Jithesh Purushothaman, Maintenance Manager

Jithesh Purushothaman

Maintenance Manager

Khalid Ali Alkharafi & Bros

Location
Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical
Experience
15 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 4 Months

Maintenance Manager at Khalid Ali Alkharafi & Bros
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since June 2019

NATURE OF WORK

MAJOR PROJECTS

 Muthla Water Tank Project
 Airport Project
 KOC GC 32 Water Tank Project

• Managed company fleet operations as per the projects requirements at oil & gas field, while ensuring the effective optimal deployment & implementation of Quality Management procedures.
• Led all personnel working in the PMV department and ensured proper adherence to all company policies for safe working procedures & environment.
• Developed, an advanced department manual in-line with the ethics and procedures to facilitate the provision and operation of plant services to the high standard of performance expected in the organization.
• Monitoring Fleet IVMS-In vehicle Monitoring System -Tracking of Vehicles/Trucks movement.
• Managing 200 Fleets (Heavy/Light Earthmoving Equipment) for all the projects as per the site requirement.
• Monitoring trip movement of Dump truck on Heavy Excavation by Excavators, Loaders and Dozers
• Inspection and rectifying the safety issues of Earthmoving Equipment before deploying to the site.
• Maintain all the fleets including
• Deploying and fleet movement supervision on daily basis for Heavy Vehicles to site Flat Bed Trailers, Dump Trucks and Tankers.
• Maintaining Vehicles/Equipment registration documents, Third Party Certificates as per KOC/KNPC Standards.
• Arranging Static and Earthmoving Equipment to site as per site requirement.
• Reinforced a strong physical inventory verification of assets spread over different areas of operations
• Conducted a thorough technical & commercial evaluation writing off redundant assets using financial resources
• Supervised all equipment repairs, Service and maintenance including gasoline & diesel engines, electrical systems.
• Fabrication and Testing of Potable / Sewage Vacuum Tankers as per the drawing.
• Established high and minimum stock levels of spares & consumables for business continuity
• Prepare service schedule for conducting and maintain record of Preventive /Periodic maintenance for all equipment.

Equipment Manager at Alghanim International General Trading and Contracting Co WLL
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • July 2015 to May 2019

MAJOR PROJECTS

 KOC-LFHO Project
 NRP- Alzour Project

• Supervised all equipment repairs, Service and maintenance including gasoline & diesel engines, electrical systems.
• Inspection for all vehicle and Heavy Equipment as per KOC/KNPC Standard.
• Managed equipment budgeting and record keeping.
• Reviewing and invoicing of rental charges to all Assets of the company.
• Assisted with new equipment purchases and leases
• Installation of temporary site office as per KIPIC Requirement
• Installation of site camp for employees and coordination of transportation for Temporary site cabin set up in LFHO Project
• Arranging the construction material delivery from the supplier to site as per requirement and stock
• Conducted employee training and performed performance reviews
• Planning and coordination of Heavy Equipment according to Project requirement
• Preparing Method statement and HSE requirement of Tower Crane erection, operation and dismantling as per KIPIC Procedures
• Prepare service schedule for conducting and maintain record of Preventive /Periodic maintenance for all equipment.
• Erection and dismantling of Crawler Crane (Liebherr) and Tower Crane ( Liebherr, Portain )
• Service and maintenance of all earth moving equipment, lifting equipment. (Liebherr, Grove, Kato, Sany, Linkbelt)
• Fabricating new site workshop facilities for Service and Maintenance of Project Construction Equipment as per KOC/KNPC standard.
• Major repair scheduling and arranging mechanic at Main Equipment Garage.
• Arranging of spares for stock.
• Maintained a safe, clean and organized maintenance facility.
• Diagnosing and troubling shooting of all Hydraulic Equipment ( Loader, Excavator, Mobile Crane, Roller Compactor Etc)

Senior Equipment Engineer at Galfar Engineering & Contracting SAOG
  • Oman - Muscat
  • April 2013 to July 2015

Duties & Responsibilities

MAJOR PROJECTS

 International Water Desalination Plant ( IWT )
 Harweel EPC Contractor ( O&G Project)

