Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Timeline
Generic

Rama Goudu

Construction Professional
London,ON

Summary

Goal-oriented individual with a pleasant personality and a tenacity that knows no restrictions. Highly motivated Project Management professional with a strong engineering background combined with excellent skills in project design and project management. Adept at learning and adapting quickly. Good communicator with strong judgment and critical thinking ability.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Project Associate

Edison Engineers Inc.
05.2024 - 07.2024
  • Design and Tender: Prepare draft bid documents and specification packages including scope of work and bid forms. Oversee document assembly and detail drafting. Prepare straightforward plans and designs for repairs, in accordance with established codes, standards, drawings or other specifications. Communicate with bidders and attend tender meetings. Prepare draft Bid Analysis report.
  • Construction Review: Understanding project specifications, visit project sites to monitor progress of construction projects and ensure conformance to design specifications and drawings. Identify deficiencies and report to PM. Direct construction, operations, and maintenance activities at project site. Work with contractors to resolve deficiencies and ensure compliance with specifications. Prepare, process and distribute site visits reports and photos promptly.
  • Contract Administration and Project Management: Preparation of Payment Certificates, monitoring budgets and tracking quantities. Track progress of work and communicate with PM, Owner and Contractor to inquire about progress of work and any site issues. Attend construction progress meetings, write minutes. Review meeting minutes regularly to ensure agreed items are completed. Prepare Construction Summary Reports.
  • Condition Assessments / Preliminary Reviews / Field Review Services: Attend sites to review the condition of building components or a specific deficiency. Conduct testing, gather and analyzes information, help interpret findings. Record detailed notes including sketches. Gather quantities, review building drawings, and obtain background information from property management or residents. Prepare draft reports including assessment and options for repair with cost calculations.

Project Manager/Estimator

Ventri Door Technologies (An Ardent Company)
02.2022 - 05.2024
  • Accurate, competitive, and profitable estimation of man doors & hardware, automatic doors, overhead doors, and automated gates and access control systems
  • Architectural & Structural Estimation of materials and manpower. Leads Generation, Quantity Take-offs, and project management from start to finish
  • Analyze construction drawings and other customer-provided documentation in order to prepare estimates
  • Consult and collaborate with architects on components and design features
  • Assist in selecting products per design requirements
  • Reviewing contracts & purchase orders, and confirming they align with Ventri's quoted scope of work and payment terms
  • Follow up on any outstanding estimates
  • Support the sales team by turning around the Requests for Quotation in a timely manner
  • Develop and communicate project’s plans with cross-functional teams
  • Liaising with clients, suppliers, and other departments
  • Coordinate project’s status and timelines between departments, contractors, suppliers, and management
  • Build and maintain client relationships to enhance competitiveness in the industry to promote effective customer relationships
  • Communicate with the customer to ensure that project contract documents, equipment approvals, scheduling of installation, and commissioning of equipment are in place

Highlights:

  • Served as the Lead Estimator/Lead PM on New Construction projects for 3 locations serving Golden Horse Shoe, West GTA & SWO corridors.
  • Successfully estimated, won and managed projects north of $6 million
  • Maximized revenue across 3 branches and attributed to a steep growth for FY 2022, 2023 & 2024
  • Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
  • Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.

Construction Project Manager

Britespan Building Systems Inc.
07.2020 - 02.2022
  • Assess and prepare scope of work to fulfill project requirements
  • Quantity take-offs for Building Steel, and cladding types, including foundation design and estimation
  • Preparing supporting reports and documentation
  • Coordinating with site team to ensure installation of building steel and associated fabric meets the proposed deadline
  • Releasing Purchase Orders, Change Orders and Invoices to Subcontractors
  • Handling freight and Equipment rentals
  • Coordinating with customer throughout the entirety of the project
  • Preparing process documentation and troubleshooting in different steps of construction
  • Preparing project specifc health and safety plans
  • Preventative Maintenance Inspection on existing Britespan buildings
  • Optimizing existing building design, i.e active product development
  • Scheduling projects, monitoring and close tracking project budgeting and performance
  • Monitoring and evaluating performance of on-site employees and subcontractors
  • Worked with major EPC contractors in Ontario.
  • Successfully led, executed and commissioned projects for DEC (Darlington Energy Centre), Bruce Power & Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Highlights:

Highlights:

  • Implemented PM processes and OpenProject integration
  • Bid and Managed projects for Nuclear Power, and Local Governing bodies
  • Lead the project team on a $2.2million City of Markham salt and sand storage building project

Project Coordinator/EIT (Contract)

R.V. Anderson Associates
04.2019 - 04.2020


  • Proposal writing, Process Control Narratives and Project Budgeting
  • Preparation of bid documents and tendering for various municipal expansion projects in South Western Ontario
  • Creating material lists and inputs for shop drawings
  • Pre-construction design coordination for design bid build projects
  • Chatham WPCP and Park Street SPS Upgrades – AutoCAD Designer for the headworks upgrades in Chatham WPCP facility.
  • Conduct weekly client meetings to update project deliverables
  • Preparing cost estimates, shortlisting bidders and contract administration
  • Worked closely with clients in and across Southwestern Ontario
  • Conducting weekly project progress meetings, tracking project schedule
  • Interdisciplinary involvement, working with all departments in harmony and troubleshooting anomalies at various project stages

Education

Master of Science - Structural Retrofitting & Project Management

University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON
05.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
India
05.2001 -

Skills

Project Management

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Senior Project Associate

Edison Engineers Inc.
05.2024 - 07.2024

Project Manager/Estimator

Ventri Door Technologies (An Ardent Company)
02.2022 - 05.2024

Construction Project Manager

Britespan Building Systems Inc.
07.2020 - 02.2022

Project Coordinator/EIT (Contract)

R.V. Anderson Associates
04.2019 - 04.2020

Master of Science - Structural Retrofitting & Project Management

University of Ottawa
05.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
05.2001 -
Rama GouduConstruction Professional