Clement Ukkru
Construction Engineer
Summary
Outgoing, dependable, resourceful team player with over 17 years of expertise as hardcore Mechanical Engineer in the planning, procurement, contract management, construction, and aspiring for managerial assignment with an established and reputed organization to drive challenging projects by utilizing experience and contributing in attaining organizational objectives. Key Strengths Proficient in construction management entailing, execution of projects within safety and quality standards of internationally renowned end users in a cost-effective manner. Expert in erection of Equipments Exposure in liaising and maintaining relationship with contractors, designers, suppliers, vendors and clients to ensure seamless project functioning. Hands on experience with the exotic material grades of plates, pipes, fittings, forgings welding consumables Adequate awareness to Civil, E&I apart from the core Mechanical discipline.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Mechanical Engineer
Al Jalhami Contracting
06.2023 - Current
- Al Jalhami contracting is sole contractor for the Construction and Maintenance activities for Khafji Joint Operation at Saudi Arabia and Kuwait neutral area
- Presently involved in the construction of 20” pipeline of 3km both AG and UG from water treatment facilities to newly drilled onshore disposal wells
- Lead the procurement, construction and precommissioning activities as per the Aramco approved procedures and safety norms for the pipe line project
- Liaise with the Engineering consultancy for the any discrepancies in the drawing/documents arrive to a amicable resolution to the issues
- Forecast resources requirement for, internal lining , fabrication, erection, welding, ndt, hydrotest , flange management as per approved L3 schedule
- Conduct the meeting with KJO personnel for the progress and assist the planner to have a recovery schedule in case of intolerable variance
- Assign and monitor the activity norms for the all the personnels involved in the project
- Track the procurement status as per the schedule..
Mechanical Engineer
Arabian Industries Projects
02.2023 - 04.2023
- Lead the Mechanical crew for the fabrication, construction and pre commissioning phase of the PDC contract for Oil North operation for PDO Oman involving brown filed revamp in the existing process facilities and green field facilities for oil and gas station
- Formulate safe methodology for fabrication, installation, erection, pre commissioning and, painting considering the Hazards involved and assess diligently risks and prepare the Risk assessment matrix
- Review of approved PEFS, Isometrics and prepare the erection materials and fabrication materials in consultation with the PDO operation team for the successful completion of process area shutdowns as well as the individual unit shutdown
- Tracking of procurement with MTO, MPTR and DMR for ensuring materials required for the projects are available at the scheduled time
- Expedite with the structural, pipe spools and process equipment fabricator in each stage with the priority list prepared as per the approved site execution plan
- Ensure the erection of production separator , test sperators and vendor packages are as per the approved procedures
- Forecast the resource requirement for the erection, field welds, hydrotesting painting, insulation, fire proofing, and leak test
- Prepare and resolve the site queries for the any discrepancies in the drawing and accommodate the site changes
- Set the targets and norms for fabrication, welding erection and ensure the target are met and motivate the crew with the incentive packages
- Control on the preparation of the test packs, approvals, line walk and execute all the activities related to piping, reinstatement &box up, bolt torquing
- Involve in HEMP and SIMOPS control measure study to execute the brown field projects in Gas plants, Oil station and Central processing facility
- Selection of the high pressure pump for hydro test as per the volume and test pressure of the test pack
- Expedite the foundation clearance for structural erection , equipment erection pipe supports / racks , process skids, and other equipments in the plant and erect large sized equipment in accordance with the lifting plan, RA as well as company specified procedures and methods
- Generates a sense of urgency among the team members in order to get things done
- Monitors construction productivity and schedule performance and investigate reasons for less than satisfactory performance
- Institute measures for improvement by modification to operating procedures / work instructions
- Follow up and verify the status of Mechanical Completion (MC) and Pre commissioning activities (PC) and close out the system generated checklist (ITR)
- Priotoize the system – subsystem completion as per the approved schedule
