project planning & cost control engineer

project planning & cost control activities in the feild of oil & gas industry

Post applied for : (Project Control Specialist) Planning Manager
Date of Birth : 20-08-1965
Nationality : Indian
Passport Details : A-8710043, Valid upto : March 2010.
Telephone no. : 0091-9433513542 (India)
Email address : nilendu_8217@yahoo.com
Educational Qualifications : B Tech.(Hons.), Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
Total years of experience : 18 years +
Employment details
1. Company : Target Engineering & Construction Company, LLC.
Designation : Lead Planning & Cost Control Engineer
In present level since : December 2005
Major Responsibilities : Preparation of Master Schedule of Project, Preparation of As Sold Budget for Cost control, Providing Inputs for New Bids’ submissions, Generation of Exception reports for Management Review. – At HO.
Planning, Scheduling, Reporting for all phases of project involving, Residual Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing Delivery, Construction & commissioning. Finalization & Implementation of Monthly / Weekly Programs, Presentations for Management & Client review, Hold up reporting, Invoicing, Budget review, Cost control Report generation & Analysis of over / under expenditure causes, Drawing / Document Control, Variation proposals & Claim preparation & submission. Planning for Major Shut downs involving replacement of entire Tank farm piping in phased manner in a very tight schedule. Client – M/s ADCO.

2. Company : Engineers India Limited.

Designation at separation : Manager

From : 1987

To : December 2005.

Major Responsibilities : Project Planning, Scheduling, Progress Reporting for Major Refinery & Petrochemical projects while working as a PMC. Finalization & Implementation of Monthly / Weekly Programs, Presentations for Management & Client review, Hold up reporting, Approval of Contractual completion schedules of contractors, Material control, Drawing / Document Control, processing of Variation proposals & Claims submitted by Contractors. Supervision of Site works related to Piping, Tankage, Structures fabrication, Erection, testing, Equipment erection (Static & Rotary), Ethylene Cracker Furnace fabrication, erection, Chemical cleaning, Refractory dry out & pre-commissioning, Planning for Major Shut downs involving hook ups of New plant with Old & Revamp of Existing units. Clients – M/s GAIL, IOCL, PPC Iran, IPCL, BRPL.

Experience details –

B Tech (Hons.) Mechanical Engineering• A. Key Skills / Assets
• Trained in use of Prima Vera Enterprise suite, Ver-5.0.
• Extensive user, fully conversant & perfectly thorough in the use of Prima Vera Project Planner, Ver – 3.1 for Planning, scheduling, Resource loading & Progress reporting of Large Multi disciplinary, Multi-leveled & Multi phased Construction Projects of the Hydro carbon industry.
• Preparation of Schedules (Level – I, II, III, IV), Finalization of WBS, Weight Factor for progress measurement.
• Overall Schedule/Networks for Engineering, Procurement, Tendering, Manuf/Deliv, Constn, Pre-commissioning & Commissioning.
• Experienced in preparation of Annual Turn around (Maintenance) plans of Major Gas / Oil processing units.
Preparation of Project Status Presentations for Top Management & Client review.
• Fully conversant and thorough with MS office programmes like Excel, Word and MS Power Point.
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Training Course on Prima Vera Enterprise • In-house packages of EIL – CPS (Construction Planning System), COSMAS (Computerized Online Materail Allocation System).
• Expertise in preparation of Cost Control reports for entire project based upon Budget.
Having rich experience in preparing Variation Proposals, Time Extension Claims and Interpretation of Contract.
• Industry experience –
 Refinery Projects
 Petrochemicals Complex
 Oil & Gas Processing Plant
 Cross Country Pipeline Projects
 Petroleum Product Storage & Despatch

• Project Execution Philosophy familiar with -
 Working as a PMC (Project Management Consultancy) for implementation of LSTK, EPCC, Conventional & Turnkey Projects in India
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As MC (Managing Contractors) for implementation of EP (Engineering & Procurement) and MCC (Main Construction Contractor) in Iran.
 As EPC contractor for implementation of Jebel Dhanna Crude Oil Tank Farm upgradation project.

• Having fairly good command over Persian (spoken).

B. Project Planning & Management

• Preparation of Master schedule of project.
• Fix major milestones in consultation with client and engineering.
• Finalize drawing schedules and indexes.
• Supervise release of drgs. for Construction.
• MTO finalization in consultation with Engineering.
• Supervise Order finalization in consultation with purchase.
• Review of project progress with client and contractors.
• Cost control & Reporting for Management consideration.
• Compilation of Productivity data for gainful deployment of resources.
• Coordination with Owner, Licensor, Contractor.
• Coordination with Engineering, Purchase, Contracts, Procurement, site and other departments for smooth output of deliverables.
• Coordination with vendors for delivery of equipment and other items.

C. Contract Management

• Review of Bid package before floating and provide inputs with respect to site conditions / special erection requirements / Client requirements.
• Review of GCC, SCC SOR and Technical specs. And incorporation of Special clauses of Contract.
• Supervise floating and award of contracts.
• Processing of extra claims, extra items, time extensions, escalations,