Complex projects, delivered with control.

Project Manager for engineering, manufacturing and infrastructure. Ten years, £1.4M+ delivered, 100% on-time handover.

Projects rarely fail on ambition. They fail on control.

Scope, risk, cost and people, kept in hand from the first plan to BAU handover. Ten years of it, in four numbers.

  • 10+Years delivering projects
  • £1.4M+Project portfolio delivered
  • 15+Infrastructure projects
  • 100%On-time handover

Three things I am relied on for.

End-to-end project delivery

From initiation to BAU handover, I own the plan and the outcome.

  • Initiation and scoping
  • Waterfall and Agile hybrid planning
  • Microsoft Project, Gantt and critical path
  • Multi-site, concurrent delivery
  • Commissioning and handover to operations
  • 15+projects delivered
  • 100%on-time handover
  • 8concurrent solar projects
  • 18%fewer schedule deviations

Risk, cost and commercial control

Risk managed early is cost avoided later.

  • FMEA and live risk registers
  • Contingency planning
  • Bi-weekly risk reviews
  • Budget management and resource optimisation
  • Environmental, safety and compliance assessment (NEBOSH IGC)
  • Change management
  • 28%lower operational costs
  • 20%fewer delays
  • 15critical risks mitigated
  • 12%cost reduction, current role

Cross-functional leadership

Clear roles, honest reporting, decisions made on time.

  • Teams of 12 across engineering, procurement, quality and environmental
  • Weekly progress reviews
  • Supplier and contractor coordination
  • Client and utility liaison
  • Transparent stakeholder reporting
  • 20%higher team productivity
  • 20+technical discrepancies resolved
  • 30+technical issues resolved
  • 48%higher customer satisfaction

In the room: solving the client's problem

The room wants answers.

Critical path, re-sequenced.

One answer. No hedging.

Nobody leaves undecided.

From plant floor to programme owner.

Engineer by training, project manager by ownership. Every role added a discipline the next one needed.

  1. 2007-2010

    Project Coordinator and Team Lead (part-time)

    Powertech Engineers, India

    Solar PV installations from 50 kW to 500 kW for commercial and industrial clients, alongside undergraduate study.

    • Led 12 engineers and technicians across 8 concurrent projects; operational efficiency up 22%
    • Gantt and critical-path schedules cut timeline deviations 18%, with 100% adherence to client deadlines
    • Resolved 30+ technical issues through installation and grid connection; customer satisfaction up 48%, repeat business secured
  2. 2008-2012

    BEng, Instrumentation and Control Engineering

    South Gujarat University, India

  3. 2013-2016

    Junior Project Manager

    Essar Steel (now ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel), India

    Manufacturing optimisation inside one of India's largest integrated steel plants.

    • Equipment effectiveness up 6% through optimised maintenance scheduling across production lines
    • Unplanned downtime down 8%: monthly audits, 15 bottlenecks removed
    • Weekly progress reviews resolving 20+ technical discrepancies, and a smoother handover to BAU
  4. 2016-2022

    Project Manager

    Go Natural Aqua, India

    End-to-end delivery of aquaculture water infrastructure: 15+ projects, £1.4M+.

    • 100% on-time handover and 18% business growth
    • Delays cut 20%; 15 critical risks mitigated through bi-weekly reviews and contingency plans
    • Operational costs down 28%; team productivity up 20%
    • Led cross-functional teams of 12
  5. 2022-2023

    MBA, Project and Risk Management, top 3% of the cohort

    Coventry University, United Kingdom

    Plus the NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (2023).

  6. 2023 to present

    Operations Manager

    Ramada Hotel and Suites by Wyndham, Coventry, United Kingdom

    Operations leadership while targeting engineering and manufacturing project roles.

    • Operational costs down 12% through resource optimisation and staff scheduling
    • Handover errors down 30% through standardised documentation workflows

Selected delivery.

Five programmes that show how I plan, de-risk and hand over. Open one for the full case study.

Parth Patel at the console of a plant control room, a wall of production charts and engineering drawings behind him

Manufacturing taught me that every percentage point is real money.

Before I owned budgets, I learned how a plant breathes. At one of India's largest integrated steel facilities I supported manufacturing optimisation projects across production lines: scheduling maintenance so lines kept running, auditing systems monthly, and turning findings into corrective actions with engineering, maintenance and quality control.

That is also where I learned that handover is where projects are won or lost. Cleaner documentation and weekly reviews meant fewer errors when work moved into business as usual.

