Laurent L.

Lead Planner

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Lisbon, France

Experience

Sep 2023 - Present
2 years 4 months
France
On-site

Lead Planner

Bilfinger

  • Managed and coordinated on-site construction, start-up and commissioning planning activities including resource loading, progress tracking and interface management across construction and commissioning phases
  • Communicated and coordinated with project team and stakeholders (Bilfinger France, Bilfinger Germany, Actemium, Octapharma) in English and German
  • Prepared and followed up on meetings: content, scheduling and organization
  • Supported project managers in planning, monitoring and tracking project resources
  • Piloted project via key driver electrical cabinets and enhanced planning for engineering run, IQ, OQ and PQ phases
  • Managed interface between installation and commissioning phases
  • Delivered weekly progress reports to client with key milestone deviation trackers
  • Implemented automation planning and instance-level tracking
  • Developed worksite installation tool to forecast mechanical, piping, cabling and cabinet installation and to update master time schedule
  • Organized IO test, pressure test and passivation agendas to coordinate stakeholders and resource mobilization
  • Created static SAT agenda to coordinate Bilfinger Germany and France
  • Estimated durations for IO and dynamic tests and organized full commissioning phase teams
  • Optimized planning critical path
Aug 2022 - May 2023
10 months
Switzerland

Senior Cost Leader

DPS

  • Led cost engineering and represented DPS Switzerland in front of client Lonza
  • Issued monthly cost reports and all associated cost engineering deliverables
  • Controlled budgets, monitored progress, tracked actual spend and provided forecasts
  • Established and analyzed project costs including budgets, commitments, forecasts and contingency analysis
  • Managed value of work done (VOWD)
  • Provided commercial support for change management: evaluated and negotiated tracked changes
  • Liaised with discipline experts to ensure compliance on purchased process equipment and services
  • Determined required financial and FTE resources
  • Conducted weekly meetings with client and internal reporting to DPS project manager
  • Highlighted concerns and improvement opportunities in project forecast
May 2021 - Aug 2022
1 year 4 months
France

Senior Planner and Cost Control Consultant

SERVIER

  • Reviewed organization, scope, PEPs and schedules and performed gap analysis to elaborate objectives
  • Held meetings with discipline leads to review planning gaps in scopes and links
  • Evaluated schedules per project including critical path analysis
  • Supported contract team in claim process and governance committee participation
  • Met with plant director to align on deliverables
  • Created cashflow monitoring tool based on risk evaluation and aligned engineering contractor to it
  • Highlighted concerns and improvement opportunities in integrated project schedule
  • Optimized planning critical path on micro phase
  • Established meeting routines between project and plant operation/technical teams for commissioning
Jan 2021 - Apr 2021
4 months
Netherlands

Senior Planner Consultant

DSM Netherlands

  • Reviewed organization, scope, PEPs and schedules and performed gap analysis to define objectives for three projects (Waste Water Treatment, Crushing and Site Update, Extraction)
  • Conducted meetings with project managers to review planning gaps and evaluated schedules including critical path analysis
  • Participated in task force on extraction project
  • Created interface matrix and aligned projects to it, establishing communication channels with contractors
  • Highlighted concerns and improvement opportunities in integrated project schedule
  • Optimized planning critical path on extraction project
  • Delivered final report and conclusions to Olatein and Prolein project management
Dec 2018 - Dec 2020
2 years 1 month
France

Senior Cost Engineer

Fusion For Energy

  • Led cost control support for HVAC, electrical and piping lot TB04 (900 Meur) on ITER project on behalf of F4E
  • Prepared cost estimates for project change requests and reviewed contractor impact assessment reports to ensure contract compliance
  • Provided cost estimates and payment plans for variation works and maintained reallocation register
  • Analyzed cost submissions of contractual claims as directed by project technical manager
  • Maintained annual work programs including commitments plan and budget
  • Implemented baseline change requests to update project budget
  • Contributed to risk management in cooperation with risk lead
  • Supported project performance management head in delivering cash flow and Capex investment reports and monthly reporting
Dec 2017 - Dec 2018
1 year 1 month
France

