Mahesh Rajapakse
Dubai
Summary
Career Objectives Over 20 years’ experiences in overseas Seychelles / Sri Lanka / Middle East in five star brands, Hyde hotel Life style collection Dubai (276 Rooms), 3 hotels under Barcelo Hotel group Occidential target Hotel (111 Rooms) Occidential Seeb Hotel (128 rooms) Occidential Al Jadaf Hotel (365 rooms), Rixos Bab al Bahar Hotel Ras al Khaimah (750 rooms), Banyan Tree Seychelles ( 63 Villa ), Colors Of Angsana Deer Park Hotell (80 Rooms) . Managed high raised hotel building and resorts of branded international five-star hotel chains from pre-opening Directed the scheduling and management of all preventative maintenance programs in the building. My success in managing all day to day engineering for large-scale buildings, along with my superior communication and analytical talents, will contribute immensely to the success of your company.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Engineer
HYDE hotel
08.2021 - Current
- To Date
- HYDE Hotel Business Bay 276 KEY, 5- s tar Open 11 th November 2 021Diningoption/ Heated swimming pool / fitness studios / sauna & Steam / S P A /5 Large Meeting Rooms / Large Function Hall
- Primary Responsibilities
- Employ as Chief Engineer and in charge of Technical Services Department and to oversee the pre- opening phase of the resort, Coordination advising and assisting the owning company project department in MEP & Civil work, testing & commissioning, snagging and rectification work and preparing the property for the smooth opening
- Responsible of interviewing and hiring of associate team members with the appropriate skills
- Heads of the Engineering & Technical services Department
- Prepare annual R&M Budget, utilities budget, and capital Budget, and monitor to ensure costs are kept within budgeted limits
- Manage maintenance operations of Occidental Property, including guest rooms, building structure, all mechanical, electrical, HVAC system, power plant, and related equipment following guest services, preventive maintenance, and energy conservation standards
- Responsible of all the Engineering Tools, equipment & operational materials to be purchase and organized to Controlling maintenance tools, material stock and equipment’s
- Drafting the fire safety and prevention policy of the resort
- Implementing all the Standard operation polices Engineering Departments
- Responsibilities of all the daily Functions of the Engineering Department
- Responsible of room maintenance program, supervising and performance
- P & L and Capital budget management
- Recognizing opportunities and producing improvement in operational efficiency
- Coordination of Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) construction
- Liaising with client departments, customers and other engineering production colleagues
- Carrying out quality inspection on jobs
- Monitoring and controlling maintenance costs
- Improving health and safety policies and procedures
- Ensuring there is continues cover of the machinery and equipment in case of breakdowns
- Supports a departmental orientation program for associates to receive the appropriate new hire training to successfully perform their job
- Provides emergency response services 24/7.
