Velmurugan R
Senior Engineer - Projects
Chennai
Summary
Adept at driving complex projects to completion, I leveraged project management and problem-solving skills at Howden Air and Gas India Private Limited, ensuring timely, cost-effective, and quality delivery. Excelled in team collaboration and risk management, achieving significant project margins and enhancing customer satisfaction.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
Work History
Senior Engineer - Order Handling (Projects)
Howden Air and Gas India Private Limited
Chennai
08.2021 - Current
- Review of Order receipt from sales
- Organize KOM and discuss with stakeholders on the project details & any special requirement.
- Prepare project plan and manufacturing schedule, submitting to client along with order acknowledgement.
- Engineering drawing approvals follow up with client.
- Co-ordinate with stakeholders for timely placement of PO’s for bought outs & sub-contracting items
- Delivering project with triple constraints on consideration - time, cost and quality
- Monitored employee performance to keep projects on task.
- Conduct Weekly project review meetings to mitigate any risk and opportunities.
- Margin forecast update and review of project budget vs actual on fortnightly basis.
- Monitoring cost of the project with the help of Project controller to execute the project within the budget.
- Follow up with milestone payments, Bank guarantees & contract administration documents.
- Approval from client of QAP’s, raising inspection calls for the stage inspections coordinating with QC team.
- Maintain the budget allocated for the project and review periodically to maintain the gross margin as prescribed by management.
- Co-ordinate FAT, performance test with client
- Receiving dispatch clearance & follow formal project closure procedures
- Cash collection from client upon supply
- Handled intercompany orders for APAC, Europe, Africa & America
- Experience in NPD for the rail industry, supplying E block blowers to major railway coach manufacturers like siemens and Alstom on rolling stock basis.
- Maintaining project documentation and lessons learnt repositories.
- Maintaining risk register to look for opportunities and report for risk.
Engineer - Projects
The KCP Limited (Heavy Engineering Unit)
07.2018 - 08.2021
- Understanding & getting exposure of Casting , Machine Shop & Fabrication shop.
- Define project parameters, scope, budget and timeline to various departments as received from marketing.
- Prepare project plan and circulate to both internal and external stakeholders
- Approvals from client and explain the deviations if any to other
departments - Co-ordination with feeder factories to ensure on time delivery
- Engineering drawing approvals
- Maintain the budget allocated for the project and review periodically to maintain the gross margin as prescribed by management
- Conduct review meetings
- Regular follow-up on timely receipt of bought outs
- Follow up with sub vendors, outsourced partners for readiness of material, negotiating skills
- Raising inspection calls to client based on QAP and co-ordination
- Milestone payment collection from client on PO reference, ABG & PBG collection
- Follow up on production progress and intimation of any unavoidable delay to client & receiving delivery extension.
- Project closure activities, hand over certificate from client.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
University College of Engineering
Kanchipuram, India 04.2001 -
High School Diploma -
GVC Higher Secondary School
Arcot 04.2001 -
Skills
Project Management
Problem-solving abilities
Team collaboration
Risk & Cost Management
MS Project & Microsoft Excel
Customer Focus
Timeline
Senior Engineer - Order Handling (Projects)
Howden Air and Gas India Private Limited
08.2021 - Current
Engineer - Projects
The KCP Limited (Heavy Engineering Unit)
07.2018 - 08.2021
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
University College of Engineering
04.2001 -
High School Diploma -
GVC Higher Secondary School
04.2001 -
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