Mechanical Engineer Team Lead

Location:

Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya

Posted:

August 26, 2024

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JOSEPH MABWA NDULA

P.O. Box *5067 - 00200, Email:***********@*****.***

NAIROBI, KENYA. Phone: 073*-***-***/070*******

PERSONAL SUMMARY

I am a committed and focused Engineer with a positive, mature and responsible approach to solving problems. I am a registered Mechanical Engineer with EBK, and have valuable knowledge in Maintenance and production scheduling, coordination, control and supervision. In addition, I always aim at the most efficient way to do things and ensure quality is observed at all times. Apart from this, I also do design work through Auto CAD and Solid Works.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Duration Institution

August 2010 – July 2015 Kenyatta University.

Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering (Production).

Jan 2010 - March 2010 Bukura Agricultural College

Computer Literacy Course. Credit

Feb 2004 – Nov 2008 Eshitari Secondary School

Grade Obtained A-(Minus)

WORK EXPERIENCE

1.Associated Vehicle Assemblers Ltd

Mechanical Engineer November 2021 to Dec 2023.

Duties and Responsibilities

1.Provide technical support to the Mechanical team to ensure correct parts procurement and proper replacement of parts or equipment and advice store on the management of spare parts stock level.

2.Review work planning and scheduling and provides feedback to the maintenance manager to ensure that job plans are efficient and effective

3.Prepare Preventive Maintenance Schedule and track its implementation for all equipment to ensure they are maintained in proper working conditions

4.Undertake routine preventive& corrective maintenance, such as inspecting drives, motors, or belts, checking fluid levels, Pumps, hoists, hydraulic rivet machines, replacing air & oil filters to curb downtime.

5.Assigning and Inspection of completed work to check that repairs and maintenance schedule have been completed successfully and that machinery and equipment conform to specifications and safety standards

6.Monitor closely MTTR,MTBF & OEE of key production equipments to ensure equipment availability is adequate to meet the profit plan

7.Coach and mentor both production and maintenance staff and assist them ascertain the root cause of a problem.

8.Plan according to priority and assign tasks so that the team’s resources are used effectively and that work schedules and targets are met.

9.Train new employees the operating procedures and standards.

10.Monitor utilities consumption and advise where necessary

11.Identify & maintain critical spares inventory& standby equipment

12.Maintain list of machines and carry-out periodic maintenance

13.Overall in charge of major and corrective maintenance and supervise routine work as well as shown in depth knowledge of fault finding.

2.ASP Company Ltd(African Steel Pipe production company)

Design/Project Engineer 2017 to 2020

Duties and Responsibilities

1.Design of various machine parts and vehicle bodies for fabrication using AutoCAD to the required standards.

2.Project planning, execution and monitoring to the completion, for fabrication of pipe production machines

3.Generation of Bill of Quantities (BOQ) for the designed parts and discussing with the Operations Director before raising Purchase Requests.

4.Generation of job orders to the machine shop technicians for cutting, machining and guiding them throughout the process.

5.Raising Purchase Requisitions with the stores for fabrication materials and follow up till delivery, then carry out inventory control.

6.Supervising the manufacturing and fabrication processes of the designed machines.

7.Periodically training fabrication team on quality control during fabrication.

8.Supervising the production process of pipe flanges.

9.Preparing detailed daily reports concerning machine fabrication and flange production and submitting them to the factory manager.

10.Reviewing and checking correctness of designs submitted by other engineers and interpreting the drawings to the fabrication technicians.

3.Bamburi Cement Limited

Mechanical Engineering Trainee May 2016 to October 2016

Duties and responsibilities

1.Preparing Bill of Materials (BOM) for two precast and three ready mix plants in MS Excel.

2.Raising Purchase Requisitions for the non-stock items through SAP/ERP software.

3.I was part of Kaizen team in following up the action points to promote effectiveness of the audit.

4.Following up with the maintenance technicians to ensure good quality work.

5.Collecting data from technicians on areas that needed spares/improvement and follow up.

6.Assisting in carrying out maintenance activities on the company’s transportation trucks as well as production machines.

5. Mumias Sugar Company

Student Trainee May – August 2014& May – August 2013

Duties and Responsibilities

1.Assisting in design and fabrication of various machine parts using Auto CAD software.

2.Team Leader for student trainees at Mumias Sugar Company.

3.Leading fellow student trainees to carry out housekeeping activities.

4.Assisting in the maintenance of pumps, gear boxes and bearings.

Skills

1.Excellent in AutoCAD and Solid works design.

2.Problem solving skills.

3.Good eye for Quality especially on Fabrication and Final Product.

4.Computer skills (MS Office).

5.Good Communication skills (Top down and Bottom Up).

6.Strong interpersonal skills.

7.Good listener

8.Team player

Achievements

(a)Associated Vehicle Assemblers

Co-ordinated and supervised first ever Tipper mounting on a truck that had been assembled in the assembly line the same day.

(b)ASP Company Ltd

Participated in the design, fabrication and installation of SRU machine for steel pipe production.

Was part of the team that designed and fabricated Cold Expander and Hot roll machines.

Developed SOPs for the design and fabrication process at ASP Company Ltd, which is working up to date.

Successfully trained my team on drawing interpretation, general fitting and quality control.

Implemented safety measures within my fabrication team, which was adopted by other section heads and applauded by the management.

LANGUAGES

Fluency in English and Swahili languages (both written and spoken).

INTERESTS

1.Brainstorming: Being analytical individual I like engaging my team in finding best practices when looking for solutions to everyday production and quality problems.

2.Leadership and Coaching: I have held various leadership positions including supervision of teams in maintenance at Bamburi, Fabrication and Production at ASP and Production at AVA. I have also coached a Secondary school football team to district level.

Please feel free to contact any or all of the following for whichever clarifications:

REFEREES

1.Eng. Moses Abiero,

General Manager,

Kenya Vehicle Manufacturers Ltd

P.O BOX 1436,

Garissa Rd, Thika.

Mobile no. +254*********

Email: *******@****.***

2.Eng. Moses Odero,

Operations Manager,

Bamburi Special Products Limited,