Nasir Ali
Abu Dhabi,AZ
Summary
Over 15 years of project management expertise in oil and gas plant construction across UAE, Qatar, Oman, and Pakistan. Proficient in planning, scheduling, and cost control using Primavera and SAP ERP systems. Skilled in subcontracting, materials management, and procurement, with a focus on forecasting, budgeting, and reporting. Experienced in SAP PS, MM, and SD module implementation and EOT analysis.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Planning & Cost Control Head
National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC)
08.2022 - Current
- Roles & Responsibilities:
- 1) Planning Management
- Working on Multiple projects, supporting planning Managers and Proposal team.
- Leading to Manager Planning/Incharge Planning in providing Planning and Scheduling functions across all disciplines.
- All works planned in a cost-effective manner in line compliance with the clients HSE & Quality Policies in a safe manner to standards, codes, and practices
- Preparation, review & submission to Client Turnaround Major Milestones.
- Identifying & Review of Subcontractor & specialist subcontractor requirement for Turnaround.
- Attending meeting & finalization of a subcontractor for Turnaround.
- Generation and analyzing of standard reports related to progress, efficiency, and cost on a monthly basis and to raise flag alert to the client in case of variation from standard benchmarks/budget
- Monitoring and review recovery plan for any delayed critical activity for client review and approval
- Monitoring, update & following up with all stakeholders directly involved in the clients’ Turnaround for pending action as per monthly minutes of meeting
- Identify the long lead items needs to be ordered & interact with client for necessary action
- Follow-up with respective planning manager to complete all the material reservation as per Turnaround major milestone
- Follow-up with core team for material delivery status & inform the client if there is an issue with for any potential delivery delay.
- 2) Cost Control & Subcontracts Management
- Creating and developing procedures for cost recording, reporting and analyzing standards including Schedule and Cost performance metrics
- Cost Control , monitoring and reporting the activities for all OPEX and CAPEX for organization
- Implementing Cost Engineering techniques relative to staffing, service level agreements and cost between forecast and the budgets for performance indicator.
- Implementing, Creating and Control the Budget with control techniques as per contractual and company standards.
- Ensure all commitments are accurately are properly recording & reported
- Creating and Maintaining of Procedure for forecast Cost vs revenue for company
- Creating and indicating management in advance any cost overruns as compared to budget before closing final recording price.
- Ensures the accuracy of information of base costing and progress data. Prepare invoicing procedure and ensure its implementation.
- Prepare change orders, extra works calculation sheet in the light of contracts with client and their approvals.
- Sourcing of suitable subcontractors and their prequalification.
- Prepare the fare price estimates for the subcontract scope.
- Prepare subcontract packages, subcontract negotiations and contracts agreement preparation in the light of final negotiations.
- Monitors sub-contracts awarded at site against budget provisions.
- Time to time coordination with subcontracts, verification of its invoices and evaluation of its extra works and claims.
- Evaluation of performance of subcontractor and prepare recommendations for the future.
- Contract closure and free material reconciliation considering wastage allowance.
Planning & Cost Control Manager
Petroserv Limited W.L.L. Qatar
04.2016 - 08.2022
- Roles & Responsibilities:
- 1) Planning Management
- Working on Multiple projects, supporting planning Managers and Bidding team.
- Leading to Manager Planning/Incharge Planning in providing Planning and Scheduling functions across all disciplines.
- All works planned in a cost-effective manner in line compliance with the clients HSE & Quality Policies in a safe manner to standards, codes, and practices
- Preparation, review & submission to Client Turnaround Major Milestones.
- Identifying & Review of Subcontractor & specialist subcontractor requirement for Turnaround.
- Attending meeting & finalization of a subcontractor for Turnaround.
- Generation and analyzing of standard reports related to progress, efficiency, and cost on a monthly basis and to raise flag alert to the client in case of variation from standard benchmarks/budget
- 2) Cost Control Management
- Creating and developing procedures for cost recording, reporting and analyzing standards including Schedule and Cost performance metrics
- Cost Control , monitoring and reporting the activities for all OPEX and CAPEX for organization
- Implementing Cost Engineering techniques relative to staffing, service level agreements and cost between forecast and the budgets for performance indicator.
