Hill International. Project Planner & Controller 2007 to 2013
Secured an accurate follow-up and cost & time cutting strategies to comply with the Client requirements across a range of sectors, specific engagements included:
In 2009 Zaragoza Light rail was awarded to TRAZA Consortium. A Planning Integrator was required in the particular conditions. Was hired to set the time and cost baseline, monitor progress (including detailed engineering, design, construction and commissioning) and report to the Consortium Manager about status and risks, advising on new actions to be undertaken.
· Integrated the different schedules forming the project, providing monthly updated reports regarding risks in time, costs and quality, providing a robust overview of the project.
· Coordinated Contractors’ time-schedules, in order to align the Contractor’s particular needs with the Concessionaire’s.
· Set up meeting minutes and follow them up among the different stakeholders, in order to enhance decision-making when conflicts arose.
· Provided recommendations to reduce time and costs by up to 15%, making available Client-oriented dashboards and cash flows according to EVM techniques.
· Managed to finish the project with “zero-day” delay
In 2013, UNOG Initial Programme Management was awarded to Hill International. Still in its planning stage, the 12-year program Strategic Heritage Plan (SHP) for the United Nations Office of Geneva (UNOG) will upgrade the nearly 160.000sqm complex including the Palais des Nations, a 1900’s building complex where the U.N. locates over 2700 staff. Expected to be developed through VDC / BIM technologies, the upgrade will improve efficiency allowing 700 additional staff in a safer building.
· Assembled the Initial Programme Management Schedule ready to assess scope and prevent risks in terms of time and cost.
· Covered fields as lead designing, space planning, relocations, works execution, commissioning and handover. One of the critical factors of this assignment was the staff standing working during the 12 years of works.
· Worked within a high qualified project team in a very demanding environment with a multidisciplinary approach, all pursuing the best results for the UNOG.
· Gained Client’s confidence to best define scope of services and outline and meet its business needs.
· Managed relationship with the Client professionally, reporting to him whenever any difficulties arose.