- Involve in PSUA audit and execute the punch list raised by the audit
- Adherence to asset integrity safety management and flaw less project delivery
- Provide work front to E&I discipline and conduct interface meeting along with the other discipline
- Represent the contractor in all progress meeting, mile stones meeting, shutdown meeting for the consultation and communication of all the stakeholders engaged in the project
- Participate and contribute effectively for the valve criticality analysis and HFE meeting and ensure the project are delivered in compliance to the standards of PDO
- Approve the sub contractors’ bills with respect to the progress attained and resolve any discrepancies upon detailed discussion with the QS and management
- Verify the monthly invoicing with respect to the value of work done from the PDO as well as with respect to the sub-contractors
Piping Engineer
Kharafi National Kuwait /Kharafi Construction W.L.L
01.2017 - 12.2021
Piping Engineer
Jubail
01.2015 - 09.2016
- Responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day fabrication management of the project principally through the forecast and control of multi discipline labor
- Responsible for implementation and co-ordination of the scope of work as related to construction onshore, pre-commissioning, of the facilities in conformance with the requirements of the contract, the scope of work, and in accordance with the project Schedule
- This will be achieved whilst maintaining the standards of safety and quality defined in the company procedures
- The successful execution of the project assigned in accordance with the priorities, project schedule, cost and quality requirements
- Establish the project WBS, schedule the network diagram
- Review of GA , isometrics , spoolgen , material tracking report and assign the fabrication work front for the supervisors and down the level
- Ensure the all ITP, WPS all other related documents are available with team members and get regular updates
- Seeks guidance from the Construction Manager and Fabrication Management as appropriate before making critical and important decisions
- Provides direction and makes decisions in pursuit of the project and area goals and objectives
- Provides project leadership to the yard supervisors and sets standards of behaviour
- Solicits ideas from the team members in order to overcome any difficulties that may be encountered during the implementation of the project
- Directs and coordinates construction team in the execution of the project
- Fosters an environment for building team morale and builds consensus within the team
- Holds the members of construction team accountable for work performed per their roles and responsibilities
- Clearly delegates actions and responsibilities and defines deliverable requirements in terms of both scope and schedule to team members
- Facilitates timely problem resolution with the construction team members
- Facilitates the interface between the construction team, the safety and quality departments
- Plans the project to a level of detail to enable sound decision making and clear definition of weekly requirements to those executing the work
- Forecasts tools and equipment needs for the scope of work being undertaken
- Reviews the plan weekly in consultation with the Project Construction Manager and other team members and agree and confirm the 4WLA activities and manning requirements
- Demonstrates good planning and organization in day-to-day activities
- Obtains commitment from the Project Construction team on the timely delivery of data to ensure the labour force allocated to the work is productively used
- Reviews the project progress and productivity with the Project Construction Manager
- Attends the weekly construction meeting
- Arrive fully prepared and informed to provide answers to questions raised during the meeting
- Be prepared to fully participate in the meeting
- Attends project review meetings as required by the Construction Manager
- Appraises all direct reports, provide recommendations of training and development
- Essential
- Preparation of the weld map spool status , material allocation, progress reports and upate the management for the work front available
- Review of FAT procedures and conduct the FAT and raise the punchlist from the team members and follow-up each punch points for the successful acceptance from client
- Provide leadership to ensure prompt prioritization and coordination of all unforeseen risk issues of the project and escalating to the higher management
- Types of deliverables include, Chemical dozing skids, Custody Transfer Metering Skids, truck loading skids, Bidirectional Provers, Pressure vessels and super heaters for Saudi Aramco, SIPCHEM, SEC
- MOC include , Carbon steel, low alloy steel, high alloy steel, overlay/ cladded materials.
