Electrical Power Lead Electrician
Resume:
Willie Sibanda
Address (Hatfield, Harare, Zimbabwe)
Phone: +263-**-***-****
Email: adng2d@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/willie-sibanda-928b3438
PROFILE
Goal oriented and reliable Electrician Class One with experience in automotive, construction, textile, engineering,manufacturing and Tobacco industries. Willie has over 10 years of working experience
CAREER HISTORY
Lead Electrician, Tobacco Sales Floor 07/2020-Current
Responsibilities
Leading electrical team
Planning concerning all material needed for the projects we do across the country
Advised the change of all old isolators in the plant to new ones that are lockable
Maintaining 48kw bathing pool for our sister company (Agricura)changing elements and cables
Designed the plant sanitizer spray booth for Covid 19 and it saved company money
Installing 520m long conveyor in our two centres Marondera and Karoi and I did all the controls and power circuit, maintaining all Conveyors in the plant and around the country
Installed two hundred 100Kva standby generators for our decentralised floors integrating the systems with changeover switches
3 and single-phase Electric Motor bearing change and testing
Supervising the electrical teams on our centres
675kva and 25kva Perkins Standby generator refuelling, weekly maintenance and checks
Introduced LEDs in the plant as to reduce the electricity bill
Tow motor battery servicing, checking of brake fluids, installation of beacon lights
Maintaining industrial laundry equipment (washing machines, dryer, dish washer)
Maintaining Kitchen equipment (calorifiers, Gatto jacket pots 225lt,18kw 380v tilting frying pan), changing of burnt elements on all kitchen equipment.
Trained students
Wiring of outlets sockets and lights in our buildings
Designed and installed Covid 19 sanitiser spray booth
Decommissioning of conveyors, relocating and installing them
Upgrading incoming power cable from the substation
Replacing burnt HBC fuses on our Substation
Trouble shooting and rectifying of all electrical faults in the plant
Wiring of sequential, star delta, direct on line circuits
Versed with IMO iSmart (SMT-EA-R20) and logic relay (Lovato)
Upgrading control systems that has been there for years to meet the new standards
Knowledgeable of ACB (ABB)
Servicing borehole pumps and modifying of control circuits
Electrician (Owner), Rayon Engineering 06/2019-30/06/2020
Responsibilities
Industrial, commercial and domestic installations, Wiring.
House Wiring
Standby generator installation
Maintenance Millwright, Iveco Rosslyn 04/01/2016-30/04/2019
Responsibilities
Ensured the availability of production machinery at all times by implementing preventive and corrective maintenance.
Variable Speed drives (Schneider)
Soft Starters (ABB)
Shut down maintenance-checking all the machines if they are all up to standard before resuming of production
Schneider plc trouble shooting on spray booths, rain imitation, conveyors
Managed to reduce the electrical bill cost by installing timed lights to switch off when on tea time and lunch.
Managed to close every air leak in the plant as to save electricity
Managed to lead a team of unskilled personnel to achieve company goals within prescribed time frame
Managed to reduce the breakdowns by ensuring that all machines are serviced in time and they comply to the standards
Preventive maintenance on all industrial equipment
Servicing of all spray booths (changing floor, ceiling, and sides filters)
Changing of v-belts, chain belts, pulleys, checking if all bolts and nuts are tight on all moving parts
Testing all electrical circuits, single and 3 phase motors
Repairing bus and truck lifters 7500kg,8000kg,9000kg- lubricating the rotating parts and replacing
Attending to rain imitation system (water leaks, filters blocked, changing of failing water pumps) breakdowns, brake test
Servicing Detroit 150A,110kw screw air Compressors-changing oil, air filter, oil filter, oil separators and resetting the hours
Servicing Co2 welding machines (Miller cp 300, Pro MiG)
MiG Welding
Repairing roller shutter doors
Attending to Overheard crane breakdowns (10;5;2 tons)
Fire protection system sprinklers and pump
Installed and maintained fish pond pump system
Siemens s5u Plc wiring, panel wiring, pneumatic and hydraulics
Installed new electrical power cables in the plant
Installed new air pressure points
Graco 200 high pressure sealer systems servicing and repairing
Repairing Hydraulic power pack and power jacks(10 tons)
Repaired tyre assembly equipment
Panel Wireman (Electrician), Psy Systems 13/12/2013-31/08/2015
Responsibilities.
