SIVABALAN BALENDRAN
Singapore
Summary
Dedicated to achieving goals Manager of the project, with over 20 years of management experience in all aspects of the construction industry, specializes in coordinating trades, developing partnerships, and building positive relationships with architects, engineers, local officials, vendors, and clients to successfully complete high-value and high-volume projects from concept to completion. Versed in contract negotiations, project estimating, impending design problems, document preparation, building code and regulations, material purchasing, site management through certification of occupancy. Highly motivated and competent Manager gets things ready by taking on the right staff, preparing the site, and carefully planning the work to be done, ensure that an on-site Construction team is fully resourced and well directed, with clear guidelines as to their own job responsibilities. Always thinks ahead and plans all aspects of a project well in advance, and is an expert at planning the stages of a project carefully so as to ensure the most efficient, safe, and economical use of resources. Has a great business sense, completes projects on schedule and under budget, maintains operating processes. Has the ability to shift schedules to satisfy the client's fast pace, changing demands.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Deputy Project Manager
KGM Brothers Contractors Pte Ltd.
04.2023 - Current
- Preparing necessary documents for approval before starting work such as PTD, PTW, MOS, TCP, LOA and RA, etc
- Obtaining Authority documents such as NCE, LOA, IPNO and Plant maps
- Attending Monthly HSE Committee Meetings, Coordination Meeting, HSE Site walk, PGI, Safety timeout etc
- Attending Site inspection with Authorities, LTA, RE, RTO and Main con team
- Doing Special Briefing, Attending Safety timeout, Weekly Mass TBM etc
- Preparing necessary Claim documents, Reports & supporting documents and submit to Office for monthly claim
- Finding Unsafe Acts and rectify immediately on daily basis
- Prepare and raise PO for necessary materials for on coming works
- Preparing Rebar schedules, monitoring Re bar Fabrications, Formwork fixing and Casting for Guide wall, Drain walls & Man holes works
- Monitoring and take necessary action to all necessary works such as SIC, TBM, Applying Permits & Approvals, Utility Briefing, Housekeeping, Barricading work zones, placing signage, following lane closures, Wearing PPE etc.
Sr. Engineer cum CM
Ara Global Const Pte. Ltd.
06.2022 - 03.2023
- Technically & Financially control the Project Managers and get necessary daily updates
- Assist to PMs to Planning, Budgeting and monitoring the progress
- Review all necessary major material requirements and specifications with project teams
- Monitoring the matters discussed in daily General staff meeting & morning brief during the site visit
- Review the monthly program and target work done value against Cash flow with PM
- Attend Progress meeting with PMs and give the solutions to the issues raised in the meeting
- Identify the lag of delays in progress and assist to PMs to expedite the progress without delays
- Assist to PMs when they conducted technical meeting with Specialist MEP Sub-contractors
- Executive corrective action plans to mitigate unnecessary delays in works
- Random site visits with PMs to Oversaw the Workforce to ensure productivity, Efficiency and Safety
- Negotiating Contracts with external vendors to reach profitable agreements
- Monitoring the obtaining permits and approvals & Renewals from appropriate authorities on time
- Implement new policies and systems to optimize company resource to cut unnecessary expenses
- Encourage innovative actions / approaches/ proposals and development
- Monitoring project costs and ensure the quality of works
- Coordinate with Client, Architect, Engineers and Sub Contractors to avoid unnecessary issues
- Encourage the Project Team to follow the Safety precautions given by Safety Officer at site.
Project Manager
Weerasooriya Builders (Pvt) Ltd
09.2016 - 06.2022
- Overseeing, supervising, monitor and manage construction activities, ensuring timely and smooth progress of the operations from concept to completion reporting directly to the Management
- Prepare and review the project sustainability objectives and targets ensuring compliance with the Company standards and local regulatory requirements
- Ensure quality is of a consistently high level and pro-actively identify quality issues
- Monitor construction productivity and schedule performance, and identify causes of poor performance
- Plan ahead of time to avoid difficulties and to solve those that arise and make recommendations and implement improvement initiatives through changes to operating procedures/work instructions
- Resolve design site problems encountered during the construction period
- Identify the skills and resources required to successfully deliver the project on time
- Responsible for managing all areas of coordination works planning/scheduling and technical coordination of all construction works for the project with all agencies, statutory bodies, and stakeholders, incl
- Client & SO / Consultants / subcontractors
- Monitoring & Reviewing Architectural, Structural, MEP shop drawings with Team members prior to execute the works and consultant approvals
- Monitor and manage subcontractors' HSE, Workmanship Quality, and compliance with authority standards and conduct meeting twice a month and list out the key issues
- Keep good Coordination with the Design Team, Procurement, Site Engineer and Subcontractors
- Proactively identify potential problems, conflicts, design and delivery issues using risk management tools and skills to mitigate impact on the project
- Manage the Project within control budget including risk allowance & scheduled time
- Conduct daily meeting with Site staff regarding the site progress and HSE related issues
- Monitoring & update the Material Procurement Schedule on monthly basis and ordering major materials as per schedule
- Monitoring approvals, samples submission with necessary data sheets for Consultant approvals
- Implement & Monitoring Safety induction Program and HSE awareness programs with Local Authorities
- Implement, motivate & monitoring the effective cost reduction measures
- Review & Update the Master program, Cash flow & Man power histogram periodically.
