Project Planning & Scheduling
Cell-(403)-918-4499
Home- (403)-939-4069
Email: Vilas_Naikade@hotmail.com
Vilas Naikade – PMP, PSP
Calgary, T3R 0L5, Alberta - Canada
OBJECTIVE: To seek a challenging Lead opportunity in a Project Controls with dynamic organization where I can offer
my skills, knowledge and expertise with room for growth.
COMPANIES WORKED WITH:
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Cenovus Energy-Oil & Gas Producer-Canada
Enbridge Inc-Oil & Gas Transporter-Canada-13 Months
Shell Canada Energy-Oil & Gas Producer-Canada-20 Months
Canadian Natural Resources Limited - Oil and Gas Producer - Canada – 2 years
Suncor Energy Inc-Oil & Gas Producer-Canada-2 years
Worley Arabia (Subsidiary of Worley, Australia)-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia-EPCM-4 years
Bechtel International-India-EPCM- 5 years
Jacobs Engineering-India-EPCM-4 years
Relevant Attributes
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Strong communication and interpersonal skills
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Hardworking, adaptable, problem solver with strong ability to lead
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Strong team player & ability to handle multi-tasks & prioritization at the same time
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Ability to meet assignment schedule & deliver quality work under pressure
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Sound reasoning ability, high level of self-initiative, strong desire to acquire new knowledge and skills
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Worked with team members on multiple geographic locations
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
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20 years of extensive Project Controls experience in EPCM environment with functional expertise in
Planning/Scheduling
Handled projects from Owner as well as Contractor side.
Served as Supervisor/Lead Planner/Scheduler, Project Controls & supervised 6-8 employees from Project
Controls
Worked primarily in Oil and Gas Industry for Upstream and Downstream projects with 10 years’ experience in
Alberta for Oil Sands development projects-SAGD, Upgrader & Refinery
Strong background of engineering, procurement, construction & commissioning & start up
In depth knowledge of CPM, PERT and EVMS (Earned Value Management System)
Advanced skills in using various Planning/Scheduling software such as Primavera (8 & above), MS Project
Worked on various internal Project Controls tools for tracking project progress during EPC phase.
Hands on experience in;
o Preparing Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) based on project scope in a hierarchical format.
o Working with Cost & Estimating department for integrating cost & schedule by developing/mapping Cost
Codes & WBS
o Developing various schedules (Level 1, 2, 3, 4-5), Milestone during Feed & EPC phase.
o Extracting main critical path & nearby critical paths activities from the schedule
o Performing schedule risk analysis using PERTMASTER
o Conducting weekly/bi-weekly, Monthly meetings for monitoring critical path of the project.
o Advance user of Primavera, MS Project, MS Office & knowledge of PRISM, INCONTROL, Teamwork,
Acumen Fuse & other Project Controls tools/software
o More than 12 years of hands on experience in using Primavera (V3.1,V5,V6,V6.2, V7.0, V8.1), MS Project
o Developing various Project Controls, Planning & Scheduling Procedure including Progress Measurement for
office & field.
o Handled Project Change Management Procedure (PCM) on Projects.
o Tracking project progress and updating project schedules
o Providing project wide manpower forecasts by trade, discipline and area
o Monitoring and reporting Schedule & Cost progress and performance against baseline
o Analyzing deviations, performing root cause analysis and recommending corrective actions
o Preparing and presenting weekly, bi-weekly and monthly reports to management
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EDUCATION AND AFFILIATIONS
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering 1991-University of Pune – India
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI, USA
Currently working on Six Sigma-Green & Black Belt Certification
Registered with APPEGA in Canada.
Member of The Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACE), USA
EXPERIENCE
Cenovus Energy Inc.-Jun-11
Planning & Scheduling Specialist - AB, Canada
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Working in matrix organization to support Project Services department as well as area project managers.
Handling various projects valued $1.5 Billion dollars.
Developing various deliverables such as Level 1, 2 schedule, schedule basis, manpower histograms during PrePAR & full PAR approval process
Established Complete Schedule Integration between EP House, Module Yard, Construction management team &
operations team
Review/detail analysis of EP FEED schedule & detail engineering & procurement schedule.
