M. Surendran is a cost estimation and project management professional with 3.9 years of experience in cost estimation of steam turbines and generators. He is currently a Costing Specialist at GE Alstom Power, where he is responsible for cost estimation, project financial control, cost reduction initiatives, and vendor development. Prior to this, he worked as a Costing Engineer at Toshiba JSW Power Systems, where he managed cost control for large power plant projects. He is proficient in cost estimation, budgeting, project controls, and identifying cost savings.

1. M. SURENDRAN
Contact: +91 9727715867, 9843856800; E-mail: surendrangce@gmail.com
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Seeking challenging roles in any industry of repute using my proven skills of planning, managing
and organizing acquired through work experience
PROFILE
 A committed professional with an experience of 3.9 years in the area of Cost Estimation of
Steam Turbine and Generators, Sourcing and Development of Turbine and Generator
Components, Execution, Cost Controlling of Projects, Cost Reduction/Rationalization &
Team Management; currently performing as an Costing Specialist in M/s Alstom Bharat
Forge Power Ltd (GE Group Company).
 Comprehensive industrial experience primarily in Development, Costing, Budgeting, Cost
Controlling, Cost Reduction/ Rationalisation, Logistics, Commercial Operations, Distribution,
Warehouse & Freight Management.
 Professional record demonstrates hands on exposure to various facets of Sourcing of various
components, Cost Estimation of Projects, Vendor Development, Cost Estimation, and
Inventory Management thereby garnered strong capabilities in Techno-commercial Activities,
Costing, Budgeting, Stock Management & Replenishment, Valuation and Analysis.
 Proficiencies in managing procurement activities and execution of various components with
proven abilities in reducing cost, enhancing indigenization of components and enhancing
vendor efficiencies by proper technical support; coordinating different components for the
different projects with strategic utilization of vendor abilities to achieve organizational
objectives.
 Exhibits excellence in handling of cost effective procurement and achieving significant savings
through proper evaluation of vendors and developing cost-effective alternatives for various
imports operations.
Core Competencies:
Vendor Management / Development/Indigenization ~ Cost Rationalization / Optimization ~
Business / Commercial Operations ~ Procedure Improvements ~ Supplier Quality Assurance ~
Team Management ~ Ordering & Execution ~ Project Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GE (ALSTOM) POWER Apr 2015 - till date
Costing Specialist – Order Management
 Taking care of turbine and generator cost estimation for bidding and tendering of different
power projects.
 Key member of team having objective to rationalize the cost of power projects under bidding
by various techno-commercial methods.
 Associated in GP-30 and F4G programme which aims to reduce the cost of all modules of
turbine and generator equipment’s globally through various technical and commercial ideas.

2.  To achieve above goal myself involved in a team of R&D and engineering aimed to
standardize the modules of power plants and then my responsibility is to prepare the price
lists for same considering final output from India with some critical components to be
supplied by network factories.
 Involved in project financial control of ongoing projects.
 Supporting Procurement team for the Development and Localisation of various complicated
components for cost reduction of projects under execution.
 Additionally putting efforts to produce simple software cost models to do automatic
calculation the cost of complicated modules.
 Additionally providing technical and commercial support to CAPEX procurement team for
Alstom factory establishment in Sanand.
 Preparing Cost Handbook for 800MW and 660 MW Turbine and Generator modules based on
the experience from the ongoing power projects.
 Preparing offers for Job orders also like balancing, Winding, machining for the Turbine and
Generator components in our factory.
TOSHIBA JSW POWER SYTEMS PVT. LTD. CHENNAI Dec 2012 – Apr 15
Costing Engineer- Technology & Design
 Manages and controls the cost Management for the complete life cycle of manufacture of
Steam Turbine and Generators for Kudgi (3X800MW) and Meja (2X660MW) Project.
 Establishes the project work breakdown structure (WBS), manages its correlated costs.
 By doing the Cost analysis understanding the Project risk, discussed with our commercial
Manager and acted accordingly as per the solutions.
 By providing valuable inputs for Pre-bidding cost estimation for new Project proposals, based
on the specifications provided from Customer.
 By doing the Cost Comparative statements for the various power outputs by understanding
the parameters.
 Solved the Budget issues efficiently in Oracle developed EBS ,by ensuring that cost centers are
properly utilized.
 Prepared and monitored the cash out and cash in flow charts based on the required inputs
 Actively involved in finding out the alternate cost reduction ideas for saving the project
within the budget and time.
 Understand the drawings from the customer and prepared the cost based on the inputs from
SCM and Production team submitted to Sales team.
 Additionally involved in macro developed software models for the standardisation of Turbine
and Generator design modules.
 Involved in cost reduction ideas, like Volume Bundling, changing the sourcing strategy, with
SCM and achieved lot of savings in Turbine and Generator material procurement.
Professional Accomplishments
Year 2016-17:
√ Done effective cost estimation of turbine and generator components to reach the tendering
and marketing team target to bag all orders under bidding in current competitive
environment in India.

