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Vara lakshmi Penneru

Rail Signalling - PDA (Project Design Authority) & Engineering Manager

Vara lakshmi Penneru
Professional Status
Employed
Available
About Me
• A result-oriented professional over 18+ years of experience in Railway Signalling Industry in Designs, Vendor Management, Customer Co-ordination, Project Management combining comprehensive technical knowledge and management skills, allowing problems to be solved creatively but with a broad understanding of stakeholder needs and attention to detail that ensures robust solutions
• IRSE Signalling Principle designer and Signalling Verifier
• Member of IRSE (MIRSE)
• Member of Singapore Standards committee

PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENTS
• Expert in Re-Signaling (brownfield) CBTC Projects and System Migration strategy Management
• Proven ability to analyze complex strategic and tactical problems into component parts.
• Outstanding delivery focus and attention to detail ensuring robust delivery of multidisciplinary solutions meeting the needs of all stakeholders.
• Committed to Quality, Accuracy, Timeliness and Efficiency in delivering allocated tasks.
• Managing and developing teams on CBTC systems

SKILLS
• CBTC system
• Project Management
• Vendor and Sub-contractor selection and management
• Customer co-ordination
• Team management
• Resource development, competency management system
• Co-ordination management with systemwide contractors
• Technical proposals
• Budget forecasting
• Management of Shutdown projects
  • Commencing as a trainee engineer reaching the post of Senior Design Engineer
  • (Team Leader) with responsibility for the management of a team of 15 staff, plus trainees.
  • • Worked as Design Engineer and Team leader for producing and verifying the Signalling interlocking design.
  • • Worked as Design Engineer on Scheme design project (Consisting of stages like data capture, DTG-R Simulation using Scheme Simulation tool) for Sub-section 15, Sub-Section 16 and Victoria line section of LUL for Westinghouse Rail Systems, UK.
  • • Phase-2: Standardization of Route lists for England & Wales on South East, LNW and Western region of Netowrk Rail of Babcock Rail