career Summary
A Project Management Professional exemplifying excellence at delivering engineering projects across industries for over 18 years. Holding a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, a Master's in Engineering Management, and a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, poised to deliver considerable impact when implementing project planning, construction, monitoring and control mechanisms to deliver business objectives. Delivered projects for public and private sectors, enhancing organizational operational capacity through lean operations, change management, QHSE and building a team culture that sustains high performance.
Skills
Primavera P6
MS Project
Customized Excel Spread Sheets
Report writing
Presentation and Communication
AutoCAD, ProE/Creo, NX Unigraphics
HyperWorks, Nastran, LS Dyna, Abaqus
MS Office Suite
SAP applications
Budget management
Plant safety
Cost reduction
Process Control
Procurement
Project Management
Quality Control
Improvement
Equipment maintenance
Risk management
Six Sigma
Education
Project Management Professional (PMP) Project Management Institute (PMI), USA
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt International Six Sigma Institute, Switzerland
MSc. Engineering Management
Wayne State University - Detroit, MI, USA
BSc. Mechanical Engineering
University of TN - Knoxville, TN, USA
Affiliations
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Professional Engineer (P. Eng.)
Licensed with The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta, Canada (APEGA)
Professional member
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Member of Toastmasters International
LANGUAGES
English
Russian
Urdu/Hindi
Punjabi
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employment History
PROJECT MANAGER 12/2018 to Current
Vital Solutions Business Inc
Role purpose: Provide project engineering services to improve operational capacity of several public sector utilities.
Optimized equipment procurement processes and inventory systems by aligning to industry best practices.
Reduced downtime by 15 % and increased service reliability by improving skill-base of workforce through training.
Delivered 100% of projects to KPIs through robust change management.
TEAM LEAD – CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT 12/2015 to 12/2018
The Urban Unit
Role purpose: Achieve organizational excellence through driving rigorous change management and culture improvements across facility operations.
Reduced operational cost by 10%, transformed operations’ team culture, and reduced 20% of downtime by employing a gradual shift from “breakdown and repair” culture to a robust Preventive Maintenance operation by building computer-based preventive maintenance systems in line with operator's manual, on time procurement, asset management measures, enhancing operational safety and reliability (QHSE).
TEAM LEAD – CONSTRUCTION 11/2016 to 12/2018
The Urban Unit
Role purpose: Managed an EPC project to deliver a waste recycling facility.
Delivered project according to KPIs through complete end-to-end project management – from scoping, stakeholder and risk management, budget control, quality of delivery and resource management.
DEPUTY MANAGER – PROJECTS 06/2015 to 11/2015
DESCON
Efficiently supervised a team of 20 people to manage construction tasks and mechanical equipment installation.
Lead testing for operational readiness and developed and implemented risk mitigation plans to ensure robust equipment operations during commissioning and throughout equipment lifecycle.
Achieved zero lost time injury target through driving HSE culture and training.
MECHANICAL DESIGN CONSULTANT 04/2014 to 05/2015
Vital Solutions Business Inc
Conducted structural design analysis and ensured mechanical structure met industry and regulatory safety standards.
Delivered SOPs pertaining to equipment installation, testing and operation.
Developed proposals to govern quality part procurement procedures and preventive maintenance by leveraging industry best practices.
employment History (continued)
PROJECT ENGINEER 01/2012 to 03/2014
Weatherford International
Effectively lead a plant relocation, capacity enhancement and commissioning.
Improved manufacturing lead times by 20% by optimizing processes and implementing control measures.
Reduced raw material rejections by 10% through implementing standards that ensured procured material met engineering specifications and industry standards.
PROJECT ENGINEER 02/2011 to 12/2011
ESCO Corporation
Increased annual profit by 25% and new project assignments by 15% through driving customer satisfaction by efficiently managing customer’s “Request for Quotations” (Suncor, Syncrude, CNRL and SHELL) pertaining to equipment design, fabrication, installation and maintenance, and optimising workflow.
DIRECTOR 01/2010 to 01/2011
Project Management Institute – North Alberta Chapter
Built a culture of excellence through incentivising and motivating teams by coordinating a “project of the year” competition, and organizing and presenting project awards at the annual project management practitioners conference.
ENGINEER 04/2003 to 09/2009
Faurecia
Executed projects from acquisition phase through to launch.
Leveraged lessons learned to enhance project delivery.
Implemented engineering controls for project risk management and to prevent project scope creep.
ENGINEER 12/2000 to 03/2003
RCO Engineering
Coordinated design, engineering and IT teams to identify and mitigate potential design and process related failure modes and root causes.
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