Developing owners Level 3 Control schedule & identified critical path & near critical path activities
Monitoring alignment of schedule with Class 3 Estimate & Cost Spend Profile
Completed various What If Analysis on Schedule as per the requirement of Project Management Team
Helping Project Management Team for getting approval of additional funding for the project-Providing various
schedule acceleration scenarios.
Helping Project Manager to prepare monthly project report by providing progress & performance report
Making site visits in order to monitor/review construction progress this includes participating in shift end
construction progress review meeting with CMT, Verifying the progress with CWP Tracker.
Worked with CMT Planning team in developing Construction commodities graphs such as Concrete, Piping.
Modules Installation, Electrical-Trays, Cable, Termination etc.
Developed & maintained various reports such as overall Progress & Performance Reports
Monitoring the progress against the baseline & reporting the variance on timely manner to project stakeholders
Completed Schedule Benchmarking for the completed projects, which is useful for the future phase.
Worked for Enterprise Planning-Organization level in order to develop standard procedures for Planning &
Scheduling procedure.
Mentoring, Leading & Supervising other planners for different assets. Involved in hiring process of new
planners/schedulers.
Developed & maintained various monthly/quarterly reports for the plant, infrastructure projects.
Developed construction flip charts, which was well adopted by PMT/CMT Team.
Enbridge Inc-May 2010-June 2011
Lead Planner/Scheduler - AB, Canada
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Developed & Maintained Overall EPC Schedule for US$ 120 Million Capital Project.
Developed critical path that anchored the project completion date.
Developed/owner of Level 3-4 Integrated Schedule through out the life cycle of the Project
Developed Milestone schedule from overall schedule for the management.
Developed various cost & schedule deliverables to support Project Gating process.
Helped in developing Class 3 Estimate, developed Monthly Cost Profiles.
Complete Responsibility of developing/monitoring Project Change Order & Schedule Change Notices.
Participated in Risk, Compliance & Contingency Review.
Interacted with Project Management Office (PMO) in order to integrate cost & schedule through common WBS
& Oracle Charge codes.
Developed Methods/Process in order to upload Primavera Master Schedule to Project Controls System & loaded
activities with Control Budget & developed various reports such as S-Curve, KPI factors for Project as well as
Major Project Division.
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Reported the CPI, SPI & Productivity of Project.
Participating daily/weekly Planning meetings with Engineering, Procurement & Construction group.
Direct responsibility of preparing Monthly Project Controls & Progress Report for reporting project cost &
schedule health to project stakeholders & Senior Management.
Highlighting the date slippage & impact of it in meeting overall Milestones.
Shell Canada Energy - June 2008-April 2010
Senior Planner/Scheduler-Scottford, AB, Canada
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Worked with owner operation group for developing Level 4-5 fully Integrated resource loaded C&SU schedule for
Refinery & Upgrader project.
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Worked with Bechtel & owners construction group in various stages for integrating C&SU plan with construction
schedule
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Developed early system completion dates based on first Oil-in date
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Developed & maintained various flow charts/templates in by interacting with operation & maintenance group,
this helped in developing schedule.
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Worked on various schedule scenarios & “what if analysis” on request on C&SU Manager & management.
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Identified bust in construction completion dates in order to meet first oil-in date & other silos completion dates.
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Developed & maintained various progress & performance reports in order to monitor the progress.
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Participated in weekly meetings with operation groups for schedule & progress review.
Canadian Natural Resources Limited - June 2006-June 2008
Senior Planner/Scheduler-Fort McMurray, AB, Canada
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Worked on US$4.5 Billion dollar Upgrader Project with direct planning responsibility for US$ 1.8 Billion Coker,
Utilities Project.
Direct responsibility of maintaining overall EPC schedule & handled various world class contractors such as
Technip, Italy.
Handled overall responsibility of integrating Area Schedule with Overall Horizon Project, External Module
Fabrication schedule.
Close coordinated with Module Fabricator Shop planner/scheduler for identifying sequence of Module
fabrications based on the construction strategy & sequence.
