Project Manager Quality Assurance
Resume:
PANKAJ V VYAS
Phone: 647-***-****, Email: ********@*****.***
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Result oriented and hands-on Industrial project management professional with more than 15+ years of expertise in all facets of the industrial project management. Verifiable track record for the successful completion of multimillion dollars project through coordinating, developing partnership, and building positive rapport with internal-external agencies and clients while maintain costs. Well-versed in contract, negotiations, project engineering, issues, document preparation, material procurement and site management.
Areas of Expertise Include:
Planning, Scheduling and Organizing Skills Critical Thinker & Problem Solving Skill
Excellent Decision Making & Negotiation Skills Budget Analysis & Controls
Quality Control Management Leadership & Team Building Implementation of business changes Effective Time Management
Vendor & Materials Management Workplace Safety and Compliance
Strategic Analysis & problem solving Excellent Coordination Skills
Excellent Communication Skills High quality Mentor and facilitator
Self-motivated & committed to goals Team Builder & Conflict Resolver
Special Achievements:
• Successful accomplishment of more than seven green and brown filed project constructions with budget of US$ 250 million.
• Diversified project management experience for various industries from Textile, Petro-chemicals, and Power plants to Renewable energies.
• Involved from basic engineering & budgeting to commission and test runs of projects with capacity as Project Manager
o Contracts dealing and recruitment;
o Appointments of skilled trade workers in various disciplines;
o Budget controls and financial analysis;
o Co-ordination project related work with Government agencies, third parties and NGOs
o Review and approval of engineering CAD drawings (PIDs & 3D layouts) and technical specifications
o Vendor selection, negotiation and materials procurement management
o Manpower handling and on job ESH procedure implementation
o Overall supervision of Construction, erection, Testing and commissioning activities
Employee History:
Sharp Electronics Corporation – Solar Energy Solution Group, California, USA (Renewable Energy) (Green filed project of 10MW Solar plant with investment of US$ 60million in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Sharp Electronics Corporation is world leader in solar panel manufacturing).
Position: Project Manager From Aug 2011 – Present
• Overall in-charge of site
• Plan, schedule and verify project timeline
• Participate in review and approval of engineering design
• Quality Control and Quality Assurance activities
• Field Verification & Documentation
• Logistics and Material handling
• Lead the planning & implementation of Project
• Use of various PMO (Project Management Tools) like charts, plans and reports
• Administration of Project staff and provide direction and support
• Interconnection Management with Hydro One (HONI)
• Project Report Management defining the progress, issues and solutions.
• Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs
• Project Budget Management
• Project evaluations and assessment of results
• Start-up and Commissioning Management
SunPower Corporation, California, USA (Renewable Energy) (Green filed project of 20MW Solar power plant with investment of US$ 130million in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. SunPower the world leader in Solar panel efficiency and performance, plant installed with a modern tracking technology with solar panels of 19.2% conversion efficiency.)
Position: Site Superintendent From Nov 2010 – Jul 2011
Work as Site Superintendent and Quality assurance for 20MW Solar Power Farm in Amherstburg, Ontario Canada. Supervise, monitor, and record all activities of solar farm to meet the quality of SunPower and local regulatory authorities (ESA, CSA, and HONI):
• Day to Day Activities: As a Site Superintended involved in supervision of 20 MW solar farm erections, testing and commissioning for 60,000 PV panels on 6500 Trackers in total area of 180 acres. (Supervision of Concrete work, Third party testing, Installation supervision of Helical piers, Trackers (PV panels), MV & LV cables, Fiber signal cables, SCADA, Array wiring & MC4 connections, Combiners, Re-combiners, Inverters, Tracker motion control panels, A.C. Breakers, Transformers, Ground rings and network, Main substation installation and cabling, interfacing with HONI, ESA Inspections etc.)
• Supervision and co-ordination with General contractor and sub contractors for installation of Mechanical and Electrical equipments installation (Transformers, Inverters, Protection system, Re-combiner boxes, Combiner boxes etc.)
• Supervision of Combiner boxes & TMAC (Tracker Motor Advance Control) units for each row in Solar Farm. (Ultra modern Tracking technology developed by SunPower for most efficient conversation of Sun rays to electricity. The TMAC controls movement of trackers and position in direction of Sun)
• Quality Assurance: Implementation of QA plan for all equipment installation of 20 MW project from Trackers (PV panels) to equipments on pads 500KW to 1MW.
• Developed various quality control measures to monitor and record work quality like Daily log, Weekly and Monthly reports, Check lists, Completion reports (Travelers), Safety reports, LOTO etc. and implementation of SunPower quality plan for resolving defects (Fixer finder), NCRs and issues rise on day to day activities and request for information, design changes and amendments etc.
• Use and implement various PMO (Project Management Office) tools like DPMO system, Charts and report generations.