Motor Control Centre building and wiring
Variable Speed Drives wiring
Soft Starters wiring
Mounting and wiring of ABB Air Circuit breakers 2000A
Grinding, drilling bus bars, tapping
Built ABB Panels mechanical and electrical
Installed food packaging machinery
Installed fizz drinks making machinery
Panel wiring, base plate marking, trunking and din rail measuring, cutting and mounting, components mounting, wiring according to drawing
Bus bars torqueing using torque range
Fitting shunt trips, under voltage coils in ACBs (ABB)
PLC wiring (Siemens, S800 ABB, OMRON, Schneider)
Programming speed drives.
Loading and Transporting finished panels to clients
Diagnosing and resolving electrical faults in panels
Responsible for execution of all electrical installation on sites
Drawing reviews with team
Wiring of UMC 100
ARC Guard wiring
Jokab safety devices, RT6 relays
Grouping of production packages
Factory Acceptance Test (hot and cold)
Stepdown transformer mounting for Controls
Compressors servicing
Wiring motor starting circuits (star-delta forward and reverse, direct on line with forward and reverse, sequential).
Dc and ac drives.
Connecting supply cables from DBs to machines
DB wiring
Trouble shooting of all industrial circuits.
Installation of speed packaging machines
Installations of compressors and servicing them
Electrician (Contractor), City of Ekurhuleni 07/2013-12/12/2013
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Project Manager.
Audit of Ekurhuleni meters.
Installing meters in Malls, industrial and residential places
Installing light line for streets lights
Repairing street lights that are burnt, damaged or need replacement
Wiring daylight switches on street lights
Electrician, Tokologo Technical Assignments 02/2012-30/06/2013
Responsibilities
Maintenance of industrial coal fired boilers in a Hospital, cleaning the pipes, mechanical and electrical repairs.
Servicing of motors dc and ac, changing of brushes, bearings.
Installation of compressors, maintaining them
Variable speed drives.
Screw Conveyors.
Changing breakers.
Motor starters: star delta forward and reverse, direct on-line forward and reverse and sequential starting.
Lighting circuits on commercial and industrial sites
Cable trunking installations
Geyser wiring
Wall grinding for pvc conduits.
Wiring commercial distribution boards and its circuits.
PVC Conduit bending and installation.
Wiring a building with 30 floors using electrical drawings, wiring of motion sensor lights, UPS emergency circuits
Electrician Trainee, National Blankets 01/2009-31/12/2009
Responsibilities
Coal fired Boilers maintenance, conveyors
Compressor maintenance
Hydraulic and pneumatic equipment maintenance
Motor servicing, testing and changing of bearings, mounting them back to machines
Preventive maintenance of the plant’s Weaving and Spinning equipment.
Siemens, Schneider, Promatech, Allen- Bradley and Sematic S5 and S7 equipment.
Plant inspection and checking of spares availability prior to maintenance.
Repair and maintenance of electronic cards, automation, electro-pneumatic and hydraulic circuits.
Repairing of kitchen (Gatton jackets pots) equipment, changing burnt elements and cables
solenoids and limit switches checking
Wiring industrial distribution boards as well as cable glanding, termination and trucking.
Cable glanding and connection for new PLC controlled machines,
AC/DC speed drives programming
Pressing machinery.
Wiring Discharge lights circuits
Wiring of standby generator circuits
Changing burnt induction motor brakes
Fault finding and fixing breakdowns
Repair and maintenance of lifting equipment, cranes
Transformer on low voltages and panel boards circuits, Machine installation and testing on shutdown
Housekeeping,
EDUCATION & TRAINING
National Certificate in Electrical Power
Bulawayo Polytechnic 01/2009-12/2009
Skilled Worker Certificate Class One
Apprenticeship and Skilled Manpower 08/2011
Ordinary Level: 5 Subjects including Maths, English and Science
Zvishavane Secondary 2001
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Explorer.
References
Mr M Munyoro
Electrical and Electronic
National Blankets
Mr S Ngwenya
Foreman
Tokologo Technical Assignments
Joyline Chingandu
Project Manager
Psy systems
Pieter Benade
Maintenance Manager
Iveco South Africa
Maintenance Manager
Tobacco Sales Floor
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