#5 Main Road Williamsville

FARIS FAKIRA

(868) 348 - 8486

farisfakira@gmail.com

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OBJECTIVE:

To become an integrated member of an organisation that allows me to utilise my skills, knowledge and

experience to make a valuable contribution to that organisation’s overall success and growth. I am

dedicated to providing an efficient and productive service, while at the same time enhancing my personal

and career development and obtaining a sense of achievement.

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EDUCATION:

Period:

June 2014

Institute:

Qualification Attained:

Period:

Institute:

Qualification Attained:

Period:

Institute:

Qualifications Attained:

Project Management Institute (PMI)

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Sep 2005 – Dec 2008

The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

B.Sc. Chemical and Process Engineering,

Upper Second Class Honours

Sep 1997 – Jun 2004

A.S.J.A Boys’ College, San Fernando

GCE Advanced level:

Chemistry (B), Mathematics (A), Physics (B), General Paper (B)

CXC Ordinary level: 7 Grade Ones, 1 Grade Two

GCE Ordinary level: 1 Grade A

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Period:

Nov 2014 – present

Employer:

Position:

Fluor Daniel South America Ltd

Audrey Jeffers Highway

Port of Spain

Associate Project Controls Specialist III

Responsibilities:

Ongoing work on BG Asset Integrity and Brownfield Execution Programme in Estimating, as well as Cost

Control capacities as follows:

• Developing class 3 TIC estimates;

• Developing TIC impact analysis for change orders to support the change management process;

• Developing and updating staffing plans;

• Developing and updating three part curves (progress, performance, and manpower);

• Developing and updating procurement progress curves;

• Updating labour and cost reports and maintaining cost reporting database;

• Preparing deviations and change orders to support the change management process;

• Developing CTR’s;

• Preparing client monthly reports;

• Supporting project closeout.

#5 Main Road Williamsville

Employer:

Position:

FARIS FAKIRA

(868) 348 - 8486

Sep 2013 – Oct 2014

Foster Wheeler USA Corporation

#13 Gray Street, St Clair

Project Controls Engineer II

Responsibilities:

Worked on NGC Beachfield Condensate Storage and Compressor Facility project, among other small

projects in Planning and Scheduling, as well as Cost Control capacities as follows:

• Developing detailed level 3 resource loaded schedules;

• Developing master document registers;

• Developing and updating progress tracking tools and progress reporting templates (including scurves

and earned value reporting);

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Period:

• Developing manpower plans and staffing curves;

• Updating change order log and supporting the change management process;

• Attending meetings and corresponding with all Engineering disciplines to update schedules;

• Updating cost and labour reports;

• Developing and updating office backlog curve;

• Developing and updating Progress and Performance reports;

• Developing cost forecasts based on current performance;

• Developing cash flows;

• Updating payment application to support invoicing;

• Developing proposal schedules for various project bids.

Period:

Employer:

Position:

Jun 2011 – Aug 2013

Fluor Daniel South America Ltd

Audrey Jeffers Highway

Port of Spain

Associate Project Controls Specialist II

Responsibilities:

Worked on BG Asset Integrity and Brownfield Execution Programme and bpTT Beachfield Upgrade

Project, among other small projects in Planning and Scheduling, as well as Cost Control capacities as

follows:

• Updating labour and cost reports and maintaining cost reporting database;

• Preparing Value of Work Done (VOWD) reports;

• Preparing deviations and change orders to support the change management process;

• Updating Project Margin Analysis Report (PMAR) and Project Status Report (PSR);

• Tracking PO’s and preparing monthly accruals and coding invoices;

• Preparing client reports;

• Developing CTR’s;

• Developing cost and man- hours forecasts based on current performance;

• Liaising with disciplines to update project progress;

• Updating progress s-curves, man power curves and project status reports;

• Developing and updating progress and performance reports;

• Maintaining Fluor’s progress tracking system, EZTrac (including keeping updated with change

management); installing EZTrac for users and providing technical support when required;

• Collecting offshore time sheets and maintaining time sheet database; performing offshore

productive and non- productive time analysis; collecting offshore progress; preparing offshore

construction reports;

• Liaising with engineers to update Primavera P6 schedules;

• Preparing look-ahead schedules and updating management level schedules;

• Participating in schedule update meetings.

#5 Main Road Williamsville

Employer:

Position:

Period:

Employer:

Position:

FARIS FAKIRA

(868) 348 - 8486

farisfakira@gmail.com

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Period:

Apr 2010 – Nov2010 & Oct 2009 – Nov 2009

Bordercom International Ltd

Part- Time Lecturer in Quantitative Methods for Business and

Management (ABE Certificate and Diploma Levels)

Jan 2009 – May 2011, Jul 2008 – Aug 2008,

Jun 2006 – Aug 2006 and Sep 2004 – Aug 2005

Scotiabank Trinidad & Tobago Ltd

Processing Support Centre

Chaguanas

Senior Processing Clerk

Responsibilities:

• Preparing and data entry of daily standing order payments for all Trinidad and Tobago branches;

• Conversion of foreign payments; reconciling SWIFT payments and foreign drafts;

• Processing and data entry of incoming wire transfers for branches in Trinidad and the EC islands;

• Investigating customer queries;

• Was an integral part of Cross Border Project to transfer wire transfer processing from EC Islands

to Trinidad.

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Treasurer of Engineering Students’ Society (ESS) at UWI, Apr 2007 – Apr 2008

• During my tenure as Treasurer, the ESS won a “UWI STAT Excellence in UWI Life” award for

contribution to student life on campus

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TRAINING AT FLUOR:

• Code of Business Conduct & Ethics

• Business Case – Global Workforce Diversity /Inclusion

• Defining Global Workforce Diversity /Inclusion

• HSE Management System Overview

• Operating System Requirements Overview

• Project Execution Roles & Responsibilities

• Baseline Centric Execution

• Change Management – Delivering to the Baseline

• Field Assignment Safety Guidelines

• Introduction to Project Controls

• Cost Management

OTHER TRAINING:

• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist – Microsoft Project 2010 (70-178) – Certificate of Completion

(Conducted 28 Sep – 23 Nov 2013)

• Primavera P6 – Project Management Software – Certificate of Completion (Conducted 13 Oct – 15 Dec

2012)

#5 Main Road Williamsville

FARIS FAKIRA

(868) 348 - 8486

• IOSH Accident Investigation (Conducted 24 Oct 2013)

• IOSH Risk Assessment (Conducted 18 Oct 2013)

• NSC Defensive Driving Course (Expires 02 Mar 2016)

MEDICAL:

• Oil & Gas UK Offshore Medical Certificate of Fitness to work in the UKCS (Expires 26 Aug 2015)

SKILLS/ COMPETENCIES:

• Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)

• Microsoft Project 2010

• Primavera P6

• SAP

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SAFETY TRAINING:

• Ability to learn new software quickly

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REFERENCES:

Mr Rydell Gunness

Project Planner/ Scheduler

Fluor

Tel: (832) 350 – 9543

Email: Rydell.Gunness@Fluor.com

Mr Matthew Smart

Planner

BG Trinidad & Tobago

Tel: (868) 776 – 4370

Email: Matthew.Smart@bg-group.com

Ms Indy Ramdhan

Project Services Lead

bpTT

Tel: (868) 713 - 9934

Email: Indy.Ramdhan@bp.com

Mr Richard Kubala

Project Controls Manager

Fluor

Email: Richard.Kubala@Fluor.com