Project Engineering Management

1. Professional Experience Continued…
GANGOPADHAYA, SHEKHAR
India/ Kolkata /West Bengal
+91 9836 410 812 ▪ shekhargangopadhaya@outlook.com
ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL
Accomplished and result oriented engineering and project management professional offering more
than 30+ years of experience credited with project management, estimation, detail design
engineering, sub-contractor management, project schedule planning / monitoring and construction
supervision with a proven track record in fostering and nurturing long-term relationships. Respected
leader with demonstrated talents in design for strategic planning, resource allocation, and technical
problem solving. Outstanding communication skills with capacity to interface with clients, suppliers,
contractors, and other members associated with a project. Ability to develop and implement feasible
timelines and budgets, along with an ability to effectively lead cross-functional teams toward
expanded products and services has led to ongoing career progression. Valued contributor to
engineering teams with commitment to improving project management procedures.
AREAS OF STRENGTH AND EXPERTISE
 Project Management
 Feed & Detail Design
 Scheduling & Monitoring
 Cross-Functional Skills
 Bidding
 Interfacing skill
 Communication skill
 Team Player
 Construction
 Business Development
 Strategic Planning & Analysis
 Sub-Contractor Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Large EPC Companies, India (on contract) 2016 to Present
Engineering Consultant
Play a key role as an independent Engineering Management Consultant (on contract) for large LSTK
Contractors, superintend their project design consultants and construction team on engineering
feed/detail design, bidding, project schedule and regulate construction management for certain
industrial projects.
Kellogg Brown & Root Limited / Consulting & Design Engineering (KBR – AMCDE) 2014 to
2015
Project Manager
Functioned as Project Manager for KBR-AMCDE for client Saudi Aramco General Engineering and
Project Management Services (GES+) for the following Saudi Aramco projects and spearheaded a
multi-discipline team involved in all activities for these projects.
Key Accomplishments:
 Successful feed design completion of Steam Turbine Generators in Hawiyah Gas Plant - Feed
Package, FEL-2 & FEL-3 ((TIC $22 MN) – from beginning to end.
 Swapped Process Analyzer Shelters in RasTanurah Refinery – Detail Design for LSTK
Contractor (TIC $12 MN) - From middle of project cycle till ongoing towards end.
 Upgraded Industrial Buildings at Safaniyah Gas Plant - Feed Package, FEL-3 (TIC $22 MN) -
From middle of project cycle till ongoing towards end.
Saudi Arabian Bechtel Company (SABCO), Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia 1995 to 2014
Area Project Engineer / Team Leader (2012-2014)
Steered dedicated team from all disciplines for the following Bechtel’s International long distance
pipeline projects. Efficiently work on these projects design and have been done on work share basis
with other Bechtel offices in Houston, Ankara & Bangkok.

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Professional Experience Continued…
Key Accomplishments:
 Escondido Water Supply Line (Chilly) – 2x48” Dia 177 Km with 4 pump stations, surge tanks
and related electro-mechanical-control systems (TIC $200 MM).
 54 Km long Oil Pipeline (Thailand) with scarper, valves etc. (TIC $50 MM).
 TANAP Oil pipeline (Turkey) total 1,900 Km long with pump stations, valve stations and related
electro-mechanical-control systems (TIC more than $1 Billion).
Project Engineer / Team Leader (2002-2012)
Advancement of Firewater Systems, NAOO, Rabigh Refinery overhead crude distillation unit,
Replacement of Fin Fan coolers in Rabigh Refinery, Scraper facilities for batch line at East West
Pump Station #3, Sales Gas Grid Pipeline detail design, Jubail, JTF Control Room Renovation,
switch grating & slop tank on off-shore platform.
Key Accomplishments:
 40” Dia KRZTG-2 Sales Gas Line (53 Km) to Ma’aden Aluminium Smelter plant (TIC $50
MN).
 24” Dia Natural Gas Line (24 Km) from Shaybah NGL Plant (TIC $20 MN).
 56” Dia UWIPS-4/5 Water Line (20 Km) Replacement (TIC $40 MN).
 32” Dia EWRR-1 Crude Oil Line (107 Km) to Riyadh Refinery (TIC $100 MN).
 Effectively upgraded auxiliary equipment including air compressor & related electrical substation
& PIB upgrade work at RasTanura Terminal South (TIC $80 MN).
 Advancement of Industrial Wastewater Systems in Safaniyah & Tanazib (TIC $40 MN).
 Development of Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant (New), RasTanura (TIC $50 MN).
Chief – Civil / Structural / Architectural (2000-2002)
Actively participated in the following SAUDI ARAMCO Projects as Consultant / Discipline Group
Leader carry out project proposal / detail design engineering, and efficiently conducted review of
contractor’s design and drawings, material take-off, site problem study and solution etc.
Key Projects:
Riyadh Refinery - Additional Steam Supply. Fired Heater Upgrade.
Jeddah Refinery - Upgrade Tank Radar Gauging
System
Yield Improvement Program
East West Pump Station - Upgrade Fire & Water
system
Crude & Vacuum Heater Upgrade
Safaniyah Sub Stations for Saudi Aramco Replacement of Air Compressor
RasTanura to Dhahran Product Pipeline Rabigh Refinery - Upgrade of EIV & PZV
Shedgum Manifold Expansion program CDU Condenser Upgrade
JTF Control Room Modification at Jumaiyah Transfer Line from UWIP 1 To UWIP 2
Sales Gas To Yanbu Through AY-1 Conversion Harad Gas Gathering manifolds
Qatif Abu Safah Producing & D/Stream Pipe Line QRT-4 LPG Pipeline Replacement
Additional Capacity Requirements in Eastern &
Central Region Bulk Plants.
Qurrayah Nitrogen Liquefier Plant
KFIA Jet Fuel Pipeline & Air Fuelling facilities Shyabah Gas Field Compression Upgrade
SGP/JGP Pipeline Capacity Increase &
JGP/JUBAIL Ethane Pipeline Expansion
Ain Dar Pipe Sea Water Injection Pipeline

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Professional Experience Continued…
Sales Gas to East West Pump Station # 4 to 11 Installation of Scraper Facilities
Increase Wash water Supply at Safaniyah Onshore
Plant
EWG-1 Pipeline Conversion to Sales Gas
Utilities (Boiler) Upgrade at Juaymah Gas Plant Khursanyah Upstream Trunk line
Manifa Trunk & Lateral Causeway Crude oil
Pipeline
Upgrade Southern Area Flare System
Various Oil Well Jobs under Maintain Potential
Program
CARRER NOTE
Project Engineer / Team Leader - Saudi Arabian Bechtel Company, 1998-2000
Project Engineer / Team Leader - Saudi Arabian Bechtel Company, 1995-1998
Design Engineering Coordinator, East Consulting Design House – Saudi Arabia, 1993-
1995
Executive Engineer, Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) – India, 1989-1993
Structural Engineer, Development Consultants Ltd. (DCL) – India, 1982-1989
Construction Engineer, Development Consultants Ltd. (DCL) – India, 1981-1982
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Bechtel Certified Yellow Belt under SIX SIGMA in 2001
Fellow Member of The Indian Concrete Institute in India since October 1988
Member of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology from 1988
Consultant Member of Saudi Council of Engineers since 2014
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Master of Project Engineering, Project Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, 1985
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, BCE (Honors) from Jadavpur University, India, 1981
Elected as Fellow Member of The Institution of Engineers in India in October 1998