BEVINDREN L MUNSAMY – US WORK AUTHORIZED

MBA, MS Engineering, BS Engineering

Project Manager/Business Analyst

Houston • TX

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Email: acxqu0@r.postjobfree.com

Boasting long standing proven experience in the leadership of complex, multi-disciplinary and high profile engineering construction projects to cost-effective conclusion. Superb balance of technical knowhow and team management, with a track record of sustaining professional and productive relationships across a wide variety of industries. Strongly knowledgeable in leadership of complex operations and oversight of large budgets.

EXPERTISE

Engineering Project Management - 7 years – Project development, pre-construction and construction of complex energy construction projects from conception to completion, cross functional team supervision on-site and head-office, engineering cost estimates, project plans and documentation, risk and constraints management, budgeting, scheduling and cost control.

Engineering Management - 6 years – Maintenance planning and strategies, maintenance of equipment and tooling, fault finding and troubleshooting, failure investigation and root cause analysis, reliability centered maintenance, computerized maintenance management systems, metal forming and hot-working, concrete technology, application of standards for product design, mechanical and metallurgical testing.

Manufacturing Management - 7 years – Management of complex manufacturing processes employing 300 workers, develop and implement best practices, production planning and scheduling, optimizing production line design and layout, revise standard operating procedures for production and maintenance, production and maintenance budgeting and cost control, continuous improvement, ISO quality control, OHSA, on-the-job training, supply chain management, vendor communications, ware-housing and stock management.

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

Senior Project Manager for the pre-construction of Medupi and Kusile Coal-Power Stations achieving a build approval decision from Eskom Board, resulting in the construction of the largest capital projects in the history of Africa amounting to $50 Billion.

Lead the pre-construction and construction of the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Project, resulting in the first project of its kind in South Africa and in the installation and commissioning of 10 000 meters which reduced manpower costs due to electronic metering of customer electricity usage.

Senior Project Development Manager to receive training at ESB International in Ireland and Vestas in Denmark on wind turbine technology pre-construction and construction, resulting in the delivery of the first 100MW Wind Turbine Energy Generation Facility in Africa.

MBA dissertation in improving the quality of evaluation criteria in performance management, improving the collaboration between project teams and senior management.

Installed and commissioned a production facility manufactured by Karl Fuhr in Germany, resulting in producing the first fully threaded bar for mining applications in South Africa, reducing the demand on bottleneck operations by 15%.

MS Engineering dissertation that introduced more effective Reliability-Centered Maintenance practices that resulted in improving planning and scheduling of maintenance operations on passenger trains by 20%.

Project Manager for the 20 Keys Continuous Improvement Methodology across two Divisions, resulting in improving manufacturing efficiencies by 15% and a scrap reduction of 28%.

Senior Project Manager to lead technical and financial due diligence studies on various pre-construction projects with Shaw Consultants International Inc from the United States and HSBC in United Kingdom.

Owners Representative for the construction of Kusile Coal Power Station with project execution partners, Black and Veatch from the United States.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ESKOM SOC LIMITED, Johannesburg, South Africa (Energy Construction Sector)

November 2007 – March 2015

Senior Project Manager – Strategic Portfolio - June 2007 – March 2015

Led the execution of the Strategic Business Portfolio across the Eskom Construction Program consisting of a network of 2500 project staff.

Delivered the first Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Project, resulting in the first project of its kind in South Africa and in the installation and commissioning of 10 000 meters which reduced manpower costs due to electronic metering of customer electricity usage.

Led the RFI, RFP, RFT process of 47 International Suppliers for South Africa’s first Independent Power Producer (IPP) Renewable Energy Program that assisted in the short/medium term electricity supply deficit.

Directed a $120 Million 5-year Refurbishment Program budget for a network of 160 national transmission substations.

Project management of pre-construction and construction of small to large capital construction projects from concept to completion, scoping, design, budgeting and planning, stakeholder management, quality assurance, monitoring and reporting, regulatory and environmental approvals.

Project management of the pre-construction and construction of a 100MW Windfarm, the first large-scale Wind Turbine Renewable project in Africa.

Project management of the pre-construction of Medupi and Kusile Coal Power Stations, representing the largest joint capital build projects in Africa of over $50 billion.

Spent 6 months on site at the return-to-service Komati Coal Power Station to revise costing on completed construction work and secure additional funding of $200 million to ensure that construction could continue and prevented the risk that depleted project funds would result unpaid contractors.

