Quality Control Assistant Maintenance

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DETAILS:

NAME: Chakaba Prince Mwape

Address: House no.: 217, Francis Mukuka, Mufulira. E-mail Address: ad5cp7@r.postjobfree.com

CELL: +260-*********, +260*********

Nation Registration ID No: 312084/66/1

Marital Status: Married

Religion: Christianity

Nationality: Zambian

Gender: Male.

PROFILE

Self-starter and ambitious technologist who possesses self-discipline, Proactive attitude towards Work, ability to work under minimum supervision with traceable experience in both supervision and mechanical maintenance hands-on work, willing to grasp and learn new things, embraces challenges as a virtue for Professional progress and success. Determined at every occasion in my career path to rise with technical proficiency and competency in my line of work and on every challenge encountered as a way to positively contribute to the company’s business strategy. Able to play a key role in a busy environment to ensure that quality solutions meet business objectives, possesses a good team spirit, collaborative skills, technical and creative skills, dead line oriented and has the ability to organize and present complex solutions clearly and accurately. OBJECTIVES

To grow to become a proactive, skilled and committed individual that always endeavours to achieve more with even the most limited of resources as a way of contributing to the success of the Company, as well as sustaining positive relations with colleagues and contacts that I come across in my line of work.

Having had an extensive and enjoyable career in mining surface plants equipment maintenance and capital projects supervising and executing, quality control, projects commissioning and safety, in a multi-national and multi-cultural environment, I seek to move into a more challenging role, where I can draw my substantial technical, maintenance and management knowledge to support maintenance and operations management and project risk management and decision making at organizational, regional and group level.

NOTABLE ACHIVEMENTS

Attained notable contributions to the saving of company costs through effective management of preventive and breakdown maintenance and improving equipment performance, in turn reducing costs on spares procurement through improved service life of equipment and reliability. Having attained very Good knowledge and experience in the maintenance of the sulphuric acid plants mechanical equipment; Gas cleaning and contact plants and storage facilities and dispatch facilities and the associated safety thereof.

Appreciable knowledge of the process (Operational aspects) running of the sulphuric acid plants and care and maintenance thereof with the associated environmental impacts Successful implementation of smelter major shutdowns 2018-2019 and 2022-2023. Innovative interventions on various maintenance breakdown fronts, in turn reducing Production downtimes and improving plant availability through effective re-engineering, containment measures, counter measures and improvements in the previous sections put under my charge. Exposed to a wide spectra of engineering paraphernalia, hands on experience and supervisory in the maintenance of production plants, quality control and shutdown projects implementation, supervising and planning.

Preventive and breakdown maintenance of mechanical drives, structures, material transport systems, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, including maintenance of various types of Compressors, mechanical filter press units, slurry pumps, Agitators, chemical pumps, water pumps, blowers and fans, converter furnace drives, boiler Pumps, belt conveyor systems, pneumatic conveyor systems, screw conveyors, crushers, Vibratory screens, overhead cranes, grab cranes and Plate heat exchangers, anodic coolers/ tube & shell heat exchangers, wet and dry Electrostatic precipitators, Hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems, open and closed cooling systems, Preheaters, water, fuel and acid pipe structural systems, maintenance of electric and waste heat boilers, corrosion Protection maintenance of steel structures, acid proofing and effective supervision with a measurable KPI/KPA of MTBF and MTTR, FMEA, RCFAs, EXCEED Planning, Last Planners, SMEDs, MDW, Safety compliance, Cost saving, effective communication, team building, Good housekeeping, plant availability of minimum 96%, daily preventive maintenance compliance, good spares management and conversant with the use of maintenance tools including 6Ms, 5S. Supervision of teams of Fitters, boiler makers, welders, plasticians and lead burners in the maintenance of production plants mechanical equipment / machinery. Good knowledge of working with safety tools including TIAR, R.A, JSA, CCR, HRWV, SLI, WPO, PTO and scaffolding knowledge and able to provide technical support to the business plant availability strategy through FMEA, RCFA.

