SAURABH SHAWN JOAB

• Led end-to-end facilities operations (MEP, infrastructure, soft services), ensuring seamless, compliant, and safe campus functioning.
• Managed critical services across a 100-acre site, including security, housekeeping, pest control, laundry, catering (for 900+ residents), and 22-bus school transport.
• Controlled ₹20 Cr O&M budget, and delivered ₹18 Cr annual CAPEX projects with precision in execution and financial discipline.
• Directed cross-functional teams – Facility, Admin, Procurement, and Security – with oversight of 200+ outsourced personnel.
• Devised and executed long-term maintenance strategies and asset lifecycle plans aligned with institutional goals.
• Ensured full regulatory compliance (AKDN standards, local laws ), with robust documentation (SOPs, MIS, manuals).
• Negotiated and optimised vendor contracts, driving service performance, cost efficiency, and accountability.
• Delivered high-impact infrastructure upgrades by coordinating with architects, consultants, and government authorities.
• Generated strategic reports and KPIs to inform leadership decisions, and proactively mitigate operational risks.
• Championed a culture of service excellence, ethical conduct, and sustainability within all facets of facilities operations.
• Achievements
• Commissioned a 200 KLD WTP and a 1 MW solar plant for sustainability.
• Executed campus-wide waterproofing, façade uplift, and structural audit.
• Upgraded electrical safety via earthing revamp; modified fire hydrant system, and evacuation protocols.
• Redesigned washrooms, amphitheater, and pool shading for enhanced user comfort.
• Obtained fire and pollution NOCs through government liaison.
• Ongoing: Campus-wide water supply redesign.
• Ongoing: Revamping outsourcing for improved efficiency and cost control.

• Oversaw maintenance of classrooms, residences, sports facilities, and commercial kitchens.
• Supervised reconstruction of 12 staff homes with project value of INR 10 crores.
• Managed major infrastructural upgrades, enhancing substation capacity from 400 KVA to 1200 KVA.
• Coordinated design and commissioning of sewer system with STP treating 65,000 liters daily.
• Developed SOPs and implemented preventive maintenance program, reducing equipment downtime by 20%.
• Researched and installed sustainable heating solutions, including HVAC systems and heat pumps.
• Conducted recruitment, training, and evaluations of team members for performance improvement.
• Mentored MEP technicians to take on responsibilities as shift supervisors.

Achievements

Facility Upgrades: Renovation of classrooms and science labs. Introduction of green technology for water and space heating.

Infrastructural upgrades:

Upgrade of 11 KVA substation from 400 KVA to 1,200 KVA.

Installation and commissioning of the STP.

• Assisted the Head of Estates in delivering an effective, high-quality function, ensuring compliance with Health & Safety legislation.
• Supervised reconstruction of 10 staff homes, with a project value of 7 crores.
• Worked with SOLAHART to design a customized solar heating system with a daily heating capacity of 2,500 liters.
• Planned and upgraded the entire water pumping system for the school to meet the daily water requirement of 300,000 liters.
• Supervised the renovation of a business office block with a project value of 50 lakh.
• Implemented control measures to streamline the use of consumables, routine maintenance spares, and fuel, resulting in an annual saving of 15% on the OPEX budget.
• Restructured the facilities team, resulting in a reduction of 10% manpower.
• Managed two major natural calamities: a major retaining wall collapse and heavy snowfall. Received principal's commendation for responding to very heavy snowfall and for working with local electricity officials for the restoration of the 11 KV line in 5 days. When the entire city's power supply was disrupted for more than 10 days.

• Streamlined entire purchasing process for school, consolidating procurement through a single window.
• Authored comprehensive purchase manual and policy to enhance operational efficiency.
• Implemented consignment stocks, achieving 25% reduction in inventory of fast-moving items.
• Introduced Annual Rate Agreements for fast-moving items to optimize supplier relationships.
• Achieved revenue savings of 15% on overall purchasing budget through process improvements.

• Instrumental in the relaunch of the Pannimade mark in the auction market.
• Laid out a detailed procedure for process control.
• Modified the existing layout of machinery to increase efficiency, improve the extraction of remunerative grades, resulting in an increase in profitability.
• Introduced the concept of recording and checking various process parameters to maintain consistent quality.
• Decreased the COP of manufacturing by 5%.

• Directly responsible for the manufacture of tea, quality control, production planning, and process management.
• Well acquainted with all aspects of CTC, RC, and NRC type manufacture.
• Held charge of three factories: Wallardie, Surianalle, and Moongalaar, in Kerala. Surianalle Factory was an ISO-certified unit.
• Complete knowledge of the tea manufacturing process and maintenance of all team machinery, such as rotor vanes, CTC banks, fermenting equipment, driers, and sorters.
• Achieved an all-time high in production at the Surianalle Factory.