Chinmaya Sharma

Chinmaya Sharma

Operations and project management professional with 5+ years of experience leading strategic initiatives, process improvements, and cross-functional projects. Skilled in digital transformation, problem solving, stakeholder management, and operational excellence, with a consistent record of delivering measurable business impact through cost optimization and execution excellence.

Work Experience:

5.3 Years

Industry:

Energy & Utilities | Government & PSUs

Function:

Operations & Supply Chain

Work Experience

GAIL (India) Ltd. (India's leading natural gas infrastructure company) | Vijaipur

Manager - Operations & Maintenance

  • Improved operational excellence by leading 4 zero-cost initiatives, automating 2 daily reports for 15 stakeholders, saving 100+ man hours/month, increasing energy accounting reliability by over 20%, and avoiding ~₹15 lakh in costs.
  • Designed data architecture for GAIL's ₹30 crore Central Historian and Enterprise Operations Dashboard across 8 compressor stations and ~55,000 process tags, enabling data integration and operational intelligence as part of digitalisation team.
  • Executed implementation of ₹50+ crore control system upgrades across compressor infrastructure, modernizing 14 PLCs impacting 12 gas turbines to improve reliability and system availability.
  • Improved project execution by designing the control strategy for a ₹20 crore electrification project, achieving first-attempt startup and avoiding downtime losses exceeding ₹1 crore.
  • Managed deployment of an OT cybersecurity solution across 4 plants, 3 domains, 20 PLCs, and 47 endpoints, enhancing network visibility and threat monitoring.

Executive Trainee - Operations & Maintenance

  • Executed commissioning of a lean amine feed pump in a live operating environment with zero downtime by coordinating 30+ contract personnel and cross-functional teams.
  • Improved process accountability by designing a gas flow reconciliation framework for a GPU plant processing approximately 21 MMSCMD (~₹2 Cr/day), enhancing loss identification.
  • Coordinated cross-functional teams to execute critical maintenance activities during planned shutdowns, ensuring completion within the stipulated one-month shutdown window.
  • Improved operational reliability by conducting root cause analyses on critical process equipment, supporting high equipment availability.
  • Strengthened knowledge sharing by publishing a monthly plant-wide magazine reaching 45 departmental employees and upper management, improving organization-wide communication.

Bechtel India Pvt. Ltd. (Engineering, procurement, and construction solutions provider) | Gurugram

Graduate Engineering Trainee, Control Systems

  • Improved design quality by reviewing 250+ engineering drawings across multiple projects, supporting HAZOP/LOPA studies and critical design documentation.
  • Supported delivery of ₹100+ crore projects by coordinating cross-functional teams, ensuring timely completion of engineering documentation and system designs.
  • Improved documentation efficiency by 20% through automation of instrument index workflows using Excel-based tools.
Accomplishments
  • Received Letter of Appreciation from Director (Finance) for field level contribution to SAP-HANA implementation.
  • Received Letter of Appreciation from ED (O&M) for leading control system development and successful commissioning support for a ₹20 crore gas turbine electrification project and successful startup at first attempt.
  • Received Appreciation from CGM (O&M) for conceptualizing and delivering in-house digital transformation initiatives relating to Utility Dashboards that enhanced operational transparency, data integrity and decision making.
Education
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Instrumentation & Control) – Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Delhi| India
Certification
  • OT Cybersecurity, NFSU
Extra-curricular
  • Social Cell Head - Media & Marketing Team at IIM Ahmedabad
  • Editor in Chief – Internal Departmental Magazine – Presented to Director (Projects)
  • YouTube Channel Manager – 700K+ views & 130K+ watch hours – 33%+ average viewer retention on long-form content