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Seeking assignments in the overall project management of construction projects in an organization of high repute in India. SYNOPSIS Over 5 years of cross-cultural experience in managing projects right from development to delivery encoming planning, monitoring and controlling in various phases of project lifecycle. Adopt project management tools and techniques like project planning & scheduling using project management tolls like Primavera 3.1, 5.0 & 6.0 and MS Project 2007 Professional. Overall planning and monitoring of resource, cost, material and machinery for various construction projects using project management tools. Updating and reviewing of the BSC (Balanced Score Card) for various projects. Creating & updating of logs for several departments through online documentation system ACCONEX. Have been a key member of PMO (Project Management Office) in the organization with the responsibility of conducting review meetings with the key project from planning point of view. Deft in swiftly ramping up projects in close coordination with project managers, project directors, contractors, architects, consultants & other external agencies and ensuring on time deliverables. AREAS OF EXPERTISE Project Management Steering diverse initiatives towards accomplishment of organisational goals & vision pertaining to the overall execution of the Projects, Quality Management, Design & Development, and Technical Services. Managing project operations with a view to ensure timely accomplishment of targets within the scope, time and cost parameters. Monitoring project compliance with project management standard policies, procedures and templates through project audits. Construction Management Experienced in planning and coordinating upstream developmental construction activities. Providing site team with the required look ahead schedule and progress update in order to meet the project schedule and planned progress milestones. Providing the site team with various daily, weekly and monthly reports along with activity monitoring sheets and progress charts. Conduct and coordinate progress meetings and coordination meetings along with client, main contractor, consultant, subcontractor and my project team. Highlight various critical issues and deriving solutions inorder to resolve it well before it impact the overall project progress. Preparation of baseline construction program at the tendering stage and detailing of the same during the project execution stage using project management tools like Primavera and Microsoft Project. Resource, material procurement, machinery and cost planning as per the scope of work. Relationship Management Articulating the opportunity by making detailed presentations to the decision makers in the , using the latest cutting edge technologies. Coordinating with various departments like the tendering, istration, contracts and finance inorder to provide them the required project data. Commercial Operations Reviewing tender from planning and commercial point of view, negotiating and coordinating with Client, Contractor and Consultant. Coordinating for the preparation of monthly billing for the project along with reviewing and approving subcontractor bills as per progress of work at site. Preparing planning documentation, BOQ, review of tenders and preparation of reports to award the contract, coordinating with Client and Contractor.
ORGANISATIONAL DETAILS Since May'10 at Alliance Projects (Civil, Structural, MEP and Interior Fit-out Contractor), Bahrain as Senior Planning Engineer Title Project Value Designation Description
Arabian Sugar Plant US $ 150 Million (approx). Senior Planning Engineer Presently working on The Arabian Sugar Plant is located in HIDD industrial area in Bahrain. This plant will have a productivity of 1800MT/D. The major buildings inside the project are white sugar warehouse, raw sugar warehouse, process building, bagging house & power station.
Responsibilities: Preparation of Clause 14 Baseline Program for project at the tendering stage as per the scope of work using Primavera 6. Complete resource planning including labour & non labour (Machinery) as per project scope using productivity norms. Review & analysis of Contract documents for each Construction Package and advice the Projects Manager of any planning deficiencies from scheduling point of view. Cost loading and monitoring the cash flow & project progress using SPI, I & Earned Value Analysis. Preparation of detail documents for extension of time (EOT) for the project. Preparation & submission of Progress Reports/Charts through Project Management Software – Primavera6 and submitting to the Department Heads, Client, Consultant and Main Contractor. Other Projects: Interior Fit-out for PAL ZILERI (Italy) retail shop - Women’s Boutique at Bahrain World Trade Centre. Project Cost BD 135,000.000. Interior Fit-out for VITOL’s corporate office at Bahrain World Trade Centre. Project Cost BD 220,000.000. Interior Fit-out for Villa 91at Durrat Al Bahrain (one of the world's most distinctive island cities). Project Cost BD 180,000.000. Key Highlights: Due to my good project management skills my company received few new projects from previous project client. Using primavera and project management skills my company has been able to complete two projects on schedule. Seeing my project management skills my company has selected me to go for PMP certification on company expense, the 35 PDUs for the same has already been completed. Due to proper resource levelling through primavera and incorporation of compulsory look ahead schedule for all the sites my company has been able to save a good amount of money. Apart from planning I am also responsible for complete project coordination between our team, Client and the Main Contractor. The project coordination has helped our company to solve many critical issues on right time. Feb'08-Apr'10 at M/S. Voltas Limited (MEP contractor), Abu Dhabi & Dubai as Planning Engineer & Member of PMO (Project Management Office) Key Deliverables: Responsible for preparation of Clause 14 Baseline Program for project at the tendering stage as per the scope of work in Primavera version P3.1 & P6. Developed the (MTS) level 4 integrated EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) schedule based on contract requirements in cooperation with the Managing Contractor on Primavera. Updated and reviewed the BSC (Balanced Score Card) for projects. Conducted several presentations for the site team in order to highlight the importance of BSC. Created & updated logs for several departments through online documentation system ACCONEX. Prepared tender program during the tendering stage for new projects and proposed the resource requirements for the same. Coordinated with Consultant, Managing Contractor & local authorities (ADDC, ETISALAT, Civil Defence) for work inspections and approvals. Conducted site progress review meetings for monitoring of project identifying problems related to work progress & highlighting of the same.
