Ahad Raza, Maintenance Director - KSA

Ahad Raza

Maintenance Director - KSA

Shawarmer foods company

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
High school or equivalent, pre-engineering
Experience
28 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :28 years, 9 Months

Maintenance Director - KSA at Shawarmer foods company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since June 2021

• Develop and execute the construction plan according to the new facilities opening vision of the company.
• Manage construction of new portfolio within shawarmer with 18MM budget initially
• Managing all facilities maintenance management related responsibilities for shawarmer stores across KSA including stores at Riyadh&Jeddah Airports,
• Oversee the construction phase of stores ensuring the compliance with design intent.
• Made SAR 0.3MM reduction by re negotiating the outsourced contracts.
• Leading and developed a team of Engineers, Supervisors and Technicians.
• Managing a budget 3.3M for labor expenses, materials and assets repairs
• Took handover of 40 stores from construction department for operations.
• Lead the Maintenance function in providing both a reactive and proactive, multi-skilled maintenance service on all operational equipment and facilities infrastructure.
• Responsible for planned scheduling creation and overseeing the adherence and timely completion of work carried out.
• Implement improvement plans, driving Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Manage the team on technical best practice and establish standard policies and procedures whilst also mentoring and leading the department.
• Implement and manage continuous improvement and modern manufacturing principals by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices and processes.

Development Manager at Foodunit company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2020 to May 2021

• Responsible for Managing Jan Burger, Pizzaratti, Shawarma Plus, 2EAT, Tameesa, Or&More, Estilo, Café Zouq and Meat Factory
• Responsible for remodeling, relocation and new 9 brands
• Prepared departmental budget for 2021
• Setting departmental organization and road map towards excellence
• Working with IT to implement Ticketing system for ticketing and preventive maintenance

Facilities Maintenance Manager at Alamar Foods Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2017 to May 2020

• Managing all facilities management related responsibilities for 230 Dominos Pizza stores across KSA including stores at Riyadh&Jeddah Airports, HO and supply center
• Leading and developed a team of Facilities Engineers, Supervisors and Technicians for 230 retail locations.
• Managed a budget 4.8M for labor expenses, materials and assets repairs.
• Lead the Maintenance function in providing both a reactive and proactive, multi-skilled maintenance service on all operational equipment and facilities infrastructure.
• Responsible for planned scheduling creation and overseeing the adherence and timely completion of work carried out.
• Implement improvement plans, driving Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Manage the team on technical best practice and establish standard policies and procedures whilst also mentoring and leading the department.
• Implement and manage continuous improvement and modern manufacturing principals by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices and processes.
• Contribute to new initiatives and projects and review and communicate the impact on Maintenance activities
• Saved 0.5 million Riyals for company during my 1styear from energy.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure optimal performance

Country Facilities Maintenance Manager at Alamar Foods Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2017 to January 2020

Lead the Maintenance function in providing both a reactive and proactive, multi-skilled maintenance service on all operational equipment and facilities infrastructure.
• Responsible for planned scheduling creation and overseeing the adherence and timely completion of work carried out.
• Implement improvement plans, driving Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Manage the team on technical best practice and establish standard policies and procedures whilst also mentoring and leading the department.
• Implement and manage continuous improvement and modern manufacturing principals by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices and processes.
• Contribute to new initiatives and projects and review and communicate the impact on Maintenance activities
• Saved 0.5 million Riyals for company during my 1st year from energy.
• Manage, coach and develop a high performing Maintenance team that meets agreed objectives and which delivers best practice results, added value and continuous improvements
• Input and hold responsibility for maintenance budgets
• Prepare the annual Maintenance budget and forecasts and all Capital Expenditure proposals as well as ensuring compliance with legal standards. Manage the budget from identification to completion of projects
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure optimal performance

Facilities Manager at AL-Ajame Group of Companies
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2016 to April 2017

Facilities Manager
• Looking after Hard FM services of Colleges of Excellence technical colleges across KSA.
• Prepared Four sites (Al-Wajh Female College, Al-Majmaah Female College, Al-Makkah Male College and Al-Madinah Female College for Hard FM services (Firefighting & Fire alarm, HVAC Corrective maintenance, BMS Diesel Generators and CCTV Cameras) during their Operation Startup.
• Responsible to coordinate with Technical Colleges Operators to facilitate them with the best operation of Six colleges among 35 Colleges across KSA.

