An Experienced Project Scheduler’s profile           

A result-oriented project controls specialist with over 10+ years international experience with a proven track record of successes working on mega EPC & Capital engineering projects covering -: construction, utilities (power transmission & distribution, water & gas; renewable engineering – wind turbines) & highways/civil engineering projects. An enthusiastic individual with advanced experience in project management, change and risk management, continuous capital improvement initiatives, scheduling and planning, including training & managing other junior schedulers, managing schedules and projects from inception phase to completion phase and delivering projects to required specifications/standards, focusing on time, costs, health and safety, reliability, quality and sustainability; a good team player with strong organizational and problem solving skills, confident and able to communicate effectively with work colleagues at all levels; currently looking for a more permanent position with an engineering company that offers me more sustainable career progression, learning and training opportunities.

Areas of Expertise

Career History, Professional Experience And Significant Achievements

Systems Engineering Master Scheduler/Planner                                       March 2014 – Till Date

General Electric (GE) Power & Water – Renewables Engineering, Greenville, South Carolina

·               Support the Systems Engineering Program Managers in the design, production and Installation of Wind Turbines.

·               Collaborate closely with other schedulers covering Drives & Structures, Blades, Electrical and Towers Center of Excellence (CoE) teams to develop pre-budget and baseline schedules and integration of subsystem schedules into master schedule.

·               Facilitate schedule development/approval meetings for New Product and Technology Introductions (NPI & NTI) with Program Managers and Engineering Technical Leads to ensure projects are accurately scoped and estimated.

·               Work closely with Loads Check and Validation teams, ensuring the effective capture, monitoring and tracking of milestones.

·               Develop detailed schedules and facilitate program meetings (weekly production meetings) to support resource planning.

·               Verify the ability to execute the team’s scope of work by analyzing resource capacity and allocation.

·               Generate weekly task assignment and resource allocation reports.

·               Support the scheduling of requisition/design to order (DTOs) projects and the migration of all NPI/NTI project schedules from Welcome Home/Open Plan scheduling tool into Primavera P6.

·               Track project budget and costs through Primavera P6, KRONOS and other GE applicable internal project management applications.

·               Track engineering instructions, drawing releases and program milestones through G.E’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system.

·               Provide status updates to schedules and analyze progress, schedule performance and variances from the approved baseline plans.

Primavera P6 Program Scheduler                                                                  Nov 2013- Mar 2014

Louis Berger Group, Baltimore, MD USA

·               Performed project controls functions including planning, cost estimating & schedules development, review and status updating using Primavera P6 8.3 & Primavera Contract Manager on multiple concurrently running projects including large federal & state construction contracts ranging from $500k to $27 million USD for Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) & Department of Transportation (BDOT) covering road rehabilitation/construction projects; Water and Wastewater, drainage & stormwater engineering contracts including Consent Decree Design project portfolio ranging from $1 million - $27million USD; Backriver Treatment Plant ENR Upgrade – project cost $263M USD; Loudon Potomac & WSSC Basin Task Orders.

·               Review & integrate progress schedules from contractors into Master Schedule and perform analysis including Time Impact Analysis (TIA) on a monthly basis.

·               Assist in the review of change orders, claims and contractors’ submitted time extensions for validity.

·               Performed plant shutdowns/outage/turnaround scheduling in liaison with Project Engineers and Managers.

·               Perform Quality Assurance/Control review on contractors’ Critical Path Method (CPM) Schedules for Baltimore City Department of Transportation (BDOT) road improvement, construction & rehabilitation projects & District of Columbia Water & Sewer projects.

·               Provide support for Senior Project/Program Managers and other stakeholders by providing timely and concise schedule reports including project status reports showing actuals vs planned milestones, schedule & cost performance indices.

·               Perform cash flow forecasting; develop cost & resource loading reports using Primavera P6 and Primavera Contract Manager; also upload and communicate project status and reports via SharePoint.

·               Ensure constructability of schedules and compliance with state & federal specifications such as Maryland State Highway Administration (S.H.A) Standard Specifications for Construction & Materials – Spec 2008 (Grey Book), Standard Operating Procedures for Department of Public Works.

·               Review capital improvements plans (CIP), develop pipeline erosion and sediment control/stormwater rehabilitation/construction schedules to ensure compliance with city requirements & design standards.