- Implementing, Creating and Control the Budget with control techniques as per contractual and company standards.
- Ensure all commitments are accurately are properly recording & reported
- Creating and Maintaining of Procedure for forecast Cost vs revenue for company
- Creating and indicating management in advance any cost overruns as compared to budget before closing final recording price.
- Ensures the accuracy of information of base costing and progress data. Prepare invoicing procedure and ensure its implementation.
- Prepare change orders, extra works calculation sheet in the light of contracts with client and their approvals.
- Sourcing of suitable subcontractors and their prequalification.
- Prepare the fare price estimates for the subcontract scope.
- Prepare subcontract packages, subcontract negotiations and contracts agreement preparation in the light of final negotiations.
- Monitors sub-contracts awarded at site against budget provisions.
- Time to time coordination with subcontracts, verification of its invoices and evaluation of its extra works and claims.
- Evaluation of performance of subcontractor and prepare recommendations for the future.
- Contract closure and free material reconciliation considering wastage allowance.
Assistant Manager Cost & Planning
Al Hassan Engineering SAOG, Oman
11.2014 - 04.2016
- RESPONSIBILITIES:
- 4) Planning & Monitoring
- Become thoroughly familiar with Scope of work, Budget, Preparation of Contract synopsis, EOT Claims, WBS, and OBS.
- Development and Maintenance of Level IV Project Master Schedule on Primavera P6 for execution in line With project contractual schedule, Resource loading and leveling
- Update activities in P6 Plan; generating rolling 3 months and 4 weeks look-ahead plans based on updated Plan and work front availability status.
- EPC Project Overall Planning of Power Plant & HRSG Oil & Gas Project (Including Civil, Mechanical & Electrical)
- 5) Cost Control & Contracts Management
- Creating and developing procedures for cost recording, reporting and analyzing standards including Schedule and Cost performance metrics
- Cost Control , monitoring and reporting the activities for all OPEX and CAPEX for organization
- Implementing Cost Engineering techniques relative to staffing, service level agreements and cost between forecast and the budgets for performance indicator.
- Implementing, Creating and Control the Budget with control techniques as per contractual and company standards.
- Ensure all commitments are accurately are properly recording & reported
- Creating and Maintaining of Procedure for forecast Cost vs revenue for company
- Creating and indicating management in advance any cost overruns as compared to budget before closing final recording price.
- Ensures the accuracy of information of base costing and progress data. Prepare invoicing procedure and ensure its implementation.
- Prepare change orders, extra works calculation sheet in the light of contracts with client and their approvals.
- Monitors usage of Direct Materials, Direct Consumable and sets standards for material wastages. Monitors deployment of Direct and indirect manpower, Equipment and Plants against the budget. Evaluates Cost to complete prepared against budget and previous trends.
- Establishes key performance indicators to monitor the financial health of project and compares one against the other for benchmarking.
- Prepare and ensure that project budget documents are complete, up to date, and revisions if any have been properly reviewed and approved by Management.
- Recording of delay events of client, in time notification to client.
- 5) Subcontracting
- Sourcing of suitable subcontractors and their prequalification.
- Prepare the fare price estimates for the subcontract scope.
- Prepare subcontract packages, subcontract negotiations and contracts agreement preparation in the light of final negotiations.
- Monitors sub-contracts awarded at site against budget provisions.
- Time to time coordination with subcontracts, verification of its invoices and evaluation of its extra works and claims.
Sr. Planning / Cost Engineer
Global Process Systems (Al Jaber Group), Abu Dhabi
09.2013 - 10.2014
- RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Become thoroughly familiar with Scope of work, Budget, Preparation of WBS, and OBS.
- Development and Maintenance of Level IV Project Master Schedule on Primavera P6 for execution in line With project contractual schedule, Resource loading and leveling
- Update activities in P6 Plan; generating rolling 3 months and 4 weeks look-ahead plans based on updated Plan and work front availability status.
