Muhammad Ashraf, Manager(Utilities & Planning)

Muhammad Ashraf

Manager(Utilities & Planning)

Agritech Limited AGL Iskanderabad

Location
Pakistan - Islamabad
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
26 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :26 years, 3 Months

Manager(Utilities & Planning) at Agritech Limited AGL Iskanderabad
  • Pakistan - Faisalabad
  • My current job since February 2016

Working as Area Manager (Utilities and Project & Planning) to manage day to day functions of Utilities maintenance section for the smooth operation of plant and Project & Planning to control documentation, Drawing and computer sections for Planning & scheduling, drafting, Preventive Maintenance schedule compliance, new projects and modifications activities.
Utilities Section
Overall administrative and management control to perform daily routine maintenance job assignments, Annual Turn Around jobs, Annual maintenance Budget proposals, Procurement & follow up of mandatory spares required for Utilities plant maintenance & repair.
Project & Planning Section
 Administrative and management control of documentation section to keep up to date record of all vendors engineering documents & drawings of plant and new projects & modifications.
 Administrative and management control of computer section to keep up to date record of daily routine maintenance, Preventive Maintenance schedule implementation and compliance, Annual turn around maintenance planning on MS project, Daily, Monthly and Annual plant maintenance reports to forecast maintenance man-hours, proper utilization of manpower and plant maintenance cost.
 Administrative and management control of Drawing Section to generate engineering drawings on AutoCAD for existing plant & machinery and new projects & modifications for manufacturing of spare items from AGL workshop and other local & foreign manufacturing companies.

Senior Mechanical Engineer at Elsharika ElDjazairia El Omania Lil Asmida AOA spa Arzew
  • Algeria - Oran
  • September 2015 to February 2016

worked as Sr. Mechanical Engineer Planning & Methods to carry out day to day activities at El Sharika El Djazairia El Omania Lil Asmida AOA spa Arzew Industrial Area Algeria


My major responsibilities includes
 Worked on development of RCM data base for functional failures, failure modes and their effects.
 Developed standard maintenance procedures for rotating and stationary equipments as per OEM recommendations
 Developed preventive maintenance schedules for rotating equipments.
 Prepared all equipments data and mandatory spare parts required for three years smooth operation of the plant.
 Worked on the coding philosophy of equipments and spares for implementation of ERP.
 Reviewed material stock levels and future requirements and expedite Material Section for procurement of proper material at strategic stock levels.
 Preparation of daily production and maintenance progress reports and running machines history record.
 Preparation of annual maintenance budget proposals.
 Managed & supervised daily mechanical corrective & preventive maintenance jobs in coordination with planning and production department to maximize the plant availability.
 Developed team work capabilities of mechanical supervisors & technicians and developing their skills to carry out maintenance tasks independently.

Section Head Maintenance Urea Plant at Agritech Ltd ( Formerly Pak-American Fertilizers Ltd )
  • Pakistan - Faisalabad
  • February 2008 to September 2015

Manage all aspect of maintenance including 20 skilled technicians and three supervisors across three shifts.
Responsible for timely & cost effective maintenance of urea plant equipments like centrifugal pumps, high pressure plunger pumps, centrifugal compressor, steam turbines, conveyor belts, prilling machine, carbamate condenser, reactor, stripper etc
Provide technical support to technical services department for the execution of management of change requests, design package review and commissioning of new projects or modifications.
Manage condition monitoring of equipments including pumps, turbines, compressors, blowers, fans and gear boxes etc. and carry out RCA & FMEA to diagnose fault causes.
Liaise with suppliers & vendors for procurement of spares, consumables, equipments and piping etc
Provide full support to technicians during troubleshooting, diagnosis activities and carry out route-cause failure analysis. Liaise with to get recommendations and advise on repeated failures & problems.
Develop major overhauling activities plan for rotating equipments and follow-up for timely execution.
Non destructive testing of urea plant critical equipment with electromagnetic probe to check tubes wall thickness loss and graphical representation of equipment remaining life.
Planning and Supervision of Annual plant maintenance activities, preparation of activity/bar charts of critical equipments and inspection of equipments
Preparation of daily maintenance progress reports and running machines history record.
Preparation of annual maintenance budget proposals.
Implementation of latest maintenance techniques preventive, predictive and proactive approach to increase equipments reliability.
Successful implementation and utilization of SAP plant maintenance and material management modules.
Managing & supervising daily mechanical corrective & preventive maintenance jobs in coordination with planning and production department to maximize the plant availability.

