From delivery to maintenance to reliability
My career began with mechanical equipment and vendor engineering, moved through operations and maintenance planning, and now includes hands-on work in a manufacturing plant.
Adil Ilyas
Maintenance & Reliability Engineering Professional
Engineering judgment, grounded in equipment and execution.
I bring mechanical project engineering, maintenance planning, and hands-on industrial maintenance together to make better equipment decisions.
Calgary, AlbertaCurrent: Cloverdale PaintPMP · Registered EIT
What I have worked on
Four records cover paint manufacturing, plastics and packaging plants, fleet PM, and mechanical project delivery.
How I think through a failure
Follow two constructed equipment scenarios from observations and competing causes to maintenance actions and checks for effectiveness.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
The work behind the profile
Cloverdale Paint
Maintenance on compressors, diaphragm pumps, extruders, and other equipment in a paint factory.
Shiraz Adil Technical Services
Maintenance and planning for Sharjah manufacturers using pumps, AMU/HVAC units, and injection molding machines.
UPS
PM work across trucks, vans, and electric delivery vehicles, including the Expo 2020 project.
Petrofac
Vendor fabrication, inspection, and testing for pressure equipment, piping, pumps, and compressors.
THE CONNECTION
Engineering + maintenance + evidence
These are the parts of my background I draw on when I look at an equipment problem.
Engineer Record
ADIL-001 · Adil Ilyas
Mechanical engineering, project execution, operations, maintenance planning, and hands-on plant work form the path behind my reliability focus.
● AVAILABLEMaintenance & Reliability Engineering Professional
Mechanical engineering professional in Calgary, combining equipment knowledge, practical maintenance exposure, and structured problem solving.
- Discipline
- Mechanical Engineering
- Current employer
- Cloverdale Paint
- Location
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Credential
- PMP
- Registration
- EIT · Eligible for P.Eng.
- Professional body
- Associate Engineer · IMechE
- CMRP
- In progress
- Vibration CAT II
- In progress
EXPERIENCE HISTORY
How the pieces connect
MECHANICAL PROJECT ENGINEERING
Petrofac
Followed the manufacture, inspection, and testing of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, piping, pumps, and compressors at vendor sites.
FLEET OPERATIONS
UPS
Handled PM work for trucks, vans, and electric vehicles, including Expo 2020 fleet operations.
INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE
Shiraz Adil Technical Services
Maintenance and planning for plastics and packaging factories in Sharjah, including pumps, AMU/HVAC units, and injection molding machines.
PAINT MANUFACTURING
Cloverdale Paint
Maintenance on compressors, diaphragm pumps, extruders, and other equipment in a paint factory.
Academic foundation
- 2015BEng Mechanical EngineeringHeriot-Watt University · Dubai
Work I can speak to
Mechanical equipmentPreventive maintenanceInspection & troubleshootingMaintenance planningAsset records & CMMSVendor coordinationQA/QC & FATProject execution
Reliability focus
RCA, FMEA, PM optimization, condition monitoring, and maintenance KPIs are the methods I am developing through study and practical application.
Career Evidence
Work examples from my experience
These records connect specific responsibilities to the maintenance and reliability skills I bring to a team.
How to read these records
They describe roles and work from my career. They do not present confidential employer data or claim an outcome that has not been established.
CURRENT ROLE · PAINT MANUFACTURING
HANDS-ON MAINTENANCECloverdale Paint
My day-to-day maintenance work is on production and utility equipment in a paint factory. The mix of machines means inspection and troubleshooting cannot be reduced to one generic checklist.
Equipment I work on
Comairco compressorsCompressed-air utility equipment
Diaphragm pumpsPaint and fluid transfer
ExtrudersProduction equipment
Other plant equipmentA wider range across the factory
What I do
Preventive maintenance, inspection, and mechanical troubleshooting. I look at the equipment condition first, then identify what needs adjustment, repair, or follow-up.
What carries into reliability
Seeing how defects develop on operating equipment helps me write more useful work descriptions and ask better questions before changing a PM task.
PLASTICS & PACKAGING · SHARJAH INDUSTRIAL AREA
MAINTENANCE + PLANNINGShiraz Adil Technical Services
We supported small plastics and packaging factories. That meant working across different production processes and keeping maintenance plans usable for each site's equipment.
Equipment I handled
Centrifugal pumpsPlant fluid systems
AMU / HVAC unitsAir movement and conditioning
Injection molding machinesPlastics production
Packaging equipmentFactory production support
What I did
Maintenance work and planning across client facilities, including PM schedules and the move from paper records toward a digital CMMS for more than 50 assets, as described in my résumé.
What carries into reliability
Equipment lists, task descriptions, and work history are only useful when they reflect the actual machines people maintain.
