Omar Rauf

Directed institutional project controls, commercial governance, and predictive forecasting for a multi-billion-dollar portfolio of complex downstream facilities, refineries, and petrochemical capital expansion programs. Orchestrated the enterprise deployment of EcoSys integrated with SAP S/4HANA, standardizing cost-control protocols across 15+ concurrent capital projects and driving reporting latency down from 14 days to real-time. Partnered with scheduling teams to pilot machine-learning risk intelligence (nPlan), leveraging historical portfolio schedules to identify hidden path dependencies and reduce baseline execution delays by 12%. Established a rigorous Earned Value Management framework; delivered monthly Estimate-at-Completion (EAC) and Estimate-to-Complete (ETC) analysis that pinpointed cost variances early, preserving $18M in contingency funds. Deployed generative scheduling models via ALICE Technologies during pre-construction phases to simulate 40+ asset-loading scenarios, compressing master construction schedules by an average of 18 days per facility. Audited and evaluated tier-1 EPCM contractor performance architectures, cross-verifying progressive physical percent complete to mitigate scope creep and eliminate unjustified billing variances.

Led comprehensive project performance tracking, cost management, and change governance for a Western Canadian portfolio of heavy industrial fabrication, modular construction, and structural/equipment installation initiatives.

Cost engineering, scheduling integrity, and capital performance analysis for midstream infrastructure assets, including pump stations, power generation plants, and transmission lines. Built logic-driven integrated master schedules incorporating Critical Path Method (CPM) flow, optimizing the intersection between long-lead item (LLI) procurement and structural mechanical readiness. Configured automated variance alert mechanisms within SAP to monitor open purchase orders and major supply chain commitments against approved AFEs, preventing budget overruns before expenditure commitments materialized. Pioneered the transition from static spreadsheet reporting to interactive Power BI capital performance dashboards, presenting decision-ready CPI/SPI insight directly to executive project directors.

Spearheaded daily field cost monitoring, progress measurement, and internal variance reporting frameworks for the multi-billion-dollar Sunrise SAGD upstream megaproject. Restructured the tracking architecture for site Labor, Equipment, and Materials (LEM), implementing automated validation models to compute daily Value of Work Done (VOWD) and precise month-end accruals. Utilized granular earned value metrics to track craft labor productivity trends, identifying early engineering and logic constraints that enabled construction leadership to reallocate crews and avoid critical path slippage. Administered quantitative schedule and cost risk workshops, utilizing performance data trends to model contingency burn rates and accurately project completion dates.

Delivered advanced cost engineering analysis, budget preparation support, and variance tracking for complex refinery additions and gas-processing capital assets. Developed comprehensive project Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) mapped directly to corporate work packages in accordance with AACE international cost engineering recommended practices. Generated structured cash flow projections, financial status logs, and variance exception summaries for global joint-venture partners and internal oversight boards.

Managed cost control tracking systems, material management frameworks, and schedule integration for major chemical plant expansions, piping debottlenecking, and multi-asset maintenance turnarounds. Formulated foundational data mapping rules linking mechanical estimation proposals with execution tracking databases to provide visibility across major equipment overhauls.