  • +6%equipment effectiveness
  • -8%unplanned downtime
  • 15bottlenecks removed
  • 20+discrepancies resolved

Sectors delivered in: steel manufacturing, water infrastructure, electrical engineering, utilities, construction and renewables.

How I run a project.

20% fewer delays and 15 critical risks mitigated did not come from luck. They came from a cadence.

  1. Initiate

    Scope, success criteria, constraints and stakeholders defined before anything is scheduled.

    Stakeholder mapping, scope baseline

  2. Plan

    Work breakdown, Gantt and critical path in Microsoft Project; resourcing and budget baselined; Waterfall phases with Agile cadences where iteration helps.

    Microsoft Project, critical path analysis, resource allocation, budget management

  3. De-risk

    FMEA and a live risk register; contingency plans agreed up front; environmental, safety and compliance assessed; risks reviewed every two weeks.

    FMEA, risk register, contingency planning, NEBOSH IGC

  4. Execute and control

    Weekly progress reviews, milestone tracking, transparent cost reporting, controlled change, supplier and contractor coordination.

    Milestone tracking, change management, stakeholder reporting

  5. Hand over

    Commissioning, standardised documentation and a clean transition to BAU, with lessons captured.

    Standardised workflows, BAU transition

On site: teams that deliver

NEBOSH-certified. Non-negotiable.

Quality held at every handover.

Suppliers aligned before they are needed.

Weekly reviews. Decisions on time.

Teams that deliver.

Results, not adjectives.

  • 28%Lower operational costsResource optimisation and transparent budget management, Go Natural Aqua
  • 20%Fewer project delaysBi-weekly risk reviews and 15 critical risks mitigated
  • 20%Higher team productivityStructured planning frameworks and standardised documentation
  • 18%Business growthStrategic project planning and successful commissioning
  • 22%Higher operational efficiencyEight concurrent solar PV projects, teams of 12
  • 48%Higher customer satisfaction30+ technical issues resolved, repeat business secured
  • 18%Fewer timeline deviationsGantt and critical path, 100% of client deadlines met
  • 30%Fewer handover errorsStandardised documentation workflows, current role

Methods, tools and sectors.

Methodologies
Waterfall, Agile (Scrum), hybrid Waterfall and Agile delivery, Lean principles, change management
Risk and compliance
FMEA, risk registers, contingency planning, compliance and environmental assessment, NEBOSH IGC (Occupational Health and Safety)
Planning and control
Microsoft Project, Gantt charts, critical path analysis, resource allocation, budget management, milestone tracking
Engineering
Instrumentation and control, process automation, data analysis for plant optimisation, water treatment, filtration and recirculation systems, solar PV systems (50 kW to 500 kW), maintenance scheduling
Sectors
Steel manufacturing, water infrastructure, electrical engineering, utilities, construction, renewables

Let's deliver what's next.

Based in Coventry, United Kingdom. Available for project management roles across engineering, manufacturing, infrastructure and utilities.

parth.lonedruid@gmail.com

Water recirculation systems for intensive shrimp farming

£680K programme for Go Natural Aqua. Project Manager, 2016 to 2022.
Challenge
Intensive shrimp farming depends on water that stays within tight quality limits at scale. The operation needed recirculation systems that could support intensive production while biosecurity and environmental compliance held, and be handed to farm operations on schedule.
Context
The largest single build in a 15+ project, £1.4M+ aquaculture infrastructure portfolio, spanning aquaculture engineering, water-quality management, procurement and biosecurity functions.
My role
Project Manager, end to end: initiation through commissioning and BAU handover; owner of plan, budget, risk register and stakeholder reporting.
Approach
Waterfall structure for design, construction and commissioning phases; Agile cadences for water-quality protocol iteration; a structured planning framework with clear task delegation across engineering disciplines and standardised workflow documentation.
Delivery
Pond design, filtration and recirculation systems and biosecurity implementation coordinated as one integrated schedule, with transparent reporting to key stakeholders through to commissioning.
Risk and complexity
Biosecurity protocols, water-quality monitoring and environmental compliance treated as live project risks, with bi-weekly risk reviews and contingency plans.
Outcome
Commissioned and handed over to farm operations on time.
Portfolio impact, 2016 to 2022
  • 100%on-time handover across 15+ projects
  • 18%business growth
  • 20%fewer delays
  • 28%lower operational costs

