A civil engineer with over 30 years of experience seeks a senior position leveraging his expertise in international project management, construction contract administration, and procurement. He has successfully managed a wide range of large-scale infrastructure and industrial projects across multiple sectors. His strengths include contract administration, project planning and execution, and supply chain management.

1. A civil engineer, Seeking a senior level position that leverages my 30+ years international
project/construction contract management experience / procurement experience and skills. I will
thrive in a position that not only challenges my current skill set, but also provides an opportunity
to increase my value to the company through skill building and advancement within the
corporation
Education:
• B.Sc.Engg. (Civil) -1984 (Regional Engineering College (NIT), Rourkela, India)
Date of Birth : 19th
March 1962
RECENT ACHEIVEMENTS
• Successfully set up Contract administration department in western region.
• Realised claims amounting to INR 430 Million in past 3 years.
• Got an arbitration award of INR 220 million.
AREA OF EXPERTISE.
CONTRACT ADMINISTRACTION
As head of Contract Admin, responsible for function at all projects in western region, currently 13 live
projects valued at INR 25 billion. Handling various type of contracts such as Item rate, Lump sum,
Cost plus, MGP, Design and Built, based on FIDIC or various other forms
• Pre Contract : Identification of risk, Communicating the risks to management for To Bid
/ Not to Bid decision making, interaction with client for probable
mitigation.
• Post Contract : Contractual correspondence, Counter guarantees, Variation & extra
claims, EoT Applications, Identifying & Ensuring contractual
compliances with regard to all time and cost related issues. Bank
guarantees, Insurances, Insurance claims.
• Sub Contract
Management
: Drafting & Issuance of LoIs, Subcontract agreements, Issuance of
notices, settlement of time & cost claims.
• Post construction : Preparation of claims, claim management, Dispute resolution, Litigation,
Arbitration.
• Training : Training execution / operations personnel on contractual issues.
PROJECT PLANNING & EXECUTION
• Studying project feasibility & assessing the total capital to be invested, machineries/equipments
required & accordingly preparing project reports.
• Overseeing the entire project execution process till handing over to the client.
• Monitoring projects with respect to Cost, Resource Deployment, Time over-runs, Quality
Compliance and Manpower planning on project sites.
• Coordination with designers / architects for development of drawings based on the required layout
and specifications gathered based on land, measurement, quantity and site surveys.
Mahim Lal
+91 9763715778, mahim_lal@yahoo.com

2. • Computing BOQs / Material take offs, allocating resources, preparation of cash flows, conducting
internal audits for analysing variances in material costs & contributions.
• Interacting with clients for assessing requirements and reporting project progress.
• Guiding site staff members to address and resolve performance bottlenecks.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
• Material Management : Procurement and inventory management.
• Overseeing the complete commercial activities for import of materials and handling Customs,
Excise etc.
• Effective Supply Chain Management by co-ordinating seamless availability of various raw
materials & equipments.
• Overseeing the maintenance of inventory, safe custody of stores, monitoring the stock levels
ensuring proper equipment/materials organisation and administration.
• Negotiations of contracts and changes with customers.
• Identifying contractors and verifying their expertise, core competencies and ability to execute Civil/
MEP construction jobs through techno commercial bids.
• Verifying contractors/sub-contractors bills and monitoring payment disbursals.
• Coordinating local purchases of materials for projects.
• Formwork Schemes for various structures at projects, Control of inventory pf Doka & Peri
System form work, Timber & ply for whole region.
• Led team for implementation of ERP system.
CARREER SYNOPSIS
• Industrial Projects
o Power Plant : Construction of 1050 MW combined cycle power plant for M/S Torrent near
Surat, as project coordinator. & 1500MW coal based power plant for PLN at
Pelabuhan Ratu, Indonesia as project manager.
o Pulp & Paper : Was involved with 300TPD green field paper project from inception to
commissioning including post construction claims/ arbitration etc, for Sinar
Mas India as Owner’s Engineer, and with M/S April coated paper facility of
6000TPD at Zhuhai, China.
o Steel : Started my carreer at rolling mill construction of rolling mill for a 1million
ton steel plant for Vizag steel.
o Spun Pipe : successfully completed project phase of brown field expansion project for
600 tpd DI pipe plant.
o Oil & Gas : Leading project team for EPC for construction of blast proof buildings /
workshops / other building and equipment foundations in oil refineries at
Kuwait.
• Infrastructure Projects
o Aqueduct : Construction of Orsang Aqueduct at Narmada main canal.
o Canals &
Earthen dams
: 5 nos. of earthen dams and 5 Km of lined canal for Sriselam right branch
canal.
o Railway : Earthwork in cutting & filling including associated structures for Konkan

3. embankments railway.
• Buiding Construction
o Educational
complex
: EPC for construction of Technical training center for GEWS, Baghdad
Iraq.
o Town ships : Town ship / offices / laboratories / workshop construction for Sinar mas
India and Electrosteel castings Limited.
o Software Park : 4.4 million sq. ft. SEZ for Tata Consultancy Services
o Hospitals : Construction of operating theatres for Kuwait Oil Company
o Institutional
Buildings
: RnD center for Riau Pulp Indonesia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Period Location Company Designation Project Function
Aug’11-
Date
Pune, India Shapoorji
Pallonji & Co.
Ltd.
Addl. GM
HoD
Western India Contract
Admin
Jun’10-
Aug’11
Sr.DGM TCS, IT Park Project
Mgmnt.
Nov’08-
Jan’10
Indonesia Truba Jaya
Engineering
Project
Manager
3x350 MW coa based power
plant
Jul’07-
Nov’08
PT Pec Tech
EPC
Lead Engineer R&D center,
1200 tpd paper mill
May’05
–
Dec’06
Kuwait Al Dunia
International
Engg.
Division
Manager
Multiple Projects in KOC &
KNPC
Operations
Sept’00
-
April’05
Pune, India Bilt Graphic Divisional
Manager
(Commercial)
300 TPD Paper manufacturing
facility
Material
Mgmnt.
Sept’99
-
Aug’00
Chennai,
India
Electrosteel
Casting
Limited, India
Manager
(Civil and
Structural)
Brown Field DI pipe
manufacturing facility
including township
Project
Mgmnt.
Feb’95
–
Aug’99
Pune, India Sinar Mas
Pulp and
Paper (India)
Ltd.
Divisional
Manager
Green field 300 tpd paper
manufacturing plant including
township
Project
Mgmnt.
Jan’94 -
Jan’95
New Delhi,
India
Continental
Construction
Ltd. India
Deputy
Manager
Apr’91-
Jan’94
Rayal
Seema, India
Progressive
Construction
Ltd
Resident
Engineer
Construction of earthen dams
at Sriselam RB canal
Project
Mgmnt
Ratnagiri,
India
Konkan Railway
Vadodara,
India
Orsang Aqueduct, Narmada
Canal.
Mar’85-
Dec’90
Iraq Jai Prakash
Associates
Resident
Engineer
EPC for Technical Training
Center
Project
Mgmnt
Vizag, India Rolling mill of Vizag steel
plant
Construction
Mgmnt.
Reference: Available upon request