- Prepared Deployment of key Resources; manpower, equipment’s and their monitoring
- Inform of the progress in the form of graphical and tabular reports, work priorities and anticipated delays; Prepare critical path analysis; and to suggest timely corrective action for achieving project objectives
- Analyze time and Progress impact with the Baseline due to any revision of schedule by the client or by the project team itself
- Monitor key parameters like Labor Efficiency, Productivity, Equipment utilization and booking of man-hours
- Effective communication and coordination with other departments and other project participants to resolve Project interfaces
Lead Planning / Cost Control / Subcontracts Engineer
Descon Engineering, Abu Dhabi
12.2011 - 09.2013
- RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Become thoroughly familiar with Scope of work, Budget, Preparation of WBS, OBS and their mapping.
- Development and Maintenance of Level IV Project Master Schedule on Primavera P6 for execution in line with project contractual schedule, Resource loading and leveling.
- Update activities in P6 Plan; generating rolling 3 months and 4 weeks look-ahead plans based on updated Plan and work front availability status.
- Prepared Deployment of key Resources; manpower, equipment’s and their monitoring
- Inform of the progress in the form of graphical and tabular reports, work priorities and anticipated delays; Prepare critical path analysis; and to suggest timely corrective action for achieving project objectives
- Analyze time and Progress impact with the Baseline due to any revision of schedule by the client or by the project team itself
- Monitor key parameters like Labor Efficiency, Productivity, Equipment utilization and booking of man-hours
- Effective communication and coordination with other departments and other project participants to resolve project interfaces
- Preparation of technical queries and variation orders / change requests upon deviation of Scope
- Review all Layouts, Piping Plans, P&IDs, Isometrics, Structure and Equipment’s drawings, Preparation of BOQ and BOM and Materials management & control
- Field Engineering and document controlling, preparation of as built drawings / BOMs and reporting monthly invoices
- Procurement and Subcontracting, Supervision of subcontractor, keep track of his progress and conduct meetings with him on his activities including design and execution issues
- Support Construction by attending site on a regular basis to ease the flow of and resolution of field RFI’s
- Implementation and monitoring of all HSE Procedures, rules and regulations to maintain safe and clean working environment.
Assistant Manager Planning / Cost Control
Peoples Steel Mills limited (P&D Division), Karachi
03.2011 - 11.2011
- RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Development and Maintenance of Level IV Project Master Schedule on Primavera P3, MS Project 2007 &MS Office 2007 for execution in line with project contractual schedule, Resource loading for ASML Project.
- Prepared Deployment of key Resources; manpower, equipment’s and their monitoring
- Project & Development of Enar refinery columns erection & design schedule.
- Maintenance of Steel rolling mills for the smooth operation using mechanical maintenance techniques.
- Project planning of new steel plants including four units like PPPL, CRSM, ECL and RCL using software’s Like P3, MS Project 2007 & Excel.
- Progress Monitoring of Rolling mills on Excel or MS Project 2007 using BOQ and BOM.
- Plant turnaround planning for the running steel plants.
- Resource planning including standard Man-hours with earned progress.
- Extracting BOQ from drawing for the purpose of estimation and requirement of material for storage tanks and assembly erection.
- Invoice of company preparation and verification of subcontractor’s invoices verification.
Planning / Cost Control / Subcontracts Engineer
Fauz Engineering limited, Lahore
10.2009 - 02.2011
- Development and Maintenance of Level IV Project Master Schedule on Primavera P3, MS Project 2007 &MS Office 2007 for execution in line with project contractual schedule, Resource loading for ASML Project.
- Working at pipe supports erection of KS Circuits steam line and SF Lines.
- Drawings establishment, BOQ study of all project piping and pipe supports erection and fabrication process.
- Planning and control the project progress.
- Maintenance of production process of fabrication and erection using software’s Like P3, MS Project 2007 & Excel.
- Design and development of all project drawings problems.
