Anton Noprada

Registered Mechanical Engineer and Engineering Manager with 6+ years across restaurant and retail operations, facilities and property management, and manufacturing. Skilled in maintenance cost control, vendor negotiation, and multi-site prioritization, with a record of building tracking systems that improve work visibility. DOLE-accredited Safety Officer 2 and Pollution Control Officer (LLDA, DENR-EMB) with hands-on expertise in HVAC, refrigeration, plumbing, electrical, and fire protection systems, plus Microsoft 365, Power Automate, and AI-enabled workflows for process improvement.

Engineering Department Manager at RestaurantConcepts Group Inc. (2025-08 – Present)

• Manage engineering operations supporting 24 restaurant and retail branches across Metro Manila, covering multiple brands while maintaining business continuity.
• Lead a 6-member engineering team, including an engineering coordinator and 4 technicians, directing manpower allocation, work scheduling, and performance monitoring by operational priority.
• Direct preventive and corrective maintenance — including emergency repairs — for HVAC, refrigeration, kitchen equipment, plumbing, electrical, fire protection, and building systems, minimizing downtime and business disruption.
• Review contractor quotations, technical scopes, and purchase requests, and evaluate repair-versus-replacement decisions to control maintenance spending.
• Represent engineering in management meetings, coordinating with Finance, HR, Procurement, Operations, store management, suppliers, and mall administration; manage permits and engineering compliance requirements.
• Contribute to management-level initiatives including business continuity planning, KPI development, department restructuring, and technician training and retention proposals.
• Designed the department's end-to-end maintenance request workflow, centralizing service requests through Microsoft Forms and Lists with trackers for repairs, PM, contractor performance, and service history; proposed Power Automate workflows to cut manual administrative work.
• Standardized engineering documentation and developed templates for risk assessments, method statements, job orders, and service reports, reducing reporting inconsistencies.

Engineering Department Head (Manager) at JTC Group of Companies (2024-10 – 2025-07)

• Headed engineering for a food & beverage, retail, and franchise group, leading an 8-member team supporting 8 franchise and 6 company-owned stores (14 locations).
• Developed and implemented a centralized Job Order and Service Report Tracker System with real-time updates and integrated manpower scheduling, improving maintenance visibility across all stores.
• Managed preventive and corrective maintenance programs, contractor coordination, and multi-site project execution for store facilities and equipment.
• Oversaw engineering budget planning, quotation review, and maintenance cost control across franchise and company-owned operations.
• Coordinated with franchisees, store operations, and external contractors to align repair schedules with business hours and minimize operational disruption.

Property Manager at Felina Corporate Plaza Inc. (2023-08 – 2024-09)

• Managed end-to-end operations of a 12-storey commercial office building serving BPO and corporate tenants, covering facilities, security, and housekeeping.
• Administered operating expense (OPEX) monitoring, budget reporting, and regular operational reporting to senior management.
• Handled client and tenant relations, including help desk operations, service request resolution, and customer relationship management.
• Managed building permits, documentation, and full compliance with LGU and PEZA requirements.
• Supervised service providers and coordinated preventive maintenance of building systems to sustain tenant operations and uptime.

Admin-Facilities Coordinator (Senior Associate) | Safety Officer 2 at NEARSOL Philippines Inc. (2022-06 – 2023-08)

• Coordinated facilities operations, vendor services, and administrative support for a contact center/BPO site, including procurement and inventory control.
• Served concurrently as DOLE-accredited Safety Officer 2 (January–August 2023), implementing occupational safety and health programs and government-mandated compliance.

Maintenance & Facilities Engineer | Pollution Control Officer at Gunma Gohkin Philippines Corporation (GKG Group) (2020-09 – 2022-05)

• Maintained facilities and production machinery — diecasting machines, CNC equipment, and plant utilities — for an automotive manufacturer.
• Established and administered the Operational Hours Monitoring and Maintenance System and Autonomous Maintenance System, strengthening equipment reliability.
• Served as LLDA- and DENR-EMB-accredited Pollution Control Officer (November 2021 – May 2022), managing environmental compliance and greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory.
• Served as associate auditor for ISO 9001 QMS and IATF 16949 internal manufacturing and production audits.

Project Administrator & Mechanical Engineer at SinoBest Refrigeration Inc. (2020-01 – 2020-03)

Refrigeration design and installation.

Project-in-Charge at Matest Laboratory and Construction Services Inc. (2019-09 – 2019-12)

Soil bearing/protection project.

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering – Adamson University (2018-05)