Afshin Shojae Ghisar

Overview:

Self‐motivated professional with more than 14 years’ in Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) scheduling. My career has been focused on large construction projects in commercial & residential construction, Oil & Gas (Offshore/Onshore), Power plants, Mining, Pipelines and IT with experience as Sr. Project Planner and Scheduler, Project Controls Manager, Project Planning & Control Advisor, Project Manager, Project Engineer, and Project Coordinator. Responsibilities overseeing project costs, schedule, project controls, change orders, contract execution, materials procurement monitoring, material handling, optimizing transportation, overseeing coordination meetings, and managing subcontractor and client relationships.

 

Education:

AZAD UNIVERSITY | Bachelor of Engineering in Mining – Extraction 2004 (USA Evaluated)

Educational Activities | Cooperate on mineral exhibition & mine conference. (2004)

 

Skills and Certificates:

Student @ ITUniversity Online for PMP certification

Primavera 6 Enterprise Beginner and Advanced Courses, P3

MS Project and MS Project Server 2003, 2007

Project Management Body of Knowledge concepts (PMBOK®)

MS Office Suite (Excel, Access, Power point, Visio, Outlook, Word)

Business Administration Workshops

30 hours course of Unified Modeling Language (UML)

30 hours course of Rational Unified Process (RUP)

Basic knowledge of AutoCAD, DataMine, ArcGIS, StormCAD, SewerCAD

 

Project Specific Experience:

Project Manager I – Project Scheduler, APEX System (Ericsson), San Jose – P6 R15.1 - September 2015 - Now

Telecom Infrastructure

Prepare Schedule, WBS, CBS, Fully cost & resource loading schedule for all work order from costumer, Monthly & Weekly Report for costumer & internal.

 

 

Project Scheduler & Contract Administration, Aerotek (Great Lake Dredging & Dock LLC), New York –P6 R8.4 - March 2015 - September 2015

Hudson River Dredging Project   (Short term project)

Prepare WBS, CBS, Day to day scheduling; Prepare three weeks lookahead schedule, Daily, Weekly and Monthly analysis and updates, Track key milestones, Track contractual activities, Prepare quantity progress curves

 

 

Project Coordinator & Project Manager, Aram Construction, Remodeling of Commercial & Residential, California, September 2013 – March 2015

Construction, less than $900,000 

Prepare WBS, CBS, Proposal preparation ; Day‐to‐day construction activities of the project ; Manage field personnel; Engineering coordination ; Prepare & Maintains construction schedule ; Schedules inspections ; Handles all permits and related issues ; Subcontract management & monitoring ; Managing budget and equipment ; Material Management ; Change order preparation

 

Project Controls Specialist Consultant, Freelancer-Iran , August 2012 – February 2013 – P6 R7 & MSP

Project management procedures & advisory for Pump Station, Oil & Gas, EPC, $15,000,000

Project management procedures & advisory for Power Station, Oil & Gas, EPC, $15,000,000

Prepare WBS, CBS, Technical document preparation for tender ; Preparation of detail timeschedule ; Preparation of progress measurement databases ; Preparation of project control procedures ; Invoice preparation ;Subcontractor cost review

 

Sr. Project Planner, Daewoo E & C, Oman, November 2011 – July 2012 - MSP

Sur Independent Power Plant, Energy, $1,200,000,000

Prepare WBS, CBS, Prepare detail time schedule; Manage subcontractor’s time schedule to achieved project milestones ; Supervise document control center to submit proper documents and drawings related to subcontractor’s scope of works ; Establish a database for daily progress reports ; Preparing and supervising for weekly and monthly progress reports ; Training juniors to achieve company goals ; Project planning

 

Project Planner & Control Manager, Energy & Industry Company, Iran, July 2010‐ November 2011 - P6 R7 & MSP

Oxygen Plant for Khatoon Abad Copper Smelting Complex, Mining, EPC, $10,000,000

Gas Compressor Station for Safashahr & Arsanjan Cities, , Oil & Gas, EPC, $15,000,000

Development of Fuel Supply of Imam Khomeini International Airport, Aviation, EPC, $6,000,000

Development of Ahwaz Desalting Units, Oil & Gas, EPC, $10,000,000

Prepare WBS, CBS, Prepare overall EPC time schedules; Preparing and supervising for invoice preparation;

Prepare engineering detail time schedules; Prepare project planning and control procedures for company projects; Supervise document control center to submit proper documents and drawings related to projects; Prepare database for document and drawing monitoring, progress measurement and showing final status as well as history of transactions; Preparing and supervising for weekly and monthly progress reports; Cost planning & control; Assist project managers to prepare cost and time impacts for projects variation; Claim management;

Training juniors to achieve company goals; Project planning;

 

Project Planner & Control Manager , PetroSino , China, Nov.2009 - Jan.2010 - P6 R6.2 & MSP

Construction Supervising of 7 Land Drilling Rigs, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, $1,200,000,000

Supervising for weekly and monthly progress reports; Prepare database for inspection results ; Prepare database for monitoring defects to ensure all items rectified and are ready

 

Project Planner & Control Manager, Intelligent Solutions, Malaysia – Iran, September 2008 – January 2011 – P6 R6.2

