Lingeswaran Gopalakrishnan

• Understanding and research of project environment along with Tender, Bid stage agreements to develop specific approaches inline with project goals.
• Initiating brief research on contractual type,terms & technical specifications to define Scope,Schedule,Timeline, Team,Resources and Budget in order to meet the project requirements and deliverables.
• Initiating kick-off with customer,various stakeholders and internal cross function teams.
• Communicating overall project team about project goals and defining roles,responsibilities. onward delegation of tasks to team.
• Planning the project scope statement, preparation of project charter,roadmap and elaborating WBS inline with project deliverables and customer requirements.
• Planning cost,timeline estimation and pre-evaluation of project critical path between related work packages.
• Organizing and delegation of resources and team inline with scope,project schedule efficiently and optimizing the cost.
• Throughout co-ordination with internal/external customers, cross functions and stakeholders periodically to resolve the progress challenges by weekly meetings, daily standup's and sprint reviews.
• Preparing risk response strategies for various individual risks and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Co-ordination with Factory teams and FAT inspections inline with product technical specifications and on site tests of electrical substation equipments towards targeted milestone.
• Being a change agent by responding to customer requirements with minimum impact in project timeline and budget co-relating with business environment.
• Co-ordination for change requests on products,components development and type tests with PLM and R&D cross functions to meet project requirements.
• Periodic monitoring and evaluating project performance by Earned Value Management.
• Accessing quantitative and qualitative risks of complete product life cycle with project history data to mitigate future related issues.
• Closing the project with retrospectives and strive towards continuous improvement.

Onsite - Installation,Commissioning and High voltage with partial discharge :

• Conducting site standup meetings and tools box talks briefing on preparation of testing schedules.
• Performing detailed site assessment and determining work schedule.
• Prioritizing customer targets by extending maximum collaborative service support.
• Worked with various project teams to create of new designs and training materials.
• Exercised leadership capabilities by successfully motivating and inspiring others.
• Delivered services to customer locations within specific timeframes.
• Acted as a team leader in group projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback.
• Adaptable and proficient in learning new techniques quickly and efficiently.
• Coached team members in customer service techniques, providing feedback and encouragement toward reaching sales goals.
• Responsible for on-site Testing of HV & EHV GIS, system commissioning of HV & EHV GIS and high voltage testing of the HV & EHVGIS.
• Performing High voltage and partial discharge tests at site as per OEM IEC standards.
• SF6 Gas works & Handling of various SF6 DILO CART.
• Equipment testing as per SAT,IEC standards inline with FAT results.
• Preparation of Risk assessments, HIRA revisions,Tool box talks,Test protocols,As built schematic,Daily progress report, weekly report,Non Confirmatory Report.
• Product related trainings, O&M trainings, Asset and material management, claim management.
  
  
  
  

• Commissioning of power plant, process plant & substations up to 765 KV voltage level
• Handled HT & LT panels, control & relay panel, protection relay's, synchronizing panels testing for power plant & process plants
• Prepared various test reports,cable schedules & Schematics corrections as per logics for sub-station, power plant and helped in designing the process plan
• Technical expertise:
• Tested and commissioned Power & distribution Transformer tested up to 300 MVA with tap changer and various operation, protection & cooler systems for same.
• Tested and commissioned Circuit breakers (SF6/VCB/ACB) Voltage level up to 400 KV.
• Tested and commissioned Current Transformers, Capacitive Voltage Transformers, Disconnectors (Isolator), and Lighting Arrester till Voltage level up to 765 KV.
• Tested and commissioned Various Protection Relays of electromagnetic & numeric relays.
• Control and Relay Panels (CRP) of various substation and their overall scheme (single bus, double bus, one and half bus, two main & one transfer Bus system) checking.
• Tested and commissioned Medium Voltage GIS & Switch gear panel (33kV & 11 kV),
• Tested and commissioned Low Voltage (440 Volts) distribution panels with changeover scheme,
• Tested and commissioned D.C Distribution Boards (48V, 110V, 220V).