Islam Hozaifa
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Senior
Ain
Summary
Collaborative team player keen to grow with innovative organisation. Analytical problem solver and responsible resource manager. Committed to continuous improvement and downtime minimisation.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
9
9
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Maintenance Planning Lead
Egyptian Fertilizers Company and Egyptian Basic Industries
02.2024 - Current
- Leading a collaborative team of four planners, two schedulers and a master data coordinator and an application lead for the following;
- Scope maintenance work orders to identify necessary parts, tools, skills, time, and costs for efficient completion
- Review all related drawings, specifications, and estimate time and cost for maintenance activities
- Prepare detailed work lists and collaborate with Maintenance Leads and Schedulers for effective planning
- Track costs, coordinate equipment/materials utilization, and ensure optimal resource allocation
- Working now on implementing SAP HANA to substitute IBM Maximo in PM and MM modules
- Estimate manpower, materials, and equipment needs for minor outages and campaigns
- Leading the process of opportunistic shutdown planning with the shutdown nominated committee to ensure the initiation, planning, execution, and monitoring is applied in the best possible manner
- Ensuring the on-spot monitoring for all the field activities to assure the precise update of the opportunistic shutdown's schedules
- Designed and implemented a zero-time flow chart for shutdown planning, optimizing maintenance processes and enhancing operational efficiency
- Regularly updated and revised the flow chart based on feedback and lessons learned from shutdown events
- Develop standard job plans for maintenance work and coordinate walk-throughs for shutdowns
- Assist in developing Maintenance Capital Expenditures (CE's) by preparing detailed maintenance budgets
- Analyze recurrent faults and handover the data to reliability team to investigate causes of unscheduled downtime and implement sustainable solutions
- Coordinate inventory and spare parts to reduce costs and improve maintenance efficiency.
Senior Technical Support Engineer (Part Time)
Kabadaya for Specialized Equipment
Port Said
07.2022 - Current
- Provided assistance in the process of RFQs validation with the required equipment and spare parts to ensure smooth and reliable bidding process.
- Trained on Kalmar, Terberg, and Bromma equipment and attended the assembly of some equipment in local terminals in Egypt.
- Offered technical expertise to contribute to 2nd and 3rd line of support.
- Combined technical expertise and strong interpersonal skills to diagnose and resolve issues remotely.
- Translated lengthy troubleshooting steps by breaking down and simplifying instructions.
- Referred to internal knowledge base to quickly locate and apply up-to-date troubleshooting steps.
- Asked customer targeted diagnostic questions for speedy root cause analysis.
- Tested function of equipment and completed quality repairs.
- Followed technical documentation for accurate installation, maintenance and repair work.
Senior Maintenance & Turnaround Planner/ Scheduler / CMMS Engineer
Egyptian Propylene and Polypropylene Company
03.2020 - 02.2024
- Leading a collaborative team of two planners and a scheduler and a master data coordinator for the following;
- Review all work requests created for the area and take necessary action to complete them
- Works with area craft and walks the job to develop complete job packages; this includes Job plan (work instruction and required safety documentation), Kit content, equipment/special tools, required labor, Required permits, drawings, etc
- Requisitioning required parts
- Tracking of schedule completion, including unplanned work
- Calculating department labor hour capacity
- Maintaining a 2-4-week complete ready backlog that is in alignment with company needs
- Reviews and organizes ready backlogs for the most efficient execution
- Creates preliminary weekly maintenance schedules based on work Center capacity and priorities of the production area
- Organizes directs and coordinates weekly scheduling meetings with production
- Investigated causes of unscheduled downtime to improve site productivity
- Supported continuous improvement through proactive planning and systems analysis
- Analyzing recurrent faults and developing sustainable solutions
- Coordinated inventory and spare parts to reduce costs
- Reported errors and non-conformances and delivered corrective actions
- Responded to plant breakdowns and emergency callouts
- Incorporating requested changes/revisions, and/or improvements into the CMMS
- Closing works orders in the CMMS after reviewing all the details
- Maintaining accurate Bills of Materials (BOMs)
- Provide guidance and support to the team
- Working with Maintenance Planners to develop and maintain preventive and corrective maintenance plans and ensure that all maintenance activities are executed to the highest standards
- Supported continuous improvement through proactive planning and systems analysis
- Coordinated inventory and spare parts to reduce costs
- Reported errors and non-conformances and delivered corrective actions
- Responded to plant breakdowns and emergency callouts
- Designed and implemented a customized purchase requisition module within Oracle EBS, streamlining the purchase request process and improving accuracy
- Developed automated workflows and approval processes that improved efficiency and reduced manual effort
- Implemented controls to ensure compliance with purchasing policies and procedures, resulting in better management of vendor relationships and cost savings for the company
- Successfully implemented and monitored Turnaround overall planning and execution processes
- Led shutdown planning team to ensure optimum performance and business processes compliancy
- Led and coordinated TA scope packages development process, including scope validation, scope challenging, and scope control
- Developed Turnaround maintenance cost estimate and coordinated with stakeholders to develop overall Turnaround integrated cost estimates
- Monitored and controlled overall cost to meet business needs and overall strategies
- Developed and initiated Turnaround contracting strategy in accordance with business strategies
- Coordinated with stakeholders to implement and integrate Turnaround management plans
- Determined Turnaround execution requirements in terms of material and resources requirements and followed up for procurement process
- Led Turnaround execution schedule development, critical path analysis, and contingency plans process
- Participated and coordinated daily execution management follow-up meetings
- Managed post-Turnaround activities, contract closure, and claims settlement.
Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Egyptian Propylene and Polypropylene Company, Said
07.2014 - 03.2020
- Dealing (i.e., Testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting) with various types of electrical equipment
- Maintenance and testing for power transformers with ratios 11/6.6KV and 11/0.4KV
- Understanding asset criticality and integrity and contributing to improvement of electrical equipment reliability and availability
- Immediate response to electrical equipment breakdowns, diagnosing and solving breakdowns problems
- Demonstrated ability to mentor others and work with multi-functional teams and personnel
- Reliably completed scheduled Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) tasks ahead of agreed timescales to meet and surpass company objectives
- Calibrated electrical equipment regularly, effectively reducing operational downtime
- Evaluated installed electrical equipment and systems to isolate faults and implement corrective actions.
Education
Bachelor's degree - Electrical engineering
Port Said University
Port Said, PTS 09.2007 - 05.2012
Skills
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Certification
CEFR B2 - EnglishScore Test & Certificate - 03/2022-03/2024
Timeline
Maintenance Planning Lead
Egyptian Fertilizers Company and Egyptian Basic Industries
02.2024 - Current
Senior Technical Support Engineer (Part Time)
Kabadaya for Specialized Equipment
07.2022 - Current
Senior Maintenance & Turnaround Planner/ Scheduler / CMMS Engineer
Egyptian Propylene and Polypropylene Company
03.2020 - 02.2024
Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Egyptian Propylene and Polypropylene Company, Said
07.2014 - 03.2020
Bachelor's degree - Electrical engineering
Port Said University
09.2007 - 05.2012
CEFR B2 - EnglishScore Test & Certificate - 03/2022-03/2024
SAP ERP Essential Training - LinkedIn Certificate
SAP ERP Beyond The Basics Training - LinkedIn Certificate
Excel: Power Query (Get & Transform) - LinkedIn Certificate
Using Power BI with Excel - LinkedIn Certificate
Learning Microsoft Project - LinkedIn Certificate
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling - Udemy Certificate
PFD & P&ID Reading - Udemy Certificate
Inventory Management - Al Mentor Certificate
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