Kiran Sahoo

Results-driven Plant & Machinery professional with over 9 years of comprehensive experience managing large-scale infrastructure fleets, heavy construction equipment maintenance, and site operations. Proven expertise in maximizing equipment uptime, implementing preventive maintenance frameworks, deploying SAP MM & SAP PM (HANA), optimizing diesel consumption, and managing heavy project erections including batching plants and 150T gantry cranes. A strategic controller of operational budgets and vendor relations focused on high safety compliance and robust cost-control metrics.

Assistant Manager, Fleet & Resources - TATA Projects Limited - Chennai, India

(2022-12)

Oversee end-to-end plant, machinery, and fleet logistics for a major infrastructure corridor project.

• Successfully executed the erection, layout commissioning, and routine maintenance of high-capacity batching plants (M1, M1.25), WMM plants, gantry cranes (100T & 150T), and I-Girder components.
• Engineered robust preventive maintenance charts and structured progressive asset breakdowns, drastically minimizing equipment downtime and boosting site utilization rates.
• Managed SAP HANA material indents, synchronized emergency spare tracking, and coordinated directly with the procurement wing to control inventory holding costs.
• Administered precise diesel tracking models and analytics to mitigate fuel variance, aligning operations with the project's strict monthly budget thresholds.

Engineer, Plant & Machinery - Montecarlo Limited - Maharashtra and Odisha, India

(2021-06 - 2022-11)

Directed equipment dispatch logistics, operational efficiency parameters, and detailed asset analytics across multiple project sites.

• Audited external machinery deployment, formulated accurate rental bill reconciliations, and synthesized weekly performance KPIs for corporate leadership reviews.
• Aligned maintenance scheduling closely with active highway construction and execution crews to maximize operational continuity.

Assistant Engineer, Workshop - Dilip Buildcon Limited - Goa, India

(2017-08 - 2021-05)

Orchestrated technical workflows inside a heavy equipment maintenance facility supporting high-profile signature bridge construction.

• Executed root-cause breakdown analysis and planned preventive overhauls for dynamic machinery lines, including Piling Rigs, Heavy Excavators, Motor Graders, Cranes, Concrete Pumps, and Transit Mixers.
• Processed SAP-based purchase requisitions, secured corporate headquarters approvals, and expedited orders with central purchasing to drive key breakdown hour reductions.
• Cultivated and maintained structured vendor channels to elevate external component sourcing velocity and improve contract execution terms.

B.Tech - Engineering - Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) (2017)