Profile Summary
I have worked across many sectors, as Consultant, Contractor and Owner. I have completed 6 End to End projects stationed at site in three different countries. I have prepared over 30 Project Implementation plans (planning, costing & mobilization), did Project controls and Senior management reporting for various MNCs.
I have acquired Project Development Planning & Management experience for complex vertical/horizontal, brownfield and green field construction projects. I have assisted many organizations in their preconstruction activities; Design management, Budgeting, Tendering and contract management.
Having worked in a multinational business environment for more than 15 years, I have direct experience in the American, British, Dutch, Arabian and Indian business ways.
I am a Subject Matter Expert for Primavera and well versed in IT Project and Portfolio management. I have been part of many Continuous Improvement (CI) in IT, Design and Construction domain.
Work Experience
- Global Work flow consultant Primaveraat Shell
- Senior Lean consultantfor a construction Start up
- Project Manager Planning for a USD 285 million project for Goldman Sach
- Manager Project ControlsManaged a PMO with a portfolio of 30+ Projects.
- Delivered Projects in remote & extreme conditions.
- 15+ years of progress reporting to senior stake holders of multibillion dollar Clients
- 15+ yearsof Brownfield and greenfield Construction in USA, Middle East and India.
- 15+ years of experience in using Primavera and MIS Reporting.
- 15+ Years of on Site Execution, Construction, Planning and Project Management.
Education - EEP Operation Management - IIM-K (2013)
- PMPCertified - Project Management Institute (PMI®) (2010)
- MBA Marketing & HRM- SMU (2004)
- B.Tech Civil Engineering-Government College of Engineering Kannur (2002)
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Professional experience - Process and Integration Lead – Shell (2017 to Present)
- Streamline the Portfolio Management ways of working in all the three Portfolios – Process Modeling & Optimization, Capital Projects and Engineering, Optimal Operation.
- Evaluates impact to the portfolio of new business imperatives, and provides insight to the business necessary to optimize its application and services landscape and associated investments.
- Documenting and improving existing process and ensuring that portfolio team across verticals are following the same.
- Global Work Flow Consultant Primavera – Shell (2015 to 2017)
- Conduct consultancy across the globe for Upstream and downstream Capital projects and operations in Assets.
- Generate more value for Shell Businesses by applying Primavera more effectively across Capital Projects and Assets to increase end-users productive.
- Training primavera users across the globe. (Virtual & F2F)
- Executive Project status reporting for Capital Projects.
- Senior Lean Consultant – BT&BT (2014 to 2015.)
- Implemented Lean for multiple construction projects across Bangalore.
- Prepared value stream for various process and generated savings.
- Improved construction planning using 360 planning methodologies.
- Project Manager - Planning & Risk Turner & Townsend Bangalore (2013 to 2014)
Responsible for schedule and risk Management for a USD 285 Millionproject for Goldman in Bangalore - Prepared and Set Baselines, Updated, Monitored and Controlled the Project Schedule using Primavera.
- Conducts Risk and Schedule workshops
- Generates Flash report for Upper management
- Delay Analysis and raise flags to Project Director on usage of float
- Review of critical and sub critical paths
- Manager Project Controls Sycone Bangalore (2011 to2013)
Managing a Program Management Office with 30+ projects and reported to Chief Technical Office. Was involved in Planning and Project control of Residential, Commercial, Institutional and Energy projects. - Prepared Baseline schedules and implemented tracking for the same.
- Prepared Project Implementation plans for all new projects.
- Migrated from MS Project tracking of all projects to Primavera P6.V8.1
- Analyzed contractor claims for Delay and recommended validity
Formed PMO charter, developed methodology for project monitoring and tracking. - Standardized and developed new MIS reports for ISO 9001:2000 certifications.
- Was successfully audited for ISO 9001:2000 recertification
- Project Engineer The Temple Group Inc. Washington DC USA (2007 to 2011)
Supervised $75M in educational, institutional, rehabilitation, and restoration projects over three years. - Analyzed CPM schedule and change orders; resulting in over $10 million in saving.
- Chaired post construction meetings, Monthly progress meeting and negotiation meetings
- Setup enterprise level contract manager (expedition) and trained staff companywide to use the same optimization.
- Streamlined the RFI/submittal process and reduced turnaround time by 75%.
- Project Manager/Project Engineer K.A.R.T Rusyl Sultanate of Oman (2005 to 2007)
Managed $5M in institutional, food service, military, and residential projects in a remote desert location, lead a multinational workforce to complete construction within budget and ahead of schedule. - Generated $1M+ additional revenue for the general contractor through change orders and contract add-ons.