- Maintenance of production process of fabrication and erection
- Resource planning including standard Man-hours with earned progress.
- Working at Diesel Day Tank, Diesel storage Tank, Condensate Tank, Raw water Tank and Treated water Tank.
- Drawings establishment, BOQ study of all project piping and pipe supports erection and fabrication process.
Education
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
University of Engineering & Technology
Lahore09.2009
F.Sc. Pre-Engineering - Pre-Engineering
Punjab College of IT
Multan03.2005
Matriculation -
Govt. Comprehensive High School
Multan03.2003
Skills
- Engineering Software: SAP PS / MM / SD Module, CCS Candy, CVRS, DPMS, EPMS, Primavera Project planner P6
- Others: MS Office (Word, Power Point)
Certification
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL BY PMI USA ID # 3152808
- CERTIFIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL BY (IMTC OMAN)
- DIPLOMA IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT BY IBMI (GERMANY)
- DIPLOMA IN PROJECT PLANNING & SCHEDULING BY JOHN ACADEMY (UK)
- CERTIFIED LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT BY IBMI (GERMANY)
- CERTIFIED CHANGE MANAGMENT BY IBMI (GERMANY)
- CERTIFIED RISK & CHANGE MANAGEMENT BY IBMI (GERMANY)
- CERTIFIED SIX SIGMA YELLOW BELT BY VMEdu Inc.
- CERTIFIED NEGOTIATION ASSOCIATE BY VMEdu Inc.
- CERTIFIED SCRUM FUNDAMENTALS BY VMEdu Inc.
LANGUAGES
English, Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Seraiki
Hobbies and Interests
Net surfing, Cricket, Reading Newspaper
Accomplishments
- Scholarship from B.I.S.E.board in Intermediate
- Talent Scholarship in Intermediate from PCIT,Multan
Training
- SAIPEM –ADNOC HSE TRAININGS BY SAPIEM, ABU DHABI, UAE.
- PDO HSE TRAINING BY NTI MUSCAT OMAN.
- DPMS SYSTEM TRAINING BY DESCON ENGINEERING LLC, ABU DHABI, UAE.
Affiliations
- Engineering Congress Membership (Life time)
- Engineering Council Membership (2016)
- In situate of Engineers Membership (Life time)
PROPOSED POSITION
Budget, Cost Control & Planning Manager (Primavera / SAP PS /MM / SD Specialist) / Project Controls Head / Cost & Planning Manager / Cost Control Manager
CURRENT POSITION
I am currently working as Planning & Cost Control Manager (SAP PS / MM / SD Specialist) with NPCC Abu Dabi UAE. Before I worked with Petroserv, Al Hassan Engineering S.A.O.G &Global Process Systems (Al Jaber Group Abu Dhabi Member) as a Planning & Cost Manager on Projects EPC like Weatherford Zubair Field Project, Now Wilson Project, and Singapore Bukita Vessels Projects, Sohar Refinery improvement Project, Ghabah North Gas development project, SNCP Gas compression Project, Daelim & Petrofac Joint Venture Sohar Piping Project etc.
Timeline
Planning & Cost Control Head
National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC)
08.2022 - Current
Planning & Cost Control Manager
Petroserv Limited W.L.L. Qatar
04.2016 - 08.2022
Assistant Manager Cost & Planning
Al Hassan Engineering SAOG, Oman
11.2014 - 04.2016
Sr. Planning / Cost Engineer
Global Process Systems (Al Jaber Group), Abu Dhabi
09.2013 - 10.2014
Lead Planning / Cost Control / Subcontracts Engineer
Descon Engineering, Abu Dhabi
12.2011 - 09.2013
Assistant Manager Planning / Cost Control
Peoples Steel Mills limited (P&D Division), Karachi
03.2011 - 11.2011
Planning / Cost Control / Subcontracts Engineer
Fauz Engineering limited, Lahore
10.2009 - 02.2011
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
University of Engineering & Technology
F.Sc. Pre-Engineering - Pre-Engineering
Punjab College of IT
Matriculation -
Govt. Comprehensive High School
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