Head of Planning and Scheduling, Barrick Gold Corporation.-, Brownfield and Greenfield mining construction projects

First bi-national mining project. Argentinean portion totalized 25 million direct man-hours and $ 5.4 billion construction capital forecast cost.

• Responsible for management of planners and progress control engineers in the team (11 people).
• Set up and implemented project controls processes for Barrick and subcontractor teams to ensure that standards are met.
• Developed a master schedule for the entire program based on bottom up construction schedules and performed regular progress updates.
• Monitored progress on site against program, milestones and production rates and advised on risk of delays. Drove development of mitigation programs that aimed to recover slippages exceeding 2 months.

Assessed progress updates and changes to the program and sent contractual letters to contractors. Developed detailed construction schedules before the appointment of a contractor and set up baselines. Carried out tender evaluations.