OBOZEGIE EKHASOMHI
Saskatoon
Summary
12+ years of experience in maintenance and reliability, focusing on manufacturing and underground potash operations. Proven ability in root cause analysis and reliability-centered maintenance for enhanced operational efficiency and optimization of equipment maintenance strategies
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Equipment Strategy
BHP
Saskatoon
06.2025 - Current
- Developed and implemented equipment criticality assessment aligned with global standards, improving maintenance prioritization across BHP assets.
- Lead criticality assessment workshops to define asset function, worst case failure scenario and risk impacts across all impact types.
- Developed and governed asset and maintenance strategies using reliability engineering and risk-based maintenance principles to maximize asset life and performance.
- Led problem-solving sessions to enhance design of maintenance strategies.
Maintenance Planner/Scheduler
BHP
Jansen
11.2023 - 05.2025
- Reviewed stakeholder notifications, built work orders, and planned and scheduled maintenance work for execution.
- Create maintenance plans for new and existing equipment and determine optimal frequency of called work orders.
- Lead weekly long-range meetings to firm up maintenance schedules, assign actions to parties.
- Led and coordinated maintenance meetings to align activities and priorities for process and non-process infrastructure contractors.
- Conducted failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) to identify potential issues in non-process infrastructure plants.
Mine Maintenance Scheduler
Nutrien
Vanscoy
01.2022 - 11.2023
- Led daily and weekly scheduling meetings to finalize maintenance schedules and ensure alignment with operational needs.
- Develop daily and weekly schedules for the mine maintenance crews.
- Scheduled maintenance activities for underground trades based on shift roster, leveraging trades skills and experience for optimal job assignments.
- Perform turnaround maintenance scheduling during shutdown of the Mine.
- Scheduled maintenance activities and arranged for external resources.
- Facilitated weekly schedule compliance meetings to address work interruptions and non-compliance issues.
- Reviewed and updated equipment and materials bill of materials to ensure accuracy.
- Perform continuous improvement activities to improve equipment reliability.
Maintenance Planner
Maple Leaf Foods
Saskatoon
04.2020 - 12.2021
- Analyzed equipment performance, failure data, and corrective maintenance history to optimize PM plans, addressing failure modes in current structure.
- Automated downtime tracking, repeat failure modes, and maintenance cost triggers from CMMS to initiate RCA events, improving response to issues.
- Analyzed condition monitoring data and generated follow-up maintenance work orders to address concerns.
- Led mobility adoption project, eliminating paperwork orders and transitioning maintenance personnel to IPADs, enhancing workflow efficiency.
Packaging & Maintenance Engineer
The Heineken Company
Lagos
01.2014 - 06.2019
- Project Manager for installation of a new bottling line, overseeing a team of 42 and exceeded expectations in completing project within schedule and on budget.
- Created maintenance task lists for packaging equipment, streamlining processes for the maintenance team.
- Coordinated activities of 12 unionized maintenance technicians, including work scheduling, coaching, training, conflict resolution, objective setting, and performance measurement to enhance team effectiveness.
- Reviewed maintenance requests from user departments for accuracy and generated work orders to ensure timely response.
- Organized the PM Scope meeting and PM evaluation meeting to effectively communicate the maintenance plan and review maintenance effectiveness.
- Measured and updated maintenance KPIs such as MTBF, MTTR and conformance to schedule.
Graduate Engineer
The Heineken Company
Lagos
04.2012 - 01.2014
- Completed one year of hands-on training in manufacturing processes and techniques.
- Completed one year of classroom training in manufacturing techniques, packaging operations, quality assurance, and maintenance execution using the Heineken 70.20.10 technique to enhance operational knowledge.
- Created reports, implemented corrective actions, and assessed personnel performance to ensure compliance with quality standards.
- Conducted safety and equipment operation training for workers to improve workplace safety standards.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
University of Benin
11-2007
Skills
- Reliability engineering
- Criticality assessment
- Failure analysis
- Root cause facilitation
- Maintenance strategies
- Equipment maintenance
- Asset management
- Project management
- Work management processes
- Technical documentation
- Effective communication
Publications
Innovation and Training, Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals, https://smrp.org/News/Solutions-Monthly-Newsletter/Member-Written-Article-Submissions/Innovation-and-Training
Certification
Project Management Institute, Project Management Professional (PMP), 06/01/21
Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals, Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP), 02/01/21
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS), Engineer in Training (EIT), 03/01/23
Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals, Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP), 02/01/21
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS), Engineer in Training (EIT), 03/01/23
Timeline
Principal Equipment Strategy
BHP
06.2025 - Current
Maintenance Planner/Scheduler
BHP
11.2023 - 05.2025
Mine Maintenance Scheduler
Nutrien
01.2022 - 11.2023
Maintenance Planner
Maple Leaf Foods
04.2020 - 12.2021
Packaging & Maintenance Engineer
The Heineken Company
01.2014 - 06.2019
Graduate Engineer
The Heineken Company
04.2012 - 01.2014
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
University of Benin