Vanush Knyazyan

Experience

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  UBC Group

  Feb 2014 - Nov 2021

  Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing several turnkey projects at the time in the beverages and dairy industry* Project Planning: defining first steps in design, development and procurement, scheduling meetings and visits to the client's site. * Documentation: Project Plan, Project Charters, Project Schedule, Equipment specification, Procurement plan, Reports* Negotiation with clients: projects and offers presentation, pre-sales activities, participation in a tender process, daily communication* Procurement: negotiations with vendors, vendors selection, supply process, descriptions for customs clearance* People and Team management: face-to-face meetings, mentoring, talent acquisition, team organisation and maintaining a comfortable environment inside * Contracts: developing a body of contracts and annexes to contracts with clients and contractors. all contracts have fixed prices.* Risk Management: defining possible risks and reactions to them, controlling risks during the whole circle of a project, developing business continuity plans * Scope management: defining the strict scope of the turnkey project with the fixed price and controlling changes* Budget management: budget calculation regarding all parts of a project(equipment, labour), controlling changes * Scheduling: providing the entire schedule and a schedule for all parts of a project(design, procurement, assembling, commissioning), controlling time frames and being the project on track, improvements if needed* Cooperation with contractors: contracts development, conducting tenders, negotiations and controlling quality Show less Implementation of projects in the beverages and dairy industry as a project engineer engaged in the whole process, from initiating phase up to landing the project.* Project execution: Hands-on experience in the whole circle of the project execution process at beverages and dairy plants* Project Planning: Defining steps and priority of projects along with PMs* Project design: P&ID, Layouts development, 3D models* Equipment selection: Selection of particular equipment that suits conditions and requirements(pumps, valves, heat exchangers, pipes, agitators, vessels etc) * Specification preparation: Deliver complex specifications for procurement. Includes all needed equipment for assembling and commissioning * Estimation: Calculation of the needed amount of labour and time for projects(assembling, commissioning)* Mechanical and electrical assembling supervision: Control assembling execution at clients' site. Manage people and provide QA of the assembling* Algorithms for automation engineers: Designing SCADA prototypes, providing algorithms of equipment work and interaction* Commissioning: Cooperation with automation engineers in equipment launching(SAT, Dry test, FAT, Launching) *User manuals: Developing documentation and manuals for end-users* Negotiation with clients: Project presentation, Technical negotiations, Pre-sale activities Show less

  • Engineering Project Manager

    Dec 2019 - Nov 2021

  • Project Engineer

    Feb 2014 - Dec 2019
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  GlobalLogic

  Nov 2021 - now

  Project Manager

  * Project planning: SMART goals, backlog planning* People management: face-to-face meetings, talent acquisition process, interviewing. team contribution, performance review * Risk management: developing risks management plan, maintaining risks through the whole life cycle of projects* Communication: negotiations with clients, teams and delivery department, tasks tracking* Scope management: defining the scope of the project, controlling changes* Estimation: defining budget amount, labour calculation* Contracts: SOW and amendment development* Scheduling: providing schedule of the project, control of being on track and implementation changes if needed* Documentation: Project Plan, Project Charter, Project Schedule, Reports to clients, KPI, Risks plan* Requirements definition: setting up requirements for products, SRS development * Agile implementation: using Scrum approach and Kanban on projects, being flexible to suit clients' requirements Show less