Abstract:
- PMI certified PMP (Project Management Professional) having 12 years rich experience in EPC, Project Management, Project Planning & Controls of Infrastructure, Nuclear power and Water treatment and Wind Farm Projects; Proficient in Primavera, MS Project and MS Office
Career Objective:
- To seek a challenging position in Project Management Office / Project Management / Project Planning & Controls in the domain of Project Management Consultancy, Oil & Gas, Construction and Infrastructure Industry utilizing my successful experience & Project Management / Project Control skills in a positive and mutually beneficial environment.
Professional Certifications:
- PMI certified PMP (Project Management Professional) – PMP No: 1384065.
- Project Management(2005) certificate from Brain bench
- Primavera certificate from Primavera
- MS Project certificate from Brain bench
- Master of Business Administration (Finance) from Anna university (Distance) : 2008 – 2010
- Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University : 1995 – 1999
Synopsis:
- More than 12 years of rich experience in Project Planning and Controls / Project management / Construction management.
- PMI Certified PMP (Project Management Professional)
- TPI (Transactional Process Improvement) Green Belt candidate
- Enhanced and managed the Project planning function in a Multinational company
- Rich experience in working as Master planner, corporate planner, Planning head, Material Planner cum forecasting.
- Experience in working in cross-cultural teams and environments, cross-functional teams
- Experience in Project Planning & Scheduling, Project Controls, Risk management, Costing, Rate analysis, Management Information systems, Cost Management, Evaluation of tenders, Contract management, Contractor billing, Quantity Survey
- Experience in Project execution management & Sub contractor management of Nuclear Power plant, Process plants, and Water treatment plants.
Software Proficiency:
- Primavera 6.2
- MS Project 2010
- MS Office
- SAP
- Project Builder
Professional Experience and Accomplishments:
- 1. Vestas Wind Systems A/S ::: Assistant Manager – Planning & Scheduling, from Jan 2010 to till date
- Company : Wind turbine manufacturers and Suppliers. Involved in Manufacturing, Testing, Supply, Installation, Commissioning and Handing over of various ranges of Wind Turbines. Involved in Development of Wind farm projects throughout the Globe. Generally the scope of wind farm project include Land procurement, approvals from various government authorities, engineering & design of Wind farms, road construction, Wind turbine generator (WTG) foundations, supply, installation of WTG with 600 MT cranes, commissioning, construction of Substations, pooling stations, power distribution networks, approvals from CEIG / Forest department / Revenue department / Local bodies, conducting Environmental studies.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Working as Planning Head for the Indian market business operations / PMO.
- Enhanced & extended the Planning function in the Construction / Project department. Set up the entire planning & project control processes throughout the department
- Established the Construction Review Panel, which is responsible for Project monitoring. Also Facilitator and Member of the same committee.
- Initiated lot of project related planning & monitoring activities, implementation of Risk Management plan, review processes, reporting structures, etc.,
- Executive assistant to the Project Director. Supporting in various management meetings by way of giving updates, suggesting mitigation plans. Assist the Project Director in taking decisions on various project related issues.
- Developing Project Management Plan for all the Projects, inclusive of Schedule Management Plan, Risk Management Plan, Cost Management Plan, etc., Applying the PMP tools and concepts into the day to day operations.
- Providing complete project planning service, working with the Project Manager on contracts and Proposal & Sales department for tenders. Furnishing the Project planning support to Marketing/Sales for the future projects in line with the strategic business plan of the company during tendering stage, contracting stage, etc.,
- Preparation of planning strategy and developing database for the project execution plan. Developing various project specific level programs that clearly identify the project processes and linking of activities for multi-functional project team interfaces
- Developing Project schedule & plan in MS Project & Primavera software for all the projects since inception to handing over to Service. Setting project plans, developing of WBS structure, resource requirements, helping arriving out cash flow statements. Performing project risk analysis, maintaining schedule as well as risk database
- Setting up Baseline schedules and get approval from Project Managers and Project Director. Releasing the approved schedule to all the stakeholders considering the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) and Quality policies of the project / company.
- Developed the project reporting system, maintaining and improving the same.