At least eight (8) consecutive years of working experience in the maintenance of production plants

(material handling, acid plants, oxygen Plant, explosives factory, part time automotive repair garage. etc.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

2013-2016: Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Northern Technical College 2004-2006: High school ECZ certificate Mufulira High School 2002-2003: Junior secondary ECZ certificate Pamodzi Secondary school WORK EXPERIENCE

MOPANI COPPER MINES Plc.

June, 2019 - Present: Mechanical section Foreman, Smelter Acid Plants. Ensuring safety and health of the sectional employee. Formulation of sectional budgets.

Planning and coordinating daily maintenance and shutdown projects. Directing and coordinating plant mechanical equipment maintenance. Conducting failure root cause analysis and implementing counter measures for continuous improvement.

Ensuring compliance to safety and statutory requirements. Ensuring Preventive maintenance compliance

Developing projects scopes of work, work breakdown structures, preparing activity lists and establishing resource requirements.

Directing and coordinating plant mechanical equipment maintenance. This includes (but not limited to) pumps, piping systems, valves, overhead cranes, guillotines, etc. Making, monitoring and managing section-wise labour and material budgets. Improving and sustaining equipment availability, reliability and utilization through indicators such as MTBF and MTTR.

Planning, executing and coordinating maintenance shut downs. Identifying operational maintenance needs and maintenance scheduling. Spares management.

Conducting root cause analysis.

Identifying, planning and execution of improvement projects. Identifying training needs and implementing them, ensuring understanding and commitment to quality maintenance.

Providing leadership to subordinates and promoting team work. Ensuring adherence to safety requirements.

Ensuring adherence to statutory requirements.

Condition monitoring of equipment.

Working with operations to optimize support.

Working with, and liaising with contractors on job requirements specifications and ensuring compliance.

Supervision

MOPANI COPPER MINES Plc.

February, 2018 - Mechanical Artisan, Smelter – Acid plant, material handling sections, oxygen plant, ISA, Lime plant.

Executing preventive maintenance and breakdown maintenance Ensuring safety compliance in accordance with company standards Ensuring understanding and commitment to quality maintenance. Improving and sustaining equipment availability, reliability and utilization through indicators such as MTBF and MTTR

Ensuring to being team player

Ensuring effective communication

Ensuring Participation in problem solving

Ensuring Good housekeeping in the section

Supervision of contractors

Reporting to the section area foreman

Executing of shutdowns

Initiating of RCAFs for breakdowns in the section. AFRICA MECHANICAL AND SUPER LIFTS- AMSL

MOPANI COPPER SMETER MAINTENANCE PROJECT.

August, 2017 - Maintenance Shift Supervisor, Smelter. Ensuring safety and health of the employees.

Planning and coordinating daily maintenance and shutdown projects. Directing and coordinating plant mechanical equipment maintenance. Conducting failure root cause analysis and implementing counter measures for continuous improvement.

Ensuring compliance to safety and statutory requirements. Directing and coordinating plant mechanical equipment maintenance. This includes (but not limited to) pumps, piping systems, valves, overhead cranes, guillotines, etc. Improving and sustaining equipment availability, reliability and utilization through indicators such as MTBF and MTTR.

Identifying operational maintenance needs and maintenance scheduling. Spares management.

Identifying training needs and implementing them, ensuring understanding and commitment to quality maintenance.

Providing leadership to subordinates and promoting team work. Ensuring adherence to safety requirements.

Working with operations to optimize production.

Working with, and liaising with Mopani officials on shift on job requirements specifications and ensuring compliance.

Site supervision of a team of fabricators, welders, mechanical fitters and technicians, plasticians. AFRICA MECHANICAL AND SUPERLIFT

MOPANI COPPER MINES Plc- MAINTENANCE PROJECT.

June, 2017 - Mechanical artisan, Smelter – Acid plant, material handling sections, oxygen plant, ISA, Lime plant.

Executing preventive maintenance and breakdown maintenance Ensuring safety compliance in accordance with company standards Ensuring understanding and commitment to quality maintenance. Improving and sustaining equipment availability, reliability and utilization through indicators Such as MTBF and MTTR

Ensuring to being team player

Ensuring effective communication

Ensuring Participation in problem solving

Ensuring Good housekeeping in the section

Reporting to the maintenance supervisor

Executing of shutdowns

AFRICA EXPLOSIVES ZAMBIA LTD.

