Lakshmanan Kumar
Summary
A well established and experienced Quality Assurance and Quality Control manager with more than 20 years in the Construction industry. Expertise covered in EPCM Company in Advanced Technology Facilities Construction. Mainly in day-to-day construction activities, Quality Management, Engineering, Qualification, Verification of installation, Testing and Commissioning & Analytical testing activities for a wide range of high-tech buildings & facilities from Semiconductor, Pharmaceuticals, Data Centre, Solar, Petrochemical plants, and other Infrastructure Industrial buildings.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
QA/QC Technical Manager
DPR Construction Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
10.2021 - 11.2023
- As a QAQC Manager in a pharmaceutical-based construction project, be ensuring the highest quality standards and regulatory compliance throughout the project.
- Performed root cause analysis to identify and resolve quality issues and defects.
- Here are some key responsibilities and tasks had involved in:
- Quality Management Planning:
- Worked closely with customers to evaluate various types of risks such as impact, reputation and regulatory.
- Develop a comprehensive quality management plan that outlines the processes, procedures, and standards for maintaining quality throughout the project
- This includes defining quality objectives, establishing quality control measures, and identifying regulatory requirements specific to the pharmaceutical industry.
- Regulatory Compliance:
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory guidelines and standards, such as Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), FDA regulations, and other applicable regulations
- Stay updated with evolving regulations and guidelines, and ensure the project adheres to the latest requirements
- Coordinate and facilitate inspections and audits to demonstrate compliance.
- Quality Control Inspections and Audits:
- Oversee quality control inspections and audits at different stages of the construction process, including design, construction, commissioning, and qualification.
- Coordinate with inspection teams to ensure inspections are conducted according to established protocols and standards
- Guided, coached and lead project teams, delegating tasks and evaluating performance and progression of project pace.
- Review inspection reports, identify non-conformities, and recommend corrective actions.
- Material and Equipment Verification:
- Verify the quality and suitability of materials and equipment used in the construction of the pharmaceutical facility
- Establish procedures for inspecting and approving incoming materials, ensuring they meet the required specifications and regulatory standards
- Conduct inspections and tests on critical equipment installations, ensuring they meet specified requirements.
- Non-Conformance Management:
- Implement a systematic process for identifying, documenting, and addressing non-conformities or deviations from quality standards
- Ensure that non-conformities are properly reported, investigated, and resolved through appropriate corrective and preventive actions
- Monitor the progress of corrective actions to ensure timely resolution and prevent recurrence.
- Documentation and Reporting:
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of quality-related activities, including inspection reports, test results, change controls, validation documents, and regulatory compliance records
- Prepare quality reports summarizing the status of quality control activities, identified issues, and the effectiveness of corrective actions
- Investigated customer complaints and performed corrective actions to resolve quality issues.
- Ensure all documentation meets regulatory requirements and is readily available for audits and inspections.
Project QA/QC Manager
Exyte Singapore
12.2007 - 08.2021
- I'm responsible for ensuring the quality and compliance of all aspects of a construction project, from design and planning to construction and commissioning.
- Will work with a team of Package engineers, architects, contractors, and other professionals to develop and implement quality assurance and quality control procedures
- Manage and oversee project quality to ensure compliance with codes, standards, regulations, equipment-specific specifications, and QMS requirements.
- Conducted audit inspections and independent checks to verify parts and materials.
- Tendering stage:
- Review and Evaluate Supplier/Vendor Pre-Qualification
- Workshops facilitate audit prior to package awarded.
- Review and authorize Technical Bid Evaluation (TBE)
- Review and Authorize GA and Detailed Drawing.
- Supply Equipment:
- Developed and analyzed quality control processes and deliverables to determine present standards and establish recommended action plans.
- List out Supplied Package Criticality and plan for TPI arrangement.
- Arrange and witness FAT for Major Equipment
- Release IRC form upon completion of FAT, Prior to delivery.
- Package Kick-off
- Manage more than 60 Package contractors
- Participate in the kick-off Meeting of all Packages.
