Premkumar M S Mobile:00971507620485~E-Mail: prem_ms@yahoo.com

In quest for senior level assignments in Project Cost Control with leading organizations

Professional Synopsis

®       An astute professional with over 19 years experience in EPC & Other Project Cost Control, Business Analysis, Client Servicing and Software Development.

®       Adept at understanding & adopting emerging trends & techniques, addressing industry requirements to achieve organizational objectives.

®       Valued contributor to key strategic initiatives right from conceptualisation to facilitating implementation in real time environments.

®       A strategic planner with experience in conducting & coordinating the project activities, estimation & costing, resource management, tender evaluation and contract management with a flair for adopting the modern methodologies.

®       Proficient in mapping business requirements with proven ability in designing & implementing systems to achieve cost control and enhance the overall efficiency of the organisation.

®       Excellent communication and people management skills that have been honed through association with multi national, multi skilled teams.

Organisational Experience

Associated with TECHNIP, Abu Dhabi, UAEsince Jun’02

Joined as Project Control Coordinator cum Software Expert and rose to the post of Senior Project Cost Controller.

Key Deliverables:

Project Cost Control:

®       Preparation of project budgets based on discipline and project requirements, setting up of control mechanisms in consultation with discipline leads and project managements.

®       Preparation of Project procedures in line with the company policy and contractual requirements.

®       Developing plans & monitoring manpower deployment requirements to meet individual project needs.

®       Interacting with and guide team members to ensure smooth progress of project work within budget limits.

®       Ensuring adherence to Quality norms and contractual requirements across the project execution process.

®       Setting up of productivity curves in terms of planned Progress / man-hour budget.

®       Preparation of Project Cost Reports, Flash Reports, Project Cash flows, Accruals, Project Trend Analysis, Earned Value Analysis, Cost & Schedule Performance Indicators preparation, Project Exposure reports etc.

®       Managing a team of Project Cost Controllers to meet the Client / Project Management requirements on various queries.

®       Monitoring Billing Backup Assembly and preparation for submission in compliance with the contract.

®       Monitoring and controlling Subcontractor/ Procurement invoicing and payments.

®       Created MS Access based stand alone subsystems to communicate with other database systems to meet various reporting requirements.

®       Handling client interaction and requirement gathering, for client queries on variation orders.

Financial Analysis:

®       Performing project costing and profitability analysis; identifying and highlighting low contribution areas and product; cost saving suggestions / ideas.

®       Compiling cost and performance reports, cost benefits analysis and working on cost reduction in various areas of activities in consultation with concerned departments/ Project Management.

Quality Control & Corporate Management Reporting:

®       Interacting with Corporate Management and other Senior Managers to finalise projects financial matters.

®       Working as Quality Management Representative of Project Cost Control Department, Technip Abu Dhabi and ISO 9001, 2000, OHSAS certified company.

®       Participated in internal and external Quality meetings, prepared and implemented quality standards and procedures within the department.

®       Preparation of company ‘Man-hour Backlog’ report on a monthly basis, for the use of corporate management and accounting disciplines.

®       Responsible for the overall and discipline wise manpower forecast for Technip, Abu Dhabi and reporting the same to Technip Group / Regional Management.

Projects Handled:

Khafji Crude Related Offshore Projects EPC (TP. Proj. No: 9355U – KCROP)

Client           :  KJO (Khafji Joint Operations) nearly 400 Million USD.

Synopsis       : Lump sum engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation, commissioning and start-up contract. The Project includes Installation of two integrated wellhead jackets, two power distribution platforms, a main composite submarine cable as well as a number of infield cables, a new living quarters platform and control room. The contract also includes the complete refurbishment of the existing LQ and OCP platforms. Technip scope includes  the overall project management, procurement as well as supervision of the fabrication/installation. The fabrication, transportation and installation activities will be subcontracted to China Offshore Oil Engineering Corporation (COOEC). The project has started in the Oct-2010, with 36 months of work scheduled for completion.

Role             :   Successfully initiated project Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) across different work locations / entities for proper cost tracking and reporting. Implemented all Cost Related Project procedures with COMPANY and subcontractors. Implemented different entity level cost tracking structure to capture expenses for better control / reporting & forecasting. Responsible for all project cost reporting to Project / Corporate / Group Management. Responsible for actual and forecasted cost reporting.

Umm Lulu FEED Project (TP. Proj. No: 9658Y)

Client           :  ADMA-OPCO - 7 Million USD / 70,000 Man hours.

