26 Wintergreen Ave (East), Edison., NJ 08820,USA

      Cell: (732) 878-0059                                                                                   E-mail :   sankar_98@yahoo.com                                                  

Sankar Pillai       

 

 

 

 

I am a Project control professional have over 25 years of experience in project engineering ,program planning generating various management reports, scheduling and cost control. Over 15 years of this experience has been specifically in program management, scope planning, project scheduling, risk analysis, schedule monitoring, project review, and monthly progress reporting, earned value management, and data integration. I have proven leadership with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and develop project teams by setting priorities and building strong working relationships with cross functional team members in collaborative projects. I have diverse working knowledge of P3, P3e c, P6 v 8.3.2, ,MS Project, SAP, Oracle Primavera risk analysis (Previously PERT MASTER), Expedition, Excel, Word, Access, Prolog, Timberline and MS Office applications

 

 

Experience

Since June 2011 – Black and Veatch International Assignment

 

Lead Planner and Scheduler  - Project Control

 

 

I am currently providing Project wide support for life cycle project planning, scheduling and forensic schedule analysis for the world’s 3^rd largest 4800 MW coal fired  power plant at South African Govt owned utility company (ESKOM HOLDING) . Project estimated value of US $17 Billion . Achieving division objectives for scheduling , costs and resource productivity and General contractors relations.

 

Ø      Leading the schedule analysis for the Claims Mitigation and Resolution Process per assigned package(s) Resident Engineer’s   / Project Manager’s overall direction.  Coordinating and participating with Contract Managers of assigned packages, internal / external legal counsel and others as deemed appropriate by project management to manage all schedule analysis to develop an integrated response to Contractor claims.

 

Ø      Providing schedule analyses for contractor and Employer claims:

o Applying  industry-standard techniques and methods to analyze claims submitted by Contractors; Especially Window Analysis , Time impact analysis (TIA) and As Planned Impact Analysis

o Utilize P6 v 8.3.2, Schedule Analyzer ,Schedule Analyzer and Claim Digger as required to review and analyze Contractors’ schedules;

o Research delay claims background, sourcing and organizing data drawn from Employer and Contractors

 

Ø      Identify and capture available data that supports an analysis of the schedule portion of Employer’s claims.  Data may include such information as:

o Daily report

o Quality control information;

o Claim correspondence;

o Meeting minutes;

o Information as to the Contractor’s crew sizes, equipment and other information used as a baseline

 

 

 

 

Ø      Developing a fact based conclusion with respect to schedule claims and present said conclusion to the Commercial Team in the form of a report (reports, graphs, etc.) that is clear, organized and supported by credible documentation. All supporting documentation shall be appended to the reports.   Report shall be formatted in a manner that is presentable to an adjudicator and/or arbitrator.

 

Ø      Assisting in determining schedule information required to be submitted regularly by the Contractors as a matter of course to assist in claim analysis;

 

 

Ø      Tracking impacts to contractor’s schedule as they occur and quantify the compensable impacts from the non-compensable impacts;

 

Ø      Analyzing Contractor’s progress in relation to its contribution to concurrent delays along with other impacts;

 

 

Ø      Gathering information regarding contractors’ ability to minimize the effect of potential impacts; such as contractor’s ability to re-direct work to resolve an access issue;

 

Ø      Drafting correspondence to the Contractors to request missing information as required for claims analysis;

 

 

Ø      Participating in claims discussions in regularly scheduled meetings with Contractors as requested;

 

Ø      Supporting training programs as required;

 

 

2007*-2011 – New York City School Construction Authority

 

Project Officer - Scheduling

 

 

Offered Enterprise wide support of life cycle project planning and scheduling. Coordinating, and monitoring New York City School Construction authority Capital improvement and new capacity projects over 5 boroughs with an annual budget 0f US $3 Billion . Achieving division objectives for scheduling costs and resource productivity and General contractors relations.

 

 

Ø      Generating and updating project control reports for corporate management and the Client to include accruals report, variance analysis, % complete reports, Change Orders, Monthly Status Report, Cost Performance Report.
 

Ø      Communicating with all levels of management, contractors and subsidiaries on progress related issues.
 

Ø       Interacting with subcontractors and project departments to collect project status information (developing a form of weekly reports to gather information on % complete, actual and forecast dates), preliminary analysis of information and presenting it to project Management for decision making.
 