• Testing & Commissioning: Monitoring and evaluating testing like Continuity, Polarity, VOC IR, Hi-pot tests of Electrical wires, LV & DC cables and MV Cables.
• Supervise testing and commissioning of Electrical equipments like Transformers, Breakers, Inverters, Re-combiner and Combiner boxes, TMAC units and main substation upto Hydro One (HONI) connection.
• Overall in-charge of erection, testing, commissioning, Quality and working with one general contractor and four sub-contractors.
Aditya Birla Chemicals (Thailand) Ltd., Rayong, Thailand (Manufacturers of epoxy resin, hardeners, reactive diluents and allied products with a turnover of USD303 million. Affiliate of Aditya Birla Group, a premier global conglomerate with revenues of over USD32 billion.
Position: Manager From Nov 1991 – Jul 2010
Leading as Department Head of Electrical and Projects of Epoxy Division; Materials management, Procurements; Administration, plan and organize overall; Project management; Major modifications & de-bottlenecking of plants: Reports to the Sr. Vice President (Technical), lead a team of 30 – 35 skilled trade workers.
Selected Projects & Accomplishments:
• Project Manager: 2004 to 2007: Overall project management of specialty chemical production facilities of 45,000 TPA with budget of US$ 27 million. Oversee and supervise all activities of Green filed project for engineering design and budgeting; quality controls and materials management; erection to commissioning and creating EHS and SOP work procedures as a Project Manager. The project was successfully commissioned in time line with 5% under budget.
• Assistant Project Manager: 1998 to 2000: Worked as an Assistant project manager for major de-bottle necking of chemical plant with budget of US$ 6.5 million to increase productivity by 25%. Oversee all disciplines activities from planning and scheduling; procurement and safety; Manpower handling to completion of the project with test run.
• Project Coordinator: 1995 to 1997: Project Co-ordination for 20,000 TPA Epoxy resin plants and Pilot plant with budget of US$ 18 Million. Lead the team of 35 international skilled trade workers including Japanese, British, Korean, Australian, Indian and Thai. Directly involved in basic designing and detailed engineering; vendor selection and negotiation; order placement and imports; Commissioning and testing of overall project. Project was completed with 3% under budget.
• Project Electrical Engineer: 1991 to 1993: In-charge of Electricals installation of 10,000 TPA Epoxy resins plant with total budget of US$ 12 million. Planning and scheduling; basic and detailed engineering; procurement, commissioning and testing of electrical equipments. Project completed 60 days ahead.
Gujarat Industrial Power Co., Ltd, Baroda, India (A USD250 million project for Combined Cycle Power Generation plant with a capacity of 300 MW power generation with latest technology of Gas based and HRSG based power plant. Company is involved in Power generation, transmission and distribution activities)
Position: Technologist II From Jan 1991 – Nov 1991
Project Leader of Combined cycle power project; Supervised construction, erection and commissioning; Administration of manpower and material handling; Project management and Procurement: Reports to the General Manager, lead a team of 15 – 20 skilled trade workers with 135 contractor’s work force.
Selected Projects & Accomplishments:
• Project Superintendent: 1991 to 1991: Direct supervision of 6.6KV to 132KV substation from civil construction to equipment erection, testing and commissioning of combined cycle power generation plant. In addition, assist General Manager to supervise project construction of HRSG generator and gas generators with auxiliary utilities. Carried out project planning and schedule; co-ordination and quality control; detailed engineering, commissioning and testing of electrical equipments. Phase one project was commissioned before timeline and achieved early commissioning bonus.
Petrofils Co-operative Ltd, Baroda, India (A USD155 million Company of Polyester Chips and Polyester filament yarn in co-operation of Gujarat State Government with an capacity of 12,000 TPA of Polyester yarn)
Position: Technical Asst. III From Sep 1984 – Jan 1991
• Project Specialist: 1990 to 1991: Deputed on special work assignment as ‘Project Specialist’ for new project of Nylon-6 in different job location (Stay on deputation for eight months). Assist to Project manager for erection and commissioning of Nylon-6 plant.
• Project Asst. III: 1987 to 1989: Responsible for testing and commissioning of electrical & instrumentation atomization of pilot plant and polyester chips plant.
Professional / Education qualification:
• College graduated Diploma in Electrical Engineering from MS University of Baroda, India
• Supervisory License from Government of Gujarat State, India
• Registered member of OACETT (ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS AND TECHNOLOGISTS)
• ISO 9000 – Lead Auditor from Nova Quality Pte, Singapore
• ISO 14000 – Internal Auditor from Amprep, Thailand
• Expertise in TPM, 5S, QCC and KSS techniques
• Well-verse in analytical methods like, FEMA, WHY-WHY & Root-cause analysis, Ishikawa diagrams and Six sigma
• Proficiency in MS OFFICE® (MS word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS Outlook and MS Project basics)
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