Lead Scheduler (9 Jul 15 - current)

FAST Riyadh Metro Project

Saudi Arabia

1. Worked with the Project Control Manager on what are required for the control of the project in term of scheduling, monitoring and reporting to client for the line under our control.  

2. Liaise with the Project Management Office as what are the overall project requirements and obligations to the client so that my team can be in alignment to the needs.

3. Manage 4 in house schedulers and 3 site schedulers making sure that the programs are maintained and progressed per project specifications to satisfy the client.

4. Meeting with the schedulers on a regular basis making sure that they are aware and understand what are the latest development and changes to the project program that needs to be addressed for the monthly report.

5. Preparing of the Monthly Report, Weekly Report and the daily report to the satisfaction of the team and the client.

6. Updating of the Contractual Master Program on the monthly basis.  Simultaneously, maintain a detailed site construction program taking into consideration of the actual situation of delay and the mitigation measures to improve the program. 

7. Prepared a set of charts to share with the team and the clients as where works have been carried out and the status.

8. Maintaining of staff roster to avoid bottleneck of the scheduling activity within the project control department.

9. Motivate staff to excel in the field of scheduling.

2 Oct 2013 – 9 Mar 2014 – Lead/Senior Planner

Sinclair Knight Mertz (SKM)  an EPCM Organization

Cape Lambert, Western Australia.

Worked on Rio Tinto Cape Lambert Iron Ore Expansion Project with duty and role similar to that FASTJV on BHPBIO project at Newman and Port Hedland (see below).

19 Sep 2006 - 1Jul 2013 - Lead Planner /Senior Planner

Fluor SKM Iron Ore Joint Venture (FASTJV)

Newman and  Port Hedland , Western Australia.

Initially assigned to the head office in Perth to complete the Definitive Program for BHP Billiton Iron Ore's multi billion dollar expansion project for Newman site. Further to the completion of the Definitive Program, I was assigned to Newman site to oversee the construction program.  Duties include the production of the weekly report, coordinating with Contractors' Planners on programming issues and reporting aspect.  Software used for the planning function was Primavera P3.1 and subsequently migrated to P6.   

Managed 4 site planners and overseeing over 20 contracts for RGP4 Newman Hub ore handling facilities, Jimblebar and OB25 Rail Project.  In order to maintain a consistence reporting submission from all contractors, I conducted program workshops to successful contractors.  The work shops were targeted in helping the contractor in their detailed construction program preparation to meet BHP Billiton Iron Ore requirements.  The contractors were also briefed on the weekly reporting requirements to be submitted on a weekly and monthly basis. 

The planning team under my direction, reviewed and approved construction programs.  In addition to that, planners were briefed the strategies in evaluating EOT claim, assessing recovery programs and producing interfacing charts and the weekly monitoring document for management meeting.

I was awarded the Certificate of Recognition for excellence in planning for the project.

Following the completion of the multi billion dollars Newman mining infrastructure successfully, I was relocated to the multimillion dollar wharf construction project in Port Hedland, Western Australian, from 18 Oct 2009.  

While in Port Hedland, I worked on the SMP Contractor as well as the Electrical Contractor.  Besides the green field component, there were SHUT interfacing works to be completed as well.  The project was executed well with major and SHUT milestones achieved as planned.

1 Nov 2002 to 31 July 2006  Planning & Programming Manager

Taiwan High Speed Railway Corporation (THSRC)

7th Floor, 100 Hsin Yi Road 5th Section,

Taipei 110,

TAIWAN ROC

Attached to the civil Contract C280 (consisting of 34k of viaduct) in Nov 2002 with 2 Senior Planning & Programming Engineers under my charge.  Upon the completion of the civil works, the team was assigned to the Trackwork Contract T230, which is one of the major Track Contracts of the NT$20 billion Taiwan High Speed Railway Corporation project.  Contract T230 consists of 105km of route length of track related works.  Responsibilities include: 1) reviewing of Contractor's Construction Program for approval, 2) review and commenting of Contractor's 3 Month Rolling Program, Monthly Progress Report and specific programs 3) attended the monthly progress meeting with the main Contractor, 4) chair the monthly Program Meeting with main Contractor's Program Manager and his team of planner, 5)producing of independent recovery program 4) monitor by exception the critical items of works.  5) setting up of progress monitoring system 6) writing of fortnightly progress report for the Resident Engineer and his team's information. 7) writing of monthly report on behalf of the Resident Engineer for Head Office reference 8) prepare presentations for visiting VIP to site.  As from 1 Sep 04, I was transferred to the Head Office Project Control Department in Taipei, working on claims assessment on Trackwork Contracts.

