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Head of Planning, Costain (West Africa) Plc, RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, Roads & bridges, Water treatment, Whare Houses

START Date: 
June, 2006
END Date: 
August, 2012
  • Preparing detailed Method Statements, using value management principles, for executing Building & Civil Engineering Construction projects.
  • Developing work breakdown structures (WBS) for upcoming projects, working closely with the estimating and proposals team to prepare bids.
  • Creating and maintaining detailed project schedules based on the WBS, with task-definitions, dependencies between activities, deliverables and milestone dates explicitly identified.
  • Interacting with client manufacturing facilities, suppliers and vendors to collect and collate information for schedule preparation and for status update purposes to guide the team and customer.
  • Projecting and planning needed resources - plant, labour, material, etc - needed for estimating project value for tender and construction purposes.
  • Preparing detailed programme and schedule for projects and presenting same in Ms Project and Primavera views.
  • Reviewing and monitoring project progress and initiating/recommending necessary actions and plans to ensure that projects are executed within time, cost and quality specifications.
  • Researching and reporting on delayed activities and proposing remedial actions to keep projects on schedule.
  • Preparing cost and schedule variance analysis/curves for tracking and project update purposes.
  • Estimating project cash flows/curves based on tender and construction programmes to determine the funding requirements of the project.
  • Preparing/compiling technical tenders and other necessary support and documentations needed for tender presentation(s).
  • Creating project risk registers at the tender stage and ensuring it is kept ‘live’ throughout the duration of the project.
  • Coordinating and allocating land surveyors and survey equipment to on-going projects in support of the operations department.
  • Managing the company’s quality system and coordinating audits to evaluate compliance
  • Undertaking project coordination activities in support of project operations.  

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