- Sharing Quality Deliverable Documents
- Documents review/Approve:
- Inspection test plan, Project Quality Plan, Method of statement, Material catalog, Detailed drawing, testing procedures related to welding, distractive and non-distractive testing, Material Cert, Data sheet, Calibration cert.
- Documented inspection results by completing logs.
- Meeting minutes:
- Conduct Sub-contractors weekly QA/QC Meeting
- Involved & participated in vendor supplier, and subcontractor meetings to resolve issues.
Education
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Tamil Nadu, Technical Institute
India10.1995
Certified Conquas/QM Manager -
BCA Singapore
01.2015
Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) -
American Welding Institute
04.2013
QMS Auditor ISO 9001 -
Intertek
01.2011
ASNT NDT Level-II-VT,MT,PT,RT -
The American Welding Society
API -570 and API 510 -
American Petroleum Institute
Building Construction Supervisor Safety Course -
AKC - Singapore
12.2014
Work at Height Safety Supervisor -
Asretec - Singapore
11.2014
Skills
- Communication Skills
- Ability to Work Under Pressure
- Team leadership
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Microsoft Office
- Ability to work in a team
- Advanced Analytical Thinking Skill
- Quality Management System
- Boiler Fabrication and Installation
- Piping Inspection
- Steel Structure Sub-structure Superstructure
- Welding Inspection
- Facade Inspection
- E&I Installation and testing
- Pressure test Flushing Passivation
- HVAC T&C
- Pressure vessel Inspection
- Pilling Inspection
- Welder test
- FAT and SAT
- Test Pack Final Handover
- Quality Training
- Documents Audit
- Commissioning
- Painting Inspection
- Concrete and Precast Inspection
- Problem-Solving
- Organizational Skills
- Customer Relations
- Recordkeeping
Personal Information
Nationality: Indian Singapore PR
Accomplishments
- Design and build of a 4-storey live and non-live virus fill finish facility with associated clean room, Cold room, Freezer room, warehousing, laboratories, and offices.
- Silicon wafer- Design and Build of a 4-storey CZ Extension Building clean room, Admin Building, Hy-Box storage, new shipping area, New Ingot stocker, Dry powder storage and Warehouse Extension Building.
- Verde palm is a biobased chemical manufacturing plant.
- Semiconductor Wafer Fab- Design and Build of a 4-storey fill finish facility with associated Clean room and non-clean rooms - FAB, CUB Building, 5- story Admin Building, Warehouse Extension Building. Pipe Bridge tank farmetc..
- AMAPS Cheeky Fit out project – Design and Build fill finish facility with associated Production Building and 2-story Admin Building.
- Oil rig – Production Building with fill finish facility with Plant room
- Design and Build fill finish facility with associated Solar panel Manufacturing plant.
- Electrical and instrumentation design and built 6.6KV Switch gear, LV, MV, UPS cable termination testing and commissioning, Equipment and valves installation, cable termination testing and commission of new boiler Project.
- Design and build of a 7-storey fill finish facility with associated Data center. Major Equipment’s: Modular UPS, Generator, Transformer, HVAC-Cooling tower, Chiller, BMS and security system etc..
- Design and Build fill finish medical devices facility with associated Production Building plant, warehouse and Admin Building
- Design and Build Solar panel Manufacturing plant.
- Design and Build Solar panel Manufacturing plant.
- Semiconductor Wafer Fab- Design and Build of a 4-storey fill finish facility with associated clean room and non-clean rooms - FAB, CUB Building, 5- story Admin Building, Warehouse Extension Building. Pipe Bridge tank farm
- QA/QC Engineer, responsible for Steel Structure, Pipe rack, Pressure vessels & Piping. Inspection of Fit-up, welding, NDT-MT, PT, RT, UT, torque testing, Painting, Pressure testing & Review and Witness Compiling Documents.
- QA/QC Inspector, responsible for Steel structure fabrication and Installation of roof truss, pipe rack and vessels platform etc.. Fit-up and visual Inspection of welding, NDT-MT, PT, RT, UT, torque testing, Painting witness and Documents review and witness.