- Worked closely with vendors and internal sourcing to establish relationships, fostering new opportunities, solutions and cost savings
- Established procedures for corrective and preventive maintenance
- Optimized performance of facility machinery through calibration and repairs
Cluster Chief Engineer
Barcelo hotel group
07.2018 - 07.2021
- Occidental AL JADDAF Hotel 365 KEY, 4- star Open 11th February 2021Diningoption/ Heated swimming pool / fitness studios / sauna & Turkish Hamam / SPA /5 Large Meeting Rooms
- Occidental SEEB Hotel 128 KEY, 4- star Open October 15 th, 2018 Dining Option/ Heated swimming pool / fitness studios / sauna & Steam Bath
- Occidental Target Hotel 111 KEY, 4- star Open September 10 th, 2018Dining Option/ Heated swimming pool / fitness studios / sauna & Steam Bath / 5 Large Meeting Rooms Prim ary Responsibilities
- Employ as Chief Engineer and in charge of Technical Services Department and to oversee the pre- opening phase of the resort, Coordination advising and assisting the owning company project department in MEP & Civil work, testing & commissioning, snagging and rectification work and preparing the property for the smooth opening
- Responsible of interviewing and hiring of associate team members with the appropriate skills
- Heads of the Engineering & Technical services Department
- Prepare annual R&M Budget, utilities budget, and capital Budget, and monitor to ensure costs are kept within budgeted limits
- Manage maintenance operations of Occidental Property, including guest rooms, building structure, all mechanical, electrical, HVAC system, power plant, and related equipment following guest services, preventive maintenance, and energy conservation standards
- Responsible of all the Engineering Tools, equipment & operational materials to be purchase and organized to Controlling maintenance tools, material stock and equipment’s
- Drafting the fire safety and prevention policy of the resort
- Implementing all the Standard operation polices Engineering Departments
- Responsibilities of all the daily Functions of the Engineering Department
- Responsible of room maintenance program, supervising and performance
- P & L and Capital budget management
- Recognizing opportunities and producing improvement in operational efficiency
- Coordination of Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) construction
- Liaising with client departments, customers and other engineering production colleagues
- Carrying out quality inspection on jobs
- Monitoring and controlling maintenance costs
- Improving health and safety policies and procedures
- Ensuring there is continues cover of the machinery and equipment in case of breakdowns
- Supports a departmental orientation program for associates to receive the appropriate new hire training to successfully perform their job
- Provides emergency response services 24/7
- Project involved
- Pre-Opening of the Occidental Al JADAF Hotel with 365 rooms (UAE) open 2021 FEB
- Pre-Opening of the Occidental Target Hotel with 111 rooms Open 2018 September
- Pre-Opening of the Occidental Seeb Resort with 128, rooms Open 2019 January
- Capacity 12000ltr New hot water system installation Occidental Seeb Hotel.
- Worked closely with vendors and internal sourcing to establish relationships, fostering new opportunities, solutions and cost savings
Assistant Chief Engineering
Rixos Bab Al Bahar
05.2017 - 05.2018
- RIXOSBARBALBAHAR 750 KEY, 5- star 14 Dining option / Heated swimming pool / fitness studios / sauna & Turkish Hamam / 4 Large Meeting Rooms/ Night Club / entertainment Facility including Beach club
- Primary Responsibilities
- Responsibilities of all the daily Functions of the Engineering Department
- Assisting the Director of Engineering to coordinate with renovation and upgrading project
- Responsible of room maintenance program, supervising and performance
- Hands-on guidance to line staff in the troubleshooting and repair of electrical and mechanical equipment
- Assisting the Director of Engineering with administrating (Monthly utility reports and Duty roster and meter recording)
- P & L and Capital budget management
- Recognizing opportunities and producing improvement in operational efficiency
- Coordination of Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) construction
- Liaising with client departments, customers and other engineering production colleagues
- Carrying out quality inspection on jobs
- Arranging specialist procurement of fixtures, fittings or components
- Controlling maintenance tools, material stock and equipment’s
- Monitoring and controlling maintenance costs
- Improving health and safety policies and procedures
- Ensuring there is continues cover of the machinery and equipment in case of breakdowns
- Supports a departmental orientation program for associates to receive the appropriate new hire training to successfully perform their job
- Assists as needed in the interviewing and hiring of associate team members with the appropriate skills
- Monitor’s timeliness and quality of completion of repair work orders
- Participates in the associate performance appraisal process, providing feedback as needed
- Assists in managing the physical plant including equipment, refrigeration, HVAC, plumbing, water treatment, electrical and life safety systems
- Provides emergency response services 24/7
- Project involved
- Refurbishment of main swimming pool & kid’s pool filtration system
- Refurbishment of hot water boiler system
- Installation of the 215sqm new kids plays ground with approved kids ply equipment
- Energy saving project for the guest room and the public area to be replace the regular bulbs with the LED bulbs
- Water saving project for the guest room installation of the low flow device in to the guest room rain shower, hand shower and the bidet shower
- Installation of the chiller plant manager for the 7 number of carrer 350 each -ton chiller plant.
