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SOFTWARE EXPOSURE
HONOUR & AWARD
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LANGUAGES KNOWN
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Santhosh Kumar N

Santhosh Kumar N

Chennai

Summary

Results-oriented project manager with over 15 years of experience in developing and executing comprehensive project plans tailored to meet stakeholder and customer needs. Demonstrated expertise in coordinating with engineering teams to ensure effective implementation of engineering projects while managing technical publications for timely documentation delivery. Proficient in utilizing SharePoint, MS Project, and Power BI for resource planning, time management, and project billing, consistently delivering insightful status reports and identifying opportunities for project enhancements. Proven track record of driving cost-saving initiatives and optimizing schedules to achieve on-time, within-budget project completion across global teams.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Technical Writer

TPI Composites Inc
03.2025 - Current

Created and maintained end-to-end technical documentation for software applications, contributing to successful project initiation for the Digitization initiative at initiation.

  • Create and manage high-quality technical documentation and digital content that meets global standards while supporting Indian and international markets.
  • Plan, track, and deliver documentation and project outputs by coordinating with engineering, marketing, and cross-functional global teams.
  • Drive digitalization by implementing new formats such as interactive manuals, video-based guides, AR/VR training, and automation tools for efficiency and cost savings.
  • Act as the central point of contact for global collaboration, ensuring content adaptability for different regions and multi-language requirements.
  • Take full ownership of project execution, risk management, and process improvement while mentoring team members and promoting digital adoption across teams.

Projects:

  • Vestas - V150, V120, V163
  • GE Vernova - GE 62.2, GE 75.0

Lead Engineer

Terex India R&D Engineering Center
04.2022 - 03.2025
  • Create project plans to fit stakeholder and customer needs and deliver with-in budget on desired outcomes, full accountability for project results.
  • Co-ordinate with onsite engineering dept for implementation Engineering Change Orders release and closing.
  • Creating and tracking the project in share point for monitoring, resource planning and time management.
  • Creating and tracking the project in VPM: Share Point, MS project, Power BI for monitoring, resource planning, time management & Project Billing.
  • Define project roles and responsibilities in close collaboration with the Customer, including project scope and objectives to ensure a cross-functional understanding amongst project members.
  • Perform project tracking through clear and concise status reports and time management reports; proactively identify potential issues and track project member progress against commitments.
  • Learn from recent projects to identify and recommend improvements, cost saving initiatives, and substitutions to positively impact current and future project budget or schedule.
  • Estimate the project timeline and keep schedules on track with co-ordinate global engineering & production department for documentation delivery.

Projects:

  • Genie AWP (Arial Work Platform) worked for America and Latin American market all types equipment's (Service & Owner’s manual).

Project Lead

AXISCADES Engineering Technologies Ltd
06.2017 - 04.2022
  • Developing new products or improving existing ones through research and development on various types of manuals.
  • Direct interaction with customers and understand the scope of the job and delivering the project on time with quality.
  • Co-ordinate internal resources and third parties for the flawless execution of projects.
  • Ensure that all projects delivered on time, within scope and within budget. Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
  • Ensure resource availability and allocation & develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress.
  • Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques.
  • Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders.
  • Perform risk management to minimize project risks.
  • Develop comprehensive project plans to be shared with stakeholders as well as other staff members.

Projects:

  • Mercedes-Benz Axor truck worked for all variant of HDT & TB for Indonesian Market. (Service, Owner’s & Schematics Manual).
  • Mercedes-Benz Actros truck worked for H6 (China & Germany) market completed and succeed the Pilot projects. (Owners & Schematics Manual).

Project Co-Ordinator

NASP Engineering Service
03.2015 - 04.2017
  • Assist with business development activities, including proposals and relationship development, to help clients recognize value from our solutions.
  • Customer co-ordination for new product development & implementation.
  • Providing design solution to small-scale industries.
  • Creating 2D & 3D engineering diagrams for new products.
  • Technical content & illustration creation for new products.
  • Coordinated project schedules, ensuring timely completion of deliverables across multiple teams.
  • Facilitated communication between stakeholders to align project objectives and expectations.

