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Project Controls, Key Skills & Qualifications, Key Skills & Qualifications

START Date: 
December, 2002

I have various experiences in executing and managing the following:

 Management & Leadership

  • Project Controls systems Integration; Communication and information distribution
  • Managing requirements and expectation, coordination, reporting & Presentations;
  • Client & Management Coordination, Negotiations & Approvals;
  •  Interpret/Prepare Contract documents and Project Controls deliverables List;
  • Management Plans & Procedures, and Process improvement plan
  • Managing work load, staffing requirements, hiring, and department budget;
  • Team Building, Motivating, role assignments / delegation;
  • Team members guidance, training, leading, demonstration, performance evaluation;
  • Manage changing priorities & conditions, creatively Problem solving ensuring win-win solutions

 

  • Time Scheduling & Planning – Forensic Planning
  • TimeManagement Plans & Procedures,and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS);
  • Liaisonwith relevant teams to finalize activities lists, network diagrams, basis & assumptions, chair interactive planning sessions, manage risks, optimize and baseline schedules;
  • Developing/Approving Master Schedules, EPCM Level 1/2/3/4, resource loaded Time Schedules using Critical Chain / Critical Path Methods on P6/MS Project, including Basis of Schedule;
  • Performing Risk analysis and incorporating risk management output into time schedule;
  • Progress updating& tracking Vs. baseline, Variance analysis & its root causes and possible solutions;
  • Develop/AssessWhat-if scenarios, Recovery Plans& Workarounds with relevant teams;
  • Project Status reports& Presentations;
  • S-curves, Line of Balance, Marked-up Drawings, other graphical reports and presentations;
  • Time Impactanalysisusing collapsed as-built, window analysis & impacted As-Planned methods;
  • Developing / Approving Contractual Time Extension Claims;

 

  • Project Controls, Cost Control/Engineering and Cost Estimation
  • CostManagement Plans & Procedures, Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS), Cost Baseline and Budget;
  • Monthly Progress/Cost Reports, S-CurvesandPresentations;
  • Earned Value Management, Indices Analysis, Variance Analysis, and Trends Management;
  • Forecastingthe monthly Revenue, Cash flow, Cost, Resources, etc;
  • Projects’ Cost Coding/Allocation;
  • Preparing & Approving Budgets & Cost Estimates and Cost Estimate Plan

 

  • Integrated Change Management
  • ChangeManagement Plans & Procedures, Develop and maintain change log
  • Initiating / Approving Change Requests and impact analysis;
  • Perform Integrated Change Managements to assess impacts of all project aspects
  • Preparation, Negotiation and approval of Contractual Claims/Change Orders with Time/Cost Impact,;

 

  • Contract Administration / Q.S
  • Invoicing and submission and review procedures;
  • Invoicing, Bid Documents, and Proposals
  • ContractAdministration, Requirements, Deliverables, Contractual submittals andletters;
  • Quantities surveyingand Take-off for projects materials;

 

  • Risk Management
  • Monte CarloAnalysis for schedules and budgets, and incorporating output into baseline
  • Identify Risks, Risk Register, qualitativeand/or quantitative analysis, prioritizing and rating risks;
  • Manage and mitigate risks, plan risk responses, monitor risk triggers, managing contingencies and identifying & planning new risks work arounds;

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