sept 2010 – Aug 2013

Project Scheduling Engineer

SGC/CHEVRON –CONSTRUCTION OF ESCRAVOS GAS TO LIQUID FACILITY PROJECT

(Construction Dept)

  · Control ongoing project planning and scheduling status, forecasts, and reports it to the Master Planner Conduct

productivity analysis to identify adverse trends and works with asset management to determine necessary

mitigations;

  · Monitor progress against schedules, analyze deviations and recommend remedial actions. Coordinate with

Departments to record and track progress of identified schedule activities and interfaces with other asset team

disciplines;

  · Liaison closely with Cost Control Engineer to establish the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Responsible for

schedules giving due consideration to contractual milestones and key events Ensures that all input to the project

plan is accurate and consistent with the logic network. Provides detailed progress input for milestone invoicing

purposes;

  · Analyze project requirements and prepare a Project Master Schedule which integrates constraints and strategies

for Engineering, Procurement and Construction phases. Monitor the work in progress with respect to the

approved schedules/milestones and prepare weekly/ monthly progress reports. Co-ordinate in conjunction with

discipline engineers, a document level progress measurement system Analyze and communicate to the Master

Planner on observation of any instance across disciplines for any major variance between the actual work in

progress and the approved schedule.

May 2008 – Aug 2010

ZIMTEX ENGINEERING SOLUTION – GALVESTON TEXAS

CONSTRUCTION, REFURBISHING OF OIL & GAS RIGS & PLATFORMS

Project Engineer / Planner

Engineering dept

  · Provides technical leadership in the Project Controls area for E&C major capital projects. This encompasses

periodical evaluation and adjustments on the flow of project information internally and externally, which

provides stakeholders and project team with pertinent information to aid and facilitate the timely delivery of the

projects and support project costs within budget

  · Produces projects baselines that are used to monitor and analyze project performance during execution of the

EPC phase. Including recasting of estimates according project WBS code of accounts, close follow up and

tracking of actual, accruals, commitments, management of change process against the baseline budgets,

forecast and cash-flows.

  · Coordinates realistic and achievable plans and schedules for carrying out all projects activities in a controlled

and efficient manner, providing baseline schedules in accordance with overall project objectives, as well as to

monitors and provides means of comparison amount planned, actual and forecast progress, earn value, manhours

expenditure and productivity, workforce planning and performance, etc.

  · Leads project estimating in support of project cost estimation and change management: Inputs and reviews

Estimate Plans for major projects estimates; identifies cost estimate deliverables and timing, reviews cost

estimate methodology, format, basis and documentation.

Feb 2001– Aug 2006

DEATTRE BEZONS-ENTREPOSE

CONSTRUCTION & REFURBISHING OF REFINERIES ($600 Million)

Project Planning Engineer

(Engineering Dept)

  · Control ongoing project planning and scheduling status, forecasts, and reports it to the Master Planner Conduct

productivity analysis to identify adverse trends and works with asset management to determine necessary

mitigations; Coordinates the project Change Management process ensuring the timely evaluation,

documentation and decision on project changes. Supports monitoring and identifying project changes, scope

changes, contingency drawdown and supplemental management when required.

  · Leads the accurate gathering and maintenance of project cost data in support of project unit cost, new projects

cost estimate and benchmarking purposes.

  · Monitor progress against schedules, analyze deviations and recommend remedial actions. Coordinate with

Departments to record and track progress of identified schedule activities and interfaces with other asset team

disciplines;

  · Liaison closely with Cost Control Engineer to establish the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Responsible for

schedules giving due consideration to contractual milestones and key events Ensures that all input to the project

plan is accurate and consistent with the logic network. Provides detailed progress input for milestone invoicing

purposes;

EDUCATION/ PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

  · Robert Gordon University, Scotland (UK)–M.Sc.Project Management – Sept 2006 - Oct 2008

  · University of Benin (Nigeria) – B.ENG Mechanical Engineering –Sept 1994 - Nov 2000