Andrew Awad
Dubai,UAE
Summary
Experienced professional with extensive knowledge in plant operations over 300 employees, fleet operations over 600 assets (light and heavy equipment, vehicles, and trucks), metal production, management and enhancement, and sustainability practices. Demonstrates strong team leadership and staff development skills, coupled with budget oversight and strategic planning expertise. Adept at relationship-building, negotiation proficiency, and creative thinking to drive organizational success. Committed to fostering cultural awareness and achieving long-term career goals in management and operational excellence.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Plant Manager
ASGC Construction LLC
Dubai, UAE
05.2021 - Current
- Planning for the corrective and preventive maintenance of the fleet.
- Providing technical support for the team.
- Following up on the repairs and overcoming the obstacles to reduce the repair duration.
- Monitoring the fleet efficiency and deployment to reduce the company's external hiring.
- Managing the site requirements of equipment, machineries, and transportation.
- Managing of store and stock of spare parts and materials.
- Monitoring the behavior and attendance efficiency of the team.
- Managing the steel fabrication section (estimations, engineering, materials order, fabrication process, finishing and delivery), and finding solutions to overcome the obstacles of the fabrication process.
- Increased staff motivation for enhanced productivity through implementing comprehensive training programs.
- Coordinate with HSSE to meet the safety rules and requirements.
- Negotiated suppliers for cost savings without compromising on quality or delivery timeframes.
- Oversaw budget preparation, resulting in cost-effective operations.
- Monitoring the revenue and expenses on a monthly basis to ensure the profitability of the plant.
Plant manager
ASGC Construction LLC
Dubai, UAE
05.2016 - 04.2021
- Manage the plans of site maintenance, preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance of the fleet and annual registration renewal.
- Manage and coordinate the mobilization and de-mobilization of the projects, spare parts and miscellaneous service equipment.
- Ensure maximum manpower utilization through task cards to achieve operational efficiency and reduce idle time by coordination between Plant sections.
- Manage generator distribution through site based on the load calculation.
- Ensure the quantity of the done jobs in all sections.
- Ensure all records/catalogues related to vehicles, equipment, generator and machineries are maintained properly in the respective section for immediate reference.
- Provide technical support to the team.
- Manage the repairs and overcome the obstacles to reduce the repair duration.
- Supervise of spare parts and estimate the cost of repair jobs and find economic solutions to reduce the cost.
- Supervise the parts orders, receive and inspect the spare parts.
- Supervise the store, spare parts stock and store audit.
- Cover the site's requirements of vehicles, equipment, generators and machineries by coordinating with the other sites to match the requirements.
- Coordinate with the safety departments to meet the safety rules and requirements.
- Manage the problems of parts suppliers and dealers.
- Manage the accident estimations and repairs.
Senior Mechanical Engineer
ASGC Construction LLC
Dubai, UAE
01.2012 - 04.2016
- Inspect and maintain vehicles on site and in the workshop and ensure proper functioning.
- Coordinate and arrange repair work/maintenance schedules based on priorities; assign and arrange manpower for tasks accordingly.
- Follow up on repair and service activities and complete work within a pre-planned timeframe
- Estimate the cost of repair work on damaged equipment or vehicles and improve profitability by reducing and controlling the cost of repair; supervise the repair process to minimize the duration of repair work required
- Supervise and control the store and maintain inventory of spare parts for store audit purposes.
- Manage and plan for preventive maintenance schedules and corrective maintenance of the fleet.
- Manage the technical preparation of the fleet prior to the registration renewal test.
- Supervise the estimations of accident repair costs and repairs.
- Coordinate with all sites to manage their equipment and generator or transportation needs and requirements
- Inspect, order and receive old and new spare parts for the department; ensure high quality products are received while ensuring low cost is attained
- Review invoices, GRN, and LPO of equipment and generator or transportation materials
- Control and maintain batteries of all ASGC fleet
- Review equipment and generator or transportation reports and submit to Plant Director
Mechanical Engineer
ASGC construction LLC
Dubai, UAE
06.2008 - 12.2011
- Maintain vehicles on site and in the workshop and ensure proper functioning.
- Coordinate and arrange repair work/maintenance schedules based on priorities; assign and arrange manpower for tasks accordingly.
- Supervise and control the store and maintain inventory of spare parts for store audit purposes.
- Maintain the preventive maintenance schedules and the corrective maintenance of the fleet.
- Maintain the technical preparation of the fleet prior to the registration renewal test.
- Maintain the estimations of accident repair costs and repairs.
- Review invoices, GRN, and LPO of equipment and generator or transportation materials.
- Maintain the equipment and generator and transportation reports and submit to the Plant Director.
Mechanical Engineer
MCV Cargo
Cairo, Egypt
11.2006 - 05.2008
- Maintain maintenance programs for trucks and trailers
- Supervision of accidental repairs.
- Supervision, inspection and maintenance of tiers.
- Maintain and support the towing and recovery of accident trucks and trailers.
- Maintain stock inventory, minimizing Parts shortages.
Maintenance Engineer
Golden Five City Hotels
Hurghada, Egypt.
04.2006 - 10.2006
- Carrying out maintenance for the boilers and pumps.
- Carrying out maintenance for air handling units and ventilation.
- Carrying out maintenance for washing machines and kitchen equipment.
- Supervision of water treatment for boilers and swimming pools.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Power Engineering
High Institute of Energy
AswanSkills
- Productivity knowledge, management and enhancement
- Sustainability practices
- Plant operation knowledge
- Team Leadership
- Staff development
- Budget oversight and management
- Cultural awareness
- Strategic planning
- Relationship-building
- Negotiation proficiency and expertise
- Creative thinking
Languages
English
Advanced
Arabic
Native
Affiliations
- Reading
Timeline
Senior Plant Manager
ASGC Construction LLC
05.2021 - Current
Plant manager
ASGC Construction LLC
05.2016 - 04.2021
Senior Mechanical Engineer
ASGC Construction LLC
01.2012 - 04.2016
Mechanical Engineer
ASGC construction LLC
06.2008 - 12.2011
Mechanical Engineer
MCV Cargo
11.2006 - 05.2008
Maintenance Engineer
Golden Five City Hotels
04.2006 - 10.2006
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Power Engineering
High Institute of Energy
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