PROJECT CONTROLS MANAGER / DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER

RAS LAFFAN C, POWER AND WATER PLANT

PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF, QATAR

Project Controls Manager and Deputy Project Manager (later Project Manager) of the Owner’s Engineers team for the construction and commissioning of an Independent Water and Power Project (IWPP); gas fired power plant with a total 2,730MW capacity and water desalination plant capacity of 63MGPD (11933m3/h). The power plant consisted of eight gas turbines and HRSG boilers and four steam turbines. The water plant consisted of ten Multi-Effect Distillation (MED) units. Additional scope includes 400kV, 220kV and 132kV GIS, cooling tower, post water treatment, potable water reservoirs, gas receiving plant and black start facility.

Key achievements:

• Led Project Controls and Execution Management for Project Owner’s Engineers team through the execution of construction and commissioning

• Achieved commercial operation on time for both power and desalination, creating and implementing tight project controls throughout.

• Administered contract/control over contractual matters and claims, change management control and EPC compliance.

• Monitored project key milestones and liaised between EPC and Lender’s Engineer to issue Interim Certificate payments.

• Detail schedule development of full project construction execution, commissioning & start-up, through to close-out.

• Oversaw project schedule monitoring / schedule risk analysis, planning and reporting of progress and variance.

• Contractual issues with back feed power, seawater and cooling water supply, gas supply and third party crossing agreements.

• Identified risks to the project through schedule monitoring, reported progress against actual progress and variance.