Ebara Elliott Energy (EEE) (A turbomachinery manufacturing company with global clientele) | Japan

Lead Application Engineer (Managerial Position)

• Led a 4–6 member engineering team in global bid management, serving as primary client interface and aligning Sales/ Engineering/ Manufacturing/ Procurement teams across geographies.
• Secured $230M in business over 5 years, including the company's highest-value project win (~$100M) in 2024, by leading technical and commercial strategy across the full bidding cycle and building long-standing client relationships.
• Spearheaded world’s first project on social implementation of liquid hydrogen in Kobe Japan, managing extensive cross- functional collaboration to navigate uncertainties and establish organizational capability in an emerging domain.
• Devised and implemented a digital transformation tool that reduced manual workload for specification review by approximately 30% while strengthening risk identification.
• Advanced operational excellence through root-cause analysis of cost overruns and lessons-learned, driving Kaizen initiatives such as improving the risk-review audit, while building team capability through structured training and mentoring.

Project Engineer

• Managed end-to-end execution of multimillion-dollar projects across 18–24-month lifecycles, serving as the primary technical interface for global customers, managing vendors and aligning companywide stakeholders through all project milestones; achieved a record 9/10 customer satisfaction rating across multiple projects.
• Reviewed customer technical specifications and vendor proposals to develop detailed engineering packages and manage the overall design approval and quality assurance process, ensuring complete compliance with project standards.
• Ensured on-time project execution through proactive schedule management, risk mitigation, and bottleneck resolution, while managing change order processing and cost assessment to keep project variations properly justified and billed.
• Drove continuous improvement and process optimization by co-initiating a Standard Time Collection System for departmental workload planning and forecasting, and institutionalizing lessons learned into project governance and departmental procedures.

• Youngest employee in the department to reach managerial position (Kikanshoku — executive track).
• Two-time Business Contribution Award winner: Mitigated ~JPY 50M in project's liquidated damages (2019) and developed an AI based handoff workflow delivering ~JPY 11M in estimated annual savings (2025).
• Gold Medalist for Master of Technology and class topper throughout undergraduate study.

• M. Tech. (Thermal Engineering), College of Engineering, Pune.
• B.E. (Mechanical Engineering), Government College of Engineering & Research, Pune.

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified.
• Certified Security Trade Control Associate, CISTEC Japan.
• JLPT N1 (Japanese Language Proficiency Test ) — Highest Level of Certification.

• Independently volunteered with Tokyo River Friends Group (Edogawa River cleanup) and Hands on Tokyo NPO (differently-abled community engagement), supporting environmental sustainability and community welfare.
• Participated in a company-led environmental sustainability initiative — Sodegaura City's shoreline cleanup.
• Served as Labor Union Representative, bridging union members and leadership while coordinating stakeholder engagement through the union's annual events.