Mohamed Somai

Result-driven and highly accomplished Senior Maintenance & Facilities Engineer with over 8 years of international experience optimizing industrial maintenance, facility operations, and asset lifecycle management across the pharmaceutical, automotive, and manufacturing sectors. Proven track record improving equipment availability (+30%), in executing comprehensive Preventive Maintenance (PM) programs, leading TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) pillars, and ensuring strict compliance with GMP, ISO 9001, and IATF 16949 quality standards. Expert in leveraging CMMS (SAP PM, Coswin 8i) to monitor key operational KPIs (MTBF, MTTR, OEE), reducing unplanned downtime, and optimizing operational costs.

Strong technical leadership in managing complex electrical, mechanical, HVAC, PLC automation, and utility infrastructure.

Senior Facilities & Maintenance Manager at TERIAK – KILANI Group (2022-08 – Present)

Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Industries

• Operational Availability: Maximize reliability, availability, and regulatory alignment for all pharmaceutical manufacturing machinery (primary/secondary packaging, sterile process equipment, and utilities), managed hard services supporting GMP production areas operating 24/7.
• Reliability Engineering: Formulate and deploy equipment reliability strategies by evaluating breakdown data and managing critical MTBF and MTTR metrics.
• Regulatory Compliance: Secure 100% adherence to GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) guidelines, safety codes, and quality requirements across cleanroom environments.
• CMMS Tracking: Administer all documentation, technical logs, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and service histories using Coswin 8i CMMS.
• Capital Projects & Budgeting: Collaborate on the site's technical investment master plan, supervising the annual maintenance budget for spare parts and external vendor services.
• Engineering Hand-Over: Serve as the main technical contact for cross-functional Engineering and R&D partners, managing equipment hand-overs and tracking deficiency punchlists.
• Managing 22 technicians & over 30 subcontractors.

Senior Maintenance & Facilities Engineer at SAMELEC (Subsidiary of APEM - An IDEC Company) (2020-02 – 2022-07)

Automotive Electronics

• Strategic Planning: Built and rolled out tactical maintenance frameworks aligned with macro-level group production objectives.
• Cross-Site Audits: Conducted rigorous process audits across regional group production plants (SAMELEC, SACEMA) to uncover inefficiencies and drive performance.
• Automotive Standards: Interpreted and enforced IATF 16949 v2016 and ISO 9001:2015 requirements, leading the maintenance division as the designated Process Owner during external registrar audits.
• KPI Management: Supervised weekly and monthly maintenance dashboards, launching targeted corrective programs for global tier-1 automotive clients (Fiat, Volvo, Caterpillar, Scania, Valeo).
• Managing 15 technicians & over 25 subcontractors.
• Improved MTBF +35% and reduced downtime −40% via optimized preventive maintenance strategy.

Senior Maintenance & Industrialisation Engineer at Ariston Group (2018-10 – 2020-02)

HVAC & Thermal Comfort Manufacturing

• Preventive Schedules: Structured and tracked calendar execution for routine calibration, instrument validation, and preventive care across hydraulic, pneumatic, and electromechanical lines, production equipment and building technical systems.
• Continuous Improvement: Directed the TPM Planned Maintenance (PM) pillar, running lean workshops including SMED, Poke-Yoke, and 5S frameworks to optimize overall plant OEE.
• SAP Integration: Managed everyday asset performance data and workorders inside SAP PM ERP.
• Managing 14 technicians & over 20 subcontractors.
• Improved equipment reliability by 35% through TPM methodology.

National Engineering Degree in Electrical Engineering – Higher School of Engineering and Technological Studies of Tunis (2015-09 – 2017-12)

Research Master's in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, and Automation – Faculty of Sciences of Tunis (2014-09 – 2017-02)

Bachelor's Degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Automation – Faculty of Sciences of Tunis El Manar (2012-09 – 2014-06)

Preparatory School in Engineering and Technological Studies – Preparatory School of Engineering and Technological Studies of El Manar (2009-09 – 2012-06)

Baccalaureate Diploma in Technical Studies – Khaznadar Technical High School (2009-06)