Parth Kikaganesh
Parramatta,NSW
Summary
Resilient, outcome-focused Civil Engineer with 4+ years of experience in high-rise residential and commercial infrastructure development with demonstrated skills in Project management, Site Surveys, Cost Estimation and Procurement. Enhanced knowledge of Australian regulatory requirements, NCC/BCA Codes, AutoCAD, Buildxact and MS Project with a passion for integrating data and automation into construction management processes to drive value efficiently.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Civil/Site Engineer
Mcilwain Civil
03.2025 - Current
- Currently working on the Jenolan Caves Infrastructure Project (Project value $70M+), supporting end to end site delivery across civil, structural, and infrastructure works
- Led site development projects, ensuring compliance with local regulations and safety standards.
- Coordinated with architects and contractors to align project timelines and deliverables.
- Managed quality control processes, identifying and resolving construction defects efficiently.
- Developed project schedules, optimizing resource allocation for timely completion of tasks.
- Manage daily site operations including labour allocation, subcontractor coordination, and sequencing of works to meet program milestones.
- Track daily productivity, costs, and progress against budget and construction program, identifying risks and implementing corrective actions.
- Assist with financial management including cost reporting, forecasting, supplier reconciliation, and internal cost controls.
- Prepare, assess, and support claims, progress claims, and variations in line with contract requirements.
- Procure materials, plant, and subcontract services, ensuring compliance with specifications, lead times, and budget constraints.
- Provide technical civil engineering support including interpretation of drawings, specifications, ITPs, and construction methodologies.
- Coordinate QA/QC documentation, inspections, and hold points to ensure works comply with project and client standards. Liaise with designers, project managers, surveyors, subcontractors, and suppliers to resolve technical and constructability issues.
- Ensure WHS, environmental, and quality requirements are implemented and maintained on site.
Civil Engineer
Symal Infrastructure
11.2022 - 03.2025
- Support the delivery of the portfolio of projects in bridges, industrial, rail and marine industries ensuring alignment with cost, quality and time objectives.(Contract value ranging from $5M- $15M).
- Prepare comprehensive ITPs and ITCs to support the Civil Quality Assurance work and ensure alignmentwith the acceptance criteria and relevant standards.
- Assist the senior engineer to determine, manage, monitor and control the scope of work while proactively escalating potential issues, discrepancies or bottlenecks to initial specifications.
- Attend quality control and safety meetings, review and identify areas of improvement on risk mitigation, accountability and quality best practices whilst recommending changes to enhance quality and work health and safety standards.
- Reviewing documents, undertaking site investigations and recommending design/process changes to ensure customer needs are met on the deliverables.
- Develop trusting relationships with various stakeholders including senior leadership teams, project managers, quantity surveyors, suppliers and subcontractors.
- Reviewed structural design and drawings and recommended changes to clarify discrepancies, reducing errors and misinterpretations with the original construction specifications.
- Prepare comprehensive QA/QC, and OH&S documents and conduct hazard & risk assessments, ensuring zero-incident records across all projects delivered.
- Achievements/Tasks
Civil Engineer
Ormond Civil Pty Ltd
09.2021 - 11.2022
- Administer the activities of the contract works, ensuring all elements of Safety, Environmental and Quality procedures as defined in the submitted documentation are adhered to.
- Developed comprehensive ITPs and checklists for piling, anchoring, capping beam and shotcrete, ensuring product quality and product functionality meet design requirements.
- Prepared Anchor schedules including calculating proof and lock-off loading to ensure the strength of anchor and grout proportion.
- Performed scheduling, budgeting and cost breakdown structures using Microsoft Project with customised workflows, improving transparency across stakeholders.
- Assisted the project manager to assign and monitor daily work allocation and ensure expenses are aligned with the budget and scope.
- Facilitated Toolbox meetings and developed operating manuals and a framework to continuously review and monitor hazards and safe work practices which resulted in improving safety awareness and accountability.
- Prepared bar bending schedules (BBS) which optimised the process of determining appropriate material quantities, strength and cost estimation.
- Assisted the supplier contract review process by analysing historical data and producing actionable insights, which helped to negotiate better terms and improve margins.
- Achievements/Tasks
Junior Civil Engineer
Rajhans Grandzezza
06.2016 - 12.2019
- Managed the construction of a 13-story Green building project (valued at $25M) which was delivered in line with the scope, budget and customer specifications.
- Read and interpret drawings and engineering documentation for building and road construction projects witha high level of accuracy.
- Developed comprehensive project tracking reports and dashboards using Microsoft Project with real-time notifications of updates, risks and dependencies which helped to improve overall efficiency by 15%.
