Kaustubh Marathe
Engineering, Project Management and Operations Leader
- Role
- Senior Project Manager at Cascades
- Location
- Richmond, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kaustubh Marathe
Capital equipment manufacturing industry professional with over 20 years of solid hands-on experience in operations and P&L management, design, engineering, project management, sales & marketing support, customer service, process development, budgeting, schedule control and product innovation. Strategic thinker with excellent interpersonal touch and uncompromising integrity who prefers results-oriented team approach.
Experience
Senior Project Manager
Oct 2025 — Present · Ashland, VA, US
Lead engineering troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis (RCA), translating findings into fully executed reliability and capital projects- Manage and support Project Managers and maintenance technicians, providing project direction, prioritization, and execution support- Plan and deliver projects end-to-end, developing schedules, work orders, and resource plans using SAP CMMS and project planning tools- Manage vendors and contractors, including scope definition, quotation evaluation, cost control, and execution oversight- Partner with maintenance, reliability, and operations teams to improve predictive maintenance strategies and asset performance- Drive post-RCA implementation, project prioritization, and risk mitigation to ensure on-time, safe, and efficient project delivery- Lead continuous improvement initiatives in Defect Handling and Breakdown Elimination using Lean principles.
Education
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSUB), Vadodara
Master of Engineering (M.E.), Mechanical Engineering
1993 — 1995
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSUB), Vadodara
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering
1989 — 1993
Skills
- Engineering Management
- Project Management
- Solidworks
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Leadership
- R&D
- Machine Design
- Engineering
- Autocad
- Automation
- Iso
- Business Process Improvement
- Product Development
- Lean Manufacturing
- Fmea
- Root Cause Analysis
- Factory
- Management
- Team Building
- Process Engineering
- Continuous Improvement
- Process Improvement
- Mechanical Engineering
- Research and Development (R&D)
- R
- Product Design
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Manufacturing
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