Melvin Chalakariyil Mathew Korah, Construction Project Manager

Melvin Chalakariyil Mathew Korah

Construction Project Manager

Macro Vantage Levant Contracting Construction WLL (MVL Group)

Lieu
Koweït
Éducation
Master, Construction Management
Expérience
16 years, 2 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :16 years, 2 Mois

Construction Project Manager à Macro Vantage Levant Contracting Construction WLL (MVL Group)
  • Koweït - As Salimiyah
  • Je travaille ici depuis octobre 2021

Significant Highlights:
• Manage and oversee the day-to-day construction management of the project.
• Provide Technical leadership at site and suggest solutions for execution problems.

Key Responsibilities:
• Prepared, supervised, and approved the development of Project Execution Plans (PEP), ensuring proper documentation of Lessons Learned throughout project lifecycle, including Project close-out.
• Acted as the primary construction liaison with clients, overseeing all construction efforts on behalf of the company.
• Strategized, developed, and organized construction activities to devise the most cost-effective and timely completion plan within budget constraints.
• Monitored and reported project progress, risks, and opportunities to the Project Manager/Projects Director in a timely manner.
• Conducted ongoing assessment of construction productivity and schedule performance, addressing any areas of suboptimal performance.
• Directed subcontractor performance, ensuring adherence to schedule, quality, and safety standards.
• Provided senior management with bi-weekly Gap Analysis reports for task orders/projects, highlighting schedule risks, deviations from quality objectives, and suggesting improvement measures

Construction Manager à Baitul Jameeh General Trading and Contracting
  • Koweït - Al Mahbulah
  • juillet 2021 à septembre 2021

Significant Highlights:
• Develop tender documents for various project to include technical write ups, budgeting, schedule and manpower decisions.
• Planning, bill of materials, costing decisions, etc. to ensuring that construction projects fall within the proposed budget, and ensuring that all duties are executed and completed on time for the tender activities.

Key Responsibilities:
• Supporting Project Director and Senior Management in the development of tender documentation and ensure Safeguarding the companies interests.
• Supporting Project Director and Senior Management in the development of risk and policy documentation and ensure Safeguarding the companies interests.
• Negotiating and managing external and internal procurement and contracting arrangements.
• Identify procurement opportunities and ensuring these opportunities are evaluated and progressed.
• Contributing to the business development of the company.
• Making sure that all procurement and contracting activities are carried out in accordance with legislation & company policy.
• Conducting investigations into any technical changes or contractual disputes and ensure the issues are sorted out in the best interest of both parties, complying to technical requirements.
• Define, maintain and improve the bid process of the Company.
• Monitoring contract budgets & forecasts.

Civil Engineer à Vectrus Systems Corporation
  • Koweït - Al Koweït
  • octobre 2016 à juin 2021

Significant Highlights:
• Successfully tracked and controlled construction schedules and associated costs to achieve completion of projects within time and quality standards.
• Meticulous in establishing proper reference points, grades, and elevations of the construction.
• Managed design reviews, material approvals, testing and Quality control for the complete projects.
• Successfully Managed Projects from Cradle to Grave, ranging from 1 to 5 million USD.

Key Responsibilities:
• Engaging in activities encompassing managing site facilities and supervising construction workers.
Developing full‐scale project plans liaising and with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
• Estimating resources and participants needed to achieve project goals. Drafting and submitting budget proposals and recommending subsequent budget changes where necessary.
• Tracking project milestones and deliverables. Developing and delivering progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.
• Providing cost estimates for materials and equipment and making cost‐effective solutions and proposals for the intended project.
• Developing detailed designs and verifying plans, drawings, and quantities for accuracy of calculations.
• Preparing blueprints, using computer aided design and monitoring requisition of materials and plant.
• Transmittals and reviews using Project Management Software ACONEX.
• Overseeing the day to day site activities, supervision, project approvals and material handlings.

Key Projects / Works:
• Managed Construction of a Relocatable Industrial kitchen Facility
• Pre‐Engineered Buildings and design‐ Training Centers, Aid Station, Medical Centre, Steel Structures etc.
• Construction of PVC UV resistant and fire rated tents including slab on grades.
• Construction of Chain Link Fencing.
• Military training / rappelling structures.
• Landscape Development and Road Infrastructure construction
• Sports and Athletic Field Construction including Synthetic Running Tracks, Artificial Turf Fields, Multi‐purpose Sports fields etc

Technical Specification Writer à Dar SSH International Consultants
  • Koweït - Sabhan
  • août 2015 à septembre 2016

Significant Highlights:
• Rendered necessary support to prepare Technical Specification in CSI Master Format and all major specification formats.
• Handled quality benchmarks, method of statements, performance requirements and more for the projects. Key Responsibilities:
• Wrote technical descriptions specifying material qualities and properties, utilizing knowledge of material standards, industrial processes, and manufacturing procedures.
• Engaged in drawing rough sketches for finished drawings to illustrate specified materials or assembly sequence.
• Made adequate notes on material processing, to determine material specifications for construction activities.
• Integrated BIM with specifications using e-Specs.
• Created project manuals including general conditions with innate familiarity with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) contract document that can be easily interpreted by the government agencies and easily used by the contractors.

