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Naina Mohamed Akbar

First Name: 
Naina
Last Name: 
Mohamed Akbar

Job Identification & Description

 

1.         Job Title:                              Planning In-Charge

2.         Period Covered:                   28 September 2011 to Now

3.         Name of the company:        Kone Areeco, Jeddah, KSA

4.         Mobile Number:                    00966-55-4141861

 

List of Projects worked

 

  1. King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

 

  • Initiate, facilitate, guide & control the Frontline demand planning in project site.
  • Work with project managers to ensure understanding of total project schedule needs & integration of schedule activities.
  • Prepare project schedule, manpower and material requirement.
  • Prepare project schedule analysis and study the problem area to determine criticality of schedule activities and recommend alternatives for schedule improvement to superior for action.
  • Provide inputs to HO with regards to material requirement based on agreed schedules.
  • Drive frontline issue clarification on scheduling and prioritizing.
  • Preparation of tender stage program with regards to the project milestones / clause 14 program.

 

Work History 2

 

Job Identification & Description

 

1.         Job Title:                              Sr. Planning Engineer / Contracts Engineer / SAP

2.         Period Covered:                   15 October 2006 to 20 July 2011

3.         Name of the company:        Mitsubishi Elevator Company (MELCO)

4.         Address:                                PO Box 11058, Deira, Dubai.

5.         Telephone number:             00971-4-2140457

6.         Mobile Number:                    00971-55-9829127

List of Projects worked

 

1)  Dubai Metro Project, Red & Green Line, Dubai, UAE

  1. Dubai Motor City, UAE
  2. Barwa Commercial Avenue (tender), Doha, Qatar
  3. Hyderabad International Airport (tender), Hyderabad, India
  4. Burj Al Arab, Dubai, UAE
  5. Flame Towers(tender), Baku
  6. Ritz Carlton, Dubai
  7. Barwa Financial District(tender), Doha, Qatar
  8. Al Ghurair City Expansion Phase II, UAE
  9. Limitless Project, UAE
  10. Jewel Tower, UAE
  11. Emirates Park Hotel, UAE
  12. Bays Water @ Business Bay, UAE
  13. JAFZA Convention Center, Dubai, UAE
  14. Novotel Hotel, Al Barsha, Dubai, UAE

 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

 

  • Generate scheduled progress envelopes & Histograms for projects by areas, systems and disciplines.
  • Estimation& preparation of lift negotiations based on the BOQ supplied by the Sales department together with Clause 14 Program.
  • Served as the Contracts Engineer from 2007 to now.
  • Develop Overall Project Cost / Revenue Forecast from Contract and Estimate data provided.
  • Perform continuous updating & schedule review to forecast milestone achievement and project completion.
  • Prepare Manpower histogram, Cash Flow percentage projection for tenders as well as Erection Schedules.
  • As a core-team member for Project Systems in SAP, orient other department heads / executives towards PS procedures / Policies.
  • Prepare Cost Planning & budgets monitor the projects.
  • Update Project Progress & reporting of Progress.
  • Confirmation of time ticket in CATS & transfer to PS.
  • Assist Sales Engineering Department in processing of documents to the principals (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan).
  • Prepare Presentations for various Projects.
  • Prepare & submit Daily, Weekly, Monthly progress reports of major projects.
  • Attending Meetings & review panel.
  • Audit internally prior to ISO 9001:2008 auditing (Certified Internal Auditor)

 

Work History 3

 

1.         Job Title:                              Project Controls Engineer

2.         Other Titles                            Planning Engineer / Quantity Surveyor

3.         Period Covered:                   22 Dec 2002 to 30 Jun 2006

4.         Name of the company:        Mohammad Al-Mojil Group

5.         Address:                                PO Box 11, Dammam, KSA-31411

 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

 

  • Generate scheduled progress envelopes (s-curves) & Histograms for overall projects by areas, systems and disciplines.
  • Set-up databases for tracking physical progress, project cost, production & overall contribution of the project.
  • Develops Overall Project Cost Forecast from Contract and Estimate data provided.
  • Develops cash flow projections based on anticipated material and labor costs, and forecast billing revenues. Liaises with Engineering, Materials and planning to ensure realism of projections.
  • Continuous update of Manpower & Equipment in respective project weekly, monthly & annually.
  • Prepare Executive Management & FAD Report (Financial and Accounting Report) reflecting total manpower, project costs & contribution rate of individual projects to all the existing departments.
  • Investigate areas where the project financial position is trending towards, deviation from the approved budget.  Makes recommendations for improvement where possible.  Such deviation may be in Cost or Revenue, positive or negative.
  • Prepares Client Contract Billings (Progress Payments) for both the Main Contract, and Contract Amendments or Variations, in accordance with Contract Terms and Conditions. Liaises with Planning, Contract and Accounting personnel, as necessary.
  • Set-up databases for distribution of manpower, equipment, personnel requisition & Equipment requisition and controlling them with the proposed schedule.
  • Contribute towards daily, weekly, monthly progress reports.
  • Continuous monitoring of Structural, Mechanical, E & I, & Overall progress of the project.
  • Perform continuous updating & schedule review to forecast milestone achievement and project completion of overall projects.
  • Contribute towards the preparation of Claim package for various projects.
  • Contribute towards the preparation of reports as required by Project Controls Procedures, Project Controls Manager or Executive Management.
  • Analyze actual progress and expenditure against planned / budget and highlight any deviations.

 

 

Job Identification

 

1.         Job Title:                                          Trainee Engineer  

2.         Other Title(s):                                    Quality controller     

3.         Period covered:                                25.06.2001 to 27.04.2002

4.         Name of the company:                    Fortran cirkit electronics private limited

5.        Address:                                             44/53, Developed plot estate,

 Perungudi, Chennai-600096

6.         Telephone number:                         0091-44-24961751

 

Work History 4

 

Responsible for the quality control, testing, fabrication, lamination & brushing of printed circuit boards.

 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

 

  • Preparation of process flow of different printed circuit boards.
  • Testing the quality of finished boards to the procedural standard.
  • Testing proof negative of the circuit board.
  • To ensure procedural flow of work.
  • Testing of Electrolyzed, Brushed, and Developed board.

Academics: -

Bachelor of Engineering – Instrumentation & Control, Madras University, India-2001

Certified Internal ISO 9001: 2000 Auditor (DIBM, Dubai, UAE)

Certified PLC Programmer – Jan 2006 Prolific Systems & Technologies, Chennai

Certificate Course in UNIX, C, C++ - Oct 2000, Radiant, Chennai

 

Training / Seminars:

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) – Siemens (S7 200), Allen Bradley (SLC 5/03 & Micrologix), Modicon (TSX 3710 Micro PLC Hardware)

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA) – Wonderware Intouch 7.0

Drives: Siemens Micromaster 420 – Communication of Drives with PLC & SCADA.

Field Instrumentation – Integration of PLC & SCADA with Instrumentation.

Computer Skills: Primavera Project Planner 3.1, C, C++, Microsoft office and Visio.

Other related Skills: Assembling personnel computer system & maintaining the network.

 

Personal Details

  • Name:                                          N. Naina Mohamed Akbar
  • Date of birth:                               18th October 1979
  • Nationality:                                  Indian
  • Email:                                           naina.akbar@kone-areeco.com
Professional Since: 
Sep-2011 (12.7 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
Jul 2011 (12.8 yrs experience, WARNING: 0.2 years variance with Professional Since)
Years Experience: 
42

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