Prabakaran Thiagarajan, Contracts Manager

Prabakaran Thiagarajan

Contracts Manager

China State Construction Eng. Corp. CSCEC (ME) LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Quantity Surveying
Experience
21 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 10 Months

Contracts Manager at China State Construction Eng. Corp. CSCEC (ME) LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since May 2022

- Commercial Decision Maker
- Draft, Negotiate, and Administrate Main Contracts and Subcontracts.
- Commercial and Cost Control
Management
-Change Control Management
- Establish Margin Enhancement Plans.
- Risk & Claims Management
- Ability to Conduct Negotiations,

Contracts Manager (Projects) at PIVOT Engineering & Gen. Cont. Co. LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2018 to May 2022

Interprets/understands the respective obligations, responsibilities, and liabilities of the parties to the contract, and provides advice/guidance as appropriate.
Responsible, for the smooth administration of the contract, from start-up through to final account.
Responsible, with the Project Manager, for delivering the project to the Employer’s satisfaction.
Responsible for delegating/allocating Quantity Surveying tasks to Quantity Surveyors, setting objectives and monitoring their progress.
Contributes to the resolution of commercial, contractual and construction problems.
To be aware of and protect the Company’s commercial interests by pursuing prompt payment for work executed.
Management responsibility: supervisor. Key competencies typically include complex knowledge of contract documentation; ability to advise the delivery team on the contract responsibilities, contract documents, contract sum, and settlement adjustments; strong leadership, communication, training, analytical and mathematical skills. Risk management and a proactive approach to protect the companies interests.
Contractual/Commercial representative for the Contracts in Dubai Region and directly reports to the Commercial Director.
Providing techno-commercial leadership for construction project quantity surveying, key project indicators
Keen monitoring of change control procedures within the projects and ensures timely agreement of variations, claims and final accounts.
Negotiate, administer, manage and execute all Subcontracts including Subcontract negotiations, subcontract documentation, subcontract administration, commercial management, etc.
Ensure adherence to the organization’s policies, systems, processes and procedures.
Develop procedures in order to ensure reliable Quantity Surveying methodologies, commercial and contractual practices are in place.
Effectively process, administer and manage contract administration procedures.
Coordinates with other department to discuss and finalize all relevant commercial and contractual issues.
Provide internal Project teams with expert Quantity Surveying, commercial and contractual advice to ensure that the projects attain their contractual and commercial objectives.
Effectively administers and manage various Contracts in close coordination with the engineers, consultants, Subcontractors and Employer’s stakeholders.
Submission, Administration and manage change orders (including variations, claims and extension of time) and advise on commercial and contractual impact.
Initiate the issuance of notification letters, respond to correspondences with contractual and commercial impact
Monitoring progress of Commercial and Contractual operations and effective decision making

Contracts Manager at ANC Contracting LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2017 to November 2018

• Responsible for:
o Providing techno-commercial leadership for construction project quantity surveying, key project indicators
o Submission of interim valuation, variations, final accounts
o Initiating and ensure Contractual mechanism as conditions precedent.
o Agreeing and concluding the evaluations of Engineer’s/Employer’s under provisions of Contract.
• Formulating and preparing:
o Cost to Complete Budget
o Interim and final account statements
o Subcontract Agreements
• Looking after accurate pricing and rating of variations
• Procurement of Subcontracts in line with the project constraints.
• Interacting with sub-contractors & Suppliers; maintaining sub-contractors liabilities
• Developing payment certificates to sub-contractors as well as maintaining quality and accurate records

Senior Quantity Surveyor at Overseas AST Co. LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • December 2012 to March 2017

Provided technical leadership for construction project Quantity Surveying, Key Project Indicators.

> Preparation and submission of Interim Valuation.
> Accurate Budget Preparation.
> Site Co-ordination.
> Preparing Interim and Final account Measurement
> Accurate Pricing and Rating of variations
> Preparation of Subcontract Agreements
> Interim and final account agreement of subcontracts
> Maintenance of cost information
> Submitting Contract Cost Reports and Forecast to Senior Management.
> Correspondence with Sub-contractors & Suppliers.
> Maintaining Sub-contractors Liabilities.
> Preparation of Payment Certificates to Sub-Contractors.
> Good Quality and accurate records are kept and maintained

Quantity Surveyor at Dutco Balfour Beatty
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2005 to November 2012

Provided technical leadership for construction project Quantity Surveying, Key Project Indicators: Preparation and submission of Interim Valuation, Accurate Budget Preparation, Site Co-ordination, Preparing Interim and Final account Measurement, Accurate Pricing and Rating of variations, Preparation of Subcontract Agreements, Interim and final account agreement of subcontracts, Maintenance of cost information, Submitting Contract Cost Reports and Forecast to Senior Management, Correspondence with Sub-contractors & Suppliers, Maintaining Sub-contractors Liabilities, Preparation of Payment Certificates to Sub-Contractors, Good Quality and accurate records are kept and maintained.

Billing and Procurement Engineer at Hitech Builders
  • India - Chennai
  • June 2002 to September 2005

Tactfully manage the preparation of cost report and submission to Senior Management. Assisting Supply chain, manpower schedules, document/drawing deliverable log, procurement control log, Bill certification for the work done by the sub-contractors, project accrual report preparation(weekly & Monthly).

Education

Master's degree, Quantity Surveying
  • at Heriot Watt University
  • September 2015
Bachelor's degree, Quantity Surveying
  • at National Institute for Construction Management and Research
  • December 2007
Bachelor's degree, Civil Construction And Civil Engineering
  • at Madurai Kamaraj University
  • April 2002

Specialties & Skills

Profit Maximization
Cost Control
Procurement
Contracts
Quantity Surveying
Contractual Correspondence
Quantity take off
Claims Preparation
Expertise in MS Excel
Contract Drafting
Candy (Construction Computer Software)

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Tamil
Expert
Telugu
Intermediate
Malayalam
Intermediate

Memberships

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
  • Professional Member of Royal Institute of Quantity Surveyors (MRICS)
  • May 2019