Selvasubramaniam Ganesan, Senior Planning Manager –Head of Infra

Selvasubramaniam Ganesan

Senior Planning Manager –Head of Infra

Damac Properties

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, MBA Global Business
Experience
21 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 10 Months

Senior Planning Manager –Head of Infra at Damac Properties
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since March 2022

Managing project operations with a view to ensure timely accomplishment of targets within the scope, time, resource and cost parameters.
Monitoring project compliance with project management standard policies, procedures and templates through project audits.
Ensure the integrated project schedule, leading with guidelines to the contractors in creation of CL.14.1
project baseline schedule and its subsequent maintenance.
Review and issue compliance report, controlling and monitoring CL.14.1 program of works submitted by
Contractors and assist in meeting project deadlines and targets.
Monitor physical progress against key deliverable and track trends on schedule overrun.
Provide weekly /monthly progress updates, forecast completion together with the critical path and trend
analysis.
Dealing with contractors Extensions of Time claims.
Ensuring the consultant to issue the delay notices if contractor failed to achieve the deliverable.
Instructing and guiding the contractor in mitigation of delays.

HOD-Planning & Projects Control Manager at Ghantoot Group -Road Division
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2016 to February 2022

Supervision and Control the regular Planning Engineers duties such as in scheduling, reporting, claim substantiations, contractual notifications maintain records of the day-to-day project management.
Projects planning operations through all stages of pre- and post-contract activities.
Generate and Complete the Planning Package in close coordination with executing parties and Project Management Team
Managerial responsibility for scheduling and resourcing project teams and related staff development activities
Methods and techniques of effective technical report preparation and presentation
Adopting & Controlling Material stock in Stores with Oracle Fusion Software.
Train all subordinates of all planning team in various system

Senior Engineer -Planning at Damac Properties Co LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2014 to April 2016

Ensure the integrated project schedule, leading with guidelines to the contractors in creation of CL.14.1 project baseline schedule and its subsequent maintenance.
Review and issue compliance report, controlling and monitoring CL.14.1 program of works submitted by Contractors and assist in meeting project deadlines and targets.
Monitor physical progress against key deliverables and track trends on schedule overrun.
Provide weekly /monthly progress updates, forecast completion together with the critical path and trend analysis.
Dealing with contractors Extensions of Time claims.
Ensuring the consultant to issue the delay notices if contractor failed to achieve the deliverables.
Instructing and guiding the contractor in mitigation of delays.

Senior Planning Engineer at El-Seif Engineering Contracting Co Ltd
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • November 2011 to March 2014

• Directly Report to the Project Mangers, and Vice President about all aspect related to the Project.
• Scheduling all EPCM activities using Primavera P6, Summary Reports, Progress ‘S’ Curves, Cash Flow Plans
• Preparation Internal weekly MIS reports which gives the quantitative progress of Engineering Deliverables, Procurement, Construction progress, Milestone achievement and Critical issues.
• Two and Four week look ahead programs, Monitoring of works including weekly progress check and analysis, change of internal program as and when required, Periodic Reports along with progress curve/progress updates, Risk assessment, and suggestion of mitigations measure to avoid impact in progress of works, preparation & review of time claims as well assisting QS in preparing cost claims, checking of variations from subcontractors, progress invoicing, tendering, draft correspondence, perform progress meetings etc.

Planner at Contrack International Inc
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2007 to July 2011

• Directly Report to the Vice President and Estimation Manager about all aspect related to the Tenders.
• Study all available information, discuss technical aspects with specialists concerned, company historical information, and agree a project execution strategy and methods with the estimation team as a basis for formulating the tender schedule.
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for the proposed project and with consideration of organizational and project monitoring aspects
• Coordinates schedule from multiple contractors and incorporate the information gathered into the overall project master schedule.
• Produce the final Tender Schedule to the level of detail as specified in the tender documents or as deemed appropriate.
• Develop a Procurement Schedule in fully co-ordinated with respective departments &Sub-contractors.
• Resource load the schedule with manpower and major materials quantities as deemed appropriate. This data will be extracted from final estimate reports received from the Estimate Manager.
• Preparing Project organization chart, resource table & histograms as per the Considered Productivity & Cashflow charts.
• Preparation of Project method statements which comprise as Site layout, Temporary facilities, Plants, Access routes, Cranes services, Site offices, Labour shed, Toilets, Storage areas, Temporary power, Lighting, Constraint items and general constructions approach of project based on the execution schedule including graphical presentations
• Participating in construction activities including providing technical inputs for methodologies of construction & coordination with site management activities.
• Manage all cost, planning & document control departments. Develop the detailed budget/cost allocation, controls scheduled (primavera P3).
• Develop and implemented procedures for Cost, planning and Document control for compliance with the contract and also for our own internal controls.
• Review and revise all reports, evaluate/amend and take necessary actions required.
• Documents prepared and negotiated for 9 variation issued by the client including cost/time impact.
• Also negotiated for the scope, terms and conditions of the subcontractors and all claims from sub contractors.
• Preparation of detailed quantity take-off/estimate base on contract documents, drawing and tender specification for all discipline.
• Monthly Valuation & Certification from consultant, Monthly Invoice’s of Sub-Contractor’s, Outstanding QC documents, Forecasting schedules, Daily Reports, Safety reports using QCS software as standardized by USA COE.