Civil Design Engineer à Ministry of Education
  • Koweït - Al Koweït
  • janvier 2012 à août 2015

Significant Highlights:
• Administered and inspected site works on a daily basis with continuous monitoring of the labour working in critical areas and ensured high quality standard work was met.
• Acted as a significant player in the client part to look after the design aspects of structural members. Key Responsibilities:
• Established the overall plan and stringent time schedule of the project. Monitored direct construction, operations, and maintenance activities at project site.
• Handled site inspections, design and drawings approval, inspecting bills and complete project overseeing for schools and school facilities.
• Participated in weekly meeting with general manager and client representing seniors to effectively discuss and communicate project milestones and goals to be achieved.
• Entrusted with the accountability to perform all administrative and operational functions necessary for daily operations of the project.
• Surveyed the site and ensured that all materials used and work performed are as per the specification.
• Planned site work and efficiently organised plant and site facilities in order to meet agreed deadline. Ensured quality control and monitored health and safety matters on site.

Technical Services Manager à UltraTech Cements Ltd
  • Inde - Kottayam
  • décembre 2010 à décembre 2011

Significant Highlights:
• Actively engaged in controlling quality of material supply and periodic checks in quality and prompt
supply.
• Displayed excellence in inspecting cement in warehouse and assessing the nature of problem if any and actively participated to ensure quality control for supplied materials.
• Holds merit of preparing and presenting articles on good construction practices.

Key Responsibilities:
• Provided adequate support to read and interpret project charts, diagrams, maps, and reports.
• Collaborated with civil engineers, structural engineers, architects, and surveyors and ensured that sites are fit for purpose.
•Formulated detailed reports stating what is acceptable and what needs to be changed to send it to the project manager.
• Compiled and managed project reports to facilitate progress of the works quality technical
conformance, safety, and other matters.
• Conducted a detailed case study on the effective method of steam curing and membrane curing
methods for enhanced production in a precast unit.
• Shouldered accountability to prepare concrete mix designs, quality control and supervision a site.
• Involved in conducting seminars and classes for Architects, Engineers, Contractors, and other
construction related people regarding good construction practices and innovative techniques.

QS/QC Engineer à Ray Constructions Ltd
  • Inde - Salem
  • août 2010 à décembre 2010

Significant Highlights:
* Displayed excellence in handling construction, quality control and quantity survey for a steel plant
construction work for Jindal Steel Works at Tamil Nadu.
* Ensured effective control of quality at site with proper supervision at site and safety methodologies.

Key Responsibilities:
* Established and monitored Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure quality performance in
different areas of work development and at various project phases.
* Promoted quality awareness among project team members, contractors, and vendors.
* Identified and managed risks that could impact achieving quality objectives. Prepared monthly quality
report.
* Managed erection and calibration of batching plant, UTM and other testing machines.
* Shouldered accountability to meet and discuss with client and consultants, ensured timely completion of project and labor allocation with respect to their capabilities.
* Conducted verification of all the works and determined whether it is in accordance with the plans as well as specifications.
* Determined billing and quantity survey for materials as required, raised indent for material requisition, inspected and assessed the quality of stocked materials and more.

Junior Engineer à Vettoor Construction Engineers
  • Inde - Kottayam
  • avril 2008 à juillet 2010

Significant Highlights:
• Ensured the smooth handling of levelling and survey works at various levels of construction.

Key Responsibilities:
• Conducted inspections of existing civil infrastructure in order to identify potential safety hazards and recommend corrective actions.
• Ensured the smooth handling of levelling and survey works at various levels of construction.
• Managed and co-coordinated procurement and delivery of materials at site.
• Rendered necessary support to coordinate the sub-contractors for MEP works.
• Prepared M Book and Bills, used ESCHOOL program to manage projects and bills.

Éducation

Master, Construction Management
  • à Indian School of Management Studies
  • septembre 2014

Distance Learning

Baccalauréat, Civil Engineering
  • à Anna University
  • mai 2010

Full Time Course

Specialties & Skills

Contract Management
Scheduling
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Quality Control
Project Management
Project Management
Quantity Survey
Contracts Management
Civil Engineering
ACCOUNTABILITY
MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING (MEP) SYSTEMS
PROCUREMENT
SUBMITTALS (CONSTRUCTION)
GAP ANALYSIS
LEADERSHIP
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

Langues

Arabe
Moyen
Anglais
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Adhésions

Kuwait Society of Engineers
  • Member
  • May 2018

Formation et Diplômes

Kuwait Society of Engineers (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
October 2018
Valide jusqu'à:
December 2024
LEED - Core Concepts (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
February 2019
Project Manager - Core Tools : Procore (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Procore
Date de la formation:
April 2023
USACE - CQM-C (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
February 2022
Valide jusqu'à:
February 2027

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