- Identification, Monitoring & Streamlining of Project interfaces, Critical paths running through the Project Master Schedule and Individual projects
- Keeping the Master schedule in place always including the resource plan. Estimating and Forecasting of Project completion dates based on the actual progress, arriving at revised baseline schedules, etc.,
- Assigning ownership for all project deliverables and assigning resource requirements for the execution of each phase of the project. Assigning / delegating the Progress update works, data collection works, site related works to the site planning engineers.
- Review all appropriate engineering, procurement, supply, logistics, site construction & subcontractor programs, review and prepare variance reports for the Project Manager’s attention for any variance from agreed schedule.
- Capturing the deviations / issues that would need to be looked into by regularly reviewing the Project progress. Advising on the corrective action and preventive action. Identifying the triggers & Generating warning signals with respect to project progress deviations.
- Critical path analysis, what if analysis, Earned value analysis, S Curve analysis done on a regular basis.
- Updation of all progress related information in the SAP / Project Builder. Communicating the same to all related stakeholders
- Interaction and coordination with various departments like Supply Chain, Logistics, Site, Quality, Sales for the early completion of the projects.
- Ensuring the timely completion of various levels of reports both internally and externally to all the Projects. This will cover the reports like Daily, Weekly, Monthly and any occasional reports including S Curve, Tables, Charts, etc., for Stakeholder review.
- Generating various kind of reports for various levels of stakeholders including Executive management, Customer, Lenders, etc.,
- Maintain historical schedule records from completed contracts as well as schedule indices for use in the preparation of schedule estimates and budgets.
- Supervise project coordinators and site planning engineers in coordination with Project Managers.
- Assisting the Project Manager’s on project execution.
- 2. Tamilnadu Water Investment Company Limited ::: Planning Engineer, from May 2006 to Dec 2009
Company : Joint venture between Government of Tamilnadu and ILFS Limited. Specialized in Project Management / Construction Management in the field of Industrial Waste Treatment
Project : Tirupur Textile Effluent Management Project Tirupur City of Tamilnadu – 52 MLD capacities. It is Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) project. Collection of raw textile effluent (53 MLD) from 230 dyeing / bleaching units spread over in and around Tirupur City of Tamilnadu, treatment through Biological treatment systems, Reverse Osmosis plant & Evaporation plant and send back the treated pure water to the 230 units for re use. This is the first such kind project in the world is being executed in this way. The major structures in the project were Pre-treatment plants, Water storage tank, RO plants, Evaporator plants, Cross country pipeline systems, Clarifier, Pumping stations, etc.,
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Worked as Master Planner for this critical project. Taking care of the entire project planning and project control function including contractor payment management since inception till commissioning and hand over to Customer.
- Involved in the Tender evaluation process and contracting process. Main contractors were, TATA Projects Limited, IVRCL Limited, Metax Corporation, Singapore, etc.
- Preparation of cost estimates for additional works, rate analysis for various additional works. Made claim statements in reference to the contract during execution of the project.
- Developed 36 no of project detailed schedules in MS Project, Primavera incorporating Contractor schedules for the entire project. Various levels of schedules (Level 1 to Level 4) prepared.
- Worked as a contract engineer later part of the project execution. Developed various processes and database for administer the contracts. Administer the contract for all the major contracts along with their plan, execution, billing, payment and Contract closure. Handling of Arbitration with the Contractors on behalf of Customer
- Developed the art of efficient Contractor Bill Management system. Held responsible for quantity surveying and payment certification and payment release to all contractors from Customer / lender.
- Identification, Monitoring & Streamlining of Project interfaces, Critical paths running through the Project Master Schedule and Individual projects. Review all appropriate engineering, supply and site construction programs and review and prepare variance reports for the Project Manager’s attention for any variance from agreed schedule.
- Financial analysis, project data base development and maintenance
- Ensuring the timely completion of various levels of reports both internally and externally to all the Projects. This will cover the reports like Daily, Weekly, Monthly and any occasional reports including S Curve, Tables, Charts, etc., for Stakeholder review.
- Supervise the entire contractor work on behalf of the Chief project Consultant.
- Generating various kind of reports for various levels of stakeholders including Executive management, Customer, Lenders, etc.,
- Corporate management support was given by way of furnishing the Project Cash In / Cash our statement on a regular basis.
- Organized and participated in Customer meetings, Contractor meetings, Vendor meetings, Lender meetings, etc., related with progress review.
