Gordon Lahner

Associate Director - Projects

Saudi Arabia

About

Experienced Planning Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the retail, commercial and oil & gas industries. Skilled in Primavera P6, Construction Management and Commissioning. Strong operations professional graduated from University of KwaZulu-Natal / University of Natal.

Experience

  • Red Sea Global (2 yrs 10 mos)
    • Associate Director - Projects
      Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Senior Project Manager
      Sep 2023 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Planning Manager at Al Tasnim Enterprises LLC at Al Tasnim Enterprises LLC
    Dec 2021 - Sep 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Lead Planner at Turner & Townsend
    Oct 2020 - Dec 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Planning Manager at Majid Al Futtaim
    Nov 2016 - Sep 2020 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Turner & Townsend (8 yrs 3 mos)
    • Absa/Barclays – Programme Manager (PMO)
      Jan 2015 - Oct 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos

      - Work stream lead (programme manager) acting on behalf of the client managing multiple projects in numerous countries throughout Africa - Managing all aspects of the projects from initial concept and approval through to design, procurement, execution to completion and handover - Projects include any work required by the Absa/Barclays corporate real estate team including; Corporate head office consolidation construction and fit out, Data centre construction and fit out, National rebranding, Integrated system testing and commissioning Due diligence/compliance surveys - Managing the professional team including; Architects Project managers Electrical & mechanical engineers IT & data specialists Commercial team Security Fire - Projects worked on in the following countries; Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique, Zambia, Namibia, Seychelles, Uganda and South Africa

    • Lead Planner - Inland Terminal
      Aug 2008 - Dec 2014 · 6 yrs 5 mos

      2012 - 2014 Lead Planner (Primavera P6) for the Inland Terminal (TM2), taking over the TM2 schedule from the previous EPCM contractor, interrogating it and restructuring the schedule to incorporate all remaining engineering, procurement and the rebaselining of the construction schedule. Revising the contractor’s reporting strategy to provide the relevant information requested in the contract and incorporating what was needed in order to ascertain accurate progress on site 2011 - 2012 - Senior Planner (Primavera P6) working on the New Multi Product Pipeline (NMPP) project, looking after the line-fill commissioning and operational readiness - Compiled the commissioning schedule for the introduction of hydro-carbons into the pipeline from Durban to Heidelberg - Part of the Commercial Owner’s Team that produced an audit report for Transnet Capital Projects on the New Multi Product Pipeline  - Interrogated and audited the EPCM programme and created variance reports highlighting shortfalls and anomalies within the EPCM’s programme and tracking these shortfalls on a monthly basis to develop which trends were becoming evident across all aspects of the NMPP programme 2008 - 2010 - Project Planner (Primavera P6) for the main Terminal Building at KSIA managing the programmes of the contractors - Detailed interrogation of contractors programme comparing current activities to baseline activities  - Monthly review of contractor programmes and reports. Incorporate this information into the high level master programme and monthly report submitted to the client  - Assisted with the evaluation of EOT claims  - Use contractor information to create histograms and S-curves that are submitted to the client detailing planned, forecast and actual information