Laurent Lefevre
Lead Planner
Experience
Lead Planner
Bilfinger
Manage and coordinate on-site construction, start-up, and commissioning planning activities, including resource loading, progress tracking, and interface management.
Coordinate with project teams and stakeholders in English and German.
Prepare and follow up on meetings, providing support to Project Managers in planning, monitoring, and resource tracking.
Achievements:**
Enhanced planning for engineering runs, IQ, OQ, and PQ phases.
Managed interfaces between installation and commissioning phases.
Delivered weekly progress reports to the client with trackers for key milestone deviations.
Implemented automation planning and tracking at instance levels.
Results:**
Developed tools for worksite installation monitoring, IO test agendas, pressure tests, passivation agendas, and SAT schedules.
Optimized duration estimates for IO tests and dynamic tests.
Organized commissioning phases with resource mobilization plans.
Improved planning critical path optimization.
Tools:** Microsoft Project 2019 Professional
Senior Cost Leader
DPS
Issued monthly cost reports and all associated cost engineering deliverables.
Monitored project budgets, actual spend, and forecasts.
Managed value of work done (VOWD) and change management processes.
Liaised with discipline experts to ensure compliance in purchasing process equipment and services.
Reported internally and externally to stakeholders.
Results:**
Highlighted concerns and improvements in project forecasts.
Tools:** Microsoft Project 2019 Professional
Senior Planner and Cost Control Consultant
Servier
Conducted project analysis, including review of scope, schedules, and gap analysis.
Held meetings with discipline leads to address gaps in planning and improve schedules.
Supported contract teams, participated in claim processes, and met with the plant director.
Results:**
Created a cashflow monitoring tool based on risk evaluations.
Improved integrated project schedule and optimized MICRO phase critical path.
Built meeting routines between project and plant operation teams for commissioning.
Tools:** Microsoft Project 2019 Professional
Senior Planner (Consultancy Assignment)
DSM Netherlands
Audited planning of three projects: Waste Water Treatment, Crushing and Site Update, and Extraction.
Conducted gap analyses and held project manager meetings.
Participated in a task force for the Extraction project.
Results:**
Created an interface matrix.
Improved integrated project schedules and optimized Extraction project critical path.
Shared final reports with management.
Tools:** Microsoft Project 2019 Professional
Senior Cost Engineer
Fusion For Energy
Provided cost estimates for project change requests and variation works.
Reviewed contractor impact assessments and managed the reallocation of works scopes.
Implemented baseline changes and risk management inputs.
Delivered cashflow and Capex investment reports, along with monthly reporting.
Tools:** Primavera P6
Senior Planning Engineer
Exyte France
Set up work breakdown structure and detailed activity sequencing.
Liaised proactively with client planners and subcontractors.
Produced progress status reports and weekly updates.
Tools:** Primavera P6
Project Services Manager
BP France
Led a team of planning, cost, procurement, contract engineers, and document controllers.
Developed project controls plan and managed contract/procurement activities during SELECT and DEFINE phases.
Coordinated cost, schedule, and resource information flow within teams.
Conducted schedule risk analysis workshops and managed contract evaluation processes.
Tools:** Microsoft Project 2013, Ariba
Senior Cost Engineer
R.A.T.P
Managed cost breakdown structures, financial analysis, and expenditure plan updates.
Created monthly and quarterly reports for project transparency.
Tools:** Bi Aps (Oracle), CASPERA (Tempo)
Project Control Engineer
Hoffmann-La Roche
Managed purchase orders, invoice registers, and change orders with planning and cost consolidation.
Set up financial and project control plans, including milestones and baselines.
Reported monthly project statuses and performance.
Tools:** Microsoft Project, Ariba, SAP
Corporate Facilities Cost Analyst
Addax Petroleum
Coordinated monthly Capex reporting for four operating companies.
Conducted expenditure audits and created KPI monitoring structures.
Administered Approval for Expenditure processes.
Tools:** SAP, Ariba, Pack Office
Senior Cost Leader
RasGas
Managed cost estimation, tracking, forecasts, and reporting during shutdown projects.
Led annual budget preparations and optimization meetings.
Developed performance tools and guidelines to improve cost measurement processes.
Tools:** Primavera P6, SAP, Pack Office
Planning Leader
Alstom Hydro
Implemented planning structures and master schedules for turbine and generator installations.
Optimized project KPIs and milestones, conducting risk analyses.
Tools:** Primavera P6, Pack Office
Subcontract Engineer
Technip
Coordinated ITB/RFP/RFQ processes and managed contract packages.
Administered contract activities and produced timely deliverables, including Estimate at Completion reports.
Tools:** Pack Office
Project Control Engineer
Gaz de France
Managed change impacts on costs and project planning phases.
Created master schedules, implemented WBS structures, and led coordination meetings.
Delivered accurate monthly cost reports and mentored estimators.
Tools:** SAP, Microsoft Project, Pack Office
Plant Project Engineer
Soupletube
Led project management activities for facility upgrades and quality control systems.
Managed procurement, contractor monitoring, start-up production qualifications, and reliability phases.
Developed action plans to optimize fabrication processes.
Tools:** Pack Office
Plant Project Engineer
Renault Group
Led a team for refurbishment of cutting lines.
Prepared bid documents, conducted commissioning evaluations, and supervised ramp-up phases.
Ensured compliance with health and safety guidelines.
Tools:** Pack Office
Transfer Deputy Project Manager
Schlumberger
Planned and executed manufacturing workshop transfers.
Conducted progress monitoring, Failure Mode assessments, and detailed planning.
Tools:** Microsoft Project, Pack Office
Deputy Project Manager
GTS Industries
Supervised installation and commissioning of ultrasonic machines.
Managed contracts, claim processes, site construction logistics, and commissioning plans.
Tools:** Microsoft Project, Pack Office
Languages
Education
Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP-EAP)
Master in International, Project Management · Project Management · Paris, France
Hautes Etudes Industrielles de Lille (H.E.I)
Master of Engineering · Generalist and Mechanical · Lille, France
Certifications & licenses
PMP
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