Muhammad Nouman Zafar

Planning, Scheduling, and Cost Control Engineer (ARAMCO & Saudi Engineering Council Approved)
Jubail


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Skills
MS Office ORACLE JD Edwards C++ Primavera 6 MS Project MS Power BI Letatwin PC Editor Budget Scheduling Cost Estimation Planning Reporting
  • Experience
    5 Years
  • U.A.E Experience
    Fresh
  • Industry
    Engineering
  • Nationality
    Pakistani
  • Visa status
    Not Applicable
  • Qualification
    Matric - Completed Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with 3.02/4 CGPA. Major Subjects: Power
  • Driving License: Valid Driving License in KSA
Other Matching Titles/Position
Maintenance Planner
Scheduler
Cost Controller
Electrical Engineering
Industry Titles
Engineering
Engineering
Contracting /Construction

Summary of Career

1. ARAMCO & SCE approved Graduate Engineer having Professional Experience in Gulf (KSA, QATAR) and Asia including Oil and Gas Sector, Fertilizer Plant, Substations, Electric Power Company, and Thermal Power Plant with the following experience and attributes. • E&I Department – O&M, EPC projects, and TA/Shutdowns. • Mechanical Plant Maintenance – TA/Shutdowns. • Civil Construction. • Planning, Execution, and Proposal Departments.


2. Planning, Scheduling, and Costing Engineer.


3. Attend Kick-off meetings with clients, discuss the scope of the project, and mobilization plan of equipment and manpower. Prepare Level-3, Level-4 baseline Schedules.


4. Lead the team for Cost Estimation for complete/additional scope of the project.


5. Prepare budget of the project according to the deployment plan of manpower and equipment.


6. Conduct meetings with Subcontractors and discuss the scope of the project, issues, and risks.


7. Prepare and send progress reports for Pre-TA activities.


8. Verify the quantity claims/invoices of subcontractors.


9. Coordinate with the client’s operations team for PSSR and prepare punch lists.


10. Work with Proposal department for segregation of work packages and prepare the list of scope/documents for subcontracted services.


Achievements
Certificate of Appreciation

Appreciation Award from DESCON ENGINEERING QATAR L.L.C for safe and successful execution of Qafco UPS Project.


Certificate of Appreciation

Appreciation Award from DESCON ENGINEERING QATAR L.L.C for successful completion of QATARGAS Train 3/SRU-02 Shutdown


Appreciation Award

Appreciation Award from SAUDI ARAMCO for outstanding efforts during Yanbu Refinery 2023 Turnaround.


Appreciation Award

Appreciation Award from SASREF for excellent performance and outstanding contribution during SASREF 2024 Major Turnaround.


Fully Funded Scholarship in Europe

Fully Funded Scholarship from EIT INNOENERGY Master’s School for dual degree Masters at KU LEUVEN, BELGIUM and Grenoble INP, FRANCE.


Work Experience (Employment History)

Experience as Planning Engineer

  • Employer

    Olayan Descon Engineering Company

  • From

    14 October 2023

  • To

    To date

  • Detail

    Projects:
    •Air Liquide - YASREF | PLC Panels Installation, Air Pre-Heater Replacement & TA 2024
    •PETROKEMYA South – SABIC | Shutdown 2024
    •SAUDI ARAMCO Jubail Refinery | OPD-2/VBU Major TA 2024
    •SAUDI ARAMCO Yanbu Refinery | Block-1 Major TA 2023
    Duties & Responsibilities:
    •Planning, Scheduling, and Costing Engineer.
    •Attend Kick-off meetings with clients, discuss the scope of the project, and mobilization plan of equipment and manpower.
    •Lead the Planning team for the allocated area, and monitor the pre-shutdown activities including tagging of equipment, scaffolding erection, and pre-fabrication.
    •Prepare Level-3, Level-4 baseline Schedules.
    •Lead the team for Cost Estimation for complete/additional scope of the project.
    •Prepare budget of the project according to the deployment plan of manpower and equipment.
    •Conduct meetings with Subcontractors and discuss the scope of the project, issues, and risks.
    •Update the equipment mobilization status daily.
    •Follow up with Administration for Complete Manpower update including their ID status, Safety inductions, and plant access.
    •Prepare and send progress reports for Pre-TA activities.
    •Prepare work packages for TA (Columns, Furnace, Heat Exchangers, Vessels, Line Defects, Valves, Line inspections, Line cleaning, Painting).
    •Prepare Weld Map Tracking sheet with painting and insulation.
    •Material tracking and monitor S-curves for scaffolding.
    •Conduct Meetings with the team, discuss the status of procurement, and look-ahead plan.
    •Prepare MOMs of the meetings.
    •Prepare and update the daily narration sheet during TA.
    •Monitor the progress during TA including Instrumentation and Mechanical scope.
    •Removal and installation of thermowells, tube skin, corrosion probes, control valves.
    •Collect and update the daily progress from allocated site.
    •Follow up with QC for box up reports.
    •Daily Site visit and monitor the planned vs actual progress.
    •Attend meetings with SAUDI ARAMCO for site issues.
    •Verify the quantity claims/invoices of subcontractors.
    •Prepare forms with quantity and cost for additional work during TA.
    •Conduct meetings with client, and site visit with the execution team, discuss the additional scope and prepare Method of Statement with drawings, and lifting plan.
    •Coordinate with the client’s operations team for PSSR and prepare punch lists.•
    Lead the team for Post TA Activities including Operations support, Punch list closure, Scaffolding removal, Insulation and cladding works, Spare bundles hydro jetting, Material returning to client, and Demobilization of manpower and equipment.
    •Prepare invoices for base PO, additional scope, and emergent scope as per payment milestones.
    •Work with Proposal department for segregation of work packages and prepare the list of scope/documents for subcontracted services.
    •Prepare the list of clarifications according to the given scope.
    •Develop estimating plans in response to Request for Proposal (RFP) received from Clients.
    •Evaluate scope of work, drawings, and other related documentation to recognize the requirement.

