POWSH KRISHNA PARAMESWARAN

Chennai
Contact: +91 8248660863E-mail: [email protected]

PLANNING & PROJECT CONTROLS ENGINEER

I have 6.7 years of experience and involved in types of projects includes residential tower, Airport, oil & gas in
the Middle East. My notable project experiences are Al Zour Refinery, Kuwait Integrated Petroleum
Industries Company (KIPIC), Kuwait, Cargo Mega Terminal (Dubai Airport), a high-rise residential tower
project in Dubai, Diriyah Gate Development Authority, KSA.

I’m currently spearheading as Senior Planning Engineer in VA Tech Wabag, India. I Possess hands-on-experience
in Planning, Progress Monitoring, Dashboard Reports, Monthly Report, KPI.

I have a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India.

Key Skills:
Primavera P6 MS Office Progress Reporting Project management Delay Analyst Attention to detail
Analytical skills Cross-functional Coordination

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VA Tech Wabag, Chennai May 2023– present

Senior Planning Engineer

 Prepare the baseline schedule as per the contract and scope of work.
 Coordinate with engineering, procurement and construction stakeholders for the logical relationship and
duration for the activities.
 Liaise with the project team and update the engineering & procurement status.
 Update the P6 schedule.
 Attend the project progress meeting and advise the team when there are any slippages against LD.
 Coordinate with the team for the forecast dates.
 Monitor and track the project progress.
 Communicate the monthly and weekly reports to the team.
 Coordinate with the other projects’ planner to gather the project data to prepare the MIS reports.

Kent, Kuwait Jun 2020– April 2022

Project Controls Consultant

 Supported in preparation of three Commissioning & Start Up Programme for Al Zour Refinery, Kuwait
Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC), Kuwait during my support services as consultant.
 Created WBS as per the project requirement.
 Developed project control tools like trackers, initial delivery plan for the entire scope of work for the technical
documentation for the refinery units.
 Continuously collaborated with the cost management team for all the required activities/exercises.
 Supported cost management team in forecasting the invoice submission to the client.
 Responsible in solving the invoice related issues and maintained tracking of cost progress.
 Communicated the monthly and weekly reports to the management.
 Reviewed actual vs projected costs periodically.
 Monitored and updated the tracker daily and resolve if any deviation from the contracted scope of work.
 Responsible for monitoring documentation plan and distribute the progress report.
 Provided project control support to project manager if any slippages in the document delivery plan.
 Prepared monthly report as per the client’s requirement.
 Maintained an inventory of Daily works of Technical Writers and their productivity.
 Responsible for assigning works for the technical writers to develop as per plan.
 Delivered any ad hoc activities of internal teams or client’s requirement.

Faithful+Gould, Dubai Nov. 2018– May 2020

Planning & Claims Consultant

As a Planning & Claims Consultant, Powsh prepared Programme in P6, Assisted & Collaborated with Director,
Associate Directors & Senior Consultants in Preparation of Extension of Time Claims, Assessing the
Contractor’s EOT, and many ad-hoc tasks like preparing chronologies, As-Built Data, etc.

His engagements include:

 Prepared high level P6 Programme for Dubai Metro Greenline Redline Extension, RTA.
 Prepared three Commissioning & Start Up Programme for Al Zour Refinery, Kuwait Integrated Petroleum
Industries Company (KIPIC), Kuwait.
 Assisted as Planning Engineer for the DGDA project in Riyadh, updated dashboards, monthly report and ad-
hoc schedules.
 Assisted as Delay Analyst for the Doha Metro Arbitration and Prepared various reports.
 Assisted in Investigation of prolongation costs and made comparisons to the Market Indexes for ITCC
Convention Hotel Building, Al Raidah Investment Company.
 Assisted in delay analysis and preparing the chronology for various delay events for Al Raidah Investment
Company’s project called Information Technology and Communication Complex in Riyadh.
 Assisted the Atkins Design Management team in preparing the Prequalification and Contracts for the various
Subconsultants.
 Assisted in Extension of Time Claim and report for Atkins, the project Sharq Crossing Phase 2, Qatar by
reviewing the chronology of events and establishing the delay events.

Al Jaber LEGT Electromechanical Contracting, Dubai, UAE Jan. 2015– Jan 2017
Planning Engineer

Project: Residences at Marina Gate- Tower 1

 Responsible for updating the project program as per the actual site status/ records.
 Regularly coordinated the collection of data and issue the Project Progress Reports (Weekly/ Monthly) as
per project requirements.
 Responsible for preparing the material & procurement schedule with dates required on the site as per the
baseline program.
 Communicate agreed program and coordination schedules with project team.
 Ensured project reports are interfaced between all discipline managers to maintain awareness of project
progress.
 Project constraints, risks and ideas to overcome are discussed with the site team and project manager.
 Tracked the productivity and performance of site team.
 Advised Project Manager of progress slippages to activities for corrective action to be taken.
 Assisted in formulation of delays/claims/notifications.
 Updated all kinds of project progress reports.
 Analyzed the critical path weekly and highlighted those activities to the team for the action.

Project: Cargo Mega Terminal, Dubai Airport

 Prepared program for the project with the sequence of activities linked together in the Primavera P6.
 Responsible for monitoring and tracking the project progress.
 Prepared project baseline program and updating it, progress S-curve etc.
 Coordinated with site engineers to prepare the site constraint list and discuss it with manager to overcome
it.
 Prepared the two weeks look ahead schedule.
 Scheduled the working program weekly and identify the project is in the line of completion date.
 KPI’s are updated weekly in order to keep an eye on the MEP quantities installed at the site.
 Efficiencies are tracked daily by updating the efficiency report.
 Reviewed the drawings and site works to track the weekly progress.
 Frequent contacts are maintained with engineering, procurement and construction teams to manage the
project till the handover.
ACCENTURE, CHENNAI Apr. 2014 – Sep. 2014
Process Associate

 Responsible for business processing of customers’ new/renewal/termination of lease in applications like

SAP, Siebel and Flame.
 Responsible for downloading the team’s volume of work every day.
 Took initiative to help the process related queries and solving them.
 Responded in time to all client queries; completing the assigned work and meeting the target with in TAT.
 Provided high quality service to achieve maximum client satisfaction and accomplishing results as needed.
Achievement:
 Have been awarded Cultural Spot Award for the good performance.

BONDIL COOLING SYSTEMS, CHENNAI Jul. 2013 – Jan. 2014

Trainee Engineer

 Procured materials for the LT panels.

 Cross checked the control panel at factory with the engineering drawing.
 Assisted in commissioning the control panel after the maintenance of refrigeration system.
 Provided solutions for the customer if they face any technical problems and would visit the site if necessary.
 Responsible for the product service-related activities and dispatching it to the customer.
 Prepared quote for the enquired products to the customers.
 Coordinated activities with onsite service engineers for the smooth completion of work.

EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS

Course in Project Management, 2017

Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai

Bachelor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2013

Anna University

Computer Proficiency:
Primavera P6, MS Office (Excel, Word, Power Point & Outlook)

Languages known: English,Hindi,Malayalam,Tamil