Key Skills & Competencies
Project Management Office
Cost Control Modelling & Implementation
Project Planning Contracts Management
Project Control system
MIS Reporting
Business Development
Profile
Objective To be a part of a Team, on Projects, which are future Benchmarks of Engineering and Technology in Minerals, Cement, Power, Oil and Gas and Material Handling
Professional Snapshot 9+ Years of Experience in Handling EPCM Projects for Cements, Minerals, Tunnelling and Material Handling from Project Initiation to Closure.
Multinational Companies Worked:
FLSmidth – H.Q. Denmark, Bateman – H.Q. South Africa & Tenova – H.Q. Italy. Hassan Allam – Egypt.
Clients Served:
NWC, NCC, Saudi Aramco, CCC, Tata Steel, Aditya Birla, SAIL, VICAT, Chettinad, Bharathi and Many more.
Project Management Certifications PRINCE2 – Foundation and Practitioner
Registration Number: 5469215.204444639
Valid Till: 18th Sept, 2020
Professional Experience & Noteworthy Milestones
Hassan Allam Holding Company, (Al-Angari Holding Company – Thrust Boring Division), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
A Group Which Specialises in Tunnelling for utilities and public transport on a large scale, highly complex projects such as power stations, industrial plants, infrastructure, museums, hospitals and state-of-the-art residential and commercial spaces.
Position Held: Projects Control Manager
Tenure: April 2014 – till date.
Reporting to: Head – Business Unit.
Key Accomplishments
– Successful in establishing the Cost Control and Monitoring system.
– Instrumental in establishing MIS reporting to Head Office and planning system.
– Heading the Open-ERP implementation team.
– Establishing policies and work flow cycle for ISO 9001, ISO 12000 and ISO 18000 certification.
Cost Control Engineer (Sr.)
– In-charge of Cost control and monitoring for the complete business unit.
Business Development Manager
– Establish the organization into the global market by various registrations such as DUNS number and ISO.
– Successful in registering as preferred contractor for BACS, ANM and FAST consortium.
– Establish tie-up with Jeddah Metro Project.
PMO
– In-charge of PMO for the business unit.
– Full implementation of Project Life Cycle – documents, procedures, monitoring and risk analysis.
Special Assignments
– Estimation of Complex projects, which involves varied scope and multiple offices.
– New Business Initiatives such as merger and acquisition.
Projects Handled
– Key to establish as a preferred sub-contractor with BACS, ANM and FAST consortium in Riyadh Metro Project.
– Project Engineer for major water and sewerage networks projects executed by National Water Company, Saudi Arabia.
– Project Engineer for major utility tunneling projects across Jeddah.
Asset Controller
– Maintaining records of assets and their movement between projects, scheduling maintenance.
– Issuing Depreciation to book onto projects.
Tenova, Bangalore, India
A part of the Technit Industrial Corporation [www.techint.com] Tenova is a worldwide supplier of Advanced technologies, Products and engineering services for the metals and mining & minerals industries providing innovative and integrated solutions for process areas. Revenues worth USD 25.47 Bn.
Position Held: Cost Control Engineer & Project Controller
Total Experience: 2 Years and 6 months.
Tenure: Oct 2011 – April 2014
Reporting To: GM (Operations) & GM (Finance)
Key Accomplishments
– Successful completion of Fixed Crusher Project on one of the remote and dangerous terrains.
– Instrumental in establishing MIS reporting to Head Office, Italy.
– Instrumental in establishing planning and Cost Reporting System.
– Instrumental as a Public Relations Officer for project completion in Rayagada, Orissa, India.
MIS Reporting
Establishing the MIS reporting System for the Indian Business Unit.
Cost reporting for multiple complex projects.
Interpret the status of the project against its objectives and report to management.
Report on the outcome of all the above activities to the Project Manager and propose action plans to correct any adverse trends.
Produce and issue monthly planning report (project report) to Project Manager and Functional Manager.
Project Controller
Define the basis and strategy on which the work is to be carried out to meet project requirements.
Interpret the status of the project against its objectives and report to management.
Establish and maintain clear reporting/lines of communication requirements for planning and cost control on the project.
Interface pro-actively with all other disciplines.
Report on the outcome of all the above activities to the Project Manager and propose action plans to correct any adverse trends.
Report to the Project Manager all problem areas on the project to enable timeous action to be taken.
Internal Auditor
Manage audits and ensure effective provision of planning and cost control services on major projects.
Cost Controller
Establish and maintain clear lines of communication within the project for efficient cost control.
To ensure the smooth and efficient operation of cost systems active on the project
Responsibility for the monitoring and control of site cost engineering.
Participate in functional audits of cost engineering functions.
Presentation of monthly cost reports and alert reports to the Project Manager
Ensure company procedures/systems are established and maintained for planning and cost engineering on the project.
Establish time standards and control measurements for all disciplines in liaison with cost engineering.
Project Planner
Responsibility for the preparation and accuracy of the project statistics and data bank
Continuous analysis of project activities and project ‘S’ curves against plan
Produce and issue monthly planning report (project report) to Project Manager and Functional Manager.
Maintenance of project planning records for filing and archiving
Provide input into project strategy from planning and progress measurement aspect.
Compile and issue front end schedule by date to be agreed with Project Manager, utilizing input from all disciplines.
Establish and issue key dates schedule by date to be agreed with Project Manager.
Prepare project network by date to be agreed with Project Manager.
Verify network logic against project strategy utilizing input from all disciplines.
Establish critical path, freeze project schedule and issue as baseline document.
Integration of sub-contractor and vendor programmes into project network.
Verification, preparation and issuing of discipline schedules by date to be agreed with Project Manager.
Set up control curves.
Ensure that commissioning considerations are established and catered for in the project schedule during baseline development.
