Electrical Engineer Power Plant
Resume:
Brian Kanyanga
Address:
Kalulushi.
Zambia.
E: *********@*****.***
DOB. 05/05/1976.
Career Objective
To contribute to making the world a better place by providing expertise and service as an experienced, highly effective Engineering Management Professional. Career Summary
I am a professional engineering manager with over 15 years’ experience spread across Power Generation and Energy, Mineral Smelting and Metal Refinery operations, Cement manufacturing, Sugar and Bioenergy sectors. I have a proven performance record in linking corporate vision with the delivery of desired results through empowerment, development and utilization of people, process and technology.
My background and experience in the principles and practices of electricity generation, engineering design and construction, project management, extensive knowledge of greens’ field and browns’ field projects firmly poises me to be an invaluable member of any team. I have abilities to develop strategic long-term partnerships and communicate effectively with all levels of decision makers. I believe that I am a creative strategist with strong negotiation, interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to see the “big” picture to facilitate key decision-making process and revenue generation. I have been instrumental in setting out technical standards and requirements for operations, construction and rehabilitation of assets, projects and operations in the energy sector particularly in Sierra Leone. I am a highly effective negotiator and communicator with great people skills along with strong leadership, problem solving and decision- making abilities and an eye for the bottom-line. My strengths lie in energy management, project management, plant commissioning, operations and maintenance, strategy, improving efficiency of operations, Business Continuity and relationship-building. SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• At Zambia Sugar, I lead the project to replace old centrifugal machines with new ones in the refinery and improved production to about 40%.
• Led a team of Electrical Engineers to commission a 2000T/Day greensfield Cement plant after overseeing the construction and undertaking design reviews and quality control of the project.
• Led an Engineering Services team to turn around 6000Ha sugar cane agricultural estate to produce average yields of 75Ton/Ha from the previous 30Ton/Ha through provisional of quality irrigation services.
• At Addax bioenergy in Sierra Leone, reporting to General Manager as Electrical Engineer, I led the technology team responsible for preparing the company’s computerized maintenance management systems and defined the business continuity concepts for factory operations for the bioenergy factory in Sierra Leone. I successfully completed designs and participated in Factory Assessment Tests for Addax Bioenergy’s bio-ethanol and ‘green’ Electricity plant.
• At Chambishi Metals plc, reporting to the General Manager, I was appointed Leader of a committee for Cost Control and Cost reduction. I managed and controlled cost of maintenance and repairs for the Mine and achieved 30% savings from budget in three months. I also successfully rolled out and completed phase one of the energy management system by buying energy saver lighting and ensuring that the power factor facility became functional.
• As HOD-Electrical while leading Process Metallurgists, Mechanical Engineers and Electrical Engineers at Chambishi Metals, I successfully headed the Copper tank house Transformer and Rectifier upgrade that lead to 20% Increased production. I also successfully headed Cobalt tank house Transformer and Rectifier upgrade resulting in 40% increased production.
• Led the selection and technology of state-of-the-art electrical safety protection gear at Zambia Sugar PLC which led to achieving a safety improvement score on NOSA scale from 60% to 85%. The safe personal protection gear was also successfully implemented at Chambishi Metals plc
Employment History
July 2020 to date Mansa, Zambia.
Consultant-Solar Electrical Engineer- Right-To-Care/ Equip Healthcare. Zambia. Overall Mission
My overall mission is to assess and design Solar PV solution for 35 rural health care facilities in Luapula province.
Also to supervise implementation of project up to defect liability. July 2019 to March 2020 Kawambwa. Zambia.
Consultant-Engineering and Project management- Sunbird Bioenergy. Zambia. Overall Mission
My overall mission is to identify the site where the cassava to ethanol factory will be placed. Mission is to have EIA done, finalise power strategy. Check the infrastructure and substations to see if it can support export of 20 MW into grid. Develop business model. Finalise project design. Review the engineering designs.
