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Adrian Forcado

Adrian Forcado

Sharjah

Summary

Motivational leader and organizational problem-solver with advanced supervisory, team building and customer service skills. Experience stepping into roles and quickly making positive changes to drive company success. Focused on using training, monitoring and morale-building techniques to maximize employee engagement and performance. Knowledgeable Maintenance Engineer offers 22 years of troubleshooting and repair experience with advanced technical knowledge. Dependable and service-driven with strong safety record and excellent follow-through. Well-versed in consulting blueprints and schematics to assess repair needs.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Maintenance Manager

Auric Hub
Abu Dhabi
07.2022 - Current
  • Plan and set-up a complete gold and silver refinery
  • Ensure to properly maintain and operate refining and foundry equipments.
  • Ensured compliance with safety regulations and standards.
  • Diagnosed and repaired mechanical issues according to industry standards.
  • Produced thorough, accurate and timely reports of project activities.
  • Proposed or approved modifications to project plans.
  • Assigned duties to workers according to their skillsets.
  • Reviewed completed work to verify consistency, quality and conformance.
  • Maintained equipment performance by cleaning and lubricating components.
  • Contacted vendors to procure equipment and tools to meet organizational demands.
  • Supervised preventive maintenance projects, employee tasks and performance and adherence to safety standards.
  • Supervised installation, repair and upkeep of machinery and mechanical equipment.
  • Inspected buildings, grounds and equipment regularly for safety hazards or breakdowns.
  • Provided technical support in case of system malfunctions or breakdowns.
  • Developed preventive maintenance procedures for all machines used in production.
  • Implemented preventive maintenance program by planning and coordinating major scheduled maintenance outages
  • Reviewed blueprints and manuals to repair and restore optimal functionality.
  • Monitored the performance of all equipment to ensure proper functioning.

Maintenance Manager

International Precious Metal Refiners
Sharjah
08.2010 - 07.2022
  • Proficiency in planning, designing, set up of gold and silver refinery.
  • Strong knowledge of Environmental, Health Safety Standards.
  • Building and set-up of Silver and Gold Refinery equipments such as Induction Furnaces, Hydrometallurgy system, Aqua Regia system, Electrolysis/Electrowinning system.
  • Knowledge in Fabrication of Gold and Silver Reactor, filters, scrubbers and process condensers.
  • Facilitate in installation of Rotating and Static equipments such as Steam Boiler, Air Compressor, Over head cranes, Cooling Tower, Heat Exchanger, Pumps, Reverse Osmosis system, Fume Scrubber system, Conveyors, Blowers, Air-conditioning system and all mechanical and plumbing set-up. (Job responsibilities involved project management coordination, design and site inspection)
  • Closely monitor site activities done by outsource contractor to ensure quality of work and complies with the contract requirements. Review and ensure that all MEP drawings and materials are approved prior to construction/installation. Ensure materials use for installation are properly inspect and complies with the approve shop drawings and materials specification.
  • Conduct site inspection on mechanical and plumbing installation and ensure work compliance to a project specified standard.
  • Conduct and witness the testing and commissioning of machineries/equipment installation and ensure that the performance of the systems are conforms on the design requirement.
  • Strictly implement safety procedures/precautions at the work site to prevent accidents.
  • Responsible to locates the defects in machines, finding quick and cost-effective solutions and having expertise to rigorously maintain the performance of production equipments.
  • Responsible with an extensive planning of maintenance strategies and having a tab on the procurement of the equipment.
  • Conduct inventories, monitories and inspects equipment in order to maintain it.
  • Responsible for evaluating and documenting each piece of equipment to determine the effectiveness of the equipment and its preventive maintenance plan.
  • Responsible in schedules and make timely repairs on each piece of equipment when it breaks down or needs preventive maintenance. And completing effective emergency repairs to minimize the time lost from unanticipated work stoppage because of misuse or equipment failure.
  • Perform routine maintenance to ensure proper and efficient functioning of equipment and systems. Reading blueprints and product manuals to diagnose problems, then using a variety of tools to adjust or repairs.
  • Assigns tasks to junior maintenance staff, performs general maintenance and repair activities on defective equipment and ensures that manufacturing and service employees follow corporate procedures and government regulations when performing tasks.
  • Interacts with computer systems, receives and processes information and solve problems.