Senior Planning Engineer

EXYTE France

  • Set up work breakdown structure and defined phasing of design activities through final equipment installation for HVAC, electrical and piping lots TB04 on ITER project
  • Detailed logic and sequencing of activities by discipline and updated planning processes and procedures
  • Liaised with client planners and subcontractors to manage interfaces and resolved priority conflicts
  • Assisted change and risk analysis teams and conducted planning reviews to optimize resource usage
  • Produced progress status on studies, purchases, manufacturing and construction for invoicing
  • Provided weekly three-week look-ahead and monthly reports
Dec 2015 - Nov 2017
2 years
France

Project Services Manager

BP France

  • Recruited and managed team of planning, cost, procurement, contract engineers and document controller
  • Developed and maintained project controls plan and ensured staff awareness of control processes
  • Controlled overall budget and prepared annual expenditure forecasts and cost re-estimates
  • Managed project planning, scheduling and cost engineering services and determined required resources
  • Presented recommendations to steering committee and project leader
  • Led delivery of information management services including document and data control
  • Managed change control and claims processes
  • Coordinated flow of cost, schedule and resource information within project team and developed effective performance reporting
  • Analyzed performance data and advised project manager
  • Organized schedule risk analysis workshops and quality review sessions
  • Prepared and led RFI/RFQ processes, managed negotiations, contract preparation and management through execution
  • Organized procurement committee and established project management system, controls structure, tools and procedures according to BP standards
Mar 2015 - Nov 2015
9 months
France

Senior Cost Engineer

RATP

  • Managed cost for extension of Paris metro line 14 and related fully automated infrastructure projects
  • Provided financial expertise to project engineers and project director
  • Managed project interfaces including risk management, finance, controlling, purchasing, contract and engineering departments
  • Conducted financial analysis from engineering to execution phases including investment and budget control
  • Implemented controlling procedures and reporting for project and finance department
  • Prepared cost breakdown structure and mapping in Bi Aps (Oracle)
  • Estimated costs for initiation, conceptual and basic design phases and updated expenditure plans
  • Produced project monthly and quarterly reports (PMRs and PQRs)
Feb 2014 - Feb 2015
1 year 1 month
Switzerland

Project Control Engineer

Hoffmann-La Roche

  • Set up, monitored and appraised schedule and financial performance of two capital projects (Bau 21, Bau 74) according to standardized project management processes
  • Created and updated purchase orders and invoice register
  • Managed change orders with planning and cost consolidation and ensured contractor contract compliance
  • Supported project managers in financial control plan setup including tools and instruments
  • Prepared cost breakdown structure and mapping in SAP and produced cost estimates for initiation, conceptual and basic design phases
  • Updated expenditure plans for cash flow and Capex investment reports
  • Supported project control plan setup and implemented GMP milestones
  • Established WBS, baselines and coordinated detailed schedules of planning partners and contractors
  • Conducted monthly reviews including critical path identification, variance analysis, corrective action and change order impact analysis
  • Collected prime contractor reports and produced project monthly and quarterly reports
  • Tools used: Microsoft Project, Ariba, SAP
Feb 2013 - Feb 2014
1 year 1 month
Switzerland

Corporate Facilities Cost Analyst

Addax Petroleum

  • Monitored monthly Capex reporting for facilities with four operating companies (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Middle East)
  • Coordinated OPCOs in actuals ledger and forecast reconciliation and delivered monthly variance analysis
  • Ensured alignment of forecasts with cash requirements and organized regular OPCO meetings to identify forecast and planning gaps
  • Administered AFE tool in Novateam as super user: managed delegation of authorities, resolved workflow issues and maintained user lists
  • Created training and coaching toolkit
  • Conducted audit on OPCO cost control structure and process and compiled findings
  • Developed KPIs for monitoring OPCO project portfolio expenditure capacity and guidance rules for predictive curves and reforecast process
  • Created template for finance and facilities departments to track actuals, forecast phasing and budget submissions
Oct 2009 - Jan 2013
3 years 4 months
Doha, Qatar

