PROFESSION

MAINTENANCE INSTRUMENT/ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN/SUPERVISOR

SUMMARY

Experience:

Installation and Commissioning ( Over 20 years )

PLC and Scada control ( Over 15 years )

Plant Maintenance and upgrades ( Over 20 years )

Troubleshooting and diagnostics ( Over 20 years )

I have thirty one years experience in HEAVY manufacturing/FMCG /Construction/Projects environment and twelve years at supervisory level.

Multi-skilled technician trained by German experts,can work on electrical and mechanical equipment

Verifying that quality related site activities are in accordance with the applicable codes and standards

Controlling work procedures to improve quality throughout the whole construction process

Management of factory assests in terms of accountability,control&measurability of asset performance&lifespan

Leading a worldclass maintenance team that provided top quality service&workmanship at the lowest possible cost

Used proactive approaches such as good installation and design standards &quality control plans

Applied failure closeout techniques to close out all identified failures&prevent re-occurrence&reduction of maintenance costs and plant downtime

Setting and managing objectives to continually improve the effectiveness of the maintenance management system

Controlled maintenance,overtime and personal costs to 95% of the budget

Prevention of accidents&incidents to personnel,the environment and equipment

Developing a culture whereby leadership,teamwork,responsibility,recognition&innovation shall be the cornerstone of the department

Reducing reaction time to breakdowns(MTTR)

Increasing mean time between failures by doing 100% scheduled maintenance(MTBF)

Treating all our customers with respect and dignity

Coordinating daily tasks according to priorities and plans

Delegating responsibilities to the crew and contractors

Resolving conflicts or miscommunication that happened on site quickly and amicably

PERSONAL DETAILS

SURNAME : Makuwerere

FIRST NAMES : Trusty

GENDER : Male

DATE OF BIRTH : 1964 - 06 – 22

HOME LANGUAGE : English

CONTACT NOS : +277******** and +277********(wife)

SA ID. NO : 640**********

MARITAL STATUS : Married

DRIVERS LICENCE : Code 10

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS : 9 Majuba Court

Corner Mentz Street/Greta Road

Cassaldale,Springs,1559

NATIONALITY : Zimbabwean

EMAIL ADDRESS : adnkav@r.postjobfree.com

adnkav@r.postjobfree.com

TERTIARY EDUCATION

INSTITUTION : City and Guilds of London

QUALIFICATION : Certificate: Industrial Measurement and Control Technician

DATE : Completed: 1989

DETAILS : A) Part 1,2,3 Technician Certificates

B) Full Technological Certificate

COLLEGE ATTENDED : Harare Polytechnic (1985 – 1989)

HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDED : Mufakose High-1982

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION : SAIEEngineers Senior Member

COURSES

Pneumatics-Delta Engineering Training Center

Programmable Logic Controllers-HIT

Canning Technology – Germany

Kisters Packaging Machines

Switching Operations-ZESA

Scada and PLC Control-SIRDC

Integrated SHEQ Implementation Awareness

Working at Heights

Risk Assessment

Rina QAQC Knowledge Competency

Rina HSSE-Field Personnel Safety

COMPUTER LITERACY

Ms Word, Ms Project, Internet, E-mail

Ms Excel, Ms PowerPoint, Lotus Notes

Microsoft Outlook,SAP,PRAGMA,MAXIMO,JDE

BEHAVIORAL AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCES

Capable of working on own initiative and/or as a team member, highly motivated and innovative, with ability to develop new, better and cheaper ways of executing duties with minimum resources.

Strong knowledge of maintenance planning, controlling and leading personnel and quality management to ensure timeous plant availability

Able to deal with and accept change

Good verbal /written communication skills

Goal /Achievement orientated

Good planning and organisational skills

Motivation(Self and others)

