OBJECTIVE
To obtain a full-time position in a Civil Engineering related jobs starting from January 2012
SUMMARY QUALIFICATIONS
Hardworking, enthusiastic, highly motivated, involved Masters Student in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering & Management), looking forward to work for a reputed organization and gain new experiences in the field of corporate world
EDUCATION
1. Iowa State University, Ames, IA
•MS in Civil Engineering
•Emphasis-Construction Engineering & Management
•GPA – 3.89 (out of 4.00)
(August 2010 – present)
2.Jadvpur University (Kolkata, W.B., India)
•BS in Construction Engineering & Management
•GPA–8.90 (out of 10.00)
(June 2004 – June 2008)
WORK EXPERIENCE
1.Research Assistant-Iowa State University
Responsibility-Involved in 3 sponsored research projects all of which center on examining risk analysis and mitigation processes for large transportation organizations.(Ames, IA)-[January 2011-present]
2.Teaching Assistant - Iowa State University
Responsibility -- Managed class of about more than 80 students along with being involved in grading and proctoring.(Ames,IA)-[August’10–December’10]
3.Industry Experience-Member of the team associated in Implementing Enterprise Project Management (EPM) system in M.N.Dastur & Co. Pvt. Ltd – a multidisciplinary civil consultant company engaged in handling construction projects from concept till commissioning. (Kolkata, W.B., India
November’09 – July’10.)
Responsibilities:
• Understanding the organisational breakdown structure and business process of the organisation
• Designing an integrated ERP system for the organisation with an objective to standardize the business processes, the project management practices and the engineering services which are being rendered to the client for their projects i.e. in a nut-shell it can be said that this system is being developed to standardize all the projects of the company
• Centrally governing and monitoring all the projects within the organisation in order to monitor the performance of the organisation and employees closely
• Creating a database of all projects handled by the organisation which will act as future reference & guidance and also aid in adoption of best practices
• Integrate the ERP system with Timesheet in order to assess employee performance through this integrated system
• Resource Levelling will be facilitated after the development of this system. This system, in fact, will capture the skill set and proficiency level of each resource across the company and based on the actual work delivered by each resource their performance will be evaluated. Thus this will facilitate resource optimisation for the entire organisation with manpower capacity of about 2500.
• Manpower planning for running / future projects is another objective of this ERP system which we are developing. It is actually the outcome of the efficient resource levelling because this is only possible when the resource utilisation is optimised.
• Aiding the higher management to take strategic decisions for the organisation
• Mentoring, coaching and training employees of the organisation in order to facilitate this change management.
4.Role-Project Planning Engineer (Kolkata, W.B., India.
1st July 2008 – November 2009)
Responsibilities:
• Preparing and updating overall and detailed network schedule using PRIMAVERA & MS PROJECT Highlighting Critical path and providing delay analysis
• Monitoring monthly progress with respect to S-curve targets
• Preparation of Monthly and fortnightly Progress Reports, Focusing on potential delays & Areas of Concern supplementing them with suggestive remedial actions
• Preparing action plan for the project managers regarding the activities to be performed in the coming month
• Preparation of various MIS reports required for CMD and other top management review
• Conducting project meetings and addressing important issues
• Coordinating interactions between project office and work site
• Being part of such a large organization from 2008 to 2010 had the opportunity to learn & gather experience about the various types of construction techniques which are nowadays being used in the construction industries. I have been handling five (5) projects during this period of time and have been frequently visiting the sites located at various locations in India to see the new techniques & processes nowadays used in the construction field.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1.Risk Mitigation Strategies for Maintenance and Mobile Operations in Highways – IHRB funded project
Identification of the probable risks & the current mitigation strategies, Analysis of the crash database and develop a statistical model for the risk severities and frequencies, Develop new mitigation strategies that should be implemented by the Iowa DOT (Department of transportation)(1st November 2010 –till date)
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