GM OPERATIONS/CONTRACTS / TECHNO-COMMERCIAL / BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT / PROJECT MANAGEMENT

To perform as a professional team leader of a successful project execution team with my 25 years of combined skills in Project/Health&Safety management, Operations, Marketing, Business development, etc.

ORGANISATIONAL SCAN

Since Aug’08: Eram International Contracting Co., Jubail
Divisional Manager (Projects & Maintenance Services Division)

Significant Highlights:
 Steered extended project management & maintenance functions viz., Mechanical, Industrial, E&I and Construction Projects, Shutdown/Turnaround Maintenance Services contracts.

FEB’07-JUN’08: GAS Arabian Services, Dammam
Technical Manager

Significant Highlights:
 Established state of the art - Rotating Equipment Maintenance facility in Jubail with FS Elliott for Air Compressors.

APR’05-DEC’07: Tranzcivil Ltd. / Glenn Henderson Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand
Manager (Operations, Health & Safety)

Significant Highlights:
 Managed complete business operations - Demolition, Civil Maintenance & Construction Projects entailing:
 Projects and Annual maintenance contracts
o Health & safety management: Management Representative for implementation of Health & Safety Management for the parent company i.e., Glenn Henderson Ltd. and Tranzcivil Ltd.

AUG’97-MAR’05: Al Najim Saudi International Co. Ltd., Dammam
Divisional Manager (Machine Shops, Fabrication & Field Services)

Significant Highlights:
 Deftly administered functions related to Projects & Services: Business Development, Management of Machine Shop, Fabrication Shop & Valve Maintenance Shop including:
o Marketing & management of various petrochemical shutdown/maintenance contracts in the fields of Valve Maintenance, OH & Testing, AMCs, Machine Tool Maintenance, Specialist Millwright Services, Pump/Equipment Repair, etc.
o Execution of various Saudi Aramco/SABIC/SCECO - shutdown/maintenance contracts.
o Saudi Aramco, Hadeed as well as SCECO approvals/certification - manufacturing & vendor approvals for fabrication & machine shops.

PRECEDING ASSIGNMENTS

MAY’93-JUL’97: Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Chennai, Bokaro Steel City & Kolkata, India as Senior Engineer - Speciality Valves Division
MAR’89-APR’93: TTG Industries Ltd., Chennai, India as Marketing Executive (Projects)
MAY’87-FEB’89: C. Doctor & Co. Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore, India as Technical Sales Engineer

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration in 1993
Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) in 1987
Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
Special Achievement: 1st class with Distinction & 1st Rank in Institute

Professional Memberships:
 Member of Project Management Institute - PMI Arabian Gulf Chapter (Membership No. 556666)
 Member of Toast Masters International - Discovery Club, AlKhobar
 Project Management Training organised by Anexas

Professional Trainings & Seminars:
 Selling by Objectives: Mercury Goldman
 Communication Skills: Larsen & Toubro
 Transactional Analysis: Larsen & Toubro
 Total Quality Management and ISO 9000 Standard: Larsen & Toubro
 Seminar on Pneumatic Conveying System: Scarpio Engineering, India
 ISO Internal Auditor: ABS Consultants
 Site Safe Advanced Passport: Site Safe, New Zealand
 Confined Space Safety: Summit Systems, New Zealand
 Air Port Construction Site Safe: Howkins Construction
 Supervisor Gold Card Course: Site Safe New Zealand
 First Aid: Meditrain Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand
 Road Opening & Traffic Management Course: Construction Land Based Training Ltd., New Zealand
 Construction Management Course: Site Safe New Zealand