Narendra S. Gosavi

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Mobile: ~ India: +91-982*******, 253-***-****, S.A. +27-79-282-**** Senior level assignments in Procurement / Project / Contract / Management with an organization of repute

Executive Summary

• Currently associated with Jyoti Structures Africa (Pty) Ltd as Manager.

• Completed MBA in Construction Management

• Certification in Engineering and Construction Contract Course

• Certification in Risk Assessment, Distribution Risk Management & Incidence Investigation

• Completed the Overhead High Voltage Course (ORHVS)

• Procurement and Commercial professional with hardcore experience of 9 years

• Handling Tendering Department for Transmission line projects for over 9 years

• Looking administration at Head office in Johannesburg, South Africa

• Looking HR issues of all the Indian staff and workers about 150 personnel

• Handling invoice to client of ongoing High Voltage Transmission Line Turnkey Projects from 400 to 765 kV AC Projects

• OSP professional with around 10+ years of experience in Telecom, Project Management Operations & Maintenance, Design

• Deft in managing and executing System and Network administration.

• An enterprising leader with leading and directing personnel towards accomplishment of a common goal.

• Resourceful at customer account management and providing timely services as per the SLA levels.

Areas of Exposure

Tender / Contract Management: Responsible for the preparation of techno-commercial proposals for Southern African Power utilities. Preparation of Tender synopsis & Responsibility Matrix, Analysis of documents, facilitate Bid / No Bid decision from management, launch RFQ's (enquiries) to suppliers, identifications of consortium / bidding partners, formalizing consortium agreement with external partners, identification and analysis of risk & opportunity for project and planning for mitigation action, negotiate with suppliers, offer consolidation, bid documentation, Preparing cost breakdown for the project including complete material costing as per the tender specifications

Project Management: Handling activities involving working out various requirements & monitoring overall project operations for ensuring timely completion. Working on the activity at sites and review of project schedule, ensuring cost control within budget, planning for cash flow requirements, etc. Executing cost saving techniques / measures and modifications to achieve substantial reduction in O&M expenditures and work within the budget.

Procurement and Commercial: Purchase of plants and machinery from domestic and international market, Logistic of the equipment plant from oversea and from India. Day to day purchasing for the undertake projects. Liaising and negotiation with supplier locally and from international market. Execute and closely monitoring the contract as per NEC norms

Networking, System Admin &Technical Support: Designing network layouts and managing the installation, commissioning, configuration & maintenance of a wide range of telecom equipment. Ensuring maintenance of complete network, inclusive of performance monitoring, day to day network operations, preventive & corrective maintenance. Planning and effecting maintenance schedules of various telecom and networking equipment’s to enhance the equipment reliability and increasing machine up time. Proactively identifying areas of obstruction / breakdowns and taking steps to rectify the equipment through application of troubleshooting tools. Addressing performance bottlenecks and ensuring maximum uptime for systems, equipment, etc. Operations & Maintenance: Planning & implementing the preventive & predictive maintenance schedules for improving the overall reliability and safety of plant equipment & machinery. Organizing activities for continual improvement & working towards cost reduction activities. Coordinating material/ spare parts planning related activities encompassing identification of vendors, requirement of specification of vendors, requirement of specification and offer evaluation

Survey, Design and Planning: Handling both Manual route survey with road meter and GPS Survey with Garmin GPS for Civil works, Planning and design of fiber from main access ring (MAN) to metro Ethernet networks (MEN) in various cities, Planning and design of fiber from Building access node (BAN) to DLC in various cities. Planning and design of fiber ring for BTS sites and providing splice drawings by planning fibers for the sites. Design of the copper connectivity to the customer, Migration of copper cable to fiber in the existing ducts; BAN area design, route survey, drawings (building of interest integration designs ; In- building drawings for high-rise buildings; Splicing drawings, Equipment planning (comprising of digital loop carrier, transport viz. Nortel, Siemens, Ericson and Huawei), Preparing BOMs / BOQ, Obtaining ROW from various government agencies concerned to laying of OFC / Copper network. Career Contour

Project / Procurement Management in Transmission Line & Telecom Project

Since Sep’11 with Jyoti Structures Africa Pty. Ltd. as Manager Accountabilities

• Tendering.

Preparing of Tender documents after going through technical specification. Preparing RFQ, product documents from supplier along with recommendation letter. Preparing BOQ

Arranging Bank Guarantee for the Tender

Preparing all the documents Viz Commercial, Technical, SHEQ related documents

• Dealing with Client and Consultant.

