Hamza Shahid Paracha is a mechanical engineering student at NUST School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering pursuing a minor in management. He has work experience as an intern at PepsiCo, Rastgar Group, and WWF where he conducted research, observed production processes, and assisted with projects. Hamza has strong technical skills in programs like Solidworks, MS Office, and coding languages. He has participated in design competitions and projects involving robots, rovers, and elevators. Hamza holds online certifications in supply chain management, Six Sigma, and operations management and maintains high academic achievement.

1. Hamza Shahid Paracha
Mechanical Engineering Student
An extraordinarily motivated and driven Engineering student, aspiring to gain industrial and corporate experience through constructive internships in
competitive environments, by utilizing my analytical and interpersonal skills, to help pave an excellent career path.
hamzashahid125@yahoo.com +923358020021 Islamabad, Pakistan linkedin.com/in/hamza-shahid-9a9289171
EDUCATION
2017 – Present
Bachelors (Major) in Mechanical Engineering
NUST School of Mechanical and Manufacturing
Engineering (SMME)
CGPA: 3.69
2019 – Present
Bachelors (Minor) in Management
NUST Business School (NBS)
WORK EXPERIENCE
07/2019 – 08/2019
PepsiCo
Project Intern
Islamabad
Observed the 10 production lines in the plant, consisting of PET, RGB, can,
tetrapak and bulk lines.
Observed the utilities department, consisting of, boilers, water treatment
plant, diesel engines, ammonia plant, carbon dioxide plant, syrup room and
HVAC units.
Worked on the following assignments: managing the maintenance
schedule of machinery, creating an energy dashboard for the daily logging
of data and research, procurement and installation of an hour meter for
compressors.
06/2019 – 07/2019
Rastgar Group
Supply Chain Intern
Islamabad
Conducted research on flour mills, focusing on their operation, processes
and machinery, followed by a presentation to the lead management.
Visited Rawalpindi Flour Mills and studied the processes and machinery
involved in flour production.
07/2018 – 08/2018
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Community Service Intern
Islamabad
Worked in a team of 10 people, conducted surveys in public areas and
gathered opinions regarding waste management and categorization in
Islamabad/Rawalpindi.
06/2019 – Present
Freelance
Technical Writer
Complete technical and non-technical assignments related to academic
research report writing, with the projects being mostly UK and Australia
based.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
- Member of Toastmasters Club Islamabad where I polish my public
speaking skills through healthy debates and speeches
- Lead several societies and event-organizing teams, such as Student
council of SMME and NUST Alumni Network
SKILLS
ProE Solidworks MS Word MS PowerPoint
MS Excel MS Project Power BI SAP
Arduino IDE C++ Abaqus Cura
PROJECTS
Revamping of Ammonia plant
Assisted in the upgrade of the Ammonia plant in PepsiCo factory,
analyzed machine problems and suggested feasible methods of
improving efficiency, followed by day-to-day dealings with the vendor
Energy Saving In Refrigeration Cycle
Calculated the cost and electrical energy saved from compressors in a
refrigeration cycle by increasing the filling temperature of beverages by
1°C
GIKI Airex' 2018
Designed, manufactured and tested a RC plane for a national-level
competition, featuring teams from leading universities
ImechE National Design Challenge '17
Designed, manufactured and tested an internal pipe climbing robot for a
competition in SMME NUST
Design and Analysis of NASA Lunar Rover
Created the design and conducted analytical stress analysis on the
vessel, chassis and suspension of a lunar electric rover
Design of Elevator System
Designed mechanical and electrical components, selected materials and
created drawings for an elevator system with a lifting capacity of 9500kg
CERTIFICATIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS
- Granted the NUST GPA-based scholarship in 5th semester
due to my position among the top 5 students of the batch
- Attained NUST merit-based scholarship upon admission
(71st from a pool of approximately 70,000 students)
- Achieved 100% grade-based scholarship during both years
of A level
- Certified in Supply Chain Management (Coursera)
- Certified in Six Sigma Yellow Belt (Coursera)
- Certified in Operations Management (Coursera)
INTERESTS
Working on projects Travelling Reading novels
Music Good cuisine Expanding my horizons
Public speaking Table tennis Cricket