SHARDA PRASAD SHUKLA
Noida
Summary
As an experienced Business Leader with over 24 years of experience in the industry. The deep expertise in project delivery, contracts, global sourcing, construction management, and profitability (P&L). I have consistently demonstrated my ability to drive growth and success for organizations. My strong leadership skills, strategic thinking, and exceptional decision-making abilities have enabled to achieve significant accomplishments throughout my career. Some of my biggest achievements include increasing revenue and successfully leading a team of employees. I am a confident and dynamic leader who excels in building strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. With a proven track record of delivering results, I am eager to bring my skills, qualities, and expertise to contribute towards the success of your organization as a Business Leader.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
3
3
Certificates
Work History
Asst. Vice President (Projects)
Inox Wind Ltd
10.2022 - Current
- Key Responsibilities: Projects execution and end to end delivery.
- The role requires deep expertise in project delivery, contracts, sourcing, construction management, and profitability
- EPC Project Execution Leadership, Drive execution of large EPC projects Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to quality standards. Engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning phases. Manage multi-location project portfolios. Ensure design optimization, value engineering
- Financial & P&L Ownership Own full P&L for EPC business vertical. Drive cost control, margin improvement, and cash flow management. Monitor project profitability and financial performance.
- Strategy & Business Growth, Support business expansion and bidding strategy. Evaluate and approve tenders, costing, and risk assessment.
- Ongoing projects Execution
- NTPC REL - 150MW, NTPC REL 200MW, NTPC REL - 150MW ,NLC- 50MW,CTN -WIND POWER 150 MW, OYSTER - 100 MW,RETAILS -100 MW,CESC -WIND POWER 1500 MW, APLUS –WIND 150MW,FEL –WIND 50MW
- Strategic Leadership and Planning
- Develop and implement the construction department's strategic goals in alignment with company objectives.
- Identify growth opportunities, evaluate emerging trends in construction technology, and set the strategic direction for new initiatives and projects.
- Track and report weekly on percent complete, budget burn, earned value, slippage, project effort and duration to complete and other key project metrics
- Plans and uses resources efficiently in order to reduce project cost and minimize the delivery time, track and adjust the budget, contribute to regional budget planning.
- Project Conceptualization and Design
- Ensure as per the design specification & documents meeting all the regulatory compliances.
- Directly interacting with the consultants for the finalization of the drawings. Ensure there are efforts to improve design / engineering and optimization of resources.
- Project Execution & Coordination
- Spearheading Projects (India), execution of projects in various part of the Country.
- Ensure the successful delivery of projects, from initiation to completion, by providing strategic oversight and guidance.
- Review project scopes, timelines, budgets, and plans to ensure feasibility and adherence to quality standards.
- Address project challenges promptly, ensuring they are resolved efficiently without impacting deadlines or budgets.
- Mechanical Civil & Electrical Works Contract Management, Equipment Selection
- Prepare, negotiate, award and make available frame contracts & price lists for strategic suppliers in accordance with business and market requirements.
- Identify procurement risks and opportunities and implement respective measures
- Budgeting and Financial Management
- Develop, monitor, and control construction budgets, ensuring projects stay within approved financial parameters.
- Oversee cost management strategies, negotiating with vendors and contractors to optimize expenses.
- Ensure financial reporting accuracy and conduct regular audits to monitor project expenditures.
- Quality Assurance and Compliance
- Establish, enforce, and continually improve quality standards across all construction projects.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, building codes, and company policies to minimize legal risks.
- Conduct regular audits and inspections, implementing corrective actions as needed.
- Maintain & monitor the ongoing projects in terms of quality, cost, and on time delivery.
- Documentation as per ISO 14001 System requirements during every aspect of the project.
- Compliance of statutory regulations for the projects.
- Project Audit, FQP implementation, Maintain record
- Safety and Risk Management
- HSE & Quality Leadership - Establish a strong HSE culture across all project sites.
- Promote a culture of safety and ensure compliance with OSHA standards and internal safety protocols.
- Identify and mitigate risks related to safety, environment, project timelines, and financial impact.
- Develop contingency plans for potential risks, ensuring minimal disruption to project execution.
- Ensuring that all construction and erection activities are carried out in a safe manner as per standard safety norms.
- Ensuring personnel protection equipment's are available and used by all at project site/s personnel's.
- Ensuring safety process and procedures for cranes, tools, tackles, all Regular audits at site to ensure safety compliances.
- EHS audit, Heavy lifting method statement, PTW.
