QAMER FARIDI 8504 – 39A Avenue NW Edmonton AB T6K 3E6 Phone: +1 (587)9852002 E-mail: qamfar@hotmail.com OBJECTIVE Successful Project Controls / management (plan, schedule & control) of challenging projects and strategic sourcing initiatives to positively impact company’s bottom-line and continuously acquire new skills and knowledge HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE • More than 20 years of Project Management & Control, Planning/Scheduling (P6), Cost Control /Estimation experience in the field of oil& gas, power plants, refinery, pipelines, mining and infrastructure. • Flexible, assertive, team player and able to complete the task within time & budget, keeping the SAFETY first principle • Project Control / Management, Planning, Scheduling and monitoring by PRIMAVERA P6. • Cost control & Estimating (software used Hard Dollar & MC2) / MS Suite • Prism G2 reports • Successful project control of complex EPC projects, involving multidisciplinary engineering and construction activities • Completed all the mandatory & optional trainings by ExxonMobil / Imperial Oil EDUCATION MS (Engineering) 1997, B.S (Engineering) 1989 Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (Montreal-Canada) PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS • Primavera P6 (Planning & Scheduling) Emerald associates, Edmonton Alberta Canada • Primavera P6 (Resource Management Advanced) Emerald associates, Calgary Alberta • Costing / Estimating software, Hard Dollar, Toronto Ontario Canada • Estimating software MC2, Sherwood Park Alberta Canada • First Aid / CPR & H2S Alive trainings Sherwood Park – Alberta Canada • Data Management training from Michael Belfry & Associates Edmonton Alberta Canada • Project Management / Leadership course from Northern Alberta Institute, Alberta Canada. • OSSA ( Oil Sands Safety Association ) Training Sherwood Park CANADA • ICMS (Integrated construction Management system) training-CANADA • Environmental Management course from University of Dresden GERMANY, organized by UN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Project Controls Advisor ExxonMobil / Imperial Oil Canada (Esso) 2013 - 2015 Responsibilities include:- • Manage & supervise main consultants (Worley Parsons) / contractor and several sub-contractors. • Conduct briefing sessions for project team members with respect to project control requirements/processes • Participate in meetings with the engineers / contractor and PMT to ensure common understanding of schedule, cost, estimating, progress measurement and change management requirements • Analyze schedule and cost trends, develop and review schedule and cost forecasts • Provide Key Performance Indicators from P6 • Generate graphic representation of commodities and Earned Value • Evaluate field production tracking and micro-scheduling • Produce Contract Variance reports with Root Cause and Mitigation • Cost forecasting using schedule analysis • Schedule recovery investigations and mitigation recommendations • Support Claims analysis • Support schedule and cost maintenance of Integrated Project Schedule • Support other program controls as required, including negotiations support • Plan sequence of operations for collaboration and guidance of staff and craft construction workers • Proactive monitoring and reporting of near critical and critical schedule activity concerns or slippage including possible options and solutions for recovery • Perform personnel performance reviews when delegated. Interview candidates and make recommendations for employment decisions. • Review, endorse schedule, progress and cost baseline and forecasts prepared by contractor • Responsible for change management process and preparation of coordination schedules. • Analyze schedule critical path, cost and progress trends developed by contractor • Review and endorse progress measures reported by the contractor • Assist site management in developing / reviewing schedule & cost corrective actions and recovery plans • Maintain close liaison with other members of the cost / schedule organization and EMDC functions • Roll-up schedule and cost information and weekly/monthly reporting to the Leads / managers • Develop and maintenance of any periodic (daily, weekly, monthly) status reports to keep management and informed on the project progress • Participate in gathering and recording lessons learned for the project Sr. Project Controls Specialist JACOBS Engineering - Canada 2012 - 2013 In JACOBS responsible to, •Supervised & trained junior planners, schedulers, cost controllers, estimators & other technical staff. •Prepared base line plan / schedules of the projects, considering scope of work agreed milestones and constraints outlined in contract documents keeping all stake holders involve and satisfy with their requirements. • Monitored & controlled schedules by performing critical path analysis, and earned value analysis. • Prepared Weekly & Monthly reports in coordination with discipline engineers & considering schedule deadlines. • Prepared project progress reports on monthly, weekly & daily basis considering all stake holders requirements. • Developed project planning, progress monitoring, along with all required formats and getting them approved from Clients. • Recorded actual man-hours against budgeted values for productivity