October 2019 – date: Kafue Gorge, Zambia
Guest Lecturer- Electrical. Kafue Gorge Regional Training Centre. Responsibilities:
Lecture delivery to various students from companies in SADC region. Courses included: Maintenance practices, Electrical safety, troubleshooting of electrical systems, switch gear operations and maintenance, Substation operations and Electrical distribution systems. April 2019 to June 2019 Makeni. Sierra Leone.
Engineering Services Manager- Sunbird Bioenergy. Sierra Leone. Overall Mission
My overall mission was to ensure provision of engineering services to the entire bioenergy facility. Heading Electrical, Mechanical and Civils department providing engineering services to Factory, Sugarcane Estate (irrigation and Pump Stations) and staff housing and facilities. May 2016 to April 2019: Makeni. Sierra Leone.
Electrical Engineer- Sunbird Bioenergy. Sierra Leone. Overall Mission
Head Electrical, Instrumentation, Automation and Control. The mission is to ensure operations and maintenance of bioenergy facility. This includes the Factory, Sugarcane Estate (irrigation and Pump Stations) and staff housing and facilities.
Also, to ensure production and distribution of electrical energy for industrial and agricultural operations of the complex with an optimised supply of electricity energy to the Sierra Leone national grid
Achievements:
• Head of Electrical Engineering Services team to turn around 6000Ha Sugar Cane Estate to produce average yields of 70ton/Ha from the previous 30Ton/Ha through provisional of quality irrigation services
• Rehabilitated about 100 Valley Centre Pivots, 8 Pump Stations, 33kV Overhead line networks and 1kV underground cable network for a turn around of agricultural estate and facilities.
• Instrumental in operations of the Thermal Power plant as a demonstration to the Government which resulted in Power purchase agreement.
• Managed the operations and maintenance of the entire bioethanol estate with limited resources and within budget.
• Increased reliability of all electrical equipment through effective management of maintenance systems.
July 2017 to August 2017 and December 2017 Makeni. Sierra Leone. Acting Engineering Services Manager- Sunbird (formerly Addax) Bioenergy. Sierra Leone. Overall Mission
My overall mission is to ensure provision of engineering services to the entire bioenergy facility. Heading Electrical, Mechanical and Civils department, services are provided to Factory, Sugarcane Estate (irrigation and Pump Stations) and staff housing and facilities. Achievements:
• Achieved road maintenance work targets using minimal resources.
• Managed the operations and maintenance of the entire bioethanol estate with limited resources and within budget.
August 2016 – October 2016: Makeni. Sierra Leone.
Acting Factory Manager- Addax Bioenergy. Sierra Leone. Overall Mission
My overall mission was to oversee and manage all aspect of the estate operations of bioenergy facility. This includes the Factory, Sugarcane Estate (irrigation and Pump Stations) and staff housing.
March 2015 to May 2016: Chambishi, Zambia.
Head of Electrical Engineering; Chambishi metals plc,
(Eurasia Resources Group Africa), Zambia.
Overall Mission
My overall mission was to manage the entire electrical engineering aspects of the Mine operations and supporting structures in order to produce quality and choice Copper and Cobalt and downstream products by delivering efficient, safe and cost-effective Operation and Maintenance of all electrical plant and equipment in the mine. Responsibilities:
• Ensure efficient energy utilisation and management.
• Ensure compliance with Mine safety requirements and standard procedures.
• All Electrical maintenance at the Mine.
• Ensure completion of jobs with highest quality, safety and effectiveness at minimum cost to maximize equipment availability.
• Manage and motivate team and ensure co-ordination and cooperation between team and departments.
• Improvements and Project management of electrical aspects of the Mine.
• Provide technical support for system operations and maintenance.
• Maintain effective working relationships with field crews, contractors, and vendors, outside agencies, the public and city staff members.
• Performed quality assurance and control.
Achievements:
• Introduced Electricians Arc flash rated PPE for safe switching and operations
• Controlled cost of maintenance and repairs for the mine and achieved 30% savings from budget in three months. I was appointed Leader of a committee for Cost Control and Cost reduction.
• Increased reliability of all electrical equipment of the Roaster section through effective management of maintenance systems.