construction engineer
Bhushan Steel Limited
08.2014 - 11.2014
- For the Clean Fuel project in Mina Al Ahmadi refinery, KNPC , and SWTP plant project for KOC
- Responsible for safe execution of the project in line with the project objectives and strategy and project plans, meeting defined requirements and standards, and assuring compliance with budget and schedule for assigned brown field and green field project
- Supervise work teams for effective delivery of daily objectives including the control of work hours, overtime and incentive schemes to improve efficiency
- Site assessment with the GA, plot plan, line list, demarcates the area of work along with the team members
- Expedite the fabrication, painting, cement lining, TSA, sub-contractors for the priority pipe spools, and piping lose items from the EPC contractor
- Follow up of MR, data sheets , drawings and other project documents from the Design subcontractor
- Reporting to Construction Manager and in direct coordination with PMC/end user regarding technical issue, priorities and target dates
- Ensure latest revision of IFC drawings are taken for the erection by each team members
- Keep track of the documents as per the VDRL for the vendor packages and facilitates the FAT and dispatch of the vendor packages in timely manner
- Plan the tie in schedule in discussion with the contractor, and arrange the materials and people for the execute the tie in
- Preparation of red mark up diagram and as built drawing
- Erection of GRE Pipe line, interconnecting super duplex piping erection of pumps, compressors
- Ensure that the subcontractors are strictly adhering to the approved procedures & specification and deploying the qualified bonders, welders
- Preparation and approval of the work method statements for the procedure as per the KOC Specification
- Responsible for weekly planning of piping erection and close out of punch lists for hydro test packages
- Preparation of hydro test packages, get it approved from the contractor and facilitates the hydro test upon completion of walk down
- Conduct the pre-commissioning activities for process lines, utilities lines as cardboard blasting, air blowing
- Be responsible and report on the scheduling of man/material movements for all aspects of construction
- Coordinating with production supervisors for piping related problems that advise during fabrication and erection, Liaising with client engineers for site changes, approvals and clearances
- System, sub system walks through along with the client for punch list and takes action to close the punch lists
- Ensure the documents as per the VDRL are approved by the end users and facilitates the FAT as per the approved FAT procedures and organize to close the punch points so raised
- Execute the SAT/pre commissioning, commissioning and startup of various plant equipment as per the procedure approved by KOC
- Ensure strict adherence to HSE procedures along with good engineering practices and safety norms set for the Project as per Client and Company standards, Bhushan steel is an auto grade integrated steel manufacture located in Orissa India; I was assigned for the maintenance coordinator through O&M contractor ESI International for the maintenance of the 2 Sinter plants
- Successfully managing the Mechanical team of approx
- 130 members including supervisors and technicians for the maintenance of conveyors, screens etc
- For the seamless running of the he sinter plant., for the modular fabrication yard for construction of PAU and PAR for the offshore facility for Laggan Tormore project, Shetland UK subcontracted by Petrofac
- Develop and ensure a project execution plan in consultation with the client and the management
- Ensure execution compliance with the schedules, budget and contract obligations and report deviations and constrains
- Expedite the fabrication of structural materials, piping spools fabrication from the fabshop
- Develop project deliverables list and ensure its delivery on schedule and highlight the additional resource requirement in order to meet the target
- Delegate and control the tasks to the subordinates and get the maximum output
- Execute the structural erection, piping erection, welding, hydrotest, painting, insulation, heat tracing and fire proofing
- Facilitate FAT for the PAUs and PAR , metering skids for KOC , KNPC
- Ensure the test pack clearance, punch list clearance system and subsystem clearance , end ensure E&I supports are also in place
- Submit weekly and monthly progress reports to the management regarding overall progress, of the project
- Represent the company for the review meetings with the client and end user.
Piping Engineer
Khrafinational/ABJ Engineering and Contracting
10.2012 - 03.2014
Piping Engineer
Zamil Process Equipment Co. Ltd
12.2010 - 09.2012
- Is one of the business units of Zamil Steel Holding Co
- Ltd., Zamil Process Equipment Co
- Ltd
- Has a large production capacity, with expertise in the field of manufacturing, site construction and heavy lift
- Consists of 7 fabrication bays with overall capacity of 12000 tons/ annum of pressure vessels and related equipment
- Responsible for the for piping fabrication and erection for Aramco
- Execution and monitoring of the day to day fabrication works, E&I works at shop and controlling directly the manpower of the shop
- Coordinate with Project, Planning, Engineering, Materials, Maintenance and Quality to ensure trouble free shop operation at all times
- Create engineering queries for any discrepancies in the drawing and communicate effectively for the seamless functioning of the shop
- Coordinate manpower, equipment, and tools, jigs and fixtures requirement for execution of job
- Develop team spirit and control sub ordinates
- Major Clients- TecnicasReunidas,, Samsung engineering, SK E &C Technip, SATORP, SAUDI Aramco, Fluor , HaldorTopsoe
- Maintain 5S and Kaizen atmosphere in the shop.
