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| Ref # |  | JS177824 |
| Year of birth | | 1957 |
Permanent/Home Location/Address |
| City or Town | | Thiruvananthapuram |
| State | | Kerala |
| Country | | INDIA |
Current Location/Address |
| State | | Kerala |
| Country | | INDIA |
Languages |
| Primary Language | | Fluency |
| Other | | Read, write and speak fluently |
Nationalities |
| Main Nationality | | INDIA |
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Experience Classification |
| Job Function | | Years Experience |
| Assistant Resident Engineer | | 5 |
| Resident Engineer | | 5 |
| Construction Manager | | 10 |
| Design Engineer | | 8 |
| Industry | | Years Experience |
| Civil Engineering | | 28 |
| Port Facilities | | 28 |
Qualifications |
| Highest Qualifications | | Masters |
| Qualification | Subject | Establishment/Country | Year |
| Masters or Higher | Marine Structures | Karnataka REC, Mangalore University, India | 1985 |
| Degree | Civil Engineering | Kerala University. India | 1978 |
Other Qualifications, Memberships, Certification
ASCE
PIANC
MIE (India) |
Computer Skills and Software Used |
| MS office, Autocad, Staad, MS Project |
Work Locations |
| Are you willing to move or relocate? | |
| Yes - I will relocate internationally | |
Availability |
| Start Immediately? | | Available Now |
Ideal Next Job |
| Head Projects, Vice President (Projects), Project Engineer. Project Manager, Senior Coastal Engineer, Senior Port Engineer, Head of Technical in any port organisation or consultancy or contracing companies in the Middle East on a married/ single status basis |
Required Salary & Conditions |
| As per market rates (salary per month) plus paid housing, car and medical |
Employment History |
| Total Years of Work Experience: | | 34 |
| Commenced Full Time Work: | | 1978 |
| Name | | Brunel Oil & Gas Services LLC, Qatar Secondment to Qatar Petroleum |
| Job Title: | | Senior Marine Civil Engineer |
| Duration | | From : 2008 To: 2009 |
Summary |
| More than 28 years in coastal engineering (marine civil engineering) field including design, engineering, project management and O&M of port and other coastal engineering facilities |
Work Experience |
Objective A challenging, growth oriented engineering and project management position at a senior level where my education, experience and administrative knowledge will be an asset to the organization
Profile • University of Kerala (India) graduate B.Sc(Engg) in Civil Engineering having a Master’s degree M.Tech in Marine Structures from Mangalore University (India)
• 29+ years of experience in port engineering organizations in positions of progressively responsible supervisory, technical design, project management, business development and administrative head as a technocrat , out of which:
o Assistant Engineer with 5+ years of field level positions in hydrographic, topographic and geophysical investigations and construction site management of breakwaters, wharf and other port structures
o Senior Civil/Marine Civil Engineer with 10+ years of engineering of port structures, both major ports and shallow draft harbours in open sea and estuaries, including FEED and EPIC
o Senior Project Engineer / Vice president (Planning) with 14+ years of experience in senior level and responsible project management and administrative management positions including business development activities
Key Strengths • Team player, motivator and organization skills
• Theoretical knowledge of coastal engineering, oceanography and hydrodynamics of sea and estuaries
• Versed in project management, site construction co-ordination, estimating, cost controlling, contract administrations, interaction with consultants and stakeholders
• Proven success in senior level management of port organization including business development and resolving issues
Project Types • Ports and coastal engineering
Employment History • Mesaieed Port Onshore Engineering, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar
Senior Project Engineer Marine (On call off basis through Brunel Oil & Gas Services WLL)
(August 2008 to November 2009)
Project management of major port projects in the Mesaieed Port under Qatar Petroleum. Duties involve to provide, with full responsibility and accountability, project management services in the areas of Berth & other Marine Structural works, foundation and structural, during Definition, Detailed Design and Execution stages, ensuring that designs are in compliance with the latest Codes, Standards, Procedures, Practices, National / International and Corporation requirements and procedures. Liaison with other Discipline Engineers and End-Users, co-ordinate with external consultant and construction contractors, in order to develop cost effective and fit-for- purpose design solutions, to fit Corporate requirements, Prepared and reviewed conceptual designs, preliminary designs and detailed designs for facilities and infrastructure work, based on an approved Statement of Requirements (SOR), Coordinated with other divisions to develop Scope of Work (SOW), Specifications and design criteria for facilities and infrastructure projects, to be included in tenders for Engineering Consultancy and/or Construction/EPIC. Convened technical meetings, reviewed designs, drawings, and procedure for FEED and EPIC contracts. Tender analysis of consultancy services tenders was done.
