Project Controls Specialist
OPGC
Total years of experience :17 years, 11 Months
1.1 Responsibility as Manager Project Control ( BTG, BOP, Railway Line, Township)
• Development of Work Break down structure in line with the contract technical specification
• Establishment of performance measurement method and schedule control manual
• Approval of EPC Baseline schedules and integration to OPGC II programme schedule
• Monthly schedule analysis based on contractor submitted schedules
• Monthly Delay Analysis and Critical path analysis based on latest updated schedules.
• Reporting to Project Stakeholders like AES and OPGC Management, Bankers, Statutory Authorities
• Schedule Related Communications with EPC Contractors
• Change Order Analysis and Time Impact Study
• Influencing Payments to EPCs by providing progress related inputs
• Convening weekly and monthly progress review meeting
1.2 Responsibility as Manager Construction Coordination ( BOP and BTG)
• Daily monitoring of commodities like RCC, Structural Erection, Pressure Parts Joints, Critical Piping Joints, ducting, equipment erection, cabling etc. and Taking corrective measures for performance improvement.
• Interface Management between BOP and BTG contractor
• Ensuring focus on BOP work completion in line with BTG commissioning schedule.
• Development of micro-schedules for critical activities and monitoring contractor performance
• Optimising contractor’s resource mobilisation in line with project priorities
• Development and implementation of system Turnover procedure
• Development and implementation of responsibility assignment matrix among construction management team in close coordination with construction Manager.
• Convening site meetings, interface meetings and weekly progress review meeting
Project : 6 x 150 MW CPP for 0.36 MTPA Aluminium Smelter
Parties Involved : BHEL, HCC, B&R, Thyssen, Indure, Technofab, Thermax, DCPL
Role : Asst Manager (Project Management) reporting to Head Power Plant
Tenure : 2.5 Years
2.1 Responsibility as Package Owner for CHP and Fuel Oil System
• Ensuring work safety at site by direct involvement with workers, clearance of critical lifting procedures etc.
• Coordinate construction activities between Owner, Civil Contractor and Mechanical contractor.
• Development of detailed execution schedule for both the system.
• Optimising and influencing adequate resource mobilisation by the contractors.
• Ensuring weekly and monthly targets are achieved.
• Directing work as per drawings, P&IDs and ensuring FQPs are followed.
• Generation and liquidation of punch lists, Trial runs, cold commissioning and final commissioning.
2.2 Responsibility as commissioning planner ( 6 nos of 150 MW units)
• Development of detailed commissioning schedules and coordinating among various sub-systems for overall commissioning of units.
• Acting as a single point contact for coordination among cross-functional commissioning team and BOP~BTG Team.
• Implementation of LOTO system during system commissioning.
• Generation of Punch list and monitoring of the liquidation of the punch list work.
• Ensuring availability of BOP systems, fuel, ash evacuation, lube oils and consumable during commissioning periods.
• Coordinating statutory requirements with various statutory authorities.
• Convening daily meeting with cross functional commissioning team.
• Reporting critical issues to management with respect to Resources, materials etc. to ensure action.
3.0 Organisation : NRL, Dhenkanal
Project : 0.12 TPA Refractory Manufacturing Plant
Parties Involved : SIRMA Spa, SIAPRO, DCPL, Various Rate Contractors
Role : Project Manager, reporting to Managing Director
Tenure : 2.0 Years
NRL had purchased the plant, machinery and Technology of an Italian Refractory plant SIRMA at Marghera Venice. The same plant with additional balancing equipment were transported and re-engineered at Dhenkanal Orissa. The plant capacity increase from 24, 000 MTPA to 1, 24, 000MTPA. The total cost of the project was Rs 120 Crs.
3.1 Roles and Responsibility
• Project Manager for the Expansion and Modernisation Project. Leading a team of 15 engineers
• Owning overall safety, Quality and Schedule of the project.
• Managing various stake holders involved; Investors, Management, Companies, Contractors
• Dismantling, Packing and Forwarding of equipment from Venice, Italy to India. Coordinating with the overseas dismantling contractor for safe and proper dismantling of equipment.
• Taking over technical documentation with respect to plant and process.
• Engineering of new facility at Dhenkanal Orissa with the help of design consultant DCPL.
• Negotiating and contracting services and materials for various systems and sub-systems.
• Overseeing civil works and Erection activity. Contract management with the contractors.
• Assigning of responsibility with in the team and team management.
• Resolution of technical, contractual, HR, IR issues with close coordination with Managing Director.
• Cost Control by optimising design, resources and schedule.
• Reporting to the project stakeholders.
In 2006, Tata Refractories Limited was a company of Rs 500 Crs revenue with ambitious plan for increasing the revenue to a level of Rs 2000 Crs by 2015. I was working as manager strategy management for evaluating various green field expansion, brown field expansion and acquisition proposals on the growth path of the company.
4.1 Roles and Responsibility
• Analysis of refractory market and forecasting demand and supply
• Collection of data from industry seminars, site visits, meeting with internal and external SMEs
• SWOT analysis and influencing organisational growth path for 5-year plan
• Line Balancing Study of the existing manufacturing Facilities
• Finalising Product Mix for the proposed new plants in line with the 5-year plans.
• Site Selection for the proposed plants with detailed Hygienic and Economic study.
• Detailed Financial analysis (ROI, IRR, NPV, Cash Flow) of the project Proposals including risk analysis, Sensitivity analysis.
• Preparing presentations, Board notes for approval from the Board of Directors.
• Analysing Mergers and Acquisitions proposals.
Oldest government engineering college in the region.
The college i passed out from is the oldest engineering college in the state and was founded in the year 1956 along with many IITs. THe college is a unitary university now and the name has been changed to VSSUT, BUrla.