Synopsis       : Front End Engineering Design (FEED) Project for new fields development. The project consists of 2 well heads and one Manifold tower and bridge between these towers and a pipeline to ZADCO.

Role             :   Successfully managed all cost reporting requirements (Client and internal) for the man-hours & its costs, subcontracts (in house and third party), other Client facilities and services and Client interactions. Responsible for actual and forecasted cost reporting (Client & Internal) which includes, Man-hour Productivity, Schedule Performance Indicators, Cost Performance Indicators, SV%, CV% etc. Responsible for trend notice / Change Order preparations, submission to Client and follow-up.

Al Nasr FEED Project (TP. Proj. No: 9653T)

Client           :  ADMA-OPCO - 6 Million USD / 60,000 Man hours.

Synopsis       : Front End Engineering Design (FEED) Project for new field development. The project consists of 2 well heads and one Maniold tower and bridge between these towers and a pipeline to Total ABK.

Role             :   Successfully managed all cost reporting requirements (Client and internal) for the man-hours & its costs, subcontracts (in house and third party), other Client facilities and services and Client interactions. Responsible for actual and forecasted cost reporting (Client & Internal) which includes, Man-hour Productivity, Schedule Performance Indicators, Cost Performance Indicators, SV%, CV% etc. Responsible for trend notice / Change Order preparations, submission to Client and follow-up.

Total Yemen Frame Engineering Project (TP. Proj. No: 9161H /9081W)

Client           :  Total Yemen - 40 Million USD / 400,000 Man hours.

Synopsis       :  The engineering, procurement and construction supervision of various Total Yemen Site Projects.

Role             :   Maintaining more than 40 service Orders (Lump sum & reimbursable) and its related Procurement Activities from Technip Home Office. Managing Earned value Analysis, Schedule Performance Indicators, Cost Performance Indicators, trend analysis for all these units. Preparing and maintaining various logs for internal and external reporting. Formulating the PMR for review with PM and Corporate Management during Project Reviews.

AL Khaleej Gas Phase 2 (AKG-2) Project (TP. Proj. No: 9197X)

Client           :  Technip France - 11 Million USD / 330,000 Man hours.

Synopsis       :  The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of Al Khaleej Gas Phase-2 (AKG-2) Project aims to produce LNG for RasGas Company Limited, Qatar. 

Role             :   Preparing and maintaining Change Requests, Change Orders & Change Control Logs and Client Cost Reports. Liaising and tracking follow-up of change orders, invoices and other cost related issues. Formulating the PMR for review with PM and Corporate Management during Project Reviews.

OXY, OMAN Engineering Services Contract (TP. Proj. No: 9578L)

Client           :   OXY, Oman, Engineering Services Contract. – 4 Million USD / 60,000 Man-hours.

Synopsis       :  Various Studies for Oxidental Mukhanza, Oman.

Role             :  Preparation of Work Instruction budgets in consultation with discipline leads. Preparation of work instruction logs, man-hour and cost summary for Client. Establishing Key Performance Indicators, to monitor the performance of discipline and various other factors. Formulating the PMR for review with PM and Corporate Management during Project Reviews.

ISO-Octane Development Phase1 (TP. Proj. No: 9195V)

Client           :   Trafigura B.V., London, U.K. - 1.5 Million USD / 28,000 Man Hours

Synopsis       :  The project aims to increase the processing capacity of the units, improve the quality of the products and reduce energy consumptions.

Role             :  Preparing and maintaining Change Requests, Change Orders & Change Control Logs and Client Cost Reports. Liaising and tracking follow-up of change orders, invoices and other cost related issues. Formulating the PMR for review with PM and Corporate Management during Project Reviews.

Habsan Capcity Enhancement Project Step 2B (TP. Proj. No: 9101T)

Client           :   GASCO, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

Synopsis       :   EPC Project indented for OGD II Capacity Enhancement of 130%.

Role             :  Interacting with Discipline Engineers for Progress Reporting & Document Register updating. Preparing Manpower Histograms / Progress S-Curves for client reporting. Assisting the Planning Engineer in the Preparation of Planning Package.

Construction of Sulphur Recovery Unit (TP. Proj. No: 6849V)

Client           :   Saudi Aramco, Riyadh, KSA.

Synopsis       :   EPC Project, to recover elemental Sulphur and to provide a Truck Loading Facility (for Sulphur) at South Riyadh Bulk Plant.

Role             :   Developing and implementing an Engineering Progress Measurement and reporting system in line with Saudi Aramco requirement. Implementing Procurement Control Log for Progress Measurement and monitoring.

