Kamran Azhar, Plant Engineering Manager

Kamran Azhar

Plant Engineering Manager

Nestle Pakistan

Location
Pakistan
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
20 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 11 Months

Plant Engineering Manager at Nestle Pakistan
  • Other
  • My current job since February 2011

Plant Engineer Dairy&Juices February 2011 to date (Reporting to Plant Manager)
Nestle Pakistan Ltd. Skp Factory, 29th km Lahore -Skp Road, Sheikhupura, , Pakistan
Responsibilities include:
• To coach and develop the team according to concepts of TPM and other performance improvement techniques
• To organize and effectively carry out regular maintenance activity in order to minimize plant breakdowns within agreed budget limits.
• Analyze and resolve process, equipment or quality problems as quickly as possible to maintain production continuity.
• Preparation/updating of skill matrix for the development of team with appropriate local and foreign trainings
• Regular communication with shop floor employees through formal briefing sessions, group discussions, notice boards, as well as news letters, informal sessions on key areas of performance.
Annual Maintenance Budget: 300 Million PKR approx.
Staff Managed : 08 Team Leaders, 30 Non management staff

Project Leader at Nestle Pakistan
  • Other
  • July 2003 to June 2011

Project Leader January 2007 to January 2011 (Reporting to Chief Engineer)
Nestle Pakistan Ltd. Skp Factory, 29th km Lahore -Skp Road, Sheikhupura, , Pakistan
Project Engineer October 2004 to December 2006 (Reporting to Factory Engineer)
Nestle Pakistan Ltd. Skp Factory, 29th km Lahore -Skp Road, Sheikhupura, , Pakistan
New Juice Tetra Prisma Fillers and Processing Mega Project (May 2010 to January 2011) Project Budget: 1.7 Billion PKR
This project includes design and preparing launch strategy of new Prisma Packs from technical side . Complete new processing to support these fillers was installed on fast track grounds and all the timelines were respected that ultimately become a key factor for the successful launch of this new variant
New Milk Reception & Thermization Mega Project(March 2009 to April 2010) Project Budget: 1.3 Billion PKR
This project includes design of entire new Milk Reception & Termization design calculations, layout proposals, product & CIP circuits, procurement and Installation to build state of the art Milk Reception in Pakistan
Flex 100 UHT Plant Project(Jan 2008 to December 2008) Project Budget: 250 Million PKR

This project includes installation and commissioning of Flex 100 UHT Plant of Tetrapak along with 2 Aseptic tanks of 30, 000 lits. each
Complete Yoghurt Line Installation & Commissioning (2006-2007) Project Budget: 187 Million PKR

This project includes design of product & CIP circuits of complete Yoghurt processing/filling lines, Installation of hi-tech yoghurt processing machinery & Construction of new Yoghurt Cold Store.
Complete UHT Production Line Installation & Commissioning.(2005) Project Budget: 92 Million PKR
The scope of the Project included APV UHT processing plant 20 t/hr, Tetrapak Aseptic tanks and filling line, complete milk standardization arrangement including 200 Ton storage silos.

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at Institute of Business Admininstration, University of Punjab
  • June 2009

MBA (Finance) January 2007 – June 2009 (CGPA 3.56) IBA ,University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan www.pu.edu.pk

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at University of Engineering Technology Lahore
  • May 2002

B.Sc. (Hons) Mechanical Engineering May 1998 - May 2002 (Aggregate 83.3%) University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan www.uet.edu.pk

Specialties & Skills

Team Performance
Performance Improvement
Process Improvement
Maintenance Management
Process Equipment
Engineering Management
Project Management

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Council
  • Life time member
  • June 2002

Training and Certifications

Class room + Practical + Assessment by External Assessor (Training)
Training Institute:
Master Coach Certification
Date Attended:
March 2012
Class room + Case Study method (Training)
Training Institute:
HACCP Advance Level Training
Date Attended:
June 2012