omar haj ahmad, Senior Production Engineer

omar haj ahmad

Senior Production Engineer

Premier Composite Technologies

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
12 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 9 Months

Senior Production Engineer at Premier Composite Technologies
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since July 2015

• Manufacturing Management: Chairing weekly production meetings to analyze the manufacturing and material availability against customer demand and presentation of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); preparing monthly production plan and formulating long term capacity plan based on various supply chain and sales inputs.
• Responsible for assembly line, tooling development for mega projects, as well as managing outsourced manufacturing operations as and when required. Working in direct coordination with Team Leaders and Production Supervisors to assure smooth production and offering solutions for production problems.
• Tooling Management: Responsible for tooling development and all production accessories (Milling jigs, assembly jigs, lifting tools, transportation jig); responsible for molds design (Aluminum and Composites molds); supervising and controlling production activities and to ensure timely fulfillment of orders; responsible for attaining all aspects of production operation including safety, scheduling, quality, lean, and team development in assigned areas. Supporting fabrication of complex machined parts, components, assemblies, and part families. Identifying tooling needs and manage the design, supply, and commissioning of tooling.
• Technical Leadership: Playing a key role in performing engineering investigations, studies and other testing to develop suggestions for process improvements, cost reductions, and/or quality improvements on existing technologies & products.
• Design Engineering: Checking compatibility of engineering drawings and specifications with manufacturing and fabrication capabilities by reviewing drawings and making suggestions for changes and revisions for clients at early stages of the project. Analyzing equipment structural designs via. Finite Element Analysis (ANSYS) to determine appropriate safety factors and capacities.
• Process Enhancement: Identifying scope for planning, implementing & monitoring of technological changes to enhance productivity; modifications in equipment, process flow, working practices, consumables, power, etc. for controlling & reducing conversion cost per unit produced.
• Process Enhancement: Executing modifications to ensure manufacture of products as per specifications & quality attributes in line with customer's needs and expectations.
• Rejection Management: Achieving minimum rejection through rejection analysis on daily basis and judiciously deploying the resources to optimize yield and achieve production targets within defined time and cost parameters.
• Schedule Development: Preparing and developing cost and schedule plans for management at all stages of project from design through to completion through resource loading.

Product Line Supervisor at Caracal. a Tawazun Subsidiary
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • August 2013 to June 2015

• Headed and mentored a team of 27 members engaged in production work and steered continuous improvement measures by employing Kanban and Kaizen manufacturing
techniques in the assembly line.
• Ensured the well-being and health and safety of fellow workers.
• Imperative in optimizing an assembly plant for high and low productivity in addition to establishing criteria to measure client satisfaction level for product development program.
• Facilitated in quality investigations into product lines to identify design issues followed by implementing design enhancements for achieving quality product delivery.
• Administered day-to-day production activities and supplied the management with key reports on progress and other metrices.
• Anticipated and corrected issues impacting the production as well as created and maintained manufacturing instruction, route sheet, and other process documentation.
• Led, mentored, and monitored the performance of production workers to ensure efficiency in process operations and meeting of individual & group targets.

Design Engineer at Caracal Internation
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • March 2012 to August 2013

• Held accountable for creation of 3D models, 2D drawings and assembly drawings with complete GT, analysis of fits and clearances tolerances against the standards.
• Generated bill of materials; designed cost-effective components as per required standards; established criteria to ascertain client satisfaction level for product development program; and performed field testing and new product evaluations.
• Partnered with Engineers, Clients and Testing Team in proposed projects and details involved in designing new products.
• Served as a notable part of the Quality Management System (QMS) Team and developed the quality management documents and process as per ISO9001.

Mechanical Site Engineer at Albonian International LCC,
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • April 2011 to August 2011

Providing MEP Services for residential building 24floor: HVAC, Chilled water, Drainage, Water Supply and Fire Fighting

Full Time Trainee Engineer at Maritime Industrial Services
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • June 2009 to August 2009

Project: Building & Maintaining Oil Rigs:
None-destructive testing, Inspection for welding defects, Painting Engineering and Hydraulic testing

Education

Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at American University of Sharjah
  • December 2014
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at American University of Sharjah (AUS)
  • January 2011

Specialties & Skills

Production
Mechanical Design
CATIA V5
Cost Analysis
Project Management
Design Engineering
Part Development
Project Management - Design and Manufacturing
Project Delivery Management
Product Development
Team Management
3D/2D Modelling
Industrial Facility Setups
Stakeholders and People Management
Tooling Design
Shop Floor Management

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Active
  • August 2006
Member of Project Management Institute-PMI
  • active
  • January 2015

Training and Certifications

Estidama Pearl Qualified Profession (PQP)-Licensed for applying Pearl Community Rating System (PCRS) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2011
Estidama Pearl Qualified Profession (PQP) -Licensed for applying Pearl Building Rating System (PBRS) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2011
Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) -License: 19022823 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2016
Valid Until:
January 2022
Project Management in Primavera P6 V7 Certificate (PMI Accredited) (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle University
Date Attended:
January 2009
Quality Management System Foundation Training - ISO 9001:2008 (Training)
Training Institute:
International Register of Certificated Auditors
Date Attended:
June 2014