Suresh Gopalakrishnan, Principal Telecom Engineer

Suresh Gopalakrishnan

Principal Telecom Engineer

Mcdermott

Location
India - Chennai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics & Communication
Experience
11 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 5 Months

Principal Telecom Engineer at Mcdermott
  • India - Chennai
  • My current job since June 2022
Technical Manager at Galaxy Energy
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2019 to May 2022
Lead Telecom Engineer at Saipem
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • January 2017 to December 2018

• Organizing pre-award general clarification meetings, recording of MOM, recommendations for bidders.
• Conveying and recording information of commercial and contractual significance.
• Monitoring project development in accordance with contractual commitments, integrating deviations into contract taking into account contractual clauses.
• Full coordination between Company and Contractor in all execution areas
• Technical queries, deviations, changes and actions are closed out in a timely manner
• Develop and maintain an overall interface Plan for projects covering all identified and potential interfaces. Ensure the development of an interface plan relative to activities as per the contract.
• Monitor and ensure that Contractor performs all interface activities in accordance with its obligations under the contract
• Facilitate agreements between the project team, Contractor and its subcontractors as well as other interested parties concerning roles, responsibilities, and timing needed for providing interface information
• Good knowledge in handling third-party contractors and negotiating as per our schedule requirements
• Ensure to conduct multiple levels of meeting and document any kind of change or impact for other functions to take over as project opportunity
• Carrying good knowledge in working with cross function team
• Interface coordination with various parties such as Consortium partner, Detailed engineering Sub-Contractor, Installation Sub-Contractor, third-parties agencies and Hook-up & commissioning agencies, Construction coordination, expediting engineering deliverables, resolving construction issues.
• Coordinating & expediting Technical interfaces between various engineering offices of the project design team and construction team
• Monitor status of interface agreements across project and provide regular updates to Project Managers where appropriate

• Planning and preparation of Telecom DCI (Document and Drawing Control Index) / Engineering deliverables.
• Motivate and guide project team members to achieve project detailed engineering schedules.
• Review / approval of engineering deliverables / document.
• Release of deliverables as per DCI / project schedule.
• Interfacing with other discipline for interdependent deliverables
• Review / approval of material requisitions
• Vendor offer review and technical bid evaluation.
• Review / approval of purchase requisitions
• Vendor drawing review and approval
• Monitoring bulk quantities and project priorities.
• Periodic interfacing with PMC/Client for approval of documents.
• Preparation of critical engineering document
• Monitoring of man-hours in line with allotted Man-hours
• Pre-commissioning and commissioning assistance to site
• Review and submission of as built drawings.
• Preparation of project detailed engineering closure report.
• Review of vendor offers and technical bid evaluation for Telecom section.
• Vendor drawing review and approval.
• Co-ordination / discussion with vendor for Telecom interface.
• Planning, design, engineering, Training of client personnel, installation and Commissioning of UHF, Microwave, SDH / OTN Optic fiber link for oil pipelines for crude and product pipelines, oil process plant and storage terminals. Design of IP NETWORK FOR PLATFORMS FOR CCTV, PAGA, PCS DATA, LAN, PABX ONSHORE NETWORK ON WIMAX and composite for FOC .
• Detailed design and Engineering of Telecom systems for FPSO, On-Shore a telecom systems in oil and gas plant, and pipelines for multinational company QP, Saudi Aramco, ADCO.
• Detailed design and Engineering of Telecom systems for OTN, OFC CABLE NETWORK, and SDH backbone. Formal correspondences, manage all incoming and outgoing correspondences,
• Bid review and analysis, preparation of TBE.

Lead Telecom Engineer at Larsen & Toubro
  • Saudi Arabia - Tabouk
  • May 2013 to July 2016

Engineering with broad international experience in the Telecom Service provide Industry & Oil& GAS industry. Leader of projects including Engineering, Field Engineering, Telecommunication and Management of Turnkey Project associated with EPC projects in oil and gas sector, onshore

Sr.Engineer at Petrofac international Pvt ltd
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • July 2012 to April 2013

WORKING EXPERIENCE:
Employer : Petrofac International Ltd.
Project : ASAB Field Development Project.
ADCO (Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operation)
Position : Commissioning Engineer (Telecom)
Period : July.2012 to till date
Job Responsibilities:
Under the Supervision of Commissioning Manager, Pre-commissioning and Commissioning of CCTV, PA/GA, UHF/VHF RADIO, SDH, FOC NETWORK, COPPER NETWORK SYSTEMS.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics & Communication
  • at chennai university
  • September 1997

Specialties & Skills

Telecommunication Services
Telecom Infrastructure
Telecommunication Industry
telecommunication

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

YES (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 1998
Valid Until:
December 1999