Planning Manager
Doha, Qatar
 

Company Industry:Construction
Job Role: Management

Highlight:
• Instrumental in planning and controlling end to end project of 160 un-manned/gas insulated Power Transmission Substations and HV Power Cable Circuits worth USD 3.0B.

Key Responsibilities:
• Formulating and implementing planning procedures and supportive budgeting policies to manage all aspects of cost control, in alignment with organizational policies and goals.
• Conducting value engineering exercise. Applying high-end project management concepts including critical path, material and human resource management, earned value management, etc to ensure adherence to deadlines.
• Developing Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS) and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), determining major milestones for control and integrity of work defined by the contract.
• Analyzing project inception plan and creating a schematic layout in view of key quantifiable parameters encompassing estimation of takeoff costs, scopes of work, sub-contracting requirements, project profitability and scheduling.
• Directing and monitoring the project in entirety involving conceptualization, budgeting, contractual negotiations/renegotiations, appointing/liaising with suppliers and sub-contractors.
• Communicating project status and costs to other members of the senior management, conducting site visits to verify work flow, progress of work and mitigate any resultant issues.
• Designing stringent project schedule, prioritizing activities, forecasting, evaluating, monitoring and reporting work progress to ensure the delivery of project within the stipulated budget and timeframe.

• Reviewing and proof-reading contract terms, compliance, key milestone dates, and binding commitments to avoid unnecessary negative financial impact or litigations.
• Executing Microsoft Project in minor projects, Primavera 3 in medium projects and Primavera 6.0 for new projects as a central enterprise interface via internet/intranet.
• Coordinating and interacting contractors and considering the access milestones for different stages including planning/re-planning stages, execution stage, controlling stage.
• Drafting business plan and setting up the department key performance indicators and measures as well as issuing weekly, monthly and semi-annual progress reports to the management.
 

Key Project to Credit:
• West Bay Program - 0.7B QAR
• Phase VI Program - 2.7B QAR
• Phase VII Program - 3.4BQAR
• Phase VIII Program - 0.6B QAR
• Qatar Petroleum Program - 160M QAR
• Barwa Village HV Power Transmission Project - 82M QAR
• Feeding HV Substations for EZDAN International Housing Group Program - 300M QAR
• Phase IX Program - Stage I/Cables: 0.5 Billion QAR
• IX Program - Stage I/Substations: 2.0 Billion QAR