- Stakeholder Engagement and Relationship Management
- Serve as the primary point of contact for major project stakeholders, clients, and investors.
- Ensure effective communication, transparency, and reporting to internal and external stakeholders.
- Foster strong partnerships with subcontractors, suppliers, and key industry players to ensure collaboration and resource availability.
- Team Leadership and Development
- Lead and inspire a high-performing team of project managers, engineers, and construction personnel.
- Focus on recruitment, training, and development of talent within the construction team to ensure skill alignment with project needs.
- Set clear performance expectations, conduct evaluations, and foster a positive, inclusive work culture.
- Process Improvement and Innovation
- Promote the adoption of new construction technologies, sustainable practices, and innovative methodologies.
- Stay updated on industry advancements, integrating relevant solutions to improve project outcomes.
- People management and development
- Ensuring a well-trained and motivated staff at the Site & Corporate to complete the project.
- Identifying the areas where training is required for the team and developing skilled staff at the site.
- Determine project roles of team members based on project requirements, time frames and budget.
- Ensuring a well-trained and motivated staff at the Site & Corporate to complete the project.
- Identifying the areas where training is required for the team and developing skilled staff at the site.
- Effectively manage contract& labors.
- Liaison
- Liaison with various statutory bodies & other key Govt. and regulatory body. Liaising with Govt. Bodies to get NOC & to obtain necessary approval prior to commissioning. Land ROW &Clarence for construction.
- Project Procurement
- Responsible for Procurement for project the Electrical Systems / Components/ steel/ cement /Sub contraction of service contract Civil, electrical and Mechanical for project.
- Define the Ecosystem strategy in the respective area of responsibility with multi-functional counterparts and support for business
- Ensuring Procurement & Supply, define sourcing strategy for critical bulk materials. Drive vendor development, cost optimization, and contract negotiations. Ensure timely availability of materials to avoid project delays.
Cluster PCC Head
Alstom India ltd. & GE Power India Ltd.
10.2013 - 10.2022
- Responsibility: Projects execution and end to end delivery, Demonstrated clear understanding and decisive leadership for revenue Targets.
- Manages a team -site associates, team leads, and supervisors in the monitoring, maintenance, and completion of third-party contracts .To Hires, trains, and develops a high-performing team to provide detailed research, production, and communication with 250-300 legal vendor organizations to drive completion throughout all India. Builds strong business relationships, and serves as a liaison between financial clientele and legal vendors. Delivers client presentations on the Milestone monitoring system to support sales initiatives, and represents the organization at all client events.
- Projects:
- STG Execution and commissioning
- NTPC Solapur (2X660MW Super Critical Thermal Power Project)
- NTPC Tanda (2X660MW Super Critical Thermal Power Project)
- NTPC Nabinagar (3X660MW Super Critical Thermal Power Project)
- Accountable for managing the delivery of critical projects, and for providing managerial support for supply, construction & commissioning and revenue targets. Also responsible for providing monthly financial and technical updates of any known issues/risks to EPC Business Executive
- Increased annual regional performance scores - delivering month-by-month improvements in efficiency and productivity through sustaining top-tier processing times and solid attorney relationships.
- Directed multiple workload assignments and diligent follow-up, driving efforts to maximize law firm foreclosure processing - while overcoming the challenges of leading a workforce.
- Project Management Experience:
- Responsible for costing, estimating and planning projects.
- Preparing Project initiation documentation.
- Responsible for ensuring best value is obtained for the project including supplier base, use of internal and external resources.
- Maintaining and completing Project Key Performance Indicators.
- Writing detailed and summarized project progress reports.
- Identifying, costing and processing any contract variations.
- Tracking activities against the detailed project plans.
- Producing accurate financial reports.
- Monitor actual expenditure figures against project budgets and report on regular basis the overall construction execution, cost forecast and planning. Develop and implement mitigation plans.
- Organizing and facilitating Project Steering / Operating Committees meetings.
- Finalization of subcontracts and deployment of vender for construction.
- Release RFQ files, receive offer, negotiate & place PO.
- Ensuring effective site management and discipline to ensure safe execution of the projects.
- Supervising capacity expansion activities and handling the complete cycle of the project management entailing requirement, estimations at site level and final execution of project.
- Costing and budgeting and controlling monitoring.
- Identify -risk & opportunities the contract, Identify Construction responsibilities as per tendered position.
- Represent the site team in actions related to home office.
Manager Project
GMR Energy Ltd.