12 Oct 1992 12 Oct 2002       Senior Programming Engineer

Mass Transit Railway (MTR)

33 Wai Yip Street

Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, HONG KONG

Appointed as a Senior Programming Engineer for the Lantau Airport Railway Project in 1992.  Responsibility includes 1) Development of in-house construction programs from which Critical Dates and Milestone Dates Schedule were established.  2) Served as a member of the Tender Assessment Team for preparation of tender documents and the evaluation and recommendation of tenders received. 3) Review and approval of detailed design and detailed construction programs submitted by consultants and contractors respectively.  4) Monitoring of design and construction progress.  

Projects involved include the HK$33 billion Airport Railway, HK$20 billion Tseung Kwan O Extension and other smaller projects such as the Disney Rail Link, the Lantau Cable Car and the North Island Line.

Performed a leading role in the coordination for the production of various Project Definition Document (PDD), namely the Lantau Airport Railway (LAR), Tseung Kwan O Extension (TKE), Quarry Bay Congestion Relief (QBR), Penny's Bay Rail Link (PBL) and Lantau Airport Railway Capital Works (LAR2) Projects.  The preparation and the production of the PDD working alongside with various engineers of different discipline on a tight schedule to complete them on time for presentation to senior management.  Once agreed by the senior management, the PDD will form part of the project strategy.

Other functions include the writing of the coordinated monthly report for the Programming & Planning Manager who present it to the executive.  Making of 3-dimention models for the projects to highlight the problematic areas, e.g. the Quarry Bay Congestion Relief project showing the new underpinning works below the existing structure, the new tunnels cutting into the existing tunnels and the TKE Depot's interfaces with MTRCL's Property Development Division and Government Departments. 

Mar 1992 to 12 Oct 1992      Senior Planning Engineer

EGLO Engineering

188 Silverwater Road,

Silverwater NSW AUSTRALIA

Responsible to the Commercial and Technical Services Manager for planning and scheduling of all major projects works.  The major petrol chemical plant refurbishment works carried out were for Caltex, Shell, and ICI of Sydney, and Incitex in Brisbane.  Bottom up detailed shutdown programs were prepared with Primavera Finest Hour software.  All activities were scheduled to the hour, identifying the critical path for each of the shut down works.  From the detailed program tender programs were established for tender purposes.  Executive summary programs were also developed for higher management information and references.

Jul 1991 to Mar 1992   Senior Consultant

Quadriga Project Management Services

Suite 3, 852-854 Princes Highway

Sutherland 2232 NSW AUSTRALIA

Preparation of a procurement and construction program for a paste plant in Hunter Valley.  Preparation of an "as built" construction program to validate sub contractor's claims for compensations.  The "as built" program was used to counter claim on sub contractor for delay and interruption.

Feb 1989 to April 1991   Senior Planning Engineer          

PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC)

Kunningan Plaza Suite 403, North Tower

Jalan H R Rasuna Said

Jakarta, INDONESIA 12940

Responsible for critical path analysis of the US$450 million coal handling facilities project in East Kalimantan.  The project comprises Coal Washing Plant, 13 km single flight Overland Conveyor, stockpile with Stacker and a Stacker/Reclaimer facilities, 2 km of off-shore Trestle Conveyor leading to twin Ship Loaders, Steam Power Station supplemented by Diesel Generators sets, and Social & General Infrastructure facilities to support the mining activities. 

Major duties and responsibilities are: -

●             Manage the planning function for the overall project

●             Establish the project control procedures

●             Review of programs submitted by Engineering Managers for the performance of their contracts and taking of necessary action to ensure the achievement of scheduled contract completion dates.

