Consulting work as a Individual Infrastructure Development Consultant
Professional qualifications and continuous training are an integral part of career development, and there may be opportunities to move into other areas of the construction and engineering industry to gain new skills and experience.
Consultants are paid to share their expertise and knowledge to help organization attain goals and solve problems. Organizations often hire consultants to supplement their staff and save the costs of hiring a full-time employee. As a person new to the organization, consultants view the situation from a fresh perspective. Because a consultant isn't beholden to any particular corporate culture, co-worker scrutiny or morale, consultants can act as the catalyst for change.
While there are degree requirements for a "Engineering & Infrastructure Development Consultant", they do need to have vast knowledge and experience in a particular field. In addition to expertise, a consultant should have a track record of past accomplishments. Individuals with higher levels of education and experience will generally receive greater compensation for their services.
Consulting is a broad area of interest, and, from professional to personal services, there's a consulting opportunity for practically every applications. Job duties can vary depending on the application (or production) in which a consultant is working and based on the specific field of expertise.
Fixing or improving a particular component of client's profession is the broadest duty for which consultants are hired. Consultants are often expected to provide advice, make recommendations and excel at problem solving. A client will retain a consultant's services until the goal or obligations of the particular endeavor have been met. The time period for consultancy can vary in length, depending on the needs of the client and on any unforeseen problems or additions to the project for which the consultant was hired.
Successful consultants derive their skill set from a combination of learned techniques acquired from higher education and, to a lesser degree, innate personality traits. These skills include the following:
Education
Work experiences in Management and Infrastructure Development if possible.
Self-directed
Logical reasoning (Strong Analysis)
Attention to detail
Results-oriented
Strong interpersonal skills
Professional and matured
Leadership
Communication
Patience
Ingenuity
Ability to work well with others
Public Relation
Focus on their specific target
Community Mobilization and
The most important thing is "Respect for Diversity".
Consulting work in Nepal is a good experience. From Last 1 year, engaged in consulting and development work which helped to know about our geographical remoteness, public acute problems and irregular developments. Positive influences with good understanding in engineering, urban and regional development, social relations with quality education and skill development courses are the key factors for consulting work which not only supports your work but also broadens your knowledge.
Sunday, May 14, 2017
My Career Achievement
A. Education Background (Academic + Institution)
1. M.Sc. Urban Design and Conservation
2. Bachelor in Civil Engineering
3. Diploma in Computer Application
4. International Professional development training from world class reputed learning from:
World Bank Group, Open University Australia, ALISON, and from Nepal as well.
5. Electric and Electronics Training
6. E-learning Courses
B. Working Experience
1. 5+ years in Infrastructure Development Sector: Road, Contract Management, Melamchi Diversion Tunnel Project, Design Engineer, and now working as a Consultant.
2. Teaching Experience
3. Volunteer
Different Responsibilities
Professional proficiency: English
A motivated and capable individual who has a clear understanding of the role and responsibilities associated with Civil engineer & urban practitioner. Having the ability to provide support for multiple concurrent priorities, am able to establish, maintain and develop effective working relationships with service users, teams, delivery partners & colleagues.
Possesses a broad range of technical, personal effectiveness and leadership skills and uses rigorous logic & methods to come up with effective solutions to difficult problems. As someone who is comfortable with & able to effectively cope with change, has a track record of making use of available resources and techniques.
Relationship-building and high level of client care throughout planning process and beyond.
Prepare technical specifications, technical proposals, engineering reports and conceptual level analysis for Contract & engineering documents.
Develop work schedule, weekly production plan, monthly progress report and updating progress of work.
Negotiating, supervisory and leadership skills combined with the ability to delegate.
Disaster risk management and handling all the technical works.
Developing guidance and policies relating to the built environment.
Ability to produce reports and papers on technical & non-technical issues.
Report writing skills in English and Nepali languages.
“Can-do” attitude to go the extra mile to get work done.
Ability to work with harmoniously and effectively in teams
(Development professional with expertise in rural/urban infrastructure ; Contract management-for construction projects; Project appraisal,planning & designing, monitoring & evaluation).
A motivated and capable individual who has a clear understanding of the role and responsibilities associated with Civil engineer & urban practitioner. Having the ability to provide support for multiple concurrent priorities, am able to establish, maintain and develop effective working relationships with service users, teams, delivery partners & colleagues.
Possesses a broad range of technical, personal effectiveness and leadership skills and uses rigorous logic & methods to come up with effective solutions to difficult problems. As someone who is comfortable with & able to effectively cope with change, has a track record of making use of available resources and techniques.
Professional proficiency: English
Relationship-building and high level of client care throughout planning process and beyond.
Prepare technical specifications, technical proposals, engineering reports and conceptual level analysis for Contract & engineering documents.
Develop work schedule, weekly production plan, monthly progress report and updating progress of work.
Negotiating, supervisory and leadership skills combined with the ability to delegate.
Disaster risk management and handling all the technical works.
Flexibility and adaptability in a complex and dynamic environment.
Ability to produce reports and papers on technical & non-technical issues.
Report writing skills in English and Nepali languages.
“Can-do” attitude to go the extra mile to get work done.