Senior Cost Leader

RasGas

  • Led cost engineering for various shutdown operations on LNG production facilities (15.6 Mtpa capacity)
  • Managed cost estimating, analysis, monitoring, forecasting and reporting across full project life cycle from shutdown work definition through closeout
  • Prepared classified cost estimates (class V, IV, III) per AACE guidance and updated company database
  • Created cost breakdown structure and populated work order costs in SAP segregating capex and opex
  • Led annual preparation of five-year shutdown OPEX budget estimate
  • Supported finance department in monthly cost reporting, cash flow projection, accruals and AFE process
  • Participated in cost optimization meetings and mentored junior cost engineer
  • Assisted change management process: assessed cost impacts, prepared tender documents, evaluated bids and negotiated
  • Administered contractor activities: timesheet collection, invoice review, closeout regularization and claim analysis
  • Developed cost performance tool and status report for steering committee
  • Created semi-computerized system for work pack level cost estimation
  • Established guidelines for cost breakdown structure and SAP cost codes
  • Defined lump sum contractor bid estimation methodology and accrual tool for audit backup
  • Promoted standardized cost report methodology for shutdown projects
Sep 2008 - Sep 2009
1 year 1 month
Switzerland

Planning Leader

Alstom Hydro

  • Led planning of four 250 MW hydro units including generator, turbine, auxiliaries and hydro-mechanical scopes (300 M$)
  • Implemented cost management structures per company standards and integrated customer contract terms and conditions into planning
  • Developed master time schedule in Primavera P6 for full project life cycle
  • Organized monthly coordination meetings with French partner planning engineer to align methodologies and monitoring tools
  • Allocated resources, measured progress and compared with physical progress
  • Established KPIs and milestones to ensure project performance compliance
  • Participated in project risk analysis and produced high-level reporting and forecasting
  • Implemented quality plan during manufacturing and on-site phases, saving 20 man-days
  • Introduced float strategy as KPI in meetings with project director and head of planning
Oct 2007 - Aug 2008
11 months
France

Subcontract Engineer

Technip

  • Prepared and coordinated ITB/RFP/RFQ processes for subcontract packages (<$10 M) on SURF project offshore India
  • Defined contract types (MOA, charter party) and required ITT documents
  • Monitored package preparation interfaces and organized internal reviews
  • Conducted tendering phase launch, clarifications, negotiations and contractor selection
  • Monitored and controlled contractor activities in interface with project stakeholders ensuring contract, industry standard and policy compliance
  • Recommended contract changes or amendments and resolved claims
  • Ensured payments per contract terms and maintained accurate contract documentation
  • Closed out project ahead of schedule with 10% budget saving and produced estimate at completion for each contract
Dec 2005 - Oct 2007
1 year 11 months
France

Project Control Engineer

Gaz de France

  • Managed project control for upgrade and new installation of gas interconnection stations (90 M$)
  • Supported change management: assessed cost and planning impacts and identified claims with delay analysis, cost impact and risk plan updates
  • Ensured payments per contract and authority
  • Implemented master time schedule from basic design to final acceptance for four projects
  • Established WBS and baselines and coordinated detailed schedules of planning and contractors
  • Conducted monthly reviews: critical path identification, variance analysis, corrective actions and change order impact analysis
  • Led monthly coordination meetings with site planning engineers on resource measurement and progress
  • Developed cost breakdown structure and mapping in SAP
  • Produced monthly cost reports: planned cost, commitments, value of work done and forecasts
  • Mentored estimators on Monte Carlo simulation and contingency and advised on risk analysis
Jan 2001 - Sep 2004
3 years 9 months
France

