Manager, Maintenance · Automation & AI Leader

Prasanth Philip

Leading plant maintenance and building intelligent systems that bridge industrial automation and AI-powered business operations

17+
Years experience
37
Direct reports
SAR 15M
Capex delivered
25%
Efficiency uplift
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Introduction

About Me

As Manager, Maintenance at ARASCO with over 17 years of experience, I lead a 37-member plant maintenance team while steering large-scale automation and MES projects in process manufacturing and pioneering AI automation solutions for modern business operations.

Industrial Automation

Executing complex system migrations, replacing legacy controls with modern Siemens and WinCos platforms while minimising downtime and protecting business continuity.

AI-Powered Solutions

Building intelligent automated agents using AI and N8N workflows—from sales automation to process optimization—driving efficiency across manufacturing and business operations.

Team Leadership

Leading a 37-member plant maintenance team — building and mentoring high-performing engineering crews with a culture of safety, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.

Career

Experience

Manager, Maintenance

ARASCO (Arabian Agricultural Services Company)

May 2026 - Present

Leading plant maintenance operations with a 37-member team across mechanical, electrical, automation and reliability disciplines — owning asset availability, capital project delivery and safety performance across the site.

  • Directing 37 reports across maintenance trades, planning and engineering — accountable for plant uptime, capex execution and safety
  • Owning maintenance spend and procurement: reviewing every purchase and spare issued to balance cost discipline with availability
  • Right-sizing spares inventory — minimum carrying cost, zero production loss for want of a part
  • Driving repair-vs-replace decisions on critical assets, weighing lifecycle cost against downtime risk
  • Setting the technical roadmap for MES, automation and reliability

Sr. Engineer (Automation & Maintenance)

ARASCO (Arabian Agricultural Services Company)

2009 - Apr 2026

Strategic leadership for all MES, Electrical & Automation functions, managing capital projects and driving system improvements to enhance plant performance.

  • Led modernisation of all ARASCO plants, improving asset availability by 25%
  • Managed budgets up to SAR 15M with 95%+ schedule compliance
  • Replaced 30-year legacy systems with zero disruption to 300MT/day operations
  • Implemented Lean Six Sigma achieving 25% production efficiency increase

Systems Engineer (Project Lead)

Aryans Infoway Pvt Ltd

2007 - 2009

Led embedded systems and firmware projects, serving as primary technical interface for clients and driving enterprise software solutions.

Portfolio

Selected Projects

AI Automation Systems

Sales Agent System

AI Multi-Agent

24/7 sales automation with 4 intelligent agents handling the complete pipeline from lead capture to meeting scheduling.

CRM Agent - Automated lead processing Follow-up Agent - AI-personalised emails Concierge Agent - Calendly integration No-Show Agent - Re-engagement automation
N8N AI CRM Automation

Proposal Agent

AI Automation

Transforms sales call transcripts into professional proposals automatically, reducing 2-4 hours of work to 2-5 minutes of review.

Auto-capture call transcripts AI extraction of key details Template population Human-in-loop review
N8N NLP AI Extraction Documents

Onboarding Agent System

3-Agent Workflow

Complete client onboarding automation eliminating 1-4 weeks of manual back-and-forth with contracts, folders, and scheduling.

Contract Agent - PandaDoc integration Onboarding Coordinator - Status tracking IT Setup Agent - Google Drive automation Automated welcome sequences
PandaDoc Google Drive N8N Calendly

Industrial Automation

Silo Plant Automation Retrofit

Legacy Migration

Complete replacement of a 30-year-old legacy system with a phased migration that protected 300 MT/day throughput.

Phased cutover — zero unplanned downtime Siemens S7-400 control platform WinCos R3 SCADA replacing legacy HMI Profibus DP across the silo network
Siemens S7-400 WinCos R3 Profibus

Feed Mill 1 Upgrade

Modernisation

Replaced 34-year-old ABB PLCs with Siemens S7-1500 and WinCos R3 MES, moving the plant onto Profinet for fault tolerance.

Siemens S7-1500 replacing 34-year-old ABB hardware WinCos R3 MES — batch and traceability Profinet ring topology for resilience Modern diagnostics and remote support
Siemens S7-1500 WinCos R3 Profinet

Premix Plant Automation

Retrofit

End-to-end automation and instrumentation retrofit, migrating a 24-year-old legacy system to modern Siemens infrastructure.

Legacy DCS migrated to Siemens S7-400 Full field instrumentation replacement Profibus DP across drives and I/O Recipe management and batch reporting
Siemens S7-400 Profibus Instrumentation

Expertise

Core Competencies

AI & Automation

N8N RAG Agents NLP AI Model Deployment Workflow Automation MES Implementation

Industrial Systems

Siemens S7-1500/S7-400 WinCos R3 Profibus/Profinet ABB AC450 Wonderware InTouch

Maintenance & Reliability

CMRP Certified SAP PM (CMMS) Reliability Engineering Root Cause Analysis Planned Maintenance Asset Management

Project Leadership

Capital Projects Budget Management Risk Mitigation Team Development Lean Six Sigma

Compliance

ISO9001 Safety Compliance Change Control

Qualifications

Education & Certifications

Bachelor of Engineering

Electronics & Instrumentation

Anna University, Chennai, India

Professional Certifications

  • CMRP - Certified Maintenance & Reliability Practitioner (2022)
  • LEAN/Six Sigma Practitioner (2021)
  • Simatic S7-400 with Step 7 V5.6 - SITRAIN (2018)
  • Advanced Automation & Control - Buhler Academy (2016)

Professional Affiliations

  • Saudi Council of Engineers
  • IEEE Member (Since 2011)

Connect

Get in Touch

prasanthebenezer@gmail.com LinkedIn Profile +966-554834720
Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia