Gopakumar Balakrishna Karnavar

Camp operations and maintenance manager, Employees welfare manager, Facility manager, Camp Accommodation Manager

OBJECTIVE
To perform to the best of my knowledge, ability and expertise gained and play a vital role in the growth and development of the organization & achieve success through hard work & determination. I have 21years of extensive experience in the role of Compound & Welfare Management, Compound administration, Integrated Facilities management, MEP operation, FM Project operation, Soft services management ,Managing multicultural peoples, Human resources, Catering Services, Security Management, Medical emergency, Store management , Customer care coordination, Special FM services Management, Building/assets management. Vehicle Management, Site/Camp Clinic, Transport Management, Store & Safety Management, waste management, Pest control of facilities, horticulture, Sewage Treatment, Food safety policy, Self-hygiene, Housekeeping standards.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS
• Good Computer proficiency, Leadership experience, People skills, Collaboration talent, Problem-solving abilities and administrative experience, MS Office, Internet, Able to handle with Government bodies, excellent communications skills. Strong motivational abilities. Certified in CPR and familiar with emergency procedures
• Familiar with all applicable health and safety guidelines, fire prevention and First Aid Procedure during Works with operations to ensure service orders for Accommodations facility are completed in a timely manner, Knowledge of all relevant safety standards related to area. Warehouse management procedures and inventory controls. Budget management, Sustainability Initiatives
• Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures and strategies to promote cost effective. Adhered to company confidentiality procedures and policies. Remarkable ability to work well in group settings.
• Managing Camp Operations& Maintenance, Employees welfare, Labors Mental Health (Counseling & Guidance) Human Rights, Grievance Management and Dispute Resolution and coordinates maintenance and repairs on camp facilities.

Last Resume Update July 5, 2022
Address Alappuzha, India
E-mail gopakumarbv@gmail.com
Phone Number +971552382072

Experience

SSANGYONG ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. ICD GROUP OF COMPANY – DUBAI - UAE
CAMP OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE MANAGER
Sep 2018 - May 2021

• Responsible for Camp Operations and maintenance, Lobour welfare, Camp accommodation, General affairs & Common Facility) Make a plan for mobilization and demobilization records,
• Employee’s camp check in & out request verify and allocate the rooms, camp walk-through, award programs, worker welfare events and camp committee meetings.
• Liaise with landlords for renewal of tendency agreement and maintenance contract of various apartment buildings and villas. Hiring, Training And Developing New Employees
• Daily man days and meal control sheet verify and approve, Checking the Monthly Progress Invoice,
• Monitoring for all sub-contractors annual maintenance contracts & identifying KPIs.
• Monitoring for the Mess Management, Vehicle Management, Site/Camp Clinic, Transport Management, Store & Safety Management, waste management, Pest control of facilities, horticulture, Sewage Treatment, Food safety policy, Self-hygiene, Housekeeping standards, Laundry services, arrange to Safety awareness Programmers & Labor welfare, local purchase of materials for the camp maintenance, Housekeeping management.
• Prepare financial records, stock control, Arrange Commercial Trade License, Tenancy Contract, DEWA connections ,Civil defense and 24/7 certificate, AMC for Pest Control Service & certificate, Water Tank Cleaning Agreement, Grease trap cleaning certificate, Accommodation status , Fire warden and First aider list and certificate, camp rules and regulations (Different languages), Internal memos. Up gradation and disconnection on cessation of lease agreements for camps. Managing large scale workforce accommodation in different locations.
• Managing, negotiating rental/Tenancy contracts, acquisition of new premises in line with requirements. Liaise with landlords for renewal of tendency agreement and maintenance contract (AMC) of various apartment buildings and villas.
• Plan, develop and manages the Employees Welfare and accommodation standards.
• Implement cost control measures and analyzing budget cost comparison.
• Responsible for the self-assessment and rectification Plan, as per project standards producing reports as per Company procedures for employee accommodations and facilities.
• Undertaking audits with the Ministry of Labor, Proponents, Consultants and Auditor as required and providing all necessary assistance at all times.
• Direct facilities operations encompassing, housing, recreational facilities, Offices, safety & capital improvements across the organization. Resolving Customer Issues To Their Overall Satisfaction
• Heading in-house facilities maintenance team. Responsible for Uniforms production & distribution division
• Oversees the day-to-day operations and repairs of the property, facilities and mechanical equipment including routine checks, inspections, tests, and other related actions essential to anticipate or prevent untimely expenditures
• Preparation of daily meal man-day reports and Payroll management, Camp Management Standard, Labors Mental Health(Counseling & Guidance) , Human Rights, Grievance Management and Dispute Resolution.
• Keeps accurate written records of work schedules, log activities, purchases, test results, inspection reports, inventories, and all recorded information pertinent to the overall operation of the camp
• Develops and provides routine reports on the status of camp operations to the Project Site Manager, including manpower forecasting and availability of camp accommodation.
• Implement cost control measures and analyzing budget cost comparison. Managing and reviewing service contracts, supervising multi-disciplinary teams of staff.
• Coordinators to provide a system that results in” a happy worker away from home”
MESS (CATERING) MANAGMENT:
• Highly hygienic and nutritious food provided from different nationalities as per their choice Coordinate with SHES closely group to ensure adequate safety, security, hygiene and health
• Keep a record and recap of the weekly menu agreed with the Client, duly signed by the Client and Camp Boss and sent to the main office, with all documents.
• Coordinating with Camp Boss for arranging food and accommodation for new personnel arriving in site, make frequent inspection in Kitchen and Store Houses and qualify of Food.
• Arrange Medical Inspection to Cooks and Kitchen helpers, keep proper hygiene and sanitation in and outside, Monthly mess meeting was conducted and considered possible advice raised by the Dinners Camp operation in accordance with HSES procedures
• Successfully running workers and staff mess to the utmost satisfaction of the mess members and managements. Packed lunch operation, Quality and variety of menu service. Arrangement of contract with suppliers for all food items with day-to-day price negotiations.
• Procurement of Vegetables, Grocery and Frozen record receipt and issues in bin Cards.
• Making a food menu with the cooperation of Catering Department as per the Nationality