Assistant General Manager - Projects
Blue Mountain Constructions (Pvt) Ltd
06.2015 - 08.2016
- Technically & Financially control the Project Managers and get necessary daily updates
- Assist to PMs to Planning, Budgeting and monitoring the progress
- Review all necessary major material requirements and specifications with project teams
- Monitoring the matters discussed in daily General staff meeting & morning brief during the site visit
- Review the monthly program and target work done value against Cash flow with PM
- Attend Progress meeting with PMs and give the solutions to the issues raised in the meeting
- Identify the lag of delays in progress and assist to PMs to expedite the progress without delays
- Assist to PMs when they conducted technical meeting with Specialist MEP Sub-contractors
- Executive corrective action plans to mitigate unnecessary delays in works
- Random site visits with PMs to Oversaw the Workforce to ensure productivity, Efficiency and Safety
- Negotiating Contracts with external vendors to reach profitable agreements
- Monitoring the obtaining permits and approvals & Renewals from appropriate authorities on time
- Implement new policies and systems to optimize company resource to cut unnecessary expenses
- Encourage innovative actions / approaches/ proposals and development
- Monitoring project costs and ensure the quality of works
- Coordinate with Client, Architect, Engineers and Sub Contractors to avoid unnecessary issues
- Encourage the Project Team to follow the Safety precautions given by Safety Officer at site.
Project Manager
Access Projects (Pvt) Ltd
06.2014 - 05.2015
- Overseeing, supervising, monitor and manage construction activities, ensuring timely and smooth progress of the operations from concept to completion reporting directly to the Management
- Prepare and review the project sustainability objectives and targets ensuring compliance with the Company standards and local regulatory requirements
- Ensure quality is of a consistently high level and pro-actively identify quality issues
- Monitor construction productivity and schedule performance, and identify causes of poor performance
- Plan ahead of time to avoid difficulties and to solve those that arise and make recommendations and implement improvement initiatives through changes to operating procedures/work instructions
- Resolve design site problems encountered during the construction period
- Identify the skills and resources required to successfully deliver the project on time
- Responsible for managing all areas of coordination works planning/scheduling and technical coordination of all construction works for the project with all agencies, statutory bodies, and stakeholders, incl
- Client & SO / Consultants / subcontractors
- Monitoring & Reviewing Architectural, Structural, MEP shop drawings with Team members prior to execute the works and consultant approvals
- Monitor and manage subcontractors' HSE, Workmanship Quality, and compliance with authority standards and conduct meeting twice a month and list out the key issues
- Keep good Coordination with the Design Team, Procurement, Site Engineer and Subcontractors
- Proactively identify potential problems, conflicts, design and delivery issues using risk management tools and skills to mitigate impact on the project
- Manage the Project within control budget including risk allowance & scheduled time
- Conduct daily meeting with Site staff regarding the site progress and HSE related issues
- Monitoring & update the Material Procurement Schedule on monthly basis and ordering major materials as per schedule
- Monitoring approvals, samples submission with necessary data sheets for Consultant approvals
- Implement & Monitoring Safety induction Program and HSE awareness programs with Local Authorities
- Implement, motivate & monitoring the effective cost reduction measures
- Review & Update the Master program, Cash flow & Man power histogram periodically.
Project Engineer
Maga Engineering (Pvt) Ltd
09.2009 - 03.2011
- Attend meetings with client, consultants & subcontractor to ensure that all project requirements are compiled and executed accordingly
- Interpreting drawing and identify discrepancy within all trades and come out with a solution
- Responsible for the planning, scheduling, monitoring, controlling and coordination of all works and ensure timely completion
- Lead a team of coordinators & supervisors to ensure timely completion and quality standards of project
- Supervise subcontractors’ works to ensure that utilities support/diversion works executed are in accordance to statutory requirements, construction procedures and safe work practices
- Manage end-to-end delivery of project through defined project scope, detailed project plan & seek stakeholder’s agreement for sign-off
- Track project status to ensure delivery is on track and provide regular project updates
- Report and take instruction from Project Manager & Assist in any ad-hoc duties when assigned
- Arrange HSE awareness programs, Safety inductions as instructed by PM and Incident reporting
- Prepare OMM, As- Built drawings, Testing & Commissioning and Handing over documents after completion of project.
