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Planning and Control Superintendent, Yamana Gold, Brownfield and Greenfield mining construction projects

START Date: 
December, 2009
END Date: 
December, 2011

Within first month in the organization, reorganized and streamlined database of project management and controls procedures, standards, metrics and performance indicators for this international mining company.

  • In charge of generating, controlling and updating the construction schedules.
    • Developed Project Management Plan. Planned and defined the scope of the project.
    • Created WBS (Work Breakdown Structure). Defined activities. Established the task sequence.
    • Resource estimation. Duration activities estimation. Prepared the schedule. Cost estimation.
    • Identified roles, responsibilities and reporting relationships within the project.
    • Identification, analysis (quantitative and qualitative), tracking and monitoring of trends, deviations and risks of the project.
    • Performance evaluation to determine whether preventive or corrective actions were necessary.
    • Monitored actual physical progress Vs. planned advances. Generation of Physical Progress S-curves.
  • Provided earned value management reports.
  • Prepared cost dashboards, with KPI’s linked to the budget and schedule.

Economic S curve comparison: real vs. expected.

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
4000
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
4000
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
1000