Guild of Project Controls: Compendium | Roles | Assessment | Certifications | Membership

Alberta (NA.CA.AL)

Construction & Commissioning Planner, Jacobs Catalytic, Commissioning Scheduling & Logistics Coordinator Projects

START Date: 
September, 2001
END Date: 
August, 2003

Logistics Coordinator

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
2000
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
500

Project Controls Specialist, Transalta, Turnaround; Outages & Maintenance Based Projects

START Date: 
September, 2003
END Date: 
September, 2006
  • Provided leadership on all scope, cost. time, and physical progress control and reporting for the Turnaround/Projects (Sundance Units #1, #3, & #6; Wabamun Unit #4; Keephills Unit #2) including estimating, budgeting, forecasting, and cost control standards.
  • Participation, development, and review of GT891/C Inspection schedule with stakeholders both on-site (i.e. Sarnia) and via tele-conferencing.
Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
4800
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
3000

Senior Project Controls Specialist / Senior Planner, Colt Engineering Corporation, Various Projects

START Date: 
September, 2006
END Date: 
September, 2008
  • As a member of the project team, prepare schedule, monitored performance, and reported forecasts, trends, and scope change orders; assembled progress measurement reports; prepared cost and status reports for both internal and external client's use on Petro-Canada Dewax; Syneco Northern Lights; Enbridge Alberta Clipper; Fort Hills Terminal and Southern Lights projects.
  • Contributed to completion of a project close-out report containing cost, schedule and manpower and other pertinent informastion.
Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
3600
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
1800

N/A, N/A, N/A

START Date: 
September, 2020

Currently seeking contract and/or full-time employment.

Have taken and completed the following Safety Training courses (CSTS 2020) while looking for employment.

Project Controls Specialist, Suncor Energy Services Inc., Various Projects

START Date: 
September, 2008
END Date: 
July, 2009

Project Controls Specialist

  • Responsible for control of $300M in engineering, procurement, contracts, and construction on Suncor's Voyageur Project.
  • Reviewed contractor schedule submissions, cost reports, highlight variances and assisted in presenting mitigating actions.
  • Developed and cultivated new relationships with Suncor and its clients by working within various office locations both in Alberta and Southern Ontario.
Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
250
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
500

Project Controls Specialist / Analyst, AltaLink Management Ltd., Various Projects

START Date: 
October, 2009
END Date: 
March, 2010

Project Controls Specialist / Analyst

  • Liased with Altalink management and outside consultants on special projects and required studies.
  • Review contractor and/or consultant estimates, cost reports, highlight variances and asssit in presenting mitigating actions.
Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
200
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
200

Senior Project Controls Specialist, Worley-Parsons Canada, (various projects)

START Date: 
March, 2010
END Date: 
June, 2014

Senior Project Controls Specialist / Senior Planner

  • As a member of the project team, prepare schedule, monitored performamnce, and reported forecasts, trends, and scope change orders; assembled progress measurement reports; prepared cost and status reports for both internal and external client's use on TransCanada; Nalcor; Nexen; SAIT; SaskPower; Agrium; CNRL; KXL projects and Shell Alliance projects.
  • Project work with the Power Business Unit; Shell Alliance and Pipeline Systems.
Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
8950
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
4000

Project Scheduler, Capital Engineering, Construction, engineering, Procurement Projects

START Date: 
June, 2014
END Date: 
April, 2020

Project Scheduler

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
10900
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
7000

Cost Estimator, North West Redwater Partnership, (various projects)

START Date: 
June, 2020
END Date: 
August, 2020

Estimator (Self-Employed Contractor)

  • As an estimator, provided estimating support to Small Projects as per North West Redwater Partnership discretion. Coordinate and compile inputs from planners, vendors, and contractors to support the AFE's. Assemble progress measurement reports (i.e. cost curves) to be presented to NWR for review.
  • Short term contract as per agreement with NWR in providing required eastimating and report requirements.
Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
200
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
200

Rufran Frago

First Name: 
Rufran
Last Name: 
Frago

Rufran C. Frago, P. Eng., PMP, CCP, PMI-RMP is the Founder/Business and Project Consultant of PM Solution Pro, a trademark of Risk-based Management and Services Inc., a Calgary company focusing on risk-based consulting, products, and training services.

Professional Since: 
Jun-1979 (44.9 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
Jul 1977 (46.8 yrs experience, WARNING: 1.9 years variance with Professional Since)
Years Experience: 
43

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