This document provides a curriculum vitae for Valentin Opritescu summarizing his professional experience and qualifications. It lists his personal details and education background. It then outlines his work history from 2009 to 1982, including various project management roles in countries like Qatar, Romania, Equatorial Guinea, Mongolia, Tanzania, Lebanon, UAE, and Romania. His experience includes developing schedules and plans, monitoring progress, reporting, and coordinating project teams across different industries and disciplines.
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OPRITESCU Valentin
BIRTH DATE: 16/8/1955
NATIONALITY: Romanian
CIVIL STATUS: widower
EDUCATION
1974 - 1982 Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Nuclear Power Engineering Specialty
COMPUTER ABILITIES
PRIMAVERA Project Management P6; Microsoft Project; Miles; Excel; Word; Power Points,
Full Monte Monte Carlo Risk Analysis for MS-Project Decision tree analysis
LANGUAGE ABILITIES
English (Good), French,Italian
WORK EXPERIENCE
Period: (April 2009 – March 2010)
COMPANY: VOLTAS Ltd. Engineering Solutions Company for a Spectrum of Industries in
areas, such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, electro-
mechanical projects, textile machinery, machine tools, mining and construction equipment,
materials handling, water management, building management systems, indoor air quality and
chemicals
LOCATION: QATAR
PROJECT: Sidra Project, Barwa City Project
POSITION: Project Manager
Reviewing the Contract documents for each Construction Package and advising the
Engineering/Construction Manager related to any abnormal situation that may occur.
Reviewing Contractors proposed site organization and report to the Engineering/Construction Manager.
Reviewing and approving / comments on the Design schedules as submitted by the Contractor and
ensuring the Design Schedule is in compliance with the overall project schedule.
Reviewing and approving / comment on the procurement schedules as submitted by the Contractor and
ensure the procurement schedules are in compliance and coordinated with current construction
schedules.
Reviewing and continuously monitoring, against approved schedules, the Contractor's major
construction progress and ensuring equipment and manpower are adequate or in case of any shortage
report to Engineering/Construction Manager.
Reviewing in detail the recovery schedules as submitted by the Contractors and ensuring manpower and
site supervision staffs are increased properly.
Performing periodically site visits in order to check if the progress of work on site is in compliance with
approved schedules, major milestones have been met and report deficiencies to Construction Manager.
Reviewing all daily, weekly and monthly reports as submitted by Contractor and report to Construction
Manager any deficiency or non-compliance.
Reviewing any claim involving time impact as submitted by Contractor and reports his assessment to
Construction Manager.
Reviewing field design changes and Trend Notices and assessing time impact, if any.
Advising the Construction Manager of any foreseen slippage of progress and corrective actions to be
taken.
Attending weekly progress meeting and monthly Executive meetings and participate in preparing the
agenda.
Assisting the Engineer/Construction Managers during preparation of Monthly Progress reports and
Monthly Executive Presentations.
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Reviewing the commissioning plans as submitted by Contractor and ensuring its compliance with the
approved construction schedule.
Close collaboration with PMC staff in reviewing the Close out Reports as submitted by Contractors.
Providing Cost Analysis of the Commissioning discipline and Contractors monthly and other periodic
cost and invoicing data. Reviewing, analyzing and correcting submitted valuation costs prior to
authorization. Check and approving various invoices.
Solving any discrepancy in Valuations. Preparing Cost Report for Commissioning Activities to include all
the above and review with Commissioning Manager, Superintendents, Commissioning Services
Coordinator and Contract Holder. Assisting Commissioning Services Coordinator to compile all the
above into the Monthly Cost Report. Supporting Project and Commissioning Engineers in developing
estimates and contracts cost control. Assisting Commissioning Services Coordinator to ensure all
contractors invoices are verified before submission for payment and are fully in compliance with
administrative contractual requirements. Assisting Commissioning Services Coordinator to prepare
Annual and Bi-annual Project forecast and Work Plan and Budget costs and phasing.
Period: (March 2003 - April 2009)
COMPANY: VALANDI Trading SRL (Company for Planning Consultancy, Management and
Recruitment)
LOCATION: ROMANIA
POSITION: General Manager
Preparing contractual requirements related to planning/ scheduling, progress measuring and reporting.
Providing Cost Analysis of the Commissioning discipline and Contractors monthly and other periodic
cost and invoicing data. Reviewing, analyzing and correcting submitted valuation costs prior to
authorization. Check and approving various invoices.
