Project Coordinator Plant Manager
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DETAILED RESUME
SYED ARFAN MAHMOOD PIRZADA
BACKGROUND
Professional Experience
I have an extensive experience of almost 32 years regarding General Management, Production Management, Project Management, Procurement Management, particularly with respect to Process and Production facility designing, planning and control, Purchase and Selections, Installation, Operation, Repair & Maintenance of Pharmaceutical plants, Chemical Industrial plants, Beverage plants, Hotel equipment and machinery particularly with reference to HVAC, Cold Rooms, Laundry and Kitchen and Hi-tech Machinery, Laboratory Equipments and Instruments, Workshop tools & equipments, Raw Materials and almost all sorts of goods and commodities. I have spent 32 years in Various National and International organization at various positions which include as Production Manager, as Chief Engineer,as Division Head, as QA Engineer, as Procurement Manager and at various other senior positions. I have also served for four years with the United States Agency for International Development Mission to Pakistan, Islamabad as Project Manager for Tetanus vaccine production facility designing and five years as Procurement Assurance Manager. Further, four years with WHO as Project Coordinator and almost twenty four years as Consultant for various Hotel, Pharmaceutical, Industrial, Food & Chemical production projects. I have also served as member Engineering Committee in various Hotel, Pharmaceutical, Hospital, Food and Chemical Process industry. I joined various organizations as Head of the Division, Chief Engineer, Production Manager, Project Manager, Project Coordinator, Procurement Manager and Technical Consultant. I have successfully handled a number of multi-million Dollar Projects involving Management and Production design actions, Selection and Procurement of plants, equipments and various machinery, etc.. Further these actions included Technical Project Management and large scale production process as well as facility designing, Installation, Operation, Maintenance and Quality Control Management and undertaking Calibrations and Validations including DQ, IQ, OQ &PQ. Also I have the expertise of procurement of diversified nature of machinery, equipment and commodities from both local as well as off-shore sources. I have also undertaken the responsibility of FAT and SAT both within country and at international level.
EDUCATION
•(MBA), USA Div….1st
•B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Lhr Div…1st.
•Computer Operations, Lhr Div...1st
•Diploma Ref.and A/C, Lhr Div…1st
•Diploma Mechanical Engineering, USA Div …1st
•Diploma Medical Instrumentation .Div ...1st
and Equipment Maintenance
State of Bahrain.
. DHMS, Diploma In Homoeopathic Div…1st
Medical System. Rwp.
TRAININGS
•Training on Metrology including Calibration, Validation and Qualification of equipments at Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunisia.
•Training on Important Technical Aspects of Lyophilization Technology at Shanghai Tofflon Science and Technology Co., Ltd. China.
•Training on Installation and Operation, Repair and Maintenance of High Technology Products / Industrial Plants at N.B.S., New Jersey, USA.
•Training course by WHO on Management and Maintenance of Pharmaceutical / Medical Equipment at College of Health Sciences, State of Bahrain.
•Training on Industrial Plant Operation & Process Control at Ittehad Chemicals, Kala Shah Kaku, Pakistan.
•Training on Industrial Plant Process Control, Installation, Repair and Maintenance at Pak American Fertilizer Ltd, Iskanderabad, Pakistan.
•Training on Procurement of Goods, Works and Consultant’s Services by World Bank, at Islamabad Pakistan. I also made presentation.
•Training course on Preventive Maintenance and Process Control by WHO at Islamabad, Pakistan. I also made presentation.
•Training workshop organized by WHO on Cleaning Procedures for Area, Equipment & Apparatus with reference to cGMP practices at Islamabad,Pakistan. I was the speaker.
•Training workshop on Bio Waste Management organized by WHO at Islamabad Pakistan. I was the speaker in this workshop.
•Training course on Quality Control Concepts and Validation at National institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan.
•Training course on GMP and Laboratory Practices at WHO, Islamabad, Pakistan.
•Training workshop by Bio-engineering Switzerland on Biochemical Engineering and Fermentation Applications at Department of Microbiology & Biotechnology, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
•Short Course on Risk and Safety Management in Process Industry held at Headquarters Pakistan Engineering Council, Islamabad, Pakistan.
EMPLOYMENT RECORD / SERVICE EXPERIENCE
•Served as Division Head, Central Workshop Division, NIH, Islamabad.
•Served as Senior Scientific Officer BPS-19 and as Acting Chief Biological Production Division, NIH, and Islamabad, Pakistan.
•Served as Head of Engineering Subunit, Biological Production Division, NIH, Islamabad.
•Served as Project Manager to USAID for establishment of Tetanus Toxoid Vaccine Production Facility, NIH, Islamabad.
•Served as In-charge, Liquid Nitrogen Production Plant, NIH Islamabad. This production plant was designed, Installed and there after calibrated and run successfully under my supervision far a period of 8 years and there after hander over in running condition to Public Health Division, NIH, Islamabad.
•Served as Member, Technical Inspection Committee, Quality Assurance Department, NIH Islamabad.
•Served as Technical Member, Procurement & Inspection Committee for the Prime Minister’s Hepatitis Program, Ministry of Health, Islamabad.
•Served as Project Coordinator on the behalf of WHO for Denmark Aided project “Establishment of Regional Central Repair & Maintenance Workshop, Pakistan”.
•Served as Technical Advisor for Production Facility designing & as Project Chief Engineer to Biological Production Division, NIH Islamabad, Pakistan for the Upgrading Process of Production Facility of Anti Snake venom setup as per latest GMP standards This included designing of HVAC system, Production equipments and machinery selection and designing, Equipment location as per Production Facility design including Material Flow and Personal Flow and all GMP related civil works such as Boilers, Water treatment plants, special epoxy flooring, HVAC, etc.
•Served as Technical Adviser on behalf of PHILIPS ELECTRICAL COMPANY, HOLLAND, for the designing, procurement and installation of liquid Nitrogen production plant at NIH, Islamabad, Pakistan.
•Served as Division Head of Services Div., MIRDC, Ministry of Industries. Lahore, Pakistan.
•Served as Deputy Production Manager, ITTEHAD CHEMICALS, Kala Shah Kaku, Pakistan.
•Served as Plant Manager, at JORDAN & ROLF, Hamburg, Germany.
•Served as consultant, Project Manager, Project coordinator and Procurement Specialist in various organizations such as USAID, WHO and QUAID-E-AZAM University etc.
•Served as Deputy Production Manager at Royal Crown Cola Beverage Industry, Lahore.
•Served as Deputy Production Manager at Elies Pharmaceutical laboratories, Rawalpindi.
•Served as Technical consulting advisor to Attabak Pharmaceuticals, Islamabad for production machinery and HVAC facility up gradation.
•Presently working as private consultant for Hotel Industry, Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry, Food and Beverage Industry, concerning production facility designing, equipment machinery selection, Installation, Operation, Calibration & Validation including SAT and FAT and Managing Repair and Maintenance of Industrial Production Plants and diagnostic machinery and equipment.
TOTAL EXPERIENCE: - 32 YEARS.
DEGREE OF RESPONSIBILITY
1) In various departments I was responsible for the complete flow of
the General Management, Production Management, Project Management, Procurement Management, Quality Assurance Management, Calibration and Validation Management, Personnel Management as well as Management of Installation and Operation of Industrial plants. Safety measures, Utilities, Training the staff, Management of HACCP, Environmental control, etc.
Nationality: Pakistani
Cell: 033********
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