Project and Planning Engineer at Skyline Construction & Housing Pvt Ltd
  • India
  • January 2006 to January 2007

• Directly Report to the Project Manager and Project Director.
• The work involved preparation and monitoring of the master programme that involved detail study of the contractual and technical requirements, close co-ordination with various managers from construction, procurement and services department.
• Coordinated between Planning & Estimation team for preparation of the resource histograms based on the materials quantities & man- days required.
• Up-date & forecast Weekly/Monthly Progress Report (include commodity Curves, itemized Production Monitoring & labour supply situation etc, )
• Update Monthly Progress Accomplishment Reports prior to Billing purposes & Evaluate and approval of Sub-contractors Progress Billing.
• Liaise with the consultants and Architectural Staff with regard to all site activities and drawing discrepancies.
• Attend Subcontractor/Site Staff /Weekly Coordination Meeting with the Consultants, Management Group and preparation of memorandums.

Structural Engineer at Myladoor Consultancy Services
  • India
  • June 2005 to December 2005

• Analysis of superstructure and Substructures Bridge using STAAD Pro.2005 (such T-Beam Bridges, Bow String Bridges, Culverts, Staging and Foundations.)
• Design of Bridge structure, foundations Staging and Station Buildings as per Railway Code Specifications
• Drafting

Office Engineer at SR Constructions,
  • India
  • April 2002 to May 2005

• Plans prepared for Residential Apartments & Commercial Buildings as per the client requirements.
• Structural Analysis & Design of Concrete Frames, Slabs &Footings using STAAD Pro
• Estimation of Materials required for the Buildings and Client Billing.
• Drafting and Detailing for the Designed Structures using AutoCAD
• Work Schedule for completing the project within Target date.
• Materials Procurement, & Labour Arrangements

Education

Master's degree, MBA Global Business
  • at Lincoln University College
  • January 2025
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at SASTRA University
  • May 2005

Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering 8.016/10 GCPA (First class with Distinction) I am a graduated Civil engineer with “First class with Distinction” from SASTRA University, which is one of the esteemed universities in India as a highly capable individual with a strong academic background. As I have taken my graduation after my Diploma in Civil Engineer, since the start of the year I have undertaken a part time job with a local engineering company. This work experience and what I have learnt from it about material science geotechnical, design projects and construction management. This passion for engineering has led to an ambition to gain a degree qualification which I can then use as a stepping stone to becoming a qualified civil engineer.

Diploma, Civil Engineering
  • at Shanmugh Polytechnic Collage
  • May 2002

Diploma in Civil Engineering with 85.33 %( First class with Honours) I have successfully completed my Diploma in Civil Engineering with “First Class with Honours” from Tamilnadu Directorate of Technical Education at Shanmugha Polytechnic Collage. Here I am proud to say that I already possess a comprehensive understanding of the technical elements of civil engineering.

Specialties & Skills

Materials
Preparation
MS Project
Primavera 6
MS Project
Vector Works
MS Office
STAAD Pro
Primavera 3.1
Auto CAD 2015
project planning
primavera p6
operation
planning

Languages

English
Expert
Tamil
Native Speaker
Hindi
Intermediate
Arabic
Beginner
Malayalam
Intermediate

Memberships

Saudi Council of Engineers
  • Member
  • November 2012
Project Management Institute
  • Project Management Professional PMP
  • December 2014
ASCE
  • Membership
  • February 2007

Training and Certifications

Project Management Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2021