senior Estimation Engineer
First Fix
Total years of experience :17 years, 10 Months
• Tendering & Estimation Department while exploring business opportunity with existing client as well as new client
• Reviewing the tender documents on receipt to ensure its completeness
• Guiding Junior Engineers and other team members in the estimation process, assisting project managers and contractors during bid analysis and negotiating the same with contracting personnel
• Attending pre-bid meeting to understand client’s requirement & interaction of views & ideas; coordinating & following-up to ensure post bid clarifications are addressed
• Evaluating contractual terms & conditions and commercial issues; advising for assessment of risk-bearing contractual terms and elimination of risks
• Collaborating with multiple organizations to determine the exact scope of work required in estimating report; reviewing and discussing the same with Organizational Heads for specific approach towards cost containment
• Submitting tender projects, attending tender meeting, negotiating with suppliers and clients, calculating labor cost, preliminary cost, over head for the project and calculating the profit and submitting to the top management
• Ensuring that commercial submissions to tenders are fully complied with all necessary details and is built up methodically in accordance with good estimating practice
• Maintaining the current and previous estimation records; ensuring accuracy, compliance, and completeness in the evaluated results
• Reviewing latest developments in estimation process; fostering relationship with contractors, studying current advancements &, visiting the site location and meeting other professionals engaged in it
• Follow up with clients or main contractor on the submitted offers.
• Value engineering to reduce the Project cost.
• Conducting quantity surveying, reviewing contract documents, assisting Contract Manager as well as assessing subcontractor’s application for variations/ claims and prepares calculation/ submission to the consultant and the client
• Administering quantity take-off/ measurement of works for subcontractor’s payment certificate
• Setting up cost plan, budget for new projects and preparing cost report for various sites on monthly basis
• Submitting the project for mechanical installation including material, labor and accessories cost and submit the bid on time
Responsibilities:
• Evaluating tender documents, drawings and schedules
• Floating enquiries to suppliers / manufacturers
• Negotiating with suppliers on both technical and commercial aspects of product
• Checking specific projects and carrying out value engineering studies
• Maintaining ISO documentation, recordkeeping, suppliers/manufacturers data bank records
• Delegating draftsmen for quantity take offs, cross checking quantities
• Maintaining the current and previous estimation records, and referring to it occasionally for ensuring the range of accuracy, compliance, and completeness in the evaluated results
• Collaborating with various organizations for determining the exact scope of work required in estimating report, reviewing and discussing the same with Organizational Heads for specific approach towards cost containment
• Reviewing the method / procedure adopted by the organization for estimation purpose, and determining the scope of development in the same
• Providing technical support to Junior Engineers and other team members regarding the estimation process, assisting project managers and contractors regarding bid analysis, and negotiating the same with contracting personnel
• Reviewing designing packaging, project drawings, etc., providing technical insights regarding its development, and preparing directions for estimating process accordingly
• Keeping track of the latest developments in estimating procedures, reviewing the same by maintaining relationship with contractors, reading about current advancements techniques in business magazines and other media, visiting the site location, and meeting other professionals involved in the estimating processes
• Submitting the project for mechanical installation including material, labor and accessories cost and submit the bid on time
Since 05-09-2007 to till dated EMEC, Doha, Qatar as Estimation Engineer
Responsibilities: • Evaluating tender documents, drawings and schedules
• Floating enquiries to suppliers / manufacturers
• Negotiating with suppliers on both technical and commercial aspects of product
• Checking specific projects and carrying out value engineering studies
• Maintaining ISO documentation, recordkeeping, suppliers/manufacturers data bank records
• Delegating draftsmen for quantity take offs, cross checking quantities
• Maintaining the current and previous estimation records, and referring to it occasionally for ensuring the range of accuracy, compliance, and completeness in the evaluated results
• Collaborating with various organizations for determining the exact scope of work required in estimating report,
reviewing and discussing the same with Organizational Heads for specific approach towards cost containment
• Reviewing the method / procedure adopted by the organization for estimation purpose, and determining the scope of development in the same
• Providing technical support to Junior Engineers and other team members regarding the estimation process, assisting
project managers and contractors regarding bid analysis, and negotiating the same with contracting personnel
• Reviewing designing packaging, project drawings, etc., providing technical insights regarding its development, and preparing directions for estimating process accordingly
• Keeping track of the latest developments in estimating procedures, reviewing the same by maintaining relationship with contractors, reading about current advancements techniques in business magazines and other media, visiting the site location, and meeting other professionals involved in the estimating processes
• Submitting the project for mechanical installation including material, labor and accessories cost and submit the bid on time
• Successfully handled complete estimation for around 500 project
MAY 2006 - JULY 2007 Al-Muhaidib Contracting Company, Jeddah as Quantity Surveyor
Responsibilities: Study the tender documents such as drawings, specification and bill of quantity and take off quantities.
Pricing and estimating the projects for submission of tender.
Preparing the shop drawings with aid of AutoCAD operators
Preparing the material submittal for the project consultant
Coordinating with other services such as civil and electrical services
Preparation of as built drawings and maintenance and operation manuals for the client.
Preparing the take-off of the needed material at site for procurement.
Preparing the progress billing with the coordination of project manager and the client.
Installation testing and commissioning
Supervising the installation at site.
MAY 2004 - April 2006 Kerala Hitech Industries Ltd Thivanathapuram, Kerala, India as Planning Engineer
Responsibilities: Analyzed the assembly drawings and prepared smooth and uninterrupted manufacturing process in CNC
machines i.e. lathe, milling, drilling, turner machines etc.
Prepared various stages of manufacturing drawings using AutoCAD
Supervising all aspects of manufacturing processes in machine shop and smoothly arranged inspection of X-ray
welding, pressure test, ultrasonic test, and DP test
April 2003 - April 2004 Carries pipes and Tubes Cochin, Kerala, India as Production Engineer
Responsibilities: Ensured compliance norms and adherence to the systems with desired quality maintained for Roto- moulding
products
Prepared target planning and ensured implementation of the schedule as per the plan
Maintained uninterrupted production schedule by proper maintenance of Roto moulding, extruder and pulverizing machine
Performed verification of machine efficiency and made cost analysis to achieve the production target and to meet
budget
TRAININGS
• Attended trainings on ISO, NFPA and NDT Testing (Material Testing)
• Bachelor of Technology / Engineering in Mechanical from Cusat Cochin university Kerala in 2002