Ashwini Kasture, M. Eng (Electrical)

587 216 5801 (Cell)

Email: amkasture@gmail.com

 

Objective

 

I present myself as a candidate for the position of Project Coordinator (Job # 299235), where I can use my education and experience for the benefit of the company.

 

Summary

 

·            Currently working as a Project Planner /Scheduler with WSP (Focus) Corporation.

·            Experience working with various cross- functional teams.

·            Extensive experience working with Primavera P6, PertMaster, MS Project, Excel, SharePoint, MS Word and PowerPoint.

·            Excellent organization, time management skills, problem solving and documentation skills.

·            Excellent written and verbal communication and with proven ability in writing business documentation. 

·            Working towards PMP certification.

 

Education

 

·   Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL, USA (May 2008).

·   Completed Primavera P6 certification training with Emerald Associates.

·   MS Excel 2010 Certification from University of Alberta.

·   Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (June 2002).

·   LEAN manufacturing training at NAIT (August 2010).

 

Professional Experience

 

WSP Corporation (Formerly Focus Corporation)                                                                 

Aug 2014 to Current

 

Role: Project Planner /Scheduler

 

Technical Environment: Primavera P6, MS Project 2013, Excel, Visio.

 

Projects:

· Energy East Pipeline,

· Northern Courier Pipeline,

· Eastern Mainline,

· Prince Rupert Gas Transmission.

 

My responsibilities include working with Project Managers to create, maintain and update project schedules for pipeline construction projects.

 

§ Ensure the flow of information to the project management team occurs in a timely manner to meet the execution timelines and project deliverables.

§ Prepare monthly reports that reflect project management activities and ad-hoc reports as requested.

§ Work with various disciplines and field staff to prepare a feasible project schedule.

§ Develop detailed (Level 3 and Level 4) project schedules using appropriate WBS and highlighting critical path.

§ Monitor schedules, identify and flag conflicts and identify alternative course of actions.

§ Update schedules with earned value data from field construction.

§ Regular site visits to collaborate with the site construction activities.

§ Resources loading per task taking into account their availability and effort based the estimate.

§ Schedule analysis using Critical Path Method (CPM) and Earned Value Technique. Developed custom reports for project performance assessment.

§ Plot S curve for mapping cost, resources and project progress.

§ Coached junior staff and trainees.

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ATCO Electric (CAPITAL PROJECTS DIVISION)                                                                  October 2011 to July 2014

 

Role: Project Planner /Scheduler

 

Technical Environment: Primavera P6, MS Project 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint.

 

Projects:

·   Norberg Substation Construction,

·   Cenovus Kodiak Substation Construction,

·   Central East Transmission Development Project Portfolio.

 

As a Master Scheduler, I created and maintained schedules for several projects. Responsible for ensuring milestone dates, critical activities and resources are identified and communicated to Project Managers in accordance with established project management office (PMO) procedures and the transmission planning process (TPP), to meet desired in service dates (ISD).

 

§ Develop detailed project schedules with information received from the Project Managers. Perform variance analysis by highlighting baseline vs. actuals.

§ Performing logic analysis and what-if scenario analysis, e.g. the effect of securing funding for long lead items earlier vs. later, to gauge impact on In Service Date (ISD).

§ Liaise with procurement and expeditors to ensure the scheduled delivery dates line up with the Master schedule.

§ Presented status at the weekly project leadership meetings.

§ Arrange and participate in lessons learned sessions at the end of each project phase. Applying learnings from past projects to future projects.

§ Regular site visits to collaborate with the site construction activities.

§ Prepare and release of the weekly updates on TPP milestones, highlighting discrepancies.

 

 

Alberta Motor Association (Provincial Contact Center, Edmonton)      October 2010 to October 2011

Role: Insurance Representative

 

Worked as a certified Insurance Sales Agent at Alberta Motor Association (AMA) in the Edmonton contact center.

 

 

May 2008 to Sept 2010: Provided care to my young daughter while working part time as customer service representative.

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL, USA Jan 2006 to May 2008

Role: Teaching and Research Assistant.

 

My main responsibilities included developing and testing software for Skin cancer identification using Computer vision and image processing tools toward the completion of my thesis work. This program sought to find the most effective cancer pattern classification technique among ‘melanoma’, ‘melanoma in situ’ and ‘Clark nevus’ lesions’, and algorithms for differentiating those lesions. My main responsibilities included -

·   Analysis, data gathering, planning and critical thinking in regards to teaching and providing Research assistance to the senior Professors in the Masters degree.

·   Academic report writing such as Masters thesis report and academic research paper presentations

 

Disha Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Pune, INDIA. June 2003 to Aug 2005

My role:  (Project Coordinator)

 

My responsibilities included:

·   Helped the project manager develop project schedules from the information received.

·   Acted as technical resource in providing the training course material after the project.

·   Coordinated user acceptance testing (UAT) and participated in the testing.

·   Helped project manager taking care of various administrative tasks like documentation, coordinating meetings and journaling.

Modern Engineering College, Pune, MS, India June 2002 – June 2003

My role: Lecturer.

My main responsibilities included conducting lectures and lab sessions on 1) Electronic Devices and Circuits and 2) Integrate Circuits and Applications for undergraduate engineering students.

      

 

 

References available upon request.