03.2010 - 09.2013
- Responsibility: 2x 685MW - STG Execution and commissioning: Responsible for TG & Aux
- GMR Energy Ltd (2x685 MW) have been established, Coal based Thermal Power Projects at various locations in India
- CTPP Thermal Power (2x685 MW) is totally power generating company
- Site Execution Manager of BTG (2x685 MW)
- (2x685 MW) GMR Energy Ltd have been established, Gas based & Coal based Thermal Power Projects at various locations in India.
- CTPP Thermal Power (2x685 MW) is totally power generating company.
- 2x 685MW - STG Execution and commissioning: Responsible for TG & Aux. package Erection & commissioning.
- Purchase for construction project.
- Coordination with client.
- Material ordering and supply.
- Coordination and following with IBR Inspector.
- Handle Billing to client and payment of vender.
- Ensure required resources are appointed and delegated in a timely and project guide line and implement, prepare PRM and load manpower on site.
- Allocate, manage and coordinate Non-Budgeted Costs (NBC) for proper cost reporting.
- All Construction related projects and their conditions are executed according to contract requirements.
- Provide timely, accurate, reliable and actual information to the management.
- Provide structure feedback with experiences and lessons learned in the duration and closure of the Project
- Ensured staff and sub-contractors timesheets were accurately completed.
Manager Project
Reliance Energy Ltd.
08.2008 - 02.2010
- Responsibility: Execution and commissioning: for TG & aux 4X300 MW package Erection & commissioning
- Successfully completed and synchronize on time.
- Detail engineering of project: review and comment as per standard and operation requirements.
- TG -Erection &. Commissioning completed & successfully in operation.
- Planning and implementing preventing maintenance schedules for machinery to increase equipment’s reliability. Identifying areas of breakdowns and taking steps to rectify through troubleshooting techniques
- Interface coordination with contactors.
- Certifying Protocols, Preparation Punch list, pending list and defect list.
- Scheduling and monitoring techniques and practices of project review meetings & controlling all site activities including manpower planning, resource planning & material planning and finalization of responsibility matrix for site engineers.
- A coordinator for Safety and Technical Development Committee to review of suggestions, modifications and its implementation.
- Coordination for statutory obligation.
- Responsible for progress meetings on and off site, cost control, invoicing, variation claims, invoice payment resolution and conditions of contract. Also worked closely with other departmental managers to promote overall company effectiveness.
- Managed the project team including any subcontractors.
- Ensuring Projects and Program are executed using agreed standards & processes.
- Reviewed and approved all project documentation.
- Resolved any problems and issues that arose.
- Undertook all monthly project financial cost reporting.
- Escalating issues and areas of concern to senior management.
- Generating Work Packages and Work Instructions.
- Provided project support for all off site activities.
- Planning and implementing preventive maintenance schedules for TG and auxII. to increase equipment’s reliability. Identifying areas of breakdowns and taking steps to rectify through troubleshooting techniques.
- In Project, day to day interaction with contractor for smooth execution of mechanical work. Emergency planning, contractor allocation and review of activities.
- Interaction with vender on daily basis for Proper installation as per the approved drawings.
- Witnessing pre-commissioning tests of the machine/equipment
- Verification of the materials at site, Inspection and proper storage, ensuring the material as per the BOM.
- Scheduling and monitoring techniques and practices of project review meetings & controlling all site activities including manpower planning, resource planning & material planning and finalization of responsibility matrix for site engineers.
- A coordinator for Safety and Technical Development Committee to review of suggestions, modifications and its implementation.
- Techno commercial preparation of database.
- Technical contract coordination and finalization.
Asst. Manager project
Jindal Power Ltd.
03.2005 - 08.2008
- Responsibility: Execution and commissioning: for TG & aux 4X300 MW package Erection & commissioning
- 1000 MW Power plant which was commissioned in the beginning of September 2007, all four units were commissioned within a span of one year
- Responsibility: Execution and commissioning of TG & aux 4X250 MW package Erection & commissioning
- Successfully completed and synchronize on time.
- Assumed full responsibility of erection and commissioning of plant for 3 consecutive months.
- Consistently delivered top-tier performance and demonstrated natural leadership abilities, and was rapidly promoted through increasingly responsible positions to achieve Ass manager position within one year.
- Erection of 250 MW Turbine Sets: BHEL Make Boiler and Turbine 250MW/685MW, BHEL Make 3- cylinders turbine.