Solving any discrepancy in Valuations. Preparing Cost Report for Commissioning Activities to include all
the above and review with Commissioning Manager, Superintendents, Commissioning Services
Coordinator and Contract Holder. Assisting Commissioning Services Coordinator to compile all the
above into the Monthly Cost Report. Supporting Project and Commissioning Engineers in developing
estimates and contracts cost control. Assisting Commissioning Services Coordinator to ensure all
contractors invoices are verified before submission for payment and are fully in compliance with
administrative contractual requirements. Providing technical assistance for Commissioning Services
Coordinator to prepare Annual and Bi-annual Project forecast and Work Plan and Budget costs and
phasing.
Period: (August 1999 - March 2003)
COMPANY: SC HANNAH STEEL CON Dutch Company- Steel Construction Company
LOCATION: ROMANIA
POSITION: Project Manager
- Developing Project Plan.
- Direct project resources.
- Monitoring and managing the project schedule.
- Monitoring and managing the project budget.
- Monitoring and managing the project risk.
- Dealing with operational issues.
- Organizing steering committee meetings, including ensuring that minutes will be taken.
- Reporting to the steering committee, raising strategic issues.
- Preparing Project Status Reports and Project Change Requests for the steering committee.
- Ensuring project meets requirements and objectives.
- Managing project team members.
- Negotiating and solving issues as they arise across areas of the project and where they impact on other
activities, systems and projects.
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- Look after the interests of the project team.
- Organizing and chair project reference group meetings, as appropriate.
- Communicating project status to project sponsor, all team members and other relevant and involved
parties.
- Maintaining project documentation.
Preparing contractual requirements related to planning/ scheduling, progress measuring and reporting.
Providing project management with the assessment of risks and uncertainties within project schedules
using probabilistic scheduling - range estimates and simulation - Pertmaster risk assessment tool.
Also preparing TIA's (Time Impact Analyses), mitigation schedules, and created 'what if scenarios'
Establishing project controls system by integrating data from PRIMAVERA level 4 scheduling,
procurement, risk assessment schedules into a detailed progress measuring, progress reporting tool.
Period: (May 1999 - June 1999)
COMPANY: INCAT (Consulting, Design, Engineering, Helpdesk, Training and Systems
Support services, as well as Technology Solutions)
LOCATION: EQUATORIAL GUINEEA
PROJECT: Malabo Methanol Plant
POSITION: Planning Engineer
Computing some material resources for the underground pipe lines adjacent to the Methanol Plant.
Developing PRIMAVERA level 4 construction schedules over existing level 3 schedules for the
erection of two oil tanks monitoring and updating them, analyzing any deviation form the schedule.
Progress reporting on weekly bases, creating a data base in Excel and collect, input in this the data of
construction physical achievement, creating the project schedule in PRIMAVERA, updating the
terms.Optimizing material resources for underground pipeline network.Cross referencing of our level 2
Consrtruction schedules with the level 2 construction schedules provided by E.O.I.
Period: (June 1998 - September 1998)
COMPANY: ABB Lummus
LOCATION: MONGOLIA, Ulan Bataar
POSITION: Project Controller
- Developing Project Plan.
- Direct project resources.
- Monitoring and managing the project schedule.
- Monitoring and managing the project budget.
- Monitoring and managing the project risk.
- Dealing with operational issues.
- Organizing steering committee meetings, including ensuring that minutes will be taken.
- Reporting to the steering committee, raising strategic issues.
- Preparing Project Status Reports and Project Change Requests for the steering committee.
- Ensuring project meets requirements and objectives.
- Managing project team members.
- Negotiating and solving issues as they arise across areas of the project and where they impact on other
activities, systems and projects.
- Look after the interests of the project team.
- Organizing and chair project reference group meetings, as appropriate.
- Communicating project status to project sponsor, all team members and other relevant and involved
parties.
- Maintaining project documentation.
Building up schedules and working plan for the rehabilitation of 200 M We power plant. Creating, using
PRIMAVERA software and partially Microsoft project a Level 3 detailed prefabrication and erection
integrated schedule, multidiscipline (civil, steel structure, mechanical, electrical, instrument), for
contractor for installation off 5 diesel electrical generator units installation, in accordance with owner
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project milestones. Creating a data base system using Excel and soft's and collecting in it the production
data achievements for production progress monitoring and for schedule updating; progress reporting, on
weekly base and monthly base, using graphic and tabular reports from Primavera schedule, Histograms-
curve graphics, Scheduling criticality analysisfor track keeping of project milestone and terms. Following
and Data collecting for material acquisition. Cost control coordination.