• Successfully headed the Copper tank house Transformer and Rectifier upgrade to 25kA and achieve a daily copper production of 115T, about 20% Increase.
• Successfully headed the Cobalt tank house Transformer and Rectifier upgrade to 18kA and achieve a daily cobalt production of 8T, about 40% Increase. I was involved in preparing and reviewing engineering plans, specifications, project schedules, designs, circuit diagrams, and estimates for construction and maintenance of Cobalt rectifier and transformer for tank house upgrade.
• Trained and certified all electricians on High voltage switching for plant safety
• Developed a condition monitoring regime on thermography and trained electricians on inspections
• Completed phase one of the energy management system by buying energy saver lighting and ensuring that the power factor facility are functional July 2014 – January 2015: Ogun, Nigeria.
Head of Electrical Section; F.L. Smidth (Jersey) Ltd (NLSupervision), Dangote Ibese Cement Plant. Nigeria.
Overall Mission
My overall mission was to deliver Efficient, Safe and Cost-Effective Operation and Maintenance of all electrical plant and equipment in the cement factory. Responsibilities:
• Audit and Prepare electrical drawings and specifications.
• Investigate problems and recommend solutions.
• Ensure compliance with safety requirements and standards procedures.
• All Electrical maintenance in the cement plant.
• Ensure completion of jobs with highest quality, safety and effectiveness at minimum cost to maximize equipment availability.
• Also, to manage and motivate team and ensure co-ordination and cooperation between team and departments.
• Improvements, defect correction and Project progress follow-up for the plant.
• Provide technical support for system operations and maintenance.
• Maintained effective working relationships with field crews, contractors, vendors, outside agencies, the public and city staff members.
• Performed quality assurance and control.
Achievements:
Got reports and made recommendations on plant improvement and optimisation July 2012 –July 2014: Makeni. Sierra Leone.
Plant Engineer-Electrical, Addax Bioenergy. Sierra Leone. Overall Mission
My overall mission was to ensure steady production and distribution of electrical energy for industrial and agricultural operations of the complex with an optimised supply of energy for the grid Responsibilities:
• Managing €2 million budget with a focus on ensuring availability of plant and mobile equipment. Managing operational and capital budget.
• Managing a team of over 30 staff.
• Prepare electrical drawings and specifications.
• Manage project schedules and budgets and obtain permits for 32MW Power generation operations.
• Make engineering calculations in connection with field and office assignments.
• Investigate problems and recommend solutions.
• Ensure compliance with safety requirements and standards procedures.
• Prepare requests for proposals and evaluate bids.
• Receive and validate Electrical & Instrumentation installation for technical and safety aspects.
• Issue the operational instructions for the protection of persons and equipment according to HSSE Company procedures and Monitor the compliance with these regulations and Implementation of the Integrated Management Systems (IMS) which includes Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001-2008), Safety and Health (OHSAS: 18001) and Environment (ISO: 14001)
• Ensure that maintenance staff has the training and level to perform their task.
• Organise maintenance work and conservation of equipment during off season.
• Plan and propose medium and long-term maintenance and investment policy.
• Liaise with Power Plant Engineer to adequate steam turbine and generator sets status with electrical load during transitory as well as normal production periods.
• Managing the optimization of all instrumentation and electrical systems and equipment in ethanol distillery operations to improve plant availability and performance.
• Active participation as a member of the core Factory Management Team.
• Project management for instrument and electrical systems and equipment Achievements:
• Worked on designs and participated in Factory Assessment Tests for Addax Bioenergy’s bio-ethanol and ‘green’ Electricity plant.
• Established the Maintenance management systems and defined the business continuity concepts for factory operations.
• Prepared and reviewed engineering plans, specifications, project schedules, designs, circuit diagrams, and estimates for construction and maintenance of power generation projects.
• Provided technical support for system operations and maintenance of Power supply to national grid.
• Maintained effective working relationships with field crews, contractors, vendors, outside agencies, the public and city staff members.
