Ketan Saraf, QA/QC Chief

Ketan Saraf

QA/QC Chief

ACT (BAHDIR Engineering WLL)

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
Experience
19 years, 3 Months

Share My Profile

Block User


Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 3 Months

QA/QC Chief at ACT (BAHDIR Engineering WLL)
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since July 2018

Established the Project Quality Management System including Project Quality Management Strategy, Plan and Procedures.
Managed and overseen project quality to ensure compliance to Specifications, Standards, Regulations and QMS requirements.
Supervised the Quality Control functions / activities of a project or its parts, including Quality Control inspection schedules and the collection of Quality Records.
Established and monitored Project Quality KPIs
Supported the Construction Manager in dealing with the Client for all the Quality matters.
Assessed the implementation of the Quality Plan and Quality Control Plans on the site.
Ensured compliance of all project functions, contractors and suppliers with the project Quality Management System requirements.
Reviewd quality of all materials at the site and ensure compliance with all project specifications and quality and collaborate with the department for all material procurement and maintain a quality of materials.
Supervised effective implementation of all test and inspection schedule, ensure adherence to all procedures, and coordinate with various teams to perform quality audits on processes.
Assisted with employees to ensure knowledge of all quality standards, ensure compliance to all quality manual and procedures, and collaborate with contractors and suppliers to maintain the quality of all systems.
Analyzed all products and non-conformance processes and evaluate all documents to ensure the maintenance of optimal quality and prepare monthly reports to evaluate performance.
Monitored an efficient system and record for all project activities and analyze all processes to ensure all work according to quality requirements.
Monitored the disposition of all issued nonconformance reports.
Reviewed quality inspection personnel qualifications and training requirements
Identified and managed Quality related risks that may have impact on Technical Integrity.
Assisted in development of audit plans, audit schedules
Developed audit reports; presented audit reports to top management, as needed
Assisted with follow-up audits, as required

Material Engineer at AECOM Middle East Ltd.
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2016 to July 2018

Reviewed and made recommendation for approval by the RE/SRE of all submitted materials by the contractor
Ensured compliance of used materials with the projects specifications
Participated in construction quality control.
Supervised and participated direct sampling and testing of all materials according to the contract and the specifications.
Analyzed the test results in a timely manner and recommend action to the Senior Resident Engineer /Senior Materials Engineer.
Maintained records of test results and all taken corrective actions.
Tracked and reviewed the site testing and certificates of compliance.
Ensured very close and clear coordination of his team activities with the other construction supervision staff.
Followed up and verify implementation of corrective actions
Coordinated the review and approval of specialty and other high profile materials with PWA/PMC and other stakeholders as directed by the SRE and Senior Materials Engineer.
Ensured inspection and checking of all delivered materials to site for conformance to the project requirements and approval, as directed by the Senior Materials Engineer/Resident Engineer/Senior Resident Engineer.

Civil QA/QC Manager at Larsen and Toubro Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd.
  • India - Chennai
  • December 2013 to January 2016

Accountable for overall quality execution, quality management and delivery of a project.
Establish and facilitate the project level governance team to monitor quality, budget, and schedule.
Provide leadership of project QA/QC team.
Responsible for project artifacts. Plan and manage project activities.
Manage project schedule and costs.
Track and report project quality progress. Institute an effective review process to help project achieve a efficacious outcome.
Identify, monitor, understand and resolve issues and risks. Mitigate and minimise risks and maximise opportunities.
Review of progress, preparation of MIS reports etc.
Coordination with client and other stakeholders. Establish time span of project execution as per client specifies.
Contributing design and engineering inputs to define technical specifications of materials/ equipment and delineating lucidly the scope of project.
Charting schedule of activities and judiciously deploying resources to maximize operational efficiency.
Interacting with clients to understand their specific requirements and execute projects accordingly.
Conceptualizing/ implementing cost reduction measures to contain expenditure within budgetary provisions.
Supervising all construction activities including providing technical inputs for methodologies of construction & coordination with site management activities.
Monitor and assign work in accordance with Company’s policies and procedures and limits of authority, in projects.
Follow up the project from start to finish and make any necessary changes along the way, ensuring that the procedure is being followed while checking the safety features of the project during the time it is being completed.
Identify & finalize the contractors ensuring quality supply of materials for effective project development.
Reviewing and certifying the interim, final bills of contractors and sub- contractors for construction.
Accountable for verification of contractor’s claims, extra items and escalations etc.

