Kirpal Singh Consulting Engineer 2.64

An astute, competent & seasoned professional with over 35 years of rich & extensive experience in Construction Management/ Project Management, Site Administration, Resource Management, and People Management. Financial Management

Last associated with L & T Power Rajpura, Chandigarh as Project Head / Head Construction Capability Centre.

Extensive experience in planning, execution and handover of a variety of projects by overseeing Administration of Contracts, Budgeting, Estimating, Techno Commercial Negotiations and Resources Management.

Experienced in leading various projects &associated with all types of construction, piling, roads & bridges, railways, tall structures, self-contained townships and industrial buildings. Possess domain expertise in Coal, Gas and Lignite based power plants.

Wide experience in Land Acquisition, Project Planning and Execution, performing Project Impact Assessment, Quantity Surveying, Quality Control & Assurance, Material Planning, Site Management, Vendor Coordination and ensuring adherence with the Safety regulations.

Proven experience in implementing strategic initiatives, setting up teams, laying down systems and processes, developing operational metrics and models, budgeting and cost management.

Promoted a safe and quality conscious culture and ensured adherence to HSE procedures and practices. Proficient in implementing quality systems and tools or achieving superior quality benchmarks in the projects.

Distinguished contributions in managing the end to end project cycle efficiently and achieved superior benchmarks in the projects by generating cost advantages, optimizing operational efficiencies.
Managed and fulfilled the project requirements by ensuring flawless transitions, expansions and any other changes as per the specifications and circumstances.
Delivered projects effectively within predefined timelines and specifications by managing the entire project cycle, generated cost savings through effective cost planning/budgeting and designed and implemented SOP’s for driving project excellence.
Provided sound technical guidance to the teams, have been involved in reviewing project specifications and identifying technical constraints and requirements, monitored and reported the project status periodically to management on regular basis.
Maintaining strong relationship with the government authorities for necessary project approvals and managing the project requirements seamlessly.
Earned reputation of a leader for outstanding technical acumen, leadership capabilities and on time project delivery.
Instrumental in reducing the overall cost by competently monitoring the entire process/stages for minimizing possibilities of any loopholes and proactively taking remedial measures. Minimized losses or wastage to a great extent.

Experience :

Dec’11-Mar’16 with Larsen & Toubro Power Rajpura, Chandigarh as Project Head / Head Construction Capability Centre

Received 5-star Rating / Sword of Honour in safety from British Safety Council for Rajpura project.
Won Award for Excellence in power execution by CBIP (Government of India).
Received Excellence in Power Project Management from Project Management Institute for Rajpura Project.
Appreciated by stakeholder (CEA & PSEB) / L & T Power Development Ltd. for the outstanding performance

Spearheaded EPC team of 175 professionals in managing all construction / erection / commissioning activities at the site & successfully completed the project as per schedule
Completed COD of units & attending to punch points / closing of contracts and delegating plant to client.
Coordinated with project management group, central procurement group, L & T Sergeant Lundy and Nabha Power Ltd. to ensure efficient & timely supply of resources, design DRGS / erection material, human resources, and statutory approvals).
Initiated number of measures for health / safety / environment, thereby resulting in reduced costs / cycle-time).
Successfully Completion and closure of EPC of Rajpura project.
Headed Construction capability centre and provided solid start to Malwa and Khargone Projects by co-ordinating for Resource Mobilisation, Award of works, Liaisoning with Clients and planning.

Apr’08–Dec’11 with Reliance Infrastructure Ltd., Sasan as Additional Vice President

Completed projects enabling facilities ahead of time and 80% of the works for Island (3x660) MW plant & BOPs.
Instrumental in changing the plant layout to reduce the length of conveyor belts and adopted the practice of terraced grading resulting in cost savings INR 250 crores.
Pivotal in delivering significant cost savings at various stages of the project through value engineering programs.
Initiated and implemented use of fly ash in concreting & road pavement.

Jan’85-Apr’08 with NTPC Ltd., Kahalgaon, Dadri, Rihand, Korba
Sep’03-Apr’08 Deputy General Manager / Additional General Manager
Apr’98-Sep’03 Senior Manager
Jan 94-Apr’98 Manager
Apr’89-Jan’94 Deputy Manager
Jan’86-Apr’89 Senior Engineer
Jan’85-Jan’86 Engineer

Supervised construction of all types like pilings / tall structures / industrial buildings / vibratory foundations / coal handling plants / railways / roads / water treatment plants / sewage treatments.
Played Key role in Establishing Balco, Dadri (Gas &Thermal) Rihand and Kahalgaon Projects of NTPC.
Constructed/Maintained two self - contained Townships at Dadri and Kahalgaon.
Participated in discussions at the World Bank HQ Washington USA for securing funding for various expansion projects of NTPC.
Received letters of appreciation from NTPC & World Bank for conducting socio - economic & project impact assessment studies for Rihand & Dadri STPPs; prepared & implemented remedial action plans including integrated village development.
Introduced in-house production of fly ash products, consequently saved aggregate cost of INR 121 crores.

Nov’80-Jan’85 with National Project Construction Corporation Ltd.(Govt of India) As Assistant Executive Engineer (Construction) Associated with Construction of (Rourkela Steel Plant / Singda Dam Multi - Project Manipur / Farakka Super Thermal Project West Bengal)