November 2010 – June 2012: Nakambala Estates, Mazabuka, Zambia. Electrical Engineer; Zambia Sugar plc
Overall Mission
My overall mission was to deliver Efficient, Safe and Cost-Effective Operation and Maintenance of All Electrical Plant and Equipment in the Factory, Workshop, Laboratory and Offices Responsibilities:
• Multi-disciplinary maintenance, fault finding and diagnosis of heavy-duty equipment, PLC’s and Working Knowledge of AC Variable Speed Control Units, soft starters and protection relays. Ability to Control Power Consumption. Operation and maintenance of Turbo Alternators, DCS and Systems Control.
• Managing operational and capital budget.
• Managing a team of over 25 staff.
• Investigate problems and recommend solutions.
• Ensure compliance with safety requirements and standards procedures.
• Issue the operational instructions for the protection of persons and equipment according to HSSE Company procedures and Monitor the compliance with these regulations and Implementation of the Integrated Management Systems (IMS) which includes Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001-2008), Safety and Health (OHSAS: 18001) and Environment (ISO: 14001)
• Ensure that maintenance staff has the training and level to perform their task.
• Organise maintenance work and conservation of equipment during off season.
• Plan and propose medium and long-term maintenance and investment policy.
• Liaise with Power Plant Engineer to adequate steam turbine and generator sets status with electrical load during transitory as well as normal production periods. Achievements:
• Introduced Electricians Arc flash rated PPE for safe switching and operations
• Provided support to the production department
• Increased reliability of all electrical equipment through effective management of maintenance systems.
• Maintained effective working relationships with field crews, contractors, vendors, outside agencies.
• Achieved a Safety improvement score on NOSA scale from 60% to 85%
• Fostered team work and constructive competition among staff June 2010 – October 2010: Kafue Gorge, Zambia
Guest Lecturer- Electrical. Kafue Gorge Regional Training Centre. Responsibilities: Lecture delivery to various students from companies in SADC region. Courses included:
Maintenance practices, Electrical safety, troubleshooting of electrical systems, switch gear operations and maintenance, Substation operations and Electrical distribution systems. December 2006 – May 2010: Chilanga, Lusaka, Zambia Head of Electrical and instrumentation; Lafarge Cement Zambia Responsibilities:
• Responsible for all the Electrical and Instrumentation maintenance in the cement plant.
• Ensure completion of jobs with highest quality, safety and effectiveness at minimum cost to maximize equipment availability. Also, to manage and motivate team and ensure co- ordination and cooperation between team and departments.
• Member of the Operations Preparation Group (OPG), in charge of the operations preparation for the new 2000T/Day cement plant under commissioning and warranty.
• Improvements, defect correction and Project progress follow-up for the new plant.
• Maintenance practices, Electrical safety, troubleshooting of electrical systems, switch gear operations and maintenance, Substation operations and Electrical distribution systems.
• Ensure regular maintenance of the equipment
• Prepared and reviewed engineering plans, specifications, project schedules, designs, and circuit diagrams of cement plant.
• Provided technical support for system operations and maintenance.
• Provided advice regarding code compliance.
• Performed quality assurance and control.
Technical Leadership:
• Coordinated with different departments to decide upon strategies and engineering specifications for a project and ensure smooth execution of same.
• Assisted in hiring and appointment of new staff as per duties and responsibilities required to complete project
Standardization and Documentation:
• Developed and maintained plant engineering standards.
• Designed and implemented special strategies related to maintenance procedures.
• Performed routine maintenance inspections of equipment to identify and respond to problems in a timely manner, thus preventing breakdowns.
• Provided solutions and fixed equipment malfunctioning, system faults and network errors – Used root-cause-failure techniques, corrective actions, modifications and performed replacements and/or new installation.
• Assigned personnel and technical support teams to sites requiring 24/7 maintenance.
• Worked with company’s vendors and supervised subcontractors during various maintenance projects to ensure proper completion of work performed at customers’ facilities.
• Utilized different reliability and testing strategies in plants to maintain and improve operation’s profitability.
October 2006 – December 2006 Chambishi, Zambia
Smelter and Pressure Leach Plant Team Leader (Acting); Chambishi metals PLC. Responsibilities:
• Responsible for all the maintenance in the Cobalt/Copper Smelter, Atomizer, High- Pressure Leach plant
• Control of budgets, planning of all activities concerning preventative maintenance.