Preparing monthly invoices (General and

CPA) Attending the Site Meetings, General

Meetings. Preparing & providing Daily

Progress Reports, Getting approvals on

various items.

Preparing Early Warnings, Delay Damages, Compensation Claims, etc.

• Administration.

Getting VISA and Work Permit for Company Employees. Guest house establishment, Store Establishment for project site. Managing Vehicle fleet of around 50+ vehicles, Registration, Insurance, License renewal, Roadworthy certifications and police clearances

• Procurement & Commercial.

Handling local / international purchase for the project. Optimistic purchasing to make profit for company.

Following up with supplier to get material unto site, Handling of Import, Export of Transmission Line Equipment and tools and plant, supplier to the site office also shipping used equipment to the other branches in other countries Accounts payable, outstanding of supplier, vendor

Statutory Compliances, Viz Tax Clearance, Labour Department, Occupational Health & Safety, Registration with Industry Board

• Project Management

Arrangement and mobilization of Assembly, Erection, Stringing and Regulation team Monitoring: Foundation, Assembly, Erection, Stringing and Regulation. Day to day activities and resolving the issues pertaining to these activities Preparing weekly progress reports

• Hands on experience on following SAP Modules.

MM - Material

Management. PS – Project

Systems

Transmission Line Project executed under Jyoti Structures Africa Pty. Ltd, South Africa Client: ESKOM Holding SOC

Ltd. Duration: 1.5 Year; (2011-

12) Team Size: 150+

Length : 26 Kms, 70 Towers

Details: The Construction of the Beta-Perseus 400 kV, 26 Kms Transmission Line at Dealsvile, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Client: ESKOM Holding SOC

Ltd. Duration: 3.0 Year (2012-

2015) Team Size: 450+

Length : 184 Kms, 451 Towers

Details: The Construction of the Neptune – Vuyani 400 Kv, 184 Kms Transmission Power Line, East London, South Africa

Client: Hidro De Cahora Bassa,

Mozambique Consultant: Trans Africa

Project (TAP) Duration: 1.0 Year (2015-16)

Team Size: 50+

Length : 36 Kms (Including 2 river crossings), 26 Towers (Including 4 Special Towers), 4 Pile foundations, Mozambique

Client: ESKOM Holding SOC Ltd.

Duration: 2.0 Year (Under

Execution) Team Size: -

Length : 174 Kms, 437 Towers

Details: The Construction of Ariadne Eros 2 132/400kV Multi Circuit Line Section A & B, Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa

Client: ESKOM Holding SOC Ltd.

Duration: 14 Months (Under

Execution) Team Size: - 150+

Length : 40 Kms, 83 Towers

Details: The Construction of Masa Ngwedi 765/400kV Multi Circuit Line Section D, Rustenburg, Limpopo, South Africa

Client: ESKOM Holding SOC Ltd.

Duration: 14 Months (Under

Execution) Team Size: - 150+

Length : 40 Kms, 82 Towers

Details: The Construction of Masa Ngwedi 765/400kV Multi Circuit Line Section C Rustenburg, Limpopo, South Africa

Feb’09-Aug 2011 with Concept Point Nigeria Ltd., Nigeria as Project Manager Accountabilities

• Preparing B.O.Q. (Bill of Quantity) for Optic Fiber / Copper Network (Civil/Telecom).

• Procuring civil as well as Telecom material required for FOC and copper network from India and Abroad

• Planning of civil works, trenching, lying of ducts and joint boxes.

• Obtaining ROW from various Local Government Agencies

• Forecast of Material requirement as per the implementation plan.

• Managing Team of Installation Supervisors, Quality Supervisor and Testers on OSP Network

• Preparing weekly progress reports

• Attending fortnightly meetings with contractors and weekly with field teams.

• Monitor the performance and review of schedule of project.

• Monitoring and executing as per the implementation plan with agreed time line with the customer in short technical interface with the customer on the Implementation scope

• Effectively carrying the activities to meet monthly acceptance milestones

• Monitoring the snags clearance follow-up

• Ensuring cost control within budget, planning for cash flow requirements, etc. Executing cost saving techniques / measures and modifications to achieve substantial reduction in O&M expenditures and work within the budget

• Getting the final acceptance from client on the Civil and Telecom works.

• Design: Design, permits, pole audits, civil survey, U/G or A/G cable placement design, civil survey and design of manholes, vaults, pilasters, splice case placement, directional drilling, inside plant conduit riser design, outside plant buried conduit or surface inlay design.

