Sibasish Sahoo

• Company Overview: Growth Projects Division | Lanjigarh, Odisha

• Led engineering & execution of coal-based power plant expansion for a 5MTPA Alumina Refinery.
• Spearheaded contract finalization and execution of Electrical & Instrumentation works.
• Prepared tender documents for vendor participation, ensuring smooth commissioning of the Brownfield project within budget and timelines.
• Played a vital role in equipment assessment, refurbishment, and overhauling of 33Kv, 6.6KV & 415V switchgears, oil transformers, successfully commissioning equipment unused for 12 years.
• Finalized technical specifications of all Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) packages in collaboration with consultants, ensuring compliance with industry standards, operational efficiency, and seamless integration with plant systems.
• Defined instrumentation requirements, including system specifications, design reviews, process control architecture, and integration of DCS, PLC & SCADA systems for optimized power plant performance.
• Finalized switchyard design, procured all required equipment, executed the switchyard project, secured regulatory approvals, and coordinated with OEMs for successful commissioning.
• Initiated and successfully commissioned the CILMS system at the Power Plant and Refinery, ensuring blackout prevention, improving system reliability, and enhancing operational efficiency.
• Led panel refurbishment including spare identification, bus bar fabrication, functional checks, and relay testing, ensuring optimal performance and reliability of electrical systems.
• Retrofitted ESP TRCC panels from Chinese controllers to EPIC III controllers, improving ESP performance and ensuring compliance with emission guidelines.
• Implemented safety standards and developed proactive safety mechanisms to achieve zero reported incidents across power plant operations.
• Fostered a culture of safety through active participation, employee training, and adherence to industry best practices, ensuring compliance with regulatory safety requirements.
• Led integration of automation systems with SCADA & PLC platforms, enhancing operational monitoring and improving data-driven decision-making.

• Company Overview: Power Plant 4x600 MW | Jharsuguda, Odisha
• Over the tenure, displayed skills in project management, erection & commissioning, and maintenance. Carried out planning, estimation, scheduling & preparation of drawings and ensured the execution of projects within timelines. Successfully increased machine uptime and equipment reliability by effectuating predictive, preventive & shutdown maintenance schedules of various machineries and instruments.
• Project Management: Erection Purview: Responsible for the activities allied with technical aspects including erection and commissioning of Turbine proper and its auxiliary for 600 MW unit power plant with handling EPC contract.
• Water System: Erection as well as Commissioning of water system with raw water reservoir of 4 X 600 MW thermal power project & make it out from critical phase and solve water crisis problem in Emergency period.
• Transmission Line - Erection and Stringing of 82 KMS line of IB-Meramundali 400 KV D/C (OPTCL); Restoration and OPGW Stringing of 220 KMS IB-Meramundali 400 KV D/C Transmission Line.
• Anchored commissioning activities during the stabilization of the 600 MW units.
• Operations & Maintenance: Area In-Charge for Raw Water System of complete Power & Smelter Operations.
• Maintenance In-Charge for Water System, CW system & TG overhauling of 2400 MW Power plant.
• Conceptualization and Finalization of Contingency Plan for Raw Water Inlet for 3600 MW (4x600 MW + 9X135 MW) Power Plant for uninterrupted operations during peak summer days.
• Framed Standard Maintenance Procedure (SMP) for routine and non-routine activities along with HIRADec and checklist for different activities and equipment.
• Implemented Zero Abnormality Movement and 5S for improving work environment, work culture & standards.
• Deployed cost savings and energy saving techniques/measures and modifications to achieve substantial reduction in O&M expenditures and work within the budget.
• Power Plant 4x600 MW | Jharsuguda, Odisha