WORK HISTORY

Travelling                                                                                                                              Jan ‘12 – Date

§  Road Trip / Touring the United Kingdom: London, Scottish High Land, Forth Augustus, Loch Ness, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Brighton, Cove, Southampton.

§  Job Search.

Starcomms Plc                                                                                                            June ‘10- December ‘11

Position: Project Planner / Scheduler,

Delivery: Budget Planning, Administration, Estimating, Cost/Project control, Procurement, Auditing, Project   reporting, Contract administration, Information Management.

Planning project for Starcomms Telecommunication masts in Bonny Island for NLNG and their data analysis

§  Primary role was to provide a robust resource asset planning/scheduling support required in the execution of NLNG project deliverables across the Bonny Island. Ensuring a benefits-focused CAPEX & OPEX planning process and data analysis that reflects the organisational strategy, and aligning our business case with that of our client.

§  Preparing all levels of capital cost estimates from Order of Magnitude to a more definite detail as regards the contracted Telecommunication masts in Bonny-Island between NLNG and Starcomms Plc. Maintaining appropriate documentation to support estimate preparation and review, as well as updating the estimating data base.

§  Creating, implementing, maintaining and continuously improving forecast and resource plan for inbound, outbound calls and non-voice workloads, and as well provide data balance of analysis to influence change in Starcomms/Bonny project phase.

§  Obtaining quotations from suppliers and subcontractors to support capital cost estimates.

§  Developing Project WBSs using project planning and scheduling tools: Primavera/MS Project to depict the total workload in direct man-hours by location, discipline, priority, backlog and fore-log. Monitor and report actual Direct and Indirect (support) Man-hours and Non Productive Man-hours expended at site.

§  Preparing, supporting and providing input to the development of the schedule baselines, including activities and milestones, dependency logic and sequencing, estimating activity durations, determining critical paths, and resource allocation loading and levelling (as applicable).

§  Engaged in providing work direction as required in the preparation of planning and scheduling control systems and practices to provide Engineering, Procurement and Construction supervisors, the means to evaluate the progress and execution of assigned projects.

§  Ensuring that accurate data are collected, updated, agreed, revised and built into resource cycle for the area. Assessing the accuracy of all engineering & construction schedules; ensures primavera logic ties are robustly built into the schedules using best industry practice CPM techniques and PERT analysis.

§  Holding weekly resource reviews with operational stakeholders to identify opportunities or risks to the resource plan. Provided feedback to the Project manager and Human resource team on schedule, which usually influences recruitment or ramp plan.

§  Monitoring, reviewing, and analysing the schedule and status of Contractors’ performance, during all phases of the project, as well as schedule deviations and corrective or preventive actions plans.

§  Administered risk and issue logs using excel and updating the project database.

§  Presenting the schedule updates, provide status information for the project and explain schedule variances (if any) from the baseline to the Project Group Planning Team and Project / Construction Manager. Checking required finish dates against planned finish dates, prioritising activity as required and reporting issues to activity owners.

§  Liaised with other functional planners and / or activity owners to ensure all work is correctly represented in Cluster plans.

§  Supporting the schedule change control requirements within the project, analysing the change for its potential impact and advising on the correct course of mitigating action.

§  Impact of any changes and any required mitigating actions.

§  Attending review meetings. Agree progress, identify new work, discuss slippage against the plan and resolve maintenance planning issues.

§  Reviews and confirms that contractor’s responsibilities and reporting requirements per the contract, if applicable, are correct and align, and report the required information.

University of Dundee                                                                                                 September ‘08 -June ‘10

Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP)

Graduate study- Masters Degree in Construction Project Management(specialization in Int’l Oil and Gas)

Position: Post Graduate student – Based on Project Control

§  Focus was on project control, planning tools, techniques such as Critical path analysis, Earned value analysis, organizational structure OBS, milestone planning, task responsibility matrix, WBS. Business case scoping, team building, Crash analysis, Cost planning, configuration management.

§  Value and Risk Management (Internal and external risks).

