Ashar Saeed

Cell: 780-880-2902 (Preferred Contact)

Ph: 780-747-8717

Fort McMurray T9h4M5 AB

Email: ashsaeed114@gmail.com

 

OBJECTIVE:

Continue my career of Planning and Scheduling with an organization having great potential to grow.

 

SUMMARY OF SKILLS:

I have 22 years of experience in Planning and Scheduling which includes Oil and Gas and other industries of North America, South America, Middle East and Asia. Have Planned, monitored and controlled EPC projects. Have strong skills on project control software like Primavera 6 and SAP. Used project management skills for different projects. Have planned and scheduled different maintenance jobs in Oil and gas industry. Worked successfully in multinational environments, with excellent communication skills. With a reputation for dedication, hardworking, creative problem solving and out standing service.

 

EXPERIENCE:

 

05/2006 - Present    Suncor Energy                         Canada

 

Planner / Scheduler

Fort Hills – Infrastructure (March 2015 to date)

From March 2015 to date, working as a Planner scheduler in the Infrastructure group of Fort hills project. My Key responsibilities are to plan, monitor and mitigate the Project schedule. While monitoring the schedules if there is a potential slippage it is highlighted in a timely manner so that proper mitigation steps can be taken to bring back the critical milestones on track, slippages are mitigated by increasing the resources, working on shifts or by modifying the schedule so that more activities are done in parallel and thus shortening the critical path duration and bringing the schedule on target. Have done regular site visits and have audited the 3 weeks look ahead schedule for compliance. Have verified the progress reported by the contractors. have produced different reports while monitoring the projects in Primavera 6, which include Look ahead schedules, schedule variance reports, critical path analysis, progress S-curve and manpower histograms. Have produced man-hours histograms in Primavera and have ensured that there are no peaks and troughs in the resource loading, it has been ensured that schedules are leveled to such an extent that the available resources are utilized to the best manner. Have provided value added guidelines to different contractors on how to produce value added schedules and reports. Responsible for analyzing the contractor Baseline Schedules for accuracy of planning / scheduling.

 

Planner / Scheduler

Sustaining projects (June 2011 to March 2015)

Worked as a planner / scheduler for Sustaining projects, have worked independently on preparing schedules for different Phases of the projects using Primavera P6, and have monitored and controlled the projects. While Planning the construction activities have used Man-hours and crew composition / size to calculate accurate durations. While monitoring the schedules have provided timely information to the project team about the potential delays in the project. Have done critical path analysis and have worked on mitigating the delays in the critical milestones. Thus making sure that slippage of critical milestones is stopped. Have worked on Schedule driven projects and have ensured with the help of Project team that the critical milestone dates are not slipped. For accelerated or schedule driven projects have done a series of meetings with stake holders and have accelerated the schedules by reducing the duration of critical activities, by bringing in extra resources and performing critical activities in parallel. Have actively coordinated with EP houses and Construction Planners, and have provided valuable and positive guidelines for producing effective schedules, critical paths and S-curves. I have analyzed the schedules produced by Contractors and have mitigated the potential delays. Have produced manpower histograms and Progress S-curves. I have produced schedule Variances reports, using Indicators to highlight slippage. Have built the resource dictionary for Sustaining Projects in Primavera. With my strong verbal and written communication skills I have presented meaningful project reports to the project stake holders. I have single handedly worked on projects for Upgrading and Extraction.

 

Senior Scheduler

Turnaround group (April 2011 to Jun 2011)

Worked as a Senior Scheduler in Suncor turnaround scheduling group. Have produced and completed single handedly, in a very short period of time, the schedule for Upgrading Coker for 2011 turnaround. Responsibilities included assigning relevant activity Codes, creating logic between different phases of Turnaround schedule. Due to strong skills in Primavera 6, have actively participated in the daily meetings. Have used Pipeline software for transferring new scope and fresh work orders to Primavera 6 from SAP. Have created reports on Critical Paths. Responsible for replacing in Primavera the internal resources with contractor resources.

 

 

Maintenance Planner / scheduler

Mobile Support Equipment Maintenance: (Jan 2007 to Apr 2011)

Have worked for Mobile support equipment maintenance Planning department, responsibilities included the Planning and scheduling of corrective jobs for LVF, Support and Field equipments (including pumps gen. sets etc). The jobs were planned and scheduled with a high accuracy. Planning of jobs (done in SAP) was based on Norms that were collected from shop and also Norms were taken from labor guides. Have also worked on adding BOMs in SAP.

