AMITH RAJ
Dubai investment park *, Dubai, UAE ***945 C: +971-********* ***********@*****.***
Professional Summary
Consummate Facility Engineer with 10 years of experience with strong record of accomplishments in driving all aspects of Operational Asset Management, Process Engineering, Business Development ventures, complex logistical structures, optimizing operations performance and robust project implementations; with proven ability in delivering results in challenging international environments. I have coordinated Technicians, Coordinator’s, Contractor’s to provide thorough maintenance and repair services to machineries, facilities, and utilities, and I am committed to ensuring that facilities remain safe and in solid condition for both employees and guests. Directed work crews of 30+ employees while overseeing all employee safety practices and procedures.
Summary of Qualification
Facilities Management
Capital expenditure project
Contractor Management
Multi Project Management
Contractor/Vendor Evaluation
Cost reduction strategies
Teambuilding and Training
Store Management
Budget Management
Corporate Communications
Technical Skills
Huge supervisory experience in Building Management System
In depth knowledge of Electrical, Mechanical, HVAC, Life safety systems, Preventive maintenance Systems
Sound fundamental knowledge of PLC based control system
Proven ability to troubleshoot under extreme pressure operational environment
Well-versed with JD Edward ERP maintenance management system
AutoCAD/MS Office/PLC/PowerPoint
Professional Experience (10 years)
Facilities Engineer - (December 2017 to Present)
Emirates Flight Catering (EMIRATES GROUP)
Facilities Maintenance Engineer - (September 2013 to November 2017) Promat Middle East -Dubai, UAE
Maintenance Engineer - (August 2011 to July 2013)
MAR Fabricators India Pvt Ltd Hospet India
Graduate Eng. Trainee - (August 2010 to August 2011)
Keltron Component Complex Ltd – Kannur India
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Ensure Adherence to all safe working practices in accordance with safety legislations. Ensuring the operational safety of all employees and equipment’s all time. Undergone in-house training on safe start conducted by DuPont.
Ensure Adherence to all quality system and policy in accordance with ISO 9001:2015 international standards and company policies. Ensure quality standards are met by all employees.
Manage and control the entire services, operational activities, deliveries of facility including but not limited to HVAC, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire & Security systems, refurbishment of MEP and Civil works.
Hands on experience in Operation and Maintenance of Boiler, Air-compressor, AHUs, FAHUs, FCU, Chiller, Ammonia Refrigeration plant, Hot water generation systems, Chemical Dosing station, Waste water treatment plant, Heaters, Evaporator, Solar Plant, BMS System, UPS, Fire and Security system.
Hands on Experience in maintenance of AC motor, DC motor, Loading/Unloading conveyors, Power Press, Transport Conveyor, Field instruments, CNC machines, Laundry garment sorting system, PU Conveyor, Index conveyor, Gravity roller conveyor, Automatic packaging and crimping lines, X-ray Machine.
Low voltage switch gear knowledge including LV Panels, Main Distribution Control Panels, Sub Distribution Control Panels, and Capacitor banks including power cabling/control wiring.
Design, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of electric control circuits comprising of circuit breaker, relay, starters, programmable logic controller, field instruments, servo drives and other associated switchgears in a continuous process manufacturing environment.
Leading, supervising & evaluating teams including coordinators, supervisors, technicians & multi-contractors in the day to day engineering and maintenance operation of the facility including service standards, equipment schedules, and work schedules.
Communicate with Government agencies to ensure full compliance with statutory regulations - Prepare CAPEX and Repairs and Maintenance budgets for Engineering.
Succefully commissioned various capital investment and expansion projects, identifying stakeholders and their requirement, creating scope of work, project brief and project baselines with risk register, communication between stake holders and handling procurement processes with procurement department, handling of contractors and FM team, commissioning and final handover.
Preparing and implementing daily, weekly, monthly PPM schedule on all operational equipment’s and facilities infrastructure, shutdown plan and procedures as required to upkeep the equipment and services of assigned operational areas in optimum operational condition at all times.
Supervised planned preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance and predictive maintenance on all operational equipment’s and Engineering systems, including Vibration analysis, Thermographic imaging, Eddy current testing, Oil analysis, Refrigeration analysis, chiller efficiency test etc.