- Inspected material and equipment inventories and recommended changes to concrete mix ratio and supplierselection criteria, reducing warranty claims by 10%
- Provided technical advice to project teams, clients and key stakeholders to improve design standards and deliver customer expectations.
- Completed design calculations and records within time, scope and budget constraints.
- Assisted the procurement team to develop a framework to analyse and select appropriate procurement routes based on the evaluation of historical data, improving lead times and costs by 4%.
- Achievements/Tasks
Site Manager
Sangini Vedanta (Sangini Developers)
04.2018 - 05.2018
- Managed the construction of a G+18 residential tower including upgrading substation (contract value $15M) and a G+20 Commercial high-rise building including MEP works. (Contract value $25M)
- Managed the end-to-end tender cycle, administration, sub-contractor packages and close-out within targeted cost, time and scope goals.
- Achieved project deadlines by managing, scheduling, leading contractors and coaching the team on engineering best practices and introducing Bluebeam Revu as a project management tool.
- Created, managed and stored site logistic plans using Bluebeam Software and implemented customised sorting and summaries for defects which helped to achieve a 90% completion rate on the first backcheck.
- Organised safety and quality meetings and coached subcontractors focusing on best practices, accountability and risk mitigation techniques, resulting in delivering projects in line with the expected standards, contractual terms and quality.
- Conducted comprehensive risk and environmental impact assessments and suggested process improvements to control the impact and improve overall sustainability standards.
- Achieved a 15% cost reduction through value engineering suggestions that improved quality standards.
- Managed the site contract administration tasks including managing monthly payment claims, payment certificates and disputes within the given timelines.
- Conducted budgeting & forecasting, variation analysis and change claims while introducing data analytics to improve forecast accuracy by 8%.
- Achievements/Tasks
Estimator
DRB-Ravani Builders
07.2017 - 03.2018
- Conducted 3D/BIM take-offs using Buildxact Software and produced comprehensive cost estimates for building projects, improving accuracy and efficiency.
- Utilised Buildxact to source quotes from different subcontractors and prices from suppliers while developing customised tracking reports to improve operational efficiency.
- Conducted site measurements and analysed drawings to generate BOQs (bill of quantities) with recommendations to ensure value, cost, and price objectives.
- Conducted quantity take-offs with a template to calculate labour, machinery and material deductions,improving accuracy and saving 2 hours per day.
- Part-time
- Achievements/Tasks
Education
Master of Construction Management (Professional) -
Deakin University
06.2021
Bachelor of Civil Engineering - undefined
Gujarat Technological University (GTU)
01.2019
Diploma in Civil Engineering - undefined
Gujarat Technological University (GTU)
01.2016
Skills
- Engineering Drawings
- Project Management
- Contract Administration
- Procurement
- Take Offs & BOQs
- Interpreting Specifications
- Site Inspections
- Progress Tracking
- Subcontractor Management
- Planning & Scheduling
- Analytical
- Risk Assessment
- Data Visualisation
- Continuous Improvement
- Stakeholder Management
- Interpersonal Communication
- Engineering Tools & Software
- AutoCAD, Revit, Civil 3D
- Estimating & Cost Control
- CostX, Buildxact, Estimate One
- Project Management Software
- Microsoft Project, Bluebeam
- Data Analysis
- Spreadsheets, Microsoft Excel - Pivot tables, VLookup
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Office 365
- Estimation and costing
- Subcontractor management
- Bridge construction
Affiliations
- Member (2021 - Present) Engineers Australia (EA)
- Student Member (04/2020 - Present) Charter Institute of Building (CIOB)
- Student Member (03/2020 - Present) Building Designer Association (BDA)
- Student Member Australia Institute of Quantity Surveyors
Certification
- Construction Change Orders (03/2020) LinkedIn Learning
- Reading Drawings & Specifications (07/2019) LinkedIn Learning
- Navisworks Essentials (07/2019) Lynda.com
- Solibri Model Checker (07/2019) Lynda.com
- AutoCAD 2D & 3D (02/2016) INDSUCA Centre
- Construction White Card
- Australian Driving Licence
- Worksafe Australia
Timeline
Civil/Site Engineer
Mcilwain Civil
03.2025 - Current
Civil Engineer
Symal Infrastructure
11.2022 - 03.2025
Civil Engineer
Ormond Civil Pty Ltd
09.2021 - 11.2022
Site Manager
Sangini Vedanta (Sangini Developers)
04.2018 - 05.2018
Estimator
DRB-Ravani Builders
07.2017 - 03.2018
Junior Civil Engineer
Rajhans Grandzezza
06.2016 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Civil Engineering - undefined
Gujarat Technological University (GTU)
Diploma in Civil Engineering - undefined
Gujarat Technological University (GTU)
Master of Construction Management (Professional) -
Deakin University