Prasanth MM, Senior Procurement Engineer ID

Prasanth MM

Senior Procurement Engineer ID

Damac Properties LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Quantity Surveying
Experience
18 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 11 Months

Senior Procurement Engineer ID at Damac Properties LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2014

Major roles includes Procurement & Tendering for Interior Fit out, FF&E, and Joinery works.
• Once the package is received, checking every documents ready to float for enquiry, Request for proposal has been prepared and sent to bidders to submit their offers.
• Respond to bidder’s RFIs, sending tender Addenda, Clarification etc. Follow up with bidders.
• When the Technical & Commercial Offers are received, Tender opening to be done coordinating with other departments.
• For Technical team to study the offers and recommendation, Tender Evaluation of blank offer is prepared and upload in the system.
• Commercial Evaluation and Tender Analysis is prepared and issue if there any Post Tender Clarifications / Addenda to Bidders to submit their revised offers.
• In conjunction with the recommendation of Technical and also considering the Commercial phase of the bidders, we recommend the Contractor (Nomination / Direct Order) to Higher Management through online system for Approval.
• Coordinating with different departments,
• Preparing Letter of Nomination and Work order and releasing to contractor.

Estimator at Al Jaber L.E.G.T Engineering & Contracting LLC (ALEC)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2012 to October 2014

• Major roles includes Estimation & Tendering for Interior Fit out, FF&E, and MEP Fit out works.
• Responsible for studying the tender documents and providing the Chief Estimator with a priced bill of quantities and other tender deliverables for the commercial proposal, as required
• Calculating the most updated Material, labour and plant rates and all other information required for the Commercial proposal.
• Sending enquiries & obtaining quotations from suppliers and Sub contractors with all relevant information required as per the project specifications.
• Verifying / Checking Subcontractor quotes and supplier quotes and liaising as necessary.
• Negotiate and review diligently their offers, Prepare the comparison report for each trade packages.
• Estimating the bills, calculating rates and completing the BOQ using CCS estimation software.
• Proposing Alternatives and VE Options which helps the Client Commercially, Technically and time saving.
• Finalization of Tender with Chief Estimator, Contracts Manager and General Manager.
• Co-ordination with Procurement, preparing packages with Allowable and Target costs.
• Co-coordinating with Site Commercial team for Variation orders, Change requests etc.
• Managing quantity surveyor team ensuring implementation and execution of key activities like quantity surveying, verifying drawings, quantities and calculations.

Quantity Surveyor at KRITHI INTERIOR LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • March 2009 to February 2012

• Major roles includes Estimating, Planning, Costing, Procurement
• Taking off the quantities from the drawings.
• Preparing B.O. Qs, Cost Budgets, Cost Plans & Value Engineering:
• Preparing detailed schedule and progress reports as per the progress of activities.
• Material raising and follow up for the materials.
• Procurement of materials required for the projects.
• Approving the Material & Subcontractor Quotations, Raising Purchase Orders etc.
• Subcontractor Contract Checking & Evaluation, Final Bill payments etc.

QUANTITY SURVEYOR at ALDAR LAING O'ROURKE CONSTRUCTION LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • August 2008 to March 2009

• Preparing Comparison report on Cost Vs Value for the Project
• Preparing report on Staff Monitor, Plant Monitor, Labour Monitor & Preliminary Cost for the Project on Monthly basis.
• Taking off the quantities from the drawings.
• Monitor the Labour Productivity and comparing it with Planned Productivity
• Monitor the Wastage of different Construction materials on weekly basis
• Monitor direct works onsite & develop process to adequately monitor against planning productivity rates
• Coordination between admin dept, site, stores & commercial Department to achieve Proper exchange of Related Details for smooth Functioning & utilize the data to save the cost.
• To Check & control Allocation of Operatives so that the cost is allocated to appropriate WBS.
• Allocation of Materials, Plants, Labours in the Requisitions to appropriate Resource and WBS codes so that the cost is allocated appropriately.
• Monitoring the Drawing Change Register.
• Sub Contractor Payment certification

QS & PLANNING ENGINEER at GULF INTERIORS W.L.L
  • Bahrain
  • April 2007 to July 2008

Taking off the quantities from the drawings.
• Material raising and follow up for the materials.
• With the Project Manger planning of the Projects.
• Tracking of the planned activities for the project and reporting to the Project Manager if there any discrepancies
• Costing of the Project for comparing actual cost with budgeted cost

QS & PLANNING ENGINEER at SOBHA DEVELOPERS LTD.
  • India
  • June 2005 to February 2007

As a PQS completed one Software Development Building of 209, 500 sft. Now doing another SDB of 211, 000sft.
• Work includes Scheduling, Planning and Tracking of the project according to cost, time and quality.
• Reporting the progress of the project to management and clients.
• Quantity calculation and Material raising for the project and following up of it and ensuring that material reaching on right time.
• Reconciliation of cost and materials.
• Taking the productivity of tradesmen and other workers.
• Sub-Contractors bill checking and payment releasing.
• Controlling Store functions and approving materials received cum inspection chellans.
• Proper interactions with different departments like Purchase, Accounts etc. and solving issues if it is there.

Education

Master's degree, Quantity Surveying
  • at Heriot Watt University
  • August 2016

Completed MSc in QS covering major areas such as Quantity surveying, Commercial Management, Contracts & Procurement, Value & Risk Management, Real Estate Valuation, BIM, Construction Technology etc

Bachelor's degree, CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • at COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • May 2005

77.05% FIRST CLASS WITH DISTINCTION HONOURS DEGREE (WITHOUT HISTORY OF BACKPAPERS)

Diploma, MATHS, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY
  • at GOVT. ARTS COLLEGE
  • June 2001

FIRST CLASS WITH DISTINCTION 80.8%

Specialties & Skills

Procurement
Quantity Surveying
Estimating
Planning
Negotiation
MS PROJECT, PRIMAVERA, MS EXCEL, AUTO CAD2006, STAAD PRO

Languages

Hindi
Intermediate
English
Intermediate
Malayalam
Expert
Tamil
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Primavera Project Planner (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2007
Valid Until:
January 2008

Hobbies

  • Playing Violin, Cooking