The schedules were leveled to fully utilize the available resource capacities and to avoid peaks and troughs in the required manpower with respect to available manpower. The schedules were prepared by using SAP and GWOS, Microsoft access was also used to facilitate the scheduling activities. In total four different types of schedules were prepared in a week’s time. Comprehensive reports were prepared after analyzing the schedule loading for next week, on the basis which CFT approved the schedules. The schedules produced were of very high standards, it was ensured that schedules were not overloaded with respect to manhours. While reducing the work load a thorough analysis was done for the compliance of previous schedules and the prime object was not to compromise the reliability of the units while reducing the work load. While re-scheduling the backlog it was ensured that units have maximum uptime and do not have too frequent downtime.

Have prepared schedule compliance reports.

Worked in Mine planning and scheduling department and actively participated in the preparation of the schedule of the shutdown of a Shovel using Primavera 6. The responsibilities included creating the Work breakdown structure and modifying the logic. Introducing the fresh activities in the plan.

 

 

Support Services: (Oct 2006 to Jun 2007)

Worked for Support Services department and was responsible for scheduling the crane’s work orders for different capacity of cranes, which were used by Upgrading, Extraction and Mine departments. Schedule compliance reports were prepared. Cranes scheduled were 30tons, 65tons, 80tons and 110tons. Have used Primavera and GWOS for scheduling purposes.

 

Facilities: (May 2006 to Oct 2006)

Worked for Facilities department and was responsible for scheduling the maintenance jobs for HVAC, Electrical and Piping work. The schedules were leveled to optimize the available capacities. Two schedule were prepared every week one for the West side of the plant and other for East side of the plant. Used Primavera and GWOS for scheduling purposes.

 

06/2004 – 05/2006   Worley Parsons (Arabia) company             Saudi Arabia

Planner / Scheduler

Prepared resource loaded schedules using Primavera, for different design projects and proposals and also planned and scheduled construction projects with resource loading using Primavera.  Prepared the master schedule and analyzed work load for different design departments (including Civil, Piping Mechanical, and Communications). Produced S-curves, manpower histograms and productivity reports for monitoring the projects. Analyzed the projects using different techniques such as schedule variance analysis using Primavera. While monitoring the schedules it was ensured that critical milestones and activities are not slipped and different techniques were used to mitigate the affect of slippage on the projects, which included increasing the manpower (or allowing overtime) for critical activities and re-scheduling or delaying non critical activities. Worked on project data using InControl software. Single handedly prepared a two thousand activities level two schedule on Primavera, for an ARAMCO construction project. Worked as a planner and scheduler for the Diamonium Phosphate project, responsibilities included preparing level 2 schedules for different phases of the project, using Primavera Project Planner and Microsoft Project.

 

05/2003 – 04/2004   JAL International company                  Saudi Arabia

Industry: Construction

1 Million Ton / Year Ethylene Plant – Jubail United Petrochemical Company (JUPC)

Planner / Scheduler

Analyzed the construction schedules prepared by contractors, in order to find the delays in the critical milestones by doing schedule variance analysis on Primavera P3. Provided timely inputs (using primavera) to project teams to ensure that critical milestones were not delayed. In case the delay was foreseen (by using schedule variance analysis) then it was ensured that critical activities are not slipped, which included increasing of manpower or providing incentives to work force (like overtime) for critical activities and at the same time delaying the non critical activities (thus managing the available manpower), thus ensuring critical activities are controlled. The logic of critical path activities was modified to execute more activities in parallel or simultaneously in order shorten the duration of the schedule, thus to ensure that that there was no slippage in critical milestones. Have done progress audits by collecting the physical progress from site and comparing it with the progress reporting system of planning department. Analyzed and verified the progress invoices for different contractors working on the project. On the same project worked with Fluor Daniel Arabia as a punch list coordinator. Monitored and followed up with the relevant engineers for the timely submittal of engineering punch lists. The job responsibilities included to produce various punch list reports using in house software. The total project cost was $2 billion.

