Farhan Altaf

Senior Project Control Specialist at Leopard Project Controls, LLC
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Arlington, Virginia, United States, US
Languages
  • English Professional working proficiency
  • Urdu Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Punjabi Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Arabic Elementary proficiency

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Experience

    • United States
    • Construction
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Project Control Specialist
      • Nov 2022 - Present

      Develop and maintain baseline schedules using industry-standard scheduling software (Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, etc.) Analyze schedule data to identify potential delays or issues and recommend corrective actions Reviewing contractual obligations and ensuring that the project deliverables are in compliance with the requirements. Prepare schedule narratives that explain the logic and assumptions behind the baseline schedule Analyze schedule data to identify potential delays or issues and recommend corrective actions Show less

    • China
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Planning Manager
      • Oct 2021 - Mar 2022

      Worked as Planning Manager on Red Sea Public Utilities Assets & Infrastructure PPP Mega Project. (1.33 bn USD) The scope of work includes Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Commissioning of • Solar Power Plants • Water desalination Plants (RO) • A Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) • Sewage Treatment Plants • District Cooling Plants • Industrial Waste Management Plants • Primary Networks • Infrastructure and facilities Key Responsibilities: • Preparation/Review of resource loaded, construction and commissioning driven EPC Schedule through integration of all activities related to detailed Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Pre-commissioning and Commissioning with keen focus on external interfaces. • Manage the overall Project in respect of all Project Management phases such as Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling (Project Progress Management, Material Management, Risk Management, Cost Management, and Change Management) and Project Closeout. • Develop, implement and maintain planning processes, procedure, systems, tools and monitor compliance. • Review Weekly, Bi-weekly/ monthly progress overview reports, Cost & Schedule dashboards report, KPI's reports, & provide routine updates to department leadership on ongoing efforts, accomplishment, future plans & challenges etc. and comparing with targets and baseline plans, • Preparing guidelines, status reports, and presentations for Management, reviewing contractual obligations and ensure that the project execution plan, work plan and deliverables are in accordance with requirements. Show less

    • Saudi Arabia
    • Construction
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Lead Engineer - Planning & Control
      • Nov 2016 - Mar 2021

      • Preparation/Review of resource loaded, construction and commissioning driven EPC Schedule in Primavera P6, through integration of all activities related to detailed Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Pre-commissioning and Commissioning • Development of the Progress Measurement System (PMS) in order to plan, update, track, analyse and report work performance for all phases of the project. • To flag the potential delays ahead of time looking into the progress of works to ensure that the necessary mitigation measures are implemented by the PMT. • Leading regular progress review meetings with the project team, assisting them with evaluation of reported progress and status of critical activities with particular attention to deviations from planned activities. • Preparation/Review of monthly cost analysis & health review report for higher management. • Preparation/Review of Manpower and Equipment deployment plans. • Review and establish third party vendor or sub-contractor procedures and reporting inputs required for the project reporting to Client/End User. • Participate in the review of resource deployment by sub-contractors to ensure adequacy for meeting the completion schedules and propose recommendations when required • To analyse that all submittals from Equipment vendors/sub-contractors during implementation stage relating to Planning, Scheduling, Progress Measurement, Reporting, Productivity etc. are in line with the Agreement requirements, Project priorities, monitoring & control. • To develop and distribute project curves of progress, cost and manpower, including planned, actual and forecast figures. • Review of Daily/weekly/monthly progress report of area of works. • Assist in submission of Monthly Progress Invoice to Client. • Liaise with Client Project Control personnel as necessary Show less

    • Saudi Arabia
    • Construction
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Planning Engineer
      • Sep 2013 - Sep 2016

      • Preparation of Weekly and Monthly progress reports, Catch up schedules, Statistical Resource Analysis reports for the Management and Client. • Performing schedule reviews to ensure dates, durations & logical relationships are in line with current project strategies. • Liaison with client regarding documentation approvals (Method Statements, Inspection Work Lists and Additional Scope Requests etc.) and anticipated bottlenecks ensuring smooth progress. • Solely responsible for contract administration including writing business letters to client, making potential change alert, submitting change orders and getting the same approved through contract modification. • Creation of resource loaded Project master schedule & detailed schedule using primavera P6. • Tracking and updating schedule using Primavera P6. • Monitoring the progress to ensure that the project is progressing as planned & targets are being met. Raising flags if targets were likely to slip, identification of potential hold-ups and devising the solution for them to ensure the achievement of targets. • Prepare monthly cost analysis & health review report for higher management. • Preparation of Manpower and Equipment deployment plans. • Monitor the reporting system with partner companies and sub-contractors. • Management of Sub-contractors including award of job, coordination for on-site activities and closing contracts with them upon completion of respective activities. • Heading the weekly planning coordination meeting with construction and sub-contractors. • Preparation of progress delay analysis reports & Evaluation of weekly productivity factors by using earned and actual man-hours. • Budget preparation & cost control throughout all the phases of project management cycle. • Attending weekly progress, procurement & commercial meeting with client. Key Contributions: • Achieved 80 % growth over base contract value through astute contract change management approach. Show less

    • Saudi Arabia
    • Construction
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Maintenance Planner
      • Jun 2012 - Aug 2013

      • Manage and direct the execution of planned and breakdown maintenance and repairs of all instrumentation in plant. • Ensure availability of adequate manpower, materials, spares, tools and equipment guided by standard procedures. • Implement fault-finding routines and procedures, diagnoses problems and take appropriate action. • Inspection and troubleshooting of all plant instruments (Thermocouple, RTD, Transmitters, Speed and vibration sensors, solenoid valves and control valves). • Carry out inventory management for inventory ageing and turnover (fast/slow/non-moving spares). • Preparing monthly breakdown analysis reports. • Effectively plan resources for the provision of cost effective maintenance solutions within tight budget constraints for following company owned assets • Instrumentation assets • Generators, pumps and compressors • Industrial refrigeration and chillers assets • Light and heavy vehicle assets Key Contributions: • Successfully made a paradigm shift from reactive maintenance to planned preventive maintenance (PPM) for instrumentation assets. • Achieved 100% PM compliance for planned maintenance and significantly reduced breakdown maintenance (40% to 12%). • Training of maintenance department staff. Show less

    • Construction
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Maintenance Engineer
      • Apr 2011 - Apr 2012

      • Organizing and leading team for day to day activities and troubleshooting to ensure increasing reliability of instruments. • Participating in defining overall maintenance process KPI’s. • Review of skills gap and conduct awareness and training for the team in order to increase their technical capability and workmanship. • Attending maintenance department daily meeting and present reports as necessary. • Leading breakdown root cause analysis, developing/monitoring related action plan and initiating work permit process with coordination of operations team. • Loop checking and module simulation using different type of simulators for troubleshooting purposes. • Calibration, installation and maintenance of transmitters like Temperature, Pressure, Flow and Level. • Calibration and maintenance of control valves from Fisher and Samson. • Reviewing and managing spares inventory and consumables with storeroom team. • Ensuring preventive maintenance is progressing in full methodology spirit. • Participating in developing safe workplace by following and benchmarking safety guidelines and assuring that the team is adhering to the safety and quality standards. Show less

Education

  • University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila
    Bachelor of Science (BSc), Electronics Engineering
    2007 - 2011

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