Acting Director of Engineering
Banyan Tree
11.2015 - 05.2017
- Banyan Tree Resort 60 KEY, 5- star 6 Dining option / 60 Individual swimming pool / 40 Jacuzzi / 2 infinity main swimming pool / World class SPA and Meeting Facilities
- Primary Responsibilities
- Head of the Engineering department (Acting as a Director of Engineering) and plan out the whole department operation which consists of 49 engineering staff
- It also involves the control of overall expenses of the department within the approved budget
- Member of the resort Executive committee
- Reporting to the General Manager and the Cooperate director of engineering
- Responsible for the engineering Staff training objective being staff to be multi-skilled
- Resort preventive maintenance (Villas, Kitchen Equipment, and vehicles)
- Repair and maintenance of resorts generators, desalination plant and sewage treatment plant
- Plan and execute various project including new cool rooms, renovation of villas and others
- Troubleshoot mechanical electrical and civil engineering problems then determine and execute solutions
- Designing maintenance strategies, procedures and methods
- P & L and Capital budget management
- Recognizing opportunities and producing improvement in operational efficiency
- Coordination of Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) construction
- Equipment handled Diesel Generators 1000 KVA Cummins-Stamford, Sea Water Desalination Plants Aqua Tech capacity 200m3 and 240m3, Laundry equipment Girbau, kitchen equipment ANGELO PO, Electrolux all kind of club car electric and gasoline Sewage treatment plants (Blivet BMS 2000)
- Ensures all associates have the proper supplies, equipment and uniforms
- Proven leadership ability in motivating team members at work and directing them towards right
- Detail knowledge of Engineering Operations
- Quick learner, mature, dedicated quality oriented, responsible and reliable
- Guiding, directing and motivating subordinates
- Ensure engineering are well informed about their daily priorities in their areas
- Project involved
- Refurbishment of villas at a cost in excess of USD 5 million
- Refurbishment of staff housings
- Terrapin rehabilitation with Seychelles Marine Society
- Revival of resorts farm to increase the resort self-sustainability capability
- Installation and commission of the resort drinking water plant
- Completed Energy saving project of the LED bulb to be replace entire resort including guest rooms and the public area
- Rehabilitation of the resort wait land according to the environmental policy and procedure
- Installation of 12 numbers of new Jacuzzi systems (Astral pool)
- Refurbishment of the 11 numbers of the swimming pool each 30m3
- Refurbishment of the Main swimming pool wooden deck 200m2.
Assistant Chief Engineering
Banyan Tree
03.2014 - 11.2015
- Responsibilities of all the daily Functions of the Engineering Department
- Assisting The Director of Engineering to coordinate with renovation and upgrading project
- Responsible of villa maintenance program, supervising and performance
- Hands-on guidance to line staff in the troubleshooting and repair of electrical and mechanical equipment
- P & L and Capital budget management
- Controlling maintenance tools, material stock and equipment’s
- Assisting the Director of Engineering with administrating (Monthly utility reports and Duty roster and meter recording)
- Equipment handled Diesel Generators 1000KVA Cummins-Stamford, Sea Water Desalination Plants Aqua Tech capacity 200m3 and 240m3, Laundry equipment Girbau, kitchen equipment ANGELO PO, Electrolux all kind of club car electric and gasoline Sewage treatment plants (Blivet BMS 2000)
- Project involved
- Refurbishment of 60 number of the Guest villa roof including the main complex
- Marable restoration for the entire resort
- Installation of the 25 numbers of the beach villa new composite wooden flooring
- Installation of the 15 numbers of the new Pool pump and the sand filter for the Hill villa
- Refurbishment of the main pool filtration system.