 

11/2002 – 05/2003   Descon Engineering Ltd company     (Pakistan)

Industry: Oil & Gas

Sawan Gas Field Development Project

Planner / Scheduler

Planned monitored and controlled the construction phase of a gas plant on weekly basis, using Primavera project planner P3. Produced level 4 schedules for daily execution activities for piping, equipment, civil and steel structure. Generated the weekly and monthly progress reports for different disciplines. Responsible for gathering the field progress. Attended the meetings with client - Clough Engineering Limited, on weekly basis. The total man-hours of the project were 0.21 Million man-hours.

 

Mazarani Gas Field Development Project 

Planner / Scheduler

Planned, monitored and controlled the construction of the gas plant, on weekly basis using Primavera Project Planner P3. Generated the weekly and monthly progress reports for different disciplines. Produced level 4 plans for daily execution activities and loaded resources in the Level 3 schedules for civil, mechanical, piping, steel structure, electrical and instrumentation activities. Responsible for gathering the physical progress. Prepared cost reports on monthly basis. Attended the project related meetings with the client. The total man-hours of the project were 0.25 Million man-hours.

 

06/2000 – 02/2001   UEM                             Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean Islands)

Industry: Construction

Richmond Water treatment plant - 5 million litters per day (MLD) capacity

Site Engineer

Planned and monitored the project refurbishment / construction activities including shut downs. Responsible for supervising the contractors for the installation, modification and commissioning of the mechanical system. Completed the construction phase, ahead of schedule and successfully commissioned the plant. The main equipment consisted of chemical dosing pumps, under ground storage tanks, clarifiers, gravity filters, vertical turbine pumps, centrifugal pumps, positive displacement pumps, air blowers, motorized and hand operated valves and different civil structures.

Also took training on project related matters from USA.

 

06/1991 – 06/2000    Descon Engineering Ltd company  (Pakistan)

Industry: Project Management

Project Planner / Coordinator and Planning Engineer

 

Project planner and coordinator for following projects:

1.        Indus Motors (Toyota) water heaters

2.        FECTO sugar plant boilers

3.        20 TPH Boiler for Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI)

4.        Lucky cement plant

Planned and monitored the activities for the EPC projects using PERT software (Harvard Project Manager – HPM). The Planning phase consisted of Shop fabrication planning for different boilers and tanks. Coordinated with different departments (design, procurement and fabrication shop) to ensure that project activities and Milestones were not slipping. Worked on the procurement of imported material and preparation of comparative statements of imported materials. Prepared cash flows and updated the budgets, also monitored the cost of projects.

 

5.       Planning of the mobilization phase of an Oil Project: Planned the mobilization phase of an oil project. Loaded the resources in Primavera P3 and leveled the schedule for the optimized requirement of manpower.

6.       Planning engineer for design related projects. Planned, and monitored different design projects using an in house software.

7.       ISO 9000 internal auditor and coordinator. Audited different departments of the company based on work instructions. Also worked as coordinator for ISO 9000 for the construction department.

 

Training and Courses

·               Primavera 6 Advance Course 106-P & 106 R (2012)

·               Primavera 6 Basic course, from Keyano College (Mar 2011).

·               MMP (Maintenance Management Professional) from Keyano College / PMAC (2009-2010)

·               Asset Planning Certification (7 Modules) from Keyano College (Oct 2007).

·               Crane and Rigging Best Practices Course from Schram Crane and Rigging Ltd (Dec 2006).

·               Maintenance order planning level-2 from Suncor (2006, 2007 & 2009).

·               Maintenance Scheduling using GWOS - level 2 from Suncor (July 2006)

·               Completed a course in Safety Leadership Skill-Path Training from Fluor Daniel Arabia - Saudi Arabia.

·               Participated in a six weeks course on planning, scheduling and controlling of projects on Primavera Project Planner from Descon Engineering Limited, Pakistan.

·               Took training on planning and scheduling on Primavera Project Planner from Expert Systems, Pakistan.

·               Took training on ISO 9000 auditing course from Inspectest, Pakistan.

·               Took training on ISO 9000 for training the staff for ISO 9000, the course was called Train the Trainers, from Descon Engg. Ltd

Computers:

Have full command on following software:

Primavera 6, Microsoft Office (including Microsoft Access), SAP, GWOS, Microsoft Project, Sure track, Harvard Project Manager – HPM

Have worked on AutoCAD. Have used Prism

 

 Qualification:

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering with Honours (June 1991), from University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.

 

Reference: Available on request.