VISHAL PATEL

8006 Riverine Terrace drive, Email: vispat78@hotmail.com

Richmond, Texas 77406 Cell: 832-361-9643

LEAD PRIMAVERA P6 PLANNER/CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER

Summary of Achievements

 15 years of combined experience of working on wide range of projects such as oil and gas, industrial
plants, manufacturing plants, power plants, residences, hotel buildings, apartments, master planned
communities ranging from $750K to $750 million in monetary value in different parts of the world.
 8+ years of combined experience of handling and winning tenders from $1million to $750 million.
 12+ years of experience of working with Primavera P6/8/15 version.
 Trained and managed resources (30-50) to accurately track project progress, labor cost and hours.
 Astronomically improved on time delivery with smarter solutions to simple problems.
 Volunteer and lead small construction projects like picnic shelters, children play areas for neighbors.
 Run 10K’s, half marathons and recently finished my first Chevron marathon in January 2015.

SKILLS:
 Computer Applications: Proficient with Oracle Primavera Professional Version 8, 15 (Project
Management), Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
 Possess excellent communication (verbal and written) and negotiating skills to drive the process or
project in the right direction.
 Master at planning and scheduling tasks and activities from simple to complex projects.
 Knowledge of both designing and construction with degrees in architecture and construction to help
better visualize the project and its execution.

Professional Experiences
OneSubsea (A Cameron & Schlumberger Company) 07/2013-11/2/2015
Lead Project Planner for North & South America Region- Tendering (Subsea Projects)

In my capacity as the only Lead Project Planner for North and South American region for production
services department, I was fully accountable and responsible for overseeing planning and scheduling of
subsea projects that the executive team would decide to bid for clients such as BP, Chevron, Pemex,
Anadarko, Noble, Total, Shell, Reliance and ONGC. Major accomplishments under this role included:

 Spearheading and efficiently managing a team of 8 planners from 4 continents to present a detailed,
integrated, work breakdown structure (WBS) project schedule using Primavera P6/P8 as a part of
tender submission.
 Having a 60-65% contribution in winning of 2 big (up to $750 Million) and 7 mid-size (up to $350
Million) tenders since my joining in July 2013.
 Successfully implementing an improved interface process between manufacturing plants in 4
continents, using Primavera P8 to ensure the procurement, manufacturing and testing activities are
optimized and well integrated with overall plan with system and product engineering.
 Proposing ideas such as a well-coordinated and populated “Request for Input” form to improve the
start of tender kick off process to gain more time assigned for schedule preparation to ensure
appropriate logic is in place, critical path reviewed and confirmed to minimize errors at tender
submission.
Vishal Patel Email: vispat78@hotmail.com; Cell: 832-361-9643

National Oilwell Varco (NOV), Houston, Texas 05/2011–06/2013

Project Controls/Scheduler for Power & Control Systems (Offshore & Land Rig Projects)

As a Project Controls/Scheduler professional overseeing two departments (Power systems and Drilling), I
was tasked to come up with a process that would effectively track project, resource and cost allocation,
utilization and 18 month look ahead. This would enable the senior executive management teams to make
intelligent business decisions in pursing new opportunities and help new product development team to
create a road map for company growth and expansion. Various milestones achieved under this role were:

 Successfully executing a process in place in 5 months that achieved the above objectives.
 Proposing and successfully implementing a reporting process that was not complex, yet detailed and
moreover that was non-existent in the business for the last 25-30 years.
 Improving an on-time project delivery from 45% to 80% in 1.5 years by suggesting department
managers to relocating available manpower, expediting deliveries without increasing cost,
challenging purchasing department to look for options to mitigate the projects running late.
 Leading initiatives to train and monitor 78 resources through progress reporter (a primavera product)
to accurately update and report at 95-99% accuracy on project status.

GE Energy, Sugar land, Texas (Contract) 04/2010-04/2011

Project Controls for Measurement Control Solutions (Power Projects)

In the Project Controls position for a 1 year contract, I was asked to expedite a process improvement
strategy involving global service managers, project managers, project coordinators and regional training
managers for effectively managing their projects. My initiatives included understanding measurement
control solution projects all over the globe and generating a biweekly report for the general manager to
update on project status once the process was in place and executed. My major accomplishments were:

 Using my previous experience of managing resources using Primavera P6, I was able to successfully
identify and channelize available resources on projects that needed them globally.
 Significantly expediting the improvement process that involved issue identification, suggesting
solutions, training, implementing and resulting in significant increase in the on-time delivery and
reduction in wastage of resources and labor costs.