Site Management
Motivate members of the project team to meet or beat schedule targets.
Interact with the Sub- contractor and vendors and monitor the progress.
Actively involved in the site management and planning of resources for smooth construction activities.
Client Relationship
Single Point of Contact with customer in terms of commercial, technical and site management.
Entrusted client with reports and information on timely manner.
Projects Handled
Customer Scope of Work Location Rev (m INR)
Tata Steel Limited Crushing, Washing and Screening of Iron Ore (E,P) Khondbond 1,334
Steel Authority of India Replacement of Iron Ore Jig and Fixture (E,P,C,M) Barsua 120
NMDC Basic and Detailed Engineering Package (E,P) Donimalai 164
VS DEMPO Basic and Detailed Engineering Package (E,P) Goa 65
Aditya Birla – UTKAL Crushing and Sizing of Bauxite EPCM Tikiri 734
Aditya Birla – UTKAL Long Distance Conveyor – ECPM Tikiri 4,010
UCIL Basic and Detailed Engineering Package (E,P) Jharkand 120
FLSmidth Private Limited, Chennai
FLSmidth supplies the minerals and cement industries globally with everything from Engineering, Single machines and complete processing plants to maintenance, support services and operation of processing facilities. Revenues worth EUR 3.610 Bn. [www.flsmidth.com]
Total Experience: 3 years 7 months
Position Held: Senior Lead – Project Engineer
Reporting to: Vice President – Project Management
Key Accomplishments:
– Instrumental in Successful commissioning of fast track Projects
– Instrumental in getting repetitive orders from same customers.
– On time delivery of Projects executed.
MIS Reporting:
Interpret the status of the project against its objectives and report to management.
Report on the outcome of all the above activities to the Project Manager and propose action plans to correct any adverse trends.
Produce and issue monthly planning report (project report) to Project Manager and Functional Manager.
Cost Controller:
Establish guidelines and individual budgets for every discipline in liaison with PM as per the Estimation.
Presentation of monthly cost reports and alert reports to the Project Manager
Responsibility for the preparation and accuracy of the project statistics and data bank
Project Engineer:
Participate with senior project team members in project set-up
Define the basis and strategy on which the work is to be carried out to meet project requirements.
Establish and maintain clear reporting/lines of communication requirements for planning and cost control on the project.
Interface pro-actively with all other disciplines.
Ensure company procedures/systems are established and maintained for planning and cost engineering on the project.
Provide input into project strategy from planning and progress measurement aspect.
Verification, preparation and issuing of discipline schedules by date to be agreed with Project Manager.
Establish time standards and control measurements for all disciplines in liaison with cost engineering.
Project Planner:
Produce plans to address project slippages, adverse trends or to cater for changing project scope/objectives
Play a lead role on projects where shutdown, tie-ins etc. take place in ensuring that planning in sufficient detail is prepared, monitor the interfaces and ensure that project commitments are achieved.
Continuous analysis of project activities and project ‘S’ curves against plan
Compile and issue front end schedule by date to be agreed with Project Manager, utilizing input from all disciplines.
Establish and issue key dates schedule by date to be agreed with Project Manager.
Prepare project network by date to be agreed with Project Manager.
Verify network logic against project strategy utilizing input from all disciplines.
Establish critical path, freeze project schedule and issue as baseline document.
Integration of sub-contractor and vendor programmes into project network.
Site Management:
Interact with the Sub- contractor and vendors and monitor the progress.
Report to the Project Manager all problem areas on the project to enable timeous action to be taken.
Client Relationship:
Establish clear lines of communication with customer.
Report status of the project on monthly basis
Prepare and follow-up on commercial invoices, Road Permits, work permits.
Liaise with Customer on interface issues.
Projects Handled
Customer Scope of work (E, P, CuS & M) Location Rev(m INR)
Chettinad Cements I Mills, Pyro, Air Pollution Equipments & Automation Ariyalur 650
Chettinad Cements II Mills, Pyro, Air Pollution Equipments & Automation Ariyalur 550
Chettinad Cements (S) Mills, Pyro Ariyalur 35
Vicat Sagar Cements Mills, Pyro, Air Pollution Equipments, Automation & WHR Gulbarga 1,200
Madras Cements Mills, Pyro, Air Pollution Equipments Alathiyur 470
Bharathi Cements I Mills, Pyro, Air Pollution Equipments & Automation Kadapa 540
Bharathi Cements II Mills, Pyro, Air Pollution Equipments & Automation Kadapa 510
Education & Qualification Credentials
Master’s in Business Administration – Finance
(2009 – 2011) Part Time from Loyola – Pondicherry University, Loyola College, Chennai
Bachelor of Engineering – Mechanical
(2004 – 2007) from Anna University, Arunai Engineering College
Higher Secondary from A V Meiyappan Matriculation Higher secondary school, Chennai
Professional Diplomas
Certification course in Project Management by “PMI” – Brief sessions on PMBOK & Project Management
“Six thinking hats” by de-bono institute.
Planning using Primavera P6 client and web based interface
Diploma in Mechanical CADD from CADD Centre- Software learnt CATIA V5 R16, ANSYS 11.0
Finite Element Analysis using ANSYS AU-FRG Institute for CAD/CAM,
Anna University, Chennai (ANSYS 10.0 Student course)
IT Skills
Software/Usage/Level of usage
Primavera Detailed Planning – L2 to L5 Tracking Frequent
MSP Project Planning – L1 Tracking Need basis
MS Office Documentation Frequent
Oracle ERP Project monitoring and control Frequent
SAP ERP MIS Reporting Frequent
Auto CAD Drawing Viewer Need basis
CATIA 3D Modelling Personal Interest
ANSYS FEA Analysis Personal Interest
