Project Management and Engineering Performance

The assignment focuses on evaluating a candidate's project management and engineering business performance skills. It presents three competency areas: EM1.7 (Manages Business Information), EM1.8 (Monitors Engineering Business Performance), Each competency area is further divided into sub-points, with the candidate providing detailed examples of their work experience to demonstrate their proficiency in each area.

SUMMARY STATEMENT
NAME

Engineering Manager: Summary Statement
Competency Element A brief summary of how you
have applied the element
Paragraph number in the
career episode(s) where the
element is addressed
EM1.1 Contributes to
engineering business
strategies.
I) I was also responsible for
finding a solution to reduce the
cost of production in this
project because the cost of
production needed to be
reduced as the long term usage
had increased the cost at a
constant rate.
II) I was responsible for the
monitoring of the work flow
and cost of the project. I had
also worked on the
management of the team of
engineers working in the
project.
III) I was asked to help the
power plant with my planning
and project control skills as a
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control engineer for the
project.
EM1.2 Develops client
relationships.
I) I had set out the objectives
to provide the client with the
best quality of work
II) I had also considered the
budget of the project and
reworked on the deadline in
order to provide the best
quality work to the client
III) I was able to complete the
project within the requested
deadline and also within the
budget of the client
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EM1.3 Manages the
implementation of
engineering plans within the
business.
I) I had made a decision to
inform my team mates and
supervisor of the progress that
I was going to follow for the
completion of the project.
II) I found that the modules
like Project Control,
Engineering Economy and
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Management Theory and
trainings like PMBOK, and P6
were very helpful for the
project.
III) I had used Project Control,
Management Theory and
PMBOK for the project. I had
also conducted research on the
work to be done for the project
to understand any new and
innovative work that can be
implemented into the project.
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EM1.4 Manages resources. I) I had consulted with my
colleagues and my seniors for
the use of resources in the
project.
II) To properly manage the
work flow and the
documentation of the project in
order to meet the requirements
and the effective use of
resources for the project.
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III) I was also asked to analyse
the plans for the project and
come up with the best plan to
follow in times of crisis and
make use of the resources for
the mitigation of the risk.
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EM1.5 Manages people. I) In order to maintain the
assigned schedule with
workers, I have taken timely
follow-up with them.
II) I had created an action plan
for each department to follow
in which all the responsibilities
of the workers had been
pointed out.
III) I had also worked on the
writing of the project progress
report to be shared among all
the members of the project and
the management to make them
aware to what extent the work
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has been completed.
EM1.6 Manages suppliers. I) I had then developed the
shipment arrangement and
registration of the delivery
with correct follow up of the
shipments into an automated
monitoring facility
II) I had taken up my team
mates to work in the
department of Project Control
and Management.
III) I had used the resources
available for the project
efficiently to maintain with the
workflow of the project
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EM1.7 Manages business
information.
I) I had made a decision to
inform my team mates and
supervisor of the progress that
I was going to follow for the
completion of the project.
II) I had implemented the
document numbering system
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for the transmittals. I had used
excel formulas to create a list
of the numbers according to
the deliverables. I then
uploaded the file to the online
portal of the company for the
management to review the
work.
III) With the help of my skills I
device a working template for
the sharing of information only
editable by the author.
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EM1.8 Monitors engineering
business performance.
I) I was also responsible for the
scheduling of the project and
the proper management of the
workflow and the resources
II) With my planning skills I
had revised the progress report
multiple times and was able to
complete the deliverables
within the dedicated time and
budget.
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III) My working experience as
a planning and project control
engineer helped me to provide
the best insight for the project
work. I had used my project
management skills in order to
maintain the working time line
of the project and to maintain
the cost of the project.
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