AVNISH THUMAR
Maintenance Planner | SAP PM | SAP S/4HANA | Maintenance Planning | CMMS Shutdown Planning | Reliability Engineer
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Summary
JR. Engineer – Plant Maintenance plans SAP PM work orders, preventive maintenance, and shutdown activity for manufacturing equipment. Coordinates production, stores, and contractors to keep maintenance documentation current, improve equipment availability, and support RCA and reliability improvement work. Contributes to a plant-wide SAP S/4HANA mould inventory implementation across 10 manufacturing sites.
Overview
3
3
Certifications
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
JR. Engineer – Plant Maintenance
MRF Tyres Ltd.
04.2019 - Current
- Maintenance Planning & SAP Responsibilities
- Plan and schedule preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance activities for critical production equipment.
- Prepare and monitor maintenance work orders through SAP PM.
- Coordinate daily maintenance schedules with production departments to minimize downtime.
- Maintain accurate maintenance documentation and equipment records in SAP PM.
- Create and update maintenance notifications, work orders, equipment history and technical records.
- Support annual maintenance planning and shutdown maintenance activities.
- Coordinated manpower, contractors, and maintenance resources for planned jobs to optimize workflow.
- Monitor maintenance KPIs including MTBF, MTTR and equipment availability.
- Prepared maintenance reports and planning documents to enhance audit processes.
- Coordinate with procurement and stores for spare parts planning and availability.
- Raise Purchase Requisitions (PR) through SAP.
- Supported maintenance budgeting and spare inventory planning to ensure resource availability.
- SAP S/4HANA Implementation Project
- Actively involved in SAP S/4HANA implementation for developing a centralized mould inventory management system across all 10 MRF manufacturing plants.
- Work closely with SAP functional consultants, maintenance, production and stores teams.
- Support master data preparation, validation and standardization.
- Assist in defining business processes for centralized mould inventory management.
- Support migration of mould inventory records into SAP S/4HANA.
- Prepare documentation, process mapping and implementation support documents.
- Assist end users during implementation and stabilization phases.
- Reliability & Continuous Improvement
- Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA), 5 Why and 8D investigations.
- Improve equipment reliability through preventive maintenance optimization.
- Reduce breakdown frequency through planned maintenance strategies.
- Supervise maintenance technicians and contractors.
- Coordinate with production for planned shutdown execution.
- Support Kaizen and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with plant safety and quality standards.
- Key Achievements
- Improved equipment reliability through preventive maintenance planning.
- Reduced downtime by optimizing maintenance scheduling.
- Successfully supported SAP S/4HANA digital transformation initiatives.
- Improved maintenance documentation accuracy through SAP PM.
- Enhanced maintenance planning and spare availability.
Production Planning & Control Executive
Radium Creation Ltd. (H&M Manufacturing Unit)
11.2018 - 05.2019
- Coordinated production planning and scheduling to align with operational goals.
- Developed daily and weekly production plans to optimize workflow and resource allocation.
- Oversaw inventory planning and ensured material availability for seamless production processes.
- Improved material planning and production coordination.
- Prepared production forecasts using Microsoft Excel.
- Worked closely with production and sales departments.
- Maintained production documentation and planning records.
- Key Achievements
- Improved on-time delivery performance.
- Improved production scheduling efficiency.
- Reduced material shortages.
Deputy Associate – Team Leader (Maintenance)
Mundra Solar Pvt. Ltd. (Adani Group)
09.2016 - 03.2018
- Performed maintenance on Stringers, Laminators, Framing Machines and Conveyors.
- Coordinated preventive maintenance with production teams.
- Coordinated preventive maintenance schedules with production teams to minimize operational disruptions.
- Maintained heating plates of stringers.
- Worked on Team Technik, ATW and Jinchen Stringers.
- Worked on Meyer Burger Laminators.
- Identified and resolved manufacturing defects, enhancing product quality by addressing ribbon misalignment and spider cracks.
- Key Achievements
- Reduced equipment downtime.
- Enhanced machine reliability through targeted maintenance strategies and timely repairs.
- Increased production output through effective maintenance.
Education
Diploma Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
JAYVANTRAI HARRAI DESAI, POLYTECHNIC (GTU)
PALSANA, SURAT, GUJARAT05-2016
Skills
SAP PM
SAP S/4HANA
CMMS
Equipment master data
Functional location management
Maintenance planning
Work order planning
Preventive maintenance
Maintenance scheduling
Shutdown planning
Reliability engineering
Root cause analysis (RCA)
MTBF & MTTR analysis
Audit preparation (IATF 16949, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, ISO 27001(Audit preparation, documentation, and compliance)
Certification
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Timeline
JR. Engineer – Plant Maintenance
MRF Tyres Ltd.
04.2019 - Current
Production Planning & Control Executive
Radium Creation Ltd. (H&M Manufacturing Unit)
11.2018 - 05.2019
Deputy Associate – Team Leader (Maintenance)
Mundra Solar Pvt. Ltd. (Adani Group)
09.2016 - 03.2018
Diploma Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
JAYVANTRAI HARRAI DESAI, POLYTECHNIC (GTU)