ANSAR SULAIMAN
PO Box # 9758, Code No – 61006, Al Ahmadi, Kuwait
+965 2372 5318 | +965 9770 5113 | ansulaiman08@gmail.com
Position Applied: Lead Project Control Engineer
Education Background: Master of Business Administration Graduate (MBA) and Bachelor of Engineering and Certificated Cost Professional (CCP) from AACEi – USA (The Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International)
Years of Work Experience and Knowledge: Total 27 Years of Experience in the fields of multi million dollars Civil and Mechanical Mega projects, in which few Major Project are as mentioned below:
? Jurassic Production Facilities 1,2, & 3 (Awarded Value of 350 MKDs)
? Small Boats Harbor Projects (Awarded Value of 238 MKDs)
? Construction Oil & Gas Gathering Centers (Awarded value of 250 MKDs),
? Early Production Facilities - EPFs (Award value of 120 MKDs),
? Mega Transit line (Awarded value of 50 MKDs) etc.
? Construction of New Justice Palace in Kuwait City (Awarded value of 238.8 MKDs)
? Construction Mega Complex (Awarded Value of 20 MKDs)
Summary
Extensive know-how of Contracts, Contract Administration, budget and Controlling big projects, cost control, Skilled in Contract Administration, project management, controlling, tracking and reporting. Proficient Raising and Managing the Contract, budget management functions, forecasting. Provided value through operational excellence initiatives, process improvement projects based on quality measures. Well versed with Contractual Terms – Advance Payments, Adjustment Order, variances, Claims, Risk Assessments, HSE issues and budgets with the Qualification of Master of Business Administration Graduate (MBA) and Bachelor of Bachelor of Engineering and Certificated Cost Professional (CCP) from AACEi – USA (The Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International), over 26 years of Oil and Gas Industrial experience..
Core Competencies
Project Control | Project Management | Budgeting Contracts | Contract Administration | Forecasting | Negotiations | Documentations & Reporting | Quality Management | Operations | Resource Optimization | Change Management | Reporting & Documentation | Team Management | eBeams Networking | Problem Solving
KEY Competencies
? Contracts : Raised CR, RFP, CFA, issue Tender and follow-up, deal with Contractor, monitored sub-contractor, negotiate change order Estimate, Liquidated Damages (LDs), Review Claims in line with the Company Norms
? Negotiating - Good negotiating skills with result oriented professional approach. Ability to adapt style and technique negotiates complex matters / contracts and agreements related to projects.
? Networking - Good network builder with pleasing approach maintaining relationships with the team members / Project Team. Helps others to establish productive contacts. Exchange of ideas and success stories within the department.
? Organizing Ability - Good at anticipating and assessing risks and planning to mitigate or minimize. Organize the various project functions and handle in association with the Team and coordinate in a professional manner.
? Personal Impact - Creative and imaginative. Good at encouraging ideas. Innovative thinking. Supervises others to confront second best, mediocrity and rigid thinking and continuously promotes clarity and open-mindedness. Good at putting ideas into context, encourages breadth of vision in completing all job related and technical tasks.
? Problem Solving - Deserved reputation for getting to heart of all kinds of problems and producing creative solutions, highly proficient in problem resolution tools and result oriented approach.
? Budget & Cost Control - Professional planner and tactician, successfully completes projects on schedule and within budget, impressive track record of efficiency and effectiveness in using resources wisely. Strong skills in developing, analyzing and assessing budgets.
? Health, Safety & Environment – Familiar with Health, Safety & Environment aspects related to Project.
EXPERIENCE
Seconded to Kuwait Oil Company - KOC) Through : AMEC - Jan. 2008 – Jan. -2013
Kuwait Al-Ghanim - Feb. 200813 – Oct. -2016
KDC - Oct. 2016 – Nov. -2018
Gulfspic – 2019 – Till today
Through the Various Secondment Contract assigned to Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). The KOC is the fourth largest oil exporter in the world headquartered in Ahmadi, Kuwait. The work assignment was as defied below.
Lead Project Control Engineer (Dealing with Project & Cost Control / Budget / Contracts)
Responsible for Capex/Opex budgeting, financial administration, contract administration of multi million dollars Mega projects like Jurassic Production Facilities (JPFs 1,2,&3), Small Boats Harbor Projects, Construction New Gathering Centers, Early Production Facilities, Construction of Mega Complex, Mega Transit line, Flowlines for new drilled wells etc.
The Major work assignments are :
Budget (Capital Budget - Capex / Operation Budget –Opex) Activities & follow-up :
? Reviewing the Project Stage Gate System (PSG) and support to raise DSPs for requesting teams
? Upon completion DSP 3.0, Review and get approval of Capital Project Proposals (CPP ) as per Delegation of Authority – DOA through eBeams and closed upon work completion.
