CIVIL ENGINEER with Revit and AUTOCAD skills

CURRICULUM VITAE Purnima Sahadevan Mob: +971551129324 Email: purnima_sahadevan@yahoo.co.uk

OBJECTIVE: To work as a Civil Engineer/ Proposals/ Procurement/ Marketing Engineer incorporating ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Systems and PRIMAVERA software in project planning and management.

PRESENT EMPLOYMENT DETAILS:

• ROYAL BIRD CONTRACTING L.L.C., Dubai Civil Engineer – Dubai Muncipality Approved (G+1) Presently I am working as a Civil Engineer for Dubai based contracting company. My duties are to create AUTOCAD drawings for proposed, existing and modifications of various residential and commercial buildings. I also perform quantity estimation for BOQ, Abstract and tender submission documentation. I am Dubai Muncipality Test passed G+1 approved Engineer for this company.

WORK EXPERIENCE: CIVIL JOBS: • GLADYS ASSOCIATES CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INDIA Civil Engineer (August 2011-November 2011)

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I also worked as Civil Site & Design Engineer for a privately owned Design & Build company in, Kerala. My duties are to send company profiles to clients in the same field involved in projects in U.A.E. and Gulf Region by email or fax, and start prequalification registrations. I am also required to meet prospective clients and discuss mutual business opportunities for their bidding and ongoing projects by giving company presentations, brochures and other relevant details of company activities. The job involved travelling to Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Dubai. I also design R.C.C. and Steel Structures for Residential and Commercial Buildings. As per British and Indian Standards.

• DANEM ENGINEERING WORKS FZE Marketing Engineer (July 2009- July 2010) I was working as Marketing Engineer for a privately owned Oil & Gas construction company in Jebel Ali Free Zone. My duties are to send company profiles to clients in the same field involved in projects in U.A.E. and Gulf Region by email or fax, and start prequalification registrations. I am also required to meet prospective clients and discuss mutual business opportunities for their bidding and ongoing projects by giving company presentations, brochures and other relevant details of company activities. The job involved travelling to Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Dubai regularly each week. This is both challenging and rewarding as the market presence of the company has sky rocketed since my appointment here. I am a certified ISO 9001:2000 Internal Auditor in Oil and Gas field.

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Balan Construction Company, Gujarat, INDIA. CIVIL ENGINEER- Structural Design (Feb 1991- June 1993) I worked as a Civil Engineer with this construction company’s consultancies in Baroda.

My main duties were: 1. Checking draughtsman’s structural drawings and instructing them of any discrepancies.

2. Designing various structural components of a construction project like Steel and R.C.C Beams, slabs, composites, cantilevers, trusses etc.

3. Designing canal structures like weirs, aqua ducts on the reservoir basin of Narmada Sardar Sarovar project.

4. Inspecting survey and contour drawings and calculating gradients and dips for landscapes.

5. Design and analysis of multi-storeyed framed structures both residential and commercial.

6. Using AutoCAD software for generating basic plans and elevations.

TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS IN UAE: ADMINISTRATIVE JOBS:

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Platinum Homes Dubai, JBR, Dubai General OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR (May 2008- August 2008) I worked as an OFFICE Administrator with Dubai’s dynamic and premier real estate company. My duties are: • To update the company sales/resales stocklist database, • To create new folders for new listings, • To input leads from sales team into a property database, • To maintain smooth running of the office, • To supply visa documents for submission to PRO, invoice filing and maintain up to date spreadsheet, timesheet details of staff, creating new forms for client enquiries, property sales and general office forms.

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Burt, Hill, Green Community, Dubai HR Contract Administrator (January 2008) I worked as a full time human resources administrator with this architect US company in Dubai . My duties were: • To process leave request forms, • To issue salary transfer certificates, salary certificate, • To calculate annual leave and paid time off, • To assist in recruitment activities like CV screening, updating database for new recruits, letter to successful candidates, induction procedures, updating records of existing and new employees, business card, benefits distribution, NOC letters for employees, etc.

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Woodgroup Esp, JAFZA, DUBAI Sales Support Administrator (July 2007) I temped as a sales support administrator within this oil and gas supply centre in JAFZA. My duties were: • To prepare and manage tender documents, reporting to three top marketing executives, offering administrative support to the Engineering division, • To screen telephone calls, diary and travel arrangements, filing, photocopying, faxing and emails using MS Office skills to produce new documents and update existing spreadsheets and databases.