Lab In CHarge at IRB Infrastructures Ltd.
  • India
  • September 2008 to December 2013

Ensuring the safety issues identified at the design stage are properly addressed during construction and conducting a safety audit at every stage, minimum disturbance/ damage to the environment by approval of contractor's work statement/ methodology including monitoring the impact of construction works on the environment and local settlements, ensuring that contractors implement the environmental mitigation measures recommended by the IEE and providing information to the IA (Implementation arrangement) in the monthly progress reports.
Accountable for approving contractors program, construction method, working drawing, setting out of the work, material sources etc. and comprehensive supervision of project implementation activities carried out by the contractor to ensure complete compliance with the drawing, technical specifications and various stipulations contained in the contract document.
Outlining Project Quality Plan (PQP), Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) as per Organization’s Quality Policy and Customer’s Requirement and ensuring its implementation.
Finalizing Inspection test plans (ITPs), work methodologies related to various project activities.
Inspections and Quality Auditing for project sites.
Inspecting the all type of foundations (pile foundations, well foundations and open foundations), sub structures and super structures which includes BBS, shuttering, staging, cable profile (in PSC Girders), stressing of tendons, grouting of PSC cable ducts, launching of Segments, I Girders, Steel Girders and Box Girders, abutments, piers, pier caps, Pedestals, installation of bearings, I- girders, Box Girders, diaphragms, deckslab, crash barriers, expansion joints, drainage spouts etc.
Checking of BBS of all RCC members of the structure.
Analyzing the Design and estimate for shutters and scaffoldings as per requirement of project.
Involved in Design Mix of various grades of concrete (C40 for Shot Crete, PQC M-40, M-50 for paver blocks, RCC M20 to RCC M80, PCC/RCC M15 with various types of cement like OPC, PSC PPC etc.). And job mix formulas of Sub-bases (GSB, WMM, DLC, etc.) & Bituminous bases (DBM, BC, BM etc), & very well known to use of cementitious materials (silica fumes, fly ash, fibers, admixtures etc.)
Extensively involved in establishing construction material testing in laboratories and calibration of testing equipment, sub-soil investigations, material testing, assessment of materials compliance against contract specifications, geotechnical investigations, quality control of bituminous and earthworks at site; selection and review of quarry sites and borrow areas for aggregates, sand and borrow materials and determining the suitability of materials available from various sources.

Engineer Quality Control at AFCONS Infrastructures Ltd.
  • India
  • June 2007 to September 2008

Finalizing Inspection test plans (ITPs), work methodologies related to various project activities.
Inspections and Quality Auditing for project sites.
Carrying out regular inspections of the contractor’s equipment, plants, machineries and installations etc. and ensure they are adequate and are in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract
Inspecting the all type of foundations (pile foundations, well foundations and open foundations), sub structures and super structures which includes BBS, shuttering, staging, cable profile (in PSC Girders), stressing of tendons, grouting of PSC cable ducts, launching of Segments, I Girders, Steel Girders and Box Girders, abutments, piers, pier caps, Pedestals, installation of bearings, I- girders, Box Girders, diaphragms, deckslab, crash barriers, expansion joints, drainage spouts etc.
Checking of BBS of all RCC members of the structure.

Assistant Material Engineer at TECHNOGEM CONSULTANTS PVT LTD
  • March 2006 to February 2007

Project Undergone

Project Construction of NASGM (Nagpur-Aurangabad-Sinnar-Ghoti-Mumbai Road) as per NH Standard, Pkg. XIII Lasur to Vaijapur (26 km)

Lab Technician/Field Technician at Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (Ltd
  • February 2005 to March 2006

Project Undergone

Project Golden Quadrilateral Dream Project of Prime Minister, Four Lanning of Satara Kolhapur upto Maharashtra State Border Section of NH-4 Package - II (23.60 km)

Lab Technician/Field Technician at TECHNOGEM CONSULTANTS PVT LTD
  • November 2004 to January 2005

Project Undergone

Project Preparation of “Detailed Project Report for National Highway Development Project Phase-II of NH-3 from Dhule to M.P. State Border (97 km)

Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at Shivaji University
  • October 2004

Bachelor Of Civil Engineering completed with First Class.

Specialties & Skills

Concrete
Asphalt
Materials
AUDITING
AUTOCAD
CABLING
PROJECT DESIGN
QUALITY CONTROL
BUDGETING
DATA ANALYSIS
BRIDGES
FACILITY MANAGEMNT
REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE
MATERIAL ENGINEER
BASIC CHECK
QUALITY ASSURANCE
CALIBRATION

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

IRCA Certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor (Training)
Training Institute:
BSI
Date Attended:
August 2018
Duration:
40 hours