Emeka Mgbechi - Project Planner / Scheduler

6731 Beech Trail CT                                                                                         Richmond Texas 77469                                                                                                     Cell #: 713-820-5947                                                                                                     Tel #: 713-849-7636                                                                                                        E-mail: mgbechi@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE

I am seeking a career where I can add value and continuously apply my acquired skills, education and experience in Project Management, Engineering & Information Technology. My strong work ethics, integrity and ability to communicate effectively and work with culturally diverse teams and clients will be beneficial to any organization.

EDUCATION 

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical / Electronic Engineering (B.Eng.)                                          University of Ibadan, Nigeria- March 1997.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

·         Proficient in Primavera P6 v6.2 and just completed training on v8.2

·         Microsoft office suite (Excel, Words, Power Point and Microsoft Projects 2010).

·         SAP and Earned Value Management (EVM).

WORK EXPERIENCE

Cameron – Project Planner / Scheduler (Houston, Texas - May 2012 to Date)

·         Responsible for supporting the project team by utilizing project planning documents and output from the interactive planning process as a basis for developing project schedules from proposal phase to project closing keeping company standards and client requirements into consideration.

·         Obtain Input from project team members, subcontractors, vendors and clients to support the development of the project schedule and subsequently update the schedule progress and forecasting.

·         Build work packages / systems schedule including logic, critical path, float, resource loading, weighting etc and report deviation to appropriate cost control group and project management.

·         Ensure that contractual terms and conditions in the project schedule baseline are monitored and met during project execution.

·         Develop and update resource critical path method (CPM) project schedules as required on a timely basis.

·         In conjunction with the Risk Manager, Perform Risk schedule Analysis as required by project management.

·         Evaluate schedule alternatives to support project changes making sure that internal and external changes are recognized, captured, analyzed and reported to project management expeditiously.

·         Evaluate potential schedule impacts from schedules and progress of engineering and design, procurement, fabrication, commissioning and project execution.

·         Prepare and provide timely project status, analysis and reporting to the project team such as progress s-curves, variance reports, forecast, Earned Value (EV), Estimate at Complete (EAC), mitigation plans, manpower histogram, Engineering KPI and customized reports as required by project management.

·         Develop, maintain and champion designated Global planning and scheduling work procedures, practices and instruction and to standardize schedules.

·         Global planning / scheduling continuous process Improvement.

National Engineering & Technical Company (NETCO) – Project Planner        (Lagos, Nigeria - August 2010 to April 2012)

·         Participated in the development of Processes, Procedures and best practice for the project planning and scheduling functions throughout NETCO.

·         Data Gathering and Database Setup (Gather data on planning, Setup database for product schedules (template setup), revise and update control procedure/manual )

·         Ensures that project planning and scheduling functions provide reliable high quality services and products to satisfy the customer needs.

·         Maintain and update project plans to ensure proper sequence of execution.

·         Participated and supported proposal efforts and develop holistic project planning and scheduling functions.

·         Ensures that all projects scheduling team complies with all NETCO process solution operating guidelines and standards.

National Engineering & Technical Company (NETCO) – Project Scheduler         (Lagos, Nigeria - May 2006 to August 2010)

·         Created and set a baseline schedule for EPC schedule detailing the sequence of all work to be performed.

·         Ensures that baseline is achieved through the use of approved change order / variance procedures.

·         Update and progress the project schedule and identify the impact of work performed and not performed as scheduled.

·         Incorporated resource and / or Man hour data into project schedule as required.

·         Publish monthly project reports such as progress curves, look ahead and critical path schedule and man power resource requirements.

·         Assist the project manager in creating short term schedule, monitor such schedule to determine impact on master schedule and help in formulating actions to correct scheduling problems.

·         Provide information as needed on the content, modification or presentation of project schedule.

Citibank Nigeria – IT Network Analyst (Lagos, Nigeria - July 1997 to April 2006)

·         Monitor and analyze network performance across the organization’s LANs, WANs, and wireless deployments.

·         Ensure the stable operation and efficient performance of company networks.

·         Monitor system capacity to determine its effect on performance and recommend enhancements to meet new or changing network demands.

·         Identify and remedy network performance bottlenecks.

·         Configure and troubleshoot servers, including e-mail, print and backup servers and their associated operating systems and software.

·         Install and configure all network hardware and equipment, including routers, switches, hubs, UPSs, and so on.

·         Inspect, maintain, and where necessary replace network cabling, voice/data jacks, and other network-related equipment.

·         Ensure network and IP connectivity of all workstations, application servers, and back-end office infrastructure.

 

 

Reference:                                                                                                                 Available Upon Request.