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Kaustav Sen

Kaustav Sen

Engineering Planner
Vadodara

Summary

A post-graduate in Project Engineering Management from NICMAR, Pune, with more than 6 years of experience, currently working as a Engineering Planner at Alstom (ex-Bombardier Transportation) for the High-Speed/ Very High- Speed Trains product family. I have experience in project management, site management, planning, contracts, engineering coordination and software testing.

I have worked effectively with multicultural and multinational teams in close collaboration and cohesion, both within the company and across. I am skilled at the use of project planning and scheduling tools such as Primavera, MSP, MS-Excel amongst others. I am also skilled at Adobe Lightroom.

In my leisure, I produce content for my cooking channel and my travel-photography-tech blog.


I am currently pursuing masters degree in Manufacturing Management from BITS Pilani, sponsored by ALSTOM.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Engineering Planner

Alstom
02.2021 - Current
  • Coordination with various stakeholders to create Train Control schedule and ensure that the project timeline is affected at a minimum.
  • Analysis of the available budget and providing insight to the Project Managers for better planning and as an early warning towards possible overruns.
  • Providing expert opinion and solutions for issues faced in resource planning on Primavera P6.
  • Training of newly onboarded planning team resources on the tools and techniques used, norms followed, KPIs generated, etc.
  • Current projects : SJ 250, VTM, DT5 GoA2 Upgrade
  • Skills: Oracle Primavera, Project Planning and Coordination, Project Scheduling, Project Management

Project Planner

BOMBARDIER
08.2019 - 02.2021
  • Working in the GMO Team for High-speed/ Very High-speed train product family
  • Responsible for the data analysis of the raw data and subsequent production of various KPIs for the PdMs to present at MBRs
  • Responsible for updating and maintaining the various activity schedules and resource schedules with consultations with various PdM(s) and TL(s) in Primavera P6 which serves a "source of truth" for downstream reporting via excel and/or PowerBI KPIs
  • Maintaining effective communication between the managers of various verticals to ensure the overall plan is agreeable and adhered to.
  • Projects: VTM, M7, R2N
  • Skills: Project Scheduling, Project Coordination

Senior Engineer - MEP

L&T Realty
Mumbai
04.2017 - 08.2019
  • Responsible for the execution, testing and commissioning of the related services found in a high rise tower complex, manpower planning and certifying the billing of executed works
  • Successfully executed, commissioned and handed over to customer representatives complete MEP works in Tower 2 of L&T Realty Crescent Bay, Mumbai
  • Worked with a multicultural team from across the country and different companies, exhibited leadership and teamwork to have a tight-knit team oriented towards efficient completion of work at hand
  • Quick decisions for problem-solving on the spot based on knowledge and experience were undertaken.
  • Project: L&T Crescent Bay
  • Skills: Project Management, Project Execution, Budget Estimation and Controlling

Software Engineer

CapGemini India Pvt. Ltd
Bangalore
07.2013 - 09.2014
  • Software Testing: Responsible for Testing applications mainly in Integration testing and UAT phase
  • Worked on mainframe system
  • Creation, execution and reporting of test cases and supporting in house automation processes.
  • Possess basic knowledge of performance testing
  • Also possess ISTQB certification.
  • Project: CIM Upgrade on ANZ network

Education

Master of Technology - Manufacturing Management

BITS Pilani
12.2021 - Current

Post Graduate Programme - Project Engineering Management

NICMAR University
Pune
07.2015 - 05.2017

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical engineering

Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology
Majitar, Sikkim
07.2009 - 06.2013

Skills

Project Planning and Scheduling

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Certification

Six Sigma Green Belt (KPMG)

Interests

Photography

Travelling

Cooking

Timeline

Master of Technology - Manufacturing Management

BITS Pilani
12.2021 - Current

Engineering Planner

Alstom
02.2021 - Current

Project Planner

BOMBARDIER
08.2019 - 02.2021

Senior Engineer - MEP

L&T Realty
04.2017 - 08.2019

Post Graduate Programme - Project Engineering Management

NICMAR University
07.2015 - 05.2017

Software Engineer

CapGemini India Pvt. Ltd
07.2013 - 09.2014

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical engineering

Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology
07.2009 - 06.2013

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