Aranit (Niti) Lukaj

aranitlukaj@gmail.com; (832) 983-8737

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CH2M Hill

Project Controls – Senior Scheduler

  · Support the schedule creation and maintenance for the various chemical projects and

closely monitored the critical path including the activities, float and relationships against

potential slippage on weekly basis.

  · Ensure the schedule integration with the cost estimating and cost control of the project.

  · Communicate project status and progress (plan vs. actual) to leadership team in monthly

meetings.

  · Lead Scheduler and Planner, Shell – Shutdown Project.

  · Lead Scheduler, BP Brazil – Ligno-Cellulosic Project.

  · Lead Scheduler, Dyno Nobel – Ammonia Plant Development Project.

UniversalPegasus International, Houston TX

Business Development – Corporate Commercial Coordinator

  · Provided commercial and economics advice to senior executive team.

  · Developed appropriate economic models to support commercial decisions and

negotiations.

  · Analyzed target clients to create and develop business strategies.

  · Bid preparation, from RFP to Submit Bid.

  · Member of the Corporate Monthly Project Review Board.

UniversalPegasus International, Houston TX

Project Controls Specialist – Scheduler

2011 – 2012

  · Responsible for supporting the project team by utilizing project planning documents and

output from the interactive planning process as a basis for developing project schedules

via Primavera.

  · Obtained input from project team members, subcontractors, vendors and clients to update

the schedule progress and to forecast. Reviewed subcontractor’s schedules.

  · Progressed schedules, analyzed performance using Earned Value, conducted critical path

analysis, produced schedule reports and made recommendations for corrective action

measures which mitigate impacts to cost and schedule. Advised and provided feedback to

project team as needed.

  · In charge of the company’s professional resource tracking tool/process using Primavera

P6.

  · Projects worked on include, ENI’s Triton, Devil’s Tower and Longhorn III; ATP’s

Bluewater Clipper; Hess’ Ceiba in Equatorial Guinea.

2012 – 2013

2013 – Present

Aranit (Niti) Lukaj

aranitlukaj@gmail.com; (832) 983-8737

Parsons Transportation Group, Houston TX

Project Controls Engineer – Scheduler

2009 – 2011

  · Obtained input from project team members, subcontractors, vendors and clients to

support the development of the project schedule and subsequently update schedule

progress and forecasting. Created the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in Primavera

P6.

  · Established and implemented methods for determining activity durations within assigned

disciplines.

  · Developed and maintained resource loaded critical path method (CPM) project schedules.

  · Developed and updated P-6 progress S-Curves for cost and man-hours. Prepared cash

flow projections.

  · Reviewed and analyzed schedule impacts of change orders.

  · Developed preliminary Risk assessments, what-if scenarios and prepared time impact

analysis (TIA) to evaluate overall delays and interruption of work for design and

construction projects.

  · Project worked on was Houston’s METRO Light Rail; in charge of East End and

Downtown corridors as well as Services & Inspection facility.

Parsons Transportation Group, Atlanta, GA

Project Controls Engineer – Estimator

2008 – 2009

  · Estimated labor and material costs of engineering and construction based on request for

proposal (RFP) data submitted by prospective customers.

  · Performed quantity take-offs.

  · Analyzed specifications, including sketches, blueprints, bills of material, or sample

layouts, and calculated production costs using labor and material pricing schedules and

historical data.

  · Collected cost data from subcontractors and vendors.

  · Projects worked on include Miami North Corridor extension; Honolulu International

Airport; Los Angeles International Airport; Doha, Qatar, Light Rail Transit.

Parsons Transportation Group, Norcross, GA

Engineering Student, Road and Highway Design

2006 – 2008

  · Worked with Microstation and CAiCE to design and develop construction documents

with the emphasis on creating horizontal and vertical alignments, construction staging

solutions and traffic control plans.

  · Generated earthwork and quantity take-offs for engineers’ construction cost estimates.

  · Projects that these task where completed on include the following: US 19, Sumter County

GA - 5.7 miles of rural and urban widening from 2 to 4 lane divided highway; US 441

Bypass, Dublin GA - 8.7 miles of new location 4 lane divided highway; and US 29,

Lagrange GA - 2 Miles of urban widening, from 2 to 3 lanes with curb and gutter.

Aranit (Niti) Lukaj

aranitlukaj@gmail.com; (832) 983-8737

EDUCATION

  · Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA

  · Associate of Arts, Florida Community College, Jacksonville, FL

SPECIALIZED TRAININGS AND EXTRA CURRICULUM

  · The Oil and Gas Industry Training Course – Parsons University Houston

  · Advanced Course, Primavera Project Management, P6

  · Advanced Course, Success Estimator, U.S. Cost

MEMBERSHIPS

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Project Management Institute (PMI)

COMPUTER / SOFTWARE SKILLS

Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Acumen/Schedule Analyzer, Success Estimator, AutoCad,

Microstation, CAiCE, InRoads, Microsoft Office Suite, Visio.

LANGUAGES: English, Albanian, Italian.

2004 – 2007

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