ATUL PARALKAR
979-***-**** (mobile) | ************@*****.*** | 2500 Woodland Park Dr., Apt J103, Houston, TX 77077
Title: Manager of Services – Global Field Support Services
Education: M.S., 2006, Construction Management, Texas A&M University (GPA 4.0/4.0)
B.Arch., 2003, Architecture, University of Mumbai (GPA 3.55/4.0)
Short Courses: Primavera 5 (Enterprise)
Certifications: OSHA 30-Hour Certification #600074628
Council of Architecture (INDIA) #CA/2008/42855
Mr. Paralkar has about 8 years’ construction and architecture experience including responsibilities as project architect in construction coordination, as project controls specialist in construction management, and Manager of Services in construction management. Further to his Master’s degree in Construction Management, he has also
completed an OSHA 30-Hour certification.
Manager of Services, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, 5995 Rogerdale Road, Houston, TX 77072
Feb ’12 to Present
Analyses of Construction Readiness Reviews, Turnaround Readiness Reviews, Client Satisfaction Surveys, Safety Data, Lessons Learned, Workface Planning results, assist Project Mobilization Teams, Field Labor Analysis 6.0, Project Controls analysis, assist for mid-year reviews and road show presentations. Support Business Development effort and analyze overall Performance & Productivity of Global Field Support Services. Conduct special projects assigned in areas such as safety initiatives, communications and people/talent management.
Project Controls Specialist, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, 5995 Rogerdale Road, Houston, TX 77072
Jan ’07 to Jan ‘12 (5 Years)
Specific tasks include coordinating information from different project disciplines, and being responsible in all areas of Project Controls: Cost Control, Estimating, Planning & Scheduling, Earned Value Management, Quantity Trending & Forecasting, Change Management, Field Project Controls, and Project/Client/Management Reporting.
Clients: Exxon Mobil, BP, Sabic, Flint Hills Resources.
• Cost Engineer / Analyst, Saudi Elastomers Projects, Phase 3 - Design Stage.
• Field Cost Engineer, Small Cap Projects / Continuous Presence, BP, Texas City, TX. Total Installed Cost (TIC) range from $5MM to $40MM each.
• Field Cost Engineer, Non Road Diesel Project, ExxonMobil, Baton Rouge, LA. TIC $550 Million.
• Cost Engineer, Unit 38 Run Length Project and Unit 33 Hydrotreater Realignment Project, Flint Hills Resources, Pine Bend, Minnesota. Total installed cost $96 Million & $72 Million respectively. Coke Drum Replacement Project, Flint Hills Resources, Corpus Christi, TX.
• Cost Engineer, #3 Crude Revamp Project, Flint Hills Resources, Pine Bend, MN. TIC $145 Million.
• Scheduler, Backbone Projects, BP, Texas City TX, Toledo OH.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Construction Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
Aug ’05 to Dec ’06 (1.5 Years)
Graduate Teaching Assistant to Prof. Robert Segner (COSC601 Construction Practices, COSC254 Building Materials and Methods II) and Kim Carlson (COSC253 Building Materials and Methods I)
Construction Intern, KB Home, Houston Division, 11320, Richmond Ave., Houston, TX 77082, USA
Jun ’06 to Aug ’06 (0.25 Years)
3 Month internship in the departments of Construction, Purchasing and Customer Service.
Architect, Kapadia Associates Pvt. Ltd., 112-114 Peninsula Center, Dr. S.S.Rao Rd., Mumbai 400012
Apr ’04 to Jun ’05 (1.25 Years)
Design development, correspondence and coordination with Clients & service consultants, conceptual / presentation / tender / working drawings, regular site visits and supervision.
* Associated Firm: Design Partners Architects (DPA), Singapore.
Architect, Charles Correa Associates, 9 Mathew Road, Near Opera House, Mumbai 400004, INDIA
Dec ’02 to Mar ’04 (1.25 Years)
Design development, correspondence and coordination with service consultants, conceptual / presentation / tender / working drawings, regular site visits and supervision. Design development services for national & international projects.
*Associated Firms: Goody Clancy Associates- Boston, Moffat Kinoshita Architects- Toronto.
Special Fields of Knowledge:
• FLA6 (Field Labor Analysis / Earned Value Management System)
• JPCS (Total Installed Cost Software)
• Prolog (Change Management)
• Primavera (Scheduling)
• M.S. Project (Scheduling)
• JACS 5.02 (Cost Control)
• IHOCS 4.07 (Cost Control)
• AutoCAD 2005 (Computer Aided Drawings)
• CADSoft Build (CAD based Estimation)
• Adobe Photoshop 7 (Graphics and imaging)
• Corel Draw 12 (Graphics and imaging)
Languages:
• English US / UK (Fluent written and spoken)
• Hindi (Good written and spoken)
• Marathi (Good written and spoken)
Organizations:
• Vice President, Construction Management Association (CMA), Texas A&M University, 2006-07
• Department Representative, Graduate Students Council (GSC) at Texas A & M University, 2005-06
• President, Students Council, Rizvi College of Architecture – University of Mumbai, 2001-02
• Member / Volunteer, AID – TAMU Chapter, Texas A & M University, 2005 -06
• Captain, Aggie Cricket Club (ACC) at Texas A & M University, 2005-06. Winning team for Fall ’06.
Awards and Honors:
• Selected as department representative for first Jacobs North America Graduate Weekend (Jacobs Futures
Group), 03/2010
• Centex Construction Company Inc. Scholarship, Dept. of Construction Science, Texas A & M University,
2006-07
• O.N. Mitchell, Jr. Endowed Fellowship, Dept. of Construction Science, Texas A & M University, 2005-06
• Best Student Award for Architecture Faculty in the year 2002-03 by PEATA (INDIA) [Practicing Engineers
Architects and Town Planners Association estd.1965]
• Nominated for the Charles Correa Gold Medal 2002-03.
• Organizing Team & Delegate: International Conference on Humane Habitat IV (ICHH) and Archfest 1999-2003.
• Special Mention winning team: National Association for Students of Architecture, INDIA) (i) G.Sen. Trophy
1999 (ii) Nari Gandhi Trophy 2000.
References:
• Manoj Srivastava, Project Controls Manager, Exxon Mobil, 832-***-**** *****.*.**********@**********.***
• Sanjeev Sastry, Project Controls Lead, Chevron, 832-***-****
• Dinette (Netty) Boer, Manager of Project Controls, CH2M Hill, 281-***-****
• Babette Hastings, Project Controls, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., 832-***-****
• Ar. Niranjan Shinde, Principal Architect, NSA Architects Mumbai (INDIA), +91.932-***-****
• Ar. Abhinav Wakhle, Architect, Mumbai (INDIA), +91.992.0326355.
Interests:
• Regular member of Westside Cricket Club, Houston TX since Summer ‘07
• Learning golf, with golf scramble appearances for Jacobs Engineering in Spring ’09 and Fall ‘10
• Music and movie interests across various genres
• Founder/Organizer of the annual Minal Panchal Architecture Award for Univ. of Mumbai Colleges since 2011.