ABDUL BASIT

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An engineering graduate with 8+ years’ experience of Production, Maintenance & Engineering in Manufacturing, FMCG & Food Industries. Successfully led and develop multi-discipline, multi-cultural teams in Pakistan & UAE, while managing CAPEXs of $4.0 Mn and OPEX of $1.5 Mn annually. I have maintained factories producing billion-dollar brands like Marlboro cigarette and Al Baker flour. KEY COMPETENCIES

• Operations & Maintenance Management – Setup & qualification of New department with OJT for technical teams, Established PM programs for every facility, Workflow/Planning and Scheduling Skills, HSE regulations

• Audit Preparedness & Management – Managed and conducted OHSAS18001, OHSAS 22000, EHS & HACCP audits

• IT Skills – SAP, Oracle, AUTOCAD, SS-CMMS, Primavera, Microsoft Axapta and Ms OFFICE

• Communication Skills – Given 4000+ man-hour trainings to staff on different technical and operational topics

• Project Management – Scoping, Planning, Installation, Execution & successful commissioning of multiple projects

• Lean Manufacturing – CI, TPM, LEAN, Six Sigma, Kaizen, VSM, RCA (Fishbone, 5W, Y-Y analysis) and WBS analysis PROFESSIONAL ABRIDGEMENT

Maintenance Manager – Tencate Thiolon Middle East LLC (Dec, 2020 – Present) Key Achievements:

Developed & launched Kaizen delivering a 15% increase in productivity and reducing overall down time of plant

Developed CBM (Condition Based Monitoring) plan for all the 12 extrusion lines including MF, tape line & utilities

Introduced Technical spares consumption track system, Hazard Reporting tool and implemented 5S system

Complete installation and commissioning of 3 SIMA production lines from Italy with inline twisting, wrapping & texturizing (Project Worth USD 8.6 Mio) along with 2 Atlas COPCO air compressors of 210KW capacity

Improvement of overall plant reliability and reduction in downtimes through the deployment of Computerized Maintenance Management System (SS-CMMS) and effectively training all maintenance employees

Installed & commissioned solar water heating system consisting solar evacuated tubes (capacity 10m3/day on an area of 297m2) providing a saving of 192864 AED/yr from a total investment of 514000 Aed Core Responsibilities:

• Responsible to provide clear and effective leadership to the maintenance team (consisting of 19 members including mechanic, electrician, Building technicians & HVAC team) to ensure that equipment is maintained at optimum level to maximize up-time performance and improve plant condition in a cost-effective & safe manner

• Responsible for development of the annual asset maintenance schedule and individual asset integrity plans

• Establish a culture of continuous improvement to eliminate waste, develop & improve Maintenance KPIs, enhance team performance and optimize equipment according to standard procedure

• Responsible for the maintenance of all types of compressor & dryers causing 1.14 MW electrical load providing the flow rate=537cfm @7.5bars, Centrifugal & positive displacement pumps, Cooling Towers (2500 RT), Service and maintenance of 3 York chillers (800, 800, 950 TR capacity), Saiver AHUs & vacuum blowers (1000 m3/hr)

• To review stock policy and purchase requisitions for spare parts ensuring budgetary constraints & optimal stocks

• Responsible to lead maintenance in collaboration with other departments for the development of project scope, process design, capital and expense estimates, contractor and vendor selection, equipment specifications and purchases, implementation timeline and coordination of execution plans

Associate Manager Maintenance – Emirates Grain products LLC (July, 2017 – Nov, 2020) Key Achievements:

Managed at least 7 different projects simultaneously worth $1.3 Mn from proposal to safe execution to completion while overall managing CAPEX projects worth of $3.0 Mn annually

Replaced old, multiple re-winded motors with IE3 energy efficient motors leading to the saving of AED 1.04 Million annually with-in a payback of 17.8 months

Involved in replacement, installation & commissioning of Chakki packing lines, 25 kg packing line, Hammer Mill, Flour packing line (21 t/hr.) and centrifugal fans in Flour Mill, Feed Mill & Flour packing (approx. 15 m3/min)

Performed air leak testing across plant & implemented the devised action plans to save 300,000 AED annually

Reduced the breakdown for Flour Mill from 4.15% to 1.85% providing extra milling of 7328 MT adding value of 2.93 Million AED to the business annually through effective Preventive Maintenance & spares inventory

Reduction in Engineering store inventory by AED 1.1 Mn through ABC analysis, implementing VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) in coordination with procurement and switching from OEM to OPM while managing and optimizing engineering spares of an inventory value of AED 8.9 Mio

Executed the projects of Major refurbishment of bucket elevators (up to 25 t/h), chain conveyors, blowers, air locks and screw conveyors across Flour, Chakki & Animal Feed plant

Did Engineering detail and installed a Condensate recovery system in Feed Mill Boiler which is giving a saving of 39,198 lit of diesel per year of value AED 71,342 /Year

Modified & automated packing lines to increase from 7 to 8 layer stacking providing saving of AED 600,000/year Core Responsibilities:

• Upgraded & replaced all old PLC with Simatic Siemens PLC S7-400

• Responsible for meeting KPI of Failure Rate less than 2.5% (OEE 91.5%), PM Compliance, Energy and Cost

• Responsible to optimize cost through effective budget planning and management, identifying reduction opportunities in all cost headers (Utility + R&M + Manpower) and using a cost-effective approach towards asset management & minimizing loss & waste to meet factory cost target year on year basis

