Sai Krishna Reddy

• Owning and assigning the site issues from 360 Deg (owning, driving the inputs from stakeholders, and providing the resolution to the site).
• Identifying, tracking, and following custom design requirements with the team and both internal and external stakeholders for successful completion, along with capturing additional efforts from the team for accountability.
• Leading, training, and building a team of different expertise levels and domain knowledge to carry out assigned tasks, with more accountability and ownership. Predicting future workload, mentoring, and job management.

Previous roles at Fluence.

• Sr. Manager – Sustaining Hardware Engineering from January 2024 to March 2025.
• Manager – Requisition Engineering from May 2023 to December 2023.
• As Director of the global Sustaining Hardware Engineering team, I am responsible for solution delivery, and I act as the primary contact for stakeholders and project managers on critical issues. This role requires resolving product concerns across regions, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and driving alignment with company objectives.
• I serve as a strategic link between internal teams and leadership, ensuring goals are met through initiatives like demonstrating the four-pillar model, and implementing 5S practices. My technical and operational roadmap includes transitioning new products to sustaining, integrating regional requirements, and minimizing site failures. I also facilitate collaboration to address organizational challenges, such as cost reduction and process customization, while maintaining team focus through automated dashboards that clarify daily priorities.
• My focus is translating leadership strategies into actionable plans, providing metrics and updates, and ensuring efficient, innovative team performance.

Roles and Responsibilities.

• Led cross-functional teams to enhance hardware product reliability, resulting in significant improvements in customer satisfaction and product performance.
• Spearheaded initiatives for continuous improvement in hardware design, achieving enhanced quality control, cost reduction, and short-term corrective actions.
• Directed the implementation of Hypercare support for the new product with a five-pronged strategy for handoff, site support, and training, updating the product, and addressing quality issues.
• Addressing site issues holistically, coordinating stakeholder input, and resolving root causes across areas like enclosures, batteries, inverters, supply chain, and quality.
• Leading custom design projects, building new processes, specialized teams, and hiring project managers for new product variants, including financial accounting for team efforts, and reducing overall time required with quality.
• Mentoring and coaching team members for technical, personal, and management growth, which improved morale and expanded the team from 3 to 16 members, with 5 dotted-line reports.
• Established metrics for assessing engineering performance, driving accountability, and continuous feedback loops to enhance team productivity and project outcomes, and building trust through monthly reporting to stakeholders and leadership.
• Managed project lifecycles for sustaining engineering efforts, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and timely delivery of critical milestones.

Key Leadership Initiatives and Achievements.

• Expanded the team to manage broader technical tasks, yielding an 86% product issue resolution rate, and four patent submissions.
• Coached five leaders, reducing dependency, and cultivating project confidence.
• Developed Jira-based dynamic dashboards for real-time workload and issue tracking.

Technical and Process Improvements.

Enhancing Product Design for Tough Conditions.

• We addressed design gaps for challenging environments, introducing IP65 protection and fire mitigation systems for batteries, directly supporting over $600 million in specialized project delivery.

Chiller Hardware Ownership and Improvement.

• Led 8D analyses for chiller water pressure issues, selected alternative materials, qualified vendors for cost reduction, and ensured compliance with refrigerant requirements.

Design Checklist and Handoff Process

• Developed and maintained design checklists from past product experiences to guide reviews, proactively close gaps, and improve reliability, availability, and costs during the new product handoff.
• Led cross-functional teams to drive innovative hardware solutions, enhancing product performance and reliability across multiple projects.
• Managed end-to-end hardware development processes, ensuring alignment with project timelines and quality standards, resulting in improved project delivery.
• Spearheaded the implementation of advanced testing protocols, which significantly reduced product failure rates and increased customer satisfaction.
• Collaborated with software engineering teams to integrate hardware and software systems, optimizing overall system functionality and user experience.
• Mentored junior engineers in best practices for hardware design, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Analyzed product lifecycle data to identify trends and inform design enhancements, leading to more sustainable and efficient hardware solutions.

