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Senior Planning Engineer, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Oil and Gas projects

START Date: 
July, 2005
END Date: 
December, 2010
Senior Planning Engineer Role includes Preparation of Project Master Schedules, Approve Baseline Schedules, Review Project Progress Reports and appraise Top Management on the status of the project. Review and approve Extension of Time claims and cost implications.

Regional Team Leader, AGL Pipelines, Goldfields Gas Transmission Pipeline

START Date: 
December, 1995
END Date: 
December, 1997

Pilbara Energy (PEPL) & Goldfields Gas Transmission Pipelines (GGT)

- Karratha Regional Team Leader

 

As the operator of the above pipelines, AGL Pipelines WA is required to maintain them to the highest standard. This is achieved through highly motivated multi-disciplined teams. As Supervisor of the Karratha team, I was responsible for the following:

 

·       Supervising pipeline commissioning activities

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
650
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
750

Lead Planning Engineer, Oilserv, UAE, EPC for Summail Gas Processing Facility Client: DNO.EP & Assembly- Design, Manufacture and Supply of Packaged Water Treatment and Disposal Plants- Client: BP,EPC - Bijell-1B EWT Facility Upgrade – MOL. EPC - Bakrman -

START Date: 
December, 2013
All the Projects Clients are in Iraq - BP, DNO, MOL. • Project Baseline Schedule preparation in Primavera 6.• Preparation of S Curve, Histograms, Budget, and Progress measuring system.• Updating of schedule on a weekly basis in Primavera 6.• Coordinating with the engineering crew to deliver the deliverables on time.• Keeping track of project on a daily basis.• Weekly and monthly reporting which includes cost reporting.• Bi weekly cost reporting.• Alerting the construction team of the ob
Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
3900
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
1300
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
550

Assistant Manager - Project Controls, Climax Molybdenum, Construction of Water Treatment in Climax, CO

START Date: 
October, 2011
END Date: 
May, 2015

Provided project controls and accounting for a $250 MM water treatment facility at the molybdenum mine in Climax, CO.

Project Controls included contractor compliance and performance audits, schedule adherence, monthly equipment audit

Project accounting consisted of forecasting, monthly reporting, journal entries, contractor accruals, invoice auditing and budgeting.

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
500
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
500
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
500

Offsite Project Execution Coordinator, Kayson, 10,000 unit-housing project

START Date: 
May, 2009
END Date: 
October, 2009

Main officer for 10,000-Unit housing Project (Offsite works) responsible of organizing and maintaining the best integration between scheduling, cost control and Risk Management functions. Duties included:

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
50
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
50
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
50

Project Quantity Surveyor , Contracting & Construction Enterprises Ltd., SAUDI RAILWAYS ORGANIZATION (SRO)Riyadh City, KSA: RUNNING REPAIR SHED, HEAVY REPAIR WORKSHOP

START Date: 
July, 2012
END Date: 
July, 2013

·         Prepared detailed takeoffs from division 2 to division 13.

·         Advised and coordinate the procurement Engineer on procurement strategy.

·         Prepared a cost price breakdown for a new works not included in the BOQ.

·         Revised cost price breakdown for potential savings.

Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
14000

Principal, The Electric Paintbrush, Multiple website

START Date: 
May, 2010
END Date: 
May, 2012

In my own business I created online presences (websites, blogs, newsletters etc).  While most were straightforward websites, a few clients wanted project management and a schedule they could track and a closely monitored budget. 

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
700
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
250

Program Scheduler, Terra Firma Pty Ltd, NBN HFC Asset Transfer

START Date: 
April, 2015

My engagement at Telstra (as a Terra Firma Senior Business Consultant) has involved rebuilding the existing MS Project schedule  using 'maps' drawn in MS Visio to visually represent the task dependencies.  While maintaining the schedule I've also worked on project financials to ensure compliance with NBN contracts.

Within Terra Firma I received intensive training enabling me to deliver MS Project training to other staff members.  I have also updated the training materials under the supervision of the Senior Project Controls Lead.    

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
2000
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
350

Proposal Manager, TELSTRA CORPORATION, National Broadband Network (NBN FTTN)

START Date: 
March, 2008
END Date: 
November, 2008

Telstra NBN Proposal Manager

  • The National Broadband Network (Fibre To The Node Solution) was a project to introduce high speed internet to all Austalians.  It was reported at the time as being a $20BN+ network construction.  The Australian Governments final solution is reported as $34BN+.
  • Managing the development of a fully costed response to a Government RFP for the $5+BN NBN Proposal. 
  • Over 400 people performing roles on the Proposal
Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
450
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
450

Program Director, TELSTRA CORPORATION, Telstra Data Warehouse

START Date: 
November, 2002
END Date: 
August, 2003

Director Telstra Data Warehouse Program

  • Total accountability to Business Managers for the delivery of the $103M Data Warehouse Program of Projects.  Direct staff 28, contractor staff 80, 129 projects.
  • Turned a 13 month late program around to 9 weeks ahead of schedule, $1.018M under cost, and with substantially increased customer satisfaction and risk profile. Worked with business to classify an additional $67M per annum of revenue or cost savings from changes to program.  Improved the overall business case for program.
Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
450
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
400

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