Feb 1988 - Feb 1989   Senior Control Engineer

Crooks Michel Peacock Stewart Pty Ltd (CMPS)

67 Albert Avenue,

Chatswood NSW 2067 AUSTRALIA

Major project involved was the No. 3 Carbon Baking Furnace for Comalco Aluminum (Bell Bay) Ltd, which include design, procurement and construction of a new furnace.  Responsible for drawing up of precedence logic network diagram and establishing of the project critical path.

Other function involved was detailed scheduling of Alcan modernization plant at Parramatta.  Responsible for preparing of detailed construction and commissioning program for the aluminum production plant.

Aug 1986 - Sep 1987   Senior Programme Engineer

Hawker Noyes Pty Ltd.

120 Silverwater Road,

Silverwater, NSW 2141. AUSTRALIA

Responsible for the overall critical path planning for the civil works construction, E&M installation & commissioning works for the A$60 million coke handling project in Kuwait.  The project involved erection, installation and commissioning of coke storage, conveyor, ship loading, stacker and reclaimer machines.

Providing input for the monthly progress status in term of bar charts and S-curves back up for progress report.  Producing of CPM reports to highlight problematic areas that may have impact on the ultimate completion date of the project.

Review, assess and monitoring of suppliers and sub-contractors'  programs and assessment of contractors' claims and progress payments submissions.

Mar 1985 - Aug 1986    Senior Consultant

Tracey Brunstrom & Hammond (TBH)

Project Management Services

12th Flr, 15 Blue St. North Sydney, NSW 2060. AUSTRALIA.

Preparation of procurement programs for rolling stock and major equipment for the New South Wales State Rail Authority and monthly progress status reports which includes cost and delivery programs.

Preparation of documentation and construction programs on multi-storey office buildings. Liaison with architects, engineers, contractors and client from preliminary design to construction phase. Extensive use of computer software for network planning and analysis works.   Critical paths established was maintained and reviewed periodically.

Quality Assurance Study for Bly's Cable Production Industries including redesigning of the Quality Assurance Documentation Procedure, to enable quality trends to be available for corrective action to be taken by the Production Personnel within a short period of time.

Jan 1982 - Mar 1985    Procurement Engineer

Mannesmann Demag (Heavy Engineering Div.)

132 Arthur Street 

North Sydney, NSW 2060. AUSTRALIA.

Responsible for administration of contracts and purchase orders.  Reviewing claims submitted by contractors and negotiating of settlements.  Forecasting of total project costs.  Preparation of CPM programs and monitor the installation progress of the coal stacker and reclaimers machines for the State Electric Commission of Victoria and the stacker and reclaimers machines in Hunters Valley.  Other duties include i)collating of technical specification for the item required, ii)calling for tenders and evaluation of tenders received for compliance to the technical specification and delivery dates iii)checking of invoices and claims submitted by contractors before settlements.  Iv)updating of the costing and procurement records.

Apr 1981 - Jan 1982   Contracts Division Programmer

Hawker Noyes Pty. Ltd.

120 Silverwater Road, Silverwater. NSW 2141. AUSTRALIA.                 

Carried out the duties of scheduling and programming engineer for all projects.  It involved preparation of CPM (Critical Path Method) programs and construction schedules. Establishing critical paths of projects and monitoring the projects' progress. Preparation of bar charts and S-curves for projects.  Gathering of data for updating these schedules and made presentations for periodic reports.

1978 Fitter/Inspector

Lucas Aerospace Ltd.

Park Royal, London U.K

Fitting of 40KW mobile generator. Inspect and testing of the assembled units for conformance to the design specifications. (Part of the Higher National Diploma in Electronic course's requirements).

1976 Installer/Tester

Plessey Telecommunications

Park Royal, London U.K.

Installation of electronic equipment for the international telephone exchange system in Mondial House, London. Testing of the equipment for correct installation and system performance per installation specifications. (Part of the Higher National Diploma in Electronic course's requirements).

1970 -1975  Senior Broadcasting Technician

TV MALAYSIA (RTM)

Kota Kinabalu, MALAYSIA

Supervision of TV program recording, dubbing, editing, video mixing and audio recording. Training of new technicians recruited for the various sections.

OTHER TRAINING

Further Education Teacher's Certificate of the City & Guilds of London Institute U. K. 

Practical teaching served, examined and passed