Manager Maintenance

PRADEEP J. JHA

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An accomplished & knowledgeable professional aiming for senior level assignments as Plant & Equipment Manager / Workshop Manager with an organization of high repute; preferably in Construction industry

Location Preference: UAE / Qatar / Canada

SKILLS SET

PROFILE SUMMARY

Hydraulic Engineering

Customer Management

Mechanical Engineering

Construction Equipment

Resource Optimization

Ready-mix concrete plant

Erection & Commissioning

Troubleshooting

Inventory Management

Spare Parts Management

Team Management

A competent professional with 17 years of experience in Plant & Equipment Management and Maintenance

Expertise in planning & implementing preventive, predictive & breakdown maintenance schedules for improving overall reliability and safety of plant equipment & machinery

Develop annual budget for the Division in conjunction with other Division and manage work within approve budget

Demonstrated abilities in troubleshooting critical problems encountered during running the plants

Instrumental in managing workshop with responsibilities pertaining to effective servicing and repairs

Pivotal in coordinating in plant operations for the set up standards with accountability for strategic utilization & deployment of available resources to achieve organizational objectives

Well versed with quality tools like JIT, KAIZEN, TPM, MOST, 5S and SAP

Hands-on experience in carrying out routine scheduled maintenance work and responding to equipment faults

An effective communicator with good analytical, leadership, interpersonal, planning and problem solving skills

Produce reports of the status of Equipment in the workshop and cost incurred for repair and Maintenance

CORE COMPETENCIES

Managing overall operations & maintenance activities with a view to enhance operational efficiency of operations and eliminating obsolescence

Handing maintenance of Hydraulics & Pneumatic equipment like Hydraulic Pumps, Hydraulic Valves, Coupling & Gearboxes

Responsible for planning, scheduling and assuring completion of work within an assigned maintenance area

Increasing machine up time & equipment reliability by implementing maintenance schedules and carrying out periodic checks; maintaining requisite documents

Conceptualizing and effectuating predictive & preventive maintenance schedules for various mechanical / hydraulic equipment

Minimizing potential accident by understanding and observing safe work practice in all activities

Planning & managing operations of an organization to ensure and enhancing performance, productivity & profitability

Developing & streamlining systems with proven ability to enhance operational effectiveness and meet operational goals within the cost, time & quality parameters

Profile Forte:

Engineering & Maintenance Services

Managing engineering services on the site, ensuring all reactive & proactive maintenance is undertaken in a systematic, safe, professional, timely and cost effective manner

Extending support to the Site Engineers as required to maintain the agreed engineering standards & process efficiencies

Managing overall site map showing buildings, facilities, machinery and utilities to ensure that it is up to date at all times

Developing & implementing a comprehensive and robust preventative maintenance system that provides optimal operational capability and maximizes machine uptime

Keeping up to date knowledge and advising on all major issues affecting plant operations

Accountable for maintaining oversight of the site engineering resources in conjunction with the General Manager to ensure the appropriate levels of effectiveness versus cost

Actively involved in ensuring that all business owned vehicles are safe, maintained and appropriately registered & warranted

Project Management & Planning

Supervising plant project works and ensuring budget expectations are met in conjunction with the General Manager

Exposure in providing effective management of all major CAPEX projects and R&M projects from project conceptualization to post implementation review

Shouldering the responsibility of providing detailed specifications to suppliers for quoting of plant machinery & other services associated with CAPEX projects

Responsible for assuring that development work, project cost estimates, option analysis & design activities take place on a timely basis to enable efficient and effective project execution

Actively involved in managing project costs with the General Manager as against CAPEX payback values and assumptions

Proven success in ensuring that projects are planned & implemented with responsibilities and timeframes, thereby creating and maintaining communication and control of the project through all stages of the project cycle.

Health, Safety & Quality

Ensuring safe work practices, policies and procedures relating to work

Raising the issue to person concerned or management in case of any lapses in systems & procedures, unsafe or poor work practices, or abuses of plant/machinery

Providing recommendations for safety, systems or quality improvements through the use of the “U Fix-it” System

Continued Improvement/KPI Leadership

Functioning as central contact point for Engineering U Fix It forms; allocated the forms to the relevant engineering staff and proactively managing close outs of all engineering UFI’s as per timelines in the business objectives

Introducing any process design and improvements to ensure key processes are lean & effective

Conducting root cause analysis to identify the true causes of issues and my team works diligently to implement solutions in a timely manner to prevent reoccurrence

People Management & Leadership

Undertaking activities related to recruitment, development, training, motivation and retention of assigned staff conforming to budgetary objectives and personnel policies

Ensuring that performance management or disciplinary issues are addressed and referring to HR and/or Senior Management, where necessary

Looking after performance and development of all staff within the department

Carrying out training in accordance with Tumu training procedures and is correctly documented in training records

Accountable for managing the engineering apprenticeship scheme

Management Reporting

Accountable for reporting of management information that conveys concise & accurate information to assist decision making across their areas of responsibility

Conducting uptime/downtime analysis across the various machine centre reflecting a drive for maximization of uptime

Actively involved in maintaining effective, relevant KPI’s and these are reported in agreed timeframes