Ø       Management of Top-Level WBS Unit and End Item Integrated Master Plans (IMP) to produce Integrated Master Schedules (IMS). Develops and maintains integrated master schedules for senior leadership. Prepares, and integrates all levels of plans and schedules.

 

 

 

 

Ø      Developing and documenting planning polices, standards, processes and form of deliverables for Company and project top management;

 

Ø      Establish project plans, due diligence processes, and weekly schedule and status updates with cross-functional team members

 

Ø      Provide Enterprise mentoring and coaching to Junior Planner /Master Schedulers, and serve as a focal point for certain business processes, communicates effectively with various levels of management and personnel from all business functions through as Scheduling 

 

Ø      Analyzes program/project performance, performs “what if” analysis, and develops and provides reports to senior leadership. This includes solving issues through PERT Risk analysis and problems for which precedents do not exist.

 

Ø      Developing and maintaining critical path logic network and bar charts

 

Ø      Developing alternative schedule scenarios and evaluating them based on standardized methodology.

 

Ø      Review and approval of General contractors construction life cycle baseline schedule, verify major contractual mile stone dates, means and methods, logic,

 

Ø      Preparation Of Time Impact Analysis (TIA), Impact schedule and claims due to delay in field 

             condition. The owner approves preparation of accelerated schedule after delay claim.

 

Ø      Use Primavera PERT Master and other scheduling tools in network development, critical path analysis, problem resolution, and risk mitigation identification and planning.  Interacts with all levels and functions of the business to ensure that all required schedule input and requirements are identified and captured by Scheduling Teams.  Integrates with and across technical disciplines to ensure plans and schedules are accurate and comprehensible; defining accurately work content, relationships and duration.

 

 

Worley Parsons – 2005 to 2007 July

 

Program Scheduling and Cost Supervisor

 

 

Offered project planning/ scheduling, cost, coordinating and monitoring, AEP coal fired Power project, Gemma Energy Park combined cycle project, Exxon Mobile ( MPN-MIPS project) at Nigeria for FEED, Detailed Engineering design, Procurement and Construction Management phases. Achieving company objectives for scheduling costs and resource productivity

 

Ø      Developing project reporting system using interlinked files and databases. Provided various reports (Weekly/Monthly Status Report, Cost Performance Report, Project Controls Statement (PCS) etc.) on a weekly/monthly/quarterly basis and project status presentations to the client and the corporate management.

 

Ø      Controlling performance of project activities and their correspondence to plan/ contract obligations. Establishing and maintaining relationships with contractors/ suppliers to ensure regular reporting on performed activities.

 

Ø      Developing and executing Exxon mobile reporting format especially CTR reports, Progress report, Near term schedule report, 2 Week and Monthly look ahead reports.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ø      Generating Man power report, Earned value report,S curve,Planned Vs actual man power reports and manpower allocation and man power requirement.

 

Ø      Generating HSE field and home office safety report and consolidating man power reports.

 

Ø      Managing a regular review process of contractor’s, subsidiaries’ deliverables (Monthly 

Report/Program Update/Look Ahead, etc)
 

Ø      Responsible for developing and maintaining multiple projects schedule. Preparing resource loaded Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), providing solutions for schedule problems, analyzing, evaluating, forecasting and reporting schedule status against baseline to all project levels as well as to the Client;

 

Ø      Responsible for each project and phase, define activities, sequences and relationships of those tasks, communication plans, quality control standards, best practices, priorities, dependencies, and duration of tasks required to complete the project

 

Ø      Developing and documenting planning polices, standards, processes and form of deliverables for Company and project top management;

 

Ø      Define critical paths, project floats, project selection methods, and scope of effort required to meet objectives. Collect data for use in development of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), analyses, and project forecasts

 

Ø      Use Primavera PERT Master Risk Analysis  and other scheduling tools in network development, critical path analysis, problem resolution, and risk mitigation identification and planning.  Interacts with all levels and functions of the business to ensure that all required schedule input and requirements are identified and captured by Scheduling Teams.  Integrates with and across technical disciplines to ensure plans and schedules are accurate and comprehensible; defining accurately work content, relationships and duration.

 

2000 –2004  Kullman Industries Inc., New Jersey
Corporate Planner and Cost Controller

 

 

Provided project planning/ scheduling, coordinating and monitoring projects for projects such as Oil and Gas Industries, Federal Contract Projects, schools, colleges, home land security, telecommunication, power industries, restaurants, pharmaceutical companies, metro transit authority, embassy buildings, etc

 

 

Ø      Preparing resource loaded Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), providing solutions for schedule problems, analyzing, evaluating, forecasting and reporting schedule status against baseline to all project levels as well as to the Client.