Section Head Maintenance Utilities & Powerhouse at Pak-American Fertilizer Ltd
  • Pakistan
  • April 2004 to August 2008

Maintenance of boilers, cooling towers, water treatment plant, centrifugal pumps, steam turbines, gas turbine, heat exchanges, surface condenser, gear boxes, fans etc.
Planning, maintenance and inspection of Annual turn around.
Plan & Execute routine jobs, P.M., Predictive Maintenance, breakdown & emergency repair of various plant equipments as per Technical drawings & International Standards like API, ANSI, ASME, TEMA & AWS.
Worked on the implementation of ERP System. Coding of all the related spares of the maintenance section.
Successfully managed, organized and monitored modifications/projects like conversion of water tube boiler into HRSG and installation of Gas turbine.
Developed and managed operating and capital budgets to ensure that section’s operations remain within budgetary targets.
Review material stock levels and future requirements and expedite Material Section for procurement of proper material at strategic stock levels.
Preparation of daily maintenance progress reports and running machines history record.
Preparation of annual maintenance budget proposals.
Implementation of latest maintenance techniques (preventive, predictive, proactive approach to increase equipments reliability)
Managed & supervised daily mechanical corrective & preventive maintenance jobs in coordination with planning and production department to maximize the plant availability.

Asstt Mechanical Engineer at Pak-American Fertilizers Ltd
  • Pakistan
  • February 1998 to March 2004

Worked as Asstt.Engineer at Pak-American fertilizers modernization and expansion project 650 MTPD Ammonia & 1050 MTPD Urea plants designed and installed in supervision of Toyo Engineering Corporation Japan.

Main responsibilities
Studied isometric drawings, piping plans of urea and utilities plant.
Supervision of piping fabrication work of utilities and urea plant.
Piping flushing/blowing, hydro-test, Commissioning and start-up activities.
Supervision of maintenance activities of utilities section
Liaison with warehouse to develop inventory management system
Managed & supervised daily mechanical corrective & preventive maintenance jobs in coordination with planning and production department to maximize the plant availability.

In addition to my plant responsibilities, I have been also deputed as a member of committee for the following assignments.
Studied the isometric drawings of Ammonia, Urea and Utilities plants for the calculation of BOQ.
Prepared warehouse inventory items coding and logics for the computerized inventory system in order to promote uniformity in the nomenclature of warehouse.
Prepared minimum, maximum and order levels of inventory and raise the indents for spare parts.
In-house audit of warehouse inventory.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at NWFP University of Engineering & technology Peshawar
  • April 1997

B.Sc ( Hons ) In Mechanical Engineering

Specialties & Skills

Primavera P6
Plant Maintenance
MS Office Suit
MS Project
MS Office
MS Outlook
Project engineering
MS Project
Plant Maintenance Rotary Equipments
Plant Maintenance Stationary Equipments
SAP(ERP) PM,MM Modules

Languages

English
Intermediate
Arabic
Beginner
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Council
  • member
  • February 1997

Training and Certifications

Optimization of Industrial Pumps (Training)
Training Institute:
NFC Institute of Engineering and Technical Training Multan
Date Attended:
January 2003
Duration:
42 hours
Inventory Management System (Training)
Training Institute:
NFC Institute of Engineering and Technical Training Multan
Date Attended:
January 2004
Duration:
42 hours
Integrated Management System (IMS) (Training)
Training Institute:
Bureau VERITAS Certifications
Date Attended:
April 2014
Duration:
42 hours
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) (Training)
Training Institute:
DATA Track System Canada
Date Attended:
March 2016
Duration:
24 hours