Mechanical Engineering, rail engg, manufacturing engg, rolling stock

IFTIKHAR HUSSAIN

OBJECTIVE

To serve & polish my managerial & engineering skills in an extremely competitive organization with a sense of dedication and accomplishment.

WORK EXPERIENCE: (15 years)

1.Dy. Chief Mechanical Engineer-Carriage & Wagons Oct-2013 to May-2016

(Pakistan Railway Headquarters Office Lahore-Pakistan)

Developing work plans, schedules coupled with budgeting for improvement of RAMS of passengers’ coaches & freight wagons, maintenance depots / yards & workshops on Pakistan Railway network.

Managing and controlling stakeholders’ expectations besides procurements.

Responsible for “Up-gradation & Refurbishment of Rolling Stock Project” to meet with the operational requirements.

Responsible for supply chain (FOB, FOR), budget controls, monitoring & compliance of OEM maintenance regulations, data analysis, conducting inspections of rolling stock and maintenance depots.

2.Project Manager / Manager Systems Engineering Apr-2012 to Sep-2013

(at Electromotive Diesel Inc. LaGrange USA)

Dealt the designing, manufacturing and testing of 10 GT46ACS D.E Locomotives (4300 h.p) at EMD USA and commissioning at SRO workshops KSA.

Responsible for the systems engineering physical decomposition and integration phases of project and periodical deliverables to SRO-KSA and M/s Irolli Trading Corp., KSA.

3.Divisional Mechanical Engineer-1 Dec-2010 to Apr-2012

(Lahore Division, Pakistan Railway)

Responsible for the management of periodical overhaul / maintenance & RAMS of 104 Nos. D.E locomotives (3000, 2000, 1200, 950 h.p. locomotives’ whose OEM is M/s EMD-USA, M/s GE- USA and M/s Hitachi Japan).

Managing one locomotive base depot at Lahore and two advance locomotive base depots at Faisalabad and Wazirabad cities over Lahore Division, Pakistan Railway.

Responsible for train operation (passenger & freights; mainly Ex. Lahore to Karachi & back, Ex. Lahore to Multan via Faisalabad & back, Ex. Lahore to Amritsar (India) & back.

4.Divisional Mechanical Engineer Oct-2008 to Nov-2010

(Sukkur Division, Pakistan Railway)

Managing the Maintenance of 66 Nos. (1500 & 2000 h.p) D.E locomotives besides 600 Nos. rolling stock (passenger coaches & freight wagons) over Sukkur Division, Pakistan Railway.

Responsible for smooth train operation over mainline round the clock by ensuring the availability of reliable rolling stock & locomotives besides crews.

5.Works Manager-Carriage & Wagons Shops Feb-2007 to Sep-2007

(Moghalpura Division, Pakistan Railway)

Responsible for the management to maintain & periodical overhaul of railway rolling stock; passenger coaches & freight wagons, with the monthly targets of 100 and 700 respectively.

Evaluation of production management reports, performance monitoring of shops, job costing, budget control etc.

Administration and intangible resource management of carriage & wagon shops.

6.Senior Mechanical Engineer July-2005 to Feb-2007

(Pakistan Railway Headquarters Office Lahore-Pakistan)

Responsible for the smooth supply and inventory assessment of imported maintenance spares of diesel electric locomotives and rolling stock as well as technical evaluation of bids.

Formulating and implementing preventive maintenance schedules on rolling stock, factories/workshops, plant & equipments.

7.Senior Mechanical Engineer-Design July-2003 to Jun-2005

(Pakistan Locomotive Factory Risalpur, Pakistan Railway)

Responsible for the indigenization of different components of D.E Locomotives.

Major and minor modifications in the manufacturing project of 69-D.E Chinese Locomotives.

Worked as Management representative for ISO-9001 & 14001 from Oct-2004 to Jun-2005

8.Assistant Works Manager-Production May-2001 to July-2003

(Pakistan Locomotive Factory Risalpur, Pakistan Railway)

Dealt the rehabilitation project of 101-D.E locomotives of 3000 & 2000 H.P under the technical supervision of G.E, USA.

Responsible for job costing, production planning, budgeting & production management reports, good quality fabrication and welding (TIG & MIG welding), rationale efficacy of CNC machines.

9.Product Support Engineer Aug-2000 to May-2001

(Western International (Pvt.) Ltd., Lahore-Pakistan)

“Field Balancing”& “Condition Monitoring” of rotating machinery through vibration analysis.

EDUCATION

M.Sc Rail Systems Engineering & Integration 2008

(University of Birmingham, Birmingham-United Kingdom)

(Modules: Railway Rolling Stock Systems Design, Railway Tractions Systems Design, Railway Infrastructure & Track Systems, Train Control Systems Engineering, Strategic Management of Railway Operations, Systems Engineering & Integration for Dependability, Railway Economics & Technology Management, Ergonomics & Human Factors for Railways)

(Dissertation: Transport Feasibility Options’ Assessment for Stratford-upon-Avon – an abandoned rail link in West Midlands, UK)

M.Sc. Manufacturing Engineering 2010

(University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore-Pakistan)

(Modules: CAD/CAM, Human Resource Management, Productivity & TQM, Economic Decisions in Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing Processes, Concurrent Product and Process Design, Production Planning and Control, Manufacturing Systems)

(Thesis: Supply Chain Management in Pakistan railway workshops)

B.Sc Mechanical Engineering 2000

“University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore-Pakistan”

INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY EXPOSURE / VISITS

Training on transfer of technology to Pakistan Railway from M/s Dalian Locomotive & Rolling Stock Works, PR. China, in the field of “Design & Drafting” ( Dec-2002 to Mar-2003)

UK rail systems ( LUL, Birmingham metro trains, Intercity trains from London to Glasgow and Edinburgh, Freight trains, Maintenance depots at Long Marston & others)

Norway rail systems (Metro at Oslo, Intercity trains from Norvik to Kurna, Freight trains)

Sweeden Rail systems (Iron ore mine railway system at Kurna, maintenance depots, metro at Malmo)

Denmark Rail systems (Intercity trains, metro trains at Copenhagen, Central Station railway operation)

KSA Rail Systems (SRO maintenance workshops at Dammam, Freight trains operation from Dammam to Riaz)

PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS & Memberships

Project Management (PMBOK 5TH Ed.) Course (42 credit hours in 3 months)

Mid-career Management Course ( 3.5 months duration)

T-15 railway training course ( 10 months duration)

Sustainable Production in manufacturing industries of Pakistan ( 1 week duration)

MS-Project (project management & analysis) ( 1 week duration)

Railway Projects’ preparation and planning (1 week duration)

Presentation Skills for Managers ( 1 week duration)

Internal Auditing of an organization regarding ISO-9001/14001 (6 months duration including implementation)

Member of Pakistan Engineering Council as ‘Professional Engineer’

Member of Society of Mechanical Engineers of Pakistan

Executive member of Association of Mechanical Engineers of Railway

IT SKILLS

Systems Engineering Software: ‘Core 5.0’ University edition, Intro. to ‘DOORS’

Railway Traction Simulation Software: ebs

MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Power Point, MS-Project, Auto CAD, SPS etc.

INTERESTS

Play sports (cricket, snooker, badminton)

Watch movies

Like Travelling

References

Available upon request

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