Engineer

Hinduja Tech Ltd
11.2013 - 03.2015
  • Interacting with clients around the globe for technical data.
  • Creating Training Manual, Service Manual, Owner’s Manual and Parts Catalogue for automotive.
  • Ensure that all projects delivered on time, within scope.
  • Identify category of parts and customer requirements and include child parts of an assemblies and kits in S-BoM - creation of part numbers for serviceable items identified, by using relevant.
  • Assisting the service engineers in obtaining the required snaps of the trucks for the Service Manual, Owner’s Manual, Diagnostic Manual and Body Building Manual.
  • Documenting the service procedures with the guidance of service engineers.

Projects:

  • Ashok Leyland - STILE (Car), PARTNER (Truck) & MITR (Bus)
  • Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation - S2C (Bus), MT-45& MT-55 (Truck).

Technical Information Engineer

GGS Information Services India Pvt. Ltd.GS
08.2010 - 11.2013
  • Interacting with the customers and receiving inputs regarding (Service, Owners, Diagnostic Manual & Parts Catalog) of the trucks.
  • Assisting the service engineers & SME in obtaining the required snaps of the trucks for the Service Manual, Owner’s Manual, Diagnostic Manual and Body Building Manual.
  • Documenting the service (Draft & Final) procedures with the guidance of SME
  • Allocating the files to the illustration & writing team.
  • Creating and maintaining LLR (Lessons learned Report) and forwarding to superior.
  • Creating technical illustration for Trucks based on the customer requirement.
  • Illustrating the photo image arts by using Adobe Illustrator & Iso Draw.
  • Creating service content by using Adobe FrameMaker.

Projects:

  • Daimler India Commercial Vehicle (HDT, MDT, LDT Trucks)
  • Mahindra Earth Master (Backhoe loader)
  • CASE NEW HOLLAND (Earthmoving Equipment).

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering

SRM University College
Chennai, India
01.2015

Diploma in Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

St. Michael’s Polytechnic College
Chennai, India
01.2010

Skills

  • Project Management & Execution
  • Stakeholders Management
  • Documentation & Reporting
  • Product Life Cycle Management
  • Cross-Functional Teams
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Content Management System
  • Engineering Change Management
  • Leadership skills
  • Project planning

Professional Summary

  • Ability manages technical publication projects and in-depth work knowledge on various type of manuals.
  • In-depth knowledge in writing and documenting of Service Manual, Owner’s Manual, Diagnostics Manual, Maintenance Manual & Parts Catalog.
  • Co-ordinate internal resources and third parties for the flawless execution of projects.
  • Ensure that all projects delivered on time, within scope and within budget.
  • Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
  • Ensure resource availability and allocation & develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress & Perform risk management to minimize project risks.
  • Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques.

SOFTWARE EXPOSURE

  • Illustrations Software: Adobe Illustrator, Arbortext IsoDraw, CorelDraw, Adobe Photoshop
  • Authoring Software : Adobe FrameMaker, InDesign, PageMaker, Arbortext Editor, XML Editor, DITA
  • Engineering Software: Teamcenter, Visualization Mockup, Auto CAD (Mechanical & Electrical), Creo Parametric
  • Management Software: MS Project, MS Power BI, SharePoint, Power Report, Virtual product management.

HONOUR & AWARD

2013 Innovation Award in GGS Information Services India Pvt. Ltd.

2017 Everyday Leadership & Significant contribution Award in AXISCADES Engineering Technologies Ltd.

2022 Team Productivity Award In Terex India.

2023 Crowning Achievement - Chairman’s Select Award.

2023 Super Saver Team Award for Localization.

Certification

  • Atlassian Agile Project Management Professional Certificate(2025).
  • Scrum: The Basics (2024).
  • Project Management Institute Agile Foundations (2024).
  • LinkedIn Learning Agile Project Leadership (2024).
  • Skill Nation Business intelligence using Power BI (2023).
  • Knowledge academy Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Completed(2023).

LANGUAGES KNOWN

Tamil Proficient
Telugu Intermediate
English Fluent
Hindi Pre-intermediate

Timeline

Technical Writer

TPI Composites Inc
03.2025 - Current

Lead Engineer

Terex India R&D Engineering Center
04.2022 - 03.2025

Project Lead

AXISCADES Engineering Technologies Ltd
06.2017 - 04.2022

Project Co-Ordinator

NASP Engineering Service
03.2015 - 04.2017

Engineer

Hinduja Tech Ltd
11.2013 - 03.2015

Technical Information Engineer

GGS Information Services India Pvt. Ltd.GS
08.2010 - 11.2013

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering

SRM University College

Diploma in Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

St. Michael’s Polytechnic College
Santhosh Kumar N