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Ernest Achuke

Summary

Experienced, highly motivated, proactive project planner with over 5 years’ experience in planning, monitoring, controlled projects from commissioning to handover. Professional with expertise in Primavera P6, Asta Power Project and Microsoft Project. Proficient in NEC suite contracts, delay analysis, and earned value management. Demonstrates strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on critical path analysis and project planning & control. Skilled in cost and resource loading, progress monitoring and reporting using Excel and Power BI. Committed to delivering detailed-oriented solutions while maintaining flexibility to adapt to changing project needs.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
2007
2007
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Planner

WATSON & COX CONSTRUCTION LTD
05.2024 - 05.2025
  • Developed and maintained detailed project schedules in Primavera P6 for multi-million Pound projects in Construction and Utilities
  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to integrate procurement, engineering, and construction timelines
  • Collaborated with project managers and stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables.
  • Responsible for schedule & earned value management.
  • Produced project schedules, Man-hour histograms, and S-Curves.
  • Analysed project resources to resolve over-allocation of resources.
  • Generated look ahead reports for Engineering, Procurement, and Construction activities.
  • Updated project plans and ensured critical activities are continuously monitored.
  • Cost loaded and resource loaded projects for Earned Value Analysis and reports.
  • Analyzed schedule performance and recommend adjustments to optimize project timelines.
  • Communicated schedule updates and key milestones to project teams and stakeholders.
  • Monitored key milestones against baseline to ensure no deviation from plan.
  • Provided full life-cycle planning support across multiple projects.
  • Monitored Project performance (Cost and Schedule index) by comparing actual work against budget.
  • Produced look-ahead, critical path, slippage and project overview reports monthly.
  • Conducted integrity checks on subcontractor’s programme and ensured it complies with NEC.
  • Maintain an overview of the contract progress and financial cash flow in accordance with the contract budget by tracking Cost & Schedule Performance Indices (CPI & SPI) against baseline plans.
  • Supported project manager to assess the impact of compensation event using what-if.
  • Provided expertise and guidance on schedule-related matters to project teams.

Planner

ONE GROUP CONSTRUCTION LTD
06.2021 - 05.2024
  • Created baseline schedules and performed regular updates to track project progress for highway and bridge construction projects.
  • Tracked and monitored project progress, providing regular updates to key stakeholders.
  • Used Primavera P6 to analyse critical path and float trends to advise project managers on potential risks
  • Prepared various reports, i.e., progress reports, forecasts, variance, lookahead, Earned value analyses to aid decision-making.
  • Analyzed project resources to resolve over allocation of resources.
  • Tracked project progress on various deliverables, milestones and activities.
  • Plan works in accordance with any Risk Assessments, Method Statement, and other regulations.
  • Identified project risks and opportunities for each project.
  • Developed robust contingency plans and proposes effective mitigation strategies to minimize delays.
  • Worked closely with project managers, site teams, and subcontractors to ensure alignment across all activities.
  • Responsible for schedule management and earned value management.
  • Prepared scenario planning to evaluate potential options, working closely with project delivery team to ensure accurate planning of resources.
  • Identify and assess potential risks that could impact project timelines or budgets.
  • Developed robust contingency plans and proposes effective mitigation strategies to minimize delays.
  • Worked closely with project managers, site teams, and subcontractors to ensure alignment across all activities.
  • Facilitate planning workshops to synchronize efforts and maintain consistency in scheduling.
  • Creating the Work breakdown Structure, Resource loading, Project level (Integrated Master Schedule), and Project-specific basis of scheduling documents.
  • Input into the month-end process including: updating schedule progress, undertaking schedule forecasting, updating milestone status and critical path analysis.
  • Implemented Earned Value Analysis (EVA) to support the project team in assessing achieved and predicted performance against time and budget.
  • Undertaking schedule performance review including EV variance analysis.
  • Collaborated with multi-disciplinary project teams.
  • Integrated subcontractor schedules into the overall project timeline and manage milestones effectively.

Junior Planner

CoDe CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
, Northamptonshire
01.2019 - 05.2021
  • Assisted in maintaining WBS structures, activity codes, and resource assignment logs
  • Supported senior planners in schedule development and updating using Primavera P6 and MS Project
  • Supported project manager to assess the impact of compensation event using what-if.
  • Prepared scenario planning to evaluate potential options, working closely with the project delivery team to ensure accurate planning of resources.
  • Providing Planning input to Change control process, Risk and Opportunity process, and Peer reviews.
  • Extracted Subcontractors’ mini-plans from MS Excel, MS Project 2007 into P6 and vice versa.
  • Participated in weekly progress review meetings, compiling look-ahead schedules and status updates.
  • Identify and assess potential risks that could impact project timelines or budgets.

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree (B.Sc) - Statistics

2007

Skills

  • Primavera P6
  • Asta Power Project
  • Microsoft Project
  • NEC 3/4 suit Contracts
  • Delay Analysis
  • Earned Value Management
  • Critical Path Analysis
  • Project Planning & Control
  • Cost and Resource loading
  • Microsoft Projects
  • Excel
  • Power BI
  • Project management principles
  • Analytical skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Communication skills
  • Detail-oriented
  • Flexibility
  • Progress monitoring
  • Reporting

Timeline

Planner

WATSON & COX CONSTRUCTION LTD
05.2024 - 05.2025

Planner

ONE GROUP CONSTRUCTION LTD
06.2021 - 05.2024

Junior Planner

CoDe CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
01.2019 - 05.2021

Bachelor of Science Degree (B.Sc) - Statistics

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