• Responsible for all the engineering utilities including air compressors, air dryers, chillers, blowers, wire distribution, and electrical circuitry, boilers, full fledge mechanical workshop etc

• Responsible for 29 direct reports of technicians (electricians, mechanics, fabricators etc.) including managing & evaluating performance management, employee improvement & development plans through proper trainings

• Ensuring strict compliance of GMP, through CBM and keeping up-to-date records as per Quality Audit Requirements, ensuring ZERO Major NCs (ISO, External Customers, Internal Auditors)

• Vendor development for cost effective alternatives & management of contractors along with AMC management Philip Morris International (Apr, 2013 – May, 2017)

Maintenance Engineer - Primary Production Department (Feb, 2015 – May, 2017) Key Achievements:

Initiated & streamlined the system for Planned Maintenances

Developed & implemented task-lists for Primary consisting frequency based Preventive Maintenance activities along with spares & manning map through using SAP PM

Key validation and qualification of multimillion-dollar investment under Greenfield Project IBEX for factory's new engineering equipment (Boilers, Chiller, AHUs, and utilities distribution network)

Developed Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) strategy including OEE, MTTR & MTBF

Reduce steam consumption via energy audits of steam traps, condensate pumps and pipe sizing

Reduction in breakdown maintenance downtime from 30% to 18%, spares parts stock out situation by 80% along with SVC R&M cost reduction by 10% in year 2016

Reduce gas consumption by leading project of exhaust air heat exchangers mounted on exhaust ducts of processing machines thus saved M$/Annum in account of gas bill

Increase boiler efficiency by supplying continuous hot water through waste heat recovery boiler (mounted on exhaust of internal combustion engine) exchanging heat with jacket water Core Responsibilities:

• Managed the fabrication workshop operations through preparation & submission of daily and weekly work schedules, checking drawings to ensure adherence to design plans & executing preventive maintenance

• Responsible for SVC Repair & Maintenance, Cost & Annual Budget (OB) and Vertical Start-up of New Equipment

• Responsible for maintenance of pumps (Flow rate: 240 l/m, head: max. 13 mwc1) for chemical ingredients

• Maintenance Cost tracking against volumes/other variables for the annual budget of PKR 12.9 mio & develop forecast models for all R&M budget & cost in line with PM plans, track FC vs Actual Weekly cost

• Developed, Initiated & streamlined the system for Daily Cleaning, Inspection & Lubrication System as part of Autonomous Maintenance & frequency based Preventive Maintenance (PM) Program

• Performed engineering support for modification of existing equipment, new safety platforms & storage racks Process Engineer - Primary Production Department (Apr, 2013 – Jan, 2015) Key Achievements:

Conducted VSM (Value Stream Mapping) for complete Primary with current & future state

Developed detailed production plan with Shift-wise working along with requirements of cost, spares & space of storage of inventory (required for both Production facilities) for FY’2016

Headcount optimization (from 56 to 39) through improved machine automation

Successfully achieved ISO: 9001, ISO: 14001 and OSHAS: 18001 certifications for Primary Department

Increased Main Lamina line capacity from 4.5 tons/hr. to 6 tons/hr. through modifications

8% Waste reduction on stem processing line through design modifications of Stem Conditioning & Casing cylinder and optimization of Stem cutter (Savings of 178k USD/annum)

0.57% yield improvement (87K USD/annum) through improved machines maintenance and process control

Qualified & optimized New Tobacco processing line (Updated capacity of 5000 kg/hr) in Kotri Factory (Pakistan) with intercompany transferred, local & new equipment from OEM Core Responsibilities:

• Led a team of 37 people consisting of Senior Operators, Operators & General workers

• Ensuring that the process & products meet quality standards and make actions immediately to address variances from quality standards while maintaining high productivity

• Responsible for engaging, executing & delivering cost reduction, quality improvement & cycle time reduction in the areas of line performance, waste reduction & energy consumption.

• Initiated process improvements through task teams & track progress through Opportunity For Improvement

• Provide technical support & leadership on projects in manufacturing facilities across Pakistan Au Vitronics Limited

Maintenance Engineer - R&D Department (May, 2012 – Mar, 2013)

• Executed preventive maintenance of production lines as per the schedule for the largest injection molding facility of Pakistan having 38 machines ranging from 100Tons to 3000 Tons

• Hands on experience in manufacturing and process troubleshooting of precise injection molded products for Automotive and Home Appliance industry

• Managed all of CLF and Krauss Maffei injection molding machines

• Imported & installed Solar evacuated tubes while executed the PU foaming of their inlet & outlet Pipes

• Maintenance of Solar Collectors, Absorption Chiller, Ammonia chiller and AHU EDUCATION

BE-MECHANICAL from NEDUET Pakistan, 4-year program with 1st division 2008-11 INTERMEDIATE from FEDERAL BOARD with 1st division 2005-07 ACHIEVEMENTS & HONORS

IFFCO Certificate of Appreciation in 2019 for successful designing & installation of racking system

IFFCO Certificate of Appreciation in 2018 for successful reduction of spares inventory value

PMI’s 2nd highest (ABCD - 2015) Award for successful installation & commissioning of 5 Tons/Hr. Processing plan

ABCD (Above & Beyond Call of Duty 2013) Award for Best Improved Department in PMI against KPIs

1-month training in PHILSA (Turkey affiliate of PMI) for PROCESS ENGINEERING

Project Management by NPO (National Productivity Organization) INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

ALSONS INDUSTRIES (PVT) LTD

UNITED REFRIGERATION INDUSTRIES

(DAWLANCE) LTD

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