Facilities Maintenance Manager at Al-Ajame Contracting
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2016 to April 2017

• Looking after Hard FM services for Colleges of Excellence technical colleges across KSA.
• Prepared Four sites (Al-Wajh Female College, Al-Majmaah Female College, Al-Makkah Male College and Al-Madinah Female College for Hard FM services (Firefighting & Fire alarm, HVAC Corrective maintenance, BMS Diesel Generators and Cameras) during their Operation Startup.
• Coordinating with Technical Colleges Operators (UK, Canada, Ireland and Spain based) to facilitate them in their emergencies in Six colleges among 35 Colleges across KSA.
• Managing Technical procurement as per maintenance projects requirements and deploying manpower accordingly.
• Managing sub-contractors for evaluating their work progress according to SOW.

Team Leader - Facilities Management at Advacne Services Co. for Trading and Contracting
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2013 to March 2016

Team Lead Facilities
• Responsible for the planning of all types of maintenance of whole facility including buildings, chillers, HVAC, Pumps, Fire safety System etc.
• Project handled with sub-contractor for the installation of 600 ton HVAC system.
• Project handled with subcontractor for the installation commissioning of plumbing, firefighting, HVAC and Electrical Facilities in newly constructed building (1600m2 area, two floors) and actively involved in getting approval from civil defense



• Successfully handled around 60 million Riyals building renovation projects in 100, 000m2 already built area for betterment of Manarat School’s Riyadh facilities.
• Modified and managing already implemented cleaning procedures and daily sheets to latest
• Responsible for parties and function arrangements
• Responsible for managing security team in school
• Responsible for the quality catering in school
• Responsible for pest controlling especially for KG section
• Responsible to take care of hard water, telephones, electricity bills and for parking
• Developed and implemented procedures for spare parts store
• Managing contracts and procurements
• Initiated and made annual budgets for facilities management
• Managed target of 10, 000 Work orders completion in first 2 years from 0 Work Order
• Developed and implemented preventive maintenance plans (PMPs) for the 1st time for 16 owned Buildings, 60 Large Vehicles, HVACs, Elevators, & other facilities.
• Developed and implemented monthly, quarterly and yearly performance reports for management.
• Actively involved in hiring own 100 cleaning labors from India, Nipal and Indonesia, searched and coordinated for the native agents and followed until all landed safely in kingdom

Team Lead Facilities at Ma’arif for Education & Training Holding Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2013 to March 2016

• Responsible for the planning of all types of maintenance of whole facility including buildings, chillers, HVAC, Pumps, Fire safety System etc.
• Project handled with sub-contractor for the installation of 600-ton HVAC system.
• Project handled with subcontractor for MEP works in newly constructed building (1600m2 area, two floors).
• Successfully handled with around 30 million Riyals building renovation projects with projects coordinator in 100, 000m2 already built area for betterment of Manarat Schools in Riyadh.
• Developed procedures for spare parts store
• Managed contracts and procurements
• Managed target of 10, 000 Work orders completion in first 2 years from 0 Work Order
• Developed and implemented preventive maintenance plans (PMPs) for the 1st time for 16 owned Buildings, 60 Large Vehicles, HVACs, Elevators, & other facilities.
• Developed and implemented monthly, quarterly and yearly performance reports for management.

Maintenance Manager at Pepsi Cola, Riaz Bottlers Pvt. Limited
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • September 2008 to March 2013

Maintenance Manager
• Developed centralized maintenance department in RBL for first time
• Worked for the installation commissioning of new Chinese Glass bottle line (36, 000 BPH)
• Improve Design of Filler capper heads and were highly admired by KHS(OEM)
• Improve Design of Pallet Magazine and were highly appreciated by KHS(OEM)
• Responsible for all type of maintenance on PET Lines (20K BPH & 6K BPH), Glass Line (45K BPH) and injection molding machines ( Two HyPET 120, 32 cavities)
• Worked with OEM (KHS, Sidel, Krones, HUSKY) Engineers in diagnostic visits to analyze true condition of whole production facility
• Hands on Experience in Annual overhauling
• Working on condition based monitoring system and its implementation
• Coordinate with system suppliers for arranging spare parts for maintenance and to maintain the spares inventory.
• Preparation and Implementation of Skill development plans for all maintenance engineers and technicians
• Prepared full year plan for spares to meet budget targets
• Implemented reward and recognition scheme on monthly basis.


