Mohamed Rikas Email & Phone Number

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

HEADING THE R&D TEAM *Generate competitive formulas for paint by analytical thinking and costing for new product and supervising extended trials and required tests.*Developed High Performance Coating systems, Anti corrosive, Solar Reflective Heat Proofing, Fire Retardant, Surface Preparation Materials, Construction Chemicals, Floor coating, Marine coatings,Metal coatings and various Industrial paints.Quality Assurance & Quality Control Responsible for overall quality assurance and Quality control in factory, and laboratory (ISO 9001, and ISO 14000) and Ensure Quality Management System properly implemented in laboratory, Responsible for Product certification (SLS, LEAD SAFE from IPEN - USA, CIOB Green Mark) Prepare SOPs, Audit plan and coordinate internal audits.Innovative Research and Development for new sustainable products.Supervising Production Process Involves developing strategies to optimize productivity and coordinating with different department to ensure the Quality Management System in production process. Sourcing Raw Materials and Approval for Raw materials

Doha, Qatar

-QA/QC Implementation of quality standards in Laboratory and Site.-Monitoring, Executing In-situ tests (Falling Head, Packer, Dissipation, Plate Load, CBR Electrical Resistivity, and Thermal Conductivity tests) and Laboratory tests for Soil, Aggregate, and Rock samples (UCS, Point Load test, Sieve Analysis, Sand Equivalent, Permeability, MDD, CBR, Atterberg Limit, Cone penetration, Triaxial test, Direct shear strength, Vane shear strength, Soil Resistivity, Thermal conductivity of soil, Specific Gravity for soil and aggregate, Soundness, Loss Angeles, Bulk density of soil and Aggregate, Light weight particles in aggregate, Flat and elongated Shape Index of Aggregate, etc.. ) as per BS, BSEN, ASTM, AASHTO and BRE digest standards complying with ISO guide lines.• Train the Laboratory technicians and guide them to follow the tests as per standards.• Supervising site activities, Drilling operation, Sample collection for Geo technical investigations of various projects in Qatar (Ashghal, Kharama, AWQAF, QP, other government authorities and private sectors)• Describing, Logging Geotechnical Samples and Making Geotechnical reports in proper manner (Borehole, Trial pit and Soil Samples) based on BS5930:2015 standard.• Executing Geophysical Survey (MASW) in field and data interpretation by softwares.

Sri Lanka

• Rock identification, Designing and performing blasting operation, collect the geological data for Quarry operations, supervising drilling operation. Maintain the production reports of quarry, crusher, and asphalt plants.

Colombo

• Geo technical investigations, and supervising site activities, Describing of Core samples and Logging. Perform the tests for Geotechnical, soil and aggregate sample.• Supervising grouting operations for ground improvement, and Piling works for power line tower foundation project.

Master Of Science - Msc, Material Science

Bachelor'S Degree, B. Sc. (Sp) In Mineral Processing Technology

Major: Engineering geology, Geophysics, Mineral processing technology. Dissertation titled “Synthesises of Nano-TiO2 from natural Rutile ”