Officer In Charge Aircraft Stand Equipment
Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
Total years of experience :8 years, 0 Months
1. Operation and Maintenance Management of airport’s electromechanical equipment including:
-Passenger Boarding Bridges: 50-ton mechanical structure with telescopic tunnels, a heavy-duty electric gantry with ACME threaded balls nut mechanism driven by 3-phase induction motors, all mounted over a VFD driven electric motors traction system, overall controlled by PLC and equipped with advanced electronics (limit switches, inductive proximity sensors, encoders, ultrasound sensors, photocells and laser distance sensors)
-Aircraft Preconditioned Air (PCA) Units (45-90 TR special HVAC units for aircrafts) scroll compressor refrigeration circuits, VFD controlled centrifugal blower (evaporator), heavy-duty rotary fans (condenser), electronics (pressure differential switches, smoke detection sensors, pressure transducers and PT100 temperature sensors), overall controlled by PLC
-9 to 11 TR microchiller controlled heat pumps
-50Hz 400VAC to 400Hz 200VAC converter aircraft Ground Power Units (GPU)
-GPU/PCA popup pit systems with mechanical counter-weight based underground lifting mechanism
-Advanced Visual Docking Guidance Systems (A-VDGS) with laser range finders, stepper motors and other solid-state electronics for scanning aircraft geometry
-10 to 15kVA online double conversion UPS Systems
-SCADA system and IT infrastructure (fiber optic ring topology network, servers & PLCs)
-Continuous Friction Measuring Equipment (CFME) for Runway
-Assignments on other systems, especially Baggage Handling System (BHS) with throughput of 8400BPH and 3.83km overall conveyor length
2. RCA, FMEA, equipment redesign/rebuild projects & Preventive/Predictive/Corrective maintenance management
3. Leadership, team management and staff training of over 100 operators/technicians
4. Deal with audits on HSE, quality and management
5. Spare parts procurement, budgeting and SLA & contractor management
6. Decision making & problem solving in 24/7 airport operations high pressure environment
Processing cases of acquiring engineering services and conducting repair/maintenance works at different airports around the country on HVAC, Baggage Handling System, Water Works, Building Transport System, Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting (ARFF) Vehicles, Jet Bridges and other airport equipment.
Preparation of equipment specifications; technical evaluation of proposals; preparation of bill of materials; vetting of procurement contract agreements and liaison with concerned departments for clearance of payments.
Creating Annual Development Plan (ADP) for engineering works to be carried out in airports around the country and keeping track on utilization of allocated funds to each airport.
Preparing Repair & Maintenance budgetary reports.
Responsible for hands-on operation and maintenance of olive oil centrifuge.
Meeting daily olive oil production demands from the centrifuge unit.
Following tasks were carried out during this internship:
-Study of the water purification procedure used by Nestle
-Study of the operation of factory’s technical store
-Devisal of possible improvements to make store operation more efficient for the factory
-Preparation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for carrying out store activities
-Preparation of a report in which:
>Manuals of all the factory machines were studied to find out the critical spare parts required by each and every machine in the factory
>A statistical analysis was made on the availability of critical spare parts in the technical store
Studied courses related to management in the engineering industry.
HONORS & AWARDS Secured 2nd Position in All Pakistan Presentation Competition (2015) Held between engineering institutions from all over Pakistan Organized by Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Secured 2nd Position in Pakistan’s North Region Presentation Competition (2014) Held between universities from north region of Pakistan Organized by Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Secured 3rd Position in UET Inter-departmental Presentation competition (2012) Held between all the departments of U.E.T, Taxila Organized by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) PROJECTS Statistical Analysis of Spare Parts Availability -Project during Internship at Nestle -Studied how spare parts are categorized from most critical to least critical on the basis of how much problem can their unavailability create in case they are needed -Assessed the percentage availability of spare parts of each category in technical store of the factory -Determined problems in technical store and presented solutions Development of a Hydraulic Drive System -Final Year Project at U.E.T, Taxila -Designed a Hydraulic Drive Transmission for a vehicle as an innovative replacement of Mechanical Transmission -In this system hydraulic components replace mechanical components of automobile transmission to provide a more efficient alternative of power transmission from the engine to the wheels of the vehicle -Carried out a market survey to find the required hydraulic equipment in the local market -Carried out the physical Installation of the hydraulic components on a vehicle Analysis of Rolls Royce Jet Engine Family Called Trent -Semester Project at U.E.T, Taxila -Studied the innovative manufacturing processes developed by Rolls Royce to make next generation Fan and Turbine blades for their Trent family of jet engines -Studied the advanced alloys and composites used in making the blades to prevent failure under extreme conditions -Studied US Patent: 4882823 and 6106644 to understand Superplastic forming and Diffusion bonding processes and how they are used in manufacturing jet engine components Mini Wind Turbine -Semester Project at U.E.T, Taxila -Studied the operation of wind turbine and its importance in the field of renewable energy -Developed a small model of horizontal axis wind turbine with a capacity to produce 10-15 Watts of power at around 60RPM