Venkatesh Jayaraman

About Venkatesh Jayaraman

Professional Summary: An accomplished Risk Director with 34 years, from 2005 onwards with Saipem GROUP of companies for EPCIC, On-shore & Off-shore, FEED, Bid & Execution Phases, Green & Brown Fields, Civil Infrastructure & Railway Projects. 21 years performed at overseas with Project Risk Mgmt, Project Control at Middle East, West & North Africa, Europe, Caspian Sea & Asia Pacific projects.(12 years in UAE, 6 years in KSA, IRAQ, ITALY, AZERBAIJAN, ANGOLA, AUSTALIA). “18 YEARS MASTERY at PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT”, 8 YEARS in PROJECT CONTROL & 8 YEARS at FABRICATION. • Mastery with EPCIC Project’s Risk Mgmt. from BID to EXECUTION to mitigate risk impact and enhance opportunity through best practices & Lesson Learned. • Mastery with Project Risk Mgmt. Policy, Procedures, Standards, Work Instructions, Guidelines & successful Implementation of Risk Mgmt. • Mastery with Risk Mgmt. Plans, Risk identification, Qualitative & Quantitative Assessment, mitigations, enhancements actions, monitoring, Control, Reporting, continuous improvements. • Mastery with web tool,@RISK palisade software, ARM software, Monte Carlo Analysis, Schedule Risk Analysis for the effective monitoring, mitigations. • Mastery with training to Proposal Mgrs, Project Mgrs, Risk Managers & Engineers, developed 30+ Project Risk Managers / Risk Engineers to suit the project profile. Mastery in handling of Key Risk Indicators, Project Risk flash reports, Quarterly Risk Mgmt reports. • Mastery to demonstrate & collaborate as an effective team leader and member of cross-functional, cross-regional organization. • Mastery in lead teams with multi-tasks, multi-cultural environments to meet Client/Corporate/Project targets and in EPCIC interfaces with home offices, project sites, project phases & dependencies. Professional Achievements Summary: Managing 11 Projects of USD 19 Billions, FUNCTIONALLY REPORTING to CORPORATE Risk Mgmt Function at ITALY. Implemented Risk Mgmt for 85+ BID, 35+ Execution with 25+ Risk Mgrs & Engr, started from 2007 to 2025 for 18 years. Achieved \"Benchmark\" as “COUNTRY MANAGER” at KSA for “6 years” from “2006 to 2011”, at Al-Khobar for EPCIC of Onshore, Offshore, Bid & Execution for Onshore & Offshore. Achieved \"Benchmark\" as “AREA MANAGER - Middle East and North Africa” at UAE for “6 years” from “2012 to 2017”, EPCIC of Onshore, Offshore, Bid & Execution for Onshore & Offshore. Achieved \"Benchmark\" as “CORPORATE MANAGER” at “Abu Dhabi/Chennai” for “5 years” from 2020 onwards, currently at Chennai, as GM for the KSA, Middle East & Australia MEGA projects.

Experience

1. General Manager, Project Risk Management, Saudi Arabia, Middle East and Australia

   Saipem

   Jul 2024 — Present · Chennai, IN

   As a CORPORATE ROLE, managing the Project Risk Management for the MEGA Projects at Saudi Arabia, Middle East and North Africa Regional.\\\\n\\\\nDirectly reporting to the CORPORATE Risk Management Function at Milano, Italy.\\\\n\\\\nDuring Execution Phase, initiate, implement, monitor, support the Project Risk Management activities under the responsibility of the Project Managers/Risk Managers through a Monthly / Quarterly review (Check & Balance review) with the aim of ensuring that identified risks are assessed and managed in compliance with company risk management methodology and consistent with other project monitoring parameters.\\\\n\\\\nEnsure training to the Project Risk Managers who support the Project Manager/Proposal Manager in the application, coordination and expediting of the Risk Mgmt activities and mitigation actions and project team as well.\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n

Education

• SGS Inspection Services Saudi Arabia LTD, Dammam, KSA.

  IRCA (SGS UK Ltd) Certified LEAD AUDITOR - Quality Management System (QMS) of ISO 9001 : 2008

  2009 — 2009

• ORACLE UNIVERSITY, Dammam, KSA

  Advanced Project management and Resource Management through Primavera Project Planner (P6) course

  2010 — 2010

• CSC, Chennai, INDIA

  DAST ; Diploma in Advance Software Technology.

  2005 — 2005

• CAMBRIDGE EDUCATION, Dubai, UAE.

  Professional Project Management Program, Project Management

  2012 — 2012

• CADD Centre, Project Management, Chennai, INDIA.

  PPPM: Professional in Project Planning & Management, Concepts of Project Management, Primavera Project Planner (P3) and MS Project 2000

  2003 — 2003

• Polytechnic Careers

  DME, Mechanical Engineering

  1985 — 1988