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Certification
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Saad Quddus

Union City,CA

Summary

Skilled Equipment Maintenance/Scheduler familiar with compliance and documentation requirements. Hardworking professional with an organized approach.

Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Equipment Maintenance Engineer/Scheduler

Flextronics
Milpitas, CA
10.2021 - Current
  • Build and manage the maintenance scheduling and present report to manager and supervisor.
  • Developed and maintained detailed schedules for facility infrastructure maintenance, repair, and projects.
  • Support team in work planning, management, and breakdowns task.
  • Filled out work orders, repair logs and maintenance plans to document work completed.
  • Reviewed work orders and assigned tasks to team members.
  • Coordinated efficient maintenance schedules to keep systems running at peak levels.
  • Managed team of technicians to ensure timely completion of projects.
  • Monitored inventory levels and ordered parts as needed.
  • Developed preventative maintenance plans to maximize equipment longevity.
  • Scheduled machinery downtime for maintenance and repair with close reference to production schedules in consultation with manufacturing management and operators.
  • Identified cost-saving opportunities through improved processes or methods of repair.
  • Created work orders with detailed instructions for technicians to complete maintenance tasks.
  • Analyzed data from completed work orders to determine trends in equipment failures or malfunctions.
  • Reviewed completed work orders to verify that tasks had been performed correctly and in accordance with safety regulations.
  • Reviewed and approved vendor field service reports.
  • Implemented trend analysis and scheduling metrics to forecast resource resource needs and address potential delays.
  • Provide technical support and knowledge in work activities and identify low to high risk/hazard.
  • Perform calibrations and re-qualification on equipment at specific intervals and schedules.
  • Lead equipment team and work planning to complete activity/project.
  • Create BOM and job requirement such as identify tools, facility, instruction, and hazard analyses.
  • Authored technical documents including work procedures, job hazard analyses, lockout/tagout, ensuring compliance with industry and safety standards.
  • Work with EHS team to develop job hazard analyses and identify PPE to complete task/activities.

Supervisor, Manufacturing Equipment

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Pleasanton, CA
06.2021 - 10.2021
  • Oversaw workforce schedules and allocated resources in order to achieve project goals.
  • Trained and monitored employees to teach daily tasks and improve performance.
  • Established and enforced clear safety policies to protect workers from injury.
  • Delivered positive reinforcement and constructive criticism for employee work efforts.
  • Reviewed performance metrics regularly to identify areas needing improvement.
  • Scheduled repair and maintenance of machines, tools and equipment to support continuous production operations.
  • Provided technical support to team as needed to resolve complex problems with equipment or processes.
  • Supervised and coordinated scheduling of equipment maintenance and repair activities.
  • Investigated equipment malfunctions to identify root causes and solutions.
  • Provided technical guidance for complex repair situations when required.
  • Determined schedules, sequences and assignments for work activities, based on priority, quantity of equipment and personnel skill.
  • Collaborated with other departments to coordinate repairs, maintenance or modifications.
  • Developed and established preventive maintenance plans and schedules for all components and ensure that all equipment was properly serviced in a timely manner.
  • Created detailed reports on machine downtime, root cause analysis, cost savings initiatives, and other relevant metrics related to maintenance and production efficiency.

Engineer II

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Pleasanton, CA
10.2020 - 06.2021
  • Performs maintenance, testing, troubleshooting, PM/calibration using SOP and repair on a variety of manufacturing and testing instrumentation such as 3900 DNA synthesizes, MerMade DNA synthesizes, Jurassic DNA/RNA synthesizes, HPLC, Biomek FX, Biomek2000, Pneumatic Instrument, Bravo, Tecan Evo, Tecan Genesis, robotics, Hamilton Star, Hamilton Starlet, and ATS (automation tooling systems) and other automated equipment.
  • Provide training, work direction and guidance to team members while performing work in one or more instruments.
  • Participate in process improvements, kaizen events, 5S, and JDI.
  • Maintain training/project records and notes.
  • Experience with automated instrumentation and laboratory measurement devices like liquid-handling robots, plates reader, capper, ATL, plate washer, and HPLC.
  • Assist engineers with multiple projects research.
  • Create, read, and interpret electrical/mechanical drawing and electrical schematics.
  • Experience with handheld tools, multi-meters, electronic test equipment, and Vacuum systems.
  • Perform all administrative duties including documenting maintenance and repair calls in SAP as well as completing required documentation and reports.
  • Performed Repair and preventative maintenance/calibration in GMP lab.
  • Maintain own tool inventory to ensure adequate supply to perform duties.
  • Practiced safe lockout-tagout procedures to prevent injury to personnel during maintenance procedures.
  • Trained employees on proper operation of electrical, instrumentation equipment including lockout, tagout procedures when servicing machinery.

Education

Master of Science - Engineering Management

California State University - East Bay
Hayward, CA
05-2025

Master of Science - Electrical Engineering

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
01-2015

Skills

  • MS Project
  • Project Planning
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Team Collaboration
  • Effective Communication
  • Equipment Maintenance/management
  • Document maintenance
  • Performance improvement monitoring
  • Leadership
  • Project Management

Certification

  • CMRP (2024-2025, In progress)

Languages

Urdu
Professional
Hindi
Professional
Punjabi
Limited
English
Professional

Accomplishments

Bronze Award, ThermoFisher Scientific, CA

Bronze Award, ThermoFisher Scientific, CA

Affiliations

  • Play sport - Cricket
  • Study and gain new knowledge
  • Board member in Non-profit organization to help communicate.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Equipment Maintenance Engineer/Scheduler

Flextronics
10.2021 - Current

Supervisor, Manufacturing Equipment

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
06.2021 - 10.2021

Engineer II

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
10.2020 - 06.2021

Master of Science - Engineering Management

California State University - East Bay

Master of Science - Electrical Engineering

San Francisco State University
Saad Quddus