Drive/Energy/Resilience

Basic finance management

Discipline

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

EMPLOYER : GE(KHI Solar Power Plant,Abengoa,Upington

PERIOD : April 2021 to May 2021

POSITION : Control&Instrumentation Technician

RESPONSIBILITIES : Overhauling Turbine and Generator Instruments and Electrical

: Equipment,Inspections/calibrations,repairs.Maintenance of

: Auxillary plant equipment,troubleshooting and services

EMPLOYER : Nkomati Nickel Mine

PERIOD : March 2020 to March 2021

POSITION : Senior Instrumentation Technician

RESPONSIBILITIES : Measurement and control of temperature,pressure,flow,level,

: Density,belt scales,Siemens S7300 PLC,maintenance&

: troubleshooting,ASI slave/master network,profibus and fibre

: optics networking,weighbridge maintenance,pneumatics/

: hydraulics maintenance,Instruments calibrations,JDE CMMS

: Planned,preventive,corrective,predictive,shutdown,legal

: Breakdown maintenance.Compliance to ISO standards and

: mine health and safety act rules and regulations

EMPLOYER : SIEMENS(Medupi Power Station)

PERIOD : Nov 2017 to Oct 2019

POSITION : C&I Commissioning Technician

RESPONSIBILITIES : Checking loops,ensuring and correcting wrong wiring in the

: Field,Instruments,JBs,Black and,Splitter boxes,Equipment and

: Switch gear rooms.Testing and commissioning equipment.

: Simulating and Sourcing signals to/from field/DCS/PLCs.

: Siemens SPPA-T3000 system.Troubleshooting of T3000

: Components such as S7400 PLC,FUM210/230/280 modules

: Internal cabinet wiring using Comos diagrams,wincc servers Networking systems.Worked with contractors viz Group five,

: GElectric,Hitach,Instrolec,Selepeprojects,Proconics,ELB.

: Ensured work is done according to clients specifications

: And drawings

REASON FOR LEAVING : End of contract :

EMPLOYER : SAPREF(EPC),Durban

PERIOD : April 2017-to August 2017

POSITION : Senior Instrumentation Technician/QC Inspector

RESPONSIBILITIES : Shutdown work,overhauling,stripping Instruments,calibration

: Loop and functional checks,configuration,quality inspections

: Projects,plant upgrades,installations and commissioning

REASON FOR LEAVING : End of contract

EMPLOYER : ABB/Kusile Power Station

PERIOD : September 2015 to March 2017

POSITION : Instrumentation /QC Supervisor

RESPONSIBILITIES : Supervising Instruments installation and commissioning,

: Quality control inspections,,loop checks,configuration of

: InstrumentsDaily safety talks,Eskom PID and hook up

: Drawings standards and specifications.Compliance with

: ISO Standards and OHSACT rules and regulations

: Ensures project targets are met,zero incidents/accidents

: Cable schedules and termination drawings verifications

: Raceway drawings and GA drawings according to ESKOM

: Specifications and standards.Coordinated daily tasks

: According to priorities and plans.Delegated responsibilities to

: The crew and contractors.Monitor attendance of contractors

: And crew.Worked with GE,Hitach,Dynamic Instruments,

: Tubular Instruments,Black&Vetch contractors

REASON FOR LEAVING : End of contract

EMPLOYER : Sappi Fine Papers,Enstra Mill

PERIOD : April 2014 to July 2015

POSITION : Instruments Supervisor/Foreman

RESPONSIBILITIES : Manpower utilisation and control,,ABB DCS systems,Plant : maintenance using SAP.Lean manufacturing,New projects,

: management up to commissioning phase,Plant upgrades

: Perform root cause analysis to address asset performance

: Problems and or reduce cost.Improve equipment availability

: And reliability targets(OEE) and TPM.ISO standards systems.

: Siemens S7 PLCs,Training and development of surbodinates,

: PID control .Plant networks.Time management and appraisals.

: Compliance with the OHSACT rules and regulations

: Weighbridges and laboratory Instruments maintenance

: Preventive,corrective,predictive,breakdown,shutdown

: Improvement, and statutory maintenance

: Pneumatics and hydraulics maintenance/repairs/diagnostics

: Increased MTBF and reduced MTTR times

REASON ROR LEAVING Resignation

EMPLOYER : South African Breweries,Alrode

PERIOD : February 2012 to February 2014

POSITION : Instrument Control Technician

RESPONSIBILITIES : Preventive(proactive) maintenance and calibration of

: measurement and control Instrumentation

: Resolving equipment malfunctions,CMMS using SAP package

: Optimisation and troubleshooting of process control systems

: Supporting installation of new process control systems

: Maintaining a safe and healthy work environment

: Modicon Quantum and Allen Bradley PLC’s and Scada

: Maintenance and troubleshooting.ISO standards adherence.

