Sounder Duraisamy is a mechanical engineer with over 9 years of experience in MEP projects. He has worked in India, Qatar, and the UAE on projects ranging from oil and gas facilities to commercial and residential buildings. His roles have included quantity surveying, estimation, cost control, and tendering. He has strong skills in AutoCAD, MS Office, MS Project, and other engineering software. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and safety certifications. He is currently working as an Assistant Manager of Quantity Surveying and Estimation at Sobha Limited in Bangalore, India.

1. SOUNDER DURAISAMY
Mobile number: +919620336911, +918746998086
Email ID : sounder3@gmail.com; souns_2@yahoo.co.in
Skype ID: Souns123
Place: Bangalore, India.
OBJECTIVE
Qualification: B.E.(Bachelor of Engineering) - MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Career Exposure:
Quantity Surveyor, Tendering, Project Co-ordination, Estimation,
Area of Experience:
Plumbing, Fire Fighting, HVAC, Piping, MEP Works
Computer Skills and Software Used :
MS Office, MS Project, Auto CAD, Pro-Engineering 2001, CATIA,HAP ,
Years of Experience: 9.5 years
Countries worked: Qatar, UAE & India
OBJECTIVE:
Experienced and trained professional engineer, dealing with complicated projects, creating high quality
And timely work result,
EDUCATION QUALIFICATION:
BACHELOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING - FULL TIME
INSTITUTE : KUMARAGURU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, INDIA
COURSE : MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
AFFILIED TO : ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI, INDIA
COURSE DURATION: 2002 to 2006 (4 years) FULL TIME
GRADE : FIRST CLASS – 71. 5 %

2. WORK EXPERIENCE:
Current organization: SOBHA LIMITED, Bangalore, INDIA
• Assistant Manager : Quantity Surveyor, Estimation (Commercial & Residential Projects)
• Period : February 2011 – Till Date
RESPONSIBILITY
Quantity Surveyor:
• Prepare consolidated and break-up bills of quantities for various services with all required
specifications and material properties ensuring the exercise of all available records.
• Submission of Invoices for claims along with inward documents & certified measurement sheet
• Preparation of project cash flow forecasts and update periodically
• Monitoring & controlling the process of sub contractor measurement & payment
• Quantification of Variations as per revised drawings and specification and regular follow-up with
Main Contracts / Project Manager for Site Work Instruction
• Attending for the monthly progress meeting of projects
• Regular follow up with consultants & clients for certification of payments and payments request as per
payment terms and conditions.
• Pricing of Variation claims, evaluation with Main Contractors / Project Manager and Finalization of
Variation Orders
• Preparing of budget allocation for the new projects
• Assisting to prepare the As-Built Drawings & handing Over documents
• Preparing Management Information System(MIS) every month
• Working of the contractual and legal basis of contract administration with particular reference to
construction and development contracts and proficient in FIDIC Standard Form
• Evaluation/preparation of change orders and relevant rates analysis
Tendering:
• Studying & reviewing the all Tender Conditions and scope of work of the contract to be executed.
• Checking all commercial clauses of contract , terms of payment, advance payment, penalties, labor documents &
insurances to be covered ,
• Preparation, compilation, and submission of Pre-Qualifications, Budgetary offers and formal Tender
submissions from receipt of requests from Clients, review clarifications and attend negotiation, to award and
handover to the execution teams
• Collecting the offers for the materials from the approved suppliers and sub-contractors for the services. On
collection of offers to further negotiate for any discounts.
• Attending the pre bid meeting , negotiating with clients to offer our best quotation and getting approval for
proposed materials and equipment as per technical specification and finalizing make of material for execution
• Analyzing the offer negotiated with client and discussing with top management for approval of the offer
• Submitting final offer for award of the project
• Management of interfaces with supporting functions, e.g. Procurement, Engineering, Project Services, Project
& Operations, Finance, Legal etc. to facilitate technically robust and commercially competitive submissions
• Taking care of contract policies, insurance, license & Mobilization advance request, bank guarantees.

3. Estimation:
• Measurement Quantity take off (MTO) from approved GFC Drawings for Bill of quantities (BOQ) and
Preparing Rate Analysis for approved make materials and installation works.
• Working of Central Over heads cost & expense & preparing Preliminaries expense of projection execution
• Arriving percentage for COH expense, preliminaries, indirect expense to finalize the Over head profit margin
(OHP), Apart from OHP fixing material and labor expense to monitor the profit margin.
• Providing the estimated labor and material cost to site engineer/cost engineer to monitor and control the cost .
• Develop an estimation methodology and maintain with actual execution / progress on site
Cost controlling:
• Shifting closed projects stock to other running projects or do scrap sales to avoid loss
• Maintaining existing quality manpower and controlling the requirement of new technicians based on
estimated budget for the project,
• Controlling of procuring the new materials and trying to clear the existing stock ,
• Analyzing the other expense, preliminaries to control the project expense.
Reporting to the General Manager and Senior Vice President
PROJECT TWO:
Previous organization: TOPAZ- ENGINEERING, ABUDHABI- UAE
• ROLE : QUANTITY SURVEYOR
• PROJECT : MOBILE OFFSHORE OIL PRODUCTION AND STORAGE .
. UNIT (MOPU)-Offshore Oïl construction
• Project details : construction of offshore oil production and storage unit ,
• Project Value : 65 million dollars (USD)
• CLIENT : TALISMAN ENERGY, NORWAY
• SUB-CONTRACT TO : SINGLE BOUY MOORINGS LTD (SBM)
• PERIOD : [OCT 2008 – MAR 2010]
RESPONSIBILITY
Quantity surveying:
• Post tender Measurement Take-off For Structural, piping ,insulation, Main Equipments, Instruments,
Painting and insulation based on Installed Drawings and supply of Equipment,
• Calculating weight (metric tons) and area measurement take off from drawings to prepare the Bill of quantities
(BOQ) & follow up for Client Work order
• Site visit along with clients for approval on drawings for the executed quantity and preparing the invoice for
executed work as the approved work order for payment process

