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Six Sigma Certified and Coach at Yellow Belt Level
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Iqra Ashraf

Electrical And Automation Engineering
Lahore

Summary

Focused Electrical Engineer with background in power systems, automation and controls. In-depth understanding of control and power-delivery systems. Experienced in developing technical studies and investigations.

Agile leader of systems automation with team-oriented mindset, collaborating with staff from all departments to streamline productivity with technology-based solutions. Flexible producer of effective code tailored to organizational needs. Authority on technical process automation with strong base of knowledge of evolving solutions to uncharted problems.


Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Manufacturing Engineer

Nestle Pakistan Pvt. Ltd
Lahore
08.2018 - 12.2021
  • Managing the production plan of 20 Juices SKU
  • Lead Safety, Health and Environment Pillar at plant
  • Execution of Process improvement projects
  • Facilitating the project prioritization and selection process at the market level through tools such as Loss Tree Analysis (LTA) and Identify, Prioritize and Assign (IPA), and executing market-level improvement projects.
  • Ensuring the implementation of the Nestle Engineering Compliances and Guidelines in the respected work area
  • Coordinating the Engineering, Quality and Safety Audits in the areas like 5S, Hygiene, Machine Mode Safety and Nestle Group Audit etc.
  • Introduced Continuous improvement ideas initiative to pinpoint and remove system inefficiencies and Safety, Health, and environment risks
  • Coach people about NCE and problem-solving tools to improve operations and minimize downtime
  • Development of Operational Master Plan(OMP) and its cascading through Performance Measures Development (PMD)
  • Ensure Safety & Hygiene at site and Contractor Management
  • Decreased in-house production issues by establishing and coordinating sub-contracting and outsourcing requirements and processes.
  • Created engineering documentation for manufacturing processes, equipment specifications and change notices.
  • Determined root causes of failures and recommended changes in designs, tolerances or processing methods.
  • Maximized productivity by developing and implementing innovative production processes for new and existing products.

Project Lead

Nestle Pakistan Pvt Ltd
Lahore
09.2015 - 07.2018

Milk Dosing & Slurry Hydration of worth 60 Mio PKR [2016-2017]

CAPEX Management of Quality Assurance Lab of 45 Mio PKR:

  • PR, PO management
  • Proposal Preparation of Budget
  • Ordering, Installation and Commissioning
  • Coordination with End User and Vendors
  • Ensure Safety at site
  • Ensure Hygiene at site
  • Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
  • Met with manager weekly to provide detailed project report and milestone updates.
  • Produced quality standards, checklists, report templates, and processes.

Manage the Calibration Management system of Nestle Sheikhupura Factory

  • § Planning, Managing, Analyzing and documenting all calibration work and assets safely and efficiently
  • Audit the 2500 Instruments in 5 plants of Nestle SKP Factory

Revise and Update all Engineering Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) - [2017]:

  • Study all Engineering Guidelines and Revise all Engineering SOPs
  • Train the Engineering teams of 5 plants on updated SOPs
  • § Establish communication with all stake holders to implement the new SOPs

Energy Costing of Dairy and Juice Plants to improve Energy Mapping:

  • Energy Mapping & SLD Upgradation to charge Energy to Plants on AUTOCAD

Energy Meters installation at MV Panels to enhance energy mapping of worth 12 Mio PKR

  • Installation and commissioning of Medium Voltage (11kV) at factory level
  • Process design for inline milk dosing into slurry line (2 independent circuits) and their CIP on AUTOCAD
  • Coordination with third party for Software preparation of slurry transfer lines, slurry hydration tanks, milk and butter-oil dosing
  • I/O testing and commissioning of slurry hydration and transfer process with inline butter-oil and raw milk dosing according to recipe

Milk Standardization plant upgradation of worth 23 Mio PKR

  • Installation & Erection of new instruments, PLC, Electrical Panels & FCP
  • Software preparation and FAT with supplier for project
  • I/O testing and commissioning at site

Electrical and Automation Engineer

Nestle Pakistan Pvt. Ltd
Lahore
02.2014 - 08.2015

Operations Management:

  • Handled engineering responsibilities for all site utilities and aided as technical engineering resource
  • Machinery Safety & Health: Enforcement, Management, Design, Inspections, Testing & Management of all Utilities System as per Nestle Safety Standards
  • Installation, Testing & Commissioning of all LT motors, Motorized valves, Control valves, Electrical & Pneumatic Dampers
  • Management of Maintenance Activities & cost to comply the Maintenance Guidelines
  • Execution of Maintenance Activities as per advanced practices of TPM
  • Successful completion of Audits and record keeping held by Pakistan Govt., Nestle Group Audit, NIMS, Schneider France & etc.
  • Maintain utilities SOPs and record managing systems
  • Ensuring Food Safety and Hygiene Engineering
  • Managing the major maintenance day (Shutdown) activities
  • Coordinating the repair and maintenance of the Civil, Mechanical and Electrical projects of Utilities
  • Working with vendors for identifying and solving the design faults of new machines
  • Troubleshooting plant process problems

Projects:

