Name: Muhammad Asif Iqbal

Cell:    +587-709-5485

Email:  asifpk_uco@yahoo.com

Address: Apartment # 1, 8416 Millwoods Road NW, Edmonton, AB, T6K3B3 - Canada  

 

Education:

a. Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Central Oklahoma-USA, 2005

b. B.Sc. Civil Engineering, NWFP University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar-Pakistan, 2000.

 

 

Career Synopsis:

 

Project Controls specialist with 8 years of experience in Planning/Scheduling, Earned Value (EV) System, Change Management, and Project Analyst providing review of RFP submissions, project cost estimate, risk analysis, and review of cost cutting measures during Bid process.

 

Representative Project Experience:

 

·               Jacobs Engineering – Project Controls Specialist (Jul 2012-Mar 2015) Edmonton, AB – Canada

Enbridge Projects: Norlite Diluent Pipeline (NDP), Cromer Booster Pump Addition (CMBP), Line 7 Expansion (L7E), Clipper Expansion Phase 2 (CE2), Athabasca Pipeline Twinning (APT, Cheecham Surmont Phase 2 (CS2) – responsible for:

 

o    Develop schedule WBS structure & basis of schedule document.

o    Prepare milestones schedule based on the Interactive Planning Sessions attended by Jacobs’s and Client’s project team and stakeholders

o    Prepare detailed logically sequenced and resource loaded schedule based on the input from the project team for DBM & Detail Design Engineering design Phases.

o    Issue project schedule baseline as a basis for the future updates and scope change management

o    Performed schedule analysis Maintain schedule updates & issue 4-Week Look ahead schedule

o    Incorporate into schedule any approved changes, update schedule baseline when scope change is approved

o    Set up Earned Value (EV) System, and SPI and CPI calculations based on the engineering deliverables and monitor EV progress in liaison with discipline leads

o    Prepare Project Status monthly reports for schedule, progress (EV), cost and man hours.

o    Analyze monthly EV progress in conjunction with project schedule and report monthly to the project management and discipline leads

o    Maintain project staffing plan, update forecast with the discipline leads aligned with the EV basis and S-Curve development.

o    Analyze variances, coordinate any deviations with the discipline leads

o    Report weekly time charges to project management team and helped process time sheet corrections.

o    Prepare Change Notices and Change Orders, include schedule impact if required

o    Keep close coordination with internal and external project stakeholders regarding scheduling, staffing plan and EV

o    Participate in Interactive Planning Session (IAP), weekly client and internal leads meeting    

 

·               Pak Datacom Ltd – Project Analyst (Jan 2009-Apr 2010) Islamabad – Pakistan

Major Projects: Oil & Gas Development Corporation (OGDC), and National Highway Authority (NHA), both Expansion of data communication Infrastructure - responsible for:

 

o    Coordinate bid/tender RFP submissions (review analysis of Bid packages, Management presentations)

o    Prepare cost estimates, BOQ, & reviewed pricing, cost estimates and cost cutting measures. 

o    Prepare project/bid risk analysis and reviewed contingency plan in collaboration with engineering team        

o    Analyze and identify RFP requirements and assigned to internal function area(s) accordingly

o    Identify major activities, segments/stages for analysis of project costing and timelines

o    Coordinate interdepartmental project specific integration (engineers, finance, sales)

o    Maintain liaison with suppliers/vendors for outsourced service integration related to bid/projects

o    Assist the engineering team in planning and monitoring project milestones and final deliverables

o    Monitor project scope and processed change order requests.

o    Monitor cost variance and proposed corrective actions as per change in project definition

o    Coordinate with implementation team the availability of required resources at site.

o    Prepare accurate project reports for internal and external stakeholders

o    Coordinate with clients final close-out phase.

o    Prepared business cases and Project charters for strategic business endeavors of the PDL.

 

·               Pak Datacom Ltd – Project Planner Scheduler (Sep 2006-Dec 2008) Islamabad – Pakistan

Major Projects: British Telecom (BT) and National Logistics Cell (NLC), both Expansion of data communication Infrastructure - responsible for:

 

o    Prepare and maintained project baseline and prepare 2- weeks look ahead schedules.

o    Prepare monthly project schedule updates & narratives and Analyze scheduling change impact.

o    Prepare & maintained cost and resource loads schedules.

o    Review man hour expenditures for compliance with cost coding requirements

o    Review costs for compliance with contracts and company policy/procedure.  

o    Provide support to project manager & scheduling manager for development of project plan & schedule

o    Prepare and maintained project progress tracking mechanism

o    Coordinate with internal & external  project stakeholders

o    Coordination with implementation team for the availability of required resources at site

o    Prepare accurate project reports for internal and external stakeholders

 

 

·               Bayindir Insaat  – Trainee Engineer (Jan 2001-May 2001) Burhan Site Camp– Pakistan

Major Project: Islamabad Peshawar Motorway (M2) - responsible for:

   a. Earth Work Department

o         Assisted and monitored the excavation & embankment work execution.

o         Assisted & monitored the access road work execution

o         Assisted & monitored the construction of highway drainage.

o         Coordination with labor staff, Forman, sr. engineer earth work and sub-contractor staff.

 

   b. Material Testing Laboratory

o     Performed and monitored Procter density test according AASHTO standards.

o     Performed and monitored California bearing ratio test (CBR).

o     Coordination with lab technicians, earth work engineer and material engineer

 

·               Innovative Communications (PVT) Ltd –Site Engineer (Aug 2000-Dec 2000) Islamabad – Pakistan

Major Project: Construction of I-8 Labor Colony (Residential Apartment units) - responsible for:

o     Assisted and monitored the concrete work, brick work and finishing.

o     Monitored the quality and schedule for physical project completion

o     Coordinate with project stake holders (Survey, Materials, MEP, consultants)

o     Interpret the shop drawings and specification to site foreman. 

 

Software Skills

·               MS Office (Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook) – (Proficient)

·               MS Excel (Pivot Table, V-Lookup, Logical arguments, Formulas, Formatting, Graphs) – (Proficient)

·               Primavera P6 (Excellent – More than 5-Yers Experience)

·               Net Point (Basic Proficiency)

·               AutoCAD (Basic)

 

Additional Training

·               Primavera Project Management Module – Course 102 - Emerald Associates

·               Communication & Presentation Skills Training - Pit Stop Training International

·               MS Office Training – Nicon International

·               AutoCAD Training – Brains Institute of Computer Science

 

 

 

 

 

 

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