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UK WORK EXPERIENCE SUMMARY: ADMINISTRATIVE JOBS

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London Borough of Redbridge, Barkingside, ESSEX Administrative Support (February 2006- July 2006) I worked on a full time basis as administrator and support to the entire staff of the Redbridge Learning Disability Team. My duties were: • To use Microsoft Office packages like Word, Excel, Access, Outlook and intranet, as well as Internet Explorer to organise travel arrangements for social workers, • To manage files electronically by creating new worksheets and organising existing ones into folders and subfolders for details of meetings agenda, minutes, cases allocations, cases reviewed, cases completed, etc on spreadsheets and databases.

• To handle telephone enquiries, sort and distribute incoming mail i.e. emails, posts and faxes, • To manage team diary schedules to synchronise various appointments, meetings and other schedules etc.

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Department Of Work And Pensions, Ilford, London Administrative Officer (June 2001-October2004) I joined the British Civil Service as an Administrative Officer. The post was very demanding, challenging and rewarding.

My duties were: • To be trained to process claims for state benefits i.e. jobseekers allowance and was reporting to line manager during my tenure.

• I multitasked as Office Receptionist being very customer focused, was able to meet the customer demands very efficiently.

• I processed claims for benefits by collecting relevant documents from clients and seeking more information from their ex employers and also assessed their needs and requirements for benefits as per their circumstances. I strived to be empathetic, cooperative and honest at all times.

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Sainsbury’s, Newbury Park, London Customer Service Officer

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(June 1999-September 2000)

This was a fully customer focussed role within Sainsbury’s and was mainly a part-time contract during weekends and was truly satisfying and invigorating. The customer service role involved: • To assist shoppers, collect payments, update them on current offers, deal with transactions using cash, credit and debit cards, saving and vouchers.

• To provide a service of value for customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and rewards, quality and standard of customer service in maintaining the customer relationship. I trained as the customer service representative, meeting sales targets, ensuring quality and high productivity during my job.

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Home Office, 50 Queen Anne’s Gate, London SW1 Administrative Assistant (September 1998-May1999) Appointed as a casual Administrative Assistant for the Home Office on a one year contract was a great opportunity to work for the British Civil Service. The work was mainly administrative which involved opening the daily departmental post, circulation to appropriate staff, registering and updating records on the government database. The work also consisted of general office duties like filing, photocopying, faxing and maintaining the incoming and outgoing posts.

• High Commission of India , Aldwych , London Visa Counter Clerk (April 1997-September1998) Worked as visa processing officer and counter clerk with the Indian Embassy in London.

My duties were: • To collect passports and documents necessary for issuing visas to tourists visiting India on tourist, business, employment, student and settlement visas.

• To process the visa applications for the customers under pressurised work environments and • To accurately update client records on a computer database which issues relevant visas.

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Bhanji Gokuldass & Sons, Upton Park, London Sales Assistant and Administrator (Feb1994 -March1995)

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First sales job in the United Kingdom, I worked for a local retailer as customer service (sales) and administrator.

My duties were: • To maintain the customer accounts on a daily basis using Excel spreadsheets and credit control for debt recovery.

• To send business letters and reminders to clients and businesses.

• To assist in the sales department with customer queries.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS &Training • • • • • • • •

B.E (Civil), M S University, Baroda, India attested from India and UAE. PRIMAVERA 6 Project Planning and Management, MS OFFICE 2003/2007, AUTOCAD ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) from British Computer Society, UK CERTIFIED OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR management skills course from New York, approved by the Ministry of Education, UAE. Certificate in FUNDAMENTALS OF EMPLOYMENT LAW by Centre for Executive Education, Dubai.

Certificate in FUNDAMENTALS OF SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT. Undergoing online course on UNDERSTANDING HUMAN RESOURCES FUNCTIONS Attended King’s College London for MSc Advanced Computing

LANGUAGE SKILLS • •

Fluent in spoken and written English, Hindi and Gujarati.

Fluent in spoken Malayalam

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COMPUTER / INTERNET SKILLS •

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Achieved EUROPEAN COMPUTER DRIVING LICENCE (ECDL) from UK proving my proficiency in computer skills and MS OFFICE packages like WORD, EXCEL, ACCESS, OUTLOOK, POWERPOINT AND INTERNET. I have also completed Advanced level in Word and Excel packages. I have working knowledge of LOTUS NOTES. Typing speed of 50 wpm.

STRENGTHS • • •

Honesty and integrity, committed, confident and reliable.

Ambitious, setting personal targets and goals to excel in work deadlines.

Excellent interpersonal skills, communication, oral and written, proactive, team player, leadership skills, presentation skills, time management and conflict management skills.

PERSONAL DETAILS Date of birth Ethnicity Driving Licence Visa

: November 22, 1967 : Indian : India, International, U.A.E. : Employment (U.A.E.) ------------------

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