Andreas Ahrens

Background

About Andreas Ahrens

A result-driven leader who has worked in all aspects of projects from concept through to commissioning, including on-site experience. Effective entrepreneurial mindset managing unique multi-million-dollar contracts in a multi-disciplinary environment with a record of increasing margins. An inspirational mentor and coach for junior project team members who secures the best possible personnel and project performance outcomes through challenges. • Strong communicator, problem solver, leader, planner, and negotiator. Skilled in direct dealings with clients, contractors, and suppliers under both lump sum and time and material contracts. • Keen to act and ensure collaboration between departments in order to identify and eliminate roadblocks. • Responsible for executing and managing turnkey projects involving coordination of engineering, product development, procurement, site construction, safety, and commissioning, for complex and large-scale projects in specialized petroleum extraction, oil sands equipment, bulk material handling, process, and conveying systems. • Proven ability to interact positively with a wide range of people. Experienced in leading geographically distributed satellite project teams with diverse cultural backgrounds. • Disciplines managed include mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, structural, procurement, quality, safety, construction, and commissioning. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES • Controlled profit and loss, budget, and cash flow within departments while optimizing profit margins through the identification of risks and opportunities utilizing proper change management. • Developed and maintained a constructive working relationship with clients, partners, subcontractors and internal line management to ensure the smooth operation of projects. • Responsible for schedule, change management, invoicing, and costs, with clients and international suppliers. • Monitored engineering, procurement, safety, quality, construction, and commissioning throughout project lifecycles. • Conducted progress reviews and created detailed reports for executive staff. Calculated and reported earned-value management, accruals, and forecasts. Performed risk mitigation and developed risk responses and mitigation strategies. • Development of contractual conditions, project plans, budgets, schedules, templates, information management systems, procedures, and procurement packages. • Optimized and improved internal processes through lessons learned.