Ability to work with harmoniously and effectively in teams
5 weeks course on Sustainable Urban Land Use Planning (00004021-00020170)
5 weeks training course on; Education Staff Development Program: Early Childhood Development for Policymakers and Practitioners (00002905-00020170)
5 weeks training course on: Introduction to Social Accountability (00005020-00020170)
5 weeks training course on: Fundamentals of Climate Change (00004823-00020170)
5 weeks training course on: Gender Equality and Energy (00002880-00020170)
5 weeks training course on: Investment Planning toward Low Emissions Development (00003540-00020170)
5 weeks training course on: Debt Management Performance Assessment (DeMPA) (00002400-00020170)
5 weeks training course on: Parliaments and Anti corruption (00004828-00020170)
5 weeks training course on: People, Politics and Change (00004831-00020170)
5 weeks training course on: Parliament in Fragile States (00004830-00020170)
5 weeks training course on: Urban Crime and Violence Prevention (00003521-00020170)
5 weeks training course on: Safe and Resilient Cities (00004351-00020170)
5 weeks training course on: Designing and Implementing Successful Water Supply and Sanitation Utility Reform (00004645-00020170)
5 weeks training course on: Integrated Urban Transport Planning (00002461-00020170)
5 weeks training course on: Introduction to Disaster Risk Management (00004320-00020170)
5 weeks course on 'Saving Energy through Energy Saving Performance Contracts" (00004435-00020170)
5 weeks course on "Sustainable Agricultural Land Management Projects: Soil Carbon Monitoring" (00004832-00020170)
Training course Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Mitigation Initiatives (00008558-00020170)
5 weeks course "Designing MRV Systems for Entity-Level Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Facilitated) (00010568-00020170)
Open University Australia
5 weeks course "Negotiation and Conflict Resolution" : Macquaire Graduate School of Management
5 weeks course "Introduction to Business in Asia" : Griffith University
5 weeks course "Financial Literacy": Macquaire University
5 weeks course "Emergency Management": Massey University, University of New Zealand
5 weeks course "Contemporary Issues in Ocean Governance" :University of Wollongong
5 weeks course "Foundation of Psychology"
5 weeks course "Indigenous Studies: Australia and New Zealand"
5 weeks course "Water in a Thirsty World"
5 weeks course "Sociology"
5 weeks course: Becoming a Confident Trainer (Open Universities, Australia)
5 weeks course: Early Childhood Education (Gowrie, Victoria)
5 weeks course: Food, Nutrition and Your Health (Open2Study)
5 weeks training course on: Financial Planning (TAFE, Sydney)
5 weeks training course on: Principles of Project Management (Polytechnic West, Open Universities Australia)
5 weeks training course on: Management for a Competitive Edge (International College of Management, Sydney, Australia)
5 weeks training course on: "Climate Change"; Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Advanced Learning Interactive System Online (ALISON)
Diploma in Legal Studies
Diploma in EU Public Procurement
Government Economic Policy
Diploma in Project Management
Diploma in Sustainable Development (Running)
Introduction to Contract in Law
Risk Management- Managing Property and Liability Risk
Introduction to Time Management
Health and safety Institute
Health and Safety Authority on-line course: The Safety Management Pack for Construction Safety (hsalearning, Ireland)
Health and Safety Authority on-line course: Safety and Health in Construction-Third Level (hsalearning, Ireland)
Independent Coursework
Training course on "Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) General Induction" for Construction Work in Melamchi Diversion Scheme-MDS/DT/02. (Melamchi Diversion Scheme)
Para Legal Training (NEP)
Energy Efficiency: Do more with Less (HP Life e-learning)
CMC Cooperativa Muratori e Cementisti di Ravenna – Nepal Branch
– (11 months)
Financial loan from Asian Development Bank.
Employer: Melamchi Water-Supply Development Board, Government of Nepal, under Ministry of Urban Development.
Sector: Water and Irrigation Works, Hydraulic Tunnels
Contract No.: MDS/DT/02
Contract Value (Excluding VAT): 7,723,471,343 NPR (66,227,674.00 Euro)
Status: Ongoing
Duties & Responsibilities:
Planning & monitoring the progress method.
Prepare technical specifications, technical proposals, engineering report and conceptual level & design level drawings for Contract documents.
Prepare Delay analysis reports.Comprehensive legal research and presentations.
Develop work schedule, weekly production plan, monthly progress report and updating progress of work.
Track, monitor and forecast progress of all activities and deliverable such as products, engineering documents, fabrication status and construction of all discipline.
Perform probabilistic analysis of completion dates and potential alternatives. Prevent risk based analysis of most likely completion and expected deviation range.
Coordinate with staff's, clients, engineers, and sub-contractors for progress of work.
Conduct field scoping to clarify scope as required.
Implementing a strategy of in-depth analysis of relevant project/related documents.
Knowledge and understanding of theories, concepts and approaches relevant to particular sector, functional area or other specialized field.
Liaises with all team leaders and/ or members to communicate required completion dates and interface between functional team, operational team and project team.
Negotiating, supervisory and leadership skills combined with the ability to delegate.
Understand work scope, quantity and familiar with logical sequences in terms of engineering, manufacturing and construction disciplines.
Understand and work with management and project/maintenance team in the development of work breakdown structure for progress measurement, scheduling, cost estimating and project control.
M.Sc. Urban Design & Conservation
Khwopa Engineering College, Bhaktapur, Nepal
– (3 years 1 month)
A postgraduate degree: Academic of 60 credits
"Urban growth Management, Disaster risk Management, Project Management, Urban design Guidelines, Real estate developments, Design Studio, Cultural resource Management and Field Work, Neighbourhood Planning, Documentation, City design issues, Construction technology and material, Archaeology and other curriculum based
Its about the study of waterfront development pattern of Kathmandu valley. Jadibuti location were undertaken. Main focus: Manhara river: to understand- the settlement pattern of that place and to design the possible development in that locations.
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