Renovating of Foroozan Platforms, Oil & Gas, EPC, $130,000,000

Prepare WBS, CBS, Planning, Scheduling and controlling; Prepare engineering detail time schedules; Assist project manager to prepare cost and time impacts for project variations; Claim management; Supervise document control center to submit and monitor documents and drawings to client and from subcontractors; Prepare database for document and drawing monitoring, progress measurement and showing final status as well as history of transactions for client and subcontractors; Preparing and supervising for weekly and monthly progress reports; Prepare project planning and control procedures; Supervising and preparing invoices; Supervising and preparing claims; Prepare time and cost impacts for out of scope of works (for client and subcontractors); Subcontractor invoice review; Cost planning & control; Training juniors to achieve company goals; Project planning

 

Project Control Consultant, Bonian Tarhe Jame, Iran, Jul.2008 - Dec.2009 - P6 R5 & MSP

Oil & Gas – Fuel Tanks Fire Fighting System, Oil & Gas, EPC, $900,000

Prepare WBS, CBS, Training junior planner to prepare and monitor projects time schedules and progress monitoring

Train juniors to achieve company goals

 

Project Control Consultant, Arian Mahtab Gostar, Iran ,Feb.2008 - Feb.2009 - P6 R5 & MSP

Advisory for Monitoring & Managing of all Power Plant Projects:

Amir Abad Power Plant : Two 25 MW gas turbine-generator (Gas Turbine, GE-Alstom-F5), Engineering, $700,000

Sarakhs Power Plant :  Two 25 MW gas turbine-generator (Gas Turbine, GE-Alstom-F5), Engineering, $700,000

Kahnooj Power Plant: Two Gas turbine generator (162 MW) & one Steam turbine generator (160 MW), Engineering, $1,000,000

Prepare WBS, CBS, Training junior planner to prepare and monitor projects time schedules and progress monitoring

Train juniors to achieve company goals

 

Project Planner & Controller, Maad Kimiya Farayand & Falat Pars Joint Venture, Iran, December 2007 – September 2008 – P6 R.5  & MSP

Sanitary Waste Water Treatment Plant Introduction & Optimization (From Start) as an EPC contractor, EPC, $6,000,000

Sirri Airport Fuel Supply (From Start) as an EPC contractor, EPC, $6,000,000

Prepare WBS, CBS, Prepare EPC detailed time schedule; Prepare database for document, drawing and correspondence monitoring, progress measurement and showing final status as well as history of transactions; Preparing and supervising for weekly and monthly progress reports; Preparing invoice; Subcontractors invoice review; Assist project manager to achieve project milestone dates; Assist project manager to prepare time and cost impacts; Assist project manager to review subcontractor’s claims; Training juniors to achieve company goals

 

Project Planning & Control Consultant, Saman Sanat Farda, Iran,  Oct.2007 - Dec.2008 – P6 R.5 & MSP

Simulator of warfare air craft (Software & Hardware), IT, $500,000

Usecase driven, Component base, SDLC, OEM; Assist project manager to achieve project milestone dates; Prepare resources detail time schedules in Project Server; Supervision of daily, weekly and monthly reports; Supervision of daily tasks in Project server; Supervision of database preparation for monitoring test result to ensure all items rectified and are ready, Prepare WBS, CBS.

 

Project Planner & Controller, Nasim Iman Company, Iran, December 2006 – December 2007 Architectural and Execution of GIDAL - MSP

Usecase driven, Component base, SDLC; Assist project manager to achieve project milestone dates; Prepare resources detail time schedules in Project Server; Preparing daily, weekly and monthly reports; Prepare daily tasks in Project server; Prepare database for monitoring test result to ensure all items rectified and are ready, Prepare WBS, CBS.

 

Project Manager Deputy, Project Engineer, Sepahan Ehya Ironstone Mines Co. Feb.2006 – Aug.2009 – P6 R.4 & MSP

Sangan Iron Stone Mine , Mining, EPC, $1,000,000

Prepare WBS, CBS, Assist project manager to achieve project milestone dates; Assist project manager to prepare time and cost impacts ; Assist project manager to review subcontractors claims; Supervising to prepare daily, weekly and monthly mine progress reports; Preparing invoice; Subcontractors invoice review; Prepare database for inspection results; Manage stakeholders orders; Prepare plan to achieve stakeholders requirements; Training juniors to achieve company goals

 

Project Control Engineer, Document Control, Network Administrator, DaryaPala and Wala Energy and Wala Energy Engineer Company, Iran, December 2004 – December 2006 – P6 R.4,P3

Rudeshure Simple Cycle Power Plant (During Project Execution until synchronization of unit 1), Energy, $300,000,000

Prepare WBS, CBS, Assist project manager to achieve project milestone dates; Assist project manager to prepare time and cost impacts; Assist project manager to review contractor claims; Assist project manager to prepare management procedures; Preparing weekly and monthly progress reports; Preparing invoice; Subcontractor invoice review; Supervise document control center to maintain and monitor documents and drawings in head office and site; Prepare database for document and drawing monitoring, progress measurement and showing final status as well as history of transactions; Prepare database for inspection results; Prepare database for monitoring defects to ensure all items rectified and are ready for pre‐commissioning

 

Planning and Programming, Pars Pardaz, Iran, March 2003 – January 2005 – P3, MSP

Construction, IT projects, EPC, Less than $100,000

Manage Project Schedules. Manage stakeholder’s orders; Prepare plan to achieve stakeholders requirements; Coordinate by warehouse to prepare enough storage to provide stockholders requests

 

Planning and Programming, Lolak Afzar Rayaneh, Iran, March 2001 – January 2004 – P3, MSP

Construction, IT projects, EPC, Less than $100,000

Manage Project Schedules. Manage stakeholder’s orders; Prepare plan to achieve stakeholders requirements; Coordinate by warehouse to prepare enough storage to provide stockholders requests