Krupamaya Behera

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead complete project lifecycle activities from engineering, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, handover, and project close-out.
• Manage GIS, AIS, hybrid substation, maintenance, retrofit, and infrastructure projects across utility, industrial, offshore, and onshore sectors with a strong focus on safety, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Manage project budgets, forecasting, cost control, resource planning, subcontractors, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, project schedules, quality standards, HSE requirements.
• Coordinate with customers, consultants, utility authorities, vendors, and internal stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
• Conduct technical and commercial review meetings and monitor project performance against key milestones.
• Lead technical proposal reviews, bid evaluations, and commercial optimization initiatives, supporting successful project awards and business development across power, utility, infrastructure and industrial projects.

Key Achievements:
• Delivered projects for Qatar Energy, QELNG, QAPCO, QAFCO, Qatar Steel, Hamad Port, and other strategic industrial clients.
• Contributed to the successful delivery of electrical infrastructure projects supporting FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 facilities.
• Successfully delivered 57 GIS substations as part of the Hamad Port Development Program, Qatar.
• Executed multiple 132/22kV primary substations supporting Hamad Port infrastructure development.
• Lead PMS integration works for 16 substations and currently managing maintenance contracts covering 85 substations at Hamad Port.
• Successfully managed KAHRAMAA LTC1829 Primary Station Maintenance Contract.
• Successfully managed QatarEnergy LNG (QELNG) Offshore & Onshore Maintenance Contract spanning 7 years, ensuring high asset reliability, operational continuity, and safe execution of maintenance activities.
• Managed QatarEnergy Offshore Maintenance Contract for 3 years, ensuring safe and uninterrupted operation of high-voltage electrical systems.
• Lead GIS Switchgear Overhaul, Retrofit and Modernization Projects under long-term maintenance agreements, enhancing asset reliability and extending equipment lifecycle.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams of up to 50-60 engineers, supervisors, technicians, and subcontractors.
• Delivered EPC, Maintenance, and Infrastructure Projects involving GIS/AIS & Hybrid Substations up to 400kV for Utility, Industrial, Offshore, Onshore, and Transportation Sectors.

• Lead complete project lifecycle activities from engineering, procurement, construction, testing,
commissioning, handover, and project close-out.
• Manage GIS, AIS, hybrid substation, maintenance, retrofit, and infrastructure projects across utility,
industrial, offshore, and onshore sectors with a strong focus on safety, reliability, and operational
excellence.
• Manage project budgets, forecasting, cost control, resource planning, subcontractors, and risk mitigation
strategies.
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, project schedules, quality standards, HSE requirements.
• Coordinate with customers, consultants, utility authorities, vendors, and internal stakeholders to ensure
successful project delivery.
• Conduct technical and commercial review meetings and monitor project performance against key
milestones.
• Led technical proposal reviews, bid evaluations, and commercial optimization initiatives, supporting
successful project awards and business development across power, utility, infrastructure and industrial
projects.
• Managed engineering, installation, testing, commissioning, and project execution activities for utility,
infrastructure, and industrial power projects.
• Lead end-to-end project execution by managing schedules, procurement activities, technical approvals,
manufacturing interfaces, and client deliverables across multiple utility and infrastructure projects.
• Conducted technical reviews and evaluations of primary and secondary equipment, ensuring compliance
with project specifications and quality standards.
• Led multidisciplinary engineering, construction, and commissioning teams to deliver projects safely,
within budget, and on schedule.
• Coordinated with clients, consultants, utility authorities, vendors, and subcontractors throughout project
execution.
• Lead technical bid evaluations, proposal development, and commercial optimization activities,
supporting successful tender submissions for power and infrastructure projects.
Key GIS Delivered Contributed Managed multiple industrial Cement, Star Cement.
• Lead multidisciplinary engineering and commissioning teams across multiple projects in the UAE.

• Led testing, commissioning, energization, and handover activities for 400kV and 132kV substations.
• Prepared Site Acceptance Test (SAT) procedures, commissioning plans, and project documentation.
• Coordinated with clients, consultants, contractors, and utility authorities during project execution.
• Managed technical, commercial, and administrative aspects of commissioning activities.

• Performed installation, testing, commissioning, and energization of substations up to 220kV.
• Participated in commissioning and startup activities for the 780MW RAF-B2 Power Plant Project.
• Coordinated electrical construction and commissioning activities with contractors, consultants, and
project stakeholders.
• Supported electrical construction and commissioning activities for power generation infrastructure.

• Operated and maintained 66/11kV substations supporting continuous plant operations.
• Operated and maintained steam turbines, gas turbines, and Wärtsilä diesel generator systems.
• Ensured reliable power generation and electrical distribution for critical manufacturing facilities.
• Supported preventive and corrective maintenance activities to maximize equipment availability and
operational efficiency.