Haris Ur Rehman
ONTARIO POWER GENERATION (OPG)
TORONTO,Canada
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Language
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Certification
2027
years of professional experience
Cost Engineering and Project Controls professional experienced in cost estimating, budget development, and cost control within oil & gas and petrochemical sectors. Delivered successful project outcomes through adaptive problem-solving, strategic planning, and effective team collaboration. Focused on enhancing project governance and ensuring compliance with timelines and budget constraints.
Work History
Senior Project Controls Engineer
1 Year 4 Months- Cost-side for an Operations & Maintenance portfolio of approximately C$2B within the Pickering Refurbishment Project; broader team portfolio approximately C$26B refurbishment program, with direct oversight of approximately 28 projects.
- Developed project budgets from approved estimates and structured funding across project management, engineering, construction, commissioning, and closeout WBS areas to ensure financial alignment.
- Manage execution-phase change control, including Change Control Forms, funding movements, contingency-funding cases and updates to target budget, control budget and released funding.
- Oversaw execution-phase change management, including change control forms, funding adjustments, and revisions to target budget, control budget, and released funding.
- Prepare Business Case Summaries (BCS), Level 2 work-package cost breakdowns, cash-flow profiles and funding submissions for project gates and governance review.
- Coordinate with the scheduling team to maintain alignment between Primavera P6 schedule WBS and ECOSYS cost structures, supporting progress measurement and earned-value reporting.
- Facilitated project risk, forecast, and performance reviews while contributing to process improvement and enhancing reporting through Power BI and AI-enabled initiatives.
Project Controls Specialist
3 Years- Facilitated multidisciplinary project estimating by gathering engineering, construction, material procurement, and project management inputs, including labour hours, resources, and deployment requirements.
- Owned the estimate workbook/model for assigned scope, applying internal cost and sell-rate structures, resource assumptions, cash-flow phasing and project margin requirements.
- Created SAP task codes and budgets, monitored purchase orders and coordinated with resource managers, contractors and project teams to maintain project cost and forecast accuracy.
- Developed SAP task codes and budgets, monitored purchase orders, and coordinated with resource managers, contractors, and project teams to ensure project cost and forecast accuracy.
Senior Cost Control Engineer
- Led the company cost-control function across a portfolio of 50+ Qatar projects, reviewing budgets, actuals, commitments, accruals, earned value, forecasts and overall financial performance.
- Developed project estimates into controlled budgets aligned with Basis of Estimate and project WBS; evaluated budgets against bid packages and approved cost plans.
- Served as central interface with Finance, Procurement, HR/Admin, and project teams to coordinate manpower, materials, subcontractor commitments, purchase orders, and funding requirements.
- Compiled monthly cost reports and dashboards, conducting SPI/CPI, burn-rate, cost-trend, and cost-to-complete analysis to identify overruns and inform corrective actions.
- Acted as central interface with Finance, Procurement, HR/Admin and project teams for manpower, materials, subcontractor commitments, purchase orders and funding requirements.
Senior Engineer – Project Controls / SAP Power User
- Provided project-controls oversight from head office across Qatar sites, reviewing budgets, cost plans, actuals, resource deployment and project performance with project teams and company leadership.
- Executed cost planning, budget and revenue planning in SAP-PS; monitored cost plans against commitments, inventory and actuals, supporting monthly performance reviews.
- Assessed budget requirements against bid packages for major turnaround and retrofit projects; coordinated shutdown cost plans with maintenance division planning teams.
- Supported SAP implementation across 18 projects and led Business Process Blueprint documentation for SAP Project Systems.
- Supervised critical shutdown planning and progress monitoring that contributed to a saving of 20,000 man-hours; also served as job expert during a QChem shutdown and was recognized as Employee of the Month.
- Mentored junior engineers, fostering skill development and enhancing team performance.
Planning Engineer
4 Years- Prepared Level III execution schedule and look-ahead schedules, work packages, recovery plans and progress presentations for mechanical and construction activities.
- Led stakeholder meetings to align project goals, address concerns, and ensure continuous communication throughout the lifecycle.
- Analyzed site progress, efficiency, and manpower hours; participated in client/project meetings to discuss progress, materials, resources, and future strategies.
- Prepared monthly mechanical-section invoices while coordinating materials, access, and construction resources for seamless site execution.
- Supported refinery, petrochemical, and industrial construction projects by delivering piping, structural, and mechanical packages.
Education
Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management
Bachelor of Technology (B-Tech) - Mechanical Engineering
Skills
Cost Estimating
Cost estimation
Budget Development
Cost Control
Earned value management
Earned value metrics
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Forecasting techniques
Project controls
Baseline Management
Resource Planning
Project Planning
Performance Reporting
Risk & Opportunity
Project contractor interface
Subcontractor coordination
Procurement Interface
Stakeholder Coordination
Primavera P6
SAP-PS
ECOSYS
Oracle
Microsoft Excel / Office
MS Project
Work breakdown structure
Earned value management
Accomplishments
· Best Employee Awards (Qatar Chemical Turnaround, Project Planning Targets)
· Financial Target Achievement, Qatar Business Unit (2016–2017)
· HSE Recognition for Fire Hazard Intervention
Languages
English
Full Professional
Certification
Project Management Professional (PMP) — Project Management Institute | 2021
Timeline
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