Ongoing projects are Expansion of Gabbro berth and a Container Terminal catering to Panamax vessels. Reviews of submittals in regard to marine works of the above projects were carried out. Coordinated with other divisions to draft the Scope of Works for FEED of Upgrading of Berths 9 & 10 at Mesaieed, ECS for Upgrading of Nautical Channels at Mesaieed and FEED of Mesaieed South Port Basin Development.
• PONDICHERRY PORT LIMITED, INDIA
(January 2008 – August 2008)
Vice President (Planning)
Reporting to CEO, the duties were heading all technical activities of a special purpose company engaged in the development, operation and maintenance of a green field deepwater port from concept to commissioning. The port in progress will have 6 container terminals, one ro-ro/ general cargo berth, one edible oil berth, one cruise terminal and a marina. Sand bypassing and beach nourishment are a part of the project. This open sea port will be having two breakwaters to form a calm harbour basin dredged to -16m.
Duties involved optimizing layout plan of port including breakwaters, quaywalls, nautical channel, onshore container yards, equipments, rooad and rail, bridge and traffic, review of designs and reports by consultant (Halcrow India), formulate Design Basis based on the regulations of Local and Union Government stipulations and the agreement between the Port Company and the Government, coordination with consultant, contractors, Government, local bodies, environmental agencies, power suppliers, labour authorities. Responsibility included dealing with lessees of port land and facilities, contractors. Administrative responsibility included advance planning, budgeting and coordination in respect of all the sectors of a port development.
• Department of Projects, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat.
(March 2006 to January 2008)
Harbour Expert
Client engineer, technical advisory role from concept to commissioning and maintenance of harbour projects in Sultanate of Oman. The duties performed include formulation of Terms of reference (TOR) for the consultancy for design stage services, tender stage and construction supervision, scrutiny of design packages, model study reports, field data reports, BOQs, Tender documents, tender evaluation reports, tracking activities, payment certificates and progress reports, Conducting of Project Progress Review meetings and contract administration and trouble shooting. Coordination between different agencies involved in project implementation is done. Interactions with international consultants and model study stations were undertaken. Partial list of design review and project management activities below:
o Optimizing layout of various harbours in Oman
o Design review of Block work quay wall in Seeb, Barka and Suwaiq Harbours in Batinah Coast (-6m dredge level),
o Design Review of Breakwaters at Seeb, Barka and Suwaiq Harbours in Batinah coast (with varying depths up to -10m)
o Project management of Seeb harbour
• Harbour Engineering Department, Kerala, India
(1981 to 1993 and 1994 to 2006)
Joined as Assistant Engineer and rose to the level of Superintending Engineer / Deputy Chief Engineer, the 2nd position in the organization, through different levels.
Harbour Engineering Department of Kerala State plan, design, fund, construct, operate and manage all the harbors in the Sate jurisdiction. They include commercial ports and fishing ports.
Carried out project management of port structures such as breakwaters and wharf, dredging, roads, buildings, water supply, power supply and drainage systems.
Carried out purely design as well as design supervisory tasks for various marine structures / land based structures for the development of ports throughout the State for more than 10 years
Associated closely with the formulation of project including layout planning, design reviews, hydraulic modeling and bidding process of the Vizhinjam International Deepwater Container Port.
Various activities carried out during the tenure were:
• Planning, investigation and design of ports, fishing harbours and marine structures in Kerala. Conducted feasibility studies, prepared project reports and detailed engineering designs in the design wing of the Harbour Engineering Department.
• Associated with research institutes in the physical and mathematical model studies to arrive at the optimum layout of ports from the points of view of sedimentation, tranquility and harbour oscillation, hydraulic design of breakwaters etc.
• Designed various port facilities and marine structures viz. breakwaters, jetties, wharves, caissons, docks, warehouses, transit sheds, cargo handling systems. Partial list of design activities undertaken below:
o Breakwater of Vizhinjam Port (in water depth upto 13m and 450m long)
o Associated in the designs of caissons for Oscillating Water Column device for wave power project at Vizhinjam placed at a sea bed level of -14m
o Block work quay wall at Vizhinjam port for General Cargo Berth at -10m depth
o RCC Pile and deck quay wall at Vizhinjam port (-6 m dredge level, 600 m length)
o Breakwater of Thangassery Port (in water depth upto 10m and 2.50 km long)
o RCC Pile and deck quay wall at Neendakara Port (-4m dredge level, 400 m long)
o Blockwork quay wall at Neendakara Port (-6m dredge level, 250m long)
o Jetties at the mouth of Munambam estuary at Munambam Port
o Jetties at Ponnani port, up to depth of -8m
o Jetties at Beypore Estuary up to -6m sea bed level
o RCC pile and deck quay wall in Beypore Port with a design dredge level of -10m
o Jetties to train Azhikkal Port entrance at Azhikkal Estuary at -10 m sea bed level
o RCC pile and deck quay wall at Azhikkal Port
o Design review of a proposed international container hub port elements of a deepwater port with a depth around 22m at Vizhinjam, that was put for international bidding
• Construction/Project management of commercial and fishing ports under the State jurisdiction. Partial list of project management activities executed below:
o Vizhinjam Port with a 180m long blockwork quay wall berth for general cargo for 10m draft vessels, 400 m long RCC piled jetty with a maximum dredge depth of 6m for fishing vessels
o Breakwaters/ jetties and quay walls at the ports of Ponnani, Puthiappa, Chombal, Azhikkal
o Gabion revetments at Ponnani estuary
o EPIC of a wave energy caisson at Vizhinjam
• Prepared Feasibility Reports for the Development of Ports at Ponnani Port and associated closely with the preparation of Detailed Feasibility Reports for the Development of Ports at Azheekkal Port and Vizhinjam.
