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PLANNING ENGINEER, EKL engineering kinetics limited, Power Plant Project

START Date: 
May, 2016
END Date: 
February, 2017

·         Preparation & Tracking of the project master schedule & detailed schedule of Civil, Mechanical & Electrical work up to level-4 and summary level curves and Man power histogram using Primavera P-6.

·         Identification, monitoring & streamlining of critical paths running through the Project master Schedule and individual contracts.

·         Monitoring of Daily, Weekly/Monthly reports including ‘S’-curves for client & Management review.

·         Cost control by Optimization of Resources utilization.

·         Understanding project work scope, needs and deliverables, contract milestones, Estimating budget quantities, costs, durations and resources.

  • Assist Project Control Manager to set up the site Project Management Plan, with stage wise schedules, milestones, deliverables and timelines as per schedule management plan. 
  • Conduct regular project site inspections. 
  • Coordinate with all project parties to collate project status reports. 
  • Perform statistical analysis to identify schedule variances of project status against schedule baseline using EVMs and calculate Schedule Performance Index (SPI)
  • Prepare forecasts resulting from significant deviations from scheduled baselines.
  • Identify project schedule risks and implement risk management approaches as decided by Project Control Manager, Project Manager and client.
  • Analyze trends from past project reports and proactively deploy tools to prevent failures with the help of updated lesson learned documentation. 
  • Interface with consultants, project team members and client for issues related to planning and scheduling activities.
  • Coordinate with Project Manager, Project Control Manager for resolution of project control issues on site. 
  • Coordinate with contracts department on issues and strategies related to variations and disputed claims. 
  • Attend meetings with client for all aspects of project progress. 
  • Advise clients on schedule variances and potential project risks and suggest and get approvals on remedial actions.
  • Interface with client to respond to queries on project plan and control aspects. 
  • Calculate and analyze Schedule Performance Index (SPI) and To-complete Performance Index (TCPI)
  • Prepare project progress reports.
  • Prepare and analyze schedule variance reports and coordinate with Project Control Manager for appropriate corrective and preventive action. 
  • Prepare project progress reports for client as required. 
  • Prepare other reports as advised by Project Control Manager.
  • Appropriately archive all project progress data as per QPM’s policy.
  • Maintain awareness of industry trends, methodologies, tools and best practices in project planning and control.
Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
1200
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
500