 

Ø      Participating in the development of Work Breakdown Structure, interfacing with involved departments and subcontractors.

 

Ø      Developing and maintaining critical path logic network and bar charts

 

 

Ø      Developing alternative schedule scenarios and evaluating them based on standardized methodology.

 

Ø      Analyzing project cost/schedule performance based on EVMS metrics (ACWP, BCWP, BCWS) and indexes (CPI, SPI)

 

 

 

Ø      Generating and updating project control reports for corporate management and the Client to include accruals report, variance analysis, % complete reports, Change Orders, Monthly Status Report, Cost Performance Report.
 

Ø      Communicating with all levels of management, contractors and subsidiaries on progress related issues.
 

Ø      Interacting with subcontractors and project departments to collect project status information (developing a form of weekly reports to gather information on % complete, actual and forecast dates), preliminary analysis of information and presenting it to project Management for decision making.
 

Ø      Preparation Of Time Impact Analysis (TIA), Impact schedule and claims due to delay in field condition. The owner approves preparation of accelerated schedule after delay claim.

 

 

 

1999- 2000 Con Edison Company of New York

Transmission and Distribution projects)
Planner/Scheduler

 

 

Offered project planning/ scheduling, cost, coordinating and monitoring for transmission and distribution project of entire Con Ed service area within New York .

 

Ø      Developing and maintaining all phases of the project schedule and related progress reporting.

 

Ø      Providing centralized planning and scheduling services to complete engineering, procurement, and construction project activities (developed and regularly updated Level 4 schedule)

 

Ø                     Communicating with all levels of management, contractors and subsidiaries on progress related issues.

 

1995-1998 Projass Engineering, Malaysia  - Telecom, Malaysia

(Multimedia University Complex Development Project)
Planner/Scheduler

 

Provided project planning, scheduling, coordination and monitoring support for a $250M state-of-the-art, multi-use,  hi-tech facility. This complex included various administration buildings, student dormitories, sports complexes, power substations, and a centralized chiller plant. This project also included all roads, site utilities, storm water management, sewage treatment facility and all power distribution

 

Ø      Developing and maintaining all phases of the project schedule and related progress reporting.

 

Ø      Interacting with subcontractors and project departments to collect project status information (developing a form of weekly reports to gather information on % complete, actual and forecast dates), preliminary analysis of information and presenting it to project Manager for decision making.

 

Ø      Providing centralized planning and scheduling services to complete engineering, procurement, and construction project activities (developed and regularly updated Level 4 schedule – Primavera P3.1)

 

Ø      Developing and maintaining critical path logic network and bar charts.

 

Ø      Participating in business development efforts by gathering and presenting a variety of background data, making informal/formal presentations.

 

Ø      Communicating with all levels of management, contractors and subsidiaries on progress related issues.

 

 

 

 

1990-1995 Maxworth Homes Limited, India
Scheduler/Planner

 

Provided project planning, scheduling and project engineering coordination and monitoring projects for mass housing projects.

 

Ø      Responsible for creating master project schedule and monitoring the contractor's work schedule. Master schedule included activities on all disciplines, architectural, civil, electrical, and mechanical.

 

Ø      Reviewed and monitored contractor payment requests, provided cash flow projections, claims analysis/avoidance, look-ahead schedules, and monitored daily action items.

 

Ø      Preparation of look ahead schedule for various trades.

1986-1990 Esquire Engineers & Consultants, Bombay, India
Scheduler/Planner

 

 

Provided project planning/ scheduling, coordinating and monitoring projects for Madras Port Trust, India (Floating Dry Dock and Ship Repair Complex)

 

Ø      Preparation of master construction schedule for a $120M, off-shore ship repair facility. Attended weekly review meetings with consultants and contractors; provided weekly schedule updates/monitoring

 

Ø      Preparation of look ahead schedule for various trades

 

Ø      Generating various schedule related reports for progress meetings and payment applications.

 

Ø      Managing and inspecting the installation of off-shore piling, sinking/installation of caisson foundation, jetties, and off -shore platform connection to land.

 

 

Education

B.S. Degree in Civil & Structural Engineering from Annamalai University, India

Completed 1986

Certificate Course in Primavera Project Planner P3e c ( Certification Issued by Primavera authorized consultant ) and P3 Training, Prolog.

 

Citizenship

 

U.S Citizen