Kannan Appuswamy, Senior Manager

Kannan Appuswamy

Senior Manager

Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast LLC

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Industrial Safety
Experience
27 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :27 years, 10 Months

Senior Manager at Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast LLC
  • Bahrain
  • My current job since April 2019

(Plant & Machinery)


Roles and Responsibilities:
Responsible for overall operation & maintenance of various plants andequipments of PMVResponsible for supporting operations of Projects divisions. Accountable for overall equipment performance, budgetary requirements, and all phases of equipment development including maintenance plant-wide.
Managed a staff of Manager, Engineer, Supervisor, Forman, Operators, Drivers, and Technicians.
Provided work direction and supervision for classes involved in
maintenance and repair work of facilities and equipment.
Plays a proactive role in capital budgeting and equipment procurement
Responsible for establishing and maintenance of ISO9001:2008 QMS
effectively and efficiently in PMV.
Planning and control of manpower requirement.
Developed equipment history database and performance tracking system increasing overall availability

Logistic Manager at Alghanim International
  • United Arab Emirates
  • December 2017 to March 2019

KIPIC Al Zour Refinery Project


Roles and Responsibilities:

Responsible and accountable for overall Plant &Machinery Business unit operation and overall Logistic operation

Planning and scheduling the delivery of goods and cargoes.
Identifying & delivering operational cost reduction and cost avoidance initiatives.

Making sure that project deadlines are met.Responsible for a team of over 200 staff that include drivers and warehouse operatives.

Completing and filing compliance documentation for import, export and supply chain security.Ensuring that all set targets are achieved.

Negotiating the services of 3rd party carriers, couriers and haulage companies.
Managing supplier delivery performance and maintain supplier contracts.
Negotiating pricing with local carriers.In charge of HGV vehicles and also a team of transport planners, Cost management and reporting.

Development of the logistics supply base Supporting other departments within the company.

Identifying key transport cost drivers and operators .Managing import and export via external distribution teams.
Managing all supply chain activities.

Taking into account capacity and planning ahead accordingly.
Developing robust processes & policies.

Implementing new processes and procedures.

Equipment Manager at DODSAL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION PTE. LTD
  • November 2016 to December 2017

Project : Effluent Water Treatment and Injection
Plant, Gathering center 31



Roles and Responsibilities:

Responsible and accountable for overall Plant &Machinery Business unit operations
Ensure timely equipment deployment as per customer’s requirement
Establishing of site P&M workshops and equipping them with necessary workshop machines, tools and tackles
Preparation of P&M estimate cost estimate -sidewise -covering spares. labor, staff and external repairs cost
Framing of policy, guidelines and systems to improve efficiency of operations and business development
Installation of construction plant and equipment like tower crane, man hoist, material hoist, batching plant in KOC Projects
Operation & Maintenance activities including Material handling, Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring, Co-ordination, Engineering, Procurement, Indenting, Construction, Erection and Commissioning in construction plant & Machinery like tower crane/ mobile cranes /passenger hoist/man hoist/fort lift/boom loader/ concrete pump/ transit mixer/trucks / wheel loaders / backhoe loader/compactor roller/ bobcat/ Diesel generator, Welding Machines ect

Division Manager at Ultimate Trading and contracting wll
  • April 2014 to July 2016

Roles and Responsibilities:
Responsible and accountable for overall Plant &Machinery Business unit operations
Ensure timely equipment deployment as per customer’s requirement
Establishing of site P&M workshops and equipping them with necessary workshop machines, tools and tackles
Preparation of P&M estimate cost estimate -sidewise -covering spares. labour, staff and external repairs cost
Framing of policy, guidelines and systems to improve efficiency of operations and business development
Plays a proactive role in capital budgeting and equipment procurement
Responsible for establishing and maintenance of ISO9001:2000 QMS effectively and efficiently in P&M BU
Responsible to give thrust and direction for planning, monitoring and control of equipment deployment, operation, maintenance and repairs
Responsible to achieve the Quality objectives and targets set by P&M
Maintain positive relationship with current and past clients as assignee. Prepare schedules for repair, overhauling, and maintenance of all the machinery and tools in the plant Enhance the productivity of the plant by recommending new machines and equipment
Repair and Maintenance of following Plant & Machineries
Operation and maintenance of earth moving equipment more than 400 heavy equipment like Tower Crane, Mobile Crane, Generator, Air Compressor, Telehandler, Wheel Loader(JCB), Excavator, Concrete Pump, Boom Placer, Transit Mixer, Drum Roller, Plate Compactor, Bar bending Machine, Bar Cutting Machine, Welding Machine, Mobile Tower Light, Compact skit Loader, Tough Raider, Fork Lift, Dewatering Pumps, Vibrator, Block Cutting Machine, Concrete Mixer Machine, Power Floater, Man lift, Scissor Lift, Dumper Truck, Water Tanker, Bus, Pickup, Car, ect.