- QA/QC Inspector, responsible for Steel structure of visual Inspection, welding, NDT-MT, RT, PT, torque testing, Painting witness and Compiling Documentation.
- QA/QC Inspector, responsible for visual Inspection of welding, NDT-MT, UT, torques testing, Painting witness and Compiling Documentation.
- QA/QC Responsible for HVAC Ducting, Piping, Damper, Mechanical equipment Installation, testing and commissioning.
- QA/QC Supervisor, responsible for visual inspection of fabricated Build-up beam, column, windmill tower, Auto Damper, Auto Gate for Boilers fit-up, Welding, Dimensional, Painting, NDT-MT, PT, RT, UT and Pressure test witness.
Projects accomplishments 1995 to current date:
Thermo Fisher | Singapore
Value: $250M
Major Equipments: Boiler, HVAC, Switchgear, Fill-in Machine, Process system, Fire Protection, Security system, BMS, UPS and Gensets. Utility (GMP and Non-GMP). WFI, Pure steam, and RO water system etc..
CQV: Clean room, Cold room, Freezer room, stability chamber, Laboratories, interlock and warehouse etc.
Siltronic | Tampines, Singapore
Value: $175M
Major Equipment’s- Puller, Chiller, AHU, Cooling tower, Fire protection, CDA, Process system, LV, MV Switch Gear, Transformer, Gen set, BMS.
Verde Palm | Johor, Malaysia
Value: $250M
Major Equipment’s- Modular Structure, Heat Exchanger, Vessels, Chiller, AHU, Cooling tower, Fire protection, CDA, Process system (UPW, WW) LV, MV Switch Gear, Transformer, BMS. Etc..
Infineon | Kulim, Malaysia
Value: $350M
Major Equipment’s- HVAC Ducting, Chiller, Pumps, AHU, Cooling tower, Fire protection, CDA, Process system, LV, MV Switch Gear, Transformer, BMS etc.
P&G | HCMC, Vietnam
Value: 130M
Major Equipment: HVAC, Fire protection, BMS, Process system, CDA, Switchgear, etc..
Schlumberger | Singapore
Value:100M
First Solar | Kulim, Malaysia
Value: 70M
Clean room expansion
MLNG Petronas | Sarawak, Malaysia
Value: 220M
DRT Data Centre Project| IBP, Singapore
Value: 275M
Jotun Paint| Nilai, Malaysia
Design and Build fill finish facility with associated Production Building plant warehouse and Admin Building
BBraun | Vietnam
Metal Kraft | Singapore
Design and Built fill finish recycling of non-metal waste plant.
REC | Singapore
Q-Cell | Putrajaya, Malaysia
Micron | Singapore
Major Equipment’s- Ducting, Chiller, Pumps, AHU, Cooling tower, Fire protection, CDA, Process system, LV, MV Switch Gear, Transformer, BMS etc
CIBA Petrochemical Plant Project(UTOC Engineering Pte Ltd)
Fusion Polis Commercial Building (Yong Nam Engineering)
Sumitomo Petrochemical Plant Project (Kong Hwee Iron & Construction Pte Ltd)
MSD Technology, St Microelectronics Project (Kong Hwee Iron & Construction Pte Ltd)
Golden Mail Complex Project (Comfort Management)
Various Project for BHEL in India (1995 to 2000)
Timeline
QA/QC Technical Manager
DPR Construction Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
10.2021 - 11.2023
Project QA/QC Manager
Exyte Singapore
12.2007 - 08.2021
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Tamil Nadu, Technical Institute
Certified Conquas/QM Manager -
BCA Singapore
Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) -
American Welding Institute
QMS Auditor ISO 9001 -
Intertek
ASNT NDT Level-II-VT,MT,PT,RT -
The American Welding Society
API -570 and API 510 -
American Petroleum Institute
Building Construction Supervisor Safety Course -
AKC - Singapore
Work at Height Safety Supervisor -
Asretec - Singapore
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