Narasimman Gopal

Experience

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  Miyakawa Drives & Controls

  Sept 2005 - Jan 2007

  Sales & Service Engineer

  Sales & service of Toshiba make Variable Frequency Drives, Proface HMI's.Responsible for sales & service in Mumbai region.

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  Transocean

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Electronics Technician

  As an Electronics Engineer onboard the Transocean Drill ship "Discoverer Seven Seas". Maintenance of DP, Navigating Computers, Satellite Communications,Internal communication systems, BOP etc.

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  Converteam (Presently GE Energy Power Conversion)

  Feb 2008 - Mar 2010

  Marine Service Engineer

  Project Engineer in Marine service business, handled several service projects for Marine Power, Automation & DP systems.

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  GE Power Conversion

  Sept 2010 - now

  - Assist sales managers to identify potential customers for potential upgrades, replacements, Maintenance, Overhaul & Repairs.- Drive sales team, Follow up & track opportunity status- Review assigned project specification, Project proposal and pre-bid stage technical quires and deviation.- Raise RFQ for Engineering component, Repair components, Workshops, review offers and provide technical clearance.- Review costs, Schedule, identify risks & generate mitigation plans- Generate proposals for Upgrades, Overhaul, Repair & Maintenance of HV Equipment (VFD, Transformer, Motors, Generators) - Work with multi disciplinary team around the globe on technical & commercial matters- Preparation of project documents; Functional Design Specification (FDS), Factory Acceptance Test Procedure (FAT) and IOM manuals- Marking and checking Engineering drawings as & when required.- Carry out internal & client FAT testing as & when required. - Collaborate with project team-members to ensure smooth project interface & integration.- Technical Assistance to Field Service Engineers during the commissioning & Field intervention activities.- Work with designers to generate and review critical project drawings like P&ID, GA. Show less 1. Techno Commercial proposal generation for electrical equipment2. Sizing of Electrical equipments (Motors, Generators, Transformer, VSD, Switchgear, Cables, Power House)3. Harmonic analysis & Load flow studies4. Writing Comments & Deviations to customer specs, 5. Conducting Product Presentations to customers, Training session for new recruits.6. Participate & decide bid/No bid7. Leading Pre & post bid clarifications,8. Participate in Bid evaluation/clarification meets, 9. Accompany sales team for customer meetings for product briefing10. Working closely with customer technical team to offer an cost effective & engineered solution11. Creating & maintaining customer contact database, Supplier offer database12. Lead a team of engineers on proposal generation13. Assign workload to subordinates14. Verify/Valid proposals generated by subordinates15. Freezing delivery schedule for equipments in liaison with factory & suppliers delivery commitment16. Competitive analysis & gathering market information of competitor products17. Build a project winning strategy in cooperation with sales team18. Drive/follow up the sales team to solve issues with customer & customer vendor registeration19. Project handover to project management & project engineering highlighting risks & gaps of the bid after award20. Gather lessons learnt (gaps/impacts from bid stage to engineering stage)from the project engineering team & implement process changes to avoid gaps during bid stage. Show less

  • Senior Technical Sales Manager

    Mar 2014 - now

  • Senior Oil & Gas Application Engineer

    Sept 2011 - Feb 2014

  • Senior Engineer-Systems & Projects Engineering - Oil & Gas

    Sept 2010 - Sept 2011