Arjun Kumar Shah
Dagenham
Summary
Accomplished Construction Manager experienced in lean manufacturing and project execution. Achieved operational efficiency and cost reductions through technical leadership and effective stakeholder communication. Focused on continuous improvement in construction administration by leveraging knowledge of building regulations and cost estimation.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Project and Contract Management Engineer
VA TECH WABAG LIMITED
Kathmandu Valley
2025.01 - 2025.09
- Delivered infrastructure serving 640,000 population
- Led a team of 15 engineers
- Prepared EOT claims under FIDIC contracts
- Lead the contract and project management for the remaining works of three major Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP) with a combined contract value in excess of £37.7 million.
- Manage all project phases from initiation to handover, ensuring strict adherence to scope, budget, and critical timeline milestones.
- Develop and oversee comprehensive risk registers and mitigation strategies, ensuring full compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory standards
- Keeping scope, budget and timelines firmly under control.
- Coordinated design teams, procurement, stakeholders, manufacturing and on-site installation.
- Manage all phases of capital projects from initiation to handover.
- Oversee budgets, schedules, procurement and risk management.
- Ensure compliance with safety, quality and regulatory.
- Support facility needs for infrastructure and equipment across various disciplines.
- Supervise contractors and issue permits.
- Lead and manage projects for facility infrastructure and new equipment installation, including electrical, mechanical, civil, fire protection, and building work.
- Contract Close out Documents
- Major responsibility reply of Client Letter as per contract and specification, Prepation of Outgoing letter
- Supervision of overall construction as per drawing and specifications
Contract Document Specialist (Civil Engineer)
ERMC Pvt. Ltd, A-NOT and Slate Consultant Pvt. Ltd
Pokhara
2024.07 - 2025.01
- Managed a project valued at £38,09,56,057
- Delivered infrastructure serving 513,504 population
- Led a team of 40 engineers
- Prepared EOT claims under FIDIC contracts
- Defect-Free Handover: Responsible for the comprehensive final inspection of all BOQ items, systematic snag list generation, and management of the rectification process to ensure defect-free practical completion and client handover.
- Full Lifecycle Delivery: Directs all phases of major capital projects, from initial feasibility and planning reviews through to final commissioning and operational handover.
- Multi-Disciplinary Coordination: Leads the review of project completion reports and facilitates collaborative reviews across all engineering departments at each stage of design and planning.
- Integrated Supply Chain Management: Works seamlessly with Procurement and Supply Chain teams to de-risk material delivery, align with construction programmers, and control costs
Project Manager
P. S. Construction Company Pvt. Ltd.
Kathmandu Valley
2021.08 - 2024.07
- Serve as the programmed-wide construction functional lead, ensuring construction expertise and insight informs all stages of design and planning.
- Lead constructability reviews and provide input to optimize construction sequencing, logistics, and methodology.
- Coordinate with engineering and design consultants to ensure construction requirements are reflected in design deliverables.
- Support the development of site layouts, temporary works strategies, logistics and phasing plans for construction in a live operational environment.
- Assist in developing overall construction execution plans, staffing strategies, and resource estimates.
- Support with shaping delivery execution planning
- Collaborate with Procurement and Supply Chain to develop construction packaging and delivery strategies.
- Ensure health, safety, and environmental (HSE) considerations are embedded in all aspects of design and planning.
- Review and monitor implementation of robust quality control plans during design and construction phases.
- Maintain awareness of design evolution, scope changes, and their potential impacts on construction methods, costs, and schedules.
- Contribute to cost estimates, budgets, risk assessments, and progress reporting for construction scope.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to assigned project and field personnel, promoting a culture of safety, collaboration, and excellence.
- Establishes a design/field engineering working relationship and lines of communication with the Project Engineer including agreement on engineering deliverables.
- Reviews project controls documents on progress relating to cost and schedule
- Ensures the Zero Accident Philosophy is incorporated into all aspects of construction operations.
- Establishes and assures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements
- Responsible for staffing decisions, performance appraisals, and pay reviews
- Finalizing rate to sub-contractor, Letter typing, 1 to 1 connectivity to all employer
- Risk identification and mitigation and safety.
Construction Supervision Engineer (BDS-01)
DOHA Engineering Co. Ltd. Korea in association with ERMC and TAEC
Kathmandu Valley
2021.03 - 2021.08
- Delivered infrastructure serving 1 million residents population
- Setting up project processes and site systems
- Coordinating design and construction information efficiently
- Monitoring progress and resolving issues proactively
- Leading, supporting, and developing staff performance
- Ensuring high standards of workmanship and compliance
- To support homeowners and landlords through the delivery journey.
- To manage client, contractor and partner relationships
- Lead and promote a strong health, safety, and environment.
- Monitor commercial performance, forecasts, and cost value reconciliation (CVR)
- Manage risk, mitigation strategies, and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle
- Ensure quality assurance processes, inspections, and documentation are completed and maintained
- Produce accurate project reporting, progress updates, and site records.
- Support and mentor site teams, including Engineers and Supervisors
- Major responsibility quality control
- Supervision of overall construction as per drawing and technical specifications
- Structural and reinforcement
- Site management
- Material handling, Formwork, asphalt works
- Raft foundation
- Sanitary plumbing & electric works
Construction Supervision Engineer ( KUKL/WW/IS-03)
DOHWA Engineering Co. Ltd., in association with ERMC and TAEC
Bhaktapur, District
2018.01 - 2020.01
- Coordinate with engineering and design consultants to ensure construction requirements are reflected in design deliverables.
- Support the development of site layouts, temporary works strategies, logistics and phasing plans for construction in a live operational environment.