• Design specifications and requirements as per European (IEC) and American standards (NEMA) for the following electrical equipment in highly hazardous and classified environments for gas turbines, steam turbines, turbo expanders, and compressors.
• I. Induction Motors
• Ii. Induction Generators - medium voltage
• Iii. Synchronous Generators
• Iv. DC Panels & Chargers
• V. MCC panels
• Vi. Batteries both VRLA & Ni-cd for the Power Plant application
• Carrying out electrical discipline work within a project team, supporting the project team for installation and commissioning.
• Leading junior contract engineers of different expertise levels to carry out projects assigned, predicting future workload, manpower planning, mentoring, job management and issue based support.
• Planning engineering hours required , organizing, and controlling electrical scope of work for engineering deliverables of the project
• Ensure that all work is completed without compromise to quality, and is delivered according to the project schedule.
• Provide direction and guidance on all electrical engineering technical queries raised by either internal or external parties.
• Liaise with the client’s and end users' engineering, operations, and maintenance staff as required to ensure a consistent approach to project completion.
• Preparation of general single line diagrams using AutoCAD, and purchase specifications detailing client-specific, location (country-specific), and equipment-specific requirements.
• Attending technical meetings with the customer pre- and post-order to resolve technical issues, clearly explaining our scope of supply, synchronization, parallel operations, control schematics, generator protections, and also guiding the customer with previous lessons learned while building confidence during execution.
• Vast experience with different types of motors and generators, along with international vendors, potentially identifying any major operational problems during the bid stage itself, depending on customer site requirements, and mitigating the same.
• Evaluation of vendor technical quotations, preparation of a cost matrix, and ensuring the scope of supply while identifying potential cost-saving opportunities during the pre-bid stage.
• Evaluation of vendor documents, drawings, datasheets, GA, schematic, and handling customer comments and technical gaps between offered equipment and vendor supply, and effectively mitigating the risks.
• I also worked as an Electrical Application Engineer for the gas turbines and steam turbines jobs for two years, with three key jobs visualized and zero leakages.
• Sizing of batteries as per the IEEE 485 and IEEE 115 standards for the most economic and precise battery operation in the power stations, and critical backup for the gas turbines.
• Sizing of DC chargers and maintaining redundancy for the power system application with bus-tie and dual-redundant systems.
• CTs and PTs sizing for the HV switchgear and generator, motor as per the application requirements (viz., metering and protection, etc.).
• NER sizing for the synchronous generator according to IEEE standards for the generator protection.
• Co-ordination with the project team for the mechanical, seismic requirements of the rotating equipment.
• Maintaining on-time delivery of the generator or motor, along with FAT, and getting the documents approved by the client before shipment.
• Checking for any cost-out or savings opportunity by maintaining the integrity of design and machine availability.
• Leading all corporate responsibility (CSR) activities from the Hyderabad location, and able to cater to various health care, education, and sustainable energy-related projects.

Simplification / Automation:

• VRLA and Ni-Cd battery sizing in IEP.
• Supplier Document Archival Tool
• Workload and productivity review tool.
• LV panel communication.

• Qualified Electrical supervisory permit holder up to 33 KV installations along with undertaking of Operation and maintenance of 33 KV/ 3.3 KV/ 415 V complete distribution Substations including Incomers, Power transformers, LT transformers, Switch gear and protection along with the operation and maintenance of 3.3 KV 1250 KVA HT DG sets in synchronization with advanced EGCP German Controllers as back up.
• Leading complex team of around 16 resources comprising of both graduates and undergraduates from electrical mechanical and instrumentation backgrounds for the timely safe operation and control of Powerhouse, Air compression unit and LPG handling unit along with estate maintenance.
• Planning manpower and shift allocation to make sure utilities availability round the clock to manufacturing plant.
• Procurement, Installation, Operation & maintenance of MV switch gear MCC’s, DC panels, batteries, UPS supply for all the critical areas
• Carrying out periodic Plant energy audit and taking energy conservation measures for sustainability
• Maintenance of economic power factor and maximum demand during power crisis and load shedding according to requirement.
• Certified Internal Auditor for the latest OHSAS & EMS systems from TUV Nord and Ensuring compliance for the people and equipment safe usage and ensuring compliance to applicable local safety standards along with facing external audits
• Following TPM methodologies and making sure of safety, availability, and efficient use of heavy equipment such as DG sets, Compressors, Cooling towers, chillers and LPG storage bullets and LPG transferring station.
• Installation, Operation & maintenance of 1470/2000 CFM screw, 1000 CFM reciprocating air compressors
• Procurement, Installation, Operation & maintenance of 100 Tr air cooled, water-cooled Chilling Compressors with advanced Microprocessor control for the paint bath process.
• Installation and maintenance of Qty 24 VVVF drives of different sizes for energy conservation and Operational requirements at Paint Shop and fine tuning them for process requirements along with bypass facility in case of failure.
• Operation and maintenance of 40 Tons LPG storage area of Qty2 20 Ton Bullets along with unloading area and Delivery area along with safety related remote cut off equipment to supply uninterrupted LPG for Paint shop ovens.
• Erection and commissioning of Natural Draught Cooling Tower for the cooling requirements of compressors in place of Forced Draught there by increasing availability of equipment and reduced maintenance.
• Maintenance and overhauling of 1470 BHP Cummins engines for the DG sets and forced draught cooling systems.

• Leading technically well experienced team along with contract staff for the timely safe operation and control of Tyre manufacturing process equipment and Electrical Equipment
• Planning manpower and shift allocation to make sure equipment breakdowns are timely handled and making sure of equipment availability round the clock to process plant.
• PLC programming & troubleshooting logical glitches as per industrial requirement with a wide range of PLC. Providing foolproof system to assure quality round the clock.
• Drive commissioning and troubleshooting different kinds of AC and DC drives as per the application requirement constant speed and constant torque etc.
• Handling High Voltage Power Distribution during power failures, load restrictions, changeovers and maintenance of 11kv and 33kv distribution lines.
• Maintenance of economic power factor and maximum demand during power crisis and load shedding according to requirement.
• Maintenance and overhauling of motors ranging from as low as 20 hp to big rubber mill rollers of up to 2000 hp typically both squirrel cage and slip ring Induction motors.
• Also worked with TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) implementing 5S, improving OEE (overall equipment effectiveness), coordinating and understanding of Eight Pillars and their importance