analysis and earned value analysis; and prepared progress curves. •Created /modified Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), and budget data (including resource loading) for those WBS elements, using primavera P6 • Generated summary status reports, project presentations and analyze reports for higher management. • Prepared schedules and resource histograms /S curves for Bids / Proposals of new projects • Supported the project team in the development and maintenance of any periodic (daily, weekly, monthly) status reports to keep management and owner informed on the project progress. Project Controls Specialist SNC-Lavalin EPCM Company & Flint Energy 2011 - 2012 Worked as Project Control Specialist (Planning / Scheduling and cost department) for oil / gas and mining projects. Sr. Scheduling Engineer AECON - Lockerbie Group Edmonton Alberta - Canada 2007 to 2011 In AECON-Lockerbie • Managed / supervised a team of Multi-discipline Engineers, planners / schedulers, estimators, cost engineers, technical specialists and other supporting staff working on major mining, oil & Gas multidisciplinary projects. • Developed and maintained the project schedule using Primavera P6 including histogram & S curves. • Developed and reviewed the schedule recovery plans, including evaluation of additional resources/costs required to affect such plans • Developed fully resource loaded project programs using standard company work breakdown structure against data provided by the project management team. • Provided progress updates as required by each Project Manager in accordance with work instructions and to create reports on cost and schedule. • Issued standardized performance reports, such as earned value, SPI, CPI and EAC. • Identified key variances on the projects and presented the data in the form of reports & graphs to the Project Manager. • Provided critical path analysis, trend forecast look ahead, cost and schedule reviews. • Provided prompt and accurate information to the Project Manager to facilitate the project trend information. • Provided direct assistance to the Bid Managers in the development of bids. • Liaised with sub‐contractors, collated progress information and updated the project program. • Updated Level II / III / IV plans and generated 3 weeks, One month and 3 months look ahead plans keeping in view overall project deliverables & mile stones. • Created / modified Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), cost & budget data (including resource loading) for those WBS elements in primavera P6. • Prepared the progress measurement system such as manpower histograms, which indicate the number of people required each month, progress S curves to indicate the progress that the project makes at a given point of time etc., which are reviewed at periodic intervals. • Supported the project team in the development and maintenance of any periodic (daily, weekly, monthly) status reports to keep management and/or owner informed on the project progress. These reports may include labor productivity, schedule status, financial analysis, Cost Performance Reports (CPR) and earned value curves. Project Controls Lead Mott McDonald EPC Consultant & Project Management Services, 1994 to 2007 • Supervised a team of project controllers, planner / schedulers and other skilled engineering staff. • Performed Project Controls of several mining, oil / gas, infrastructures, commercial, municipal and power generation projects. • Coordinated with Construction Project Controls personnel in the development of Project Controls information (construction schedules, cost), and incorporated data into the overall project cost & schedule reports. • Analyzed major capital projects to plan the effective execution sequence based on current industry • Performed project controls / cost control including change management & earned value analysis. • Advanced knowledge of tools, techniques and concepts used in comprehensive estimation and bidding strategies and effective project management and decision-making. • Acted as primary technical coordination interface with client to ensure the client’s expectations. • Coordinated internal project team reviews followed by an approval and review by the client of the work schedule, progress measurement and reporting systems. • Involved in bidding, quantity surveying, and estimation of multimillion dollar projects. • Coordinated and resolved long term and short term planning and scheduling problems with personnel throughout the company and with contractor organizations. Project Engineer (site) AKB Associates 1989 to 1994 • Provided Project management, project controls, planning/scheduling, cost estimation, quantity take off, cost control support for all construction phases efficiently. • Responsible for preparing different comparative and analytical reports. • Maintained and built healthy client relationships. • Maintained HSE focus within the team to ensure OHSE requirements included in design. • Monitored and supervised project estimates and bid submissions. • Assisted with preparation of cost portion of engineering procurement and construction contracts. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS *Member Project Management Institute USA *Member American Society of Civil Engineers * PE (Professional Engineer)