Tel: 240-277-3205


Email: shakyahewagama@yahoo.com


SHAKYA HEWAGAMA PMP

NAME: Shakya . B. D. Hewagama

OBJECTIVE: To manage projects by process groups, project initiation, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling and closing using knowledge areas integration management, scope management, time management, cost management, quality management, human resource management, communication management, risk management and procurement management.

SKILLS: Experience in working under many demanding and challenging work environments

 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Leading development/improvements to cost effective construction procedures and schedules and analyzing projects using Performance Indexes (EVM). Maintaining Construction and Master Schedules. Evaluation of existing program procedures and constructability reviews. Utilization of information tracking software

 

AUTOMATION OF PROGRAM INFORMATION: On demand extraction of program data for project groups and as well as for individual projects for tracking and reporting purposes is a recurring requirement for project control processes. To extract accurate data in a time dependent environment by manual methods is not practical or effective due to the dynamic nature of project activities. In view of addressing this issue as well as to eliminate unavoidable human error during data entry, I automated many high level and detailed reports to extract data from one source automatically. This action has improved the efficiency and the quality of my work that positively attracted the customer’s admiration and gratitude

 

PLANNING AND SCHEDULING: Money and time trade off was considered as the primary objective in planning, scheduling and tracking. Studied various engineering information systems and planning software used in these establishments and applied my knowledge and skills to achieve the objective with minimum expenditure of time money and resources and considered team work as the primary key in achieving a goal successfully and contributed to the same. Worked as the Lead Planner in FAA ATO-E Facilities Planning and Modernization NISC Support Group. Appointed as the instructor for Primavera Project Planner P3 in the Project Controls Department of National Telecommunications Co Ltd (ISO 9001). Trained project control engineers in Primavera Project Planner P3

COMPUTER SKILLS Thorough understanding and profound knowledge in Primavera PM, Primavera P6, Primavera P3, Sure Track and Microsoft Excel. Integrated above software in many instances to simplify complex challenges.
 

PROJECTS: National Airspace System Implementation Support Contract (NISC) of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ATO-E Facilities Planning and Modernization Program, Department of Transportation (DOT) project closeouts. Department of Public Works (DPW) utility projects including State Highways, bridges, roads, water, sanitary, storm drains and electrical conduits. Public Schools, Government Office Buildings, Private Office Buildings, Shopping Complexes, Bank Buildings, Auditoriums, Warehouses, Maintenance Facilities, Fuel Storage Facilities, Vehicle Repair Facilities, Man Barracks, Headquarter Buildings, Single Family Houses, Messes, Telecom related building structures (OSP), Runways, Aircraft Hangers, Roads, Sewerage Disposal Facilities, Water Treatment Plants, Water Towers, Underground water tanks, Deep wells projects.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

 

8th July 2013 to date

Project Controls Manager for the FAA Air Traffic Control Facilities Modernization Group’s NISC supporting team. Managing controlling and tracking Design Build, Design Bid Build, BOA, Mission Critical and Sustain construction projects in 23 service areas spanning the entire United States, Guam and Puerto Rico.

 

8^th December 2010 5^th July 2013

Program Planner Lockheed Martin Corporation for the National Airspace System Implementation Support Contract (NISC) in support of Federal Aviation Administration Facilities Planning and Modernization ATO-E Group

 

 

28^th February 2010 to 9^th December 2010

Master Planner/Scheduler Lockheed Martin Corporation for the National Airspace System Implementation Support Contract (NISC) in support of Federal Aviation Administration Facilities Planning and Modernization ATO-E Group

 

06^th February 2006 to 28^th February 2010

Employed as Lead Project Planner/Analyst at Lockheed Martin Corporation for the National Airspace System Implementation Support Contract (NISC) in support of Federal Aviation Administration Facilities Planning and Modernization ATO-E Group. Planned new projects in Design Build for JACOBS Inc (Primary General Contractor for ATO-E ARTCC) and planned and revised Design Bid Build projects for Admin Wing, Automation Wing and Control Wing according to the Project funding waterfall.

Gathered an extraordinary amount of data from the National Architect & Engineer (A&E) contractor, ANI-50, and nine FAA Regions, representing information on 23 ARTCCs, and Guam CERAP and to update the ATO-E Primavera database.  Data included design, bid opening, construction, and installation status on ARTCC Modernization projects.  Data collected were also used to develop ARTCC critical path charts and to track potential adverse impacts to the schedules.

Worked Earned Value Management (EVM) criterions including Cost Performance Index, Schedule Performance Index, Planned Cost, Actual Costs, Budgeted Costs, Estimate to Complete, Estimate at Completion and Cost Variances. Performed analytical ascertainment of project progress with the expected end results from various periodical schedule up-dates.

Supported Master En Route Integration Plan of FAA Knowledge Services Network.

21st June 04 to 06^th Feb 2006
Employed as a Project Controller for EA Engineering Science and Technology Inc of Baltimore Maryland.
A construction management consultancy company and seconded to the Department of Transportation, Baltimore City. Responsible for project closeouts and management of downtown Baltimore City projects including Analyzing Change orders, tracking and updating schedules
Negotiation of Change orders, Pay estimates, Daily construction logs, Item ledgers, Site inspections and Daily reports etc.
Flag House LLC, Western District Sanitation Yard, Department of Transportation City projects

01st July 2003 - 21st June 2004
Employed as Scheduler at Consolidate Construction and Engineering Co Inc of Laurel, Maryland USA
Using Primavera Project Planner P3 for planning and scheduling of undergoing construction projects for Federal Government, State Government. WAMTA, US military and other Government agencies
Worked for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) as a temporary Scheduler
Used Primavera P3, Microsoft Project 2000 and Sure Track for scheduling client projects