Highlights

®       Significantly developed a tool to migrate data from Technip Mainframe System - JANUS (used for Progress reporting) and developed customized report as per specific client requirements.

®       Successfully implemented a system for entering the punch list items and filtered reports were generated for the use of Filed staff and summary for Management reporting.

®       Effectively developed and implemented an MS-Access Based System for reporting the progress of Quality Forms Completion.

®       Efficiently implemented corporate manpower forecasting and optimisation tool for streamlining Processes and Corporate Office Manpower allotments.

Previous Assignment

Al Mazroui & Partners, Abu Dhabi, UAE     Software Projects Team Leader               Dec’99 – Jun’02

Mazroui Soft, Eranakulam, Kerala,           Sr. Systems Consultant                           Aug’97 – Nov’99

EMES Softwares, Trivandrum, Kerala       Sr. Software Engineer                             Apr’95 – Jul’97

Krishna Info Tech, Trivandrum Kerala      Software Engineer                                  Mar’94 – Mar’95

TRAIT, Kollam Kerala India                     Software Engineer                                  Jul’93 – Feb’94

Major Projects Accomplished outside Technip:

# Integrated Business Solution for Abu Dhabi Health & Fitness Club.

Role                              : Project Leader.

Integrated software solution to manage daily operation of Abu Dhabi Health & Fitness Club. Following modules are included in the software.

● Accounts (AR/AP/GL)● Inventory● Fixed Assets● Payroll ● Membership Management

The Accounts module works as the back office. The inventory and membership modules are directly linked with the accounts module. The Point of Sale terminals are linked to Accounts through its administration modules. All the information is collected to a central server from various nodes where the information is generated.

# Finance Plus

Role                             : Sr. Systems Consultant

An Integrated, Inventory/ Accounting multi-user Business Package designed to meet the business requirements of Medium to Large Organizations in Middle East. A user friendly, interface controls a sophisticated Management Information system with Multiple Company / Location / Currency Options and a spectra of other reports designed to give management effective control on stocks, finance and business activities.

# Payroll

Role                             : System Consultant

The software aimed to make the salary processing of employees error free and speedy. The system accepts the general details about employees. The payroll data can be entered as per the Time sheet or based on monthly attendance.

Trainings Conducted

®       Conducted Visual FoxPro Training Program for three batches of the employees of Abu Dhabi Oil Company (Japan) Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.        

®       Conducted MS Visio Training Program for the employees of ZADCO & ADCO., Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

Professional Memberships

Member of AACEI (Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering) Membership No:51830

Educational Credentials

®       Master of Business Administration (Finance) from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam in 2008.

®       Business Professional Programmer Certificate from Department of Electronics, Govt. of India, New Delhi in 1994.

®       Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications from Universal Institute of Information Technology in 1993.

®       Bachelor of Science (Physics) from Kerala University in 1997.

Professional Enhancements

®       Certified Cost Consultant from association for advancement for cost engineering (AAEC international).

®       Certified Planning and Scheduling Professional from AACE international.

®       Completed Cost Management Course from Franklin University, Ohio, USA through CHICAGO Training & Consultancy, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

®       Certificate Course from Project Management & Controls Co, in Risk with Pert Master in April 3 & 4, 2005 in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

®       Certificate Course in MS SQL Server 7.0, from InterConnect Network Systems, Abu Dhabi U.A.E. from 31st Jan to 13 Feb 2000.

®       Certificate Course in Computing from IGNOU in June 98.

®       Certificate Course in Visual Basic from Microteck, Institute of Software Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala in 'A' Grade, in 1996.

IT Skills

GUI                               :           Visual Basic 6.0 / Visual Fox Pro 6.0 / Fox Pro

Database                       :           SQL Server, ORACLE, FoxPro

Others                           :           Crystal Reports 8.0, MS Visio

Scheduling Tools            :           Primavera Project Planner, MS Project

Risk Analysis                 :           Pertmaster V 7.6

Office Applications          :           MS-Office Applications (including advanced MS Excel Macros), MS Access

Personal Profile

General                         :           Male, Indian, Married with wife and 3 Children.

Date of Birth                  :           10^th May, 1971

Permanent Address        :           Murugan House, Aickarakonam, Punalur, Kollam, Kerala – 691331

                                                India (Contact No in India : +91 475 222 5933)

Present Residence          :           Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

Visa Status                    :           Company Sponsored Resident UAE Visa.

Driving Licence              :           Holder of valid Indian and UAE Driving Licence.