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AJAYAN V.OGEOLOGISTOEOAL-KHOBAR, KSAMob No: 00966594013637Email: ajayanvo@gmail.com

Career Goal:

To utilize my skills and abilities in an organization that offers professional growth while being resourceful, innovative and flexible.

Key Skills:

Planning and supervision of on-shore and near-shore Geological /Geotechnical Site Investigations.

Carry out classification, identification and making Geological description of soil and rocks, and preparation of borehole logs as per the American and British standards.

Handle samples retrieved from Standard Penetration Test (SPT), undisturbed samples (TWT) and Bulk samples.

Handle/supervise geotechnical soil investigation’s various sites from kick off meeting through completion of projects.

On big projects where many rigs are involved, work as project in charge/manager, enforce and implement project specification/guidelines.

Handle and evaluate properly manpower’s performance Recommend possible solutions and suggest ideas for more

improvements in the management. Consolidate and summarize necessary data for future references and

filing purposes. Monitoring and implementation of HSE procedures

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Work Summary:

Organization: Osaimi Engineering Office, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia Duration: June 2010 till date Designation: Field Geologist

Responsibilities

Carried out and involved in many medium and big on shore and near

shore projects for ARAMCO and Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu,

Saudi Electric Company (SCECO).Work involved description of soil for

engineering purposes and preparation of Borehole logs. Conduct

various geophysical site tests i.e.

Electrical Soil Resistivity Test

Thermal Resistivity Test

Pressure Meter Test

Seismic Borehole Test ( Cross hole, Up hole & Down hole test )

Plate Bearing test

Pile Load Test – Compression, Uplift and Lateral.

Pile Integrity Test

Permeability, Percolation and Infiltration test

Piezocone penetration test

DCPT Test

List of projects handled independently:

o Geotechnical Investigation in “Ras Tanura Integrated Project” for KBR / Saudi Aramco

o Geotechnical Investigation for Tank Form at Jubail Port for KBR / Saudi Aramco.

o Near Shore Geotechnical Investigation of Bridge connecting Jalmudah to Mardumah for Royal Commission-Jubail.

o Geotechnical Investigation for various Infra-structure and housing projects of Jubail Industrial Area expansion for Royal Commission-Jubail.

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o Geotechnical Investigation for various Refinery projects for various contractor i.e. SK Engineering, GS Engineering, Samsung Engineering, Hitachi Heavy Industry etc.. at Jazan Industrial City – ARAMCO

o Geotechnical Soil Investigation for Petro-Rabigh (Power Plant) for Samsung.

o Geotechnical Soil Investigation for various SCECO sub-stations Projects all over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

o Geotechnical Soil Investigation for Foundation and Tower designing at various Transmission Line Projects in Eastern and Western region of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Organization: Geoscience Testing Laboratory, Dubai, UAEDuration: July 2007 to August 2010Designation: Geologist

Responsibilities

Ensure full compliance of routine operation of the Geotechnical Investigation works i.e. site inspection, site activities, job instruction to drillers, laboratory testing etc. in accordance with the laboratories own policies and as per ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 9001.

Preparing and initial checking of Geotechnical factual reports prior to the submission for approval of geotechnical Engineer.

Perform random site visits to verify compliance of the site activities.

Receive the sample from the site, identify, label and store properly as per the defined procedure and log.

Maintaining and Updating Calibration Certificates of all equipments used for the geophysical testing..

Ensure good housekeeping and ensure full compliance with all the safety measures where applicable.

Organization: Kerala State Land-use Board Duration: July 2003 to August 2007Designation: Project Scientist

Responsibilities

Preparation of thematic maps of landforms, drainage pattern, relief and assessment of environmental appraisal of various problems relating to landscape.

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Developing better land use pattern to prevent further degradation of land scape.

Educating the villagers about the latest advancement in land use management.

Application of Remote Sensing techniques for land use development.

Feb 2001-May 2003- Research Fellow: Department of Marine geology &Geophysics, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT).India.

Responsibilities

Core sampling and data analysis Geotechnical investigation. Geochemical analysis Water quality analysis.

Academic profile

1998-2001 - Masters in Marine geology, (CUSAT) Kerala, India1995-1998 - Bachelors in geology with mathematics and Chemistry,

Kerala, India.

Computer Proficiency

Proficient in use of general-purpose software MS Word, MS Outlook, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Publisher, Adobe Photoshop, etc.

Training Programme attended .

ISO 9000: 2000 Series Lead Auditor Training ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Internal Auditor Training ISO 9001: 2000 documentation training. Safety induction training. Training on Soil mechanics, Concrete and Highway laboratory

practices. Conducted by the Dept .of Civil Engineering .College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Kerala.

Attended training on Rain water harvesting conducted by Central Ground water Board. (CGWB) India

EQUIPMENT SKILLS

GPS-Garmin

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Cross Hole/Down Hole, Up hole Seismic Tests - Geometrics Smartseis

Piezocone Penetration Test- AP Vandenberg & Vertek Electrical Resistivity-Megger,Fluke,Nilson Pile Integrity- PID Pile Testing-All kinds of testing Pressure Meter- OYO Cone Penetration Test-Conventional Method CBR-Field Vane Shear For Clay Plate Load Test

Seminars attended

Seminar on "wetland" conducted by University of Kerala and Government of Kerala.

National seminar on the " The Earth and its climate and annual meeting of geophysical Union (2000)

National symposium on Late Quaternary Geology and sea level changes" and annual convention of the geological society of India (2000)

References

1. Dr.Ramakrishna, Manager (Engineering)Osaimi Engineering OfficeAl-Khobar, KSAMob.00966563279702

2. Dr.Haneesh Kumar.V, Manager (Operations)Osaimi Engineering OfficeAl-Khobar, KSAMob: 00966569311364

3. Mr.Shibu, Senior GeophysistFugro Middle East Survey, U.A.E

Personal Description

Nationality : Indian

Father's name : Vijayan

Date of birth : 30/05/1977

Sex : Male

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Marital status : Married

Languages known : English, Malayalam, Hindi, Arabic.

Passport No : F 8919167

Date of issue : 22/09/2006

Date of expire : 21/09/2016

Visa states : Employment.

Hobbies : Enjoy traveling, Reading and nature

photography.

Declaration:

I declare that all the information given above is correct and complete

to the best of my knowledge and given a chance I will serve my duty

with honesty and sincerity.

AJAYAN V.O