PROJECT SCHEDULING PROFESSIONAL

 

A proficient project scheduler with a career spanning over five years in Oil & Gas and IT industries. Proven track record in delivering detailed schedules on complex multi-million dollar projects. Solid background in utilizing Primavera P6 and MS Project to create, maintain and complete Integrated Master Schedules accurately, on time, and within budget. Outstanding communication, problem-solving, and relationship-management skills. Substantial knowledge of project management methodology and scheduling disciplines. Published scientific articles in fields of Project Scheduling in Presence of Uncertainty, Risk Management and Multi-Criteria Decision Making in various international conferences and journals.

 

AREAS OF EXPERTIES

 

ü      Resource and Cost loaded scheduling	ü      Critical and Driving Path Analysis
ü      Interactive Performance Reporting	ü      Project Risk/Opportunity Management
ü      Earned Value Analysis	ü      Multi-Criteria Decision Making
ü      Managing Uncertainty in Projects	ü      Supply Chain Configuration
ü      Cost Reduction & Avoidance	ü      Systems Simulation and Process Redesign

 

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

 

ü                                    Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (2009) – KNT UniversityCertificate ID             

ü                                    Certified PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)1703047             

ü                                    Certified PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)1821516

ü                                    Certified Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Specialist235564287PRIP6

ü                                    Certified Microsoft Project 2013 Implementation SpecialistF112-0887

ü                                    Microsoft Certified ProfessionalF112-0886

 

TECHNOLOGY SNAPSHOT

 

ü      Primavera P6 EPPM R8.3	ü      Primavera Risk Analysis (PERT Master)
ü      MS Project 2013	ü      COMFAR III Project Feasibility Analysis
ü      GAMS / LINGO Mathematical Optimization	ü      SPSS / MINITAB Statistical Analysis
ü      ARENA – Discrete Event Simulation	ü      VENSIM – Dynamic Systems Simulation
ü      MS Office Suite (Access / Excel / Visio / Power Point / Word ) + Integration & Automation using VBA

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 

ü                                    Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK 2008/2012)

ü                                    Guidelines for quality management in projects based on ISO 10006 standard

ü                                    ISO 9001:2008 appreciation and interpretation

ü                                    Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) management systems

ü                                    ISO 14001:2004 appreciation and interpretation                                         

ü                                    Project Planning and Scheduling in Primavera P6 / MS Project 2010

ü                                    Introduction to ISO/TS 16949:2002

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

ITC SERVICE GROUP, INC. - Sacramento, California

PROJECT SCHEDULER AND ANALYZER (Jun 2014 - Present)

 

ITC is a full service provider of qualified personnel and managed services to the IT, Telecom and CATV industries for the planning, design, construction and maintenance of wireless and wireline communications networks. ITC provides services to Fortune 500 companies, Federal, State and Local governments and System Integration Firms.

 

Duties:

·   Develop, manage, update and maintain program schedules using both MS project and Primavera P6

·   Design, update and publish interactive and multi-source project performance, resource utilization and imminent risks report on a daily/weekly basis

·   Developing summary level schedules and resource capacity planning in response to RFPs

·   Document and update company policies and procedures including Project Communication Plan, Numbering and Codification Procedure, Onboarding process, etc. 

·   Develop project Task Assignment Interface (MS Access DB automated with VBA)

·   Document Project Specifications Documentation and Cross-Functional Flowcharts for each project

·   Manage and update Turnkey Services Database on a daily basis

·   Design automated procedures to collect CADD data from engineering maps into excel reports

·   Conduct project trend analysis, resource requirement estimates and capacity planning

·   Develop centralized Quality tracking DB and scoring system for employee performance appraisals

·   Lead Quality Control/Assurance classes to train QC concepts to employees

·   Participate in updating the web based project data acquisition module (Virtual ITC)

·   Time and Motion study to compare different backbone architectures

 

MEHRAN ENGINEERING AND WELL SERVICES - Tehran, IRAN

PROJECT PLANNER AND SCHEDULER (Sep 2011- Jan 2013)

 

MEHRAN is the main service contractor for Iranian Offshore oil and gas company (IOOC). In the Integrated Drilling Services project (EUR 115 million), MEHRAN provided up to 14 drilling and workover services including project management and logistics for over 15 offshore drilling rigs of IOOC Company.

 

Duties:

 

·               Develop, update and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule (In MSP 2010) based on standard industry guidelines against data provided by the project team and participating subcontractors.

·               Identify key variances on the project progress against approved baseline and communicate the project performance and status information on scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources and risks in the form of monthly/bi-weekly reports to stakeholders.

·               Provide critical path analysis, S-curves, trend forecasts up to 3 week look ahead, estimate at completion and support to detailed cost and schedule reviews.

·               Ongoing collaboration with IT team in developing and updating Mehran’s integrated data management application (IDSS) through documenting new reporting and data gathering requirements, providing guidelines on desired document management structures and establishing necessary process workflows and flowcharts.

·               Perform periodic schedule health assessments to ensure validity and effectiveness of the schedule and maintain horizontal and vertical traceability.

·               Present prompt and accurate information to the project managers to facilitate the project trend analysis.

·               Direct assistance to the project managers in the development of project risk mitigation plan.

·               Liaise with sub‐contractors, attend meetings with key internal and external stakeholders and service providers.

·               Document lessons learned, partake in project close out, prepare final comprehensive project performance analysis for presentation to the client (IOOC) and major stakeholders, and finally published project achievements and challenges in the National Iranian Oil Company’s Exploration & Production journal (link).

 

 

 

ACO PARS PETROLEUM KISH – Tehran, IRAN

PROJECT PLANNING AND CONTROL SENIOR (Aug 2009-Jul 2011)

 

ACO PARS PETROLEUM provides a variety of well services to major oil and gas companies active in Iranian south Pars district. ACO PARS is acknowledged as a successful drilling contractor in the local market and is a key player in the local industry for providing diverse drilling services via its sub-contractors and partners and supply and provision of upstream tools and equipment.

 

Duties:

 

·               Develop, maintain and update the master schedule using Primavera P6 to include all stakeholder requirements and interfaces.

·               Responsible to interrogate and review all subcontractors’ program submissions and update the project master schedule as required.

·               Reporting any risks and opportunities to the management team to develop mitigation/exploitation strategies.

·               Prepare project quality plans with activity timelines and budget predictions and assist in the control and co-ordination of the company’s Quality Management System.

·               Conducted independent site visits to evaluate the contractor’s site progress against their program and report to the Project Director accordingly.

·               Simulate the projects in Arena for capacity planning and process redesign.

·               Compiled, developed, maintained and updated technical project documents, interactive reports and BOMs.

·               Documenting various company processes and policies including creating the WBS, maintaining the schedule, document numbering and codification, coordination plan and numerous interdisciplinary process flowcharts.

·               Developed and implemented a new method for choosing the optimal risk mitigation strategies considering uncertain strategy impacts, costs and expert judgments. Presented the results in the 6^th International Project Management Conference (link).