Project/Production Engineer

To secure a position in a highly growth company with considerable advancement opportunities. Ideally, in a business development capacity with an emphasis on strategic planning

November 2007 to January 2009 Depa , United Arab Emirates

Worked as a Production Engineer in modular structure manufacturing division
1.Developing layout planning for new equipment, establishing required positions and creating job descriptions using value-stream mapping.
2.Evaluating existing and alternative methods of production in terms of work flow, capacity, types of machinery, safety, reliability and cost.
3.Implementing TQM principles and tools, managing the interface between design and manufacturing on new product development to solve the management problems.
4.Coordinating with procurement department to resolve material non-conformity, ensuring robust processes and effective process control.
5.Constructing data base spread sheets and cost reconciliation in accordance to priced BOM and daily expenditures.
6.Conducting and co-ordinating market research and economic analysis to support key project technical decisions.
7.Developing working practices that are appropriate to a Lean manufacturing environment including Lean events and Risk Assessments.
8.Material planning and utilisation and reduction of slow moving inventory.
9.Implementing production scheduling and monitoring system within a manufacturing environment.

September 2002 – August 2004 Marine Services Co. Ltd, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Worked as HVAC Engineer in the Electromechanical Department, key accomplishments include:

1.Cost estimation of projects in line with agreed technical specifications, e.g. responsible for making Bill of Materials (BOM) and cost estimation of USD 2m Medical College Project in Jeddah Saudi Arabia.
2.Making the load calculations and HVAC drawings for commercial projects.
3.Establishing production scheduling and recording system for the workshop that ensure accurate recording of production figures.
4.Updating programmes to reflect progress on site, compensation events/variations critical paths.
5.Dealing with contractual programme issues (critical path / delay analysis).
6.Managing and co-ordinating the programme information from 3rd parties - client, consultants, suppliers etc.
7.Justification of any capital purchases throughout the project from initial concept through to full handover.
8.Identify and implementing improvements in material utilization and labour efficiencies to achieve cost reduction.

September 2004 – July 2006 University of Manchester, UK

MSc Advanced Manufacturing Technology & Systems Management.

Specialization in the study of Manufacturing Technology and Management covering:
•Manufacturing Processes (Rapid Prototyping, Metal Forming)
•Computer Aided Manufacturing and Process Planning
•Manufacturing Systems (Six Sigma, Lean & Concurrent Engineering)
•Manufacturing Management including Master Production Scheduling (MPS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) & Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED), Business Process Re-engineering concepts & approach.

May 1997 – October 2001 University of Eng. & Technology Taxila, Pakistan

BSc Mechanical Engineering
The course covered the complete range of modules in Mechanical Engineering including CAD, Stress Analysis, Gas Dynamics, Control systems, Mechanical Vibrations, Production Engineering, and Industrial Management.

Computer Applications:

Excellent Command over various MS-Office Applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access, MS Project

Technology and Industry knowledge:

Engineering Packages used: Auto Cad, MatLab, Carrier E20-II, Carrier Hourly Analysis Program (HAP).

Language Skills: English (Fluent), Arabic (Working Knowledge), Urdu (Native)

Publication:
K Ali, K Shamim, Qadir, H A Bhatti ‘Conduction and Convection Based Thermal Analysis of Printed Circuit Boards for Air-borne applications ‘17th International conference on Microelectronics. Publication Date: 13-15 Dec. 2005