AL BASTI AND MUKHTA LLC DUBAI - UAE
CAMP ADMINISTRATOR
Mar 2016 - Sep 2018

• Responsible for Camp Operations and maintenance, Lobour welfare, Camp accommodation, General affairs & Common Facility, Preparing for LPO and Inventory and inventory control.
• Employee’s camp check in & out request verify and allocate the rooms, camp walk-through.
• Liaise with landlords for renewal of tendency agreement and maintenance contract of various apartment buildings. Managing large scale workforce accommodations in different locations.
• Purchase all camp maintenance materials, soft furniture, Camp cleaning and housekeeping items and inventory and inventory control. Implement cost control measures and analyzing budget cost comparison. Control the employees absent ratio in the site.
• Arrangements of MEP preventive maintenance and equipment checks, Ensure that basic facilities, Air conditioning and MEP are well- maintained as per contracts.
• Overall in charge of Accommodation, living conditions & Standards, Catering and Recreational Facilities of the camp designed for more than 7000 Engineers, Staffs & Labours Define and maintain all HSE practices/policies/procedures pertain to Camplabors. & Staff accommodation. Overall responsible for entire camp administration in terms of maintenance, housekeeping, Pest control, employee transportation, camp expansion etc.

JAPAN GAS CORPORATION (JGC) BARZAN ONSHORE EPC PROJECT QATAR PETROLEUM - RAS GAS - QATAR
CAMP ACCOMMODATION IN CHARGE
Oct 2011 - Dec 2014

