Senior Planning & Cost Engineer
My role is to mentor & support junior planning engineers, prepare baselines for in-hand projects, prepare professional time extension claims where applicable, review master schedules for tenders, and prepare overall reports for upper management.
Areas of Expertise
Time Management & Controlling
o Review tenders master schedules prepared by junior planners.
o Prepare projects baselines loaded with all resources, covering EPC stages.
o Site visits for monthly progress updates & project performance reports.
o Report the critical activities & areas of concern to improve project team's effectiveness.
o Develop with the PM corrective action plans to get the project back on track for internal delays.
o Develop time extension claims with detailed analysis "TIA" for external delays or scope changes.
Cost Management & Controlling
o Derive cost baseline for project cost performance assessment & client financing plan.
o Initiate cost control reports calculating variances, indexes, future estimates & analysis for poor performance indexes, using earned value management in line with further practical considerations.
Procurement Management
o Advise necessary dates for sub-contracting & placing purchase orders.
Human Resource Management
o Reviewing planning candidates CVs, Interviewing, Assessment and recommend for recruitment purpose.
o Assessment of strength & weakness points of each planning staff.
o Managing planning staff (Assigning tasks, follow up, technical support for 3 planning engineers).
Risk Management
o Participate in brain storming sessions to identify risks, perform analysis, plan responses & follow up.
Reporting Skills
o Using MS Excel & Power Point, Initiate tabular & graphical reports showing company cost performance (cash in, out & profit), projects time performance & estimated completion dates.