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Senior Planner/Scheduler, Aecon Industrial, Rocanville Expansion

START Date: 
May, 1980

Aecon Construction

Senior Planner/Schehuler

May 200- to present

 

Aecon Industrial - Project Planner on various projects
• Suncor Genesis
• Suncor Fire Rebuild
• Bruce A Restart, Balance of Plant
• CNRL Modules
• OPTI Modules
• Imperial Oil Nanicoke Shutdown
• Various Automotive Projects
• Long Lake Modules
• Develop schedules for proposals
• Various Fossil Power Projects Indoneasia/Egypt


Currently working on the Rocanville Mine Expansion
• Develop, maintain and status Construction Schedule
• Issue Weekly Look Ahead Schedules
• Resource load Schedule/Create Manpower Histograms
• Prepare, Maintain, Issue Reports to report progress and performance CPI/SPI
• Liaise With Project Management and Team Leads Regarding Planning and Scheduling Activities

 

Responsibilities/Experience

 

  • Use of P6, Suretrak and Microsoft Project.
  • Establishing, updating and maintaining of project schedules in Primavera for Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning to ensure that all levels of schedules in all areas of assigned responsibility reflect the accepted project execution logic, identify key interfaces and project milestones.
  • Monitoring progress and generation of progress reports at all levels of summary.
  • Interface with other project staff for collecting progress data, resolving schedules issues, and for maintaining a coherent scheduling and progress database.  Development of workaround plans in late areas is also required.
  • Develop databases using Microsoft Access, using VB to tie P3 and the databases together for easy current reporting for the PMO office.
  • Loading and maintaining approved labor budgets and generate resource histograms using Primavera database, develop the yearly Business Plans
  • Analysis of the critical path and the provision of schedule reports for project management purposes.
  • Develop proposal schedules and cash flows.
  • generate graphics/reports for Project Managers and Clients
  • generate monthly Progress Reports and Summary Level Schedules.
  • develop proposal schedules
  • consolidate information on cost and schedule from Consortium members
  • site visits to develop and monitor ongoing site activities
  • co-ordinate material deliveries and schedules for up to four manufacturing facilities around the globe per project.
  • review vendor/subcontractor schedules i.e. structural steel fabricators and conduct on site meetings at the facilities to ensure schedules are maintained.
  • Developed Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in conjunction with Project Management Team and Team Leaders.
  • Prepare detailed CPM Logic Diagrams in conjunction with Project Manager, Team Leaders and Department Managers.
  • Took a pro-active role within the Project Management Team and acted as assistant to the Project Manager on project control issues
  • Communicated frequently with all the functional teams to expedite deliverables and action items and to ensure that works are performed on schedule and within budget
  • Provides coordination and expertise to the disciplines and to the Junior Planners in the application and operation of P3 Project Management and Planning Software
  • Develops and Earned Value based performance analysis system and ensures that the project schedules are structured to accommodate accurate statusing and reporting
  • Prepares Manpower Loading Reports for all Functional Departments.
  • Highlights problem areas during schedule updates to the Project Manager in order to minimize schedule impacts and devise workarounds, if possible.
  • Generates “What if” scenarios for Manpower and schedule issues.
    Monitors and updates schedules with progress for all Functional Departments, Sub-Contractors and Site installation.
  • Prepares various spreadsheets such as Material Delivery, Risk List, Deliverables List, Progress S-curves, and other company standard matrices.
  • Work with various subcontractors.

 

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE

 

Oil and Gas

Power Generation - Fossil

Power Generation - Nuclear

Pulp and Paper

IT Development

Pharmaceutical

Mining

Civil(Hospitals)

 

EMPLOYERS

 

AECON Industrial - May 2004 - Current

Current Position: Scheduling Supervisor

Current Assignment: Bruce A Restart  - Balance of Plant

 

Project Control Group Dec 2003 – May 2004

POSITION: PROJECT PLANNER

 

GlaxoSmithKline August 2000 - Dec 2003

POSITION: SENIOR PROJECT PLANNER

 

Ontario Hydro - June 1998 - Aug 2000

POSITION: SENIOR PROJECT PLANNER

 

Kilborn-SNC Lavalin  -Feb 1998 - June 1998

POSITION: SENIOR PLANNER

 

AGRA Monenco - May 1997 - Feb 1998                  

POSITION: SENIOR PLANNER

 

Com Dev - Nov 1996 - May 1997     

POSITION: CONTRACT PLANNER

 

Babcock & Wilcox - October 1989 to November 1996

POSITION: SENIOR PROJECT PLANNER

 

Litton System Canada LTD - August 1987 to October 1989

POSITION: PROJECT PLANNER

 

Kellogg’s Salada Canada Inc. - May 1983 to August 1987

POSITION: PRODUCTION PLANNER

 

CE Lummus Canada - June 1981 to December 1982

POSITION:  PROJECT PLANNER

 

Atomic Energy of Canada - May, 1980 to June 1981

POSITION:  PROJECT PLANNER