Nemalen Chetty

· Programme Manager for the following projects:

* Groote Schuur Hospital Ventilation and Air Conditioning Upgrade

(Project Value: R275 million).

* Tygerberg Hospital Medical Gas Upgrade Project (Project Value: R42 million).

* Rondebosch Red Cross Children's Hospital Upgrade of Hotwater Plant and Calorifiers

(Project Value: R8million).

* Groote Schuur Hospital Upgrade of Interstitial Sewer Lines Completion

(Project Value: R34 million)

* Macassar Clinic Upgrade (Project Value: R2 million)

· Responsible for review and acceptance of variation orders, compensation events, extension of time claims, processing invoices and payment certificates, construction monitoring and snagging and attendance at site progress and technical meetings.

· Responsible for review and acceptance of designs and monthly reporting of monthly programme cash flows and project progress to Client.

· Chairman of the TUSK Bid Evaluation Committee (BEC).

· Responsible for conducting fire protection facility condition assessments (FCA's) for Education Infrastructure (High Schools and Primary Schools) and compilation of facility feedback reports and data capturing utilizing the Asset World data capturing system.

Manage engineering consultants throughout the project life cycle, and review and approve technical reports related to HVAC, Steam, Wet Services, Medical Gases, Fire Protection, Rational Fire Designs and Lifts

Assigned as project leader and mechanical engineer for several capital and maintenance healthcare projects more than R20 million at Tygerberg Hospital and Western Cape College of Nursing.

Key Contributions:

· Coordinating the technical consultant team and in-house team on projects in line with the Framework for Infrastructure Development and Procurement Management (FIDPM)

· Assisting with chairing consultant briefing meetings and participation in technical meetings

· Reviewing and approving Consultant concept and detailed design mechanical engineering reports

· Attending site inspections with Consultants to clarify project scope

· Engaging with Management Contractors and negotiations with Sub-Contractors

· Engaging with Supply Chain Management (SCM) Department on contractual matters

· Managing project scope, budget, risks, and monthly CAPEX reporting using Biz Projects

· Monthly processing of Consultant invoices

· Reviewing and approval of compensation events for Lifts maintenance projects

· Drafting tenders and work packages for Lifts maintenance projects

· Assisting with development of mechanical engineering standards and norms and technical memoranda

· Collaborating with the Client Department (Department of Health) on project progress, scope adjustments and additional funding requests

· Assisting with tender evaluations

· Acting as Chief Mechanical Engineer

Managed project files in compliance with set orders and established lists of detailed mechanical equipment for a major gas power plant in Batangas Bay, Philippines.

Created HVAC, piping, and instrumentation diagrams and pre-feasibility study documents for a Hydrogen Plant Upgrade Project at Eraring Power Station in New South Wales. Estimated and inspected concept designs for fire protection/detection by utilising applicable NFPA codes of practice. Completed pre-feasibility study of documents for underground pit-cooling water projects of Lihir Mine in Papua New Guinea. Crafted and implemented water spray nozzle-carrier system for Siloxane tanks and Mangere Waste-Water Treatment Plant to control direction/characteristics of fluid flow and increase velocity.

Key Contributions:

· Managed 2000MW Snowy Mountain Pumped Storage Hydro Project by organising and enforcing detailed mechanical piping line lists for auxiliary cooling water system and compressed air system.

· Lead management of Lihir 22kV Electrical Upgrade Project having amount of $63 million USD at Lihir Mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) by preparing and implementing electrical and mechanical tie-in schedules.

· Compared pressure losses of HDPE pipeline with existing mild steel tube by developing hydraulic designs for seawater/oxygen plant HDPE pipeline at Lihir Mine and recommending pipeline routing.

Implemented concept designs, technical specifications, system resistance/pump curves, and design reviews/research papers to manage limestone/gypsum for flue gas desulphurization and Hydrogen Systems for Turbine Cooling. Maintained water supply, mill-bin reject, and coarse-ash conveyor water supply systems through authentic plans.

Designed specifications for new Hydrogen Production Plants and approved lifts, cranes and lifting equipment designs for engineering change management. Installed specific valves/pumps for pressures delivery and flows of fluid across multiple areas of building. Delivered exceptional assistance for internal management to stabilise water pumping systems, tender evaluations, hazardous operability studies, and contractor negotiations/clarifications process. Prepared and employed accurate document tracking and weekly reporting programmes by utilising Smart Plant Foundation tools (SPF) for Medupi Power Station. Calculated pressure losses in pipeline supply and conceptualised design for water supply from water tanks to buildings.

· Responsible for customer interfacing (Hyundai North America), new part introduction (NPI), drawing revisions, design verification plan (DVP) and process validation plans in accordance with customer specifications and standards.

· Responsible for complete design using HGT and KF2 design tools, analytical evaluation using EIVO software, quasi-static and dynamic testing of prototypes (both internally and at customer site) and design review for the hood and deck lid applications for the 2006 Hyundai sonata platform.

· Successfully achieved production of hood and deck lid designs.

· Coordinated with test engineer in the execution of test and process validation plans and complete analysis and documentation of test results.

· Coordinated with CAD designers for drawing and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing revisions.

· Maintained internal contact with engineers in Germany and Korea to support design changes, required action plans and program milestones in SAP database.

· Provided engineering support: emails, phone calls, in-person help and training for Advanced Vehicle Bill of Materials (AVBOM) at FORD World Headquarters Product Development Engineering department.

· Granted user access, maintained user access documentation such as usage reports for each program module team (PMT).

· Generated weekly program status metrics and presentations to FORD Management at programme steering team (PST) meetings.

· Entered and resolved AVBOM configuration issues..

· Assisted with loading part information (description, quantity, torque specifications, effect-in and effect-out dates and part-to-feature mapping) into the AVBOM database.

· Worked with the Ford applications engineering group in designing the lift gate latch for the 2006 Ford explorer.

· Prepared and maintained accuracy of design verification plan (DVP), design failure modes effects analyses (DFMEA), Bill of Material (BOM) and engineering specifications, and conducted first order analyses on latch performance using “design space” software.

· Provided service engineering support at the Daimler Chrysler Service, Technical and Resource Centre in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Job-related activities included: troubleshooting switch failure in power lift gates and latches for automotive technicians.

· Conducted benchmarking studies for lift gate latches at the Ford Benchmarking Centre.

· Obtained experience with international material database software.

· Worked on U204, Dew 98 and P2 programs for Ford Product Development.

· Assisted with installation, product verification (PV) and design verification (DV) testing of latches on the Ford escape and Mazda Tribute.

· Conducted statistical analyses on latch performance (Weibull, Anova) and investigated root causes.

· Introduced to the product development process (PDP) and gained experience with compiling engineering feasibility studies.

· Introduced an excel-based tracking system to track parts and components throughout the PDP.

· Gained experience with reading engineering drawings, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), tolerance stacks and design and release (D&R) of latch components used spring design software (SMI) to design various springs for the V227 Ford program.

· Performed mechanical stress analyses on the outside lock-link for all latches for the Ford V227 programme.

· Worked with analysis engineers to conduct finite element analyses for V227 latches.

· Introduced to variation simulation analysis (VSA), 35g inertial analysis, Adam's analysis and SDRC software.