D.R. Associates, Houston, Texas 03/2008-10/2009

Construction Planner/Coordinator (Hospitality Projects)

As a construction planner and coordinator, I rejoined D.R Associates to pursue my interests and gain more
experience in the construction of hotel and motel projects. I was tasked to oversee the successful completion
of their construction within the stipulated deadline and budget. I undertook the construction supervision
activities of mid to large hotel projects from $1Million up to $8.5 Million for franchisees such as Holiday
Inn, Hampton, etc. All of the below objectives were successfully achieved in a period of 12-14 months:

 Optimize the construction process by 30% by reviewing codes and correcting the errors in drawings.
 Expedite the construction process by preordering long lead items, relocating essential crafts at the
job site to save on labor costs and schedule activities as per logistics in the area of construction.
 Diligently worked with engineers and designers to reduce cost by 20-25% keeping quality intact.
 Critically challenged estimators on their numbers post contract winning to save at least 20% on cost.
 Initiate a pre-work and post work meeting each day to analyze if the daily goal was achieved or not.
Vishal Patel Email: vispat78@hotmail.com; Cell: 832-361-9643

Casey Industrial Inc., Based in Broomfield, Colorado 08/2004-03/2008

Project Scheduler/ Construction Project Coordinator (Industrial Projects)

As a fresh graduate with Masters in Construction Management technology degree, I was asked to relocate
initially to California to take over this role on an existing project and then travel with the project
management team from project to project on future projects. I was asked to make key use of my internship
experience particularly in construction documents, scheduling, estimating, resource planning by using
Suretrak and later Primavera P3E/C to manage projects on site itself. The key achievements were:

 Developing a brand new, well-integrated master construction schedule template of 3500 activities,
using Primavera 5.0, based on engineering, procurement, delivery of equipment, structures,
manpower, using Work Breakdown Structure to be used on all future projects.
 Successfully implementing the Earned Value Management technique and reporting directly to the
project manager and initiating a process of producing cost-to-go reports.
 Proposing various ideas to the project management team such as mixing the old and new generation
work force on the jobsite and paid day off for best employee to yield faster and better results.
 Reviewing and mitigating activities on critical path by allotting unused resources, starting activities
in parallel, off-site fabrication of smaller equipment’s to free up limited on-site space by 40%.
 Proposing ideas such as ensuring smaller targets are met in order to achieve the bigger goal, which
was project completion before time and under budget with zero accidents.
 Developing better relations with local subcontractors, vendors and towns to enhance overall project
success by providing incentives on early delivery of quality product, high safety standards, etc.
 Industrial/Manufacturing/Power projects scheduled, constructed & commissioned on time:
o James Hardie Building Products, Fontana, CA (Value: $4Million; Duration: 3 months)
o James Hardie Siding Plant, Pulaski, VA (Value: $105 Million: Duration: 1 year)
o Lee County Waste to Energy Plant, Fort Myers, FL (Value: $120 Million: Duration:1 year)
o Clarion Laminate Boards, Shippenville, PA (Value: $50 Million Duration: 7 months)
o Hastings Utility Coal Power Plant Hastings, NE (Value: $750,000; Duration: 8 weeks)
o Snowflake Biomass Power Plant, Snowflake, AZ (Value: $60 Million; Duration: 6 months)

D.R. Associates, Houston, Texas 12/2002-08/2004

Design and Construction Coordinator- Intern (Hospitality Projects)

In continuation with my masters in construction management technology, I was accepted as an intern at this
prestigious firm to assist with design and construction of hospitality projects. The major tasks undertaken
while working part time at this firm included:
 Read and understand construction documents, codes, terminologies and technologies of the industry.
 Prepare a high level schedule to show designing, city approval, construction and inspection timeline.
 Interact with clients to understand their requirements and confirm it is incorporated in construction.
 Baseline and update it biweekly to ensure it is on track and to assist with mitigation plans if required.
 To prepare lessons learnt from each project to ensure the issues are not repeated on future projects.

EDUCATION:
Masters in Construction Management (University of Houston, Houston, TX) 08/2002-05/2004
Bachelors in Architecture (University of Pune, India) 1996-2001
Will not require sponsorship to work
References available upon request