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Work History
Education
Skills
Websites
Certification
Interests
Accomplishments
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Selva Ganesh Pandiaraja

Selva Ganesh Pandiaraja

Associate Director, PMO
Kuala Lumpur

Summary


A PMP-certified project and PMO leader with 15 years of experience delivering complex, multi-sector programs across real estate, aerospace, manufacturing, and government.

Known for a structured, delivery-focused approach and strong stakeholder engagement capabilities that drive alignment, transparency, and results throughout the project lifecycle.

Since 2022, I have led the Capital Discipline Centre of Excellence (CoE) for one of the world’s largest multinational oil and gas clients, where I oversee capital planning initiatives, establish global standards and templates, and drive the deployment of strategic tools such as benchmarking applications and parametric cost modelling.

I also authored Turner & Townsend Malaysia’s inaugural Malaysia Construction Market Intelligence report, providing actionable market insights across Malaysia's construction market.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Capital Discipline CoE Lead

Turner & Townsend
2022.09 - Current
  • Spearheaded the Capital Discipline Center of Excellence (CoE) within the Global PMO framework, delivering strategic program management capabilities to a leading multinational energy client.
  • Designed and institutionalized scalable processes, tools, and governance models to enhance capital planning performance across a portfolio of complex programs.
  • Partnered with client leadership to develop high-level cost and schedule estimates, enabling informed investment decisions and robust scenario planning.
  • Led cross-functional collaboration with Finance and Project Delivery teams to implement targeted interventions that improved forecasting accuracy, funding allocation efficiency, and commercial data integrity throughout the Operating Plan (OP) lifecycle.
  • Established a centralized benchmarking database by standardizing cost estimate capture at financial approval and final account stages, driving continuous improvement in early-stage project estimation.
  • Provided external market intelligence and strategic insights to ensure optimal project setup and alignment with industry best practices from inception.

Project Management Consultant

ENAV ASIA PACIFIC SDN.BHD.
2019.01 - 2021.12
  • Company Overview: ENAV Asia Pacific is a subsidiary company of ENAV Group based in Kuala Lumpur that provides air traffic control consulting services
  • Appointed as the Project Management Consultant (Non-Technical) for the Ministry of Transport, Malaysia for the Upgrading of Kota Kinabalu Flight Information Region (KKFIR) project worth over RM160million which was completed in 3 years from 2019.
  • Flight Information Region is a dedicated airspace which a country is responsible for operational control. The KKFIR project is a high impact project as it concerns the safety of aircraft and passengers flying in the airspace.
  • Project sites cover Sandakan and Kota Kinabalu in Sabah and Miri, Kuching, Sibu and Bintulu in Sarawak.
  • Responsible to monitor and control the completion of the project on behalf of the government which includes system design, manufacturing, installation and testing of the equipment and construction of radar buildings from the approvals of Planning Permissions, Building Plans, material samples, method statements and drawings to issuance of Certificate of Completion and Compliance (CCC).
  • Responsible to produce accurate projections of time and cost and ensure each project functions have access to accurate current reports and projections.
  • Responsible to develop and forecast the yearly project budgets based on the latest project status and estimated time of completion.
  • Lead and participate in discussions with the Deputy Secretary General of MOT, CEO of Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) and the main contractor on project issues, risks, plans and recommendations.
  • Responsible to supervise and coordinate the activities of the main contractor and subcontractors.
  • Managed complex processes requiring inputs from many stakeholders on the client and project side.
  • Monitored and controlled the completion of the project as per its baseline completion date and below project ceiling value by 2%.

Senior Project Manager

Strand Aerospace Malaysia
2017.02 - 2018.12
  • Company Overview: Strand Aerospace Malaysia is a consulting and engineering company specialising in aerospace, mechanical, civil and business consultancy fields.
  • Appointed as the Senior Project Manager for the Industry Engagement, Stakeholder Engagement, Coordination and Communication project for the development of UMW High Value Manufacturing Park in Serendah for UMW Development Sdn. Bhd. (UMWD).
  • The UMW High Value Manufacturing Park aims to attract investors involved in high value industries such as aerospace, medical, electronics and chemical manufacturing.
  • Led a team of 3 junior project managers and devised marketing strategies to create brand awareness of UMW Development Sdn. Bhd. and market their UMW High Value Manufacturing Park to potential investors.
  • Identified the market segments and positioning strategy for the park along with the list of targeted companies suitable for UMW High Value Manufacturing Park through market research.
  • Engaged with over 100 local and international companies which translated to strong interest from 3 companies for the park although the park was yet to be officially launched as of the project completion date.