Identified & closely monitored all Engineering & Procurement activities from Area schedule for helping
fabrication of Modules
Closely monitored & controlled project controls activities such as Schedule & Progress.
Coordinating with EPC house & various other contractors for schedule, progress reporting & measurement.
Review & approval of Baseline progress measurement system.
Participating in weekly Construction Progress & Productivity meeting & identifying the key progress issues to
management. Helping Management & contractors to develop the mitigation plans incase of progress slippage.
Checking the contractor’s monthly engineering, procurement & construction progress & certifying the Monthly
progress invoices for the payment.
Developed the Area Integrated Schedule, which is integrated with the other areas
Preparation of Bi- Weekly & Monthly progress report to management.
Suncor Energy Inc-June 2004-June 2006
Senior Project Planner – Fort McMurray, AB, Canada
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Developed early project schedule of US$ 1.2 Billion Refinery Upgrading project during DBM & EDS stage &
integrated same with EPC schedule in order to find out the critical path at early stage.
Assisted Project Manager in developing Project Execution Plan (PEP)
Developed details level 2, 3, & 4 systems based resource loaded C&SU macro plans for upgrader & utilities plants
through close coordination with operation.
Coordinated with the EPCM, client project & operation/maintenance teams & identified issues that impact on
meeting the plan.
Complied & prepared monthly progress reports & schedule update.
Developed & maintained C&SU planning procedures start up plan & ramp-up planning.
Monitored the site construction activities for systems mechanical completion.
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Worley Parsons (Subsidiary of Worley, Australia)-July2000-May2004
Lead Project Controls Engineer-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Developed the project controls procedure including WBS structure for the specific projects & reviewed with
individual project managers & clients.
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Served as a lead of Project Controls department supervised 4-5 other junior staff.
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Accumulated and compile accurate cost management data and assisted in generating project budgets, cost
reports, forecast and variance reporting.
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Developed, maintained and implemented multiple levels of project schedules, inclusive of project schedules
utilizing state-of-the-art scheduling software and systems.
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Accumulated compiled and reviewed accurate schedule status, progress and performance data.
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Generated accurate weekly and monthly project status reports for clients as well as internal reporting.
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Implemented project control system through Perth Australia office for budget & cost reporting of projects for
Saudi Armco & other clients.
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Developed Earned Value Management Reports for individual Projects & complete Project portfolio.
Bechtel International -Feb1995-May 2000
Lead Project Controls Engineer- India
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Involved in planning/scheduling & cost control of EPC work for 744 & 1444 MW Power plant with GE Turbines &
based on LNG & Naphtha feed. Total Value of Project US$ 5 Billion.
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Supervised team of 5 Planners/Schedulers for executing Project.
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Reviewed sub-contractors weekly/monthly ongoing construction schedule & identify the critical areas where the
client action/decision is needed.
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Created Cost Codes for capturing site cost
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Prepared Monthly Cash Flow & Forecast Reports.
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Captured Actual costs & monitored against Budget.
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Certified Site Contractors Invoices against Baseline Progress Payment Milestones as per original contract
documents.
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Participated in daily/weekly/monthly site planning meeting for the review of construction progress review.
Jacobs Engineering (India) Ltd.-Sept1991-Jan1995
Senior Planning Engineer- Mumbai, India
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Involved in EPC planning/scheduling & cost control for Petrochemical, Chemical Plants, which involves making
schedules & updating the same.
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Worked on in-house cost control package & prepared weekly/monthly project financial reports.
TRAININGS RECEIVED
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Primavera Project Planner V3.1, P3e, V6, V8.1 (Client & Web version)
Primavera Methodology Manager
Primavera Expedition
XENA Primavera Configuration Utility
Practical Loss Control Leadership, DNV
Oil Sands Orientation & Safety
Primavera PERTMASTER for Risk
Lean Training for Green Belt
7TH Habits of Highly Effective People by Franklin Covey
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
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Five Years Service Achievement Award – Bechtel International, India
Primavera Super User
REFERENCES
Available on request
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