Project Engineer
Oil & Gas Construction Company LLC
07.2007 - 10.2010
- Ogasco LLC is a leading sub-contractor for fabrication of pipe spools, structural and pressure vessels, silos and storage tanks for the oil and gas sector
- Playing a lead role, from material procurement, fabrication, quality control, and testing, surface protection to final dispatch of the project with export documentation and invoicing
- Review of contracts, projects specification, drawings, MTO etc and giving proper instructions to different departments like procurement, production, QC, Logistics
- Follow up approvals of documents/drawings from discipline engineers
- Receive purchase order , acknowledgement and execution schedules from clients
- Proper scheduling of targets with subordinates
- Identify progress miles stones and resolve operational issues
- Take remedial action in case of slippage
- Maintain control sheets and periodically update project management on the status of all P.Os
- Verify Client payment invoices with respect to PO terms and conditions
- Assist accounts department in problem invoices.
Fabrication Engineer
AL-JABER steel products LLC
03.2006 - 06.2007
- Al Jaber Steel Products LLC is a part of Al Jaber Establishment for the manufacture of steel structures
- Metal storage tanks; trailers, tankers and passenger buses; manufacture of construction machinery including cranes, transit mixers, crushers and screens; provides repair and maintenance services
- Review of BOQ and drawings and procuring the materials as per priority
- Perform post order coordination with departments and expedite materials for fabrication to ensure delivery schedule
- Successfully managing a shop comprising of 30 members of supervisor, team leaders, fabricators, and welders for timely completion of projects like concrete plants, asphalt plants
- Maintaining of ISO documents.
Graduate Trainee
Cochin Port Trust
03.2005 - 02.2006
- Is one of the 12 major ports in India, dealing with all types of normal port activities, like vessel movement, vessel maintenance
- Significant role in review of shell expansion diagram, docking as per the docking plan, and, repair & maintenance activities of marine vessels
- Review of ultra-sonic test report for the ship hull and replacing hull plates
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
01.2000 - 12.2004
Skills
IELTS band 7
Software Proficiency
MS office Package , MS project, Primavera 60
Amogh- ERP system for pipe spool management and shop management
Personal information
Date of Birth:May 10, 1982
Languages Known:Hindi, Malayalam English IELTS band 7
Affiliations
B-Tech Mechanical Engineering with first class from Mar Athanasius College of Engineering affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala from year 2004 - accredited by AICTE and NBA
Attended course for ASME Section VII , Div 1 Conducted by TUV
PDU completed for the PMP certification.
Member of Saudi Council of Engineers ID no: 232204
Member of Kuwait Society of Engineers ID no:31412
Additional Information
- Marital status. : Married Passport no. : , M0762545, issued from Cochin, on 08/08/2014 valid 07/08/2024. Driving license : Issued from India, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
Timeline
Mechanical Engineer - Al Jalhami Contracting
06.2023 - Current
Mechanical Engineer - Arabian Industries Projects
02.2023 - 04.2023
Piping Engineer - Kharafi National Kuwait /Kharafi Construction W.L.L
01.2017 - 12.2021
Piping Engineer - Jubail
01.2015 - 09.2016
construction engineer - Bhushan Steel Limited
08.2014 - 11.2014
Piping Engineer - Khrafinational/ABJ Engineering and Contracting
10.2012 - 03.2014
Piping Engineer - Zamil Process Equipment Co. Ltd
12.2010 - 09.2012
Project Engineer - Oil & Gas Construction Company LLC
07.2007 - 10.2010
Fabrication Engineer - AL-JABER steel products LLC
03.2006 - 06.2007
Graduate Trainee - Cochin Port Trust
03.2005 - 02.2006
Mahatma Gandhi University - Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
01.2000 - 12.2004