Engineer Civil Engineering

CURRICULAM VITAE

PERSONAL PARTICULARS

Name: Vel Gnanavel

Postal address: 106 Pallert Street; Middle Park; QLD. Email: *********@*******.***

Telephone: 040*******

Professional affiliation: Charted Professional Engineer CPEng (Membership No: 3005413)

Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland

RPEQ (Membership No: 19170)

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Be a leading Civil/Structural Engineer, who utilizes planning, coordinating, supervising and design skills, Quality that would help to manage Civil/Structural projects in efficient and cost-effective way.

CAPABILITIES

Project Management for multi million projects.

Research and developing skill to suite new requirement.

Strong knowledge and experience in TMR & RMS Bridge projects.

Demonstrating an understanding of client needs and achieving a good level of client satisfaction

Experience in Design of Concrete mix design and testing.

Have a good experience on make program schedules, prepare progress report and progress claim.

Working within the team to deliver projects to a high standard.

Working within client requirements and established industry practices Strong believer of working towards meeting the deadline.

Ability to work under pressure and critical situations.

Experience on quality checks.

Experience on Internal Auditing and preparation external Audit for ISO.

Experience in sampling, testing and managing the Concrete testing lab.

Personal commitment to health & safety

Strong knowledge in MS Excel, MS Word

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008 May to date - Senior Engineer

Con-tec Pty. Ltd. QLD. Australia.

I have ten years of experience as a Senior Civil engineer and in this I have been managing Queensland and New South Wales Bridge projects for the production of Pre-stressed concrete girders, decks piles. During my time as Senior Engineer with Con-tec. Pty Ltd. I delivered number of bridge project Houghton highway bridge duplication, Hale street link, Ports of Brisbane, Toowoomba OCR Link Road Bridge Pacific Highway Upgrade Project- Tabbimobile, and currently Ipswich Motorway Upgrade: Rocklea to Darra project.

Familiar with AS. Standards, Queensland Rail and Main Roads Technical Standards for construction of Pre-cast concrete bridge elements.

Providing technical engineering, methodology and pre-constructability support.

Manage the Concrete NATA accredited testing Lab.

Conduct Internal Quality Audits.

Reviewing specifications ensuring precast units meet industry required standards.

Prepare System and Assembly drawings and Pre-stressing calculations.

Design of concrete mix and conduct the trial mix testing.

Promoting a culture of continuous improvement

Developing best practice systems and engaging with and influencing production staff 2007 June to 2008 May -Project Engineer

United Group Ltd. Australia

Waste Water Treatment Plant Construction in Gold Cost.

Project Management.

As an experienced SPE you would be responsible for:

Project delivery according to budget, program and specific project objectives

Management and supervision of assigned staff

Site activities - Coordinate site activities in conjunction with engineers and site foremen

Prepare and update project program for both internal and external requirements

Assist in maintaining and report actual costs compared to tender of each job at completion

Preparation of monthly reports addressing the performance of the project, areas of concern and opportunities on each project assigned, which is reported to senior management

Managing engineers in terms of claims, variations in time and further contractual obligations

Ensure all project Quality Assurance and OH&S requirements are documented and implemented

Comply and implement company procedures and directives of the Project Manager and Senior Management

Ensuring all works are in accordance with the applicable specifications and works are satisfactorily completed

Represent the company to the client, subcontractors and the public in a professional and ethical manner and maintain the company image and reputation

Quality control.

1997 May to 2007 May - Precast Production Engineer Hong Leong Asia Pty. Ltd., Singapore

Project Management and over all in charge for pre-cast production yard, which produced Pre tension & Post, tension Beams,

Girders for Bridges and Jetty construction projects.

Pre stressed Double tee Slabs for Singapore Airport terminal3 project.

Various type of Reinforced concrete pre cast Beams, Columns, Walls, Facade, and 3D precast elements for Singapore Housing Development multi-storey residential projects.

Managing the lab for material testing & Concrete sampling & testing. Achievements

a) Make new proposals and improve the construction work in efficient way. b) Solve the construction site practical problems and implement new ideas. c) Reduced the time to complete Production & Delivery by coordinating with sub contractor and main contractor.

d) Leadership ability providing mentorship, guidance & support e) Reduced the errors associated with the drawings by checking the drawings and clarifying with other technical staff.

f) Reduced the percentage of rejects supplier and sub contractors by clearly and precisely laying out quality plans and requirements.

g) Check the daily stressing calculation for pre-stress products. h) Carry out the Inspection together with the consultant. i) Proven commercial acumen include planning and reporting on progress, cost and risk. Job Description

a) Familiar with the AS standards and MRTS.

b) Production planning for a new project to achieve the Client Delivery targets. c) Prepare method of statements for construction activities and repair method of statements for repair works.

d) Design of concrete mixture for particular project to achieve the requirement. e) Supervise pre tension and post tension stressing activities. f) Calculate pre-stress stressing calculation to check the actual pre-stress within the stressing tolerance.

g) Organize the meeting with Sub-contractor and give instructions to carry out the construction work.

h) Checking and certifying the quantities and the quality of all local supply and imported materials received at site.

i) Organizing manpower to achieve the set targets as projected in the program j) Prepare the reports for the management and other sub-contractors k) Coordinate with Main contractor and Sub-contractor regarding the quality matters. l) Attending the Client’s meeting on behalf of company. m) Attend the meeting with our sale team staff to advice about the future projects ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

1992-1996 Bachelor of Engineering in Civil and Structural Engineering University of Peradeniya, SriLanka

(Assessed by Engineers Australia Ref : Contact ID 3005413 ) Area Covered,

Structures & Materials

Surveying

Geotechnics

Hydraulic Engineering

Structures & Concrete technology

Soil Mechanics

Concrete Technology

Foundation Engineering

2000-2002 Diploma in Information technology

Informatics, Singapore.

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