January, 2014 - Mechanical Artisan Intern.

Worked with maintenance crews on various mechanical equipment. Spearheaded an investigation into frequent pump bearing assembly failures. Formed a standard maintenance procedure’ for bearing assemblies. Worked on maintenance of hydraulic braking system, pressure jacking system and general Mechanical integrity of equipment.

Worked on maintenance of belt and sprocket and screw conveyor system. Worked on weigh bridge

Worked on pneumatic crimping machines

Worked on valves and electric boilers

Participated in project executing of an effluent management system. Worked on various pumps and compressors

MOPANI COPPER MINES Plc

Currently acting section Engineer acid plants and oxygen plant. OTHER TRAININGS

Supervision course by Mopani Copper mines training school. First aid training by Mopani copper mines training school. Work at height, confined space and energy isolation training by Mopani training school. Risk Assessment and Hazard Identification training. PROJECTS DONE

Mopani Smelter shutdown;

Rehabilitation of the Gas cleaning sections (replacement of Weir bowls, steel structures, heat exchangers, corrosion protection maintenance of structures and replacement and new equipment Installations, lead electrostatic precipitator units rehabilitation of bunded areas; civil & acid proofing and commissioning) -2018-2019. Approx. (US$ 3M).

ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

Microsoft project knowledge.

Microsoft word proficient

Microsoft excel intermediate

AutoCAD intermediate

Very good communication skills, verbal and written, with fluency English, Bemba and Nyanja as well.

Good interpersonal skills.

Self-motivated, hardworking individual believing in team work. Ability to work under pressure and with minimum supervision. Relishes the challenge of meeting complex goals and targets. Willing to learn.

Very attentive to details.

Great problem solving skills.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILLIATIONS

Engineering Institute of Zambia EIZ #230************ Engineering Registration board # 430************

HOBBIES

Reading motivational, professional and academic publications Swimming

Playing musical instruments

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Administrator/Registrar (manager) 2016-2017 Mufulira Wanderers Football Club- MWFC Data Entry Clerk 2016 Engineering Institution of Zambia-EIZ Sprayer searcher 2010-2012 Malcom Watson hospital Communicable disease control supervisor 2012 Malcom Watson hospital

Mechanic Helper 2007-2008 bekabads mining contractors REFEREES

1. Mr Bruce Christopher, Shutdown and capital projects manager (former), Mopani Smelter and Refinery.

Current Project Manager DASA – SOMIDA, Global Atomic. Email: ad5cp7@r.postjobfree.com; ad5cp7@r.postjobfree.com Contact: +260*********, +260*********, +227-******** 2. Mr Chansa Kenward, Maintenance Manager Mopani Smelter and Refinery. Email: ad5cp7@r.postjobfree.com

Contact: +260*********

3. Mr Chitundu Kennedy, Operations Manager Mopani Smelter and Refinery. Email: ad5cp7@r.postjobfree.com

Contact: +260*********, +260*********

4. Mr Chola Aaron, Superintendent maintenance- Mechanical, acid plants Email: ad5cp7@r.postjobfree.com

Contact: +260*********

5. Mr Milne Mataife,

Superintendent Secondary smelting –Mechanical & Former Section Engineer Acid plants and oxygen plant.

Email: ad5cp7@r.postjobfree.com

Contact: +260*********

6. Mr Abhishek Singh,

Former Projects manager, African Mechanical and super lifts-AMSL

(Currently) Superintendent- Mechanical primary smelting, Mopani Copper Mines. Cell: +260**********, +260*********

7. Mr Paul Phiri, Engineering Manager,

(former) Africa Explosives Zambia Limited-AEL, (now) Operations manager AEL Congo DRC.

Cell: +260*********/ +243*********

8. Bishop. H. Chabu, Eastlea Assembly of God Church, Copperbelt province Mufulira, Cell: 095581052

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