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Sucha Singh

Sucha Singh

Dubai,UAE

Summary

Dynamic and detail-oriented Maintenance professional with 20+years of experience, Including 4+ years as a Maintenance team leader. In engineering and equipment maintenance within the personal care/FMCG manufacturing sector. Skilled in preventive maintenance, team leadership, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement. Demonstrated ability to reduce downtime, improve machine reliability, and lead cross-functional teams in a high-paced MNC environment.

Overview

2
2
Languages
1
1
Certification
2
2
years of post-secondary education
20
20
years of professional experience

Work history

Maintenance Planner

Unilever
Dubai, UAE
2022.07 - Current

• Plan, schedule, and coordinate preventive and predictive maintenance activities using CMMS.

• Develop monthly and yearly maintenance plans, allocate resources, and track work order completion.

• Manage PM compliance, maintenance backlog, spare parts planning, and shutdown schedules.

• Analyze equipment history, MTBF, MTTR, and breakdown trends to improve reliability.

• Coordinate with production, engineering, and contractors to ensure safe and timely maintenance execution.

• Preparing & Implement PM check list, Machine ledgers and maintained the Boards and PM Documents for WCM and Pm Audits.

• Monitored team's progress to ensure adherence to set schedules and budgets.

• Maintained an organized inventory of spare parts for immediate repairs.

• Coordinated with technical teams to ensure timely repairs.

• Liaised with suppliers to secure best prices for spare parts without compromising quality.

• Conducted routine checks, ensuring all equipment met safety standards.

• Scheduled regular maintenance for optimal equipment performance.

• Minimized plant breakdowns with rigorous Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM).

• Maintained accurate and up-to-date records of equipment maintenance activities and repairs.

• Carried out scheduled preventative maintenance requests on all machines, processes and assembly lines.

Maintenance Team Leader

Unilever
Dubai, Uae
2020.04 - 2022.07

• Supervise daily activities of the maintenance team for smooth plant operations.

• Improved OEE from 60% to 76%, reduced equipment breakdowns by 33%, increased MTBF from 31 to 35 hours, and reduced MTTR by 40% (1.0 to 0.60 hours) through predictive maintenance, preventive maintenance optimization, and root cause analysis.

• Reduced maintenance costs through MRO optimization, local sourcing and vendor negotiations.

• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective actions for major equipment failures.

• Train technicians on safety procedures and machine troubleshooting.

• Maintain compliance with GMP, ISO 9001, and company safety policies.

• Preparing safe work permits, Hot work.

• Use WCM tools and latest technologies to attack Breakdowns & minor stops Losses

Sr. Mechanical Technician

Unilever
Dubai, UAE
2016.09 - 2020.04

• Make & apply Preventive Maintenance Plan .

• Perform preventative maintenance, and safety inspection.

• Provide solution to routine or unique equipment problems

• Independently identify and repair equipment issues within assigned area with minimal supervision. (Ordering of parts through maintenance planner or supervisor and planning/ scheduling of identified work on down days.

• Responsible for Preventive and corrective Maintenance of packing Machines, Making, Utilities & ETP Equipment’s.

• Good hands-on experience of Preventive maintenance in (Posimat Unscrambler, Ronchi Monoblock, Filler, Capper, Labeller, Conveyors, Pumps, Valves, Cap sorter, Cermex Case packer, Case Erector, Robot & Auto Palletizer ROBOPACK, Videojet, Fords foil Applicator machine, Norden tube filler, Norden cartoner machine & Pester shrink over wrapper).

• Good knowledge of CMMS (Generating EWO ,Tags ,Open tags closing ,Planned unplanned activity report data, Upload new asst in system. Accurate & Maintain Maintenance record .)

• Corresponding and supervises contractors during the installation as I am the part of HSE team for prepare RA (Risk Assessment) and MS (Method of Statement) in my related areas.

Sr. Mechanical Technician

Madar Group Detergent & Bleach
Luanda, Angola
2014.12 - 2016.09

• Installation & Commissioning of Powder & Bottle filling machine in Angola (Luanda) (Vertical Form, Fill and Sealing machines, Markem coding printer)

• Good hands on experience of Preventive maintenance in CMI Liquid Filling Machine (Linear & Rotary) & Hassia sachet packaging machines.

• Make & apply Preventive Maintenance Plan in Packing machines.

• Reduce the breakdowns and Minor stops of line

Technical expert.

Procter & Gamble
Baddi, India
2006.04 - 2014.09

• Member of start-up team for P&G plant.

• Installation & Commissioning of all Equipment, 3 bottle lines (Ronchi, SS Packaging Filler & capper, Harland labeller, 3M-Matic™ Case Sealers, Marsh Unicorn ink jet system and Conveyors).

• Examines machines to diagnose trouble, overhaul machine and make necessary adjustments.

• Promoted to TEAM LEADER and perform.

• Make & apply Preventive Maintenance Plan in Packing machines.

• Did All Commissioning, Qualification & Validation of all line Equipment project (VAT) (Italy, France, China & Bangkok).

• Provided technical support, solving complex issues efficiently.

Education

ITI - Turner (2Yers Diploma)

Govt Industrial Training Institute
Solan
2002.07 - 2004.07

Skills

  • Maintenance budgeting acumen
  • Predictive maintenance knowledge
  • Decision-Making aptitude
  • Machine repair expertise
  • Safety protocol adherence
  • Strategic planning capabilities
  • Risk assessment competencies
  • Equipment lifecycle understanding
  • Maintenance process optimisation
  • Parts procurement techniques
  • Project scheduling
  • Workload prioritisation
  • Preventative Maintenance (PM) scheduling
  • Work order time estimations
  • Work order management
  • IOSH Health and Safety
  • Defect trend analysis
  • Downtime reduction
  • Inventory management
  • Staff training
  • 5S organisation
  • Planned Preventative Maintenance
  • Breakdown reduction
  • Production team maintenance training
  • Technical supervision
  • Technical troubleshooting
  • Engineering repairs
  • Proactive maintenance planning
  • Root Cause Analysis (RCA, 5W1H)
  • Equipment troubleshooting
  • Downtime minimisation
  • Maintenance scheduling
  • Decision-Making in crisis situations
  • Fault diagnosis proficiency
  • Time management proficiency
  • Risk assessment and mitigation
  • Safety procedures compliance
  • Experience with cmms buildapp,DMS PM
  • Equipment Installation & Commissioning
  • Spare Parts Planning & Vendor Coordination

Languages

English
Fluent
Hindi
Fluent

Accomplishments

    • Safety awards – more than 10 received

    • Quality Hero Award

    • Best Employee of the Year Award

    • Long Service Award from P&G and Unilever

Affiliations

  • Continuous Learning in Mechanical Engineering and Maintenance Technologies
  • Fitness and Sports.

Certification

• Machine Qualification (Italy - Ronchi)

• Maintenance Training (China, Thailand)

• First Aid

• Fire Fighting

• UAE Driving license

• Scissor Lift license

Timeline

Maintenance Planner

Unilever
2022.07 - Current

Maintenance Team Leader

Unilever
2020.04 - 2022.07

Sr. Mechanical Technician

Unilever
2016.09 - 2020.04

Sr. Mechanical Technician

Madar Group Detergent & Bleach
2014.12 - 2016.09

Technical expert.

Procter & Gamble
2006.04 - 2014.09

ITI - Turner (2Yers Diploma)

Govt Industrial Training Institute
2002.07 - 2004.07
Sucha Singh