Design Engineer
Maga Engineering (Pvt) Ltd
08.2008 - 09.2009
- Prepared Structural BOQ Qty and assist to tender division for bidding
- Site inspections with Tender division key staff (Initial site visit) prior to start bidding
- Designed the Proposed Head Office building – Stage 1 structure and submit for approval from Design Head
- Prepared all Breakdowns of site major activities requested by Tender division to review the unit rates
- Attending Pre-Bid meeting with Tender division QS staff
- Arrange the Induction & Training program with Fresh staff, Skill workers prior to start site activities such as concreting, re bar works, form works, finishes etc
- Do shoring designs, Earth works designs, Crack surveying, QA & QC works to ongoing projects and monitoring those works
- Do Rebar, Form work and Service inspections prior to concrete with site key staff
- Acting as Resident Engineer for Design & Build projects.
Project Engineer
Maga Engineering (Pvt) Ltd
09.2005 - 07.2008
- Attend meetings with client, consultants & subcontractor to ensure that all project requirements are compiled and executed accordingly
- Interpreting drawing and identify discrepancy within all trades and come out with a solution
- Responsible for the planning, scheduling, monitoring, controlling and coordination of all works and ensure timely completion
- Lead a team of coordinators & supervisors to ensure timely completion and quality standards of project
- Supervise subcontractors’ works to ensure that utilities support/diversion works executed are in accordance to statutory requirements, construction procedures and safe work practices
- Manage end-to-end delivery of project through defined project scope, detailed project plan & seek stakeholder’s agreement for sign-off
- Track project status to ensure delivery is on track and provide regular project updates
- Report and take instruction from Project Manager & Assist in any ad-hoc duties when assigned
- Arrange HSE awareness programs, Safety inductions as instructed by PM and Incident reporting
- Prepare OMM, As- Built drawings, Testing & Commissioning and Handing over documents after completion of project.
Site Engineer
Maga Engineering (Pvt) Ltd
04.2004 - 09.2005
- Attend meetings with client, consultants & subcontractor to ensure that all project requirements are compiled and executed accordingly
- Interpreting drawing and identify discrepancy within all trades and come out with a solution
- Responsible for the planning, scheduling, monitoring, controlling and coordination of all works and ensure timely completion
- Lead a team of coordinators & supervisors to ensure timely completion and quality standards of project
- Supervise subcontractors’ works to ensure that utilities support/diversion works executed are in accordance to statutory requirements, construction procedures and safe work practices
- Manage end-to-end delivery of project through defined project scope, detailed project plan & seek stakeholder’s agreement for sign-off
- Track project status to ensure delivery is on track and provide regular project updates
- Report and take instruction from Project Manager & Assist in any ad-hoc duties when assigned
- Arrange HSE awareness programs, Safety inductions as instructed by PM and Incident reporting
- Prepare OMM, As- Built drawings, Testing & Commissioning and Handing over documents after completion of project.
Construction Manager
Maga Engineering (Pvt) Ltd
04.2002 - 09.2005
- Overseeing, supervising, monitor and manage construction activities, ensuring timely and smooth progress of the operations from concept to completion reporting directly to the Management
- Prepare and review the project sustainability objectives and targets ensuring compliance with the Company standards and local regulatory requirements
- Ensure quality is of a consistently high level and pro-actively identify quality issues
- Monitor construction productivity and schedule performance, and identify causes of poor performance
- Plan ahead of time to avoid difficulties and to solve those that arise and make recommendations and implement improvement initiatives through changes to operating procedures/work instructions
- Resolve design site problems encountered during the construction period
- Identify the skills and resources required to successfully deliver the project on time
- Responsible for managing all areas of coordination works planning/scheduling and technical coordination of all construction works for the project with all agencies, statutory bodies, and stakeholders, incl
- Client & SO / Consultants / subcontractors
- Monitoring & Reviewing Architectural, Structural, MEP shop drawings with Team members prior to execute the works and consultant approvals
- Monitor and manage subcontractors' HSE, Workmanship Quality, and compliance with authority standards and conduct meeting twice a month and list out the key issues
- Keep good Coordination with the Design Team, Procurement, Site Engineer and Subcontractors
- Proactively identify potential problems, conflicts, design and delivery issues using risk management tools and skills to mitigate impact on the project
- Manage the Project within control budget including risk allowance & scheduled time
- Conduct daily meeting with Site staff regarding the site progress and HSE related issues
- Monitoring & update the Material Procurement Schedule on monthly basis and ordering major materials as per schedule
- Monitoring approvals, samples submission with necessary data sheets for Consultant approvals
- Implement & Monitoring Safety induction Program and HSE awareness programs with Local Authorities
- Implement, motivate & monitoring the effective cost reduction measures
- Review & Update the Master program, Cash flow & Man power histogram periodically.