FLEET OPERATIONS · PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
FLEET PMUPS
I handled PM work across several vehicle classes, including electric delivery vehicles used for the Expo 2020 project.
Vehicles I handled
3-ton trucksDelivery fleet
7-ton trucksHeavy delivery fleet
UPS vansLast-mile delivery
Electric vehiclesIncluding Fernhay e-bikes for Expo 2020
What I did
Preventive maintenance work across the fleet, with different vehicle types requiring different service needs and coordination.
What carries into reliability
The fleet role made PM scheduling and readiness tangible: the equipment has to be available when operations need it. It is part of my maintenance experience, distinct from the plant equipment work above.
PROJECT ENGINEERING · VENDOR FABRICATION
ENGINEERING OVERSIGHTPetrofac
Based in the Dubai office, I spent extended periods at vendor manufacturing sites, including in China and Saudi Arabia, following equipment through fabrication, inspection, testing, and readiness for delivery to site.
Equipment I oversaw
Heat exchangersFabrication and inspection
Pressure vesselsFabrication and testing
Piping systemsManufacturing progress
Pumps & compressorsRotating equipment packages
What I did
Worked with vendors to follow manufacturing progress, check documentation and required inspections, confirm completion of FATs and specified testing such as ultrasonic testing, and help keep equipment ready for delivery.
What carries into maintenance
This was project engineering oversight, not hands-on repair. It taught me to read the requirements, understand how equipment is built and tested, and keep inspection evidence available for the people receiving it.
FIELD & MEASUREMENT TOOLS
Tools I have used
These are instruments I have worked with across my roles. The list does not imply that I used every tool at every employer.
CONDITIONIR temperature gunSpot temperature checks
CONDITIONThermal cameraThermal patterns
CONDITIONVibration meterVibration readings
CONDITIONUltrasonic testerUltrasonic inspection
CONDITIONDecibel meterSound levels
ELECTRICALMultimeterElectrical measurements
MOTIONLaser tachometerRotational speed
MOTIONAlignment laserShaft alignment
PROCESSPressure gaugeSystem pressure
PROCESSFlow meterFluid flow
DIMENSIONALCalipersPart dimensions
DIMENSIONALMicrometersPrecision dimensions
What happens after a defect is recorded?
The studies show how I would use inspection evidence and work history to test a cause, choose a maintenance action, and check whether it works.
Technical Practice
Reliability studies
Two worked equipment scenarios show the questions I ask, the evidence I need, and the decision I would make.
About the data
The plant, equipment IDs, and events below are fictional teaching examples. They demonstrate my reasoning and are not Cloverdale, Shiraz, or Petrofac results.
CV-201 · CONVEYOR · WORKED EXAMPLE
The same belt problem keeps returning
Three mistracking reports follow belt replacement and adjustment. Restoring operation has not addressed why the belt repeatedly moves toward the drive side.
ENGINEERING QUESTIONWhat evidence would distinguish a worn belt from a changing alignment condition?
INVESTIGATION PATH
Follow the evidence
STEP 01 · OBSERVATION
Record the symptom
Capture the direction of mistracking, belt-edge wear, operating load, buildup, and the conditions in which the problem appears. Repeated replacement alone is not evidence of the cause.
OUTPUTA consistent defect record for the next inspection.
MAINTENANCE DECISION
Measure alignment and housing movement before repeating the repair.
If movement is confirmed, correct the mounting condition and define an inspection limit. Track repeat mistracking events and belt-edge wear afterward to test whether the change worked.
EXPERIENCE CONNECTION
Hands-on inspection and maintenance planning make the gap between a work order description and an effective PM task especially clear.
P-102 · COOLING PUMP · WORKED EXAMPLE
Do not increase every PM interval by default
A seal issue appears after intrusive work, while coupling-end vibration has changed. Before altering the schedule, the failure mechanism and operating context need to be understood.
ENGINEERING QUESTIONWhich check would prevent recurrence, and which evidence would justify it?
FAILURE-MODE REVIEW
Compare credible causes
HYPOTHESIS · ALIGNMENT
Alignment after maintenance
The timing after intrusive work makes alignment a credible first check, but it does not prove the cause.
EVIDENCE TO COLLECTCheck soft foot and coupling alignment under the approved isolation procedure; compare pre-work and post-work vibration at the same operating condition.
DECISION IF CONFIRMEDSet a post-maintenance alignment acceptance and baseline record.
MAINTENANCE DECISION
Choose a control that matches the cause.
If the evidence points to post-maintenance alignment, strengthen the work standard. If process conditions dominate, address the system operating point. Monitor repeat seal issues and condition trends rather than celebrating a PM completion percentage.
EXPERIENCE CONNECTION
Mechanical equipment coordination, asset records, and current maintenance work inform how I structure this review. Condition monitoring is an area I am continuing to develop.