Ihsan Balamir
21/418 Murray Street
6000 Perth, Australia
[email protected] +61 400386946 (M)
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Science (Eng) Mechanical Engineering
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Member of the Institution of Engineers (CPENG), Australia
MBA, From Istanbul University 1992
OVERALL SUMMARY
Technically competent and business-savvy Senior Level Project Management professional with a career reflecting strong leadership skills coupled with “hands-on” Planning expertise. Proven experience on, Primavera P3 & P6, SAP, Microsoft Project, CMMS as well as Suretrack and MS Project. Strong technical skills related to Maintenance, Shutdown, Construction and Project planning
Over twenty years of experience in diversified fields of Major Multimillion Construction Projects, Petrochemical, Pipelines, Power Plants, Cooling Towers, Desalination Plants, Metal & Mining, Resources and complex processes industriesand consultancy, Operation and Maintenance.
An effective & dynamic leader endowed with strong communication, analytical, people management and co-ordination skills. Experience of working with cross-cultural and multi disciplinary team environment.
Major strengths includes decision making abilities, business initiatives, commitment, result oriented with zeal to learn and undertake challenging tasks. Good command on Project Planning, Monitoring and Cost Control.
Proactive and full of initiative versatile team player.
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
Word, Excel, MS Project, Primavera P3 & P6, Prism, SAP, AutoCAD 2000, RX View, Navis Works, MEX (CMMS)
RELEVANT INFORMATION:
Single and no family commitment and need a minimum advance notice for commencing to work, Australian Citizen. Flexibility to work long hours, 7 days a week, anywhere in Australia (including FIFO) and Overseas
Project Management Experience Summary
Project Initiation Phase:
- Initiated the project plan during tendering phase by creating WBS to match it with CBS with level I, I, III & V as an integrated schedule.
- Organized the project activities by assign activity codes and ID’s.
- Developed Trade-off plans to show the project duration according to “What if Analysis”.
- Supported of agreement by development of various levels of schedule which showing the commercial operation dates (COD) where the first level of milestone dates defined as a target dates.
- Estimated activities duration using: Top/Bottom Estimation, Bottom/Top Estimation, Parametric and Analytical Estimation.
- Estimated, planned scheduled and managed major shutdown activities.
- Build project resource dictionary and link project activities by proper resource to start with resource leveling.
- Linked construction activities with related procurement & engineering activities.
Project Planning Phase:
- Assigned base line plan as a base of comparison and reference for any variance measurement.
- Released S-curve for all project phase to set one of the most project metrics.
- Established method of statement to calculate the progress percentage during project life cycle.
- Generated cash flow, resources, material & equipment histograms and curves which present the project demand curves.
- Communicated with all project stakeholders and project team to ensure proper understanding for the master plan.
- Linked project activities with cost centers, cost type & work packages.
- Supervised weekly & monthly presentation format, similarly for weekly & monthly progress submittal.
- Insured proper plan implementation by issuing various week "look ahead" plan to project team (engineering, procurement, construction).
- Released Project critical path & critical chain activities and discuss it with project management to draw all attention on these areas.
- Conducted Project Sensitivity analysis using regression & statistical analysis to determine the impact of resource availability and probability of project completion.
- Set Contingencyplan, risk analysis and risk assessment by using PERT and Decision tree method, the objective is to determine the auxiliary actions to be taken in case of unexpected developments or accident in the Project.
- Followed up the contract management dept. to begin with revised schedule in case of any demand.
- Developed integrated plan to effectively execute the scope of work and meet project objectives by identifying cost/schedule areas for the further definition of the scope of work.
- Reviewed the scope of work, client requirements, division of responsibility, project objectives and constraints to develop the strategy for effective project delivery.
- Developed detailed schedules by WBS, and assigning costs, labour, and equipment to each activity to
- Determined progress requirements to meet the project completion date.
- Identified major activities to be performed and the preferred sequence in which they are to be accomplished.
Project Deliverables & Reports:
- Developed project controls variance reports that highlight conformance or non-conformance with standard project control expectations.
- Audited project progress and reports inconsistencies with project progress reporting processes and reality.
- Captured activity progress and performance data to enable forecasts and status reports to be prepared for management review and action
- Supervised daily, weekly and monthly reports production, and submit it for consultant, client and multi project management office and any other stakeholders.
- Supervised updating of master plan from site and other dept. feedback as reply on 4 weeks "look ahead" plan.
Project Resources Control:
- Generated cash flow, resources, material & equipment histograms and curves which present the project demand curves.
- Analysed resource requirement and availability impacts on the schedule and recommend recovery options.
- Monitored any resource deviation, and report the resource utilization, effectiveness, and efficiencies.
Project Plan Control:
- Implemented the project plan activities in work flow system (work order & work flow system) which is direct implementation of Activity Based Accounting (ABC), to convert the plan activities to daily work orders.
- Monitored the total float and date variances for critical path and critical chain activities over WBS, by using threshold method to report the project management anticipation alarms in order to take the corrective action.
- Audited the site activities, by monitoring actual dates versus planned, actual duration versus planned, and report any overdue activity to project management in order to take the required rectifications.
- Followed up the progress invoicing to insure proper synchronization between budgeted work and invoiced work to insure the maximum earned value.
- Backup the primavera plan on weekly basis.
- Presented Project metrics, Indicators, predictors : Earned Value (EV), Actual Costs (AC), SV, SPI, Budgeted Cost for Work Remaining (BCWR), Estimate to Complete (ETC), Variance at Completion (VAC), Estimate at Completion(EAC), Independent EAC (IEAC), To Complete Performance Index (TCPI)
- Monitored and evaluated Project Performance with KPI.
