Udayalikumar Bommuraj

Outline

• Worked for a leading EPC company supplying/delivering/constructing to customers across the world.
• Managing a team of 120 people and coordinating all ongoing EPC projects in India.

Job Responsibilities

• Directed advancement of the Construction Execution Plan, work breakdown structure, construction schedule, resource requirements, equipment rental schedules, and construction progress/forecasts by construction team on-site.
• Responsible for the functional direction, teamwork, and effectiveness of all on-site construction operations and support departments, including HSE, Quality, Material Management, Procurement, Construction Engineering, and Project Controls.
• Examining weekly and monthly reports on contract status and progress, including project costs and potential changes, and informing management about status of projects.
• Collaborating on ongoing projects such as IOCL's Catalytic De-Waxing Unit II in Haldia, IOCL's Diesel Hydrotreating Unit in Barauni, IOCL's Naphtha Hydrotreater and Isomerization in Barauni, and CPCL's Cauvery Basin Refinery package in Nagapattinam.
• Assuring that project is built and documented according to contract documents and good engineering practice.
• Actively hiring personnel includes interviewing, employing, assigning work, training, coaching, and counseling to ensure that Employee Guidelines are followed consistently.
• Generating subcontract bid packages, analyzing them, and recommending awards as well as ensuring that all subcontractors are mobilized and demobilized on time.
• Developed and implemented risk mitigation plans to reduce potential project delays and costs.
• Identified and resolved construction issues promptly to prevent delays.
• Monitored subcontractor operations and applied effective time, resource, and money management strategies to deliver under-budget project completion.
• Monitored construction sites for compliance with safety regulations and adherence to standards.

Key Achievements

• Managing a team of 120 professionals across diverse functions to drive smooth operations in projects & bolster brand visibility.
• Overseeing crisis communication by carefully drafting content and ensuring on-time communication for same.
• Maintained and unblemished health & safety records across all projects.

Outline

• Accountable for company-wide construction projects to operate within budget and to ensure projects/ construction to deliver projects on time with customer satisfaction.
• Managing a team of 24 people for planning, monitoring progress, resource allocation, budgeting, vendor negotiation, and placing orders for both construction sites and shop.
• Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.

Job Responsibilities

• Adroit in preparing requests for proposals, subcontract management plans, negotiation strategy, purchase order creation and execution, and contract close-outs
• Aiding project management by creating cost and timeline baselines, status updates, progress and performance evaluations, variation assessment and change management, forecast to completion, and project reports
• Supervising cost estimating functions such as impartial cost estimating, and cost estimates produced by estimating team
• Excellently keeping a watch on cases where Subcontractors fail to meet their contract agreements, assess the consequences in terms of cost and time with the help of the Project Manager, and notify the Project department to inform the involved party
• Evaluating existing subcontracts (including terms and conditions, statements of work, technical requirement specifications, and so on) and looking for areas of risk like conflicts, deviations, and ambiguities
• Coordinated with the project team to investigate and resolve any legal claims or disputes relating to subcontracts
• Creating monthly cash flow and resource plan curves and charts for duration of assigned projects Handling control team in all aspects of project control, including scope, cost, schedule, resource, change, and risk
• Possess expertise in schedule preparation, integration, and critical path analysis. Magnificently drafting correspondence pertaining to contractual matters as well as keeping track of the status of change orders and claims

Key Achievements

• Implemented corrective measures which reduced the depletion of project contribution margins by 3% in the financial year 2019-20 by controlling the labour and manpower cost.
• Implemented best practice processes that increased engineer productivity by establishing KPI's for the timely completion of the project and to increase labor productivity.
• Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
• Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.

Outline

• Working closely with projects team, overseeing delivery of all construction projects to strict standards, budgets, and deadlines
• Managing a team of 40 people and driving performance standards for planning, monitoring progress, resource allocation, and budgeting, for both construction sites and shop.
• Demonstrated high level of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks.

Job Responsibilities

• Involved in making regular site visits to conduct audits, leading to a better understanding of Quality Management System's implementation (QMS)
• Lead the cost and schedule contingency management process for assigned projects, working with key stakeholders to determine project risks
• Deploying the assigned project's cost and time management program (s) while also supporting area infrastructure planning efforts at various stages, making cost estimates and budgets easier to develop, and establishing reasonable cost and schedule baselines
• Developed monthly reports viz. Order Pipe & Order Book Position, Job Status Report, Contracts Reporting, Productivity Report, Additional Claims, LD Risk, and Margin Depletion Reports
• Performing trend analysis and vigorously evaluating project cost and schedule achievement to identify potential risk areas, validate forecasts, and communicate them to key stakeholders
• Generated a Waterfall or Flying Bricks Chart to comprehend how an initial value is influenced by a series of intermediate positive or negative values, such as the budget contribution margin
• Constructing dashboards to communicate real-time cost and schedule performance to teams Incorporating a standardized set of cost and schedule reports helps senior management make data-driven decisions

Key Responsibilities

• Reduced predicted project costs by INR 32 million by sourcing an alternate vendor in one of the construction site
• Implemented best practice processes that increased engineer productivity by establishing KPI's for the timely completion of projects and to increase labour productivity.
• Applied effective time management techniques to meet tight deadlines.

Outline

• Installing, Repairing, and Maintaining all construction projects, especially in site execution and planning works for Indian projects.
• Calculating required material amounts and labour requirements of projects.

Job Responsibilities

• Controlled overall process from conceptual development stage through final construction, making sure that the project gets done on time and within budget.
• Dexterously finalized progress measurement philosophy to develop the progress "S" Curve to monitor the Plan Vs Actual Progress; prepared Look Ahead Schedules to ensure timely completion of the project.
• Conducted meetings for project progress and necessary adjustments or rectifications required.
• Ensured materials received are in accordance with the quantity & quality; coordinating with various agencies for the same.
• Provided and reviewed data in respect of variation orders and site instructions.
• Utilized skills in contract management, the scope of work, estimation, and procurement plan for assigned projects; also created master schedule with a logical sequence and interface milestones.

Key Achievements

• Reduced predicted project costs by INR 32 million by sourcing an alternate vendor in one of the construction site.
• Implemented best practice processes that increased engineer productivity by establishing KPI's for the timely completion of projects and to increase labour productivity.