- Acquired materials from local suppliers, prepared billing statements and coordinated daily work, while also updating the engineering wing of the Ministry of Defense with weekly progress reports.
- Provided strategic scheduling for kitchen redesign and sanitary drainage system re-route and implemented safety measures to ensure zero food contamination.
- Created and maintained CPM schedule for multiple projects.
- Client Engineer Jose Giri Hospital India (2002 to 2004)
Was part of institutional and health construction projects with a combined value of $1.5M; assignments included a ladies’ dormitory, hospital wing, and sewage treatment plant as well as parking facilities and roads. - Established controls and processes to identify and correct defective specifications; reviewed earned value reports and monitored contractor activity to ensure compliance with quality assurance standards.
- Coordinated construction work to prevent interruption of regular hospital activities.
- Designed a detailed rebar layout for the sewage treatment plant to limit steel waste to less than 3%.
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Major Projects as Stationed on Construction Site
- Planning/Risk Manager/Project Controls: Goldman Sach Bangalore, India $ 285 Million
- Project Engineer: Rose Hardy School, George Town, Washington DC, USA- $ 26 million.
- Project EngineerDC Youth Center: prison, Laurel Maryland- $ 45 million.
- Project EngineerWard 1 Senior Wellness Center, Washington DC.- $5 Million
- Superintendent/Project Engineer Army/PDO Camp Saih Rawl, Oman, $2 million
- Client Engineer Jose Giri hospital and Nursing school Kerala, India. -$1.5 million
Major projects involved as Project coordinator
- Plant relocation: GGCL food manufacturing plant Bangalore (EPC project)
- Hotel: Sarovar Hotels 100+ keys –Tirupati India
- R&D facility: Jaguar Testing Center -Trivandrum
Major projects involved as PMC
Major Project Implementation Plans (PIP) and Primavera Schedules Created.
- Power Plant:Solar Power plants-Patan and Pokhran- Rajasthan
- Industrial: Industrial Plant for Rolls-Royce and (HAL) –Bangalore
- Residential: Apartments Parasvanath Exotica:12 towers 12 floors each -Ghaziabad
- Residential: ApartmentsParsvanath Paramount: 5 towers 12 floors each - Delhi
- Residential: Apartments BVL Enchanting Enclave: 5 towers 9 floor each - Ongole
- Residential: Apartments Mulberry Saran: 3 towers 8 floor each - Bangalore
- Residential: Aishwarya 100 villas Bangalore
- Hotel: Marriott Hotel 200+ keys 14 floors -Visakhapatnam
- Commercial Retail: Rahul Raj Textile City 17 lakh square feet -Surat
- Commercial Office: Flip Kart -Bangalore
- Retail Out lets: Walmart Rajamundry, Khammam and Kurnool
Project Control Experience
- Executive reporting to Senior management for Schedule, cost and Risk
- Scheduling: Claims Analysis, Monthly update generation, review and analysis.
- Standardized project reporting
- Creation of various Portfolios & Dashboards in P6 Web Access as per requirement.
- Creation of customized Reports in Primavera Develop and prepare Progress Cost Estimate
| - Analyze bottle necks in Submittals, RFI's and Transmittals processes
- Assisted and ran change condition negotiations
- Setup new projects in Primavera, expedition & MSP and trained staff to use the same
- Risk workshops
- Integration of Schedule with Cost and Resources
- Detailed Development of Schedule from Specs, BOQ and Drawings
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Primavera & Project Control Experience
- As Global work flow consultant for Primavera in Shell, helped projects and assets across the globe set up and improve their processes.
- Prepared schedule for a $285 million project for Goldman SachConstruction project
- Largest Primavera schedule base lined and tracked 20,000 activities.
- Prepared more than 30 project’s schedules in primavera.
- Prepared excel template to collect input from site for efficient tracking
- Prepared what-if scenarios for delay analysis.
- Time impact analysis for deletion of work, contractor/designer/owner lapses.
- Tracked (PV) Planned Value versus Actual Value on resource loaded and non-resource loaded schedule bi-weekly and Monthly
- Created templates for EVM reports and ‘S’-curve to submit to clients.
- Implemented transfer of project tracking from MS project to Primavera.
- Identified, monitored & streamlined critical paths running through the Project Master Schedule and individual contracts.
- Prepared Weekly/Monthly reports/‘S’-curves for client & Management review.
- Creation of various Portfolios & Dashboards in P6 Web Access
- Creation of customized Reports in Primavera P6