Mrs. Faizah Ami

1541 Dancing Star Ct

Henderson, NV 89052

USA

Mobile: +1-403-629-4368

Email: faizah_ami@hotmail.com

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ms-faizah-ami/2/b6b/491

                                                   

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Project Controls Specialist with 19 years of experience in heavy industrial projects. Proven ability to develop and implement EPC schedules and cost control for large industrial projects. Management and leadership skills as owners’ lead planner for the construction of a steel-processing facility, a nuclear power plant and a converter station. Expert in EPC planning, scheduling, cost engineering and risk management. Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.

 

EXPERIENCE

LC TECH – Las Vegas, NV

Siemens CANADA – Oakville, ON

Senior Site Scheduler – June 2014 to date

·   Site Planner/Scheduler for Siemens on the EATL transmission project for ATCO Canada

·   Develop and manage master schedule for civil work and equipment installation

·   Quantity tracking, Man-hour forecasting and Productivity tracking for all electrical installation work

·   Manage Risk Register and List of Open Points

·   Assistance with cost tracking of >$100 million T&M contract for electrical installation

·   Work with Commissioning and Start-Up Coordinators to transition from construction to operations

·   Assist with delay claims including forensic schedule analysis

 

Renuke Services – Oak Ridge, TN

GE Hitachi – Wilmington, NC

Project Lead Planner – Oct 2012 to Dec 2013

·   Lead Planner for GEH on the Dominion Virginia North Anna 3 Nuclear Project as part of an EPC consortium with FLUOR

·   Workforce Planner for GEH North Anna 3 resource schedule

 

International Quality Consultants – Pittsburgh, PA

PXP Water Reclamation Project – San Luis Obispo, CA

Assistant CM – Aug 2011 to Aug 2012 (on contract to NA Water System for Veolia Water NA)

·   Assistant to the CM for the construction of a VEOLIA OPUS 2 Water Treatment System for Plains Exploration & Production Company. Monitored GC construction activities and schedule; and expedited equipment deliveries

 

ThyssenKrupp Steel USA – Calvert, AL

Program Planning Specialist – Jan 2009 to Aug 2011

·   Equipment erection planner and scheduler for the Hot Strip Mill

·   Integrated contractor schedules and base-lined master schedule

·   Managed schedule progress up to cold commissioning using Critical Path Methodology

·   Managed plant-wide Infrastructure projects including Cooling Water Circuits, Utilities and Roads

 

ThyssenKrupp – Polysius – Atlanta, GA 

Senior Scheduler – Feb 2007 to Nov 2008

·   Developed, established and maintained all aspects of planning and scheduling for turnkey CEMENT projects

·   Developed schedules and manpower forecasting for long term planning and presentations 

·   Assembled and communicated internal manpower projections based upon contracted work and expected work to be contracted

Parsons Commercial Technology Group - College Park, GA

Principal Project Controls Engineer – Feb 2006 to Jun 2007

·   Developed, established and maintained all aspects of planning and scheduling for the Fulton County Schools Program

·   Provided change order support, subcontract schedule control, field activity measurement and forecasting

·   Analyzed, evaluated, forecasted and reported schedule status against established baseline schedules

·   Assessed impacts of construction changes and schedule slippages

 

International Aviation Consultants - College Park, GA

Senior Cost Engineer – Oct 2004 to Oct 2005

·   Managed budget, forecasts, trends, commitments, actual-cost, performance measurement (Earned Value Analysis), cost/schedule integration, baseline management, cost analysis for the Atlanta Airport Development Program

·   Created and maintained reports to accurately reflect current budgets, encumbrances, invoices and committed costs, projected-to-go and cost-to-complete estimates, budget variances, cash flow projections and schedule of values for individual projects

 

General Motors – Doraville, GA / Arlington, TX

Lead Planner/Scheduler – Mar 2003 to Oct 2004

·   Developed and managed integrated schedule, labor forecasts and project control reports for GM's GMT900 expansion and shutdown projects

·   Managed schedule variances, verified project progress, and communicated potential problems to senior management

·   Coordinated contractors work to ensure compliance with GM's safety standards

 

GE Power Systems – Oakbrook, IL
Substation Automation & Solution – Oct 2002 to Mar 2003

·   Developed and implemented a global ERP system based on P3e/Oracle

·   Converted all GE Chicago's substation projects to Primavera P3e including resource-loading and cost-engineering

·   Managed all GE Chicago's project schedules including earned-value analysis and forecast

 

MWH Global – Milwaukee, WI

Cost Control and Schedules – Nov 1999 to Jun 2002

·   Developed proposal schedules for project bidding for the Fossil Division

·   Developed engineering work breakdown structures (WBS)

·   Developed resource-loaded baseline EPC schedules for Fossil Power projects

·   Managed EPC project schedules, schedule variances, verified project progress and communicated potential problems to senior management

·   Analyzed and reported engineering and procurement costs incurred

 

Siemens Power Corporation – Milwaukee, WI

Project Analyst – Jun 1997 to Oct 1999

·               Produced monthly financial reports for 7 engineering departments in the Fossil division

·               Monitored A&E project costs against budgets

·               Maintained project schedules for large service projects

·               Prepared financial reports for management and customers

Rockwell Automation (Allen-Bradley) – Mequon, WI

Repair Coordinator – Jan 1996 to May 1997

·               Managed third-party repair activities and third-party contract negotiations for the Motion Control Division

·               Worked with OEMs on technical and logistical issues

·               Coordinated parts shipment for emergency breakdowns

·               Managed and resolved warranty disputes with clients

EDUCATION

Villanova University – Online Program

Masters Certification – Feb 2005

Applied Project Management

 

Evans Technologies – Orlando, FL

Advance Certification – Apr 2002

Primavera P3 

 

Oxford Polytechnic (Oxford Brookes University) – Oxford, England

Higher National Diploma – Jun 1990

Business & Finance

 

PROFICIENCIES & AFFILIATIONS

·               CSTS09-certified – June 2014 (Canada)

·               ESTS-certified – June 2015 (Canada)

·               PMP – March 2011 to March 2014 (USA)

·               PMI member (USA)

·               OSHA10-certified (USA)

·               Primavera P6 – advance

·               Primavera P3 – advance 

·               Microsoft Project – advance 

·               Microsoft Excel – advance

·               Microsoft Word – advance 

·               Microsoft Power Point – advance

·               English – fluent

·               German – conversational

·               Bahasa – conversational

·               US citizen