August 1997- November 1999
Al Rashid Trading and Construction Co. (RTCC), Riyadh KSA

Project Planning and Scheduling Engineer responsible for overseeing, analyzing and auditing Construction Schedules at Jeddah International Airport Capital Development Program, currently consisting of fifty-two (52) separate projects. The two major programs are the New International Terminal and Automated People Mover System.

Duties
•Responsible for establishing Master Construction Schedule (Level 4) and analyzed based on critical path method showing resource loading for each activity in Primavera 6.0, including estimation of Resources (Man-hrs, Plant-hrs and Materials), Staff/Manpower/Plant
•Prepared and updated WBS for each phase of the project, Project Execution Plans, Project Management Plans
•Prepared Target milestone schedules & Equipment and Long-lead item lists.
•Prepared budgets, estimates, bids, proposals, schedules, contracts, subcontracts, and work scopes.
•Prepared detailed network diagram for projects identifying all the critical and sub-critical activities and milestones using Primavera, comprehensive Monthly Progress Report (MPR) highlighting progress percentage, milestone dates and areas of concern.
•Prepared for submission to Client the Project Closure Report and Variation analysis between the actual and baseline schedule.
•Identified priorities in consultation with the Project Director, and identified resources necessary to implement the plan.
•Assisted Project Director to prepare presentation materials of project status for preparation of management review meetings and also recommended corrective action on areas of concern.
•Developed formats of Daily, Weekly and Monthly Progress Reports and Trend Curves on all phases of Projects.
•Prepared Purchase Orders, Material Delivery schedule, Construction schedule, Resource schedule, Construction Status Report, Detailed design / engineering and deliverables schedule with category of submission and status.
•Prepared and Coordinated shut-down and tie-in schedules.
•Reviewed Sub-Contractor’s schedules, claimed progress for verification of monthly invoices.
•Steering initiatives towards establishment of Project Budget & comparing it against tendered prices.
•Capably synchronizing all the activities related to main Contract Administration.
•Focusing on drafting subcontract agreements/conditions of sub-contract (general & particular) in line with FIDIC 1987 Red Book.
•Prepare and discuss all Extension of Time claims (EOT).
•Successfully setting-up of Progress Monitoring System including implementation of Time Impact Analysis window analysis technique.
•Effectively monitoring plant utilization for all projects and preparing Project Status Report, Time Impact Schedule / Delay Analysis, etc.
•Reviewing contracts and advising on risks, preparation of variation order and delay claims, proving and pricing of various claims
•Providing stringent assistance to QS team for Contract Administration, Progress Reporting, Controlling of Costing, Software estimation, Budgeting Surveying, etc.

Achievements
•Project Planning and Scheduling Engineer in charge of developing detailed Engineering schedules in support of the design of the New International Terminal and Automated People Mover System for the Jeddah International Airport.
•Succeeded with the construction team to complete on time and on budget recovering 3 months delays at the beginning of the project.