Varun Raju Sivaram Raja

609 South Randolph Street | Unit 204 | Illinois 61820 | Mobile: (217)-305-1490 | vrraja2@illinois.edu

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

Institute/School Course/Board GPA

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Graduate year-December’2017

Bangalore Institute of Technology

First Year Graduate, Major-Construction

Engineering Management.

Bachelor of Civil Engineering

-/-

3.9/4.0

INDUSTRY INTERFACE

Larsen & Toubro, HCP

Ltd

Designation-Sr. Engineer

Nature of Job-Planning

& Client billing

Jul y 2014- July 2016

Project: Multi-Discipline Construction works in Para-Xylene plant, Reliance-J3 Refinery Expansion

Project, Jamnagar, Gujrat, India.

Estimated BOQ (Bill of quantities) from the engineered drawings needed for monthly planning &

scheduling, monthly contractor billing & client invoicing, reconciliation purposes.

Planned and scheduled civil construction activities on monthly basis and further breakdown of

activities on a weekly and daily basis using Primavera P6 & MSP

Estimated and prepared material look-ahead chart and ensured they meet the monthly requirement in

compliance with the plan

Recorded and analysed daily progress tracking of activities and conducted weekly Planned Vs

Progress meetings

Worked as a front-end engineer on site and executed heavy crystallizer structure with a slab of

thickness 4Feet.

Kumari Builders &

Developers

Summer Intern

May – July 2012

Project: - “Amaranthine”, a self-sustainable and eco-friendly residential building, Bangalore,

Karnataka, India.

Designed the building energy consumption systems under the lead designer and team for LEED

certification.

Executed the on-site construction work using efficient construction management techniques

involving usage of sustainable building materials and renewable energy, waste water reuse for

construction activities under the supervision of senior engineers and management.

SKILLS & PROJECTS

Computer Software &

Skill Level

Use of UAV’s/Drones in

Construction field

November-2015

Proactively solved the issue of safety and quality at Paraxylene plant by implementing UAVs.

Have analysed and programmed the drones to monitor for safety & quality issues and accelerated

the process of live progress tracking and solving the on-site issues remotely.

LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITY

Professionals for Society

Executive Teaching

Member

Conducted 20+ lecturing sessions for rural High School Students.

Provided Professional Career advice to rural students and help them have a clear career goal.

Event Manager

BIT-College fest

Manthan-2014

Led a team of 30 students across diverse sub-committees to co-ordinate and organise the fest.

Secured 700+ registrations for the college events.

Obtained sponsorships amounting $3000 for the events.

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Represented my School at the Bournvita Quiz contest and Secured First Place in the south zone category with 75+ schools

participating (2008).

Received the award “PRATHIBHA PURASKARA” by KARNATAKA ARYA VYSYA MAHASABHA for scoring 90%

and above in my 2nd Pre-University Education (2010).

Received recognition and cash prize from my college for having scored cent percent in the subject Hydraulics and

Machines during my second-year Engineering and for being the Topper of the semester (2012).