Senior Planning Manager
Hyder Consulting
Total years of experience :17 years, 6 Months
• Design central system of projects control, put standards, develop construction manual (including work processes, document management, etc.), establishing scope of authority, clear lines of communication and train teams to apply the same.
• Developing and establishing Hyder master system to manage documents, data and reports using the integrated web system.
• Company resource tracking and planning.
• Responsible for requirements of ISO auditing.
• Manage planners, schedulers in KSA projects to assure applying standard system and best practice in planning, monitoring, and controlling the execution within the time and budgetary parameters, including preparation of resources and optimizing their utilization.
• Responsible for time of deliverables & progress reports.
• Strong communication with clients (owners) to assure visibility of planning and progress and satisfaction, keep the both Hyder management and clients management apprised of the progress and the areas needing attention for schedule adherence.
• Develop systems and procedures for Project control functions on the onset of the project.
Provide leadership and guidance to the projects planning teams to develop, implement & maintain the project controls procedure, schedules, and reporting systems.
• Review the progress measurement system such as monthly manpower histograms, progress S curves etc. received from main contractors (and sub-contractors).
• Monitoring progress for timely execution through daily/weekly/monthly reports with respect to review of the overall project to identify, resolve/ suggest solutions for any problems, issues, bottlenecks/scheduling conflicts.
• Ensure that site projects controls documents such as construction schedules, resources histogram, reporting systems, commodity data base, material controls systems, etc. are fully developed & implemented by the designated personnel and reviewed by PM and that engineering & procurement activities are properly interfaced.
• Ensure that planners are carrying out schedule risk analysis and advise action plan/Proposed Scenarios to mitigate the delays, if any.
• Visit sites regularly to monitor systems and progress.
Meeting with clients and main contractors on a regular basis to review progress, discuss problems.
• Establishing a procedure, identifying a responsible person and establishing a timeline for making necessary contract decisions or modifications.
• Establishing and developing the company, hiring and managing the team.
• Maintaining and developing the relationship with partners, clients and all other stakeholders.
• Representing company in technical and business meetings.
• Supervising/contributing in preparing of proposals of PM solutions.
• Directing/contributing in implementation and training of PM solutions.
Establishing and developing three separate units (Document Management, Project Contract Management and Quantity Survey), including creating the structure of the unit, developing the work process, hiring and managing the team for each.
PM Consultancy included analysis, design solutions (work process and tools), build teams (recruitment and training), implementation (execution and development).
• Determining/ reviewing the sequence of activities, dependencies, required or desired outcomes, and acceptable performance levels.
• Developing a timetable, start and end date for each performance component. Include milestones with accompanying time-frames, and monitoring and reporting requirements.
• Monitoring contractors’ activity on a specified frequency to identify problem areas.
• Meeting with the main contractor on a regular basis to review progress, discuss problems and consider necessary changes.
• Establishing scope of authority, clear lines of communication and reporting and specific individuals who will interact directly with the contractor.
• Establishing control of correspondence, data and reports using the software tool.
• Identifying potential problems and solutions.
• Establishing a procedure, identifying a responsible person and establishing a time-frame for handling noncompliance.
• Establishing a procedure, identifying a responsible person and establishing a timeline for making necessary contract decisions or modifications.
• Provide project control services to the PD and PM in project implementation.
• Responsible for time of control deliverables & progress reports.
• Lead planners, schedulers and cost engineers of all Project’s entities (i.e. Consultants, Main Contractors, etc.) to plan, monitor, and control the execution within the time and budgetary parameters, optimizing resource utilization.
• Develop systems and procedures for Project control functions on the onset of the project and as when there are additional requirements from the client.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the project planning team to develop, implement & maintain the project controls procedure, schedules, and reporting systems.
• Prepare the progress measurement system such as monthly manpower histograms, progress S curves etc.
• Monitoring progress for timely execution through weekly/monthly reports with respect to review of the overall project to resolve/ suggest solutions for any problems, issues, bottlenecks/scheduling conflicts.
• Co-ordinate internal project team reviews followed by an approval and review by the client of the work schedule, progress measurement and reporting systems.
• Review the status continuously and keep the Client/Project Director/ Manager apprised of the progress and the areas needing attention for schedule adherence.
• Ensure that site project controls documents such as construction schedules, resources histogram, reporting systems, commodity data base, material controls systems, etc. are fully developed & implemented by the designated personnel and reviewed by Construction Management and that engineering & procurement activities are properly interfaced.
• Carry out schedule risk analysis as and when required and advise action plan/Proposed Scenarios to mitigate the delays, if any.
As a PCS manager for the Client of JKP (Jabal Al-Ka'bah Project) in the heart of Makkah Al Mukarramah (The Holy Haram) I was responsible for almost all tasks in the above mentioned job (ABNIA Consulting Engineers).
• Determining/ preparing the sequence of activities, dependencies, required or desired outcomes, and acceptable performance levels.
• Developing a timetable and start and end date for each performance component to match milestones with accompanying time-frames, and monitoring and reporting requirements.
• Monitoring contractors’ activity on a specified frequency to identify problem areas.
• Meeting with consultant and sub-contractors on a regular basis to review progress, discuss problems and consider necessary changes.
• Establishing scope of authority, clear lines of communication and reporting and specific individuals.
• Establishing control of correspondence, data and reports using the software tool.
• Identifying potential problems and solutions.
• Establishing a procedure, identifying a responsible person and establishing a timeline for making necessary contract decisions or modifications.
