Bijoy Balagopal, Project Engineer and HSE officer

Bijoy Balagopal

Project Engineer and HSE officer

Brewer Smith Brewer Group

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
Experience
18 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 4 Months

Project Engineer and HSE officer at Brewer Smith Brewer Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since February 2015

• Assisting Project manager in overall project management and construction supervision throughout the project duration
• Overall supervision checks and monitoring on all the site activities (Civil, structural, architectural, and interior design works) to ensure that the work is carried out in accordance with design, technical requirements and contract specification.
• Maintains and updates work schedule, planning and other informative control systems in monitoring the project progress. Identify and report on issues that may affect the work priorities and schedule.
• Review of contractor’s documents including Shop drawing, Method statement, Material submittal, risk assessments for various trades and verify documents are in line with Project specifications, IFC drawings and general practices.
• Coordinating with contractor for the authority inspections for any structural elements.
• Preparing daily and weekly reports for the progress, quality and safety.
• Raising safety and quality observations or NCRs for any non-conforming activities observed.
• Coordination with sub consultants related to site activities and coordination of drawings.
• Conduct site safety walk with contractor and identifying HSE concerns and recording it through safety audits and safety observations.
• Attending site safety meetings and raising concerns noticed in the work area.

QA Civil Engineer at Contrack International
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • June 2014 to January 2015

• Conducting day to day inspection in the site.
• Following up QA procedures / policy implementation.
• Identifying non conformances and take preventive and corrective actions.
• Ensuring the works are carried out as per the specs and method of statement.
• Performing QA/QC checks and reviews.
• Maintaining the Quality file system.
• Conducting initial start-up meeting prior to start of activities in the site.
• Performing all other duties, tasks and initiatives contributing to the success of the company

Project Civil Engineer at Contrack International
  • Qatar
  • August 2012 to February 2014

• Responsible for all the civil related site activities.
• Coordination with fellow departments (MEP, Design etc) for the smooth moving of site activities.
• Execution of entire structure and finishes work.
• Involved in Preparation of Rebar cut and bend schedule for the entire project.
• Procurement of resources and materials required for the project.
• Planning and scheduling of weekly and monthly look ahead programs.

Head Site Engineer at Brookfield Multiplex
  • Qatar
  • December 2011 to August 2012

Fully accountable for all the site structural activities
Site coordination for the subcontractor package like rebar, concrete, precast slab, cladding and water proofing for the site progress and quality
Conducting weekly tool box talk for method of statement and risk assessment
Liaising with consultants for the inspections and site related issues
Taking material take off for the form work related materials

Site Engineer Civil at Brookfield Multiplex
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • October 2005 to December 2011

Fully accountable for the overall site management
Performed the technical, organizational and supervisory role by checking project plans, drawings and quantities for accuracy of calculations
Steel and concrete orders, monitoring and delivery checking for the project
Liaised with architects; resolved unexpected difficulties during execution.
Monitored subcontract activities, carried out in situ tests and generated daily progress reports.
Ensured compliance to quality standards as well as adherence to project specifications.
Coordinating with the design department for the site related issues
Snagging and Handing over of the rooms to the client

Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at Govt College of Engineering, Kannur
  • August 2005

B Tech in civil Engineering 2001-05 batch

Specialties & Skills

Project Coordination
Time Management
safety at work
Technical Coordination
Site Supervision
MS office
Steel Pac
Driving (automatic)

Languages

English
Expert
Malayalam
Expert
Tamil
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

Society of Engineers UAE (SOE)
  • Civil Engineer
  • May 2015

Training and Certifications

Nebosh IGC (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2019