Koushik Mondal
Bengaluru
Summary
Accomplished Solar Project Professional with 9 years of proven experience in managing utility-scale as well as small-scale renewable energy projects, including 7 years of extensive on-site execution and 2 year of corporate-level project coordination with Ayana Renewable Power. Skilled in end-to-end project management covering engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of solar power plants and associated transmission line and PSS infrastructure. Adept at vendor coordination, contract management, and ensuring timely project delivery while maintaining quality and safety standards. Recognized for responsiveness, structured problem-solving, and commitment to supporting organizational goals in the renewable energy sector.
Currently working as a project coordinator for a 450 MW solar project.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Project Manager
Ayana Renewable Power Pvt. Ltd.
Bengaluru
09.2024 - Current
- Actively collaborate with various internal cross-functional teams and external stakeholders to ensure the timely delivery of project objective.
- Planning, scheduling, and monitoring solar project activities to ensure execution within defined timelines.
- Collaborate with engineering, SCM, finance, billing, and QHSE teams to align project schedules, material delivery sequences, and resource planning.
- Closely work with the SCM team to place different orders and communicate the requirement for amendments.
- Closely work with the engineering team for timely approval and release of engineering drawings.
- Coordination with the finance team to facilitate LC opening, BOE payments, and management of bank guarantees, ensuring timely retention release, and smooth project cash flow.
- Review and implement project contracts, scope of work.
- Track project materials, follow up, and expedite the delivery process.
- Overseeing the vendor's invoice processing and ensuring the timely release of payment.
- Actively participate in project review meetings, engaging with clients and senior management for progress updates, and issue resolution.
- Prepare, maintain, and circulate the weekly MIS report.
Senior Project Engineer - Solar
Enerparc Energy
Bengaluru
02.2022 - 08.2024
- Construction management - ensure the project gets constructed as per agreed scope, technical specifications and highest quality standard.
- Manage the different construction work of the projects within approved schedule.
- Weekly construction planning & daily monitoring to ensure work completion within stipulated timeframe.
- Evaluate and summarize weekly project report (base plan vs actual) for upper management reporting.
- Review meeting with the project manager and CFT based on progress and constraint.
- Promptly escalate to management any key issues.
- Maintain all project records and documentation.
- Ensure adequacy of resources and team mobilization, contractor’s payment process against supply and service as per payment milestone.
- Verify construction quality as per quality checklist.
- Ensure project comply with HSE policies and IMS process.
- Testing and commissioning of project.
- Installation, testing and commissioning of SCADA & WMS.
- Closure of O&M punch point, conduct PR test and process HOTO.
- Conduct CEIG and DISCOM visit at site for approval.
Project Engineer - Solar
BE Onsite Solar Energy Private Limited (BECIS)
Pune
06.2020 - 02.2022
- In-charge of the construction site.
- Controlling all aspects of project including execution, inspection, quality control.
- Ensure projects gets completed as per agreed scope, timeline, technical specifications.
- Maintaining project documentation.
- Preparing execution schedule and work progress report to closely monitor and track the progress.
- Installation and testing of SCADA along with required sensors (WMS) to monitor performances of the plant.
- Supervision of the construction of solar project.
- Testing and commissioning of solar project.
- Conduct Performance Ratio test and HOTO.
- Coordinate with the customer for GRN and JMR.
Project Engineer
Sunshot Technologies Private Limited
Pune
08.2019 - 06.2020
- In-charge of the construction site.
- Controlling all aspects of project including execution, inspection, quality control.
- Ensure projects gets completed as per agreed scope, timeline, technical specifications.
- Maintaining project documentation.
- Preparing execution schedule and work progress report to closely monitor and track the progress.
- Installation and testing of SCADA along with required sensors (WMS) to monitor performances of the plant.
- Supervision of the construction of solar project.
- Testing and commissioning of solar project.
- Conduct Performance Ratio test and HOTO.
- Coordinate with the customer for GRN and JMR.
Project Engineer
Palmary Energy
Kolkata
06.2018 - 06.2019
- Detailed site survey and provide all technical information to design team.
- Making BOM as per site requirement.
- Supervision of solar project construction.
- Erection, Testing and Commissioning the project.
Site Engineer
Chloride Power Systems and Solutions Ltd.
Kolkata
07.2016 - 06.2018
- Supervision of the erection, testing, and commissioning of solar projects.
- Planning and execution of the project construction.
- Commissioning of solar inverters, WMS and SCADA.
- Post commissioning customer support.
Education
B.Tech - Electrical Engineering
Greater Kolkata College of Engineering &Management
Kolkata07-2021
Diploma - Electrical Engineering
West Bengal State Council of Technical Education
Kolkata06-2016
Skills
- Project Coordination
- Project Management
- Cross-functional coordination
- Project scheduling and tracking
- Construction Management
- Management Reporting
- Regulatory approvals
- Solar project management
- Project Commissioning
- Contractor Management
Projects Details
450 MW (540 MWp) REMCL Solar Power Project, including 33/220 PSS and 220 kV D/C Transmission Line – Bap, Rajasthan
Assistant project manager| Ayana Renewable Power |Sep 2024 – present
- Cross-functional coordination.
- Worked closely with engineering, SCM, QHSE, Finance, Billing and Contracts team to ensure timely delivery of project objective.
- Scheduled, monitored, and tracked project activities
- Oversaw material delivery, invoicing, and documentation
- Progress reporting and review meeting with higher management
- Oversaw different govt. approvals (e.g., CEA, RLDC, PTCC, Sec. 68, Sec-164 etc.
50 MW (70 MWp) Solar Power Project – Yadgir, Karnataka.
Senior Engineer - Project | Enerparc Energy | Sep 2023 – Aug 2024.
- Electrical Engineer responsible for overseeing the ICR equipment erection, testing commissioning.
- Overseeing of the erection of SCB, IDT, Inverter, ICOG, laying of DC cable, laying of HT cable, terminations.
- Material tracking, vendor reconciliation, quality assurance, progress reporting.
5.5 MW rooftop at Jindal (India) Limited – Ranihati, W.B. (July 21 – Feb. 22) – trapezoidal GI rooftop on-grid solar project, MMS installation done with Lord Adhesive, DG synchronization. Worked as a site in-charge.
3 MW rooftop at TetraPak India Pvt. Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra
(June-22 – Nov.-22) standing seam MMS, rooftop grid connected project with multiple string inverters of 110 kW each. Worked as site in-charge.
Apart from the above project, I have worked in 8 different rooftop and ground-mounted solar projects ranging from 500 kW to 2.5 MW
Certification
A 1-year course on DCA (Diploma in Computer Application)
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 28-03-1995
- Gender: Male
- Passport No.: Z4872684
Accomplishments
- Awarded Employee of the Month in Ayana Renewable Power
- Awarded Pat on the Back in Ayana Renewable Power
- Awarded Superstar Performer in Enerparc Energy.
Timeline
Assistant Project Manager
Ayana Renewable Power Pvt. Ltd.
09.2024 - Current
Senior Project Engineer - Solar
Enerparc Energy
02.2022 - 08.2024
Project Engineer - Solar
BE Onsite Solar Energy Private Limited (BECIS)
06.2020 - 02.2022
Project Engineer
Sunshot Technologies Private Limited
08.2019 - 06.2020
Project Engineer
Palmary Energy
06.2018 - 06.2019
Site Engineer
Chloride Power Systems and Solutions Ltd.
07.2016 - 06.2018
B.Tech - Electrical Engineering
Greater Kolkata College of Engineering &Management
Diploma - Electrical Engineering
West Bengal State Council of Technical Education