Ashiq Mehmood
Sharjah
Summary
Accomplished Industrial Engineer with extensive experience in equipment maintenance, process improvement, and quality control management. Proven track record in leading multi-disciplinary teams to enhance plant performance and reliability at Emirates National Factory for Plastic Industries. Expertise in developing predictive maintenance strategies, implementing Lean manufacturing principles, and conducting root cause analysis to optimize operations. Successfully reduced breakdowns by 20% through LEAN and TPM implementation at Shan Foods Private Ltd. Skilled in asset management, risk assessment, and project management with a focus on continuous improvement and cost reduction.
Career goal: To leverage engineering expertise to drive operational excellence and innovation in industrial settings.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Industrial Engineer - CUPCO, City Pack, Future Pack & United Security
EMIRATES NATIONAL FACTORY FOR PLASTIC INDUSTRIES
11.2022 - Current
- Responsible for industrial machinery, utilities, and facility maintenance, lead a multi-disciplinary maintenance team to ensure optimal plant performance.
- Developed and implemented PPM schedules and KPIs for machinery uptime, efficiency, and reliability.
- Maintaining accurate maintenance records, procurement approvals, inventory of spare parts, ROL, SS, EOQ, MRN data, and making minimum inventory of spare parts in the engineering store using the tool VED analysis and the basis of ABC category of machine.
- Monitor the completion of tasks & ensure good performance from each team member, review and Update all the Required Documents.
- Maintaining cost control by establishing proper maintenance strategies and asset management by performing studies on the reliability of plant facilities, reducing power consumption, and using a skilled workforce.
- Setting and achieving KPI targets. Performing Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Risk Analysis, Asset Criticality, and FMEA for recurring failures, recommending corrective actions and PM optimisation if required.
- Develop and implement the Reliability Improvement process to reduce downtime, improve asset performance and utilisation (MTBF, MTTR, OEE, and TOEE), and identify the failure patterns and trends.
- Perform studies on new machineries, plan, modify, retrofit, and supervise machinery installations.
- Organising weekly Maintenance Review Meetings and Task Completion sets based on the MOM.
- Contribute to new business initiatives, project reviews, and impact on maintenance activities.
- Manage the process of disposal of obsolete machinery, plant, and equipment from gaining agreement to write-off to physically removing.
- Collaborating with Cross-Functional, Production, HSE, and Quality to ensure equipment availability.
- Developing and implementing predictive maintenance strategies to improve reliability.
- Staying Up-to-Date with Advance Technology, Equipment Maintenance Practices and Strategies.
- Prepare the annual repair, maintenance, budget, CAPEX, and OPEX.
- Emirates National Factory for Plastic Industries (ENPI), a division of SPPC Group, a major packaging and printing company in the Middle East, especially the UAE and KSA.
- Delivered continuous improvement strategies, process optimisation approaches and operational engineering support to management team.
Equipment Maintenance Engineer
SHAN FOODS PRIVATE LTD.
Sharjah
11.2019 - 10.2022
- Ensured quality control, inspections, and documentation per specifications.
- Maintaining All Equipment as per HSE & QA standards & OEE of Equipment, RCA regarding issues.
- Daily basis meeting with Managers & Production team to make sure Smooth Process and Achieve Target.
- LEAN and TPM Implementation and Trainings to staff resulted 20% Reduction on BDs and SMED implementation successfully on the Cartoner and VFFS machines.
- Check the Drawings and make sure that work is progressing as per the drawings and schedule for New Machineries Installation.
- Managing events and addressing Potential Problems that may arise, Planning event details and aspects.
- Preparation of Daily, Weekly & Monthly Progress Reports and submit to the Engineering Manager.
- The company is producing a wide array of authentic Spice recipe mixes, Plain spices & Accompaniments.
Mechanical Shift Lead
PEPSICO INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD FRITO-LAY
Lahore
08.2013 - 09.2019
- Rectification/troubleshooting of opportunities identified during Safety line walk, Near Miss Reporting.
- Inspection, Alignment, Tightening & Replacement of machine parts, Gear box oil fill check, Audit & replacement of all types of machine Bearings.
- Involvement in the Third-party hiring process & Performing TPM activities with Production department.
- Multiple head weigh's hopper gap fixing audit and rectification, Auto glider, pumps, compressors & other direct related to food Metal to metal contact audit & miscellaneous packaging & Process related Tasks.
- The company specializes in manufacturing and marketing a vast portfolio of savory snack foods, including iconic potato chips (Lay's, Ruffles), Cheetos, Kurkure Extruder Lines.
Mechanical Technician
TETRA PAK
Lahore
03.2013 - 08.2013
- Audit on daily basis about designated work area. Maintain record about critical tasks and completed work.
- Trouble shooting on Printing, Slitting & Laminating machines Compressors and Pumps maintenance.
- Roll lifting equipment maintenance. Conveyor's alignment and maintenance.
- The company specializes in manufacturing sustainable food processing and packaging, Multi-layered materials, Printing and Slitting.