Senior Manager at ShapoorjiPallonji Qatar W.L.L
  • January 2010 to March 2014

(Plant & Machinery )
Roles and Responsibilities:
Responsible for overall operation & maintenance of various plants andequipments of PMVResponsible for supporting operations of Projects divisions. Accountable for overall equipment performance, budgetary requirements, and all phases of equipment development including maintenance plant-wide.
Managed a staff of Manager, Engineer, Supervisor, Forman, Operators, Drivers, and Technicians.
Provided work direction and supervision for classes involved in
maintenance and repair work of facilities and equipment.
Plays a proactive role in capital budgeting and equipment procurement
Responsible for establishing and maintenance of ISO9001:2008 QMS
effectively and efficiently in PMV.
Planning and control of manpower requirement.
Developed equipment history database and performance tracking system increasing overall availability.




Repair and Maintenance of following PMV

Sr. Manager at Larsen & Toubro Limited
  • India
  • January 2008 to December 2009

Drum Roller- Wacker-5.5KW, Plate Compactor, Bar bending Machine, Bar Cutting Machine, Welding Machine, Mobile Tower Light, Compact skit Loader, Tough Raider, Fork Lift, Dewatering Pumps, Vibrator, Block Cutting Machine, Concrete Mixer Machine, Power Floater, Man lift, Scissor Lift, Dumper Truck, Water Tanker, Bus, Pickup, Car, Ambulance ect

Loader at Costain Abu Dhabi Company W.L.L (A Division of Costain Oil & Gas Process Ltd
  • United Kingdom
  • August 2007 to December 2007

Backhoe

Project Engineer at Tiong Woon Crane & Transport Pte Ltd
  • Singapore
  • October 2006 to July 2007

Project :APPC(Advanced Polypropylene Company)

TASNEE Petrochemicals
Responsibilties:
Scheduling the work, Execute overall maintenance and servicing of more than 65 cranes (max. capacity 500t crawler) at various sites, Co-ordination with clients and performing the job as per the client requirements, follow up on quotations, Perform take offs and sizing of crane requirements. Conduct mechanical room job survey weekly. Seek out new construction projects and customers. Provide accurate job estimating. Mainitain new & existing accounts by providing overall customer service. Project management (profitability for projects in territory). Responsible for meeting predetermined profit/revenue quota. Controlling the man power around 85 nos. including operators, supervisors etc. Conducting weekly safety awareness classes.
Repair & Maintenance of Following Hevay Haulage Cranes
Crawler Crane: CC2600, CC2000 (Demag), CCH2000, CCH1200(IHI)
P&H7150 (KOBELCO
Mobile Crane: HC810, AC335 (Demag), LTM1160 (Liebherr)
QY30-100K (XCMG), TR500M (TADANO)
KR45H-V(KATO)

Operation & Maintenance Manager at P.S.T.S.Heavy Lift & Shift Limited
  • India
  • June 2003 to September 2006

Responsibilties:Scheduling the work, Overall maintenance and servicing the cranes, fork-lift, trailers, excavators. Conduct training for the operators, work shop maintenance, co-ordination with clients and performing the job as per the client requirements. Estimating the projects, in addition to this performed as principal of the Training Institute for crane operators & Earth moving equipment operators.
Repair & Maintenance of Following Equipments
Crawler Crane, Mobile crane, Fork life, Trailers, Container Handling Equipmets etc

at A.B.T. Industries Ltd
  • India
  • March 2002 to May 2003

Sales & Service EngineerResponsibilties:
Marketing the product of TELCO (light & heavy vehicles), Earth moving equipments. Service (excavator, compressor, fork-lift, tippers), marketing the spare parts of earth moving equipemtns and servicing. Arrange finance for the client through ICICI and other financial companies preparation of feasibility study, cash flow analysis for the revenue generation, and co-ordination with finance companies and arrange loan.




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Maintenance Engineer at Imperial Granites Ltd
  • India
  • July 1995 to February 2002

Maintaining the mining equipment’s (Granite cutting machines, Granite polishing machine), Earth moving equipment service (excavator, compressor, fork-lift, tippers, crane, dozer, generators), co-ordination with production department

Education

Bachelor's degree, Industrial Safety
  • at Annamalai University
  • January 2005

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Master's degree, Marketing
  • at Periyar University
  • January 2002

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Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at University of Madras
  • January 1994

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Specialties & Skills

Equipment Maintenance
BUDGETING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
DIRECTING
DRIVERS
ENGINEERING
FORKLIFT OPERATOR
ISO 9000
MACHINERY
PROCUREMENT

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
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Hobbies

  • TV