Plant Project Engineer

Soupletube

  • Managed projects for facilities, auxiliaries and equipment upgrades from engineering to start-up in aluminum tube manufactory
  • Led cross-discipline project teams defining roles and mobilizing resources across powder blending, stamping, ovens, coating, printing and packaging
  • Implemented project procedures for scope of work statements, documentation, planning and HSE inputs
  • Selected, negotiated and managed procurement: issuing bids, evaluating proposals and contractor negotiation
  • Monitored contractor performance to meet cost, schedule, technical and contractual objectives and projected final costs
  • Tracked work progress and material deliveries, identified critical path and bottlenecks, and reported progress in Level 3 MS Project
  • Qualified and started up production equipment and informed plant director of any plan deviations
  • Supervised ramp-up and reliability phases and performed industrial technology watch
  • Participated in customer claim analysis and resolution and implemented solutions with operations, maintenance and quality teams
  • Developed action plans for time optimization and waste rate reduction during equipment changes
Jun 1998 - Jan 2001
2 years 8 months
France

Plant Project Engineer

Renault Group (Assystem Services)

  • Led refurbishment and upgrade of press cutting lines (M2S and PAL) with budgets of €60 M per line
  • Managed team of four expert technicians across mechanics, electronics, civil engineering and acoustics and organized workloads
  • Prepared EPIC contract bids for decoilers, planning machines, transfer systems, presses and automation and participated in commercial evaluations
  • Set up project control documentation: planning, cost control, change control and weekly progress reports
  • Supervised contractors with plant departments to ensure installation compliance and initiated field design changes
  • Conducted hands-on commissioning and performance tests to meet production rate objectives
  • Organized ramp-up and reliability phases and ensured health and safety compliance
  • Reported to project director with regular updates
Apr 1998 - Jun 1998
3 months
France

Transfer Deputy Project Manager

Schlumberger (Assystem Services)

  • Planned, organized and executed transfer of gas and electricity meter manufacturing workshops
  • Created inventory of fixtures and detailed planning and reception terms
  • Organized and monitored pre- and post-transfer trials and follow-up
  • Planned and scheduled transfer project using MS Project and monitored progress and daily meetings with client and partner
  • Organized and conducted failure mode and effect analysis on transfer process
Jul 1996 - Mar 1998
1 year 9 months
France

Deputy Project Manager

GTS Industries (Assystem Services)

  • Prepared and administered EPIC contracts for installation and commissioning of ultrasonic machine in steel plates factory
  • Issued bid documents, answered bidder clarifications, participated in evaluations, negotiations and contractor selection
  • Liaised with discipline technicians and safety officers to obtain scope statements, documentation, planning schedules and HSE inputs
  • Implemented claim management process: led negotiation of specification, schedule and cost changes
  • Set up and tracked project planning in MS Project for three-shift operations, identified critical path and bottlenecks, and updated action plans
  • Organized site construction logistics, led daily contractor meetings and delivered safety and progress reports
  • Managed interfaces and supervised installation compliance, and organized commissioning and start-up phases

Skills

  • Experience Pharma (Gmp, Risk Assessment) Hoffman, Servier, Lonza, Octapharma 2014-2024
  • Project Control Fundamentals (Cost, Planning, Contract)
  • Primavera P6 R8 Fundamentals
  • Cost Engineering Fundamentals
  • Plant Shutdown & Turnaround Management
  • Primavera P6 R8.0 Web Interface
  • Microsoft Project 2019
  • Sap (Pm & Ps Module)
  • Ariba

Languages

English
Advanced
German
Intermediate

Education

Oct 2004 - Jun 2005

Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP-EAP)

Master in International Project Management · International Project Management · Paris, France

Oct 1990 - Jun 1995

Hautes Etudes Industrielles de Lille (H.E.I)

Master of Engineering · Generalist and Mechanical · Lille, France

Certifications & licenses

Pmp

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