Supplier/Contractor Relationship Management

Developing & maintaining effective relationships with operational contractors and suppliers

Proven excellence in ensuring that operational contractors & suppliers are appropriately inducted to enable them to access the site in accordance with business requirements

Assuring that current preferred supplier agreements are in place with all major suppliers which detail agreed pricing (labour & materials) and terms of trade

Administrative Functions

Instrumental in assuring that all relevant administrative functions are carried as per company procedure

Spearheading the responsibility of ensuring that all purchase order and invoicing procedures are followed consistently

WORK EXPERIENCE

Feb’2010 - Till Date: Dutch Foundation WLL (ISO900-ISO14000), Qatar as Plant & Equipment Manager

Role:

Managing HSE facility in workshop for electrical power & distribution, storage of gas and toxic materials as per NAKHILAT guideline and specification

Undertaking activities related to:

oMaintenance of hydraulic & mechanical breakdown of heavy equipment machinery

oEffective utilisation of available resources

oFabrication of storage tank, repair of heavy structure and machinery parts for Raslaffan Project (QP standard) as per design and specification

oHeavy Lifting machinery and instrument calibration to avoid any accident related to the work

Carrying out third party inspection of welding job through Ultrasonic Test

Responsible for planning for TO & TO work, erection of heavy equipment machinery and minimum spear parts requirement to ensure smooth flow of operation

Developing local vender and imparting training to achieve our quality limit

Collaborating with machine manufacture for timely arrangement of spare parts and technical support for equipment

Managing documentation of operation activity for proper analysis of maintenance cost and auditing

Looking after certification of all equipment on timely basis as per local rule & regulation and all machine related construction activity

Liaising with site and other department for smooth flow of operation

Administering activities like evaluation of maintenance cost

Imparting training to the welder & fabricator as per ASME -WPS (BS-EN288) standard

Jul’2006 – Dec’2009: Middle East Foundation Groups-LLC, Dubai-UAE as Mechanical Engineer

Role:

Undertook service & maintenance of all kind of machine including hydraulic base machinery

Shouldered the responsibility of:

oPlanning & scheduling repair of machinery as per site record

oManaging minimum inventory for spare parts control to avoid major breakdown of machinery

oHandling preventative and predictive maintenance for all equipment

oAll kind of Maintenance and repair for ready mix concrete plant.

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Assured timely allocation of machinery as per site requirement and modification of machinery as per project requirement

Handled trouble shutdown of all hydraulic machinery

Accountable for repair and maintenance of machinery as per hydraulic circuit

Managed documentation for maintenance & certification of plant and machinery

Conducted analysis of repair cost for maintenance of machinery

Aug’2004 – Jul’2006: Specialized Pilling Techniques-LLC, Abu Dhabi, UAE as Hydraulic Engineer

Role:

Handled repair & maintenance work on heavy duty mobile plant equipment and hydraulic & electric systems

Prepared maintenance log and planning schedules of machineries

Accountable for designing & repairing hydraulic and pneumatic system as per requirement

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Jul’2001 – Jun’2004: Killick Nixon Ltd., Mumbai – India as Production & Service Engineer

Highlights:

Steered efforts in coordinating with planning department for next batch of production and maintaining schedule for production, design jig & fixture as per requirement

Served as In-charge of a team consists of 3-4 persons and responsible for pre stressing work consist two sets of hydraulic pumps & jacks it’s capacity up to 350MT

Played a key role in explaining working of hydraulic system & working process to client & consultants and converting all design data into parameter as per requirement

Jul’2000 – Dec’2000: Crompton Greaves Ltd. (Large Machine Division), Mumbai –India as Trainee

Highlights:

Essayed a stellar role in checking varnish viscosity & record; recording TIG brazing & bending in SPP format and ensuring Rupatam-14 brazing rods available

Played a key role in ensuring that SR rotor copper was ordered for next rotor

Holds the distinction of working with Six Sigma Implementation Group

Significantly handled maintenance of Hydraulic & Pneumatic System

EDUCATION

B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from University of Mumbai in 2001

PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENTS

Training on Hydraulic Engineering and Assembly of Rig Machine from KLEMM, Germany in 2008

Workshop Training for Excavator & Wheel Loader by CATERPILLER in 2009

Workshop Training in Hydraulic base Heavy Equipment Machinery by Putzmeister - Germany in 2010

Workshop Training on Cummins Engine by Jaidah Group in 2010

Training for Vibrating Equipment by International Construction Equipment (ICE) Netherlands in 2015

CMMS Training by Projacs in May 2016

SAP-PM Certification from SAP - India

IT SKILLS

Well versed with SAP (PM), Primavera V6, CMMS, MS Office and Internet Applications

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 22nd January 1979

Present Address: 5th Floor, QIB Building, Al Saad, Doha Qatar – 23535

Permanent Address: Pradeep Jha, Room No. 103, Blacksmith Iris Building, Plot F-51, Sector 12, Kharghar, New Mumbai - 410210

Language Known: English, Hindi, Marathi, Maithili & Arabic (Basic)

Passport No.: Z2486547 (Expiry Date: 15/01/2024)

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