• In JGC Barzan camps in Raslaffan – Qatar Supervising and controlling of the four numbers of labour & Staff camps, villas with the Capacity of 27000 numbers of Employees and 38 numbers of different nationalities
• Heading Facilities Dept and Coordinate with Project and Accommodation Welfare Staff, Logistics to ensure WWS (Workers Welfare Standards), procedures & practices are followed and maintained at the accommodations at all the time in line with WWS implemented by Ministry of Labour, Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, Qatar Foundation and other authorities and organizations.
• Implement cost control measures and analyzing budget cost comparison. Plan, develop and manages the Employees Welfare and accommodation standards.
• Chairing Workers Welfare Forum, directing remedy of worker’s grievances, disposing disciplinary cases, dispose complaints and disputes at appropriate level.
• Responsible for allotment & maintenance of accommodation for all levels of employees including senior managers & staffs & execution of accommodation policies & procedures
• Assessing and checking all furnishing sample materials for its quality before procurement and ensure its correct and timely delivery
• Contracts administration and follow-ups of all administrative functions related to camp, accommodation and facilities.
• Monitoring and assessing furnishing requirements of dwelling units and approve PRs (Purchase request) and procurement follow up. Inventory control
• Prepared and keeping all of the details in the Site and Camp like Camp inspection report for the Municipality, Perform daily tasks to ensure camp runs effectively. Daily tasks include site tours
• Responsible for allotment & maintenance of accommodation for all levels of employees including senior managers & staffs & execution of accommodation policies & procedures.
• Assessing and checking all furnishing sample materials for its quality before procurement and ensure its correct and timely delivery. Store management and Inventory control.
• Make sure that material to finished products meets quality and safety standards specified in the purchasing documentation. Submit weekly /monthly reports about the safety practices
• Inspect products purchased by company from suppliers and maintain records of supplier performance. Keep records of all the tests they have carried out. Use charts and statistics to analyses the results.
• All issues related to staff behavior, safety, security, maintenance or hygiene should be resolved immediately & reported to the Sr. Housing Manager

POWER POINT –LLC CIVIL CONSTRUCTION & MEP DUBAI -UAE
SENIOR CAMP BOSS / TRANSPORTATION IN CHARGE
Nov 2007 - May 2011

• Responsible for implementation of Workers Welfare Standards and maintaining housing units within the requirements. Responsible for allotment & maintenance of accommodation for all levels of employees, Verify and check compliance of camp on a day-to-day basis.
• Inspection of the Camp on daily basis and implementing any new things in the Camp if getting some suggestion from the suggestion box, Write and present a report to show the findings.
• Warehouse management procedures and inventory controls. Monitoring & budgeting facilities expense, controlling & approving petty cash.
• Meet with production staff to work out the root cause of the problem and to decide whether current processes need to be changed. Recommending and developing local authority policies.
• Attending the meeting with Safety Department and with the Management as per to their schedule to solve the issues and getting an advice from the Top Management.
• Periodically review the company workers' welfare policy in line with the changing standards by the law and relevant welfare charters and reformulate appropriate for final approval.
• Prepare rectification and action plans if any on WWS inspection/audit for final review
Responsible for accommodation allotment of all levels of employees including senior managers & senior staffs and execution of accommodation policies & procedures.
• Contracts administration/tenancy agreements execution & renewal and follow-ups of all administrative functions related to accommodation of owned and rented properties including commercial outlets.
• TRANSPORTATION
• Leading the entire transportation department and responsible for a fleet of above 50 owned and 60 hired Heavy & light vehicles which operates on a 24 hour basis.
• Overall in charge of the day to day operations of the transport department. Maintaining accurate administrative and vehicle log records.
• Efficiently managing, monitoring and developing a team of drivers and line supervisors.
• Responsible for contracts renewals & invoice approval for hired vehicles.
• Being the first point of contact for all department managers’ in connection with transportation.
• Making sure that all transport fleet vehicles are properly maintained and serviced. Organizing vehicle checks, monitoring fuel supply, man-hours & log sheet.

HYUNDAI ENG: AND CONSTRUCTION KNPC – OFFSHORE EPC PROJECT - KUWAIT
GENAREL CAMP ADMINISTRATOR
Sep 2005 - Feb 2007

• Responsible for coordinating regular inspection of all accommodation facilities. Payroll management, Handling the Labour and Staff camps and they were divided in four categories of Top Management, Management, seniors& juniors, Skilled Labours and Unskilled Labours. Room allocation arrangements and plans were made as per to the Nationality and their Language it has been kept the priority for Skilled Labours and Unskilled Labours alone. (Living Quarter, Accommodation, Labour welfare, General Affairs, & Common facility)
• Site Work permits Preparations and coordination.
• Daily audits of the PTW system and provide a quality check on compliance with company policy.
• Recording any lessons learned during the operation of the PTW System in the Lessons Learned Register and provides feedback to relevant departmental Team Leads.
• Co-ordinate with all camp bosses, site Administrators& HR for accommodation as well as transportation and taking care of daily Admin: work of the Camp. A part from that taking care of mess like, preparing menu(has Adequate knowledge on Menu Planning's, checking food quality, review food stuff purchase and cleaning of mess etc, and controlling the cost for all of the camps and mess, with cooperation of camp bosses and guiding them time to time and advising them to regarding company new polices.
• Conduct regular drills for fire and medical emergencies and maintained the records. Manage the camp occupancy in liaison with Site construction representative. Actively participates to the HSE, KPI & HACCP & standard implementation. Scheduled regular staff meetings
• Analyses Maintenance and operations (M&O) personnel requirements and personnel effectiveness and makes recommendations for increases, decreases, transfers or removals to improve operational efficiency and cost effectiveness, Cost control and monitoring water and electricity consumption.
• Monitoring & reporting all incidents, accidents & unsafe acts or conditions in a timely manner.

