Biju Reghuvaran, Maintenance Contract Compliance and Civil Team Lead

Biju Reghuvaran

Maintenance Contract Compliance and Civil Team Lead

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Master's degree, Management
Experience
15 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 3 Months

Maintenance Contract Compliance and Civil Team Lead at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since March 2009

Facility Maintenance / Management:
Currently heading the Civil Maintenance Team in KAUST Campus that consists of academic and research facilities with a total built-up area of 600, 000 m2
Formulating & implementing maintenance strategy for all campus assets; identifying maintenance requirements of each asset, classification of assets, assigning criticality, developing task lists & assigning frequency
Initiating & executing projects along with time, cost & quality including day-to-day technical (engineering) aspects; maintaining minimum spares for attending and ensuring the availability of facility; managing daily monitoring, KPI calculations and reporting on a monthly basis
Incorporating facility maintenance schedules and conducting periodic checks to ensure the performance of various assets and maintaining requisite documents.
Identifying areas of bottlenecks/breakdowns and taking steps for rectifying the asset through the application of troubleshooting tools like FRACAS (Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System) and implementing process changes for improvements
Continuously improving maintenance plans and inspection schedules including condition assessment

Project/Construction Management:
Heading the functions like construction supervision, coordination and review of the survey, discussing design and drawings with stakeholders, quality control, mobilization of manpower, materials and equipment for in-house projects
Supervising the scope of construction activities including providing technical inputs for methodologies of construction & coordinating for site management activities
Ensuring taking over of project upon completion by ensuring all snags are addressed and rectified as per specifications.
Deploying various methodologies to analyze processes, recommending modifications to minimize escalations & rejection, realize operational efficiencies, control costs and cycle time
Verifying & checking contractors invoices regarding compliance with the contract requirements
Overcoming complex challenges and making high-stakes decisions using experience-backed judgment, strong work ethics & irreproachable integrity

Education

Master's degree, Management
  • at Indira Gandhi national Open University
  • June 2010

Obtained Masters in Business Administration from IGNOU.

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at College of Engineering, Trivandrum
  • June 1992

Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering - First Class with dinsticntion (78.98 % marks)

Bayt Tests

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IQ Test
Score 90%

Specialties & Skills

MS Project
MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Primavera
AutoCAD
MS Project
Analytical Skills

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate
Urdu
Intermediate
Malayalam
Expert

Memberships

Project Management Institute, USA
  • Project management Professional (PMP)
  • May 2008
American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Member
  • July 2013
Institution of Engineers, India
  • Member
  • June 2016

Training and Certifications

Strategic Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2020
Leading @ KAUST - Foundation Program (Training)
Training Institute:
Harvard Business Publishing
Date Attended:
October 2015
Duration:
180 hours
Project Management (Training)
Training Institute:
CAMBRIDGE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE DUBAI, UAE
Date Attended:
May 2008
Duration:
35 hours
7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Training)
Training Institute:
KAUST
Date Attended:
May 2012
Duration:
24 hours

Hobbies

  • Reading