  • Vertical Start-up of Boiler as start-up Leader
  • FAT & commissioning of 16 TPH Boiler-DESCON of worth
  • Shifting of Electricity of DC Area from WAPDA to Nestle SKP Distribution system of worth 25Mio PKR
  • Design, Budgeting, Installation & commissioning of Project to provide electricity to New DC Area
  • Installation of Medium Voltage 11kV system; VCBs, transformer & ACB
  • FAT & Installation of Medium Voltage Stabilizer 11 kV /11kV
  • Documentation including drawings update on AUTOCAD
  • Six Sigma Project: Process optimization of AHUs to save Chilled water and Electricity worth 28 Mio PKR
  • Energy saving of Air Heaters by optimizing the process of Primary Air system of worth 8 Mio PKR
  • Improvement of Power Factor from 0.9 to 0.95 in whole factory to save 10 Mio PKR
  • Six Sigma Project: Energy Saving projects of Cooling tower & Chilled Water Systems worth 3 Mio PKR
  • Six Sigma Project: Reduce Weight measurement variation from +/- 200Kgto +/-10 Kg at Fuel oil System
  • Implementation of Electrical Safety Standards
  • Upgradation of Relay Coordination System & SLD of Nestle SKP Factory to improve efficiency of the system

Main Responsibilities:

  • Machinery Safety & Health
  • Enforcement, Management, Design, Inspections, Testing & Management of all Utilities System as per Nestle Safety Standards
  • Capital Investment Plan, Estimation, Request, Design, Monitoring and Management of Utilities
  • Execution of Capital Investments practices
  • Contract management
  • Nestle Hygiene Engineering & other guidelines
  • Assisted start-up team and plant operators and coordinated start up activities.
  • Coordinated various start up activities and supervised construction and ensured piping, equipment and instrumentation were in accordance
  • Enforced changes to design when needed and documented equipment checklist and integrity testing
  • Aided SAT Management walk through until completion.
  • Monitored projects and made sure they were executed to meet engineering standards
  • Trained developers and quality assurance team members in automation programs and processes.
  • Generated process models illustrating automation engineering progress, specifications and details.

Graduate Trainee Engineer

Nestle Pakistan Pvt. Ltd.
Lahore
08.2012 - 02.2014

Rotations:

  • Studied manufacturing processes to improve overall knowledge.
  • Collaborated with senior engineers on projects and offered insight.
  • Assisted senior engineers and management with clerical duties to keep department functioning and workflows running smoothly.
  • Supply Chain, Marketing and Sales, Human Resource, Industrial Performance
  • Milk collection and Dairy Development
  • Plants: Dairy, Juice, Chilled Dairy, Water, Confectionery and Powder Plants

Main Responsibilities:

  • Safety & Health: Enforcement, Management, Design, Inspections, Testing & Management of all Utilities System as per Nestle Safety Standards
  • Understand the business need and working style of all departments
  • Complete small projects in all departments
  • Dairy farms visit and one month stay at farms to understand milk reception from the start
  • Enhance efficiency of Generators and Chillers in 200+ milk collection centres

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering Technology

University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore
Lahore
09.2008 - 06.2012

No Degree - Semester Exchange Program

University of Wisconsin Stout
USA
05.2001 -

Skills

Problem-Solving

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Accomplishments

  • Six Sigma Certified and Coach at Yellow Belt Level
  • Certified Coach of Everyday Coaching
  • The People Manager Toolkit by SCHUITEMA
  • Certified Trainer “Train the Trainer” by Funverks
  • Beginners level certification of Siemens PLC
  • Leadership Development Pillar Lead of Nestle SKP Engineering
  • Lead Goal Alignment Pillar for two years in Engineering,2014- 2016
  • 20 hours community services; Serving Food to Poor People, Helping a family with Garden and etc.
  • Author of article “Do you know Pakistan” in Stout college magazine
  • Appreciation Certificate awarded by University of Wisconsin Stout USA.
  • 2 years Merit Scholarship awarded on Matric basis from Punjab Group of Colleges
  • Auto CAD Contest Winner held by Mechatronics Club Of UET Lahore
  • Participation in Street Art Competition organized by Message Welfare Trust, 2011

Six Sigma Certified and Coach at Yellow Belt Level

Six Sigma Project: Process optimization of AHUs to save Chilled water and Electricity worth 28 Mio PKR

Six Sigma Project: Energy saving of Air Heaters by optimizing the process of Primary Air system of worth 8 Mio PKR

Six Sigma Project: Improvement of Power Factor from 0.9 to 0.95 in whole factory to save 10 Mio PKR

Six Sigma Project: Energy Saving projects of Cooling tower & Chilled Water Systems worth 3 Mio PKR

Six Sigma Project: Reduce Weight measurement variation from +/- 200Kgto +/-10 Kg at Fuel oil System

Upgradation of MV Relay Coordination System & SLD of Nestle SKP Factory to improve efficiency of the system

Timeline

Manufacturing Engineer

Nestle Pakistan Pvt. Ltd
08.2018 - 12.2021

Project Lead

Nestle Pakistan Pvt Ltd
09.2015 - 07.2018

Electrical and Automation Engineer

Nestle Pakistan Pvt. Ltd
02.2014 - 08.2015

Graduate Trainee Engineer

Nestle Pakistan Pvt. Ltd.
08.2012 - 02.2014

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering Technology

University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore
09.2008 - 06.2012

No Degree - Semester Exchange Program

University of Wisconsin Stout
05.2001 -
Iqra AshrafElectrical And Automation Engineering