Facility and Project Management

Thavaraja Kamalraj

No.**/*, Epitamulla road, Pita Kotte •

+94-(0-764****** •

***********@*****.*** •

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thavaraja-kamalraj-993a24162 • Estates Officer

British High Commission – Sri Lanka

OBJECTIVE

I bring over five years of extensive experience in Estates operations and Facility Management contract management. My expertise lies in being a results-driven professional, focusing on FM Contract Management and Strategic Planning. I possess proven expertise in optimizing facility performance through streamlined operations, contract negotiation, and strategic initiatives. Holding a B.Sc. (Hons) Degree in Town and Country Planning, combined with proficiency in project management and the MS Office package, I am eager to apply my knowledge and experience in a leadership role within corporate services management.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

British High Commission- Colombo, SL

Estates Officer, March 2020 – Present

Ensure quality control and assurance for MEP/Civil/Estate operations for BHC properties, adhering to UK Standards.

Liaise with external stakeholders, estate suppliers, landlords, and vendors to accommodate BH Staff, fostering positive relationships.

Conduct technical and commercial evaluations for tenders, actively participating as a procurement committee member for awarding the selected bidder along with the Hub.

Supervise contractor management, implementing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for on-boarded vendors under BHC.

Monitor the performance of outsourced Facilities Management services, ensuring contractual compliance and advising contractors on their improvements in identified areas of weaknesses.

Demonstrate UKB staffs’ accommodation facilities as per the UK Health & Safety policies for entire apartments and residences belongs to BHC.

Engage in space planning and management activities of special project requirement under corporate services’ budget at post

Forecast the Annual budget for Estate & Maintenance activities, ensuring financial plans align with BHC regulations and standards.

Ensuring the audit of owned/ long-term leased residential properties run smoothly, complying with required BHC regulations and standards.

Timely delivery of planned preventive maintenance schedules, providing guidance on best practices of health and safety regulations based on UK standards.

Leading and preparing Estates forward plan covering the modernisation of the corporate services objectives for each FY along with Head of corporate services at post.

Guide, direct, and mentor the building maintenance team in accomplishing Estates objectives ensuring the VFM at post.

OYO Hotels – Colombo, SL

Transformation Lead, January 2019 – February 2020

Worked as a Team leader for south region by contributing properties to Transformation team to achieve OYO mission

Demonstrating co-promises of OYO Network to the partners/ stakeholders and transforming the partnered property to OYO standard

Analysing the quality and cost-effective material ensuring the on-time delivery to the partnered company via registered suppliers’ network

Visiting properties to audit the transformation work as per OYO standard done by the stakeholders and transformation team.

Train the team with the new programming technology introduced by OYO network for property auditing system

Strategic cities development project (SCDP) under ministry of Megapolis– Colombo, SL Urban Planning Officer, January 2018 – December 2018

Working with monitoring and evaluation committee to evaluate the bidders’ documents for Ocean path development (OPD) for south and north region in Sri Lanka.

Working with project implementation unit (PIU) to finalize the design and evaluating investors’ EOI profile for to execute the OPD project

Working for the project implementation process by analysing the BOQ and to obtain the certification of conformity (COC) permits liaising government parties for the OPD project.

Visiting project sites to audit the implementation process as per the finalized design/ bid of the project.

Analysing along with the project management unit (PMU) on the variation of the contract raised by awarded bidder due to the supplementary requirements (alternative materials) upon the project requirement. EDUCATION

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Completed Certificate in the APM Project

Fundamentals course, FCDO - 2024

Bachelor of Town and County Planning, University of Moratuwa – Graduated 2018

Completed certificate course of AutoCAD and Revit Architecture in CADD Centre recognized institute in Sri Lanka - 2017

Completed Diploma in English at ELG recognized

institute in Sri Lanka, and achieved the award for winner of the gold medallist. - 2013

Expert in Microsoft Office, with a focus on Excel

Bilingual in English, Tamil and Sinhala

Expert in Technical and commercial

evaluation for bids

Expert in Project management process: MS

project software handling and

project plan preparation

Experienced in Property Health & safety

assurance

Experienced in Conducting auction process

Expert in Property Inventory management

Expert in 3D sweet home software for housing

model

Referees will be forwarded upon request.

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