Projects Handled: Title Project Value Designation Description
Ferrari World Theme Park, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. AED 500 million (approx). Planning Engineer The Ferrari Theme Park is a branded themed entertainment destination offering a range of 25 themed attractions for the entire family. Covering 200,000 m2, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is the world’s largest indoor theme park, sitting under a roof designed in the style of the classic double-curve body shell of an F1™ Ferrari.
Title Project Value Designation Description
Dubai International Financial Centre, District Cooling Plant, Dubai AED 260 million (approx) Planning Engineer The work comprised Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of a District Cooling Plant. Spread over 110 acres. The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is the world's fastest growing international financial centre, being developed along the lines of other global centres such as New York, London and Hong Kong.
Title Project Value Designation Description
Central Market Redevelopment T2 & T3 Towers, Abu Dhabi AED 450 million (approx). Planning Engineer. The project Central Market redevelopment comprises of 3 towers in the heart of Abu Dhabi's Central Business District. The contract for Central Market was the largest single building contract to be awarded in Abu Dhabi.
Key Highlights:
Due to my excellent contribution in managing the Ferrari World Theme park project I was awarded as the Best Employee Award while working with Voltas Limited. Just after 6 months from my ing the company at the post of planning engineer, the management found me capable of handling two big projects at the same time. Being a new employee and just a fresh out from NICMAR I headed the entire planning team for a world class Ferrari World project. Apart from my normal project work I was also part of the tendering team, I helped the team in preparation of project schedule, time related contractual milestone review and resource assessment. We as a tendering team bagged some of the best and biggest projects that our organization had ever been awarded so far. I was also part of the Project Management Office for which I was the only person selected by the Director of Projects for managing the planning part of PMO. I commenced my career as Modeling and Deg Engineer from Jun'04-Aug'06 at Satyam Computer Services Limited, India and later changed my field to Construction and Project Management.
Key Deliverables: Responsible for modeling of components using 3D modeling software. Interaction with onsite coordinator for inputs and clarifications. Quality checking of drawings and models before delivery. Customizing the software environment for speedy work delivery. Maintaining project documents as per client requirements & standards followed. Using Pugh Matrix tool for validating the data collected. Projects Handled: Title Client Software Tools Designation Description
Legacy Conversion LENNOX, . Pro/Engineer Wildfire 1.0, Pro/Intralink Mechanical Modeling Engineer The project involved legacy conversion of 2D drawings into Pro/E models. The input were 2D drawings and CADDS5 models.
Title Client Software Tools Designation Description
SE V17 Vs Pro/E Wildfire 2.0 Comparative Analysis LENNOX, . Solid Edge V17 & Pro/Engineer Wildfire 2.0. Mechanical Modeling Engineer. The project involved comparative analysis between Solid Edge V17 and Pro/E Wildfire 2.0. Soft factors and Hard factors are compared and a report generated based on the analysis.
Title Client Software Tools Designation Description
Redesign of CrateProject LENNOX, Solid Edge V17 Mechanical Design Engineer This project involved redesign of a crate used for transportation of refrigeration units. The input was IGES data and photographs.
Title Client Software Tools Designation Description
Design of Hydraulic Cylinder LENNOX, . Solid Works/AutoCAD. Mechanical Design Engineer The project involved design of Hydraulic Cylinder. The input data had the bearing specifications & the real estate details including the input photographs.
Key Highlights: Our unit received several projects from the client LENNOX after our team successfully completed two of its projects on time and with acceptable quality. EDUCATION
Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Construction Management - Project Management & Project Planning from NICMAR – CISC, Hyderabad with I of 9.00 in 2008. B.E. (Mechanical) from Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore with 70% in 2004. 12th from Delhi Pubic School, Mathura Road, New Delhi with 63.2% in 1999. 10th from Notre Dame Academy, Jamalpur, India with 80.2% in 1997.
CERTIFICATIONS
Completed 35 PDU PMP Certification Seminars from Novotech, Bahrain. Planning and Scheduling with Primavera Project Planner- P6 training from Cybertech, Dubai. Certified Mechanical Engineer by Committee for Organising Engineering Professional Practice, Bahrain. IT for Intelligent and Green Building Design from IIITH - International Institute of Information Technology, India. Uni-graphics from Engineers & Engineers, India.
AWARDS
Received Merit Scholarship while pursuing my Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Construction Management in NICMAR. Received 2nd Prize in inter college Table Tennis competition in NICMAR.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Project Planning software - MS Project 2007 Professional, Primavera 3.1, 5.0 & 6.0. Balanced Score Card - Strategic Planning and Management System. Acconex for managing documents for projects. 2D & 3D Modeling & Deg software: Uni-graphics, ANSYS, Pro E, Master Cam. Thermal and lighting simulation software: Ecotect, Design Builder, Energy+ and Equest.
IT SKILLS
Proficient with Microsoft Office Software and Operating System like Windows.
PERSONAL DOSSIER Date of Birth
20th July, 1981
Permanent Address
Aashirvad Bhawan, Kaura Maidan, College Road, Munger, PIN Code-811201, Bihar, India.
Present Address
Alliance Projects, Post Box - 10457, Bahrain.