3. √ As a result we successfully became L1 in a bid for 3X660 MW Ghatampur Power Project,
2X660 MW Obra Project & 2X660MW Jawaharpur Project. These all projects bagged by our
team in a row created hat-trick having value of 700 MUSD.
√ Our Team managed to reach near target of GE Power goal to book order of 1Billion USD.
√ Simplified the process of monitoring and controlling cost for projects under execution.
√ Involved in the team who under implementation of Abradable coatings in turbine to increase
its performance, now working as leader from Sanand to implement it.
Year 2015-16:
√ Successfully completed Kakrapar project with a targeted cost reduction on time.
√ Successfully received Kakrapar nuclear project repairing job order and Ramagundam rotor
retrofit job.
√ Established Casing, rotor and blades cost models to do automatic calculation for cost of
components based on basic inputs.
√ Successfully became L1 in a bid for 2X800 MW Telangana Power Project.
√ Simplified the process of taxes, duties, contingencies and overheads calculation.
√ In cost reduction idea sharing programme (F4G and GP-30) successfully got clearance from
R&D team to further work on implementation of design change of Casted inner casing to
fabrication.
Year 2014-15:
√ Monitored the execution project Kudgi 3X800 MW and Meja 2X 660 MW Projects and
maintained the projects within the budget by implementing cost reduction measures.
√ Successfully completed the first unit of Kudgi 3X800 MW turbine modules within the budget
provided from Project Management team.
√ Successfully became L1 in a bid 2X800 MW Darlipalli Power Project.
√ Simplified the process of taxes, duties, contingencies and overheads calculation.
√ Prepared the software model tool for monitoring the cash out and cash in flow for the ongoing
projects.
Year 2013-14:
√ Understand manufacturing processes, work flow and product knowledge of Steam turbine
and Generators.
√ Attended various training programmes on manufacturing process and Knowledge transfer on
product pricing and cost estimation.
√ Had an exposure on drawings and work flow and contracts and Division of work for the
components manufactured at factory
Way Forward
√ Simplified
√ Focussing on reduction of turbo-generator and power projects cost either by developing
various components locally or by simplifying the design and processes of the components.
√ As General Electric (GE) had taken over business of M/s Alstom Power, so as key team
member of technology integration with GE Power our team is further focussing to bring up
best design of Turbine and Generator Island having maximum performance in lower cost for
all new power projects.
√ Associated in development programme for developing the Sanand Factory to cater the
upcoming thermal services and nuclear business. Key focus to load the each
machines/platforms of factory at its maximum achievable output level.

4. SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
ERP System : SAP, Oracle developed EBS
Office Applications : Microsoft Excel 2010, Microsoft Access 2010
Operating System : Windows 9X / 2000 / XP
Design Software : AutoCAD – 2011, Pro E
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
 2012 B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from Government. College of Engineering.
Tirunelveli. Secured 7.79 CGPA (77.9%)
 2008 XII (HSC) from S.R.V. Matriculation Higher Secondary School. , Trichy.
State. Board.
Secured 90.6%.
 2006 X (SSLC) from HAPF Paramahamsa Matriculation School, Trichy.
Matriculation. Board.
Secured 83%.
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
Sl. No. Title / Subject Name of Organization Duration
1. Inplant Training Heavy Alloy Penetrator
Project, Trichy
10 days..
2.
3.
Inplant Training The India Cements
Limited, Shankar nagar,
Tirunelveli.
APGENCO TATA Power
plant, Krishnapattnam,
Nellore
10 days
2 days
Power plant training
PERSONAL DETAILS
 Name : M Surendran
 Fathers Name : K M Murugesan
 Age : 25 Yrs
 Languages Known : English, Tamil and Hindi (Limited Proficiency)
 Marital Status : Unmarried
References: Available upon Request