Kochattinpurathu Altaf, Facilities Manager

Kochattinpurathu Altaf

Facilities Manager

Al Ghurair City

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Bachelor's degree, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Experience
23 years, 8 Months

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Total years of experience :23 years, 8 Months

Facilities Manager at Al Ghurair City
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since October 2008

Engineering functional responsibility of Residential and Commercial buildings.
To organise and carry out all maintenance works.
New projects design input, coordination with consultants.
To coordinate with Housekeeping, Landscaping and Safety team
To formulise the annual Capex Budget and forecast the monthly HL&P, R&M.
Ensures the departmental training plan is implemented.
Regular inspection of the plant rooms and guest areas.
Liaising with department heads, coordinating with shift engineers.
To ensure the PPM is implemented.
To ensure AMC SLA is followed.
Liaising with contractors for out sourced works.
Oversee the maintenance logs and records, BMS reports and engineering parameters

Deputy Director at Hotel : Sheraton Doha Resort and Convention Hotel
  • United Arab Emirates
  • September 2006 to October 2008

Along with the Director of Engineering, organises the PPM
Along with the Director of Engineering formulise the annual Capex Budget,
projects and forecast the average monthly HL&P, R&M.
Ensured the departmental training plan is implemented.
Hire and train associates for smooth departmental operation.
Conducts the daily shift engineers meeting and organises the works.
Regular inspection of the plant rooms and guest areas.
Attend all auditings and meetings for HACCP, LRA, PIE, Six Sigma, Clifton, Fire & safety etc.
Liaising with department heads
In charge of Health, Safety and Environment.
Liaising with contractors, consultants and project coordinators from corporate office.
Oversee the maintenance logs and records, BMS reports and engineering parameters

Chief Engineer at Hotel : Coral Boutique Hotel Apartmen
  • April 2005 to August 2006

Coordinate the hotel pre-opening.
Commissioning & takeover of the hotel
Prepared complete snag list for all Electro mechanical equipment & civil works.
Ensured all government regulations are followed at all times.
Ensured the Coral International standards are met.
Ensured the departmental training plan is implemented
Liaising with contractors, consultants and suppliers on a daily basis.
Liaising with department heads for better operation
Budgeting, Monthly statements of HL&P, R&M preparation and review
Monitoring the BMS of the hotel and assign the values to be kept.
Execute the preventive maintenance program of the hotel
Maintaining high levels of Guest relations .
Reporting to the General Manager on a daily basis

Assistant Chief Engineer at Hotel : Kovalam Beach Resort (Five Star)
  • United Arab Emirates
  • May 2000 to November 2004

Under the direction of the Chief Engineer, organise the maintenance and repairs
Under the direction of the Chief Engineer, ensures the departmental training plan is implemented.
Regular inspection of the plant rooms and guest areas.
Supervision of staff at work by giving them necessary instruction and guidance.
Assign the staff according to the situation.
Maintain the operation of all plants and equipments in the hotel.
Maintain maintenance logs and records
Daily inspection of all Mechanical/ Electrical equipment to keep it in good working condition.
Reporting to the Chief Engineer on a daily basis.


Achievements:
Drafted and implemented Maintenance Standards at AGC
Prepared and Managed operation budget and capex budget of AED 28M
Established Life Cycle Replacement (LCR) criteria and developed LCR plans for AGC
Completed data templates (Asset, Work Order, PM Schedules) for AGC
Created Ozone Depleting refrigerant registers and developed their phase out strategy
Indentified energy saving of AED 100, 0000 through building operation optimization
Completed building environmental assessments and identified projects to improve their performance.
Completed the root cause failure analysis of HVAC and Fire Services Equipment.
Signed off Annual Building Safety statements of retails and commercial office space at AGC.
Identified and completed energy saving projects (VSDs of motors, Energy Sub Metering, Floating set point implementation in BMS) and achieved overall above 8% saving in energy consumption
Indentified and completed water saving projects.
Completed Health and Safety Audits of AGC .
Drafted and submitted energy efficiency report to the Middle East Energy Summit.
In charge of the pre-opening and operation of Coral Boutique hotel apartment

In charge at Coral Boutique Villa Al Barsh
  • United Arab Emirates
  • to

Coordinated 3000TR 4 chiller replacement project at Al Ghurair Centre.

Education

Bachelor's degree, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
  • at Bangalore University
  • March 1999

Specialties & Skills

Operation
Staff Training
Recruitment
Facility Management
Project Management
BUDGETING
ENGINEERING
FUNCTIONAL
MECHANICAL
MICROSOFT OFFICE
MICROSOFT WORKS
REPORTS

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

IFMA
  • 18002
  • May 2006

Training and Certifications

Six Sigma Green Belt (Training)
Training Institute:
Starwoods
Date Attended:
June 2008
Duration:
40 hours

Hobbies

  • Traveling, Soprts, Reading
    Find time for reading, traveling to know places , people and their culture and engage in sports activities.