• Planning and Organizing corrective, preventive and periodic maintenance of equipment
• Ware House Management
• Monitoring the fuel consumption rate of Vehicles / Equipment.
• Request, transfer & release for Vehicles/Equipment with FMS (Fleet Management System) software.
• Conducting weekly meeting with the Assistant Engineers and Supervisors.
• Creating work orders through SAP ERP system on daily basis
• Spare part transaction done through ERP JAVA Software and stock checking from spare parts store.
• Attending Monthly progress meeting with Top Management.
• Preparing Root Cause Analysis Report for Major Break Down of Vehicles/ Equipment
• Monitoring in Vehicle Monitoring System (IVMS) and Conducting Driver awareness program in monthly basis.
• Calculating Depreciation rate of all Vehicle / Equipment.
• Material receiving transaction and material ordering by supervisor are monitored and approved according to the requirement of Site.
• Erection and Dismantling of Tower Crane to the site - Preparing the method statement and Work Permit as per Petroleum Development of Oman(PDO)
• Implementing Permit to Work System (PTW) in site workshop.
• Erection and Dismantling of Crawler Mechanical Crane.
• Major repair of all Hydraulic Equipment carried out with Hydraulic diagram and ordering parts.
• Welding & testing of Pipe Lines
• Repair and Maintenance of Dredgers.
• Installation of HDPE pipe according to construction drawings.
• Installation of Micro Tunneling Equipment
• Maintenance of Micro tunneling Equipment

Plant Engineer at Joannou & Paraskevaides (O) Ltd Doha Qatar
  • Qatar - Doha
  • November 2007 to January 2012

MAJOR PROJECTS

 Pearl Qatar (Infra Structure and Housing Projects)
 Hamad International Hospital in Al-Wakra, Doha.
 Qatar Foundation Projects ( Education City)
 Salwa Bridge Project (Qatar)

• Maintaining the quality of work and plant according to ISO standards.
• Preparing job cards of the Plant, Machine and Vehicles
•Managing the execution, direction, and coordination of all transportation matters within the organization. Managing budgets, organizing schedules & routes, ensuring that vehicles are safe and meet legal requirements and making sure that drivers are aware of their duties.
• Receiving and dispatching Materials/Machineries from other gulf countries.
• Prepare and submission of documentations required facilitating export and imports of spare parts and machines
• Main store stock clearance and ordering the spare parts like tyres, Lubrication and major machine for predictive maintenance.
• Importing /exporting new Vehicles/Equipment from other countries and following up the shipping document as required from Qatar Ministry
• Loading, unloading and installation of Temporary port cabin
• Minor and Major aggregate Overhaul.
• Diagnosing, trouble shooting and decision taking
• Loading, unloading and installation of Temporary port cabin
• Major repairs, servicing and maintenance of construction equipments like Atlascopco air Compressors, rollers, Thwaites Dumpers, Concrete Pumps (Putzmeister, Schwing) Transit Mixers.
• Erection, maintenance and dismantling of Tower Cranes.
• Major repairs, servicing and maintenance of earthmoving equipments like Bulldozers ( Caterpillar D6D, D8R, Komatsu D155A-2), JCB Digger/ Loader, Skid Loaders (Thomas, Bobcat, Gehl), Wheel Loaders ( Caterpillar 950, 950F, 950G, 966F, 966G & Komatsu W A380-3A), Excavators( Caterpillars 320BL, 345BLII, Komatsu PC200-5, Hyundai R200w-7, o&k-M.H 6.5) Motor Grader (Caterpillar 14G &Komatsu GD705A-4), Trencor Trencher 1660HD, Wirtgen Asphalt Planers 2100SM, 2200SM, Forklift (JCB 537-135 & Manitou MT 1337 SLT).
• Calibration of Load Moment Indicator of Cranes.
• Major repairs (Overhaul of Engine), Servicing and maintenance of Power Generators like Caterpillar (50 to 1000KVA), Volvo Penta, GM, FG Wilson, Deutz and Perkins, etc.
• Load test for Generators with Load banks.
• Service and maintenance of passenger Cars like GMC, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Mercedes,
• Major repairs of Buses and Trucks like Scania, Man, Mercedes, Iveco, and Astra .Major repairing of Brake System, Suspension System, Engine Overhauling, Pneumatic system.
• Major Overhauling of Passenger car engine, repairing of suspensions, Wheel Alignment and Wheel Balancing.
• Referring Electrical Diagram, Workshop manual and spare parts Catalogue placing orders.
• Maintenance of Blending Plant
• Maintenance of Concrete Batching Plant (Sicoma, Kifa and IME), Alignment of aggregate conveyor belts, Adjusting the Clearance between the twin shaft blade and Mixer drum wall and Asphalt Plant (Asphalt paver machine)
• Fabrication of Tipper bodies and Transit Mixer Drums.
• Allocating jobs to machine shop, fabricating works, denting and painting shop.
• Handling accident vehicles:-Preparing & submitting reports to the Management as per rule & norms of ISO Standards.
• General repair for Qatar Technical Inspection.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical
  • at KVG College of Engineering
  • August 2007

Specialties & Skills

Mercedes
KOC Approved key personnel
maintenance engineering
maintenance management
operation
warranty
workshop leadership

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Expert

Training and Certifications

Diploma in Automobile Engineering (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2001
Valid Until:
June 2004

Hobbies

  • Football,Cricket & Badminton