Project Cost Control (Manpower, Equipment and Material Management):
- Monitored project cost by using Earned Value Management (EV), Earned Schedule Management (ES), Cost Performance Index (CPI) & project balance techniques, and report the periodical financial statement, in addition to monitor and budget deviations.
- Used Activity Based costing (ABC) as a superior method to estimate the labor/equipment productivity Implemented Performance Indicators for project disciplines as an evaluation indicator.
Subcontractor Performance Control & Monitoring:
- Established scope matrix to insure complete coverage for project scope of work.
- Reviewed all subcontractor plans to insure full compliance with project master plan.
- Monitored and evaluated the progress and performance of project’s sub-contractors to insure proper overall progress
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
AUSENCO
Senior Project Control Engineer November 2011- April 2012
Planned Engineering and procurement activities of 2 Billion dollars Copper mine project; including cost control.
THIESS DEGREMONT JV
Victorian Desalination Plant, Wonthaggi /Victoria, Australia
Senior Construction Planner November 2010- September 2011
Planned site construction Schedule of 3.5 Billion Australian Dollars World’s second largest Desalination plant
JOHN HOLLAND GROUP
BHP Billiton Worsley Alumina Plant (E&G) Expansion Project. Western Australia
Site Planner March 2010-November 2010
Planned site construction activities schedule of2.5 Billion Dollars Expansion and & Growth Project
ALSTHOM (AE&E) Australia,
450 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant, Sino Iron, Karratha, WA (FIFO)
Senior Construction Planner April 2009- February 2010
Initiated and developed Construction Schedule of 7X45 Gas Turbines and 3X45 Steam Turbines total 450 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant, Desalination Plant, Cooling tower, and all auxiliary equipments, total project value of 450 Million Australian Dollars
BECHTEL, Australia
RioTinto Aluminium Yarwun 2 Project, Gladstone
Senior Construction Planner September 2008- February 2009
Schedule development, maintenance, monitoring, and recovery plan development activities for large size Aluminium Refinery Project (1.8 Billion Dollar) Yarwun 2.
Developed Level 4 Schedule for 2X160 MW Cogeneration Power Plant, Calcine Plant, Silo, Chutes, Conveyors, Transfer Towers, Cooling Towers Pumps, Boilers, heat Exchangers, piping systems and Tanks.
HATCH WOLLONGONG, Australia
Scheduler, Cost Controller March 2008- June 2008Implemented and maintained a P3 schedule of a $250 Million dollar expansion project in BHP Billiton’s GEMCO Manganese Plant.
ROBERTS&SCHAEFFER, Australia Brisbane Office
Project Planning Engineer November 2007- March2008
Planned and scheduled of Engineering activities of Mining Processing Plant and Facilities EPCM projects; Curragh CPP, Argyle Diamond, Geovic Nickel Plant Cameroon. Elkview, Canada. With Suretrak and MS Project.
CALTEX REFINERY LYTTON, BRISBANE, Australia
CONSTRUCTION PLANNER July 2007 – November 2007
Prepared master schedule-Level 3 & 4 with Primavera P3 of $500 M DHTU project.
CALTEX REFINERY KURNELL, SYDNEY Australia
SHUTDOWN/PROJECT PLANNER October 2005 – July 2007
Planned and scheduled of all Major Shutdowns and Project Activities in Refinery with Primavera P3 & SAP.
PRIMO SMALLGOODS, Sydney September 2004- October 2005
MATERIAL COORDINATOR & MAINTENANCE PLANNER
Directly charged with the responsibility for rationalization of the parts inventory and oversaw the implementation of the MEX, CMMS package.
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BTC (Botas Enka&Bechtel JV) PIPELINE PROJECT Turkey
Senior Project Engineer Dec. 2002- September 2004
The major oil pipeline from Baku, Azerbaijan through Georgia to Ceyhan, Turkey. (BTC)
The work consist of installation and commissioning compressors, pumping stations, pipe racks and supports, pressure regulation and control systems and storage facilities.
Executed all aspects of construction site function during all stages of Greenfield turn-key Projects with major mechanical sub contractor
TEMSAN-ANKARATURKEY
PROJECT ENGINEER June 1997 -December 2002
Field engineer during construction of two hydro-electric power plants. (2X3Megawatts).
Designed and supervised the project works function during design, construction, installation and commissioning stages of the projects
ATAS PETROL REFINERY, MERSIN TURKEY April 1991- June1997
PLANT ENGINEER
Promoted and implemented reliability & maintenance projects (TPM, RCM) Developed and calculates reliability metrics (MTBF, MTTR, failure rate), Planned and supervised major shutdowns.
ICI- Dulux, Cabarita Plant, Sydney.
MAINTENANCE ENGINEER May 1990- February 1991
Reporting to Operations Manager managed all maintenance activities of a continuous chemical plant with multi discipline tradesman of twenty.
Managed a PC based computerised maintenance management system CCMS (MAINPAC)
SHERATON WENTWORTH HOTEL, SYDNEY
PLANT ENGINEER January 1990-May 1990
Supervised all building facilities maintenance including: Boiler, pumps, diesel generator HVAC system, cooling tower, power distribution, plumbing and building management system (HONEYWELL).
ACI –CROWN CORNING GLASSWARE MANUFACTURING PLANT, Waterloo, Sydney
Maintenance Fitter Nov. 1989-January 1990
Executed mechanical maintenance works in overall plant especially in furnaces, moulds and conveyors.
References will furnished upon request