Resume - Technical

EDIC  BAGHDASARIAN

edbagh@yahoo.com

(More Contact Info available upon request)

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Extensive experience in design, development and implementation of  Project Management, Project Planning/Scheduling and control systems
• Strong technical skills in writing project coordination and PM procedures
• Experience in planning Government, Engineering, Construction and IT projects.
• Experience in Energy (Oil and Petrochemical, Power plants,Nuclear,etc.), Mining (Iron ore, copper, etc.), Steel Complex, Urban and IT projects.
• Increased project and company productivity; hired and trained planners.
• Over 25 years of international experience with European, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Indian Engineering and Construction Companies such as TPL, Snamprogetti, Italimpianti, Foster Wheeler, Technip, Tecnicasreunidas, Kellogg, JGC, Alcatel, Thales, AECL
• Effectively communicate at various levels with individuals and groups
• Excellent communication skills verbally and in writing
• Computer skills:
• Operating systems (Win 9.x/2000/XP/NT, DOS)
  • Databases (MS Access, Dbase 4, Foxpro)
  • Scheduling: Primavera ( P8, P7, P6, P3, P3e, Suretrack, Monte Carlo, Expedition), MS Project (all versions), Graneda, Artemis (Mainframe and PC), Projacs (IBM Mainframe), PertMaster (Scheduling and risk analysis), , @RISK, Risk+,  SAP, DOORS, DDTS,Cobra,TRAK
• General: MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Outlook, Visio), Lotus Note, Photoshop, Internet
• Honest, dependable, hard-working, flexible, team player, multi task, committed to high quality work
• Member of PMI  and IEEE Computer Society
• Feasibility study for Project/corporate Planning and Control system
• Design and Implementation of Project Controls System including Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling and Closing
• Corporate planning
• Consultancy in Project Planning and Control
• Training (Project Controls Philosophy and Methodologies, Practical courses in implementation of Project Control concepts, Practical courses in Project Control Computer Software)
• Managed Change Control
• Developed and implemented control systems to monitor Project Cost and Schedule (CA,WP, Milestones, Deliverables)
• Prepared Critical Path Reports, analyzed, established resolutions.
• Developed Project Planning & Control (PPC) System Improvement plan, and implement it
• Prepared Overall  and  Detailed time schedules
• Prepared  OBS, WBS, CPM (PDM, ADM)
• Physical Progress calculation & evaluation
• Controlled Time, Efficiency, Milestones, Documents
• Project and Discipline  Cost and Schedule Variance Analysis
• Chairing Critical path meetings
• Chairing Project Improvement meetings
• Manage project controls team
• Prepared Quarterly, Monthly and Weekly Project Progress Status Reports
• Prepared procedures for Project Coordination, Scheduling, Progress Control, WBS, Cost Control, Procurement, Reporting and Variance Analysis, etc.
• Designed and developed Remote Project Management System (web base), HW and SW.

WORK HISTORY

Senior Project  Controls Manager                                                                (2013-Present)

            Barmore Consulting

Project Controls Manager                                                                             (2009-2012)

            Stantec Consulting

Supervisor/Senior Project  Scheduler and Cost Analyst                            (2007-2009)

           Atomic Energy of Canada

 Senior Project  Scheduler/planner                                                               (2005-2007)

           Thales Rail Signalling Solutions, (Formerly Alcatel, Transport Automation Solution Division), Toronto, Canada

Projects: RATP of Paris, Canarsie (New York City), MUNI ( San Francisco), JNUP ( London-GB)

Senior Project Planner/Scheduler, Manager         (2003-2004)

            Barmore Consulting, Ottawa, Ontario

Some of Projects : Kermanshah Petrochemical Plant,  Karoon Petrochemical plant

(Prepared procedures for Project Coordination, Scheduling, Progress Control, WBS, Cost Control, Procurement, Reporting and Variance Analysis )                                                                                                          

Senior Project Planner/scheduler, Head of Planning Department    (1999 - 2002 )

            Enerchimi Engineering Co. in cooperation with Technip (France), Tecnicasreunidas (Spain)

In Projects such As: Abadan Refinery, LAB, LLDPE Unit in AK  and Fajr Petrochemical Companies including the following steps and much more:

Senior Project Control and MIS Specialist, Manager                          (1996 – 2001)

            NPC-National Petrochemical Company: Gas, Oil and petrochemical projects, in cooperation with some European companies in projects  such as: Tabriz and Khuzestan Petrochemical  Complexes, Khangiran gas project, Karoon perochemical projects, IT projects

Senior Planning consultant of All Projects                                             (1993– 1996)

            Municipality—Planning Office of the Mayor

Variety of  Urban and IT (Management Information Systems) projects:

Senior Planner, Deputy Manger of Projects, Head of Planning Dept.  (1989 – 1993)

            OIEC (Oil Industries Engineering and Construction Co.), Tehran

Projects: Esfahan LAB (Detailed Engineering) , Arak Refinery ( Detailed Engineering of Seventh Refinery of Iran, with TPL of Italy and JGC of  Japan), Tahery Refinery ( Basic Engineering), Bandar-Abbas Refinery ( ninth Refinery of Iran, Basic and Detailed Engineering with Snamprogetti of  Italy), Development of National Iranian Oil Company’s Standards, ERLOC ( Esfahan Refinery Lube Oil Complex, Construction, Supervisor was Italian Foster Wheeler and Iranian Chegalesh Engineering Co.), NG600 project (Detailed Engineering, with Chinese Norinco Co.). Sakhe MIS project (Management  Information System of Iran Helicopter Industeries a  subsidiary of NIOC).

Senior Project Planner and Scheduler                                                       (1986 – 1989)

            IRITEC Co. (Iran International Engineering Company)

Projects: Mobarekeh Steel Complex – Slab Cooling Detailed Engineering Project with Italimpianti of Italy, Chador Maloo Iron Ore Complex – Feasibility Study, Gol-e-Gohar Copper mines Detailed design.

Project Planner and Scheduler                                                                    (1983 – 1986)

            Paymanir CO. , Tehran

Projects : Sirjan-Fasa 400 KV Transmission Lines, Andimeshk-Dehloran transmission Line, Hamadan-Arak 230 KV Transmission Lines, Some substations,   Shiraz Power Plant.

RELEVANT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• M.Sc. in Planning,CS: Tehran,
• DIPLOMA in PROJACS (Scheduling for Mainframe), CICS, AMS, VSAM, CMS, VM/SP, JCL, OS/VSI, OS (mainframe) CICS :  IBM Co.
• Practical Courses in Project Planning and Control (petrochemical projects): TPL  Italy
• Project Planning and Control, Management Information Systems:           JGC  Japan
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Training, IIL, Toronto. Canada
• Supervision(Introduction and Lever 2 advanced)- Mississauga , Canada
• Managing Today’s Projects – Mississauga, Canada
• Couching and mentoring – Mississauga, Canada
• Cobra – Mississauga, Canada
• MS Access-Advanced – Mississauga, Canada
• Project Cost Control – Mississauga, Canada
• Managing Project Risk – Mississauga, Canada
• Covey’s 7 habits for effectiveness– Mississauga, Canada
• Team Effectiveness– Mississauga, Canada
• Author of some Books/Articles  in Project Planning/Scheduling and Control, Project Management and Computer Sciences. Please refer to list of the works on the other section of the website.