Project Manager

Palani Vel Rajan, PMP

Mob: +91-996*******; Tel: +91-44-267*****; Email: ********@*****.***

Old No 26, New No 28, 5th Circular Street, Jawahar Nagar, Chennai - 600082

OBJECTIVE

PMP Certified mechanical engineer with around 9 years hands on

experience in Project Management in EPC Sector, Production Management,

Manufacturing, Project Planning, and Shop floor planning for the EPC part

of Power, Chemicals and Nuclear Sector. I wish to become a part of an

organization where I could contribute my best efforts, knowledge and skills

to meet the business objective of the organization.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Project management, project planning, project control and cost estimation,

production management, shop floor planning & manufacturing, machining and

fabrication of heavy engineering equipments (Supercritical Equipments).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Toshiba JSW Power Systems Pvt Ltd, Chennai. Mar-2013 -

Present

Associate Manager - PMG. (EPC Projects)

. Integration of Project Management functions to Production functions by

mapping Key deliverables of EPC schedule to Manufacturing schedule for

600 to 800 MW Supercritical Turbine Island.

. Weekly Review of the Engineering Management activities to meet the

overall project success.

. Techno-Commercial activities at micro level of project schedule.

. Assisting in preparation of Primavera schedule for Turbine Island (4+

year's long project).

. Responsible for both Domestic and Export orders involving multiple

currencies.

. Conducting procurement weekly meeting to align the project / production

schedule to meet the on time project completion.

. Vendor development activities along with Procurement and Project Quality

Management.

. Product Cost Estimation and Project Cost estimation for the Steam Turbine

and Generator.

. Conducting weekly review meeting and update the progress schedule to

Management.

. Managing Stakeholders and catering their requirements in both Project and

production functions.

. Assisting Commercial / Marketing team on invoicing activities by

providing necessary inputs.

. Monthly Risk Assessment of Cost and Schedule to identify the critical

areas to be monitored.

. Assisting logistics team by providing supporting documents for smooth

inbound and outbound activities.

Nuvia India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi Apr-2012 - Feb 2013

Senior Project Manager

. Establishment of Green Field facility for Radiation Monitoring

Instruments - Calibration Facility

. Co-ordination with AERB (Nodal Agency) for the Approval of milestones

achieved.

. Procurement of Calibrator (Equipment-Approx $40K) from United States.

. Acted as an Engineer manager for the preparation of Technical

Specifications to meet AERB guidelines on Civil Construction, Equipment

design and facility Design & commissioning.

. Techno-Commercial activities at micro level of project schedule.

. Responsible for Cost and Schedule control, Facility Construction.

. Reporting to MD / CEO about the Project progress on weekly basis

. Bi-weekly Risk Assessment and mitigation.

Alstom Projects India Ltd, Noida Mar-2011 -

Apr 2012

Lead - Project Planning- Boiler Island EPC

. Part of PMO Team based at Indian Headquarters.

. Preparation of Primavera Project Schedule for 2 X 800 MW Boiler Island,

in co-ordination with US Counterpart.

. Weekly statusing of Project Progress in Management Dashboard Formats (S

curves, Bar Charts, etc.)

. Monthly Review of Procurement / Production activities at Alstom Delhi and

Durgapur to align the Project Schedule.

. Vendor Expedition and coordination for the Bought out items.(BOI)

. Weekly engineering management review for identification of completed,

delayed and backlog activities and subsequent updation in Primavera.

. Assisting Project Manager to take decisions on Schedule front by

Providing Critical and next Critical path and float details.

. Weekly telecom with Windsor (United States) Project team to update the

status of Projects.

L&T MHI Boilers Pvt Ltd, Surat Jan-2008 - Mar 2011

Asst. Manager - Production Planning & Control

. Part of Facility establishment team to Identify, monitor and execute the

shop floor establishment task.

. Part of First team to visit MHI Manufacturing facility at Nagasaki, Japan

for Technology Transfer.

. Part of Core Team to implement SAP (ERP) for the Production Planning

functions.

. Established curriculum for skill development of Welders and Fabricators.

. Vendor Development and subcontractor development for the Outsourcing

activities.

. Development of SOP's for various functions and manufacturing activities.

. Preparation of Primavera Project Schedule for Shop Floor Activities and

maintain weekly updation.

. Conducting weekly Procurement Review meeting to ensure seamless

manufacturing activities.

. Handling Customer visit, Customer inspection and IBR Visit at Shop floor

level.

. Coordination with Engg Team on VC (based at Faridabad) to clarify

technical issues raised during manufacturing.

. Close Coordination with Project Management team for Invoicing and product

dispatch to site.

Thermax Ltd, Baroda Apr-2007- Jan 2008

Executive - Production.

. Part of Facility establishment team to Identify, monitor and execute the

shop floor establishment task.

. Skill Development for Fabricators and Welders to meet Project

requirements.

. In charge for Shop floor Production activities and OEE.

. Meet the Target set by Production Planning Team

. Man Hours Generations for timely completion of manufacturing activities.

. Close Coordination with Quality Control Dept for Stage Inspection and IBR

clearance.

Tata Chemicals Ltd, Mithapur Jul -2005- Apr 2007

Asst. Manager - Maintenance.

. Joined as a GET and had exposure to all the process plants in the

facility

. Part of Central Maintenance team to maintain various equipments including

chemical handling pumps, blower, compressors, conveyers, valves etc.

. Become independent in charge for Chloro-Caustic Plant which includes

Liquid Chlorine, Bromine, Caustic soda, HCL, Sulphuric acid, Steam

Evaporators and Hydrogen gas plant.

. Preparation of Capex budget for major overhaul / improvements in

equipments to improve throughput.

. Preventive and breakdown maintenance of all critical equipments.

. Handled a 20+ member contractor team for complete maintenance work and

ensured all safety procedures.

SOFTWARE SKILLS

. Primavera - P6V7, P6V8. (Presently Leading the implementation part at

Toshiba JSW)

. MS Projects 2007 / 2010.

. AutoCAD - 2008.

. MS Office 2007 / 2010

. SAP - 6.0 - PP / PM / PS modules, Oracle-EBS,BaaN

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

BE (Mechanical) from St. Joseph's college of Engineering, Chennai, Anna

University in 2005 with 69.45%

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth : 22nd June, 1983

Marital Status : Married

Languages Known : English, Hindi, Tamil and Gujarati (basic)

Date : Yours Truly,

Place : Chennai

Palani Vel Rajan

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