? Review and raise Budget Proposal (BP) upon DSP 3.2 closed in eBeams and proceed with Capital Budget approval
? Close DSP 4-0 in ebeams through the controlling teams
? Yearly budget re-phasing, carry overs,
? Prepare 5 Years Budget estimate and Manage
? Responding to State Audit Buru (SAB)
Authorization for Financial Expenditure (AFE) Management
? Review / raise AFEs upon budget approval in co-ordination with Controlling Team scope and justification and Total Cost Estimate (TCE)
? Expedite and get approval of AFEs with higher management
? Update status monthly, quarterly early rephrasing based budget approval / budget shift / change in duration etc.
? Distribute the updated status monthly, quarterly and as and when required by Controlling Teams.
Business Plan 5 Years;
? Review and prepare the 5/7 year business plan in line with delegation of authority, and higher management guidelines.
? Issue draft plant for review and comments
? Co-oridinate the meeting with concern requesting teams to clarify / incorporate their comments & requirement if any.
Financial Activities & follow-up :
? Prepare and administrate the Capex and Opex Budget Activities variance report, Monthly
? Review monthly Contractors progress invoices
? Prepare forecasts and additional budget requirements against the approved budget
? Work on venture businesses, Contract Financial Approval (CFA)
? Control the Cost inline to the budget, Review estimation, keeping track of project progresses, making relevant changes
? Ensure validity of all Bank Guarantees, Insurance Policies, bid bonds required in pursuant with all assigned contracts
? Administrate the service orders, work progress, work completion, progress payments review WBS & BOQs, Assets Work orders (AWO), Assets creation and close in ebeams
? Lead to prepare closure assetization, checking appropriate assets and process units; released the advance and performance Bank Guarantee
Contract Admin Activities & follow-up :
? Review and finalize the Contract Requisition / Request For Proposals
? Raise RFP/RFQ in eBeams and submit for review to the Contracts/Procurement Engineer; Help coordinate its review by other stakeholders as required
? Incorporate the comments received on the RFP/RFQ and submit them to Contracts/Procurement Engineer before finalizing it for issue
? Provide support for obtaining the Management and Tender Committee approvals prior to issuance, address tender committee queries, amend RFP/RFQ if required and coordinate the issuance of RFP/RFQ
? Ensure validity of Bank Guarantees and Insurance Policies required in pursuant with all assigned contracts
? Assist in review of the General Conditions for Contracts and Service Agreements/Purchasing Terms and Conditions and propose any amendments needed for better clarity for minimizing Variation Orders and Contractor’s/Supplier’s claims
? Provide assistance during tender committee approval by providing additional justifications sought by the tender committee from the Controlling Team
? Assist in evaluation of claims received from contractors, to establish their justification and amount and time extension in line with the Company Norms, , Liquidated Damages (LDs).
? Evaluate Contractor’s performances based on the monthly progress in accordance with contractual terms and management requirement
FLUOR DANIEL CONSULTANT B.V. – ENERGY & GAS - AUG 05 – DEC 07
KUWAIT
Leading Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC), Maintenance and Project Management Company.
Position : Associate Project Control Specialist
(Handled : Consultancy Service Contract with KNPC / NRP project)
Project Summary : Project Engineering Consultancy Services KNPC on long term five years contract. Projects involved all three Refineries and Local Marketing Dept. The categories of services provided through the Consultancy Services are: Services Management, Engineering Services (i.e. Feasibility study, PDP, FEED, & Detail Engineering):
Responsible for Consultancy Contract, reviewing project requisites and progresses in accordance with Consultancy Contract also, analyze the Cost, Budget and Pricing details.
? Analyzed Contract trends, forecasting, tracked budgets, and Contract Variance forecasts; prepared feedback reports
? Assisted the project manager by using SAP R/3, FD software tool to the project manager providing engineers the information for executing tasks
? Gathered information through SAP systems and prepared monthly, quarterly PMAR, interim, annual revenue reports
? Handled change management and its developments, client report reviews, position paper assembly, Entity result and forecast validation, Development of unit rates & Billing backup assembly and preparation for submission
? Interacted with the project engineering teams and keep track on disciplines involved for project execution
? Interacted daily with clients discussing over proposals for speedy decisions on contractual and administrative matters
? Reviewed and reconciled Budget accounts, cash flows as well as currency positions; project progress information and data collection along with revenue analysis
? Prepared PMR for reviews with the manager and corporate management during monthly project reviews and draft individual / summary reports for work orders & proposals
MAA REFINERY - KUWAIT NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY
KUWAIT
Position: Projects Control Coordinator, Engineering & Services division 1994 – July 2005
Project Summary : Contract coordination, administration and project control functions to manage the Engineering Consultancy Services, five years long term contract with M/s. Fluor Daniel. The categories of services provided through the Consultancy Services are: Services Management, Engineering Services (i.e. Feasibility study, PDP, FEED, & Detail Engineering). Also, actively involved and contributed in preparation of Project Management Consultancy (PMC) Contract to line up PMC for the mega grass root refinery project (NRP) :
Responsibilities include:
1. Consultancy for Project Engineering Services with M/s. Fluor Daniel, The Netherlands
Responsibilities include Contract Coordination and Administration of Consultancy Contract with Fluor Daniel such as:
? Review EPC contract annexes covering contract pricing in co-ordination with PMC, progress measurement and schedules of rates for contract changes.