Plant Engineer / Plant Manager
Maga Engineering (Pvt) Ltd
04.2002 - 04.2004
- Prepared materials received & issued list on daily basis
- Placing materials orders on time and maintain materials stock at yard
- Request and review the next month requirements from all site and prepare the material requirements list before place the purchase order
- Ordering raw materials with lead time based on Anural Weather report and monthly weather reports
- Do all necessary quality tests for raw materials prior to unload
- Do testing & calibration of machines periodically
- Maintain all records of all machineries and services
- Do all necessary Materials testing as per Site Consultant requirements with independent laboratories
- Check materials physical stock every month against book value
- Prepare monthly production reports and material utilization reports.
Education
Bachelor of Science of Engineering - Civil Engineering
University of Peradeniya
Skills
- Project Management & Planning
- Subcontract & Procurement
- Health & Safety regulations
- Budget / Cost control
- Financial management
- Contract negotiations
- Tender / Bid management
- Construction materials
- Civil Engineering
- AutoCAD
- MS Package
- Residential Mixed Development Projects
- Hospitals
- Hotels
- Commercial Buildings
- University Buildings
- Experience of working on developments in both towns and rural areas
- Knowledge and expertise in general maintenance and repairs to buildings
- Delivering a high standard of site presentation at all times
- Outstanding ability in reviewing the Survey, Civil, Mechanical & Electrical drawings and its coordination
- Mediating on-site conflicts
- Can work under extreme pressure and to strict deadlines
- Identifying on site hazards and them coming up with risk management solutions
- Expertise in preparing ‘As-built’ drawings, working drawings
- Ability to develop criteria for survey methods and procedures
- Doing Safety awareness program at site with HSE team on monthly basic
- Ability to solve the unforeseen site problems and reorganize the tasks to keep the project without any delays
- Ability to plan & execute work on target basis and meet the deadlines without any failure
- Knowledge of necessary legislation such as building regulations and health and safety etc
- Strong work ethic and honesty
- Communicating effectively with Team members and keep them in active mode in decision making
- Excellent relationship Building skills
- Perform risk management to minimize project risks
- Foster and maintain a strong working relationship with support staff
- Motivate the project team members to do additional duties required as needed
Affiliations
- IESL, Associate Member, Sri Lanka
- SSE, Associate Member, Sri Lanka
Languages
English
Sinhala
Tamil
Currentcompany
KGM Brothers Contractors Pte Ltd.
Maritalstatus
Married
Nationality
Sri Lankan
Startdate
One month notice
Salary
Negotiable
Drivinglicense
Class 3 & Class 2B (Singapore)
Previouspositions
- Assist. General Manager
- Project Manager
- Construction Manager
- Design Engineer
- Project Engineer
- Site Engineer
- Plant Engineer
Personal Information
- Title: Deputy Project Manager, Project Engineer
- Date of Birth: 03/12/75
- Nationality: Sri Lankan
Timeline
Deputy Project Manager
KGM Brothers Contractors Pte Ltd.
04.2023 - Current
Sr. Engineer cum CM
Ara Global Const Pte. Ltd.
06.2022 - 03.2023
Project Manager
Weerasooriya Builders (Pvt) Ltd
09.2016 - 06.2022
Assistant General Manager - Projects
Blue Mountain Constructions (Pvt) Ltd
06.2015 - 08.2016
Project Manager
Access Projects (Pvt) Ltd
06.2014 - 05.2015
Project Engineer
Maga Engineering (Pvt) Ltd
09.2009 - 03.2011
Design Engineer
Maga Engineering (Pvt) Ltd
08.2008 - 09.2009
Project Engineer
Maga Engineering (Pvt) Ltd
09.2005 - 07.2008
Site Engineer
Maga Engineering (Pvt) Ltd
04.2004 - 09.2005
Construction Manager
Maga Engineering (Pvt) Ltd
04.2002 - 09.2005
Plant Engineer / Plant Manager
Maga Engineering (Pvt) Ltd
04.2002 - 04.2004
Bachelor of Science of Engineering - Civil Engineering
University of Peradeniya
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