Planning Engineer
Last Updated: 11th November 2018 (over 4 years ago)
Summary
Education
Civil Engineer
May 2009
— Aug 2013
Experience
Planning Engineer
Jun 2017
— Oct 2018
• Provide coordinated inputs in development of master schedule and contract program.
• Review main contractor’s baseline program and progress update, perform critical path analysis and advise required corrective actions.
• Review and prepare time impact analysis arising due to variations.
• Review and monitoring the progress of various subcontractors and raising flags for matters requiring attention from the higher management.
• Manage nominated subcontractors interface.
• Review the progress reports, update the master schedule and prepare project status summary & Dash board for reporting to the Client on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Monitoring claim notices sent by various contractors.
• Conduct the progress review meetings and other coordination meetings.
• Provide support as and when required.
• Carryout regular site visits to review progress and ascertain that contractors reporting are in line with actual progress on site.
• Review the EOT claims and preparation of responses.
Skills gained:
• Time Management (Project Schedules, Claims Mgt, Earned Value Management)
• Cost Management (Budgets, Cashflow, Procurement)
• Change Management (Variations & Impact on time)
• Management Reporting & Presentations
• Document Management (work flows, processes and procedures)
• Communication Skills
Planning Engineer
Sep 2016
— Jun 2017
• Develop, Update, Monitor & Report - Project Baseline Schedule to cover all activities of the project to meet the client’s project goals, objectives & milestones.
• Resource and Cost Loading of Baseline schedules (Primavera 6, Ver 7)
• Identify & Plan Project Milestones, constraints, Authority Approval requirements, resource requirements, design& engineering requirements.
• Develop various sub-programs, monitored subcontractors programs, monthly look-ahead schedules.
• Prepare Weekly and Monthly reports for the Client/Company Management
• Advise the Senior Management and Client regarding status of the project based on the schedule updates and feedbackfrom the sites.
• Initiate necessary Recovery Measures in case of schedule delays.
• Develop and implement Earned Value Technique of performance monitoring & Work Progress Measurement.
• Attend and coordinate Site & Client meetings.
• Initiate and manage the necessary planning and program related Correspondence.
• Manage and control EOT, Claim situations and Mitigation strategies.
Skills gained:
• Time Management (Project Schedules, Claims Mgt, Earned Value Management)
• Cost Management (Budgets, Cashflow)
• Change Management (Variations & Impact on time)
• Risk Management
• Management Reporting & Presentations
• Document Management (work flows, processes and procedures)
Planning Engineer
Jan 2015
— Sep 2016
• Understand work scope, quantity and familiar with logical sequences in terms of engineering, manufacturing and construction disciplines.
• Conduct field scoping to clarify scope as required.
• Understand WBS structure, and work with management and project/maintenance team in the development of work break down structure for progress measurement, scheduling, cost estimating and project control.
• Prepare and manage overall master schedule integrating work breakdown structure using scheduling software.
• Understand contractual matter, earn value method, familiar with scope management and change control.
• Coordinate schedule from multiple contractors and incorporate the information gathered into the overall project master schedule.
• Prepare cost estimation and schedule bar chart plan considering all inputs (manpower, equipment and materials) availability, production and construction sequences.
• Understand and able to utilize planning tools such as MS excel, MS Project, Primavera.
• Develop and update resource (manpower and equipment) histogram weekly or monthly as required.
• Evaluate allocation of resources and provide recommendations to maintain required progress.
• Develop and implement plan versus actual progress charts (histograms/S curves). Reports and analyses deviations from plan.
• Track, monitor and forecast progress of all activities and deliverable such as products, engineering documents, fabrication status and construction of all discipline.
• Analyze gaps between the planned and actual progress and highlight the areas of concern which required action of the associate task member.
• Perform probabilistic analysis of completion dates and potential alternatives. Present risk based analysis of most likely completion and expected deviation range.
• Prepare and update three weeks and three months look-ahead schedule that reflect the priority activities.
• Liaises with all team leaders and/or members to communicate required completion dates and interface between functional team/operational team and project team.
• Participate all meeting (i.e. schedule review meeting, progress meeting, coordination meeting, constructability review meeting and so on).
Skills gained:
• Baseline plan for Design, fabrication, installation.
• Resources Estimation.
• Monitoring and Control
• Recovery Program
• Costs and Revenues, cash flow.
• Extension of Time (EOT) Claim.
Site Engineer
Oct 2013
— May 2014
• Acting as the main technical adviser on a construction site for subcontractors, crafts people and operatives.
• Setting out, levelling and surveying the site.
• Checking plans, drawings and quantities for accuracy of calculations.
• Ensuring that all materials used and work performed are as per specifications.
• Overseeing the selection and requisition of materials.
• Preparing reports as required.
Skills gained:
• BOQ Estimation of Activities & Costs
• Assign Resources & Relations
• Supervise activities & update Program & Reporting