Maintenance Engineer

Al-Ghurair Giga Gold Refinery
Dubai
08.2008 - 07.2010
  • Planning in maintenance of all company assets and systems including internal and external supervision of technical maintenance staff pertaining to regular maintenance, extraordinary repairs and new project development.
  • Administers the computerized maintenance module system (ex. CMMS). To meet the increasing demand of data base maintenance program.
  • Assist all line Managers annually with budget development pertaining to maintenance (regular or otherwise)
  • Communicate schedules (regular or extraordinary) to line managers in advance to minimize production cycle disruption.
  • Maintaining inventory and records of all company assets/systems and the associated maintenance records.
  • Develop inventory of all company assets/systems and the associated maintenance records where they do not currently exist.
  • Ensure all maintenance work (internally or externally contracted) must conform to international standards.
  • Minimize breakdowns through coordinating continuous adherence to asset maintenance schedule.
  • Review equipment and systems with line Managers and assist with innovating better efficiencies.
  • Safety-Strictly follow safety guidelines and procedures and ensure that others adhere to safety standards with-in designated areas under direct control; report any unsafe actions.
  • Equipment Care- Ensure all equipment and tools used within are properly cared for, cleaned and packed away after use.
  • Installation of new equipment and integration of existing systems.
  • Mark-up of equipment and building drawings to show changes and modifications.
  • Closely monitor trouble shoot and repair of induction heating furnaces, chillers, air compressors and hydraulics and pneumatic pumps and motor.
  • Monitor operation of machines and equipments used for processing, refining and melting of Gold and Silver.

Plant Mechanical Supervisor

Amiantit Fiberglass Industries Company Limited
Dammam
05.2005 - 06.2007
  • Install, troubleshoot, repair, test, strip, build-up of various pneumatic, hydraulic, rotating and stationary equipments such as pumps, motors, compressors, conveyors, actuators, fans and blowers, overhead cranes.
  • Construct the necessary preventive maintenance procedures for equipment. Completing the preventive maintenance tasks according to the procedure, ensuring that the work is done safety. Note any defects observed during the preventive maintenance task and will report these to the Mechanical Department Manager. Performs, facilitate and strictly implement regular preventive maintenance schedule.
  • Plans the next days work according to priorities set by the Mechanical Department Manager which includes planning for item such as tools, isolations, spare parts.
  • Conducts condition checks running equipment according to schedule. These condition checks will include checks for leakage’s, vibration, noise and temperature.
  • Responsible for any running adjustments required on equipment.
  • Install and commissioning new machines. Facilitate and conducts modifications of winding machines and equipments to improve performance and increase speed of production.
  • Design’s machine and maintenance equipment to reduce breakdown time into troubleshooting and repairing and minimize manpower to do one job.
  • Administers the computerized maintenance module system. To meet the increasing demand of data base maintenance program.
  • Create purchase requisitions of machines spare parts and repair kits.
  • Updates and keep records of all maintenance activities such as preventive and predictive maintenance, lubrication schedules, equipment history, machine breakdown, tagging and check listing of all equipment, machineries and facilities.
  • To receive and creates work notifications from different department, equipment and facility end-user and relay it to concern department for the commencement of work, repair, installation and maintenance activities by the concerned maintenance section.
  • Extracts preventive maintenance program from plant or equipment manuals and convert them to checklists and propose maintenance schedule for the implementation of the said program, for the steady and improve performance of equipment and plant machineries, such that uncontrolled breakdown will be eliminated.
  • Assist the maintenance personnel for the requirement in obtaining spares, tools and consumables. To support them by giving engineering data during troubleshooting. And to keep proper inventory of tools in the custody of maintenance department.
  • Completes the required data fields on work orders including information such as spares used, description of work completed, request for further work to be done and hours spent on particular tasks. Order tools and materials needed for maintenance activities.
  • Corrective maintenance (repair) tasks, which includes:
    1) Pre-planning the task in terms of safety, spares and tools.
    2) Preparing a plan for such a task in terms of procedures, task sequence, duration.
    3) Ensures the best operating procedure and manufacturer’s specifications in his repair.
    4) Give feedback on work orders regarding the task details.
  • To adhere with the other database module existing in the company, for the coordination and activities.
  • Provide leadership and job coordination on critical repairs or projects
  • Conducts regular assessment of maintenance personnel’s daily accomplishments. Strongly manage maintenance personnel’s with different nationality.
  • Strictly follow and complies company rule and policy. Strictly implement safety in personnel, work, facilities and in environment.

