Collaborate with Top management to drive the sustainable Natural Latex Form manufacturing process and ensure the smooth operation of all manufacturing plants to achieve the strategic vision of the company.
Key Responsibilities

Leads and coordinates all engineering function, research and development and project

management activities.

Maintaining all building and related infrastructure facilities, including, fire protection

system and hydrant system.

Implementation of industry standards, regulations, best practices and advanced

technologies to improve process efficiency and productivity.

Key Achievements

Installation and commissioning of RF dryer for continuous latex mattress line.

Installation and commissioning of Teflon coating plant machinery.

Installation and commissioning of 5 ton biomass boiler.

Installed new control system for Latex former (Hansa Mixture)

Installed new temperature monitoring system for continuous dryer.

Introduced new hydraulic unit and reduced the cycle time of Latex form sheet line hole puncture

unit and capacity enhancement up to 2cm thickness sheet.

Fabrication & Installation of new overhead conveyor system for pillow mold section

(vertical filling )and dual filling system).
• Repairing & commissioning of Mattress mold transfer cart.

Key Responsibilities

Leads and coordinates all engineering functions and operations including quality assurance, testing,

production, and research and development of new and existing product lines.

Facilitates communication among clients/customers and engineers, ensuring specifications, budgets,

and deadlines are clearly communicated and understood.

Serves as project manager for multiple projects, creating timelines and cost projections, organizing

collaborative meetings, and ensuring projects comply with specifications, timelines, and budgets.

Reviews work and projects for technical accuracy.

Establishes, implements, and maintains administrative policies, procedures, and standards.

Prepares and executes departmental budget.

Negotiates contracts with outside vendors.

Maintains knowledge of new trends, developments, technologies, materials, and best practices. And

applies this knowledge to continually improve product lines and production efficiency.
Key Achievements

Offred the line management and cross-disciplinary leadership to engineering team that won the

2020 – 2021 Hayleys Chairman Merit Award for the Construction sector.

Offred the line management and cross-disciplinary leadership to engineering team that won the

2018 – 2019 Hayleys Chairman Merit Award for the Construction sector.

Offred the project management and cross- disciplinary leadership for the installation &

commissioning of State-of-the-art Aluminum Scrap Melting plant (2021-2022). Project value:
USD 2.8 Mn

Offred the project management and cross-disciplinary leadership for the installation &

commissioning of new Extrusion plant and vertical powder coating plant. (2018-2019). Project
value: USD 1.85 Mn

Offred the project management and cross- disciplinary leadership for the installation &

commissioning of 1 MW roof top solar system at Ekala plant. (Project value: USD 0.65Mn)

Offred the project management and cross- disciplinary leadership for the installation &

commissioning of 400 kW roof top solar system at Gonawala WH. (Project value: USD 0.26Mn)

Initiated the activities of the AM & PM pillar and started building the capabilities of the Technical

staff & the Production staff through the trainings.

Initiated the capability building of Engineers through trainings and initiated Kaizens through in-house

automation to improve the safety & Productivity.

Asset Repair & Maintenance work of entire Factory: Melting Plant, Extrusion Plant (2nos). Anodizing

Plant, Powder coating Plant (3nos), Wood Effect Plant & Die Manufacturing Plant. Total Asset value is
6.5 billion.

Operation & Maintenance of Boilers (2nos), Air Compressors (3nos), Power Generators (2nos), Chillers

(2nos), Cooling Towers & Fire and water distribution system.

Operation & Maintenance of Effluent Treatment Plant.

Anodizing Plant & Machinery erecting & commissioning work. Project value: USD 1,428,570

Operation & Maintenance of Wire Cutter machines, EDMs, CNC machines.

Extrusion Plant (6” line) & Machinery erecting & commissioning work. Project value USD 714,285

Site coordination work with Foreign & local consultants, and with different contractor parties to meet

project milestones.

Pre-Engineered & Prefab Building Erecting work.

• Piling work, Pile caps, foundation & Building construction.

Cooperated with Sales & Marketing team to discuss extrusion product design ideas. And drew sketches,

indicated dimensions and created mock-ups as directed by management.

Revamped existing extrusion profiles to modify new product and minimize manufacturing cost and

fabrication cost. And tested prototypes to address potential defects and determine product use and
longevity.

Reduced the electrical energy cost by 5% by upgrading the Capacitor Bank for Anodizing plant

• Executed the capacity expansion project of the Powder Coating plant. Project value: USD 8570

Designed & Developed microprocessor-based color sensor, digital weighing scale. (15 kg and 300 kg)

and DC motor controller circuit.

Designing, Manufacturing & installation of temperature controlling units. Client: Loadstar Pvt Ltd.

Project value: USD 5600

Designing, Manufacturing & installation of Indentation Hardness tester. Client: Richard Pieris Pvt Ltd.

Project value: USD 2300

Designing, Manufacturing & installation of Weighing Bed. Client: Richard Pieris Pvt Ltd. Project

value: USD 900

Engaged for Wire Cutter machine installation project. Designed and fabricated Charcoal Extrusion

nozzles by using wire Cutter machine. Client: Haycarb PLC, Sri Lanka. Project value: USD 10000

Engaged for CNC Machine installation Project. Designed and fabricated Rubber mold by using CNC

milling Machine. Client Hayleys PLC, Sri Lanka. Project value: USD 7150

Repairing of Tea color separator by using microprocessor- based circuit. Client: Morawaka Estate.

Deniyaya. Sri Lanka. Project value: USD 2850

Repairing of Tea color separator by using microprocessor- based circuit. Client: Tea Shakthi Fund.

Project value: USD 4285