Construction Project Manager/Engineer

::Meghna Chawla::

Email : **********@*****.***

Phone :812-***-**** / 812-***-****

:: Career Summary ::

- Over 4 years of experience in the Construction Industry working as a senior project coordination engineer.

- Worked with TATA Projects Limited as Sr. Engineer (Projects). (http://www.tataprojects.com), Kolkata, India from February 2008 to January 2010.

- Prior work experience as a Project coordinator at Nyati Builders Pvt. Ltd. (http://www.nyatigroup.com/nyatibuilderspvtltd.htm), Pune, India.

- Worked as a Project Trainee at Finesta Building Systems (http://www.fenesta.com), Gurgaon, India

- Hands on experience with Primavera, MS Projects, AutoCAD, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

- Familiar with FIDIC Contract Guide, Red Book, Silver Book, Joint Ventures, Amicable Settlements.

- Worked on Six sigma, Kaizen and Kan Ban theory.

- Was one of the members of the cross functional team for project risk assessment from Kolkata, India region at TATA Projects Ltd., India

- Good communication and interpersonal skills, systematic approach, and quick adaptability to new technologies.

- Ability to work effectively in a fast paced environment with zeal to accept work related challenges.

:: Professional Experience ::

::Organization:: : TATA Projects Limited, Kolkata, India

Position : Senior project coordination engineer.

Duration : February 2008 to January 2010

Company Description : EPC / Turnkey Projects of Power plants, Steel plants, Transmission and Distribution.

Roles & Responsibilities::

- Scheduled and tracked ongoing project progress (planned vs actual progress of activities) .

- Co-ordinated with site for the actual project progress.

- Floated enquires to vendors as per the project schedule for different packages.

- Followed up with vendors for offers.

- Evaluated offers from technical and commercial aspect.

- Finalised vendor on the basis of technical and commercial offers received.

- Did risk assessment of ongoing project during project execution.

- Reconciled material on weekly basis.

- Managed the site store.

- Settled claims with client and vendors which arouse during project execution.

Achievements::

- Managed time and cost by keeping a weekly track of project progress to check for any critical activities, crashed or started parallel activities in case of delay in project progress due to unavoidable reasons.

- Got the best vendors at the best cost by doing a through market study of the most competent vendors available in the market.

- Saved time by doing a complete background check of vendors before sending enquires to avoid wastage of time on non-competent and unprofessional vendors.

- Got offers on time and sometimes before the scheduled times from vendors due to continuous follow up with them and catering to their queries at the earliest.

- Followed up continuously with in house team for technical evaluation of offers.

- Avoided wastage and theft of material on site by reconciling material used on weekly basis during fabrication and erection stage.

- Avoided wastage of time and cost by maintaining the optimum quantities of material in site stores by using the supply chain principles (Kan ban theory and kaizens)

- Managed risk very efficiently by doing risk assessment before and during project execution.

- Avoided most of the claims by continuously co-ordinating with the client and keeping a record of all MOM's/communications with the client and activities at site.

::Organization:: : Nyati Builders Pvt. Ltd., Pune,India

Position : Project coordinator.

Duration : November 2004 to June 2006

Company description : Real Estate ,commercial projects.

Roles & Responsibilities::

- Prepared monthly progress reports of ongoing projects.

- Scheduled and tracked ongoing project progress (planned vs actual progress of activities) .

- Managed resources (man and material) .

- Prepared monthly cash flow statements.

- Reconciled material on weekly basis.

- Managed the site store by maintaining the material quantities.

- Weekly site visits to check the actual project progress.

- Estimated civil works, plumbing, painting, openings,electricals etc of the framed structures.

Achievements::

- Managed time and cost by keeping a weekly track of project progress to check for any critical activities, crashed or started parallel activities in case of delay in project progress due to unavoidable reasons.

- Effective usage of available resources by resource levelling and smoothening.

- Tracked any malfunctioning at the initial stage itself.

- Avoided wastage and theft of material on site by reconciling material used on weekly basis during construction stage.

- Avoided wastage of time and cost by maintaining the economic order quantities(EOQ) and reorder point(ROP) of material in site stores by using the supply chain principles (Kan ban theory and kaizens)

- Managed risk very efficiently by doing risk assessment before and during project execution.

::Organization:: : Fenesta Building Systems, Gurgaon, India

Duration : April'07 to June'07

Designation : Project Trainee - Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Project : Improvement of the existing supply chain of the organization.

Roles & Responsibilities::

- Study of the past 1 year's procurement process of the organization for different materials.

- Find the reorder point for the fast, medium and slow moving materials.

- Find the economic order quantity required for the fast, medium and slow moving materials.

- Find the safety stock required for each material.

- Work out the cost savings by comparing the existing process with the recommended process

:: Academics ::

- Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Construction Management (PGD-ACM) from NICMAR(National Institute of Construction Management and Research), Pune,India. Graduated in the year 2008 with CPI (7.5).

- Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering, B.E. (Civil), from Pune University, Maharashtra,India with First class.

- Certification Course in MS Projects & CANDY Software.

- PGD-ACM Summer Training at Fenesta Building Systems, Gurgaon,India.- Study of the existing Supply Chain in Fenesta and to give recommendations for any improvement.

- PGD-ACM Major Thesis: Need and Benefits of Supply Chain Management (SCM) in the construction industry in India.

- PGD-ACM Mini Thesis: Overview of Supply Chain Management in the Construction Industry.

- B.E. (Civil) Project: Study of contamination of soil due to waste from the distilleries.

Computer Skills::

- Operating Systems : WINDOWS (98,ME, 2000, XP )

- Design Tool & Others : Primavera, MS Project, AutoCAD ,MS office

- Familiar with : Auto plotter, Auto scan ,Auto steel, Pc Architect, Candy

Strengths::

- Good interpersonal and communication skills.

- Good presentation skills.

- Positive attitude and eagerness to learn.

- Trustworthy and honest

Co-curricular::

- Founder Member of Technical and Managerial News Letter of TATA Projects Ltd,Kolkata,India.

- Philanthropist; associated with various social service organizations.

- Participate in working model contest with the model on "Rain water Harvesting "

- Participated in workshop on 'Entrepreneurship Development".

- Actively participated in Sports and Cultural Programs at school and college level.

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