24th Mar 2002 – 9th April 2003
Employed as Planning Engineer Building Design Enterprise, subsidiary of Agrisquad (Pvt) Ltd of Colombo Sri Lanka
Used Primavera Project PlannerP3 v 3.0 to plan and execute luxury house construction project and Innovated a cost effective production monitoring and tracking system for over 1000 acres of new vegetable cultivation project initiated by Agrisquad (Pvt) Ltd which involved cropping patterns, yields, seasons, market prices, wastages, labor, material and machinery etc. in the country Sri Lanka

24th Mar2001-24th Mar 2002
Employed as the Senior Planning Engineer at the Al Latifia Trading & Contracting Co LTD of Saudi Arabia. Sub contractor for Saudi ARAMCO Co LTD.
Developed construction baseline projects and updated periodically, using Primavera Project Planner P3 v3.1 and v3.0
Planned and controlled construction projects from inception to conclusion as a team member in a project control environment
Analyzed projects to determine status and rescheduled for change orders
Wrote narrative reports and attended periodical meetings with clients and consultants.
Informed and advised construction management staffs how to rectify setbacks and lapses.
Rescheduled activities and changed baseline plane to accommodate change orders to catch-up with the time and money delays (schedule and cost variances)

13th May1998 –10th Mar 2001
Employed as a Planning Engineer in the National Telecommunications Co LTD of Saudi Arabia. Main contractor for LUCENT Technologies Inc. U S A.
Used Primavera Project Planner P3 v2.1 and v3.0 to develop baseline plans for telecommunication construction projects (OSP)
The payment for the National Telecom Co ltd was based on the weekly schedule. Updated and submitted the weekly schedules to the contractor Lucent Technologies
Attended weekly meetings with the contractor to determine the progress and to discuss and resolve blocking issues
Prepared distribution schedules for manpower material and machinery throughout all the three regions covering Saudi Arabia

01 Oct 1994 to 13th May 1998
Civil/Planning Engineer Building Design Enterprise Colombo Sri Lanka
Used Primavera Project PlannerP3 v 2.1 to plan and execute luxury houses construction projects

20th Feb 1981 to 01st Oct 1994
Officer Commanding Civil Engineering, Eastern Zone Sri Lanka Air Force Base China Bay Sri Lanka
Supervisory management of construction and maintenance of civil, electrical and mechanical engineering facilities of the Eastern Region of the Sri Lanka Air Force
Management of engineering professionals and responsible person for the top management concerning engineering disciplines civil, electrical and mechanical
Consultancy in new construction works done by sub contractors (Run way construction, Air Craft Hangers, Office Buildings, Billets, Waste water purification and disposal systems, Water distribution systems, Electrical distribution systems including high capacity transformers and standby generators)

WORK SUMMARY
I mainly used Primavera Project Planner PM as Planning Tools that works on Windows. The schedule was based on Precedence Diagram Method (PDM) and Critical Path Method (CPM)
Creating Project Groups consisting of several sub projects were used in the method of management and projects were organized to a structure (WBS or Activity Codes)
Used to work on both Bar Chart View and PERT (Relationship Tracking) View
Custom data items were used for customizing the schedule to suit the demands unique to different types of schedules
Layouts and Filters including summarized schedules were always used to make the projects reasonable and manageable
The powerful data exporting system and Global Change in Primavera were extensively used during planning and tracking of the schedule
The sequence of work combined with expected constrains such as finish dates and project logic were used across projects to ascertain requirement of the client
Resource allocations together with assigning resource calendars, Splitting Stretching and Crunching activities together with resource loading curves to meet the demands and availability of recourses were considered during the planning stages of projects
Analyzing and tracking of schedules were carried out depending on floats (i.e. Total Float and Free Float), Variances (i.e. Schedule Variance and Cost Variance) and “S” Curves.
Presentation of project schedules for periodical reporting and analyzing were prepared to the requisites and satisfaction of the client using many inbuilt reports (e.g. Tabular, Graphic) and using Report Writer function where customized reports were required.
Schedule completion dates with cost variances and schedule variances and budgeted cost for work performed (Earned Value) were considered for reporting progress. Free float was considered to determine the start dates of activities, which were externally connected, to the main schedule (E.g. Material procurement). Total float was considered to determine the critical path of the project. Backward pass and driving relationships were analyzed to identify the problem areas (i.e. activities, phases and milestones)
Writing of Narrative Reports through evaluation of projects

EDUCATION AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

PMP Project Management Institute of USA 2011
MS in Project Management Suffield University of USA 2004

BS in Civil Engineering Suffield University of USA 2004
Followed Primavera Project Planner P3 study courses conducted by the authorized dealer for Primavera Inc USA in Saudi Arabia, SAUDI PROJAC 1999
Graduated as a Commissioned Officer in the Sri Lanka Air Force Nov 1985.

Graduated from the University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka: National Diploma in Technology (Major Civil Engineering) 1981 – 1985

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Planned Design Build Projects for all three regions of USA under FAA ATO-E ARTCC Modernization Program

Rectified disconnections in the Primavera Oracle database and reformulated Earn Value Management Evaluation System of NISC ATO-E projects
Reorganized and implemented the complete Planning and Scheduling and Progress Tracking System of the National Telecommunications Co LTD of Saudi Arabia. This is one of the largest Saudi Arabian telecommunications construction companies that has more than 7000 employees and operates as the main contractor for LUCENT Technologies of U S A.
Planned construction projects from scratch to complete consisting multiple construction phases including civil electrical and mechanical engineering works with budgeted costs around Fifteen million US Dollars that consists of Super Markets. Foreign Bank Buildings, Luxury Houses, Military Complexes for National Guard and Schools for ARAMCO Development Projects in Saudi Arabia