Sudarshan (Sid) Mandloi

Sid is our Senior Consultant with over 21 years experience in the field of reliability engineering,
asset management, maintenance and project management within chemicals, mining and mineral
processing, manufacturing, utilities and EPCM companies.

Areas of specialist expertise

• Optimising preventive maintenance programs (RCM and PMO)
• Analysing root causes and eliminating defects
• Failure modes, effects and criticality analysis (FMECA)
• Asset criticality assessments (ACA)
• Improving maintenance planning and scheduling
• Establishing operational and maintenance readiness
• Selecting and implementing CMMS/ERP systems
• Assessing maintenance maturity
• Assessing asset management maturity
• Developing asset management strategies and Strategic Asset Management Plans
• Training needs analysis, development and delivery
• RCM, PMO, root cause analysis, defect elimination, asset criticality assessment & work management RACI workshops facilitation
• Spare Parts Optimisation
• Business Processes Mapping & Improvement
• Project Management & Project Controls
• Engineering Standards and Specifications Development

Industry specialisations

• Mining and mineral processing
• Facilities management
• Agro-industrial
• Utilities
• Petrochem
• Manufacturing
• Major Hazards Facilities

Key successes

• Leadership – Successfully leading and supervising teams of project managers, engineers, contractors and consultants on operations and maintenance improvement activities, major plant shutdown works and capital projects.
• Facilitation – Leading and managing reliability improvement project teams applying RCA (Root Cause Analysis), FMECA (Failure Mode EČect Consequence Analysis), equipment criticality and spare parts optimisation processes.
• Engineering – Degree qualified Mechanical Engineer with extensive experience in fixed Plant Maintenance, Reliability, and Project Engineering. Good working knowledge of engineering and project management principles, technical standards (Australian, ISO, API, ASME, ASTM, ANSI, NFPA, IEC) and specifications for developing technical solutions and conducting technical analysis.
• Asset Management – Providing asset management consulting services to clients in setting up their asset management system by development of strategic asset management policy and plans, conducting whole of life cycle modelling, conducting asset management and maintenance management reviews/audits, developing asset strategies for whole of life cycle delivery.
• Trainer – Facilitation of maintenance planning and scheduling, shutdowns management, and RCM/PMO training courses, as well as coaching in these areas.

Professional experience

• Assetivity (2026 – current)

  Senior Consultant

• WesCEF, Shared Services (2021 – 2026)

  Projects Superintendent

• WesCEF, Sodium Cyanide Manufacturing Facility (2017 -2021)

  Senior Plant Engineer (Mechanical)

• ASSETIVITY (2011 – 2017)

  Senior Consultant

• TIWEST JOINT VENTURE (2008 – 2011)

  Senior Project Engineer

• Hatch Australia (2008)

  Reliability Engineering Consultant

• THE LAMINEX GROUP (2006 – 2008)

  Maintenance Engineer

• POWER PLANT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (2003)

  Graduate Maintenance Engineer