Section Head - Injection Molding
• Responsible for the safe and smooth working during operations and maintenance of plant.
• Responsible of all type of maintenance equipment and emergency handling.
• Implemented Oracle eAM Preventive Maintenance Program in RBL
• Successfully completed 45g and 25g molds basic and intermediate refurbishment projects with HUSKY mold experts
• Successfully completed light weighting project of 1500ml and 500ml preforms with the intervention of HUSKY experts.
• Worked on the feasibility of implementing 1881 and 1810 neck finishes
• Crewing as per production requirement and reducing overtime
• Minimized wastages, stoppages and downtime to enhance productivity
• Observing the daily production reports keeping in mind the previous behavior, specify the problem, if any anticipated, give suggestions for rectifying and do maintenance.
• Share with Production Manager the true condition of plant to get the best out of Injection Molding Machines.
Maintenance Engineer
• To perform hours based maintenance of all Filling Plants (Two PET and One Glass line provided by KHS, Krones, Sidel and DIMAC) and Injection Molding (HUSKY) machines including cooling towers and chillers and High Pressure Air compressors.
• Repaired lifting cylinders and filling valves of Glass line filler
• Hands on experience in Annual Maintenances of PET, Glass filling production lines, blow molding and Injection molding machines
• Hands on experience in trouble shooting real time problems alone as well as with online customer support services and with OEM engineers especially HUSKY.
• Hands on Maintenance experience on SIDEL blow moldings (SBO14 & SBO4) for their Annual Maintenance and trouble shootings.
• Hands on experience in the maintenance of HOT RUNNERS
• Hands on experience in the maintenance of Injection Piston Seals
• Hands on experience in the trouble shooting of pneumatic system in injection molding.
• Replaced transfer cylinder seals
• Replaced moving platen linear bearings
• Worked on servo valves for their mal-functioning.
• Hands on Experience in the maintenance of Air Distributor at Resin Dryers
• Worked with Professionals to relocate and Re-Installation of Cool Towers.
• Worked on Resin Dryers and Mold Dehumidifiers, Chillers for their proper maintenance.
• Trouble shooting of Resin Dryers (Plastic Systems) and Mold Dehumifeirs (Plastic Systems)
• Worked on ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), oracle based software for proper preventive maintenance of Glass Line, PET Lines, Boilers, Air compressors, Water treatment and Injection Molding Machines.

Maintenance Manager at Pepsi Cola, Riaz Bottlers Private Limited
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • September 2008 to March 2013

• Responsible for all type of maintenance on PET Lines (20K BPH & 6K BPH), Glass Line (45K BPH) and injection molding machines (Two HyPET 120, 32 cavities)
• Worked with OEM (KHS, Sidel, Krones, HUSKY) Engineers in diagnostic visits to analyze true condition of whole production facility
• Worked on condition-based monitoring system project for its implementation
• Preparation and Implementation of Skill development plans for all project engineers and technicians
• Prepared full year plan for spares to meet budget targets
• Implemented reward and recognition scheme on monthly basis.

Section Head – Mechanical Maintenance at Pepsico - Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • December 2009 to December 2011

• Developed centralized maintenance department in RBL for first time.
• Coordinate with system suppliers for arranging spare parts for maintenance and to maintain the spares inventory.
• To perform hours-based maintenance of all Filling Plants (Two PET and One Glass line provided by KHS, Krones, Sidel and DIMAC) and Injection Molding (HUSKY) machines including cooling towers and chillers and High-Pressure Air compressors.
• Repaired lifting cylinders and filling valves of Glass line filler
• Hands on Experience in Annual overhauling
• Hands on experience in Annual Maintenances of PET, Glass filling production lines, blow molding and Injection molding machines
• Hands on experience in trouble shooting real time problems alone as well as with online customer support services and with OEM engineers especially HUSKY.

Education

High school or equivalent, pre-engineering
  • at Govt. MAO college
  • July 2024

i have done my HSSC with 67%

High school or equivalent, science
  • at Govt. pilot secondary school
  • June 2024

i have scored 71% in matriculation captian of school cricket team

Bachelor's degree, Mechatronics
  • at Air University
  • June 2024

Bachelors In Mechatronics Engineering Majors in Mechanical

Specialties & Skills

Cricket
Extrusion
Science
MANAGEMENT
INDICATORS
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPIS)
SCHEDULING
CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE
COORDINATING
MFG/PRO (ERP)
CONSTRUCTION
Autocad
assembly
Microsoft Office

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate
Arabic
Intermediate
Chinese
Beginner

Memberships

Pakistan Volunteer Movement
  • Volunteer
  • May 2008
Pakistan Engineering Council
  • Registered Engineer
  • September 2008
Saudi Engineering Council
  • Proffesional Engineer
  • March 2013

Training and Certifications

Instrumention Techniques (Training)
Training Institute:
Pakistan Institute of Technical Assistance Center
Date Attended:
August 2010
Duration:
36 hours
Basic PLC Training (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2011
Valid Until:
January 9999
Power of Synergy (Training)
Training Institute:
Octara
Date Attended:
March 2012
Duration:
16 hours

Hobbies

  • Football, Cricket, Hiking, Reading