4. • Tracking the materials & labor works to cost control and for cash flow
• Checking & Reviewing of Structure and Piping layouts, isometrics drawing for preparation of BOQ
• Variation preparation for timesheet of man hours, welding machines, equipments, cranes, scaffolding,
office usage etc….
• Claiming For Demolition and Re-modification Work As per Engineering Drawing Revision and Site
Communication
• The following job as per Steel specification based on ASME, ANSI, API & ASTM Standards, and
Codes.
• Claiming variation order as per client instruction & contract agreement
• Cost input to weekly and monthly reports
• Regular meeting with Clients and Discussing About Past And Future work,
• Reporting to the Project Manager & Cost Control Manager,
• Working on AutoCAD drawings.
Cost controlling:
Major part is covered for cost controlling:
• Reducing man power if the work not in peak, clearing scrap and manage to control the purchase
• Tracking sub contractor bills and control the cash flow
• Painting & Piping insulation (personnel protection, fire proof, thermal insulation) cost controlled for
various claims
Vendor installation:
Had done deck crane measurement and calculation to check the weight and painting area done proper
by vendor supply (2 deck cranes) & helipad installation.
Reported to the Cost Manager and Project Manager
PROJECT THREE:
COMPANY: NASSER S ALHAJRI CORPORATION LTD, QATAR.
MNC COMPANY
• ROLE : Junior Quantity Surveyor
• PROJECT : GAS PLANT CONSTRUCTION
• CLIENT : RAS GAS,RAS LAFFAN INDUSTRIAL CITY,QATAR
• CONTRACTOR : FLOUR ,USA
• PERIOD : [Dec 2007 –JUNE 2008]
RESPONSIBILITY
• Preparing Bill of Quantities for Structural, Piping, Supports and prepare contract documents.

5. • Cost input to weekly and monthly reports
• Site Inspection Along With Client And Approving The Engineering Drawing of Fabrication and
Erection Work done,
• Measurements Done For BOQ Will Submit Weekly To Our Client,
• Demolition Material Charges Claim From Client According to Site Communication Approval
• Variation Submission of Timesheet, Office & Construction Usage to Clients,
• Regular meeting with Clients and Discussing About Past And Future work
• Reporting To Cost Manager And Project Manager,
• Making AutoCAD drawing for extra work.
PROJECT FOUR: Valve Production
COMPANY: Sri Ranganathar Industries (P) ltd.
ROLE : Production Engineer
PERIOD : [April 2006 –September 2007]
RESPONSIBLITIES:
• Production in charge for Metro Water Pipeline Valves production
• Supervising and managing the lathe production work
• Finalizing the Finished product and checking errors before inspection,
• preparing AutoCAD drawings
• Designing Valve from 3”to 6” by using AutoCAD drawings
• Finalizing the product and arranging drawing for workers
• Daily report submission of completed products to my senior.
• Finished products finalization for delivery
• products are water pipe line joints from ½” to 6” valves (
• Gate, Ball, Piston, Globe Valves)
SAFETY TRAINING:
COMPANY : QATAR INTERNATIONAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE.
ROLE : H2S GAS AWARENESS TRAINEE
PERIOD : [DEC 2006 –JANUARY 2007]
• Trained to work with safety equipment in danger work
• Safety training to work in running plant & construction work
• Got hot permit to work in oil and gas refinery construction
CATIA V5:
Internship training undergone in CATIA v5 r19
a) Basic sketching
b) Part designing
c) Assembly modeling
d) Drafting

6. e) Wireframe and surface designing
f) Duration one month training program from April 2010 to May 2010
Trained in UMS Technologies Training centre-Coimbatore, India.
PROJECT DONE:
COMPANY : BIMETAL BEARINGS LTD, INDIA.
ROLE : PROJECT TRAINEE
PERIOD : [DECEMBER 2005 –APRIL 2006]
PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT THROUGH RE-ENGINEERING:
• CONVERSION OF 8–WORKSTATIONS TO 2–WORKSTATIONS CHAMPERING MACHINE BY USING
INDEXING MECHANISM.
• AUTOMATING THE WORKPIECE REMOVAL PROCESS BY USING
PICK AND PLACE ELECTROMAGNET.
AREA OF INTEREST:
MEP Services, OIL & GAS, MECHANICAL Projects.
REFERENCE:
1. Mr. CHANDRASEKAR-Cost control manager, Topaz Engineering, Abu Dhabi.UAE
Contact number: +971508113077, +9710505547722, Email id:Chandra.sekar@topaz-engineering.com.
2. Mr. Murali Krishna – DGM , M&E Contracts Dept , Sobha Ltd , Bangalore ,India
Contact Number: 9880730397
3. Mr. SENGOTUVEL-STO , PWD Office- Indian Government , Pudukkottai, India
Contact number: +919443550673

7. PERSONAL PROFILE:
Date of Birth : 11.8.1984
Sex : Male
Nationality : Indian
Mother tongue : Tamil
Marital Status : Married
Language proficiency : English, Tamil (Listen, Read, Write & Speak),
Other : Hindi, kanada (Listen & Speak)
Passport Number : N6544439- VALID UPTO 2026
Availability: One month Notice period
DATE:
Location: Bangalore, India
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(Sounder Duraisamy)