How you overcame challenges to achieve your ambitions in life so far?
Having stayed all my life in an urban city like Pune, it was difficult for me to switch to some remote location for my first job. Since it was a bigger company like ThyssenKrupp and considering the opportunities to learn onsite, I decided to move to Gujarat. This was the first plant in ThyssenKrupp were the fabrication was done onsite itself. Being a fresher at site it took some time for me to understand the different fabrication and erection process undergoing at site.
After having spent a year onsite, I was handed over to handle an important shutdown project happening at our site. The entire responsibility of choosing the contractor, the manpower along with execution of different activities during the duration of 10 days was supposed to be handled by me. Inspite having just a year of experience, my plant head had faith in me and entrusted me with this responsibility.
There were a lot of problems which I faced during the execution of shutdown project even before it started. I had to call the design engineer onsite due to discrepancies in the existing drawing and the information sent to our designers. Considering the criticality of this project, many decisions were made onsite itself in consultation with different design engineers. All of our team went through sleepless nights and ensured the work was being completed inspite of a number of obstacles.
During this entire duration, I realized in order to overcome any kind of challenge it is essential to have a calm head so that you are able to think clearly. Before coming to any kind of conclusion, it is essential to consult the respective people of expertise domain.
This phase of my work experience taught me that in life you will face innumerable number of challenges. It is always important to have your head still and face it rather than running away from it. It is the challenges which you face in life which makes you a stronger and a more confident person.