- Check/verify measurement of works, bills submitted by contractors.
- Check/verify design and cost estimates of Interceptor sewer and road works and community infrastructure works.
- Support in planning, organizing and facilitating trainings/workshops to ensure the successful implementation of projects as required.
- Supervision of overall construction as per drawing and specifications
- Structural and reinforcement
- Site management
- Material handling, Formwork, asphalt works
- Raft foundation
- Sanitary plumbing & electric work
- Site clearance
- I. Preparation of quantity estimates. Cost estimates, drawing. Bid documents. Verifying Bill of Quantity (BOQ)
- Ii. Preparation of EOT (Extension of Time)
- Iii. Surveying, Site measurement, Site Inspection, Safety measures, Orientation on Organization Health and Safety (OHS).
- Iv. Co-Ordination with public government offices and municipality.
- V. Assisting key experts for making decision related to the project and work closely.
- Vi. Management of conflict aroused during works.
Civil Engineer
DOHA Engineering Co. Ltd. Korea in association with ERMC and TAEC
Kathmandu Valley
2018.01 - 2019.09
- Survey of old and new road along Kathmandu Valley
- Survey of all new and old sewer house hold connection.
- Survey of alignment of road
- Report making
- Survey along with Korean expert Mr. Kim and Mr. Lee
- Connection of all new sewer line into main Interceptor Sewer Line.
Office Engineer and Site Engineer
CIPPEL-Shailung Construction Pvt. Ltd.
Kathmandu District
2016.09 - 2017.12
- Major responsibility Letter typing
- Planning project on-site activities together with the Senior Management Team and Project Manager, including necessary resources, equipment and milestones.
- Coordinating agreement between customer and external resources on construction targets, health and safety requirements, site organization and policy.
- Controlling project cost for the project site work, monitors actual spends against forecasts, and estimates final cost for the same.
- Ensuring all documentation is modified and updated as necessary, the document handling system is maintained, and latest revisions are used for the construction work on site.
- Managing the sub-contractors on site to ensure that necessary quality and progress are achieved to meet delivery date and agreed standards.
- Report regularly to the Project Manager on site activities, HSE (health, safety, and environment), quality, progress and cost.
- Implement and monitor Safe Systems of Work, including issuing Permits to Dig
- Set teams to work and monitor progress throughout each task and project phase
- Produce regular site reports and provide timely, accurate feedback to the Site Manager
- Support the generation of as-built drawings and maintain quality standards throughout the project.
- Quality control
- Supervision of overall construction as per drawing and specifications
- Structural and reinforcement
- Site management
- Material handling, Formwork, asphalt works
- Site clearance
Education
Msc - Construction Engineering Management
University of East London
London, UK 2025.09 - 2026.09
Global MBA - undefined
COLLEGE DE PARIS
Paris, France 2020.01 - 2021.01
Bachelor of Technology - Civil Engineering
Kurukshetra University
India 2012.01 - 2016.01
+2 Science - undefined
Model Multiple College
NepalSLC - undefined
Happy Land Secondary School
NepalSkills
- FIDIC Contract Administration
- Extension of Time (EOT) Claims Preparation
- Infrastructure Project Delivery
- Construction Supervision and Quality Assurance
- Stakeholder and Contractor Management
- Risk Management and Project Controls
- Multinational Project Coordination
Certification
- PRINCE2 Foundation
- PMP preparation
- FIDIC Contract Management course
- NEC Contract Management course
- ISO 9001 Lead Auditor
- Construction health and safety training such as NEBOSH or IOSH
Languages
Nepali: Reading - Excellent, Writing - Excellent, Speaking - Excellent
English: Reading - Very Good, Writing - Very Good, Speaking - Very Good
Hindi: Reading - Very Good, Writing - Good, Speaking - Good
French: Reading - Good, Writing - Good, Speaking - Beginner
Affiliations
- Graduate Member-Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), UK
- Member- Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), UK
- Registered Engineer-Nepal Engineering Council (NEC)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjunkshah9/
Name of Staff
Mr. Arjun Kumar Shah
Profession
Project Manager, Contract Manager, Project Engineer, Civil Engineer, Office Engineer, Site Engineer
Address
- 68-Whitebarn Lane, Dagenham, UK
- Mobile No.: +447352129743
- Email: shaharjun227@gmail.com
Timeline
Msc - Construction Engineering Management
University of East London
2025.09 - 2026.09
Project and Contract Management Engineer
VA TECH WABAG LIMITED
2025.01 - 2025.09
Contract Document Specialist (Civil Engineer)
ERMC Pvt. Ltd, A-NOT and Slate Consultant Pvt. Ltd
2024.07 - 2025.01
Project Manager
P. S. Construction Company Pvt. Ltd.
2021.08 - 2024.07
Construction Supervision Engineer (BDS-01)
DOHA Engineering Co. Ltd. Korea in association with ERMC and TAEC
2021.03 - 2021.08
Global MBA - undefined
COLLEGE DE PARIS
2020.01 - 2021.01
Construction Supervision Engineer ( KUKL/WW/IS-03)
DOHWA Engineering Co. Ltd., in association with ERMC and TAEC
2018.01 - 2020.01
Civil Engineer
DOHA Engineering Co. Ltd. Korea in association with ERMC and TAEC
2018.01 - 2019.09
Office Engineer and Site Engineer
CIPPEL-Shailung Construction Pvt. Ltd.
2016.09 - 2017.12
Bachelor of Technology - Civil Engineering
Kurukshetra University
2012.01 - 2016.01
+2 Science - undefined
Model Multiple College
SLC - undefined
Happy Land Secondary School