Ashish Malik
Contract and Project management
New Delhi
Summary
Contract and Project management professional with experience of around 20 years managing the complex high value Power Projects ranging from MINR 2,000 to MINR 20,000 and activities scope includes Contract & commercial management, risk management, Project management and controls, negotiations with stakeholders and overall monitoring of contracts. In the recent roles working for pre award analysis & post award administration of contracts, supporting project & procurement teams in managing and resolving contract & commercial issues through interaction with client, suppliers and contractors, reviewing & settlement of claims, closure of contracts, coordinating with legal & finance teams on complex contract & regulatory issues for resolution, issuance of notices, clarifications, etc.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
General Manager, Contracts & commercials
Rising Sun Energy Pvt. Ltd.
03.2021 - Current
- Drafting of contract terms in accordance with the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), tender conditions & project requirements
- Techno-commercial negotiation with suppliers/contractors including review of claims & settlement
- Project management and Project controls
- Ensuring compliance with notifications & circulars issued by Government & statutory authorities
- Represent company for contract & commercial matters in government bodies like CTU, RLDC, RSDCL, NTPC, CSPDCL, etc
- Finalize drafts of legal matters with legal firms for filing of petitions
- Negotiated and finalized single EPC contract worth ~MINR 2700
- First to introduce Price Variation Clause in Solar power EPC contract to cater market fluctuations
- Successful procurement of Solar PV Modules worth ~ MINR 6000 in a highly volatile market
- Negotiated and finalized Inland Transportation and CHA Agreement
- Negotiated and finalized EPC contract for Power Quality Improvement System to comply with change in regulations
- Prepared GST claim document for two old projects for reconciliation of the accounts based on CERC order
- The claim amount was received
- Prepared GST and BCD Claim document for a project due to change in law and favorable order was secured from CERC
Senior Manager, Contracts & commercials
Doosan Power Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2012 - 03.2021
- Contract Management (Pre award Analysis and Post award administration, project commercial, risk management)
- Drafting terms & conditions for subcontracting
- Change management, preparing contract related communications
- Claims, time extensions, delay analysis & calculation of associated costs
- Working closely with legal firms for finalizing Legal advice on critical project issues
- Commercial management including LC management, tax issues, invoicing, etc
- Interdepartmental coordination and team management for successful execution of Contracts
- Team member for ERP implementation and Key account for ERP management for Department
- Single point contact for all contract related matters managing clients like NTPC & WBPDCL
- Settlement of contractors claim & contract closure
- GST implementation resulted in a risk of ~MINR 700, based on the contract chalked out the strategy & represented the case in front of client, finally in the interest of the project GST was reimbursed
- Client refused to compensate the abrupt change in minimum wages, investigated the Price variation formula, prepared a claim of ~MINR 220 & submitted to client
- Same matter was challenged by other major EPC contractors and Supreme court has given favorable order in the matter of one of the EPC Contractors and the settlement is done on that basis by the Client
- Additional materials were supplied without finalizing the change proposals
- Prepared, submitted & negotiated the change proposals for approx
- MINR 200
- Client refused to issue Tax exemption certificates & the supplies to the project were stalled which was a risk of approx
- MINR 250
- Prepared the case integrating the contract, Customs & excise notifications, Foreign Trade Policy etc
- & finally client issued the certificates
- Prepared major claim for Extension of time for ~MINR 1800
- Contractor submitted an EOT claim of ~MINR 350, negotiated & settlement at MINR 120 based on Contract conditions
- Contractor submitted an additional work claim of MINR 95, evaluated the claim & settled at MINR 38.00 based on admissible documentary and scope evidence
- Negotiated & dissolved the claims worth MINR 40, raised by various contractors due to project time extension
- Participated in International contract managers conference/Workshop organized at Dubai by Doosan
- Trained by international subject matter experts for contract & legal issues resolving methodology & strategies
- Successfully implemented ERP in Department and P&L management
Assistant Manager, Project Management
DF Power Systems Pvt. Ltd.
12.2008 - 03.2012
- Project planning, reporting, execution planning & progress reporting
- Contractor selection & management of contract related matters
- Interdepartmental coordination for timely resolution of supply & service issues
- Offshore & Onshore Supplier management including expediting
- Project Financial management
- Engineering management
- Liaison with Statutory bodies such as Central Boiler Board / Boiler Inspectorates etc
- Support Site In-charge for resolving site issues such as front’s availability, resource mobilization, progress, payments, subcontracting, etc
- One of the erection contractors left the job in between, arranged another contractor & the work was smoothly executed
- Managed supply & service contracts of approx
- ~ MINR 3000
- Liaison with CBB regarding a critical case related to boiler explosion, the matter was diligently resolved
Senior Engineer, Construction Management
ISGEC John Thompson
11.2007 - 12.2008
- Project commissioning & after sales service coordinator for solid fuel fired boilers
- Planning for commissioning activities & deputation of engineers
- Co-ordination with clients, subcontractors & internal stake holders
- Planning for shutdown works, estimation, budget, selection of contractors
- Monitoring work progress of sites under execution
- Site visits for troubleshooting & attend client meetings
- Co-ordination with for design improvements
- Standardization of Steam Generator commissioning procedures
- Member of Design improvement cell
Executive, Field Engineering Services
Thermax Babcock & Wilcox
10.2005 - 10.2007
- Commissioning engineer for solid fuel fired & Waste heat recovery Boilers
- Commissioning of all types of Boilers
- PG test of boilers
- Training of Client & Handing Over of Unit
- Letter of appreciation & award for commissioning of one of the critical projects
Lecturer, Mechanical Department
Radharaman Institute of Mgmt. & Technology
02.2004 - 07.2004
- Teaching Engineering Graphics and design
Lecturer, Production engineering Department
University Institute of Technology(RGPV)
08.2003 - 01.2004
- Teaching Engineering Graphics & workshop
Education
MBA - EMBA
California Institute of Management & Technology
01.2014 - 01.2016
PG Diploma in Thermal Power Plant Engineering - undefined
National Power Training Institute
Nagpur, Maharashtra 01.2004 - 01.2005
B.E. - Mechanical Engineering
University Institute of Technology
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 01.1999 - 01.2003
Skills
Customer relationship management
Training And Workshops
- Management Development Program at XLRI-Jamshedpur
- Participant of Doosan Global contract management workshop
- Designed the course material & organized Contract management workshops for Project & site management teams
- Primavera P6.0 version (Certificate course)
- Microsoft Project Software
- Enterprise Resource Planning Software
Timeline
General Manager, Contracts & commercials
Rising Sun Energy Pvt. Ltd.
03.2021 - Current
MBA - EMBA
California Institute of Management & Technology
01.2014 - 01.2016
Senior Manager, Contracts & commercials
Doosan Power Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2012 - 03.2021
Assistant Manager, Project Management
DF Power Systems Pvt. Ltd.
12.2008 - 03.2012
Senior Engineer, Construction Management
ISGEC John Thompson
11.2007 - 12.2008
Executive, Field Engineering Services
Thermax Babcock & Wilcox
10.2005 - 10.2007
Lecturer, Mechanical Department
Radharaman Institute of Mgmt. & Technology
02.2004 - 07.2004
PG Diploma in Thermal Power Plant Engineering - undefined
National Power Training Institute
01.2004 - 01.2005
Lecturer, Production engineering Department
University Institute of Technology(RGPV)
08.2003 - 01.2004
B.E. - Mechanical Engineering
University Institute of Technology
01.1999 - 01.2003
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