Avinash Kumar PMP®, PMI-RMP®

Experience

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  Unitech Machines Limited.

  Dec 2011 - Nov 2013

  Planning Engineer

  • Provide timely and up-to-date project schedule information including progress, trends, and forecasts, schedule, and planning input to the weekly and monthly project reports to the Project Control Manager.• Resource Management including forecast, distribution, and utilization of Manpower & Equipment.• Monitors supervise and assists with the preparation of three weeks and one-week look-ahead plans for the project, in close liaison with the construction, planning and other departments and disciplines. • Making Presentation on Progress & Status of Project Management and Client. Show less

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  Punj Lloyd Limited

  Dec 2013 - Nov 2015

  Planning Engineer

  • Prepare comprehensive and realistic project schedules complete with key milestones, links, dependencies, critical path, and resourcing and cost loading where appropriate. Utilize Primavera in the creation of all comprehensive schedules.• Creation of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), development of detailed schedules and budget data (including resource loading) for WBS elements.• Interfacing with the Engineering consultant, Procurement department and Site team, for follow-ups and imposing task priority.• Analyze critical path and constraints to determine the effect of changes to the schedule and recommend work-around.• Responsible for the incorporation and monitoring of schedules and milestones associated with major material supply and project Subcontractors.• Analyze deviations from the baseline in the Project Master schedule highlighting bottlenecks/delays and propose corrective actions.• Reporting the Project in Monthly Status meetings to senior management highlighting the issue, which could impact on quality, cost and schedule. Show less

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  IMCO Construction & Engineering Co.

  Dec 2015 - Oct 2017

  Scheduler

  • Conduct interactive planning sessions with the project team to build a planning package, logically sound schedule and achieve team ‘buy-in’.• Maintain schedules and provide analytical reviews of float and project progress vs. baselines to identify areas of concern and participate in the development of recovery plans as needed. • Interfacing with the Engineering consultant, Procurement department and Site team, for follow-ups and imposing task priority.• Analyze critical path and constraints to determine the effect of changes to the schedule and recommend work-around. • Lead and represent the Scheduling department in meetings, and be responsible for the overall quality of the Project Schedules and related deliverables.• Providing support to the Project Manager in understanding the programme risks and opportunities of potential additional works and variation proposals.• Perform Delay Analysis with the help of delay fragnets for time and cost impact.• Ensure all required material, labor, and contract services are available to complete scheduled work and also conducting independent site visits to evaluate the contractor’s site progress against the programme and reviewing actual progress against the construction programme and prepare and reports accordingly.• Reporting to the Project Manager any risks, opportunities and any mitigation strategies to maintain the project completion date.• Assess the impact of approved changes and any deviations from the key project targets and milestones, including productivity monitoring and ‘What if?’ scenarios to aid project management decision-making. Show less

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  SNC-Lavalin

  Nov 2017 - Oct 2020

  Planning Engineer

  • Prepare project schedules based on defined project schedule philosophies in line with the project scope and client requirements.• Perform contractor schedule review for contract conformance and quality assurance.• Evaluate contract change order and amendments for impact on budget and schedule.• Perform critical path and earned value analysis.• Identify schedule related problem which arises during project execution and recommends corrective action and creative solution.• Responsible for day to day interaction with clients regarding the progress and completion of the works being a single point representative.• Review contractor’s weekly and monthly schedule progress and present to management for decision making.• Prepare recovery schedules, one-month look-ahead and take buy-in from the construction management team on the Level 5 schedule.• Perform cost analysis in support of the design and construction phases.• Analyze actual expenditures versus budget performance.• Prepare a cost loaded schedule to support comprehensive cash flow projections.• Prepare detail resource requirements for the project to achieve the project progress Developing resource assignment strategy, cash flow, and manpower histogram.• Coordinate with the engineering and procurement department regarding the interfacing of construction activities and Material & Equipment availability and keeping a proper track on the records of the project.• Implementing constructability analysis and value analysis in a planning process to improve the construction methodology and tracking progress against the plan, tracking design approvals, material approvals, delay in site inspection, bill of quantities variation & addition/deletion and natural calamities, site instruction register, etc for applying Extension of time.• Keeping a close watch on various activities of Project and updating the Project Manager on any potential Risk during the execution phase and providing suggestions. Show less

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  Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC)

  Nov 2020 - Nov 2021

  Planning and Scheduling Engineer
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  Air Products

  Nov 2021 - Oct 2023

  Planning Engineer
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  Air Products India

  Nov 2023 - now

  Engineer-Project Control