• Prepared technical specifications, cost estimates, tender documents, evaluated bids and offered recommendations, arranged works through contracts in the capacity of agreement authority.
• Interacted and coordinated with experts and consultants in public and private sectors and contractors.
• Represented the Government of Kerala in Ministries of Government of India and various forums for discussions and presentation of project proposals.
• AL JALHAMI TRADING & CONTRACTING ESTABLISHMENT, RIYADH, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
(1993-1994)
Design Supervisor
The main functions were to perform Hydraulic and Structural designs of all the Civil Engineering components of the drainage system for the Riyadh Refinery owned by Saudi Aramco. In addition to the above, being the Design Supervisor, my duties comprised the supervision of the various designs under the other disciplines of Electrical, Mechanical and Instrumentation. The co-ordination of the activities of all the design engineers and interaction with the Project Engineers of Saudi ARAMCO, M/s.MOQBIL Establishment, Alkhobar, as well as the soil investigations by boreholes, which was subcontracted to M/s Al Huseini ADA, Alkhobar.
Education • M.Tech (Master of Technology) in Marine Structures (1985)
Karnataka Regional Engineering College, Suratkal (Mangalore University), India
(Major topics: Wave Hydrodynamics and Wind Waves, General Oceanography and Estuary Hydrodynamics, Harbour Planning, Operating and Management, Design of Marine Structures, Coastal Engineering, Construction Planning and Maintenance of Marine Structures)
• B. Sc (Engg) Degree in Civil Engineering (Year 1978)
Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, (University of Kerala), India
Professional Affiliations • MIE (India)
• Member of PIANC (Permanent International Association of Navigation Congress)
• Associate Member of ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
Significant Publications • "Waves off Vizhinjam Harbour and their effect on the Rubble Mound Breakwater Stability" at the First National Conference on Dock and Harbour Engineering held at IIT Bombay(1985)
• "Wave Height Distribution off Vizhinjam" at the Seminar on Coastal Engineering for Fisheries and Ports held at Trivandrum(1986)
• "Wave Height Distribution off Vizhinjam on West Coast of India" at the 8th Congress of Asia and Pacific Regional Division of the International Association for Hydraulic Research, held at Pune(1992)
• “Siltation of basin and its prevention – A case study” at the 2nd National Conference on Harbour and Ocean Engineering” (Inchoe-97) held at Thiruvananthapuram (1997)
• “M A F Experiences in Coastal Zone Management (Fishery Harbours)” at the “Workshop on Coastal Erosion Along the Batinah”, Sultan Qaboos University, 20-21 March 2007
Seminars Attended • 29th ISTAM CONGRESS conducted by Indian Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in December 1984 at KREC, Surathkal, Karnataka, India.
• Seminar on Coastal Engineering for Fisheries and Ports held at Trivandrum, India in May 1986
• 2nd National Workshop on Wave Studies and Applications conducted in December 1988 at Ernakulam, India.
• Regional Workshop on Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRSIA) Mission and its application Potential held at Trivandrum, India in September 1989
• 3rd National Conference on Dock and Harbour Engineering held at KREC, Surathkal, India in December 1989.
• 8th Congress of the Asia and Pacific Regional Division of the International Association of Hydraulic Research, held at CWPRS, Pune, India during October 1992.
• 2nd National Conference on Harbour and Ocean Engineering” (Inchoe-97) held at Thiruvananthapuram, India (1997)
• “Workshop on Coastal Erosion Along the Batinah”, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman 20-21 March 2007
Other relevant information
• Worked in the capacity of Vigilance Officer of the Harbour Engineering Department from 1998 to 2006. Undergone orientation program for the vigilance officers in 1999.
• Expert member of the committee constituted by the Government of Kerala for the development of Azhikkal Port (till 2006)
• Expert member of Kerala Planning Board committee for expediting projects
GENERAL INFORMATION Can comprehend and converse in English, Malayalam and Hindi
Widely travelled in India, Sultanate of Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia
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