Maintenance Technician

Rustan's Commercial Corporation
Mandaluyong
04.2002 - 04.2005
  • Operates, maintain, repair and planned maintenance of HVAC and allied mechanical/electrical equipment.
  • Install and repair mechanical/electrical equipment and machinery including high voltage system.
  • Do preventive maintenance on building mechanical/electrical equipment and controls including high voltage transformer, machinery and circuit power feeder cable.
  • Check and inventory of stock, supplies and materials.
  • Keep maintenance records and work activity reports.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Polytechnic University of The Philippines
Manila, Philippines
05-2001

Skills

  • Planning, Building, Set-up of Gold and Silver Refinery
  • Familiar with Inductotherm, Italimpianti, Tera Gold and Silver Refinery Equipments
  • Planning, managing and organizing skills for every task and personnel
  • Designing using SOLID EDGE LAYOUT
  • Designs using AUTOCADD
  • Can operate LATHE MACHINE, MILLING MACHINE, DRILLING MACHINE
  • Familiar in pneumatic system and hydraulic system
  • Computer literate (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power point, MS Outlook, AUTOCADD)
  • Inventory Replenishment
  • Employee Performance Assessment
  • Materials Requisition
  • Facilities Maintenance
  • Maintenance Planning
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Installation Management
  • Equipment Inspection
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Project Management

Accomplishments

  • Design, Planning, Building, set-up and complete installation of machineries for a Gold and Silver Refinery with capacity of 1000 Kg per Day.
  • Fabrication of Gold and Silver Reactors, Filters, Acid dosage tanks and process condenser
  • Electromechanical Installation of Induction Furnaces and chillers. Gold Refinery Expansion
  • Set-up and Commissioning of Induction Furnaces such as:
  • 1. ITC Designed and manufactured, 150 KW, 3 KHz, Solid state power supply with two furnace selector switches and ground leak detector. With two hydraulic tilt power cube furnace.
  • 2. Rebuilt 35 KW, 9600 Hz, Solid State power supply with special ITC Multi Furnace assembly with four tilt type, ITC Box Furnaces mounted on a common frame.
  • Set-up and commissioning of an Air cooled packaged water chillers with twin screw semi hermetic compressors with a cooling capacity of 500 KW.
  • Set-up of Glass lined reactor tank 300 liters capacity.

Timeline

Maintenance Manager

Auric Hub
07.2022 - Current

Maintenance Manager

International Precious Metal Refiners
08.2010 - 07.2022

Maintenance Engineer

Al-Ghurair Giga Gold Refinery
08.2008 - 07.2010

Plant Mechanical Supervisor

Amiantit Fiberglass Industries Company Limited
05.2005 - 06.2007

Maintenance Technician

Rustan's Commercial Corporation
04.2002 - 04.2005

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Polytechnic University of The Philippines

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