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AJAYAN V.O
GEOLOGIST
OEO
AL-KHOBAR, KSA

Mob No: 00966594013637

Email: ajayanvo@gmail.com

Career Goal:
To utilize my skills and abilities in an organization that offers professional
growth while being resourceful, innovative and flexible.
Key Skills:

Planning and supervision of on-shore and near-shore Geological

/Geotechnical Site Investigations.
Carry out classification, identification and making Geological
description of soil and rocks, and preparation of borehole logs as per
the American and British standards.
Handle samples retrieved from Standard Penetration Test (SPT),
undisturbed samples (TWT) and Bulk samples.
Handle/supervise geotechnical soil investigations various sites from
kick off meeting through completion of projects.
On big projects where many rigs are involved, work as project in
charge/manager, enforce and implement project
specification/guidelines.

Handle and evaluate properly manpowers performance

Recommend possible solutions and suggest ideas for more

improvements in the management.
Consolidate and summarize necessary data for future references and
filing purposes.

Monitoring and implementation of HSE procedures

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Work Summary:
Organization:
Arabia
Duration:
Designation:

Osaimi Engineering Office, Al-Khobar, Saudi

June 2010 till date
Field Geologist

Responsibilities
Carried out and involved in many medium and big on shore and near
shore projects for ARAMCO and Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu,
Saudi Electric Company (SCECO).Work involved description of soil for
engineering purposes and preparation of Borehole logs. Conduct
various geophysical site tests i.e.

Electrical Soil Resistivity Test

Thermal Resistivity Test

Pressure Meter Test

Seismic Borehole Test ( Cross hole, Up hole & Down hole test )

Plate Bearing test

Pile Load Test Compression, Uplift and Lateral.

Pile Integrity Test

Permeability, Percolation and Infiltration test

Piezocone penetration test

DCPT Test

List of projects handled independently:

o Geotechnical Investigation in Ras Tanura Integrated

Project for KBR / Saudi Aramco
o Geotechnical Investigation for Tank Form at Jubail Port for
KBR / Saudi Aramco.
o Near Shore Geotechnical Investigation of Bridge connecting
Jalmudah to Mardumah for Royal Commission-Jubail.

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o Geotechnical Investigation for various Infra-structure and
housing projects of Jubail Industrial Area expansion for
Royal Commission-Jubail.
o Geotechnical Investigation for various Refinery projects for
various contractor i.e. SK Engineering, GS Engineering,
Samsung Engineering, Hitachi Heavy Industry etc.. at
Jazan Industrial City ARAMCO
o Geotechnical Soil Investigation for Petro-Rabigh (Power
Plant) for Samsung.
o Geotechnical Soil Investigation for various SCECO substations Projects all over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
o Geotechnical Soil Investigation for Foundation and Tower
designing at various Transmission Line Projects in Eastern
and Western region of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Organization:
Duration:
Designation:

Geoscience Testing Laboratory, Dubai, UAE

July 2007 to August 2010
Geologist

Responsibilities

Ensure full compliance of routine operation of the Geotechnical

Investigation works i.e. site inspection, site activities, job
instruction to drillers, laboratory testing etc. in accordance with
the laboratories own policies and as per ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO
9001.
Preparing and initial checking of Geotechnical factual reports
prior to the submission for approval of geotechnical Engineer.
Perform random site visits to verify compliance of the site
activities.
Receive the sample from the site, identify, label and store
properly as per the defined procedure and log.
Maintaining and Updating Calibration Certificates of all
equipments used for the geophysical testing..
Ensure good housekeeping and ensure full compliance with all
the safety measures where applicable.

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Duration:
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Responsibilities

Kerala State Land-use Board

July 2003 to August 2007
Project Scientist

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Preparation of thematic maps of landforms, drainage pattern, relief

and assessment of environmental appraisal of various problems
relating to landscape.
Developing better land use pattern to prevent further degradation
of land scape.
Educating the villagers about the latest advancement in land use
management.
Application of Remote Sensing techniques for land use
development.

Feb 2001-May 2003- Research Fellow: Department of Marine

geology &Geophysics, Cochin University of Science and
Technology (CUSAT).India.
Responsibilities

Core sampling and data analysis

Geotechnical investigation.
Geochemical analysis
Water quality analysis.

Academic profile
1998-2001 - Masters in Marine geology, (CUSAT) Kerala, India
1995-1998 - Bachelors in geology with mathematics and Chemistry,
Kerala, India.
Computer Proficiency

Proficient in use of general-purpose software MS Word, MS Outlook,

MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Publisher, Adobe Photoshop, etc.

Training Programme attended.

ISO 9000: 2000 Series Lead Auditor Training

ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Internal Auditor Training
ISO 9001: 2000 documentation training.
Safety induction training.
Training on Soil mechanics, Concrete and Highway laboratory
practices. Conducted by the Dept .of Civil Engineering .College of
Engineering, Trivandrum, Kerala.

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Attended training on Rain water harvesting conducted by Central

Ground water Board. (CGWB) India

EQUIPMENT SKILLS

GPS-Garmin
Cross Hole/Down Hole, Up hole Seismic Tests - Geometrics
Smartseis
Piezocone Penetration Test- AP Vandenberg & Vertek
Electrical Resistivity-Megger,Fluke,Nilson
Pile Integrity- PID
Pile Testing-All kinds of testing
Pressure Meter- OYO
Cone Penetration Test-Conventional Method
CBR-Field
Vane Shear For Clay
Plate Load Test
Seminars attended

Seminar on "wetland" conducted by University of Kerala and

Government of Kerala.
National seminar on the " The Earth and its climate and annual
meeting of geophysical Union (2000)
National symposium on Late Quaternary Geology and sea level
changes" and annual convention of the geological society of India
(2000)
References
1. Dr.Ramakrishna, Manager (Engineering)
Osaimi Engineering Office
Al-Khobar, KSA
Mob.00966563279702
2. Dr.Haneesh Kumar.V, Manager (Operations)
Osaimi Engineering Office
Al-Khobar, KSA
Mob: 00966569311364
3. Mr.Shibu, Senior Geophysist
Fugro Middle East Survey, U.A.E

Personal Description

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Nationality

Indian

Father's name

Vijayan

Date of birth

30/05/1977

Sex

Male

Marital status

Married

Languages known

English, Malayalam, Hindi, Arabic.

Passport No

F 8919167

Date of issue

22/09/2006

Date of expire

21/09/2016

Visa states

Employment.

Hobbies

Enjoy traveling, Reading and nature

photography.

Declaration:
I declare that all the information given above is correct and complete
to the best of my knowledge and given a chance I will serve my duty
with honesty and sincerity.

AJAYAN V.O