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Raj Rajagopal

First Name: 
Raj
Last Name: 
Rajagopal

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A well rounded individual experienced in all areas of Project Management (Certified Project Management Professional). Possess ability to integrate all aspects of Project Management.

Engineer-MBA, Certified PMP; Australian national, with experience in projects from concept to implementation & final acceptance stage. 25+ years’ experience across different industries – Civil construction, Mining, Aluminum, Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Telecommunications, Thermal Power projects; with different contractual entities e.g. Client, Consultant & Contractor. Successfully worked in all stages of project – Project Initiation, Feasibility studies, FEED, Aramco DBSP processes, Detailed Engineering, Construction, and Contract Closeout.

Strong experience in Project Planning, Project Controls, Schedule Risk Analysis, Cost Control, Contracts & FIDIC conditions. Possess solid PM skills with experience in Contract management & administration; Cost engineering & monitoring, Value engineering; Performance measurement.

Solid knowledge & experience on Primavera Project Planner (P6v8) and Primavera Risk Analyzer (formerly known as PertMaster)

Possess excellent written communication/ business writing skills. Possess strong trouble-shooting, problem prevention skills to tackle out-of-the-box problems. Results oriented, process focused, culturally sensitive with international experience in Australia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia.

CORE SKILLS

• Project Controls, Contract Management       • Decision making & Problem Solving

• Project Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring, Earned value techniques

• Schedule Risk Review & Analysis; Project Financial Analysis/ Appraisal

• Cost Control, Estimating                             • Project Proposals, Presentations

• Project development, Scope development     • Coaching & Team Building

Professional Since: 
Jun-1978 (45.9 yrs experience)
Years Experience: 
0

Market Place

Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project books, on-line video training courses and training material available from an internationally recognised publisher. Teach yourself using on-line or book based learning or run your own in-house or public courses.