Primavera, Project Planner, Scheduler & Project Control

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Name: Jayakumar Kandasamy

Mobile: +1-224-***-****

Address: *** **** ****, ********, ******** 60090

Email: ***.********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE:

To Seek a Challenge Driven Position with a Vision and Passion for Work Excellence and play a Lead Role in realizing Organizational Goals leveraging my Strengths and Experience. TOTAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

9 Years

KEY SKILLS:

Primavera Planning / Project Control

Project Requirement Gathering for Project Control Function

Derive Project Schedule from Scope Documents and preparation of Primavera project schedule in P6 V7, R8.x or R15.x

Support in New Project Proposals and Bid Management

Project Control Experience in Engineering, Procurement & Construction (Oil & Gas, Power) and Manufacturing Industries

Setting up of Progress Measurement System for EPC activities, Shortfall & Look ahead Reports

Productivity and Delay Analysis

Project Risk Analysis and Mitigation

Manpower Monitoring & Control, Capacity Planning and Workload Forecasting

Project Reporting by S-curves, SPI, CPI and Earned Value Management

Co-ordination activity between Engineering, Project Site and Fabrication units

Vendor and Sub Contractor Management

Excellent Project Document Control and Communication Skills

Primavera Administration activities and Maintenance

Advanced Primavera, MS Project, MS Excel, Word and MS PowerPoint skills. Primavera Consulting

Pre-sales activities for Project Implementation

Primavera platform architecture Designing and Consulting

Planning, Co-ordination and Implementation of Various Primavera releases and Upgrades

Primavera Advanced troubleshooting and handling user Issues/Tickets

Primavera Database Migration and Maintenance

Integration of Primavera with other Applications like SAP and BI Reporter

Designing of Primavera Web Portfolio and Dashboards for Admins and End Users

Good knowledge on writing SQL queries for Primavera Database

Primavera Training for End Users

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Consultant Dec 2014 – Till Now HCL Technologies Ltd Consultant Oct 2012 – Dec 2014 Infosys Technologies Ltd Sr. Engineer-Primavera Dec 2010 – Sep 2012 GE Energy Power Conversion Sr. Planning Engineer Jun 2007 – Nov 2010 SAIPEM India Projects Ltd Chennai

Accreditations

Numerous Client Appreciation mails for successful Project Handling and Complex Issue Resolutions.

Consecutive top performer with high ratings.

Infosys Best Individual contributor award for Q2 and Q3, 2013

Launched first Infosys Internal certification on Primavera R8.2 DETAILS OF PROJECTS HANDLED in HCL Technologies Ltd CLIENT : Vestas Wind Systems Ltd

PROJECT BRIEF : Primavera Upgrade & Support

ROLE : Senior Consultant - Primavera

PERIOD : Dec ’14 – Current

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Planning, Co-ordination and Implementation of Primavera Upgrade to R15.2 from R8.4.5

Successful completion of Primavera Upgrade from R8.2 to R8.4.5

Architecture consulting and Designing, Document AS-IS and TO-BE platforms

Migration of 6 Primavera V7 DB to R15.2 Archive DB

Primavera Database Maintenance and Primavera Administration activities

Handling of various Primavera Integration related activities and In house developments

Mapping of Primavera fields to BI for BI reports.

Designing of Various Portfolio and Dashboards for Admins and End Users

Ensure 100 % up time for Primavera Citrix Client, Web Client, Web Services and other Integration

In-charge for the Primavera Support and Ticket handling for the End Users Primavera User Management and Access Management

Create necessary client documentation (Landscape/Architecture diagrams, Installation Manuals, Configuration Manuals, Procedures, Test Scripts etc) 3 of 7

DETAILS OF PROJECTS HANDLED in Infosys Technologies Ltd CLIENT : CSX Transportation Ltd

PROJECT BRIEF : Primavera Upgrade to R8.3

ROLE : Techno Functional Consultant - Primavera

PERIOD : Mar ’14 – Current

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Upgrade the existing Primavera R8.2 to Primavera R8.3 in Dev, Test and Production Environment.

Testing and Validation of Primavera R8.3, Primavera Visualizer and BI publisher in the Upgraded Environments.

Writing Test Plans for UAT

Documentation of necessary documents for the Client. DETAILS OF PROJECTS HANDLED in Infosys Technologies Ltd CLIENT : British Petroleum Ltd, United Kingdom (BP) PROJECT BRIEF : BP Primavera Standardization Project. ROLE : Techno Functional Consultant - Primavera

PERIOD : Nov ’12 – Mar’14

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Implementation of Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management V7

Primavera Database Setup and Configuration

Primavera Environment setup of Development / Test, OAT, Production and Disaster Recovery Environments.

Deployment and Configuration of Oracle 11g Database and Primavera Database

Installation and Configuration of Oracle Primavera and SDK in Citrix terminal Server

(Citrix Farm catering 200 Users)

Installation and Configuration of Oracle Primavera API and Job Services in Application Server.

Guide and Support Packaging activity for Citrix Deployment.

Writing UAT, OAT, Performance test plans and Test scripts.

Co-Ordinate testing activities and sign off.

Coordinate resolution of any environment or application related issues highlighted during UAT and OAT

Preparation of Disaster Recovery Plan and Sign off 4 of 7

Preparation of Migration Plan

Documentation of Key documents (Installation Manuals, Lessons Learnt, Operating Procedures)

All activities related to project Go Live

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

Preparation of RFP for clients which includes Scope of Work, Timeline for Implementation, Resource graphs and Project Budget

Implementation of Oracle Primavera Unifier for COE

Handling of Oracle Primavera R8.3 trainings.

Authoring Infosys Internal Certification Programs on Primavera R8.3.

Handling of Primavera junior resources.

Co-coordinator for all Oracle Primavera COE activities. DETAILS OF PROJECTS HANDLED in GE Energy Power Conversion- Germany CLIENT : GE energy Power Conversion- Germany

PROJECT BRIEF : Implementation of Primavera EPPM R8.0 ROLE : Senior Engineer - Primavera

PERIOD : Jan ’12 – Sep’ 12

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Implementation of Oracle Primavera Enterprise Portfolio Management R8

Installation and Database Configuration of P6 R8

Formulate Project Management Process

EPS, OBS, Project Codes, Activity Codes and Resource Codes

Resource Data with Hierarchy and Role Data for Resources

Projects with Logical Relationships and Resources and Role Assignment.

Security Profiles and Access Details for Users.

Project Baseline, Reports, Filters and Layouts.

Web configuration for Project Manager, Resource Manager and Portfolio Managers. It includes the following

Creation of Portfolios and Dashboards

Creation of Resource Teams

Creation of Role Teams

User Interface Views.

Effective Resource Management, Capacity Planning and Workload Forecasting through Web Configuration.

Integration of Oracle Primavera with SAP & Time Booking System

Preparation of Project Management Reports, Monthly Progress Reports, Shortfall and Look ahead reports and Customer Specific reports.

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Project Enhancement activities.

Necessary Documentation and Specification for the above.

Co-ordination and Support for Technical Activities.

Training of End users and Handling Tickets and Service Requests. DETAILS OF PROJECTS HANDLED in GE Energy Power Conversion- Chennai CLIENT : GE Energy Power Conversion.

PROJECT BRIEF : Oracle Primavera Functional Support and Planning Support ROLE : Senior Engineer - Primavera

PERIOD : Apr ’11 – Dec ‘11

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Planning of new projects and Transfer of Existing Projects in Oracle Primavera V7.

Post Implementation Functional Support for Planning and Scheduling.

Effective Resource Management, Capacity Planning and Workload Forecasting

Preparation of Project Management Reports, Monthly Progress Reports, Shortfall and Look ahead reports and Customer Specific reports.

Project Enhancement and Integration with ERP.

Training of End users and Handling Tickets and Service Requests. DETAILS OF PROJECTS HANDLED in Converteam Gmbh- Germany CLIENT : Converteam Gmbh, Germany

PROJECT BRIEF : Requirement Gathering for Primavera R 8.0 ROLE : Senior Engineer - Primavera

PERIOD : Dec ’10 – Mar ‘ 11

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Understand the Business and its process for Power Conversion Germany.

Study of Existing Project Management Process.

Requirement collection for the Implementation of Enterprise Portfolio Management.

Project and Resource data collection.

Planning support for the Planning of New Projects in Primavera. DETAILS OF PROJECTS/PROPOSALS HANDLED in SAIPEM INDIA CLIENT : KOC (KUWAIT OIL COMPANY)

PROJECT BRIEF : KOC-GC-07, GC-08 & GC-21

EPC works for Installation of New Compressors.

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ROLE : Planning Engineer - EPC

PERIOD : Nov ’09 – Nov ‘10

CLIENT : ZADCO (ZAKUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY)

PROJECT BRIEF : EPC Proposal for Satah Field Development Project-Onshore Activities

ROLE : Sr.Planning Engineer

PERIOD : Aug’10 –Oct’10

CLIENT : ADNOC/CONOCO PHILLIPS

PROJECT BRIEF : EPC Proposal for Shah Gas Development Project -Sulphur Recovery Units (SRU) EPC PKG-3

ROLE : Planning Engineer

PERIOD : Jun’09 – Dec’09

CLIENT : SONATRACH

PROJECT BRIEF : GNL 3Z Arzew LNG/LPG Tanks.

Detail engineering for the construction of LNG/LPG tanks. ROLE : Planning Engineer

PERIOD : Jan ’09 – Nov’09

CLIENT : SAUDI ARAMCO

PROJECT BRIEF : Khurais Crude Contract (KCC), Saudi Arabia EPC works for GOSP and Utilities

ROLE : Junior Engineer – Planning

PERIOD : Jun’08 – Dec’08

CLIENT : ENI

PROJECT BRIEF : FEED Works for 460 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant ROLE : Project Engineer

PERIOD : Jun’07 – Mar’08

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Preparation and Updating of Project Schedule in Primavera

Resource loading of schedule.

Setting up of Progress Measurement System for Engineering (EIM), Procurement and Construction in line with the approved Project schedule.

Preparation of Monthly /Weekly Project Report

Preparation of Shortfall & Look ahead Reports & Co-ordination between various Engineering Disciplines.

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Productivity and Delay Analysis

Man Hours Monitoring and Control using Manpower Histogram

Project Management Review Reports and Project Specific Reports.

Co-ordination between Engineering, Procurement, Project Site and Fabrication Units

Preparation of PROM/COPR reports on Construction Progress.

Sub-Contractor Progress Verification.

Verification of Quantity Surveyor Reports on daily/weekly progress EDUCATION

Title of the Degree with

Branch

College/University

Percentage of

marks secured

Year of

passing

B.E (Mechanical Engineering)

Bannari Amman Institute of

Technology/ ANNA

UNIVERSITY

78.5% 2006

TAMILNADU STATE BOARD

(12th std)

Infant Jesus Matriculation Hr

Sec School - Tiruppur

91.9% 2002

Matriculation (10th std)

Infant Jesus Matriculation Hr

Sec School - Tiruppur

86.5% 2000

DECLARATION:

I hereby declare that the data furnished above by me are true to the best of my knowledge. With Kind regards

Jayakumar Kandasamy

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