April 25, 2018
Dear Mr. Logie,
I am pleased to apply for the position of "Forensic Planning Engineer" as advertised on Planning Planet website. With more than nineteen years of experience working on large capital oil & gas, hydropower, industrial and electric transmission projects in the areas of planning, scheduling, cost control, delay claims, contract administration and site supervision, I am confident that my credentials will meet your requirements. Following are highlights of my professional profile that fit your requirements for this position:
- Several years of experience in preparation of extension of time and delay cost claims for large hydropower projects.
- Created delay fragnets and performed prospective time impact anslysis.
- Analyzed delays and performed retrospective impacted as planned delay analysis.
- Provided technical leadership in the implementation of MS Office Project Server as enterprise project scheduling system at ATCO Electric Canada for major capital projects worth around C$2 billion.
- Implemented earned value management system at ATCO Electric Canada and Syncrude Canada, including recasting of cost estimates according to WBS and reporting on performance indices.
- Eight years of experience in supervising schedulers using Primavera and MS Project to create baseline schedules and track progress for large capital projects.
- Proven experience in cost control of oil and gas projects including recasting estimates into baseline budgets, tracking actuals, accruals and commitments and managing changes.
- Professional Engineer in the province of Alberta, Canada with expertise in project control.
- Master’s degree in Construction Management from Concordia University Montreal Canada.
Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to hearing from you and remain at your disposal for any clarifications that you may require.
Yours sincerely,
Iftikhar Awan P.Eng.