• Formulating diagrams for Civil/Telecom work in AutoCAD. Highlights

• Efficiently worked across over 1700+ Kms of OFC network and over 200 Kms of Copper Network.

• Using Google Earth & GPS made the survey for copper network as the area completely unknown to us which saves considerable amount of time and resources.

• Achieved work before deadline, makes 8% profit to company. FOC (Fiber Optic Cable) Project

Client: MTN, Globacom @, Maiduguri, Sokoto, Mubi, Nigeria Duration: 2 Years

Team Size: 18

Details: 1. MTN Connectivity Maiduguri-Kari 900+Km OFC Project, 2. MTN-Multilink connectivity project 30+Km OFC Project, 3. Globacom connectivity project 450+ Km OFC Project, 4. MTN Connectivity Maiduguri-Mubi 350+ Km OFC Project. Total Length : 900+30+450+350 = 1730 Kms

Dec’07 – Jan’09 with Telesuprecon Ltd., Blantyre, Malawi Growth Path

Project Manager Dec’07-Aug’08

Project Coordinator Aug’08 – Jan’09

Accountabilities as Project Coordinator

• Getting Approval of Civil and Telecom Material from Client.

• Procuring civil as well as Telecom material required for FOC and copper network from India and Abroad

• Deriving various techniques to get optimistic (maximum with quality) results of trenching, Blowing / Pulling, Splicing and Testing of Optic Fiber as well as Copper network.

• Coordinating between main contractor and client.

• Arranging training for Optic Fiber / Copper jointers, Engineers and Draughtsman.

• Handling 1300 Kms. of Fiber Optic Project and 800 Kms of Copper Cable Project. Accountabilities as Project Manager

• Procuring civil as well as Telecom material required for Optic Fiber and copper network.

• Planning of civil works, trenching, lying of ducts and joint boxes.

• Obtaining ROW from various Local Government Agencies

• Forecast of Material requirement as per the implementation plan.

• Preparing diagrams for Civil/Telecom works in AutoCAD.

• Managing Team of Installation Supervisors, Quality Supervisor and Testers on OSP Network

• Preparing weekly progress reports

• Attending weekly meetings with contractors, In weekly meeting with field teams guiding to achieve monthly milestones, effectively.

• Monitor the performance and review of schedule of project.

• Monitoring and executing as per the implementation plan with agreed time line with the customer, in short technical interface with the customer on the Implementation scope

• Effectively carrying the activities to meet monthly acceptance milestones

• Monitoring the snags clearance follow-up

• Ensuring cost control within budget, planning for cash flow requirements, etc. Executing cost saving techniques / measures and modifications to achieve substantial reduction in O&M expenditures and work within the budget

• Working for over 1500 Kms of OFC Network and over 500 Kms of Copper Network. Highlights

• Introduced GPS system for survey over manual survey which has been accomplished in 2 weeks instead of 5 months.

• Negotiating with M/s Sterlite Cables, to avail OFC & Copper cables at the same rate as of VSNL, procuring Copper cable, when copper is at low in LME (London Metal Exchange), reduces cost substantially.

• Producing in-house HDPE pipe, makes substantial profit as we save 15 Mwk (Malawi Kwacha) per meter, as the total OFC work is around 1500Km (1500000 Meters) total save is 22500000 Mwk

=160715 USD.

• FOC (Fiber Optic Cable) & Copper Project

Client: MTL (Malawi Telecommunications Ltd.), Malawi Duration: 1.2 year

Team Size: 24

Details: National Backbone Project, 2300Km OFC + Copper Projects 900 Kms Apr 2007 – Dec 2007 Sr. Support Executive in ESDS Software Consultancy Pv.Ltd. Accountabilities

• Technical on line support to almost all technical issues of global clients

• Mail issues.

• FTP issues.

• MySQL database issues.

• PHP issues.

• Stats issues.

• DNS issues.

• All the issues in cPanel / WHM (Control Panel of Linux Web hosting)

• System administration of Live servers, Handling 50+ servers on 2 separate projects.

• Blog, CMS, Bulletin related issues.

Apr 2005 – Mar 2007 - MBA in Construction Management, Chennai

. • Achieved First Class

Aug 2001 – Mar 2005 - IT & Telecom Manager in Telesuprecon Ltd. Malawi, Central Africa. Accountabilities as IT Manager

• Coordination between Malawi Telecom Ltd and TCIL Bellsouth Ltd. (Delhi based company) for Telecom Billing Software Project, on Oracle platform.