Experience as Planning Engineer

  • Employer

    INTECH Process Automation

  • From

    21 February 2023

  • To

    12 October 2023

  • Detail

    Major Projects:
    •Tuzkol Munai Gaz Operating | Supply of I&C Material related to Tank Gauging & DeltaV Control System
    •ADNOC | Maintenance Support Services for Wellhead Platforms
    •Tengizchevroil | Supply of 37 Nos Wellhead Control Panels
    •PARCO | Supply, Configuration, Installation, and Commissioning of High Accuracy Digital Instrumentation for White Oil Pipeline System
    •Orient Petroleum | Modification of Solar system for existing WHCP
    •OGDCL | SCADA system for 07 Nos Wells
    Duties & Responsibilities:
    •Planning Engineer (Portfolio Controller) for different BU’s (Pakistan, UAE, Nigeria, and Kazakhstan).
    •Prepare Level-3, Level-4 baseline Schedules and update according to requirements.
    •Prepare CMRs for revised baseline delivery date.
    •Prepare and Validate the Cost Control Sheet of each project (Budget Monitoring–Bidding, Actual, Forecast).
    •Prepare WIP and Revenue Forecasting on monthly basis for all projects of the portfolio.
    •Prepare and update Cashflows.
    •Track and validate invoices for all projects.
    •Resource allocation, and Resource Leveling.
    •Prepare Resource Loading Analysis for fiscal year.
    •Update and analyze data for the whole portfolio dashboard in MS Power BI.
    •Track Purchase Orders in MS Dynamics and update the status in schedules and cashflows.
    •Prepare Progress Reports and S-curves.
    •Prepare MOMs of the weekly BU Meetings.
    •Prepare documents for Audit of each project.
    •Update Project highlights, risks, and issues.
    •Conduct Weekly Meetings with the team and discuss the action items of each project.
    •Approve the expenses of Resources.
    •Approve and validate Timesheets of all the resources.
    •Verify the OKRs of each resource of the portfolio at the end of FY.
    •Attend meetings with clients and discuss the look-ahead plan.
    •Highlight the cost deviations, potential risks & issues, and discuss with PM.
    •Prepare Work Orders and assign resources in Web-App for Global Site Services Portfolio.

Experience as Engineer E&I

  • Employer

    National Transmission and Dispatch Company

  • From

    02 November 2020

  • To

    02 November 2021

  • Detail

    •Site Supervision for field activities.
    •Coordination with Testing team for testing of various equipment.
    •Testing of C.T through C.T. Analyzer.
    •Testing of Circuit breakers and Earthing joints.
    •Prepare Report.
    •Monitoring of Control room and other activities in grid yard.
    •Analyzing control panels, relay panels and distribution panels.
    •Visit Battery room and monitor operations.
    •Monitoring of electrical works inside the factory premises.
    •Monitoring of distribution and power supply panels.
    •Cabling work, glands, and termination.
    •Monitoring of various field activities in power plant.
    •Working and maintenance of exchangers, and pumps.
    •Site visits with Supervisor.
    •Discussions with the team for operations and maintenance.

Experience as Freelancer

  • Employer

    Freelance (Project Management)

  • From

    10 August 2020

  • To

    10 February 2023

  • Detail

    •Project Planning, Scheduling, & Budgeting on Primavera P6.
    •CPM analysis, WBS creation, Resource allocation, and Milestones.
    •Prepare Gantt charts, Histograms, and S-curves.
    •Prepare spreadsheets for all the gathered data.
    •Prepare invoices, graphs, and charts.

Experience as Planning Engineer

  • Employer

    DESCON ENGINEERING QATAR L.L.C.