Period: (December 1997 - February 1998)
COMPANY: IMPREGILLO SpA Italy
LOCATION: TANZANIA
PROJECT: Kihansi Site
POSITION: Planning Engineer
Building up PRIMAVERA level 3 schedules for the construction of the dam and also monitoring the
progress of the work using 3-weeks window schedule. Elaborating level 2 Coordination and Control
schedules for the power plant. Computing material resources such as: concrete, formwork, reinforcing
and allocating manpower. Monitoring and updating the progress. Preparing progress reports.Drawing
control and technical remarks,optimizing material resources for the blockouts of the dam.
Period: (December 1996 - July 1997)
COMPANY: ANSALDO ENERGIA Spag
LOCATION: LEBANON
PROJECT: ZahraniSite
POSITION: Planning Engineer
Preparing PRIMAVERA level 2 and level 3 commissioning and construction schedules for the Gas
Turbine of 450 MWe power plant. Performing resource leveling and what if analysis. Create, using
PRIMAVERA soft a Level 3 detailed prefabrication and erection integrated schedule, multidiscipline
(civil, steel structure, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation) for MLNG Project -gas truncklines and
compression plant, for contractor Fochi in accordance with owner level 2 coordination schedule and
project milestones;.
Creating a data base system, using Excel and Access soft's, and collectin.g / inputting in it the
production data achievements for production progress monitoring and for schedule updating;
Organizing the monthly base progress reporting using graphic and tabular reports from Primavera
schedule, Histograms, S-curve graphics
Scheduling criticality analysisfor track keeping of project milestone and terms.Progress reports,and Time
impact analysis .Reviewing the organization of the archive checking status of the engineering packages
Elaborating commisionig procedures for dirty oil drainage system.Prioritizing turnovers from
construction to commissioning.
Period: (June 1995 - April 1996)
COMPANY: ABB Lummus
LOCATION: UAE
PROJECT: Taweelah Site- Water Desalination Plant
POSITION: Assistant Planning Manager
Preparing PRIMAVERA level 2 and level 3 construction and commissioning schedules ,updating
progress, performing critical path analysis , estimating delays .Preparing also level 4 production
schedules. Elaborating using Primavera soft, a Level 3 detailed prefabrication and erection integrated
schedule, multidiscipline (civil, str. steel, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation)for installation off 6
unitsx150Mw power plants and 6 desalination plants, for contractor, in accordance with owner level 2
coordination schedule and project milestones; Create a data base system , using Excel and Access soft's,
collecting in it the production data achievements for production progress monitoring and for schedule
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updating; on the weekly base and monthly base progress reporting ,using company special soft (CMS
and PCIS), graphic and tabular reports from Primavera schedule, Histograms, S-curve graphics; Schedule
criticality analysis for track keeping of project milestone and terms; Following and Data collecting for
equipment material acquisition (piping, electrical, instrumentation), coordination of material taking of to
site for erection; cost control coordination.Productivity analysis reports creating some buffers in the
durations according to critical event chain methodology.
Period: (March 1992 - May 1994)
COMPANY: SC NIMB (Installation and Construction. Steel Structure Installation, Civil and
Industrial Erection)
LOCATION: ROMANIA
PROJECT: Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant
POSITION: Planning Engineer
Preparing PRIMAVERA level 3, 4, 5 schedules for steel structure erection and HVAC systems
installation. Highlighting critical path activities and using also PERT method.
Period: (September 1982 - December 1991)
COMPANY: CNE CERNAVODA Nuclear Power Plant
LOCATION: ROMANIA
PROJECT: Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant
POSITION: Planning Engineer/Planning Manager
Preparing PRIMAVERA level 1 to level 5 schedules and daily working plans. Updating plans,
monitoring progress, preparing progress reports, planning and scheduling procedures. Preparing level 2
coordination and control schedules using both Precedence Diagramming Method and I-J Diagramming
Method for the construction and commissioning of Cernavoda Unit 1. Coordinating the consortium
planning team staff to elaborate a Baseline Schedules for Level I (contractual) and Level 2 (correlated
with Level 1) as a coordination schedule for installation of U1 CNE Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant,
covering Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Pre-commissioning Phases for all discipline (civil,
mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation). Coordinating the consortium planning team staff for
creating a data base and collecting, inputting in it off the construction achievement data, updating the
schedules and progress reporting on weekly basis; the schedules criticality analyzing and acting to keep
the terms of schedule for all construction and pre-commissioning phases of investition. Coordinating the
contractors planning specialists in their Level 3 schedule duties (scheduling, updating, criticality)
Signature, 19 August 2010