? Responsible to ensuring that all project costs are controlled and accurately reported in line with project procedures
? Responsible for promotion of Value engineering practice at all times
? Monitor PMC contractor's performance from a cost perspective (accruals, actual and cash control trends, forecasts etc.).
? Implement and manage the Trend/Change control system for the PMC contract (incl. meetings/trend register/change order approval process/trend estimating/forecast variance etc) and with the assistance of the Lead Planning Engineer who shall supply schedule information, apply the procedures within the PMT's and PMC / EPC Contract management team. Provide suitable trend reports to the PMT to ensure the PMT are fully aware of all variances to the PMC/EPC contract and the required activities to maximize positive trends and minimize negative trends. Follow up on PMT actions to ensure such trend control activities are properly implemented with the PMC/EPC contractor.
? Develop and maintain Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to support project cost sharing requirements. Ensure all project commitments and expenditures are structured in accordance with the WBS. Prepare cost reports in accordance with cost sharing methodology.
? Create monthly, annual and ad-hoc cost reports and forecasts as required and produce cost presentation materials as requested by the EPC Contract Resident Engineer and Project Controls Central Office.
? Prepare, implement and administer all aspects of Project cost engineering activities across the project to develop and maintain accurate Cost Estimating, Reporting and Forecasting in accordance with the requirements of the Project Controls Procedures and as directed by the Lead Cost Engineer
? Review and negotiate change order submissions from the PMC/EPC contractors. Produce recommendations for change order settlement.
? Review and analyze contractors cost reports to ensure accuracy and completeness and detect and manage trends/deviations to the current forecast.
? Develop, implement and maintain Project control processes and procedures covering all aspects of cost estimating, cost control, change and trend control, and finance control in accordance with the requirements of the Project Controls Procedures.
? Develop and maintain project cost control system to cover all commitments and expenditures made in respect of the project and provide the basis for accurate budgeting and forecasts and cash requirements for the project.
? Assist the Resident Engineer In the day-to-day Consultancy Contract administration for the PMC/EPC Contract scope of work, shall keep the project management team informed of the Contractors cost performance at all times and liaise regularly with the contractors.
? Oversee PMC invoice approval process; ensure that all required compliance checks are carried out. Produce monthly cash call forecasts for the project.
? Develop overall project, ad hoc cost estimates as required, participate in project cost, and schedule risk analyses.
2. New Refinery and Refineries Upgrade Project.
o Actively participated in preparation of Tender for lining up PMC for the mega grass root refinery project (NRP) on fast track basis.
o Preparation of model organization chart for the Project Management Team / PMC Team.
o Man-hour and for the PMC tender
o Preparation of Bidder PQ / Bid Evaluation Criteria.
o Preparation of presentation material to Management on project proposals.
CERTIFICATIONS
? Certified Cost Engineer – CCP (AACEi – USA)
TRAININGS
? Trainings on Primavera | Change Management | FD Costing | Eztrac | Oracle Data Processing | Knowledge On-Line of Fluor Daniel | Fluor Daniel Project Management
? SAP Software operations from Fluor, Kuwait – March 2006
? Cost Control Training by Fluor, Kuwait – August, 2006
? Maximo training from KNPC
? eBeams training from KOC
? Oracle system training Budgeting – Capex, Opex & AFE processing
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
Master of Business Administration – Finance (M.B.A.)
MEMBERSHIPS
? Certified Cost Professional (CCE) (No. 2833)
(The Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering – International) – AACEI
Program is accredited by the Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards and the International Cost Engineer Council)
? Project Management Institute (PMI) Member ID – 1561263
? ASME Member
PERSONAL DATA :
Name : Ansar
Surname : Sulaiman
First name : Ansar
Postal Address : Flat -6, Second floor, Bldg.No. 906, Street-1, Area-1, Abuhalifa, Kuwait
Contact Details
Home phone : + 965 2372 5318
Mobile phone : + 965 97705113
Email :
Ansulaiman08@gmail.com
Date of birth : 07 / 05 / 1968
Nationality : Indian
Marital status : Married
Driving License : Valid Kuwait driving License
Visa Status : Visa Valid upto Sept. 2022
Reference : Mr. Abouh, Abdulla
Snr. Engr. Project
KUWAIT OIL COMPANY
Contact Tel. No. 238 23802 Mob.: +965 6658 8789
E-mail ID. Aabouh@kockw.com