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Lead Planning Engineer, Saipem S.p.A., Chirag Oil Project (COP)

START Date: 
June, 2008

 

During the initial phase after contract award: ensure the implementation of the Planning and Progress Control System; in particular:

- Set-up type/ levels of schedules and the Progress Measurement System considering Project complexity, areas of risks, policy duration, in compliance with the Project Breakdown Structure, the internal standards and the Contract specifications.

- Interface with other Company Functions or Discipline Leaders/Supervisors to built up activities, assign milestones and constraints by issuing CPM/Pert time-scaled logic network using company standards or other factored ratios.

- Liaise, consult and coordinate with all Supervisors & Managers to incorporate relevant information that will affect the implementation of the project schedule.

- Prepare budget histograms, tables, curves, resources logs (Manpower, Materials, and Equipment) as reference baselines for the control during the various project execution phases.

- Ensures that the project's planning and scheduling requirements are properly and clearly communicated to those functionally responsible for executing the work.

- Issue the Planning & Scheduling Procedure and the Progress Measurement Procedure.

Ensures, during the execution phase, the Planning and Progress Control System works effectively, progress status and completion forecast are soundly assessed and reported; in particular:

Monitor progress measurement is properly applied and information flow is correct and complete;

Revise promptly the Control Baselines with all agreed Changes;

Maintain updated all Schedules, collecting actual data, evaluating dates to completion and project delays by effective monitoring of actual progress and productivity compared with the scheduled baselines;

Maintaining records for all significant events relevant to contractual claims/obligations;

Compile productivity report, engineering deliverables production, delivery status of materials with extensive use of Company/Partner/Client IT systems & reports;

Create and maintain 90 days look-ahead schedule ,weekly ,monthly;

Isolate any adverse trend and warn the PM on time to take corrective actions;

Review monthly the forecasts to complete, any deviation from baselines and the effect of the corrective actions taken by PM;

Review with PCE and PM the risks/opportunities status;

Issue weekly & monthly Progress Reports (internal or for the Client);

Assist the PCE in the Project Status Report preparation;

 

Require PCE to be promptly informed about all decisions or events impacting schedules and progress in order to timely reflect them in the time analysis.

 

Co-ordination with procurement and warehouse for ETA dates and material availability.

Participates to the coordination meetings (internal or with the Client whenever opportune);

Supports the PCE during the contract changes/claims process providing the time impact analysis;

Support the PCE for the preparation of the Project close-out Report and the schedule and productivity feed-back data to Project Control Department and Commercial Department