Srinivasan  Ramamoorthy , QS Manager

Srinivasan Ramamoorthy

QS Manager

ARJ Holding LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, MBA (Operation & Research)
Experience
21 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 1 Months

QS Manager at ARJ Holding LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since August 2020

: Responsible for all companies’ commercial/contractual management in a
Balanced Matrix organization and directly reporting to the General
Manager. The responsibilities include but not limited to the following.

: Responsible for delegating/allocating Quantity Surveying tasks to Quantity Surveyors, setting objectives and monitoring their progress.
: Commercial management and contract administration.
: Effectively manage internal budget control, advice on cost limits and Budget
: Responsibilities for all cost estimating, cost planning, cost studies, cost monitoring and controlling, and measurement.
: To be aware of and protect the Company’s commercial interests by pursuing prompt payment for work executed.
: Study on procurement strategy with purchasing manager and advising on favorable strategy to reduce cost.
: Effectively contracts negotiation
: Risk management and Earned Value Management calculation.
: Cost planning and commercial management throughout the entire life cycle of the project from inception to post-completion.
: Effectively manage internal budget control, advice on cost limits and Budget
: Assessment of contractor’s claims and advice on contractual disputes.
: Attends site meetings and contributes to the resolution of commercial, Contractual and construction problems.

QS Manager at Landmark Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2016 to July 2020

: Assisting in establishing a client's requirements and undertake feasibility studies, preparing preliminary Budgets.
: Preparing tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities
: Preparing Tender Analysis report, Negotiate and finalize the contractor.
: Preparing Projects Control Budget, performing Risk, Earned value
management and Cost control
: Advise on a procurement strategy;
: Identify, analyse and develop responses to commercial risks
: Review and finalizing the Contractual Claims
: Valuation of completed work and arrange payments
: Maintain awareness of the different building contracts in current use
: Providing post-occupancy advice, facilities management services and life- cycle costing advice

Commercial Manager at Heilbronn Contractors & Developers
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2015 to January 2016

:Resolving contractual and commercial problems
: Discovering areas that are not in-keeping with regulation practices
: Offering direction and instruction
: Risk assessment
: Reviewing and developing operational process flows
: Ensuring that all stakeholders understand and adhere to contractual
Obligations
: Ensuring that the financial aspects and impact of a contract are clear to all
parties
: Overseeing financial KPIs
: Management/mentoring/training of other Quantity Surveyors

Commercial Manager at Heilbronn Contractors and Developers
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2015 to January 2016

: Resolving contractual and commercial problems
: Discovering areas that are not in-keeping with regulation practices
: Offering direction and instruction
: Risk assessment
: Reviewing and developing operational process flows
: Ensuring that all stakeholders understand and adhere to contractual
Obligations
: Ensuring that the financial aspects and impact of a contract are clear to all
Parties
: Overseeing financial KPIs
: Management/mentoring/training of other Quantity Surveyors

Senior Quantity Surveyor at M/S Amana Contracting Co.LLC (ISO-14001, OHSAS - 18001)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2008 to June 2015

: Review and understand all relevant project Tender/Contract documents relating to the cost management of allocated Projects
: Prepare and Review BOQ based on Tender/Contract documents
: Establishing project control budgets based on the contract documents and monitoring the same.
: Setting up projects within Computerized Cost System to agreed format
: Assisting Project Management in identifying and gaining approval of Estimates/ Change Requests
: Assure the accuracy of financial forecasts, which tie-in to project schedules
: Preparing Variation Claim proposals /orders to clients as well as subcontractors with respect to Contract documents.
: Provides summary of cost, quantity and missing scopes between the Job Estimate (as prepared by the Business Development Department) and the Job Budget to the Planning and Cost Control Manager.
: Preparing various cost reports like PNR (Project Navigation Report), Monthly Cost reports, Year-end closed out reports…etc. on monthly basis,
: Report earned value per vendor and identify trends that impact the final cost projections.
: Establish Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) and integrate with WBS.
: Review all PO’s as issued for cost committed.
: Review project man‐hours and the allocation of man‐hours in conjunction with planning on a weekly basis.
: Record all relevant events for delay and loss and expense claims.
: Prepare & process of running bills to Client. Verification of quantities in the payment certificates for the Sub contractor.
: Prepare final draft statement & Final Bill to client.

Quantity Surveyor at M/s. GRANITE CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC. (ISO-14001, OHSAS - 18001)
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • February 2006 to April 2008

: Responsible for the Projects Cost Control in a Balanced Matrix organization and directly reporting to the Projects Control Manager. The responsibilities include but not limited to the following:

: Performs quantity take-offs of assigned jobs and develops the Job Budget based on contract documents
: To carry out monthly valuations of work in progress, including forecasting of final costs and sales.
: Measure, value, submit and negotiate contract variations.
: Verifies quantities (against budgeted quantities) on Material Requisition Forms (M.R.F.) from sites before they are processed by Procurement to ensure that they are within the Budget.
: Certification of subcontractor monthly valuations and final accounts.
: Updating the Project Status in various Modules in Company System.
: Commercial vetting of sub-contractor tenders and contracts.

Junior Quantity Surveyor. at M/s. MFAR CONSTRUCTIONS PVT Ltd. (ISO -14001, OHSAS –18001)
  • India - Bengaluru
  • May 2004 to February 2006

: To assist the Project Quantity Surveyor, Preparation and submission of valuations, record and agree of extra works and day works, Measurement of operatives work for the monetary payment system…etc.

Project Engineer at M/s. SRI VINAYAGA CONSTRUCTIONS.
  • India - Chennai
  • May 2003 to April 2004

: To ensure projects are completed according to estimated time & budget, Coordination with clients/ consultants & chalk out suggestions during Site meetings, Project Handover and Completion conversant...etc.

Education

Master's degree, MBA (Operation & Research)
  • at Tamil Nadu university, India
  • December 2006

Jun’ 2004 – Dec’ 2006, - (2.5 years –distant education) MBA (Operation & Research), from Tamil Nadu university, India

Bachelor's degree, B.E Civil (Bachelor in Civil Engineering)
  • at Bharathiar University
  • April 2003

Jun’1999 – May’ 2003- (4 years) B.E Civil (Bachelor in Civil Engineering), Bharathiar University, India

Specialties & Skills

Estimating
Cost Control
Costing
Quantity Surveying
M.S Office suite
Auto CADD
: MSP (Microsoft Project)/Primavera
• BIM 360 DOCS, Revit 2021 and Navisworks 2021, CostX

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Tamil
Expert
Kannada
Intermediate
Telugu
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Australian institute of quantity surveyors(AIQS)
  • Member in Australian institute of quantity surveyors(MAIQS)
  • April 2016