Facility Engineer (Mechanical Engineer)
Leading Diversified Business Conglomerate
Total years of experience :19 years, 4 Months
Accomplishments:
• Served as a catalyst in the evolution of business excellence, serving high-end contracts and boosting client satisfaction scores thus business revenue.
• Recognized for driving the culture of innovation, initiative and exceeding productivity by optimizing processes, budgeting and forecasting, mitigating costs and subsequently improving profitability.
• Nurtured synergistic relationships with all stakeholders and business partners.
• Pursuing sustainable activities, green building standards, energy conversation and waste management.
Key Responsibilities:
• Commanding the whole spectrum of operations including strategic planning for future development in line with business objectives, budgetary planning, and cost controlling as well as recruiting key operational personnel.
• Directing day-to-day activities, and providing custodial of the facilities to ensure on-time and on-quality deliverables. Developing and managing the facility work order system.
• Administering maintenance activities for facilities including but not limited to Statutory Compliance, HVAC, MEP, and sustainable activities, energy conservation, addressing audit tasks, Predictive Maintenance, MMR & CAFM data.
Accomplishments:
• Instrumental in managing operations for prime multiple assets/ property portfolios comprised of iconic projects.
• Leveraged engineering excellence in pursuit of innovation and performance excellence devised and implemented new programs and initiated successful processes to deliver FMS maximizing the bottom line.
• Created a strong, credible corporate identity that enabled the company to be recognized for delivering the highest quality of facilities solutions & services.
Key Responsibilities:
• Provided leadership and oversight for a department specially established to provide tailor-made Facilities services for high-end clients/projects/ prime multiple assets including but not limited to:
• Portfolio:-Wasl for Meraas site. Asset Management - 300 Villas + 2 Warehouse Compounds
• Managed FMS services and attended to client-side requirements.
• Portfolio: - Discovery Gardens -31 Themed Medium Rise Residential Buildings
• Inspection and audit for EOL & Variable works independently and with clients.
• Reviewed reports for compilation of PPM, building inspection & HSEQ and chairing meetings with Client.
• Superintended a dynamic team to maintain productivity & quality. Drove a high-performance culture by fostering innovation, and positively influencing internal partners to deliver initiatives that are crucial to business.
• Portfolio: -Marsa Al Seef Retail +F&B (Meraas), Elite Residence High Rise Tower (360 Communities)
• Supported AGM for their task related to the takeover of newly developed phase-4 (Marsa Al Seef)
• Took over from existing service provider and transition formalities related to asset (Elite Residence).
• Developed and implemented SOP’s and processes. Provided solutions for operational changes within a complex, ambiguous and rapidly changing environment, delivering change and transformation to the highest standards.
• Administered implementation of proven processes, tools, and strategies that result in sustainable asset availability.
Accomplishments:
• Championed key account management, served as a trusted advisor to C-suit executives, and focused on excellent customer service delivery, profit, sustainability and people agenda.
• Prudently managed commercial resources whilst registering year-on-year business growth.
Key Responsibilities:
• Ownership of handling key accounts, addressing techno commercial aspects/ plans for growth on target regions.
• Evangelized customer experience through innovative programs/ account strategies, and building long-term relations with key accounts, leading to augmenting customer satisfaction scores, retention & account growth
Designation Chronology:
• Mar’12 -Mar’16: Senior Engineer Commercial-Exports
• Mar’09 - Mar’12: Senior Engineer Techno-Commercial
Accomplishments:
• Hand-selected to manage key accounts such as Veolia, OMC South Pars Clients SSRMS
• Played a key role in bagging new client mix across the marine contracting & service companies/sector.
• Successfully negotiated and closed high-end deals.
Key Responsibilities:
• Commanded projects in Procurement Management, and facilitated ongoing continuous improvement initiatives - screening & shortlisting new sources to realize year-on-year incremental improvements and cost savings.
• Established project portfolio plans, provided strategic commercial assistance to the sales team at the bidding stage & Engineering Support Team/Project Operation Support Division on acceptability of design proposals.
• Oversaw development of project contracting strategies, contractor selection and evaluation of contractor/ consultant bids.
• Developed estimates for various E & I, Mechanical and Costs for Project Tenders.
• Prepared designs and specifications for tenders and mechanical work-related documents. And implemented optimization techniques that significantly improved the efficiency and effectiveness of the tendering process, resulting in lower costs, faster bidding periods, and increased transparency.
• Advised on a wide variety of commercial contracts and competitive analysis of bids and tenders.
• Analyzed/approved bid summaries as well as evaluated quotations and bidders with pertinent specifications, terms & conditions, ensuring procurement function operates according to good industry practice.
• Provided safe, cost-efficient and reliable asset maintenance to meet the pre-agreed maintenance milestones and the production reliability plan.
• Led, and mentored staff of 4 - 5 personnel to achieve performance objectives, enhanced employee productivity and product knowledge through training and utilization of resources aligned with organizational vision.
Designation Chronology:
• Dec’05 - Nov’08: Senior Sales Engineer - Export Department
• Aug’04 - Dec’05: Product Support
• Dec’02 - Aug’04: Senior Assistant - Project Department
Accomplishments:
• Entrusted to handle various key clients such as Flour Amec (Iraq, Kuwait) and Washington Agility NIGC RITS
• Instrumental in propelling business with principal contractors for United Corps Engineers working in Iraq (Flour Amec, Washington & Agility Transoceanic)
• Played a key role in replacing competitors’ products with the company’s range of products for the Lurgi- Germany Pilot Project & ABB Lumus Project for MPEG
• Enforced compliance with manufacturing requirements through monitoring and Quality Assurance of site activity and implementing manufacturing excellence measures to improve operation throughput.
• Served as Product Manager for Nouva Fima, Italy (Pressure Temperature/ HIP Instruments) during 2008 - 04.
• Commanded the entire sales operations for Iran & Iraq region. Defined area business strategy, yearly operating plan and P&L roadmap. Identified new business opportunities and aggressively steered sales.
• Handled supply of Heat Exchanger equipment with Cryogenic Testing for Petronash Contractor - LNG Project.
• Handled supply of instrumentation hook-up items related to transportation & storage facility in Turkmenistan.
• Undertook measures to standardize rates & streamline logistic network which enabled a 12% reduction in cost.
• Under my leadership propelled sales by a whopping 30% to 35%.
• Earned track record of achieving the highest turnover in assigned customer base. Amplified customer arsenal by 18% through enhanced relationships.
Previous Professional Experiences: Nov’96 - Dec’01
•: Assistant Executive - Sales/ Supervisor - Administration Delux Re-Rolling Metal Pvt. Ltd., Gujarat, India- 12000 TPA Continuous Process Hot Re Rolling plant
Master of Business Administration –MBA, Buckinghamshire New University UK, 2019
Associate Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thomson Education, 3rd Sem. PA, USA, 2003
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Sir Bhavsinhji Polytechnic Institute, BVN, Gujarat, University 1996 Proficiency Award as a Member of Bharat Scouts, Social League