Nilesh Katariya
Technology & Transformation Leader with 8+ years across heavy engineering and renewables. Directed digital strategy across ₹2,500+ Cr capital projects, managed a ~₹5 Cr software portfolio, and steered a 30-member Global CoE. Combines engineering domain depth with systems thinking to translate frontline operational bottlenecks into scalable digital platforms and measurable business value.
Work Experience:
8.6 Years
Industry:
Energy & Utilities | Manufacturing & Engineering | Technology
Function:
Consulting & Strategy | Product Management | Project & Program Management
thyssenkrupp Uhde India (Global industrial engineering and EPC contracting firm) | Mumbai
Assistant Manager- Information Technology Management
- Owned a ~₹5 Cr engineering software portfolio spanning 5 business-critical applications and 500+ users; reduced licensing expenditure by ~₹25 Lakh and secured ~₹1.25 Cr in projected 8-year savings.
- Led a 30-member cross-functional Global Centre of Excellence, driving capacity planning, contract management, and service delivery for a multi-crore engagement, securing successful renewal and 16% account expansion.
- Spearheaded an “Enterprise Digital Twin Ecosystem” across USD 250M+ EPC projects, federating multi-disciplinary engineering data to accelerate data reconciliation by 30% & reduce cross-disciplinary discrepancies by 35%.
- Governed enterprise-wide Windows 11 migration across 94 mission-critical applications, validating 78 platforms and publishing 41 standardized deployment SOPs with zero business downtime.
- Architected an enterprise software telemetry dashboard in Power BI tracking live utilization across 10+ core engineering platforms, delivering executive analytics that directly informed annual CapEx/OpEx software budgeting.
- Led program management and global vendor partnerships for "InnovaTe @ Work 2025," an enterprise technology week uniting external tech partners, corporate IT, and 500+ engineers to accelerate digital adoption awareness.
Executive Engineer
- Directed modernization of a 20-year-old AutoCAD environment, rationalizing 500+ legacy macros into 100 core functions, migrating the codebase from LISP to C#/.NET and enabling VPN-independent remote access.
- Led concept-to-execution of a CAD-to-BOQ automation tool, reducing MTO estimation effort by 98% and saving ~1,000 engineering hours annually; featured in corporate newsletter for digital product innovation.
- Designed an automated CAD solution for USD 500M+ EPC projects, integrating PV Elite, Excel VBA, and AutoCAD, eliminating vendor review bottlenecks and cutting vessel drawing turnaround by 38% (40 to 25 hrs).
- Governed global engineering application security and compliance, implementing 2 factor authentication and vulnerability-management, patch scheduling, UAC per ISO 27001, achieving zero major non-conformities across audits.
- Instituted a cross-disciplinary Key User Forum to capture and codify tribal engineering software expertise into standardized SOPs, accelerating cross-departmental onboarding and digital capability adoption.
Suzlon Global Services Limited (Global wind turbine operations and technical services) | Pune
Senior Civil Engineer
- Served as the inaugural HQ Civil Engineering SME supporting a 10,000+ wind turbine fleet; resolved 30+ critical infrastructure failures through RCA and end-to-end remediation, sustaining >95% uptime.
- Safeguarded ₹1.5 Cr in client revenue by directing post-landslide remediation of a 10.5 MW wind farm in under 5 months.
- Pioneered a novel field-repair solution for a 2.1 MW turbine experiencing dangerous oscillations, cutting asset restoration time from 6 months to 3 months.
- Authored and institutionalized 8+ foundation repair SOPs and structured inspection frameworks across 6 states, training 100+ site engineers to reduce field repair defects and Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) by 20%.
- Empanelled specialized geotechnical contractors and standardized high-performance grout specifications across 6 states, driving competitive bidding to reduce repair procurement spend by 15%.
- Led civil technical due diligence across 250+ MW of newly commissioned wind farms and undocumented legacy fleets, capturing latent warranty snags to protect long-term O&M margins and enable multi-brand contracting.
CADD Centre Training Services (Premier engineering CAD software training institute) | Pune
CADD Engineer
- Trained 500+ engineering students and professionals in CAD, structural analysis, and project management tools, including AutoCAD, Civil 3D, STAAD.Pro, and MS Project.
- Delivered corporate and academic training programs for up to 150 participants and earned 3 faculty certifications.
- Earned top-tier performance ratings and fast-track promotion across 3 consecutive appraisal cycles at thyssenkrupp.
- Awarded sole cross-functional, division-wide promotion to Assistant Manager (Central Technology) at Suzlon, selected ahead of peer cohort.
- Top 0.4% nationwide: 1 of only 4 certified Autodesk Civil 3D instructors in a 1,000+ trainer network, driving corporate enrolments to achieve franchise's maiden ₹1 Cr revenue milestone.
- Prominently featured in company’s quarterly newsletter for digital product innovation leadership.
- B.E (Civil Engineering), Imperial College of Engineering and Research, Pune
- First Time Manager Program - upGrad (Company-nominated executive leadership development program)
- Microsoft Power BI and SQL Server - Pragati Software (Enterprise business intelligence & database analytics)
- Project Management using Microsoft Project - CADD Centre
- Volunteer Leader & WeCare Lead, Robin Hood Army (3+ years): Led community initiatives for a 100+ volunteer chapter, supported child-safeguarding programs for 300+ children. (Awarded Centurion Certificate for 100+ drives)
- Social Impact Mentor, Welingkar Institute (GCL Program): Guided management students in structuring grassroots social-impact solutions.