Groundwater filtration and biosecurity implementation

£420K programme for Go Natural Aqua. Project Manager.
Challenge
Disease prevention in intensive aquaculture is an infrastructure problem before it is a biology problem: source water has to be filtered and biosecurity has to be built into the site, not bolted on.
Context
A compliance-critical programme within the £1.4M+ portfolio, run concurrently with other facility builds.
My role
Project Manager: scope, schedule, budget, procurement coordination, environmental compliance assessment and stakeholder reporting.
Approach
Groundwater filtration and biosecurity implementation planned as a single integrated delivery; risks logged in the register and reviewed bi-weekly; contingency plans agreed before construction.
Delivery
Filtration installation and biosecurity measures coordinated across engineering, environmental specialists, water-quality technicians, procurement and quality control.
Risk and complexity
Environmental compliance and biosecurity protocol risks, among the 15 critical project risks mitigated across the portfolio.
Outcome
Delivered and handed over to operations on time as part of the 100% on-time record.
Portfolio impact
  • 15critical risks mitigated
  • 20%fewer delays
  • 100%on-time handover

Pond water quality optimisation and aeration systems

£340K programme for Go Natural Aqua. Project Manager.
Challenge
Keep water quality stable across multiple ponds and sites while raising productivity: a measurement-and-control problem as much as a construction one.
Context
Multi-site delivery within the portfolio; water-quality monitoring systems and aeration installed alongside live farming operations' protocols.
My role
Project Manager, drawing on an Instrumentation and Control engineering background for the monitoring scope.
Approach
Structured planning framework for multi-site work, clear delegation across engineering disciplines, standardised documentation for water-quality protocols and compliance standards.
Delivery
Aeration systems and water-quality monitoring commissioned and handed to operations with documented protocols.
Risk and complexity
Concurrent sites, water-quality risk, resource allocation across pond construction, treatment systems and hatchery installations.
Outcome
Handed over on time with standardised protocols in place.
Portfolio impact
  • 20%higher team productivity
  • 28%lower operational costs
  • 100%on-time handover

Manufacturing optimisation programme

Essar Steel (now ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel). Junior Project Manager, 2013 to 2016.
Challenge
In an integrated steel plant, every point of equipment effectiveness and every hour of unplanned downtime is real money. The programme's brief was to lift effectiveness and cut downtime without disrupting production.
Context
One of India's largest integrated steel manufacturing facilities; projects spanning production lines, maintenance, engineering and quality control.
My role
Junior Project Manager supporting the Project Manager across end-to-end planning and execution, and leading weekly progress reviews with internal stakeholders.
Approach
Optimised scheduling and coordination of maintenance activities across production lines; monthly system audits; corrective actions agreed with engineering and maintenance; improved project documentation.
Delivery
15 operational bottlenecks identified and corrected; 20+ technical discrepancies resolved against milestones, budgets and quality standards; smoother transition of projects into BAU.
Risk and complexity
Live production environment; cross-departmental dependencies between engineering, maintenance and quality control; handover error risk.
Outcome
Projects transitioned to BAU with fewer handover errors and clearer cross-functional communication.
Measurable impact
  • +6%equipment effectiveness
  • -8%unplanned downtime
  • 15bottlenecks removed
  • 20+discrepancies resolved

Commercial and industrial solar PV portfolio

Powertech Engineers. Project Coordinator and Team Lead (part-time), 2007 to 2010.
Challenge
Deliver eight concurrent solar PV installations from 50 kW to 500 kW for commercial and industrial clients, from site survey to grid connection, on client deadlines, while studying for an engineering degree.
Context
Key projects included a 500 kW commercial rooftop installation for an industrial manufacturing facility, a 250 kW ground-mount solar farm and a 150 kW institutional system with battery storage.
My role
Project Coordinator and Team Lead for 12 engineers and technicians: schedules, resource allocation, procurement and stakeholder communication.
Approach
Gantt charts and critical path analysis per installation; task delegation across survey, design, installation and commissioning; proactive alignment between engineering teams, equipment suppliers and electrical contractors on specifications.
Delivery
Procurement delays for panels, inverters and mounting systems minimised; installations and grid connections completed to deadline.
Risk and complexity
Eight parallel schedules, supplier lead times, utility-provider grid-connection requirements, 30+ technical issues during installation.
Outcome
100% adherence to client delivery deadlines and repeat business secured.
Measurable impact
  • 22%higher operational efficiency
  • 18%fewer timeline deviations
  • 30+technical issues resolved
  • 48%higher customer satisfaction