Raghunath Chavan

• Analyze project requirements, technical specifications, and contractual terms.
• Prepare bills of materials (BOMs) for substation equipment up to 400kV (AIS ) for domestic projects.
• Collaborate with design coordinators and project managers.
• Develop construction drawings for substations.
• Perform engineering design calculations for busbars, batteries, lightning protection, grounding, and cable sizing.
• Review and verify technical drawings received from vendors.
• Prepare data and documents for client meetings related to system engineering and BOM finalization
• Assist design lead in BOM finalization during new project bidding.
• Prepare technical summaries and standard guidelines for technical documents.
• Identify necessary drawings, designs, and documents for project requirements.
• Verify technical aspects of vendor materials

• Budget Planning and Control:

1. Collaborated with the Asset Management team to develop the budget for the financial year.
2. Tracked budget movements, coordinated with the finance team, and analyzed plan versus actual expenses.
3. Prepared budget reports comparing planned versus actual expenditures for monthly or quarterly AOP review meetings.
4. Assisted the national head in making budget-related decisions.

• AOP Planning, Presentation, and Analytics:

1. Led annual outage planning for the substation operation maintenance team and managed defect management processes.
2. Developed dashboards for monthly/quarterly management reviews.

• MIS Process Governance:

1. Coordinated with cross-functional teams such as quality, HSE, legal, and regulatory.
2. Prepared Quality, HSE, Compliance, and Regulatory scorecards and DIGIGRID reports.
3. Experienced in IMS and KPMG/BDO audits.

• Special Projects:

1. Contributed to Power BI integration by creating dashboards and collecting input from site team members.
2. Participated in planning and implementing Solar Power plants at various substations, including cost analysis and tracking generation trends.

• Understood the basic of organizational and asset management framework. Studied the basic transmission tower types, design parameters and CEA regulations.
• Learnt about QHSE principle to ensure safe, reliable, and sustainable operations.
• Frequently visited site to understand the patrolling procedure, defect identification and rectification process and hence maintaining asset health quality.
• Actively participated in digitization process (IBM Maximo integration) and implemented.