• In charge of a team of seven General Engineering Supervisors- (2x Mechanical, 2x Electrical, 1x Instrumentation, 1x Mason and 1x Planner) reporting to me with a total workforce of 126.
• always ensure the availability of spares as well as the repairs of breakdowns Achievements:
• Achieved production targets for leach plant and copper/cobalt refinery plants
• Maintained high equipment reliability and availability.
• Ensured budgets were met and targets were achieved in a timely and efficient manner.
• Provided strategic leadership
April 2004 –September 2006 Chambishi, Zambia
General Engineering Supervisor, Smelter and Atomiser; Chambishi metals PLC. Responsibilities:
• In charge of maintenance of the 40MW DC arc furnace and associated plant i.e. gas cleaning,
• a 1.5MW Plasma Arc Torch used to bring the alloy in the ladles up to temperature for the
• Atomizing plant from where it is transported to the Leach plant. 2 x 1150kVA 550Vac
• emergency generators, variable speed drives, soft starters and UPS Units, hoists and
• Overhead cranes the largest being a Demag crane, 50ton.
• Voltage reticulation in the plant is 33/11kV, 550/220Vac and 110Vac/24Vdc MCC controls.
• The furnace is supplied from a 33kV/1200Vac 68MVA transformer with an 80kA rectifier set.
• The Plasma Arc Torch is supplied from an 11kV/1000Vac 4MVA transformer with a 6kA rectifier set
• Responsible for all the maintenance in the Cobalt/Copper Smelter and Atomizer,
• Control of budgets, planning of all activities concerning preventative maintenance.
• Ensure the availability of spares always as well as the repairs of breakdowns
• Ensured budgets were met and targets were achieved in a timely and efficient manner.
• Provided strategic leadership
Achievements:
• Achieved production targets for leach plant and copper/cobalt refinery plants
• Maintained high equipment reliability and availability.
• I installed and commissioned an Alloy Reheating plant, handling temperatures of the order of 1500degree Celsius using plasma heating DC arc torch for Chambishi metals plc, at the Cobalt and copper smelter and refinery.
• I did extensive research on dc arc-furnaces and anode bus tube Configurations involving heat flux and electrical current distribution using dc rectifiers Internship:
Nov. 2002 - Sept. 2004: EIT / Engineering and Logistics Planner -Chambishi metals plc January 2001 – June 2001: Trainee Electrical and Electronic Engineering student. Kariba North Bank Co- duties included Operations and maintenance, Generation and Transmission Oct 1999 – Dec 1999: Trainee Electrical and Electronic Engineering student, Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) Lusaka, Duties included Operations and maintenance of Distribution and Customer Care
Jun1999 - July 1999: Trainee Electrical and Electronic Engineering student- Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC). Lusaka. Worked in Television and Radio Transmission Education and Professional Development
Master of Business Administration
Management College of Southern Africa (Mancosa)
South Africa.
Graduated: 2014
Bachelor of Engineering
Electrical Machines and Power Systems
University of Zambia.
Graduated: 2003
Interests:
• Reading materials of people management, watching and playing Soccer, movies, music, Novels, reading scientific publications and engineering journals, coaching and mentoring, entrepreneurship and business administration.
Affiliations:
• Engineers institute of Zambia (EIZ)
• Registered Engineer with Engineers Registration Board of Zambia (EngRB).
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE)
• The Professional Engineers’ Registration council of Sierra Leone Experiential and emersion training in Maintenance practices:
• January 2013-Pune, India-Factory Assessment tests for Distillery in Sierra Leone
• August 2013-Artwerp, Belgium-DCS and SCADA FAT for Distillery plant in Sierra Leone
• September 2007- Sugar Creek, Lafarge North America-USA, best practice in high equipment reliability
• November 2007- La Couronne Cement plant- France, Best Lafarge plant in Maintenance documentation
• November 2007- Sagunto Cement Plant- Spain, Best established Maintenance systems References
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