- Erection& commissioning of 4X250 MW Sets & Aux. Scheduling and monitoring, controlling all sites, activities including manpower planning, resource planning & material planning and finalization of responsibility matrix of contactors.
- Commissioning of Boiler: furnace leak test, EDTA cleaning, boiler light up, steam blowing of all lines, SADCA setting, burner arrangements, LDO&HFO Lines, FD Fans, PA Fans, APH, DMCW, HPBP, LPBP,PRDS, drum drains feed water lines, steam lines, Synchronization of 250 MW.
- Turbine Commissioning: 250 MW Turbine set oil flushing, air blasting of pipe lines, Vacuum pump, seal oil, lube oil,turbovisori Instruments, CEP, Heaters, condenser, LP-Bypass, Baring gear.
- O&M of 250mw unit: Coordinating plant activities, the setup standards with accountability for strategic utilization; deployments of available Resources to achieve organization objectives. I was working as unit control engineer in operation team, successfully operating of 250MW commercial generation unit.DCS Operated fully auto controlled LBS System.
Engineer Project
Chambal Power Ltd.
09.2002 - 03.2005
- Responsibility: Execution and commissioning: for TG & aux package
- This is nonconventional based 7.5 MW plant at Kota Rajasthan, has started this project as per government policy to enhance nonconventional energy resource in India.
- Expertise in resource planning and budgeting
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Full systems control and monitoring: design, supply of equipment, erection, commissioning, testing and trial operation.
Education
MBA - Project Management
ISBM
Indore, India01-2013
P.G.D.C - Thermal power
NPTI
Nagpur, India01-2004
B.Tech - Mechanical Engg
AIET
Lucknow, India01-2002
Skills
Project Management
Project Planning Monitoring & Control
Project startup & closer
Budget Management
Risk management
Client and subcontract management
Vendor Negotiation
Cost optimization
Resource allocation
Installation of Wind turbine&infra-structure- transmission line 33KV/220KV/PSS
Installation of steam Turbine 250MW/300MW/660MW
Installation and Commissioning of FGD 660MW /685 MW
Construction of Civil foundation of FGD, Misc plant Building
Construction Chimney (150M /275M)
Erection of steel structure &Installation of equipment
Accomplishments
- Wind Power Projects: Successfully executed multiple wind power projects totaling over 1000MW capacity.
- Thermal Power Project: 10,000 MW Capacity Steam Turbine Generator (STG) installed and commissioned
- Cost Optimization: Reducing costs by 5% GE power in various projects.
- Infrastructure delivery: 1,00,000 MT Erection & Fabrication of steel structure.
Interests
Social works, participate in cultural activity
Timeline
Asst. Vice President (Projects)
Inox Wind Ltd
10.2022 - Current
Cluster PCC Head
Alstom India ltd. & GE Power India Ltd.
10.2013 - 10.2022
Manager Project
GMR Energy Ltd.
03.2010 - 09.2013
Manager Project
Reliance Energy Ltd.
08.2008 - 02.2010
Asst. Manager project
Jindal Power Ltd.
03.2005 - 08.2008
Engineer Project
Chambal Power Ltd.
09.2002 - 03.2005
P.G.D.C - Thermal power
NPTI
B.Tech - Mechanical Engg
AIET
MBA - Project Management
ISBM
Core Expertise
- Renewal Power Projects ( Wind form , Hybrid project) Installation & Commissioning with comprehensive expertise
- Steam Power Projects Installation & Commissioning ofsteam turbines 250MW/685MW/660MW with comprehensive expertise
- Infrastructure Projects Civil foundations,transmission lines 33KV/220KV, and complete project infrastructure
- FGD Projects InstallationofFGD660MW/685MWwith150M-275M chimney construction
LESSONS LEARNED & BEST PRACTICES
- Proactive Risk Management: Identify potential risks early and develop comprehensive mitigation and contingency plans to safeguard project timelines and resources.
- Continuous Communication: Maintain open and transparent dialogue with all internal and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment and managing expectations effectively.
- Adaptive Planning: Cultivate flexibility in project plans, allowing for rapid adjustments to overcome unforeseen obstacles and capitalize on new opportunities efficiently.
OPERATING SKILL OF TOOLS
BOQ,NCR ,MTA,SAP-PR/PO/SRN/GRN,MS OFFICE,MS PROJECT,OUTLOOK,POWER POINT,SMART SHEET
SELF DECLARATION
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KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
GE POWER INDIA LEADERSHIP AWARD, GMR BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARD, RELEANCE SAFETY AWARD
Certification
NPTI