Education
Bachelor Degree - Mechanical
www.imperial.edu.pk
Pakistan10.2016
Diploma Associate Engineering - Mechanical
Govt College Technology LHR-PK
01.2012
Skills
- Industrial system integration
- Equipment maintenance
- Process improvement
- Quality control management
- Root cause analysis
- Predictive maintenance
- Lean manufacturing
- Asset management
- Project management
- Team leadership
- Risk assessment
- Performance monitoring
- Continuous improvement
- Lean manufacturing principles
- Budget and cost reduction
- Troubleshooting and problem solving
- Vendor negotiation tactics
- Operations research
- Process Engineering
- Equipment calibration and maintenance
- Manufacturing strategies
- Professional engineer certification
- Risk Management
- Health and Safety Compliance
Certification
- BRC Global Standard for- Packaging Material 7., HilTree QC, 2025-02-14
- Integrated Management System (IMS), HillTree QC, 2024-03-26
- Project Management Professional PMP, PMI, 2024-12-12
- Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional CMRP, SMRP, 2024-10-12
- BRC Global Standard for Packaging Material 6., Hil Tree QC, 2023-01-05
- Industrial Engineering - Control Valves Basics., Alison, 2021-05-12
- TPM for Production Quality System., Alison, 2020-06-24
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY EXPERTISE
- Paper cup Forming machines - Horauf (Germany), Future Pack (Korea), Ruida (China)
- Flexographic Printers - Gonderflex (Canada), Gallus (Germany), Omet (Italy), ETI (Canada)
- Aluminum Coating machine - Weijin (Taiwan) ETI.
- Thermoforming machines - WM (Switzerland), John Brown (USA)
- Extrusion lines- Reifenhauser (Germany), Amut (Italy), Macro (Canada)
- Slitters & Rewinders - Turvar (Turkey), Ashe (UK), DCM (France), Rotomac (Italy), Kram (Poland), Sun top (China)
- Paper Plate forming machine -Peerless (USA)
- Cutting machines-Berhalter (Switzerland), Remele (Germany), Schober (Germany)
- Aluminum Container forming machineries -Silver Engineer (China)
- Die Cutting machines -Futurepack (Korea), Dakiou (China)
- Bottle filling Augur- Wanjin (China). Spices Process Line (Axtel).
- Depositors for Cup, Pound Cake & for Swiss Roll. Croissant line (Mac.Pan)
- Baking Industrial Horizontal and Vertical Ovens 15-20 mtrs ( Electric, Diesel & Gas).
- VFFS, HFFS & Cartoner - Wolf (German), Atlas (Netherlands), Woodman (German), TNA (Australia), Pakona (India), Dienest (German), Sama(Pakistan), Vibrant (Pakistan), Ishida & Yamato Head-Weighed system.
- Ribbon, Laser & Inject Printers (Markem-Imaje, X-printer, Video Jet). Metal Detectors, X-Rays Machines.
- KMG & Auto Glider Conveying System, Bucket, Nylon, Teflon, Spiral Conveyors.
- 20 - 50 Ton Capacity Mixers, Sortex (Buhler), Chips Process line (Ishida).
- Pumps, Compressors and Chillers - Compair, Kaeser, Atlas Copco, Carrier and SKM.
PROJECTS
1. Shifting City Pack employees to Cupco with required modification of offices / facilities.
Designation: Project In-Charge, Duration : January 2023 to April 2023.
2. Shifting of Paper cup forming machines from Cupco (Sharjah) to Flex Pack (Jeddah) Designation: Project In-Charge, Duration : From January 2024 to August 2024.
3. Oversee the entire shifting project of paper cup forming machines and printers from Cupco (Sharjah) to Future Plast (Abu Dhabi) from initial discussion to final commissioning. Designation: Project In-Charge, Duration : From July 2024 to March 2025.
4. Successfully completed the shifting of Full Factory including Machines and other accessories from Future Pack (Sharjah) to Cupco (Sharjah).
Designation: Project In-Charge, Duration : From August 2024 to May 2025.
5. WOLF & DIENST (VFFS & Cartoner) Line Installation Shan Food Sharjah Factory.
Designation: Project Supervisor, Duration : From March 2020 to May 2020.
6. Installation of Modified Perforation on (GEMINI) & TNA ROBAG 3C PepsiCo Frito-Lay Pakistan.
Designation: Project Member, Duration : From August 2016 to December 2016.
Led Compressed Air system optimization project, reducing compressor usage.
Websites, Portfolios and Profiles
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashiq-mehmood-a88082101
Languages
English
Advanced
C1
Urdu
Proficient
C2
Hindi
Intermediate
B1
Arabic
Elementary
A2
Date of Birth
- 16 - Mar - 1993
Timeline
Industrial Engineer - CUPCO, City Pack, Future Pack & United Security
EMIRATES NATIONAL FACTORY FOR PLASTIC INDUSTRIES
11.2022 - Current
Equipment Maintenance Engineer
SHAN FOODS PRIVATE LTD.
11.2019 - 10.2022
Mechanical Shift Lead
PEPSICO INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD FRITO-LAY
08.2013 - 09.2019
Mechanical Technician
TETRA PAK
03.2013 - 08.2013
Bachelor Degree - Mechanical
www.imperial.edu.pk
Diploma Associate Engineering - Mechanical
Govt College Technology LHR-PK