: HACCP food safety and OHSACT regulations compliance

: Brewing,utilities,packaging,cellars,filtration and laboratory

: Instruments maintenance and servicing weighbridges

: GMP and GDP(good manufacturing/document practices)

: Increased MTBF and reduced MTTR times

REASON FOR LEAVING : End of contract

EMPLOYER : Xstrata Alloys,Steelport

PERIOD : November 2009 – Dec 2011

POSITION : Instrument Technician

RESPONSIBILITIES : Calibration of Instruments

: Siemens S5 and S7 PLC’s,repairs,diagnostics,troubleshooting

: Wincc Scada control systems

: Measurement and control of temperature,pressure, flow, level, Density, gas analysis,VSD drives maintenance/repairs

: Maintenance of the furnace,adherence to SOP/BOP procedure

: Compliance with ISO standards and OHSACT regulations

: Gas Plant,hydraulics and pneumatics maintenance/repairs

: Batching Plant,GMP and GDP(good manufacturing/document

: Practices systems,reduced MTTR and increased MTBF times

: Belt Scales,sensors,proximities,photocells,emergency switches

: Pelletisers, grates and kilns

: Drier,CMMS using SAP software

: Preventive,corrective,predictive,breakdown,shutdown

: Improvement and statutory maintenance

REASON FOR LEAVING : End of contract

EMPLOYER : Lafarge Cement Limited

PERIOD : May 2002 – October 2009

POSITION : Instruments foreman

RESPONSIBILITIES : Quarry,ball mills,kiln,cement mills,coal mill, packing plants

: Manpower utilization and control,time management/appraisals

: Maintaining good housekeeping and safety standards

: Planned, preventive, corrective maintenance (computerized) Using PRAGMA software package

: Scada and PLC control systems, Siemens S5,Modicon and ABB PLC’s,hydraulics and pneumatics maintenance/repairs

: Reduced MTTR and increased MTBF times

: Motivating and enlisting commitment from team members

Under all conditions (fostering team spirit and working relationship),adherence to SOP/BOP procedures

: Establishing a winning team

: Technical liaison with equipment suppliers

: Adherence to ISO standards requirements

: Ordering critical spares and maintaining laboratory

: Instruments and servicing weighbridges

: GMP and GDP(good manufacturing /document practices)

REASON FOR LEAVING : Political and economic situation in Zimbabwe not okay

EMPLOYER : National Breweries Limited

PERIOD : Jul 1989 – Apr 2002

POSITION : Inst.Technician& Canning Line Supervisor

RESPONSIBILITIES : Utilities,brewing,cellars,filtration and packaging(bottling)

And canning sections repairs,services and maintenance

: Calibration of electrical and pneumatic instrumentation

: Installation and commissioning of new plants

: Corrective,breakdown,predictive,preventive,planned

: Shutdown maintenance using MAXIMO package

: Maintenance of control valves and actuators

: Modifying instrumentation and control loops and systems

: Designing control systems for the improvement of existing ones.hydraulics and pneumatics maintenance/diagnostics

: PLC installation, programming and troubleshooting

: Supervising artisans, semi-skilled workers, apprentices and managing good housekeeping and safety standards

: Adherence to ISO standards and HACCP food safety system

REASON FOR LEAVING : Personal growth and career advancement,more senior position

EMPLOYER : Lafarge Cement Limited

PERIOD : Jan 1985 – Jun 1989

POSITION : Apprentice & Artisan Instrument Technician

RESPONSIBILITIES : Worked with Technicians in installation and repairs& maintenance of plant.

Instrumentation, calibration, plant checks, shutdown jobs

REASON FOR LEAVING : Dynamic young man looking for challenges in life.Wanted

to get into the bone and marrow of Instrumentation.

HOBBIES : Music

: Reading

: Soccer

: Repairing of electronic, electrical and mechanical gadgets

FUTURE AMBITIONS : To gain management experience in an engineering environment

REFEREES

1.Thomas Seiderer-Commissioning Manager

Siemens-Medupi Power Station

Tel: +277******** and +49-170-*******

2.Andre Malan-Systems Engineer

Siemens-Medupi Power Station

Tel: +278********

3.Albert Velemu-Senior Construction Supervisor

ABB(Kusile Power Station)-Witbank

Tel: +277******** and +278********

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