Benson Thomas, Manager - Assets, Inventory, Repair & Maintenance

Benson Thomas

Manager - Assets, Inventory, Repair & Maintenance

Weatherford - Iraq

Location
India - Cochin
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics & Communications Engineering
Experience
20 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 1 Months

Manager - Assets, Inventory, Repair & Maintenance at Weatherford - Iraq
  • Iraq - Erbil
  • My current job since September 2017

- Leading a 40+ member team of engineers and professionals based in Iraq, Kurdistan and Kuwait.- Liaising with Procurement, Asset & Inventory and Logistics Teams to ensure flawless delivery of operational requirements.- Managing the operational and maintenance requirements of tools and equipment for directional drilling and formation evaluation.- Managing and planning asset and inventory requirements for current and upcoming operational activity.- Managing and controlling repair and maintenance costs. Improving efficiency and increasing reliability.- Planning and scheduling maintenance and repairs of tools and sensors in line with current and upcomingoperational activity.- Planning and scheduling personnel requirements based on operational requirements.- Upgradation of Repair & Maintenance facilities in Iraq, Kurdistan and Kuwait.

LWD Repair & Maintenance Manager at Precision Energy Services Ltd. - A Weatherford Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
  • My current job since May 2008

Presently working as Repair & Maintenance Supervisor with Precision Energy Services - a Weatherford Company, based in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. (May 2008 - Till Date )

My current role involves planning and managing the day to day activities a 15 member team of professionals who are responsible for the repair and maintenance of down-hole logging tools that are used for drilling and formation evaluation. The line of work is caters to supply of tool requirements for up to 10 oil rigs operating 24/7 concurrently.

In my previous roles as R&M Engineer and R&M Lead Engineer, my responsibilities included:
• Asset management
• Failure analysis and debug.
• Pre and Post Job testing of tools and sensor inserts.
• Service, repair and calibration of sensor inserts.

Repair and Maintenance Manager at Precision Energy Services - Weatherford
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • December 2015 to August 2017

Asset management; People Management; Operations Management; Change Management

Project Engineer at Wipro Technologies Ltd
  • India
  • March 2004 to April 2008

Working as a Project Engineer in VLSI / System Design with Wipro Technologies, based in Bangalore, India.

In this role, I catered to the needs of a major multinational Flash Memory product manufacturer. I had been involved in the development of tester boards, which were capable of testing the functionality and electrical characteristics of various data storage devices they produce. My responsibilities included :
• Requirement Analysis
• System Architecture Design
• Low Level Design
• HW-SW Integration

My area of expertise is Digital Voltage Control Systems. I have been involved in the desing of a complex voltage loopback system which is capable of maintaining a voltage setting of upto 0.1mV accuracy.

I have worked with this organization since March 2004 as a Project Engineer in various roles such as :
• Verification Engineer
• Design Engineer
• Module Leader

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics & Communications Engineering
  • at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
  • July 2003

4 year Bachelor of Engineering Degree from MS Universitiy, India. Specialization : Electronics and Communication Secured FIRST DIVISION with 74.5%

Specialties & Skills

People Management
Asset Management
Repair & Maintenance
HW development
Troubleshooting Hardware
lean sigma
MS Word
Project Management
Operations Management
PROSCI Change Management
Planning
performance management
Six Sigma Green Belt
process improvement
program management
supply chain management

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certified Competence Assessor (Training)
Training Institute:
OPITO - Copetence Assessor
Date Attended:
July 2012

Hobbies

  • Pets
    Recognized for exemplary work done and commitment for ramp up in Iraq for 2021.
  • Charity work