·               Review projects for compliance with established City of Baltimore Public Works Design and Construction standards, and in compliance with stormwater and erosion sediment control checklists.

·               Track design milestones and multiple consultants’ schedules for City of Baltimore Consent Decree Portfolio of Projects.

P6 Program Planner (Capital Projects)                                June 2012- May 2013

UK Power Networks, Kent, UK (Portfolio Management of EPC Capital Projects with a budget range of $2M- $100M)

·               Responsible for developing and maintaining robust and stable baseline schedules using Primavera P6 & SAP to enable detailed planning, program management and tracking progress using Earned Value Analysis.

·               Developed levels 1-4 schedules for program portfolios covering asset retrofit, production and greenfield capital projects including substation civil works, oil containment & flood protection, high voltage, Lv, EHv transformer replacement, overhead lines, switchgear, circuit breakers, substation telecommunication automation, HVAC, SCADA Control & Automation schemes.

·               Performed plants shutdown/outage/turnaround scheduling in liaison with Project Engineers and Managers.

·               Proficiently implemented & captured within the schedules gate processes, change control & prepared Material Requisition (MR) schedule for purchasing Long Lead Items.

·               Proficiently carried out design/engineering oversight & coordination capturing both preliminary & detailed design parameters.

·               Tracked & prepared schedule performance & dashboard reports for senior program managers, project managers & relevant stakeholders in accordance with the project reporting calendar (daily, weekly, quarterly & monthly)

·               Analyzed schedule risk analyses, evaluate and forecast current status against an established baseline schedule using Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS).

·               Ensured schedules incorporate appropriate WBS/CBS/OBS coding structures, milestones, deliverables and activities aligned to the project scope, and that critical path(s) are clearly identified.

·               Coordinated and led project progress review & status update meetings with project managers and senior program managers.

·               Ensured interfacing (internal/external) projects' relevant milestones, constraints and activities are incorporated into the project schedule.

·               Validated construction methodologies, scope definition & control, resource and cost loading of schedules, verify activity durations, schedule logic, float allocation and critical path identification within Contractors’ schedules submissions in support of UK Power Networks contract program policies.

·               Proactively carried out monthly reporting covering milestones data reporting, dashboard reporting, Load Indices/Health indices, ensuring that reports meet deadlines.

·               Supported junior schedulers, project managers & cost managers in the preparation of Invitations to tender (ITT) packages.

·               Worked with Risk Managers and project delivery teams to identify and incorporate risk mitigating action plans.

·               Carried out rigid cost control, commercial management and strategic sourcing practices that deliver ‘value for money’.

·               Achieved compliance with UK Power Networks project delivery and program governance procedures.

·               Accurately identifying, controlling and forecasting the time scales and resource requirements of projects to minimize the likelihood of time and cost overruns.

·               Oversee the programs, monitoring and reporting on project performance, highlighting deviations, providing early warnings, identifying and presenting project slippage recovery strategies.

·               Worked closely with Project Managers, Design Engineers, Manufacturers, and Estimators to identify potential changes in scope and quantify the impact of each change to the schedule in a timely fashion.

·               UKPN Olympic 2012 Project Delivery Team Award  –   Dec 2012

Reactive Maintenance Planner/Coordinator      May 2011 – Jan 2012 

Morrison Facilities Services/Mears Group, London, U.K

·               Planned repairs works for pre and post inspection, reactive voids and emergency repairs.

·               Managed over 30 engineers’ diaries and prioritized emergency works using OPTI TIME Planner and personal digital assistants.

·               Booked appointments and allocated works to available engineer(s) and following repairs works from start through completion.

·               Raised repairs jobs, liaised with tenants and engineers in order to ensure works were completed within designated timescale.

·               Carried out detailed resource planning & allocation including supplier oversight and coordination.

·               Effectively communicated any concerns about work quality and ensured engineers have the right materials to complete assigned tasks.

·               Effectively liaised with all stakeholders including clients and housing tenants.

·               Ensured that all relevant data is updated and dispatched on a timely basis to all affected resource PDAs.

Project planner                                                                 Aug 2010 – May 2011

Ringway Jacobs (a subsidiary company of Jacobs Engineering Group), London, U.K