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Magandran Reddy
Project Manager at Plessey

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Show profile Hide profileEMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Employer 1: Plessey
City/Town: KZN
Date: September 2011 to January 2014
Position: Project Manager
Monthly Salary: R31000
Duties:
- Initiating and planning of projects, finalizing project requirements, and resource allocation by means of a project plan and using the required scheduling tools.
- Carry out all the major aspects of the project by constant communication with the client to define the requirements for the project and all deliverables
- Assess the client demands, identify resources, changes to be added to the resource plan, and execution / how the project works is to be carried out, according to the client's specific needs
- Execute the project with base plans and redefine and execute strategies, assess the risks involved and have risk response plans, along with continuous risk management contingencies in place.
- Actively participate in the decision making process, after consulting other members of the project team in line with PMO policies and processes
- Adhere to required safety, health, environmental and quality and other legislation
- Define and manage project scope and scope changes with the project via the change control board
- Whilst involved in major decisions, always adhere to the policies and procedures of the company.
- Maintain the human resource management and motivation of my team.
- Realize the potential and skills of every team member and appropriate work allocation
- Pay heed to any complications and issues that may arise in the running of the project.
- Manage project finances while monitoring and controlling projects.
- Create accurate methodology to see that the deliverables are well completed within the given time frame, without additional costs.
- Project specific duties, which may depend on the specifications of the project, validate changes and execute.
Reason for leaving: Reorganization or merger
Employer 2: Plessey
City/Town: KZN
Date: August 2010 to August 2011
Position: QA Specialist
Monthly Salary: R28000
Duties:
- Quality, safety, risk and environmental management.
- Quality auditing to ensure adherence to specification, safety auditing to ensure compliance to the relevant regulations / OHS / construction regulations.
- Detailed reporting and feedback.
- Design reporting structures and formats, process flow diagrams, checklists based on client's requirements and specifications.
- Manage direct reports and responsible for quality
- Management and the design of quality management systems for projects.
- Conduct risk assessments.
- Compile quality specification documentation and give presentations.
- Break down quality specifications supplied by clients and write technical instructions accordingly, and filter information to project management team via workshops, induction sessions, and other training.
- Compile quality and safety induction / training documentation and conduct SHEQ induction training.
- Researching best-practice methodologies to ultimately reduce cost of quality for project management reasons and maximize efficiency of processes.
- Perform quality assurance in a way that ensures quality is planned, designed and built in, not inspected on.
- Conduct safety, health, environmental and quality induction training.
- Create and manage project quality plans and manage approved change requests and design change proposals.
Reason for leaving: Career growth
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Employer 1: Plessey
City/Town: KZN
Date: September 2011 to January 2014
Position: Project Manager
Monthly Salary: R31000
Duties:
- Initiating and planning of projects, finalizing project requirements, and resource allocation by means of a project plan and using the required scheduling tools.
- Carry out all the major aspects of the project by constant communication with the client to define the requirements for the project and all deliverables
- Assess the client demands, identify resources, changes to be added to the resource plan, and execution / how the project works is to be carried out, according to the client's specific needs
- Execute the project with base plans and redefine and execute strategies, assess the risks involved and have risk response plans, along with continuous risk management contingencies in place.
- Actively participate in the decision making process, after consulting other members of the project team in line with PMO policies and processes
- Adhere to required safety, health, environmental and quality and other legislation
- Define and manage project scope and scope changes with the project via the change control board
- Whilst involved in major decisions, always adhere to the policies and procedures of the company.
- Maintain the human resource management and motivation of my team.
- Realize the potential and skills of every team member and appropriate work allocation
- Pay heed to any complications and issues that may arise in the running of the project.
- Manage project finances while monitoring and controlling projects.
- Create accurate methodology to see that the deliverables are well completed within the given time frame, without additional costs.
- Project specific duties, which may depend on the specifications of the project, validate changes and execute.
Reason for leaving: Reorganization or merger
Employer 2: Plessey
City/Town: KZN
Date: August 2010 to August 2011
Position: QA Specialist
Monthly Salary: R28000
Duties:
- Quality, safety, risk and environmental management.
- Quality auditing to ensure adherence to specification, safety auditing to ensure compliance to the relevant regulations / OHS / construction regulations.
- Detailed reporting and feedback.
- Design reporting structures and formats, process flow diagrams, checklists based on client's requirements and specifications.
- Manage direct reports and responsible for quality
- Management and the design of quality management systems for projects.
- Conduct risk assessments.
- Compile quality specification documentation and give presentations.
- Break down quality specifications supplied by clients and write technical instructions accordingly, and filter information to project management team via workshops, induction sessions, and other training.
- Compile quality and safety induction / training documentation and conduct SHEQ induction training.
- Researching best-practice methodologies to ultimately reduce cost of quality for project management reasons and maximize efficiency of processes.
- Perform quality assurance in a way that ensures quality is planned, designed and built in, not inspected on.
- Conduct safety, health, environmental and quality induction training.
- Create and manage project quality plans and manage approved change requests and design change proposals.
Reason for leaving: Career growth