§  Project planning software application review. Primavera P6 and MSP 2007

§  Project financial management, corporate and financial planning, Internal and external appraisals, performance gap analysis and strategy, project level cash flow forecasting to include mark up, front end loading, cost accounting, variations, cost value reconciliation (BAC, ETC, EAC and TCPI etc ) and investment appraisal techniques such as payback, IRR, NPV, CAPEX, Balance sheets and Profit and loss accounts.

§  Management information systems, document management systems, requirement gathering, e-commerce, business solution architecture, inventory systems, MIS reporting and decision support systems, transaction processing systems, Material requirements planning(MRP), Information systems strategy and data flow modelling.

§  Contracts, procurement, construction procurement, Procurement routes, Contract law, Standard types of contract like: Fixed price contracts (FFP, FPIF), Cost reimbursable contracts (CPFF, CPIF) and Time & Material (T&M),Government works etc and principles of payment.

§  Process re-engineering, facilities management, renewable energy and sustainability options, quality management, ISO 19001, Quality planning, construction design management, health and safety management

§  Strategic management and Organisational analysis, Energy sustainable development, Petroleum policies & economics, Energy investment and access issues.

§  The exploration and production of Petroleum and Mineral products (Upstream and Downstream aspects).

§  EIA, Energy issues like: Energy demand evaluations, Demand drivers, Energy consumption, Alternative energy issues, Environmental issues, Energy security issues, Energy Pricing, GDP growth and their Trend analysis.

§  LNG processes and storage, LPG/LNG supply and demand and Oil and Gas markets. 

Panalpina Group                                                                                                               March ‘05 – April ‘07

Position: Project Planner (Estimator)

Delivery: EIA, Planning, Resource allocation, Risk & Quality Mgt., Stakeholders Mgt., Client reporting.

Project Planning and Development – Black and Caspian Sea (BCS) Area

§  Assisting project manager in the development of the baseline schedule and in Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) processes, as regards project concept in the BCS Area, routing analysis and cost comparison.

§  Maintaining the project schedule using the full capabilities of Microsoft Project and/or Primavera P6.

§  Ensuring that performance measurement baseline (including Contract Budget Log and the baseline schedule) is up-to-date and all approved external and internal changes are incorporated according to Change Management procedure.

§  Maintaining a close working relationship with client and other stakeholders to ensure project requirements are understood and communicated effectively to project team members.

§  Assisting in the strategic project selection and support (presentation and project consultancy) to – cargo transportation concepts, customs clearance set-up, project team structure, contract structuring.

§  Assisting in the selection and support of strategic partners ( EPC contractor contacts, key players support like Technip, Chevron, Exxon, Shell, Mining companies, power plant construction companies etc.)

§  Tender management support (from pre-qualification through to awarding of the final contract).

§  Supporting the project management team (including work package managers) in the preparation and start-up execution of key projects activities, preparation of routing plans, handling instructions and procedures, risk analysis, logistic execution plans, interaction plans and reporting structures.

§  Monitoring the status of programs/projects as related to project status ensuring that baseline schedule milestones are achieved. Collects actual data, updates project schedule, and comes up with reliable schedule forecast with support from project team.

§  Identifying slippages, and reasons and communicates them effectively to Senior Management. Continuously develops scenario analysis and recovery plans in case of slippage, to meet the target completion date, using critical path method (CPM) and other techniques.

§  Reviewing contract specifications, works with PM to identify risks or gaps in the Project Plan and support PMs in the development and implementation of Risk Management Plan.

§  Assisting in resolving and coordinating local cross-functional issues/conflicts related to freight operation, between the BU, establishing and communicating project/program schedules, objective priorities, and targets.

§  Providing reports on project established metrics including Earned Value (EV) analysis (i.e. planed schedule/ variance), progress report, resource allocation analysis, etc. on a regular basis. Responsible for communicating project controls data from project to the head office.

§  Supporting PM on maintaining project management documentation (project management plan (PMP), Risk management plan (RMP), scope of works (SOW), WBS Dictionary, responsibility assignment matrix (RAM), etc.).

§  Monitoring procurement process, ensuring that the contractor has adequately assessed and implemented the quality assurance and quality control requirements for suppliers and subcontractors.