- Assisted the related construction managers and project managers during the project execution. Involved in part of the project execution
- 3. Larsen & Toubro (L&T), ECC Division ::: Planning Engineer (Senior Engineer – Mechanical), from Feb 2005 to May 2006
Company : No 1 EPC / Construction company in India.
Projects : Sri Sathya Sai Water Supply Project, Pennar Water Supply Project, Tadipatri sewage treatment project, various small projects at Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh State. – Construction of Water retaining structures, Cross country pipeline systems, O&M of Drinking water supply project, Summer storage tanks, overhead tanks, structures, drinking Water treatment plants, sewage water treatment plant, sewage pipeline networks, etc.,
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Worked as Planning Engineer for various projects. Clients were the Sri Sathya Sai Water Supply Board & PWD of Government of Andhra Pradesh.
- Helped the Construction Manager in contract execution. Assisted him on various reporting to Customer and top management on the progress of the projects.
- Prepared the MS Project schedules for all the projects. Monitoring the project progress by going through the reports.
- Preparation of cost estimates for additional works, rate analysis for various additional works. Got approval from the Customer for proceeding with the works.
- Ensuring the timely completion of various levels of reports both internally and externally to all the Projects. This will cover the reports like Daily, Weekly, Monthly and any occasional reports including S Curve, Tables, Charts, etc., for Stakeholder review.
- Organized and participated in Customer meetings, Contractor meetings, Vendor meetings, etc., related with progress review.
- Participated & presented in the Knowledge sharing sessions in the site offices.
- 4. Hindustan Construction Company Limited ::: Planning Assistant (Mechanical Supervisor), from May 2003 to Jan 2005
Company : One among the premier EPC / Construction Company in India.
Projects : Construction of Civil structures of 2 x 1000 MW Koodankulam Nuclear power Project at Koodankulam, Tamilnadu State. The project scope covers Construction of Civil structures, which include Fabrication, Painting and Erection of Mechanical structures, Piping, Ducting, Embedded parts present in the Civil Structures of 2 Nuclear Reactor Buildings (1000 M W each).
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Worked as Mechanical Engineer for the Project Execution of Fabrication, Blasting and Erection.
- Worked as Planning Assistant in the project execution. Involved in project progress update, reporting, monitoring, and arriving at fabrication and erection schedules in line with the overall Project schedules.
- Measuring the project progress performance and reporting for any deviations from the baseline schedule. Helping the Planning Manager to update the MS Project schedule by way of feeding the Progress actuals into the schedule monitoring system
- Involved in the Quantity survey of the project, Customer billing
- Involved in Subcontractor management. There were 7 sub-contractors under my role starting from furnishing execution drawing till subcontractor bill payment from the Finance department.
- In charge for the Blasting shop, Pickling shop and Painting shop for the entire project.
- Preparation of costing cost estimates for additional works, rate analysis for various additional works. Got approval from the Customer for proceeding with the works.
- Organized and participated in Customer meetings, Contractor meetings, etc., related with progress review.
- Participated in the overall construction cycle in this project.
- 5. Sara Constructions & Gomati Engineering Constructions ::: Mechanical Engineer, from Aug 1999 to Feb 2003
Company : Contractors in the field of Fabrication & Erection.
Projects : Sterlite Industries Limited, SPIC, Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited – Fire Hydrant Pipeline system project, Raw Water pipeline system, Utilities plant, Copper Production plant, Acid process plant. Fabrication and erection of industrial piping, cross country pipelines, pipeline pedestals, pipe structures, mechanical structures, storage tanks, ducting, chutes, etc.,
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Worked as Mechanical Engineer for the Project Execution of Fabrication, Erection of various piping, ducting, and pipe structures. Mechanical structures, storage tanks, chutes, civil pedestal works, wrap coating, etc.,
- Involved in Subcontractor management. Responsible for project execution by supervising the mechanical supervisors, overseeing work progress, contractor bill certification, contractor bill payment, Customer billing, etc.,
- Assisted the Customer Project Manager in Management Information system.
- Project progress reporting to the Customer.
- Preparation of costing and cost estimates for additional works, rate analysis for various additional works. Got approval from the Customer for proceeding with the works.
Personnel Details:
Sex : Male
Date of Birth : 03/03/1978
Marital Status : Married
Nationality : Indian
Overseas : Been to Singapore for training in 2011.