Samad Tahani

Project Scheduler and Project Controls professional with 7+ years of experience supporting EPC, construction, civil infrastructure, and engineering projects. Hands-on experience with Primavera P6 Professional, developing and maintaining baseline schedules, CPM logic, critical paths, progress updates, look-ahead schedules, and completion forecasts. Experienced in progress measurement, earned value, cost and schedule analysis, change impacts, KPI reporting, and coordination across engineering, procurement, construction, and project teams.

• Ability to work under pressure
• Able to manage multiple projects
• Action Planning
• adaptability
• Attention to detail
• blue print reading
• Budgeting
• Cash flow
• Change Management
• Coaching
• Communication
• Conflict Resolution
• Cost Control
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Data analysis
• Documentation
• ERP systems
• Financial analysis
• Forecasting
• interpersonal skills
• invoicing
• Leadership
• Microsoft 365
• Microsoft Excel
• Organization
• Performance Reporting
• Power BI
• Prioritization
• Problem solving
• Project Coordination
• Project management
• Relationship Building
• Risk Management
• scheduling
• SharePoint
• Teamwork
• Time management
• written communication

1. Project Controls Coordinator

   Rashid Construction Inc.

   Mar 2024 to Present

   Toronto, Ontario

   Commercial and residential building construction projects • Track project schedules, progress, costs, and forecasts to provide Project Managers with timely project controls information for planning and decision-making. • Monitor project progress and short-term forecasts to help Project Managers identify upcoming cost and schedule concerns. • Prepare weekly and monthly reports covering project costs, progress, forecasts, and key variances for management review. • Coordinate with project managers and teams to validate invoices, supplier pricing, and project cost information. • Review change orders for cost and schedule impacts and maintain current project controls information.

2. Customer Services Representative

   Structube

   Dec 2022 to Feb 2024

   Sudbury, ON

   • Built customer relationships by identifying customer needs and recommending solutions.

3. Lead, Project Controls

   Rasa Holding

   Mar 2021 to Nov 2022

   Tehran, Iran

   Civil and industrial EPCM projects, including roads, highways, bridges, and infrastructure works • Managed Primavera P6 baseline and resource-loaded schedules, including WBS, activity logic, dependencies, milestones, and critical paths. • Conducted manpower planning and forecasting, developed man-hour budgets, and monitored resource requirements against project schedules. • Analyzed schedule performance, constraints, and progress against approved plans to forecast completion dates and identify schedule risks. • Coordinated engineering, procurement, and construction activities to maintain schedule logic, deliverables, and execution priorities. • Prepared schedule reports, forecasts, variance analysis, and performance indicators for project and management reviews.

4. Project Controls Specialist

   Rasa Holding

   Jul 2017 to Mar 2021

   Tehran, Iran

   • Developed and maintained Primavera P6 schedules using CPM, incorporating activity relationships, duration estimates, milestones, and project constraints. • Maintained cost-loaded schedules and used earned value and progress information to monitor schedule and project performance. • Reviewed project scope, technical drawings, and specifications to support schedule development, activity planning, and progress measurement. • Evaluated schedule and cost impacts of project changes and incorporated approved changes into project controls reporting.

5. Project Scheduler

   Middle East Water and Environment (MEWE)

   Jun 2014 to Jun 2017

   Tehran, Iran

   Engineering consultancy supporting mining, water management, and infrastructure projects • Developed and maintained Primavera P6 schedules for engineering and construction activities using WBS, CPM, activity logic, and dependencies. • Reviewed technical drawings and specifications to establish activities, sequencing, durations, and baseline schedule requirements. • Collected field progress and updated schedules to monitor actual performance, critical-path activities, and completion forecasts. • Supported manpower and resource planning by aligning project requirements with scheduled construction activities. • Prepared look-ahead schedules and schedule performance reports to support planning.

6. Project Controls Coordinator

   Middle East Water and Environment (MEWE)

   Jun 2012 to Jun 2014

   Tehran, Iran

   • Monitored planned vs. actual progress and identified deviations affecting project milestones. • Coordinated multiple teams to maintain schedule alignment across project phases. • Tracked submissions, deliverables, and project documentation to support project execution.

1. Laurentian University

   Ph.D., Project Management

   Sudbury, Canada

2. Keimyung University

   Master of Business Administration (MBA)

   Daegu, South Korea