KOREL INDUSTRIES SDN BHD CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURING MALAYSIA
CAMP ACCOMMODATION MANAGER
Feb 2003 - Apr 2005

• To interact with internal and external customers to ensure all incoming and outgoing personnel & items are processed in a timely fashion, undertakes inductions to new guests
• To conduct hygiene audits in the camp and kitchen including use by date and storage methodologies to ensure camp health and sanitation standards are maintained
• To set work priorities and respond to changing external priorities that impact on daily planned activities. Preparing camp budget, Cost control and monitoring water and electricity consumption.
• To coordinate emergency response activities and situations, to coach & train team members within the context of fire and emergency response team. Monitors all aspects of managing and maintaining the camp
• To prepare reports for Managers as required including daily accommodation and catering status report. Keeping time sheet and preparing pay roll, Warehouse management procedures and inventory controls.
• To maintain camp rules and regulations in the unit in accordance with Company policies and procedures
• Issuing the Employee of the Month to the Janitor as per to the Work efficiency.
• Responsible for assuring that the camps is in compliance with federal, state and local regulations.
• Camp Administration. Planning, Implementation & cost control.
• Create an environment that follows social justice practices and is respectful to all staffs and workers.
• Ensures effective dissemination and communication on Camps policies and procedures
• Ensures strict compliance with applicable laws and regulations
• Proposes cost reduction methods to minimize the camp's operational costs
• Monitors the camp occupancy and camp costs, Prepares periodic reports on the camp's operations
• Perform all activities in compliance with the company health, safety and environmental management system.
• Responsible and accountable for Camps, Catering operations, and facilities Management.

DOMANIC ENG: AND CONSTRUCTION NTPC – ONSHORE PROJECT - INDIA
SITE / CAMP ADMINISTRATOR
Jul 1999 - Oct 2002

• Planning and coordinated luncheons and scheduled all conference room meetings onsite for all Superintendents, Clients and Subcontracting.
• Liaison between all impacted departments to ensure proper communications and reports due prior to all scheduled client meetings
• Develop all execution and creation of complex reports, presentations for site related site meetings in Excel, Power point, graph and PDF format and Document Control for Site
• Ensure safety standards aligned with corporate personnel to its best practices within the industry.
Keep close coordination with HSE Dept in terms of camp safety and fire alarm & Firefighting systems and with HR Dept for employee related issues.
• Looking after Employees & labor welfare and attend to their grievances. Ensure highly degree of discipline maintained in the camp. Conduct surprise inspection of camp/sites to ensure compliance and ensure efficient & effective disaster management.
• Responsible for allotment/vacation to all levels of employees’ accommodation and execution of accommodation policies & procedure.
REPORTS TO THE GENAREL MANAGER:(ADMIN)
• Submit weekly/monthly reports to the Management regarding camp activities, maintenance, and disciplinary cases if any. Camps strength Head Count Report (Addition and Deletion).
• Review and endorse the monthly occupancy report (person-days) then to be forward to General Service’s section for execution and final approval.
• Daily absentees report, Sick employees report, Visa Medical cases.
• Summary of Leave applications submitted to head office for the processing.
• Summary of workers On Leave at any given time and their agreed return dates.
• List of employees not return after completion of their approved leave period.
Daily attendance report of his labour working at camp, Daily conveyance report
• Utility bills (Electrical& Water) consumption reports.

Education

Arni University
Bachelor of Business Administration BBA
Jul 2017 - Jul 2020

General Administration

University of Jamia peer Mohammad India
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)
Jul 1997 - May 2000

Auditing Costing Management

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