• Installation Administration of network for billing project.

• Generating information for CDR/SMDR of all switches to setup dialog with computer system either via RS232, X.802 etc.

• Preparing B.O.Q. (Bill of Quantity) for Telecom,

• Managing, planning & reporting of day to day activities for Telecom.

• Preparing diagrams for Telecom works in AutoCAD.

• Coordination between higher management regarding Telecom.

• P.A.C (Provisional Acceptance Test) for Telecom. Accountabilities as Project Manager

• Approving of Civil and Telecom Material from Client.

• Deriving various techniques to get optimistic (maximum with quality) results of trenching, Blowing

/ Pulling, Splicing and Testing of Fiber Optic as well as Copper network.

• Coordinating between main contractor and client.

• Arranging training for Fiber Optic / Copper jointers, Engineers and Draughtsman.

• Handling 1300 Kms. of Fiber Optic Project and 800 Kms of Copper Cable Project.

• Preparing diagrams for Civil/Telecom works in AutoCAD.

• Procuring civil as well as Telecom material required for FOC and copper network. Highlights

• Introduced GPS system for survey over manual survey which has been accomplished in 2 weeks instead of 5 months.

• Negotiating with M/s Sterlite Cables, to avail OFC & Copper cables at the same rate as of VSNL, procuring Copper cable, when copper is at low in LME (London Metal Exchange), reduces cost substantially.

• Producing in-house HDPE pipe, makes substantial profit as we save 15 Mwk (Malawi Kwacha) per meter, as the total OFC work is around 1500Km (1500000 Meters) total save is 22500000 Mwk =160715 USD.

Feb 2000 – Jul 2001 Network Engineer in Vertex System, Nashik Accountabilities

• Trouble shooting in networks, P.C. at corporate, customer end.

• Managing and maintaining LAN and intranet networks.

• Maintenance of desktop’s

Feb 1999 - Feb 2000 Branch Manager in Atlaz Digi-Tel Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai (India) Accountabilities

• Customer Support for Nasik, Jalgaon, Dhule Districts.

• Sales and Services of C-DOT, Z-80 based Telecom Switches.

• Sales and Services of telecom switches (EPABX) in government rate contract achieved Rs. 9,00,000/- Nasik district and total sales was Rs. 30,00000/- Aug 1995-Feb 1999 Customer Support Engineer at Digital Communications Ltd., Nashik, India. Accountabilities

• Customer Support for E.P.A.B.X. system in and around Nashik city.

• Working on Z-80, OKI (PCM/TDM) switches and K.T.S. switches.

• Working on RS-232 communication.

Aug 1994-Aug 1995 Trainee Asst. Database Executive in Siemens Ltd. Nasik, India Accountabilities

• Maintaining Database for Logistic Department for Import Goods.

• Updates of BOQ (Bill of Quantity) MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity

• Request for Quotes on various electronics items globally

• Verification of ordered quantity and items.

• Development of Database Module for store management.

• Daily activities related to logistic Department on Import goods. Academic Credentials

• 1995 B.C.S. (Bachelor of Computer Science) from Pune University

• 2005-07 MBA in Construction Management

• Pursuing PMP Certification

Certifications

• Engineering & Construction Contract Course

• Incidence Investigation Course

• O.R.H.V.S. Course

• Risk Assessment, Distribution Risk Management

• Equal penitential Earthing

• First Aid Level 1 and 2

• Working at Height

• Basic Fire Fighting and Prevention

• Lifting Equipment and Basic Rigging

• CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associates) from NIIT (Nasik) in July 2004.

• RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) from Linux Certification Course Red Hat Tech Institute, Nasik. (Appeared)

Technical Skills

Operating Systems: DOS, Linux 8/9, RHEL 4, Fedora 5, Unix, Windows 9x / 2000 / XP & Cisco IOS Languages: Assembly 8051/80186, Pascal, C, VB 6.0

SAP Modules: MM - Material Management & PS – Project Systems Other Tools: MS Office, MS Project, AutoCAD 2000

Personal Dossier

Date of Birth: 28th May 1972.

Marital status: Married.

Permanent Address: Flat 9, Chaitra Tarangan., Near Modkeshwar Temple, Modkeshwar Colony, Indira Nagar,

Nashik– 422009

Passport No.: Z4350774 Valid visa (can be provided on request) Linguistic Abilities: English (Fluent), Marathi (Mother-tongue) Hindi and Guajarati

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