Senior Project Manager

Strand Aerospace Malaysia
2016.02 - 2017.02
  • Company Overview: Strand Aerospace Malaysia is a consulting and engineering company specialising in aerospace, mechanical, civil and business consultancy fields.
  • Deployed for about a year to Composites Technology Research Malaysia (CTRM)'s factory in Batu Berendam, Melaka to oversee the supply chain issues for the A400M aircraft on behalf of CTRM's client Alten from Spain.
  • A400M is a turboprop military transport aircraft of which its composite tail segments are manufactured in CTRM.
  • Worked with CTRM's multidisciplinary team of project managers, quality department and production team to identify the issues causing backlog and coordinate recovery actions with the advice from Alten, Spain.
  • Led periodic reporting and review meetings on supplier's recovery performance with Alten Spain's Supply Chain Management (SCM) team.
  • Led root cause analysis and ensured corrective actions are undertaken by the supplier to mitigate any full delivery recovery risks.

Project Manager / Senior Aerospace Structural Engineer

Strand Aerospace Malaysia
2012.05 - 2016.01
  • Company Overview: Strand Aerospace Malaysia is a consulting and engineering company specialising in aerospace, mechanical, civil and business consultancy fields.
  • Led a team of 4-5 junior engineers on the structural certification analysis covering aircraft such as Airbus A320 and Airbus A350.
  • Reviewed structural analysis documentations in support of product certification.
  • Assisted in the development and mentoring of junior structural engineers.
  • Coordinated with cross-functional engineering groups (i.e., design, test, manufacturing, etc.) to ensure structural analysis requirements are met during product development.
  • Worked closely with OEM engineers from Airbus France, Germany, and United Kingdom.

Process Engineer

STATS CHIPPAC MALAYSIA
2011.04 - 2012.04
  • Company Overview: Stats Chippac is a semiconductor manufacturing company with manufacturing facilities throughout Asia
  • Led a team of 3 technicians on the maintenance and overall management of the package dicing or sawing process
  • Part of the project team responsible to plan and execute the installation and commissioning of new sawing equipment for the factory.
  • Applied Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to reduce defects, reduce waste and optimise the overall manufacturing process

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Universiti Malaya
Kuala Lumpur
2026-12

Bachelor of Engineering - Aerospace

Universiti Putra Malaysia
Serdang, Selangor
06.2010

Skills

Python

Power BI

Tableau

Microsoft Office

Capital Planning

Risk Management

Project Scheduling

Quality Control

Problem Solving

Budget Management

Stakeholder Management

Websites

Certification

Project Management Professional (PMP) - 2753438 Project Management Institute

Interests

Running - Completed first full marathon in 2019, Data Analytics - Self taught, Management - Passionate in achieving my goals as well as helping others achieve theirs

Accomplishments

  • Part of the only Malaysian team involved in the design and certification of Airbus A350 Roof End Fixed Fairing components
  • Involved in the upgrading of Kota Kinabalu airspace project which is a national interest project

Timeline

Capital Discipline CoE Lead

Turner & Townsend
2022.09 - Current

Project Management Consultant

ENAV ASIA PACIFIC SDN.BHD.
2019.01 - 2021.12

Senior Project Manager

Strand Aerospace Malaysia
2017.02 - 2018.12

Senior Project Manager

Strand Aerospace Malaysia
2016.02 - 2017.02

Project Manager / Senior Aerospace Structural Engineer

Strand Aerospace Malaysia
2012.05 - 2016.01

Process Engineer

STATS CHIPPAC MALAYSIA
2011.04 - 2012.04

Bachelor of Engineering - Aerospace

Universiti Putra Malaysia

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Universiti Malaya

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