Sonia Thomas, B.Tech, Mba Email & Phone Number

Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Functional management of Arabtec Planning team of 30+projects • Establish & maintain procedures & processes for the planning team• Lead Tender stage planning, Operation support to Projects, and Management Reports with exclusive HO planning team• Peer review & internal approval of baseline programmes developed by Project Planners• Baseline programme development (prepared BL for 8 major projects)• Peer Review of EoT claims prepared by projects and preparation of Consolidated EoT claims• Provide Internal trainings to Project leaders, construction team and planning team

• Handled Project Manager role for the organization wide implementation of Scenario Advantage - the project cost control system which involved,- Pre-contract Techno Commercial discussions & negotiations with the software implementer- Assist in establishing the implementation plan with Requirement Analysis, “As-is” & “To-be” studies, development of interfacing requirements, training & roll out plans.- Interfacing with company accounting & purchasing software, configuration of the application for the remote access from the sites, end user training and assistance to project users• Preparation and evaluation of “Cost Value Reconciliation” (CVR) reports of projects.• Address tender stage Planning for various types of mega projects• Management reports on status of all ongoing projects, and the company level labour status • Operational support to Projects planning functions as per the requirements, including development of Baseline programmes, preparation of EoT claims etc.

Dubai

Worked as Planning engineer for initial 8 months and acting planning manager till completion of the project - Jumeirah Beach Residence Sector 1, which comprised of 6 tower of 35-52 floors and a common basement & podium. Handled,• Monitoring of the Project through daily & weekly reports, Progress Analysis and reporting the findings & trends to the Project Director• Project Weekly & Monthly reports that cover update on Baseline programme & recovery programme and preparation of various Project KPIS through tabular & graphical reports.• Preparation various internal and external programmes such as Recovery programmes to mitigate delays, Detailed internal programmes on different work packages and Project Close out programmes• Participate in Site Progress meetings, evaluating the site performances and progresses, highlight potential delays or deviations from the Target program• Conduct co-ordination/progress meetings with Subcontractors and Construction managers• Evaluate and approve the programs for the Subcontractors and the Suppliers, and follow up the progress with them including their pre-construction works• Delay Analysis and Preparation of EoT Claims (Used Impacted as planned & Time Impact Analysis)• Monitor resources productivities against the target productivities• Handle project schedule/progress related internal & external correspondences

• Training on Project Management with Primavera / Microsoft Project to public and corporates in UAE. Trained about 250 Engineers from leading organizations of UAE in about 20 batches.• Consultancy services in Project Planning & Scheduling given to - Al Amar Engineering (Baseline Programme for B+G+41 Falcon Tower at Sheikh Zayed Road).- Arab Centre (Project Management of their Engineering Study projects using MS Project).- Al Tayer Stocks (Programme for Fit-out works of GEANT Hypermarket in Ibn Battuta Mall)- Convrgnt Value Engineering (EoT Claim for 261 villas in Emirates Hills and 92 villas in Golf Club

• Handled total life cycle of Project Management Solution Implementation using various Primavera products and offered Customer support to 200+ Primavera’s users (companies) in south India• Offered Trainings on Primavera to major South Indian companies of various industries and to public. (Offered Primavera authorized training to over 400 engineers in 40 trainings) • Offered Consultancy in Project Planning & Monitoring with Primavera to many leading organizations of different industries such as BHEL (power projects), CPCL (Refinery Shutdown & Maintenance), TNEB (power projects), Cairn Energy (Oil & Gas) & Fenner India etc. (Power).