Responsible for generating work completion report from ERP maintenance management system, asset tracking, including warranties, downtime and depreciation, maintenance scheduling, inventory management, Log books and Daily activity Reports.
Initiation and execution of improvement activities, preparing comprehensive business reports and presentation, plant performance report, overall equipment effectiveness report, energy saving proposals, root cause analysis, corrective and preventive action completion details, utility consumption report, and manpower utilization report.
Develop standard operating procedures for Engineering systems and equipment’s in the facility, training matrices, performance review, risk assessments, and maintaining GMP documents.
Assist AVP Engineering in preparing feasibility studies for new installations, replacements or repair of existing engineering systems, including technical evaluation, specifications and materials for modifications in addition to process diagrams and cost estimates and ensure proper follow up reports and evaluation on completed modifications.
Experience in forecasting of manpower, budget and material requirements to ensure timely availability of resources and spares for effective execution of Electrical outage maintenance plans.
Monitor and Manage BMS system in the Facility. Succefully commissioned SCADA system for the Refrigeration plant.
Responsible for setting department objective/KPIs for the technicians and conducting annual performance appraisal for the direct reports. Prepared personal improvement plan and provided training for under performed staff.
Develop, implement and manage KPIs for each area of responsibilities. Achieved over 85% project completion, 95% weekly PPM completion and 97% resource utilization in 2019.
Developed a new program to assign high priority to work order older than 2 days resulting in an increase in the rate of WO closing by 30% increasing weekly WO closing over 95%.
Attended weekly meeting with procurement department to discuss the status of critical issues, purchase requisitions, new project approval status, spare parts requisition and weekly follow ups. Succeeded in improving the PO issuance time for spare parts and maintenance of critical facility equipment’s.
Conducted monthly Engineering store inventory and develop clear accountability of maintenance material spend combined with a strategy to manage expenditure. Control inventory for High value items. Control monthly spending without exceeding the R&M Budget.
Drive the engineering team to achieve continuous improvements in plant availability, plant performance and staff productivity through effective maintenance system.
Vast experience in working with service providers in terms of contract service level agreements, quality of personnel, availability of resources, and weekly reporting and meetings.
Monthly auditing of entire building to identify general corrective maintenance as necessary for proper maintenance and operation of various equipment, fixtures, etc.
Review daily utilities consumption report and strive to minimize costs. Reduced water consumption by using steam condensate water from equipment’s for irrigation. Reduced monthly R&M spend by 15-20% by providing training for the technicians to perform minor fabrication works and electric motor repair works in-house.
Scheduling and Supervising AMC contractors.
Develop, implement, and direct all emergency programs. Developed and implemented Ammonia leak emergency response procedure for the facility.
Participated in calls and responded to after hours problems and emergencies; and was required to return to duty within a specific recall time.
Fully responsible for ensuring proper surveying, preparing or checking of snag reports, checking of unit hand over/take over and managing warranties of all new projects.
Ensures the availability of all required stock of parts & materials at a minimum level all times delivering the required services on time and within schedule.
Tasked with ensuring terms of service contracts are all met and exceeded.
Responsible for Audit and ensure compliance of all engineering data system.
Ensure all locations, tasks and equipment’s confirm to the electrical safety standards. To ensure all the portable appliances are PAT tested.
Ensures all maintenance activities are carried out with Work Permit and LOTOTO Procedures are strictly followed. All Hot work permits is carried out with FM Global Approval.
Guiding and assisting of Technicians in maintenance department and functioned as section in charge in rotating shifts.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Eng. – 2010
CUSAT (College of engineering Thalasseri) Thalasseri, Kerala, India
High School Diploma, Science - With an Aggregate of 72% - 2006
Kendriya Vidyalaya Kannur
Training
Fire Safety Training
Siemens training for PLC programming on Simatic manager, TIA Portal & PCS
Training for Schneider VFD Installation, Testing & Commissioning.
Projects Handled
Pre-opening –EKFC Expo facility Dubai south
Expansion of supply chain dry material storage facility by construction of Mezzanine floor.
Administration block Open office project.
Goods In- Goods Out Loading dock expansion project
Relocation project- Ice cream and Penne-Pasta Production
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 15th of June 1988
Status: Married
UAE Valid Driving LICENSE
Reference
Available on Request