Manivannan Govindaswamy

• Leading a Team of Recruiters for Recruitment Projects (RPO & International Recruitment).
• Recruited for Greenfield Refinery & Petrochemical projects and LPG projects.
• Preparing job Descriptions for critical positions and develop job descriptions and post advertisements in a variety of newspapers, Social media networks etc. Recommended creative and alternative advertising venues and strategies.
• Qualifying candidates by conducting telephone, video conference and personal interviews. Interact with client Hiring Managers and Technical managers throughout the recruitment process.
• Running and administering the hiring process including but not limited to: application screening, scheduling interviews, completing reference checks and making hiring offers.
• Liaising with Hiring Managers and ensure that all vacant roles are appropriately briefed, advertised and filled within agreed time and cost to hire targets.
• Deliver on critical positions and maintain a good database for Critical positions.
• Identify issues which impact recruiting activity, analyse and recommend action plans to meet staffing requirements, taking internal and external variables into account and ensure consistency of approach in administration of recruitment activity and maintain appropriate paperwork.
• Manage the rejection processes for unsuccessful candidates.
• Check eligibility of all applicants and obtain necessary paperwork needed to apply for visa / work permit records for new starters.
• Ensures that weekly, monthly and ad-hoc reports are completed accurately and in a timely manner
• Salary survey and various report generation for as per client needs.
• Keep track of industry trend and industry information to make sure we have a consultative approach with the client.
• Establishing Recruitment Agreements with Recruitment Agencies in globally based on MENA HR needs.
• Prepare and submit recruitment Tenders and bid for recruitment projects.
• Coordinate with Training Department for various training needs of clients.
Clients: Major Oil & Gas Companies (Refineries, Exploration & Production Companies, Gas generation & Gas gathering stations, LNG Terminals), Petrochemical, Power plants, Water Treatment Plants, Ports, Dry docks, Mining, Special Economic Zones, Manufacturing industries, Cements etc. (Clients names will be discusses at the time of interview)

• Team Leader for 5 member recruitment team.
• Recruited for Major oil & gas companies in Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Iraq.
• Recruited all levels of technical positions by organizing international recruitment campaigns and by advertising positions, sourcing through Job Portals, LinkedIn & from Internal Database.
• Build and maintain database of qualified professionals to rapidly respond to client needs.
• Achieve gross profit on a monthly basis of self and team.
• Successfully hired below Oil & Gas, Refinery & Petrochemical talents for projects in GCC region.
• Upstream:
Reservoir Engineers Geologists Petroleum Engineers
Marine Advisors Subsea Cable Laying Specialist Diving Specialists
Project Managers & Advisors
• Downstream - Refinery
Refinery Operations Technical & Optimization Refinery Maintenance
Superintendents Green House Gas Specialist Sustainability Engineers
HSE Engineer Process Engineers SCM Professionals
• Downstream - Petrochemicals
Performance Chemicals Speciality Chemicals & Composite Materials Specialists
Market Intelligence Business Development Managers Process Engineers

• Sourcing, shortlisting and interview of Engineering Professionals like Mechanical Engineers, Civil Engineers, Draftsman, Piping engineers, Process Engineers, Project Engineers, Pipeline Engineers, HSE Engineers, Research Scientists, Power systems Engineers and more.

• Sourcing Cv’s from job portals like Naukri India, Monster India, Linkedin and from internal database.

• End to End recruitment for Major Greenfield & Brownfield Engineering projects in India

• Ensure team deliver on targeted revenues.

• Act as a team leader of 3 member recruitment team.
• Sourcing Cv’s from job portals like Naukri India, Monster India, Linkedin and from internal database
• Sourcing, shortlisting and interviewed candidates for Substation Design Engineers, Project Managers, Manufacturing Engineers for Areva T&D. Marine Engineers, Hull Fabrication Engineers, Ship Repair & workshop Engineers for WARTSILA Ship repair Workshop in Paradip Port Trust.
• Sourcing & interviewing Candidates for Various R&D assignments for Suzuki Motor Corporation - Japan & India. Production Managers, Plant costing Engineer, Plant Managers for ProlecGE. Energy Engineers, Power plant Engineers, Design Engineers for Mahindra & Mahindra.
• Ensure team deliver on targeted revenues.

Cethar Vessels is the Leading Boilers & Piping equipment manufacturers in India for Oil & Gas, Power & Process Industries.

• Managed Recruitment activities for:
o 7 Manufacturing Facilities
o Global Design Engineering Centre
o EPC Project Sites across India with a Total Design, Production, Manufacturing & Fabrication Capacity of 8000MW annually.

• Transformed previously disorganized team by creating database for Senior Managers, Project Managers, Head of the department, Engineers, Diploma & ITI graduates (More than 15000 ready resumes)
• Appointed 40 Engineering candidates (Managers to Engineers) for New Projects on Urgent requirement basis.
• Slashed recruitment cost by updating the database regularly and using it effectively - Reduced the Paper Advertisement and Portal dependency & Created Employee referral system.
• Recruited candidates for several critical positions like..
• Mechanical Engineers, Civil Engineers, and Electrical & Instrumentation Engineers for Various Projects Sites across India for Construction, Erection, Operations, Maintenance for Captive & cogeneration power plants.
• Design Engineers, Layout Engineers, Proposal Engineers, Drafting & Design Supervisors for the Design Centre (CFBC, AFBC, HFO, Captive Power plant, Water Treatment Plant, Boiler, Pipeline, rotating Equipment, Static Equipment, Plant Layout)
• Marketing & Sales Professionals for all regional offices across India.
• QA/QC Engineers, NDT Supervisors, Production Engineers, Planning engineers, Purchase, Supply chain, Logistics, Contracts Engineers, Cost Engineers, Fabrication Engineers, Metallurgy, Lab technicians for the 7 manufacturing units of the company
• Sourcing Cv’s from Job Portals, internal database and from employee referrals.