Laith Al Qasem

Experience

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  Amman Central Workshops/ RMC

  May 1996 - Apr 2003

  VIP Fleet Workshop Manager

  eduled and non-Scheduled Inspection of the units vehicles, equipment and weapons to assure the conduction of the preventive maintenance is being performed according to schedules and RMC's policies. Internal Audit for all corrective maintenance procedures and operations conducted by the workshop technicians. Field Technical Training to qualify all the workshop personnel. Managing the workshop and the detached maintenance platoons engineers, technicians and assets. Managing and planning all the Workshop staff operational activities.  Maintain all types of wheeled engineering Equipment (wheel loaders, wheeled excavator, rollers air compressors, forklifts, Graders, Concrete pumps, and concrete mixers). Preventive and corrective maintenance for all tracked type tractors. Liaison with the operations’ management regarding ongoing projects issues and equipment requirements. HSE monitoring. Workshop equipment inspections and maintenance. Show less

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  Royal Maintenance Corps (RMC)

  Apr 2003 - Sept 2006

  Inspection Manager

  eduled and non-Scheduled Inspection of the units vehicles, equipment and weapons to assure the conduction of the preventive maintenance is being performed according to schedules and RMC's policies. Internal Audit for all corrective maintenance procedures and operations conducted by the workshop technicians. Field Technical Training to qualify all the workshop personnel. Managing the workshop and the detached maintenance platoons engineers, technicians and assets. Managing and planning all the Workshop staff operational activities.  Maintain all types of wheeled engineering Equipment (wheel loaders, wheeled excavator, rollers air compressors, forklifts, Graders, Concrete pumps, and concrete mixers). Preventive and corrective maintenance for all tracked type tractors. Liaison with the operations’ management regarding ongoing projects issues and equipment requirements. HSE monitoring. Workshop equipment inspections and maintenance. Show less

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  The Royal Maintenance Corps (RMC) GHQs

  Sept 2006 - Oct 2010

  Maintenance Engineering Manager

   Managed RMC's main workshops (Depot Level) overhauls programs for variant JAF's vehicles and light & heavy equipment including wheeled Fighting Vehicles, Buses, Passengers Cars and Construction Equipment, repairable main parts ( Mainly Engines, Transmissions , Transfer Cases, Starters and Alternators), including: Programs management including: Planning, Time Schedules, Scopes and Executing management. Supply Chain Management of Programs' required spare parts. Managing overhauls spares procurement contracts and blanket orders. Conducting and executing of annual procurement plan for all workshops projects within RMC’s fiscal year's budget. Quality control according to the manufacturers and RMC's standards and reject management. Development and improvement of workshops productivity and reduced rework and rejected cases. Established internal warranty system and procedures. Programs Risk monitoring and Risk management. Lead RMC's Quarterly Purchasing committee for many times. Lecturing and divisions officers weekly for maintenance shortage impacts on operational readiness and maintenance cost. Worked for six months as Damage Estimation and Assets Evaluation and Rationalizing Acting Specialist, estimating damage values caused by road accidents and misuse, rationalizing aging assets disposal. Utilized RMC's data base and took advantage of the dead stock. Reporting for Chief of Programs Division and the Director of RMC. Show less

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  The Directorate of Strategic Planning/ GHQs Jordan Armed Forces

  Oct 2010 - Jan 2013

  Specialist of Foreign Military Fund (FMF) Programs

  JAF's Procurement Planning and JAF's Five-Year Investment Plan regarding JAF's Capabilities Procurement Programs funded through the U.S Government Security Assistance Program (Foreign Military Funds (FMF)) with budget volume of US$ 300m/ Year.  Managing the Government-to-Government Contracts, mainly the contracts regarding sourcing the capabilities and services bought through the U.S Foreign Military Sales(FMS). Managing JAF’s MEGA projects related to vehicles and equipment procurement and modifications. Managing effective asset total cost of ownership (TCO). Warranty management of procured systems. Participated in many FMS cases negotiations and Programs' Management Reviews (PMRs), Critical Design Reviews(CDRs) and Test and Acceptance committees. Participated in many Local procurement contracts negotiations, and Test and Acceptance committees. Honor Graduate of the Defence Technology Course in KADDB. Fighting Vehicle Design Course Cranfield University – UK. A member of many Defence capability requirements and specifications committees. Planning of the procurement phases of the required massive equipment in latest JAF's Strategic Defense Review (SDR). Reporting for Chief of Programs Division and the Director of Strategic Planning. Show less

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  Roads and Transport Authority

  Mar 2013 - now

   New fleet bus specifications expert and committee coordinator. Bus Tender Technical Committee Member. Guarantee compliance to specifications in Fleet Bus Tender phases. New fleet manufacturing stages monitoring and verifying compliance to requirement. New fleet Mid-Build monitoring ( through bus factories visits) and critical design review. New Fleet PDI and commissioning management. Managing the implementation of Preventive Maintenance for RTA buses. Managing the repair quality inspections procedures and policies. Managing the implementation of the fleet insurance contract and claims. Fleet registration renewal and traffic fines management. Outside breakdown and recovery operations management. Managing the section related contracts implementations and SLAs. Leading 78 Quality Inspectors, data entry, drivers, reception staff. Member of Energy Consumption Reduction Committee. Member and coordinator for the Buses Trials and Experiments Committee. Member and Coordinator of the Future Public Transport Buses Specifications Team to guarantee effective asset total cost of ownership (TCO), latest ITS solutions to fulfill the operational needs. Member of UITP Bus Sub-workgroup. Conducting Technical studies and analysis. Reporting to the Reception Manager and the Maintenance and Services Director. Show less  Managing the implementation of three maintenance contracts for RTA buses. Managing the maintenance planning, operations and the services of RTA VDL School buses fleet, Solaris Buses Fleet and Volvo Coaches fleet. Leading 8 Quality Inspectors and data entry staffs. Drafted the Scope of work and the Service Level Agreement (SLA) of the three-year maintenance contracts (2014-2016). Monitoring contractor’s deliverables and services quality and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); assets availability for utilization, Mean Time To Repair (MTTR), Mean time Between Failures (MTBF), Rework, Repeated Jobs. Monitoring contractor compliance with contractual terms and Service Level Agreement (SLA). Utilization of the Maintenance Management System (MMS) MAXIMO to conduct quarterly Failure Mode Analysis (DRACAS). Improvement of maintenance procedures and outputs. Closely monitoring adherence to Preventive Maintenance Plans and take prompt action if any incompliance to plans or procedures. Managing Assets related to the depot including assets performance, assets value, assets return and assets documentation system in compliance with ISO 55000. Depot HSE Risk Management and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) according to ISO 31000. Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Proxy Champion. Depots Equipment Safety inspections, calibration and certification. Monitoring contractor’s waste material segregation and disposal as well as environment control according to ISO 14000 requirements. Performing the internal technical training for the department inspectors. Member of Internal Audit Team (IAT) responsible for conducting the internal audit activities to ensure the compliance of the department’s Maintenance and Safety Policies with the IMS requirements ( ISO 140001, and OHSAS 18001) MSD representative in the committee of the Green Depot initiative. Liaison with the operations’ manager regarding depot’s vehicle operations requirements issues. Show less

  • Chief Maintenance Engineering Specialist

    Jan 2025 - now

  • Senior Maintenance Engineering Specialist

    Nov 2018 - Feb 2025

  • Senior Engineer

    May 2017 - Nov 2018

  • Mechanical Engineer- Maintenance and Services Department

    Mar 2013 - May 2017