  • From

    17 February 2019

  • To

    13 December 2019

  • Detail

    Projects:
    •QAFCO | Installation of UPS and Battery Banks at QAFCO-1,2, and Cable laying for turning gear motor in Ammonia-4
    •KAHRAMAA, SIEMENS QATAR | QPTSE Phase 5 - 132/11 KV AL-SADD3 Substation
    •QATARGAS | Upgrade of POIS System across QG assets
    •QATARGAS | Shutdown of Train-3
    •QATARGAS | Shutdown of Train-6
    Role & Responsibilities:
    •Work as a Planning Engineer/Project Engineer according to the nature of the Project.
    •Supervise all the documentation of the Projects and Lead the execution team.
    •Attend meetings with Clients and discuss the look-ahead plan, changes in site conditions, and daily progress report.
    •Establish work priorities and make sure procedures are followed and deadlines are met.
    •Review the Job Safety Analysis with Client's Safety Personnel.
    •Site Visits with Client's Project In-charge and Electrical Personnel for LOTO, Queries, and Progress at Site.
    •Prepare Laying Status Report of all the laid cable drums.
    •Prepare Ferrules for termination of cables.
    •Prepare and Submit RFIs, MARs, and DPR’s.
    •Prepare BOQs/BOMs of the materials.
    •Site Visits with the Team and QG Host.
    •Meeting with the Superintendent Engineer for routine tasks, and resource deployment.
    •Check the on-going activities as per the given drawing.
    •Deliver the Safety Topic to the Site Supervisors.
    •Monitoring of day-to-day activities from each Supervisor.
    •Check punch points and progress at Site.
    •Provide assistance to the Vendors for Testing and Commissioning.
    •Installation of Panels, Cable Trays, Base support, C-channel, Unistrut channel, Battery Isolators, Earthing busbars, MCT frames/blocks, Battery Banks, hydrogen detector, fire alarm, manual call point, fluorescent lights, JB's, isolator switch, power socket, & conduit.
    •Installation of HVAC ducts, louvers, fire damper, and diffusers.
    •Cable laying, glanding and termination. Continuity and IR tests.
    •Supervision of Civil works including plumbing works i.e., fixing of ppr and upvc pipes, excavation, rebar fixing, formwork, bitumen coating, laying of membrane, concreting, fixing of stucco mesh, plastering, backfilling, compaction, fixing of tiles, filling of acid resistant, painting and fixing of fire rated steel door.
    •Tracing and marking of equipment, blind locations, and valves.
    •Supervision of Mechanical Maintenance activities including blinding, deblinding, replace/remove gaskets (CS and Graphite), opening of manway trays, cleaning (manual and power brushing), bundle removal/installation, channel head removal/installation, spool installation, mesh installation, replace/clean demister pads and box up.
    •Responsible for all the Work Permits at the Site.
    •Monitor all Pre-shutdown activities and arrange materials as per site conditions.

Experience as Internee/Trainee Engineer

  • Employer

    Multan Electric Power Company

  • From

    17 September 2018

  • To

    09 November 2018

  • Detail

    Completed 2 months practical training at MEPCO Multan.
    During the training worked in 4 departments.
    1) Protection and Instrumentation
    2) Metering and Testing
    3) Testing and Inspection
    4) Substation and Transmission
    Learnt about the testing, protection and measurement of various equipment.
    Monitor power transmission and all process at the substation.
    Made Single line diagram and other wiring diagrams.
    Gained professional experience in Working of Meters and their respective testing and Testing of cables, panels and transformers.
    At the end of the training, prepare and submit training report.

Experience as Internee/Trainee Engineer

  • Employer

    NTDC, 500 K.V. Grid Station, Multan, Pakistan

  • From

    08 July 2017

  • To

    08 August 2017

  • Detail

    Completed 01 month training at NTDC, 500 K.V. Grid Station Multan.
    Worked as an Internee/Trainee Engineer.
    Monitor all the on-going activities in the grid station.
    Gained professional experience in working of electrical devices and their respective protection and instrumentation.
    Learn reading of Single line diagrams.
    Visit the control room and battery room.
    Discuss the whole process and other electrical terminologies with Senior Engineer.
    Isolation and De-Islolation.
    At the end of the training, prepare and submit training report.

Experience as Internee/Trainee Engineer

  • Employer

    Thermal Power Plant, Muzaffargarh, Pakistan

  • From

    14 July 2016

  • To

    15 August 2016

  • Detail

    Completed 01 month practical training at Thermal Power Plant Muzaffargarh.
    During the training worked in Unit#04 of the power plant.
    Monitor all the on-going activities in the field and learn all the process of power generation.
    Visit the control room and check field activities and note their values.
    Gained professional experience in Working of Steam turbines, cooling towers and draft fans.
    Monitor power transmission in the yard.
    Make diagrams according to the whole process of the power plant.
    At the end of the training prepare and submit the training report.

Academic Qualification

Matric 31 July 2011

Completed Matriculation in Science.

Matric 23 September 2013

Completed Intermediate/FSc (Pre-Engineering).

Matric 28 June 2018

Completed Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with 3.02/4 CGPA. Major Subjects: Power
Certifications

Saudi Council of Engineers Member

  • Duration
    01 Year
  • Description
    Certified from Saudi Council of Engineers
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