Veera Ponram, Lead Engineer - Projects Control

Veera Ponram

Lead Engineer - Projects Control

STFA Deniz Insaati Insaat Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S

Location
Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical
Experience
28 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :28 years, 5 Months

Lead Engineer - Projects Control at STFA Deniz Insaati Insaat Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • My current job since September 2014
Lead Engineer - Projects Control at Ahmadiah Contracting & Trading Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • October 2007 to September 2014

Responsible for Projects Control by supervising each projects project control activity and planning and cost control functions for
1. KNPC - RETF Project Closeout activities and Final payment settlement to Ahmadiah as well as to all Subcontractors
2. WDC-II - (Water Distribution Control Center), looking after the claim submitted for prolongation (EOT) and disruption
3. NBK (National Bank of Kuwait) New Head Quarters Project - 60 Stories High rise building
4. Started involving in Al-Koot Phase-II project - 14 Floors Grand Mall

at National Bank of Kuwait Head Quarters
  • December 2012 to March 2014

c. NBK - National Bank of Kuwait Head Quarters
National Bank of Kuwait
Project Value - 490 Million USD
From Dec' 2012 to till date
Responsible for Project Controls & Planning
2. MOIP - Modernization of Obsolete Instrumentation Project

at KNPC - Kuwait National Petroleum Company
  • October 2007 to March 2014

KNPC - Kuwait National Petroleum Company, Kuwait
Project Value - 177 Million USD
From Oct' 2007 to till date
Responsible for Project Controls, Planning, Costing & Contract Management

at KNPC - Kuwait National Petroleum Company
  • April 2006 to September 2007

KNPC - Kuwait National Petroleum Company, Kuwait
Project Value - 142 Million USD
From Apr 06 to Sep 07

at MEW - Ministry of Electricity & Water, Kuwait
  • November 2005 to March 2006

From Nov '05 - Mar '06
4. 12 'C' Boiler Reconstruction
MEW - Ministry of Electricity & Water, Kuwait
Project Value - 5 Million USD

at METTUR THERMAL POWER STATION
  • India
  • September 2004 to November 2005

From Sep 04 to Nov 10, 2005
Involved in the Operation and Maintenance planning of the Shuwaikh Desalination Plant, which includes boiler 3 Units along with Distiller 3 units, Recorbonation Plant and Chlorination Unit.

5. CLIENT: METTUR THERMAL POWER STATION (MTPS) - 840 MW, INDIA.

840 MW - Resident EPC Contractor at MEW - Ministry of Electricity & Water, Kuwait
  • India
  • November 2003 to October 2005

MEW - Ministry of Electricity & Water, Kuwait
From Nov '03 - Oct '05
6. MTPS - 840 MW - Resident EPC Contractor
METTUR THERMAL POWER STATION, INDIA
Dry fly Ash Collector for Unit II & III
Capital Overhauling at Thermal Power Station
New CEP & BFWP Erection and Commissioning
Motor Operated Automatic Wagon Tippler

Shift-In Charge Engineer at Operation & Maintenance
  • June 2004 to April 2005

From Jun '04 - Apr '05
5. O & M (Operation & Maintenance) - Shift-In Charge Engineer

Mechanical Engineer at Nellai Enterprises (P) Ltd
  • India
  • August 1997 to November 2003

Employer: M/s. Nellai Enterprises (P) Ltd, Tamil Nadu, India

From August 1997 to Nov 2003, working as a Mechanical Engineer - Planning & project engineer for design, procurement, erection, commissioning, Operation and Maintenance and handled the following in and out activities of the power station.


Organization profile:

at CLAIMS
  • January 1997 to October 2003

From Jan '97 - Oct '2003
CLAIMS / ARBITRATION HANDLED

Mechanical Engineer
  • August 1997 to July 2000

From Aug 1997 to July 2000 worked as a Mechanical Engineer - for planning Operation and Maintenance of mechanical activities of the power station.

Mechanical Engineer - Trainee at Adobe Photoshop
  • January 1997 to August 1997

From Jan 1997 to Aug 1997, working as a Mechanical Engineer - Trainee and involved in the Operation and Maintenance activities and its planning of the power station.

Additional Qualification and Knowledge: * Programming Languages like C, C++, Java, HTML
* Database Management - Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access
* Multimedia Tools - Adobe Photoshop, CoralDraw9.0, Paint Shop Pro
* Software installations
* Networking (LAN & WAN)
* Assembling & Trouble Shooting Servers & PC's.
* Extensive Experience in the PC trouble shooting, Hardware, Software Installations, Local and Wide Area Networking also.

Ash Collector for Unit II & III at Mettur Thermal Power
  • India
  • January 1994 to December 1994

Mettur Thermal Power Station is ISO 9002: 1994 certified power generation station. Mettur Thermal Power station houses 4 Units of each 210 MW, which backs Govt. of India and received Gold Medal award for productivity for three consecutive years.

Projects Handled
1. Dry fly Ash Collector for Unit II & III in MTPS, India.
2. Capital Overhauling at Thermal Power Station, Mettur Dam, India.
3. New CEP & BFWP Erection and Commissioning at MTPS, India.
4. Motor Operated Automatic Wagon Tippler at MTPS, India.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical
  • at Siddhaganga Institute of Technology
  • August 1997
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical
  • at BANGALORE UNIVERSITY

✓ BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (Mechanical) - BANGALORE UNIVERSITY, INDIA. ✓ Trained in Advance Primavera Concepts Version 6 Release 8.2, Kuwait

High school or equivalent, MANAGEMENT
  • at CADD Center

✓ Professional in PROJECT PLANNING & MANAGEMENT, CADD Center, INDIA. ✓ AUTOMOBILE SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY, INDIA. ✓ PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL, Green International - Kuwait

Specialties & Skills

MS Office tools
MS Office Tools
ALUMINUM
ENGINEER
INSTRUMENTATION
MAINTENANCE
MILLION
PROJECT ENGINEER
Primavera Eterprise 4.1
Primavera Enterprise Management version P6 R 8.3
Project Management Professional
Primavera Enterprise Management Version P6 R 8.2
Primavera Version 3.1
MS Project
Primavera Enterprise Management Version P6 R 7.0
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

Languages

English
Expert
Tamil
Expert
Kannada
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate
Arabic
Beginner
Malayalam
Intermediate

Memberships

Project Management Institute
  • Member
  • July 2011
Institute of Engineers India
  • Member
  • March 2010
Tamilnadu Engineers Forum
  • Member
  • June 2004
MRICS
  • Assoc. RICS
  • August 2017
Indian Institute of Chartered Engineers
  • Chartered Engineer
  • December 2015
Indian Institute of Engineers
  • Mechanical Engineer
  • December 2015

Training and Certifications

Primavera Project Planner 3.1 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2005
Valid Until:
November 2005
Primavera Project management, Contract Management & Resource Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2013
Valid Until:
March 2013
Automobile Service & Maintenance Technology (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 1996
Valid Until:
December 1996
Project Management Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2012
Valid Until:
July 2015

Hobbies

  • Sports, Music