Summary
Maneesha Wijesekara is a Senior Machine Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience managing maintenance, spare parts logistics, and high-volume machine fleets in Sri Lanka’s manufacturing sector. At MAS Holdings she oversees over 50 engineering staff and supports more than 1,000 machines, driving Quick Change Over processes, machine service centers, and new product introductions to ensure smooth first-feed production. Trained as a Mechanical Engineer with an MBA and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, she blends technical depth—CNC, CAD/CAM, AutoCAD and shop-floor systems—with data-driven maintenance planning and cost control. Her background includes freelance mechanical design work and leadership of CNC/CAD teams, showing an ability to switch between strategic process optimization and detailed manufacturing drawings. Colleagues rely on her for practical solutions during factory renovations and volatile production demands, where she pairs operational rigor with inventive problem solving. Notably, she leverages cross-disciplinary workshop experience and automation know-how to anticipate failure modes before they disrupt production.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Second Class, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Second Class at University of Ruhuna
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Qualified, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Qualified at The Lean Six Sigma Company
Master of Business Administration - MBA (Batch top), Master of Business Administration - MBA (Batch top) at University of Wolverhampton
English, Sinhalese