Completed the pre-construction and construction for the Majuba Coal Power Station Rail Project that proposed rail transport of coal instead of road transport, thereby increasing the lifespan of South Africa’s road network and associated maintenance expenditure.

Completed the pre-construction for a rail system to transport liquid fuel from Cape Town harbor to Ankerlig Gas Turbine Power Plant, saving the organization from investing $25 million in stranded assets.

Completed an MBA dissertation in improving the quality of evaluation criteria in performance management, improving the collaboration of project teams and senior management.

Project leader for technical and financial due diligence with Shaw Consultants International Inc from the United States and HSBC in United Kingdom.

Owners Representative for the construction of Kusile Coal Power Station with project execution partners, Black and Veatch from the United States.

DURASET, Johannesburg, South Africa (Manufacturing Sector) July 2001 – November 2007

Plant Manager (Steel and Concrete Manufacturing Divisions)

Directed manufacturing and maintenance operations of a 300 workforce Steel and Concrete Manufacturing Division servicing the Geotechnical, Gold, Coal and Platinum Mining Industries.

Successfully contained manufacturing costs over a 3 year period with a 33% increase in production through-put due to market share growth.

Installed and commissioned a production facility manufactured by Karl Fuhr in Germany, resulting in producing the first fully threaded bar for mining applications in Africa that reduced the demand on bottleneck operations by 15%.

Executed the 20 Keys Continuous Improvement Program and as a result rationalized the stock policy and reduced work-in-progress by 21%.

Reviewed and changed the Quality Assurance processes to ensure that numerous quality inspection checks were built into the manufacturing process instead of only having end-of-line inspections, improving scrap and rework rates by 28%.

Implemented SAP MRP system that achieved end-to-end systems integration with sourcing, inventory management, and dispatch that reduced the burden of excessive paperwork and delays in issuing material to production departments, improving manufacturing operations by 15%.

Led time and motion studies and implemented lean manufacturing techniques to create a priority system for stock at bottleneck operations resulting in improving shipping of late orders from 15% to 2%.

METRORAIL, Johannesburg, South Africa (Maintenance Sector) December 1997 – June 2001

Engineering Manager

Directed a team of five Engineers and Technicians engaged in providing technical support services to the Maintenance Department responsible for conducting preventative and corrective maintenance on passenger trains.

Implemented Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) in the preventative maintenance department that maximized resource availability and reduced the technicians time spent on administrative work.

Based on the findings of an MS Engineering dissertation, implemented a computerized maintenance management system that optimized fleet maintenance planning and scheduling and reduced the unplanned fleet breakdowns by 23% to 10% within one year.

Conducted statistical analysis on the Management Information System (MIS) and used the information to apply value engineering practices on fleet equipment failures to prioritize capital expenditure for fleet reliability projects.

Commissioned a Configuration Management and Design Office to more effectively manage and control documentation, specifications, blue-prints, schematics, and designs for all plant and equipment and the related engineering change proposals.

ESKOM TECHNOLOGY GROUP, Johannesburg, South Africa (Failure Analysis- Energy Sector)

March 1996 – December 1997

Assistant Engineer

Laboratory and field testing failure analysis of various Power Transmission and Generation hardware.

Designed and commissioned a vibration damper testing facility, the first of its kind in South Africa, to test the effectiveness of different types of dampers.

Compiled a specification for vibration dampers for use in Power Transmission line design, thereby increasing the lifespan of Power Lines by an average of five additional years.

Used SABS Standards to conduct mechanical and metallurgical failure analysis to determine the condition of decommissioned Power Line Insulators.

Compiled a 5-year Capital budget for Transmission line insulator replacements to prevent Power Line failures resulting in high replacement costs.

Performed on-site Die Penetrant and Magnetic Particle Inspection testing on boiler tube welded joints during Power Station Generation Unit shutdowns which saved costs by advising the Refurbishment Project Teams to only replace defective welded joints.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

1.Master of Business and Administration – May 2010

Henley Business School, University of Reading, United Kingdom.

2.Diploma in Management – October 2005

Henley Management College, United Kingdom.

3.Master of Science in Engineering – June 2000

University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

4.Professional Engineer Certificate – May 1999

Engineering Council of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa.

5.Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering – December 1998

University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

6.Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Mechanical) July 1996

University of Durban-Westville, Durban, South Africa.

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