Assistant Engineering
Banyan Tree
06.2012 - 02.2014
- Supervising the all the works done by the staff
- Supervising the sea water desalination plants and the powerhouse
- Provided process engineering technical assistance to process operations for solving operating problems and optimizing assigned units
- Provided documentation of engineering and analytical results with recommendations to management
- Handling any of the shift duty given by Director of Engineer
- Follow company guidelines and government regulations on all projects
- Examined heating and air conditioning systems for signs of defects or malfunction
- Perform basic repair on all types of equipment, plumbing, electrical components including lamps, vacuum cleaners, internet devices, replace electrical switches and outlets, and other guestroom items
- Program TV's and perform general housekeeping and engineering-related inventory duties
- Respond and attend to guest repair requests
- Communicate with guests/customers to resolve maintenance issues
- Perform preventive maintenance on tools and kitchen and mechanical room equipment, including cleaning and lubrication
- Visually inspect tools, equipment, or machines.
Duty Engineer
Banyan Tree Holdings
01.2007 - 06.2012
- Distributing the duty roster
- Carrying out routine scheduled maintenance work and responding to equipment faults
- Diagnosing breakdown problems
- Fitting new equipment parts and making sure equipment working correctly
- Improving health and safety policies and procedures
- Ensuring there is continues cover of the machinery and equipment in case of breakdowns
- Reporting repairs and maintenance to the Chief Engineer on a daily basis
- Represented the engineering department as designated in management coordination and information meetings
- Complies with the Hotel’s Healthy, Safety and Hygiene Policy
- Make sure all the projects and maintenance work are operating well
Senior General Mechanic
Deer Park Hotels
08.2005 - 01.2007
- P v t ) L TDu nder Colours OfA ngsana Banyan Tree Sri Lanka 80 KEY, 4- starDiningoption/ 1 infinitymainswimmingpool/ Worldclass SPAandMeetingFacilities
- Repairing and taking the full responsibility of all the machines in the kitchens, gym , cool rooms, Laundry and air condition machines
- Run service calls, repair plumbing, electric, mechanical, carpentry and various types of equipmentrepairs in a timely and efficient manner
- Repairing cooling, fuel, electrical, and exhaust systems tune engines using standards testing equipment’s
- Fabricate and weld to repair equipment as necessary
- Perform related duties as required
- Assist maintenance engineer to prepare spare parts list for refrigeration and air conditioning equipment
- Ensures that regular on-going communication occurs with associates to create awareness of business objectives, communicate expectations and recognize performance
- Maintains accurate logs and records as required
- Understand and operate advanced electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, and boiler systems
- Communicate with different types of people to comprehend what they want and to provide them with information and assistance
- Check for new maintenance requests from the engineering coordinator / PMS (Property Managements System) and update remarks once the task is completed
- Update the maintenance work order form / job card and file them
- Interpret readings from meters & gauges and other measuring units
- Prioritize and organize work assignments
- Ensure security of guest room access and hotel property.
Mechanical Forman
A/C Refrigeration
06.2004 - 08.2005
- Installing new air conditioning systems
- Examining and submitting report about which machines are to be repaired, which are serviced, and which are to be replaced
- May participate in energy use studies, comparison, etc
- As requested by the Chief engineer
- Use the Lockout / Tag-out system before performing any maintenance work
- Makes periodic rounds to all area to support equipment and maintains operating log of conditions observed
- Repairing the ACs which include all electronic and mechanical parts
- Collaborating with the AC's concerned company for the parts requirements
- Maintenance and services of fan coil units of the hotel
- (FCU)
- Maintenance of fresh air handling unit of the building, (FAHU)
- Record daily log reading of cold rooms and refrigerators to ensure proper operation of the equipment
- Walking inside the cold rooms, chiller freezers and other commercial/ industrial refrigeration equipment and spot checking for faults
- Ensure plant rooms, workshop and other related areas are kept clean and tidy condition.
