Faisal Shaikh

Integrated Facility Management: Manage comprehensive HVAC operations for high-end corporate/industrial sites, ensuring 100% uptime of critical cooling infrastructure.

Energy Optimization: Implement energy-saving strategies for chiller plants and AHU banks, significantly reducing operational costs and improving the facility's carbon footprint.

Advanced Diagnostics: Utilize digital tools and BMS interfaces to monitor real-time system performance, performing predictive maintenance to intercept potential equipment failures.

Compliance & Safety: Enforce strict HSE (Health, Safety, and Environment) protocols and maintain detailed technical logs for audits and performance reporting.

Technical Leadership: Supervise on-site junior technicians and third-party vendors during specialized overhauls or system upgrades.

​Chiller Plant Management: Direct the daily operations and maintenance of high-capacity Air-Cooled and Water-Cooled Chiller plants, utilizing both manual controls and advanced Building Management Systems (BMS).

​Preventative Maintenance: Oversee the preventative and predictive maintenance schedules for all Air Handling Units (AHUs) and Fan Coil Units (FCUs) across the facility to ensure optimal indoor air quality and cooling efficiency.

​System Diagnostics: Lead troubleshooting efforts for complex domestic systems and low-temperature units, minimizing equipment downtime and preventing costly system failures.

​VRV & Package Systems: Specialized in the installation, maintenance, and fault diagnosis of Variable Refrigerant Volume (VRV) systems, Central Splits, and Package A/C units for large commercial clients.

​Refrigeration Mastery: Managed comprehensive servicing for advanced refrigeration systems, including both plus-temperature and minus-temperature cold storage facilities.

​Quality Control: Conducted routine performance tests and calibrated thermostats, pressure gauges, and electrical components to maximize energy efficiency.

Commercial Servicing: Executed routine service and emergency repair requests for a diverse portfolio of commercial split A/C systems and ice-making machinery.

​Component Overhauls: Replaced and repaired compressors, condenser motors, and evaporator coils, ensuring compliance with environmental safety regulations regarding refrigerant handling.

VRV Installations: Assisted in the layout, piping, and commissioning of new VRV systems for commercial building upgrades.

​System Audits: Performed leak detection, brazing, and vacuuming of copper pipelines prior to gas charging.

Large-Scale Operations: Spent nearly a decade maintaining massive industrial cooling infrastructure under extreme Middle Eastern climate conditions, adhering to stringent international engineering standards.

​Industrial Cold Storage: Spearheaded the operational integrity of heavy-duty cold storage plants (plus and minus temperatures), crucial for preserving high-value inventory.

​Emergency Response: Acted as a primary responder for critical chiller plant and centralized cooling failures, consistently restoring operations within strict Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Commercial Transition: Progressed from domestic units to handling light commercial HVAC systems, assisting in the maintenance of ducted split systems and early-generation VRV units for corporate offices.

​Electrical Diagnostics: Performed systematic troubleshooting of 3-phase electrical panels, contactors, relays, and compressor motors to identify and resolve root-cause electrical failures.

​Preventative Maintenance: Executed comprehensive deep-cleaning and servicing of evaporator coils, condenser fins, and blower assemblies to restore factory-level heat exchange efficiency.

​Airflow Balancing: Assisted senior engineers in checking ductwork integrity, measuring air velocity, and replacing air filters to ensure proper CFM (Cubic Feet per Minute) delivery across commercial spaces.

Installation & Commissioning: Handled the end-to-end installation of residential window and wall-mounted split air conditioning systems, ensuring proper wall anchoring, leveling, and drainage gradients.

​Core Refrigeration Mechanics: Mastered the fundamentals of the refrigeration cycle, performing copper tube cutting, flaring, swaging, and oxy-acetylene brazing with high precision to prevent micro-leaks.

​Gas Charging & Vacuuming: Conducted thorough system evacuations using vacuum pumps and precisely weighed and charged systems with refrigerants (such as R-22) strictly according to manufacturer specifications.

​Field Diagnostics: Acted as the first line of response for domestic breakdown calls, quickly diagnosing faulty capacitors, burnt wiring, and compressor lock-ups while delivering excellent on-site customer service.