AC Technician
Deer Park Hotel
01.2003 - 06.2004
- Taking care of all MEP work
- Provide creative solutions to the guest
- Observing cleanliness at the place of work and on the job after completion of work
- Performing the preventive maintenance of Refrigeration and HVAC equipment’s
- Checking the performance of air conditioning, chillers & Chilled water systems
- Report to chief engineer items affecting (or potentially affecting) proper and safe operation of equipment
- Participates in hotel emergency response team
- Process and follow-up requisition for tools and parts
- Rectifying the various types of issues or complain related with HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing etc
- Inspect, repair, and maintain HVAC, air quality control, and refrigeration equipment
- Maintaining and conduct daily inspections of the mechanical plant
- Calibrate all controls, gauges, refrigeration equipment, meters, and other equipment
- Assemble, install, test, repair, and maintain electrical systems or electronic wiring as well
- Assembling, installing, and maintaining pipe assemblies, fittings, valves, etc
- Follow all company and safety and security policies and procedures; report maintenance problems, safety hazards, accidents, or injuries; and complete safety training and certifications
- Ensuring uniform and personal appearance are clean and professional
- Maintaining confidentiality of proprietary information and protect company assets
- Developing and maintain positive working relationships with others and listen and respond appropriately to the concerns of other employees.
Maintenance assistant
08.2002 - 01.2003
- Assist in managing the day-to-day and long-term maintenance
- Maintain proper scheduling of assigned duties and obtain materials to perform cost effective maintenance and repair activity
- Keep the workshop areas organized and clean and Keep the tools room organized and clean
- Maintain acceptable log of planned and executed maintenance activity
- Disassemble damaged and broken equipment so that it can be more easily repaired, then reassemble pieces after repair work has been successfully completed
- Maintain grounds and common areas to ensure they are operational
- Receive deliveries of tools, equipment and supplies and transfer them to workstations or other areas as dictated by management
- Examine machinery to ensure that it is functioning properly and to check for defects in components or parts
- Move or position vehicles, physical structures and other equipment to ensure easy access for workers who will be installing or assembling them
- Use hand or power tools to disconnect, connect or adjust tubing, wiring and other parts as needed
- Receive work orders and determine what parts, equipment and services are needed to perform necessary maintenance and repair work.
Education
Diploma - commercial air conditioning
Industrial And Vocational Training Head Quartos
Kadawatha, Sri Lanka01.2001
Diploma - electrical studies
Alision Online Course
Online02.2020
Computer Skill Microsoft Office-Excel Word-Power Point -
At Golden Key Institute of Information Technology Ltd Polonnaruwa, Academy
Sri Lanka01.2003
Certification -
Banyan Tree Managment Academy
Thailand, Puket2007
Skills
- Goal Management
- Facility Operations
- Request for Proposals RFPS
- Team Direction
- Effective Multitasking
- Construction Administration
- Predictive and Preventive Maintenance
- Engineering Design
- Maintenance Programs
- Customer Satisfaction
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Chief Engineer
HYDE hotel
08.2021 - Current
Cluster Chief Engineer
Barcelo hotel group
07.2018 - 07.2021
Assistant Chief Engineering
Rixos Bab Al Bahar
05.2017 - 05.2018
Acting Director of Engineering
Banyan Tree
11.2015 - 05.2017
Assistant Chief Engineering
Banyan Tree
03.2014 - 11.2015
Assistant Engineering
Banyan Tree
06.2012 - 02.2014
Duty Engineer
Banyan Tree Holdings
01.2007 - 06.2012
Senior General Mechanic
Deer Park Hotels
08.2005 - 01.2007
Mechanical Forman
A/C Refrigeration
06.2004 - 08.2005
AC Technician
Deer Park Hotel
01.2003 - 06.2004
Maintenance assistant
08.2002 - 01.2003
Diploma - commercial air conditioning
Industrial And Vocational Training Head Quartos
Diploma - electrical studies
Alision Online Course
Computer Skill Microsoft Office-Excel Word-Power Point -
At Golden Key Institute of Information Technology Ltd Polonnaruwa, Academy
Certification -
Banyan Tree Managment Academy
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