Power Plant Engineer

Address: ** ********** *******, *** ****** Drive, Parktown, Waterfalls, Harare

Cell: +263*********; +263*********

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

PERSONAL DETAILS

Gender: Male

Marital status: Married

Date of birth: 12 September 1984

Languages: English and Shona

Religion: Christianity

GCC Certificate Number 4141

OBJECTIVE

Looking for an excellent opportunity to work as a mechanical engineer in a mining or manufacturing environment where my talent and knowledge can be best utilised for the best of the organisation.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Knowledge, skills and attitudes:

Experience in heavy engineering industry including project management

Knowledge of production and maintenance of various industries

Good work ethic with excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Intimate knowledge of design and maintenance of both firetube and watertube boilers

Intimate knowledge of quality and safety including legislation and NOSA management systems and implementation

Skilled in MS Office, AutoCAD, Microsoft Projects, SAP ERP systems (ELLIPSE)

Energetic self-starter who is a constant learner

EDUCATION

BSc Honours in Mechanical Engineering (University of Zimbabwe-2008)

Government Certificate of Competency (Factories) (South Africa Certificate No 4141)

Certificate in Project Management (Trust Academy-2011)

Occupational Safety Health and Environmental Management Certificate (OSHEMAC) passed with Distinction (NSSA-2013)

Level 11 Non Destructive Testing (MT, PT and UT) (Veritec -2015)

Current Studies:

MSc. Manufacturing Systems and Operations Management (UZ) Candidate

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Institute of Certificated Mechanical and Electrical Engineers of South Africa (ICMEESA) Membership Number 70494

Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers Membership Number ZIE073792

Engineering Council of SA (ECSA) Membership Number2018900050

Engineering Council of Zimbabwe ECZ Number 150495

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

1. Employer National Social Security Authority

Position: OSH Inspector of Factories-Mechanical Engineering

Reporting to: Principal Inspector of Factories

Duration: April 2013 to date

Reason for wanting to leave: Career Advancement

Duties:

Inspect and commission factories, buildings, machinery, equipment and installations

Investigate health and safety related complaints and workplace accidents to prevent reoccurrences and recommend prosecution where appropriate

Conduct inspection of materials, workmanship, and safety of boilers and unfired pressure vessels during construction and installation and during operation and maintenance

Ratify competency of certain designated people in industry as prescribed legally e.g. Responsible persons

Conduct training for boiler operators’ course

Approve new factory plans, additions or alterations

Inspection of elevators, lifting equipment and pressure vessels in general including electrical installations

Provide expert advice on various stakeholder technical committees on OSH e.g. Standards Association of Zimbabwe to ensure that OHS issues are effectively addressed

Compile reports to clients and management to ensure effective communication, provide reference and also form part of evidence in court

Compile OHS department budget proposal and also control implementation of the budget in order to utilise available resources effectively

NB Job training experiences listed below were done under the auspices of NSSA to equip the engineer to carry out his duties effectively

Employer Cochrane Engineering

Duration: January – May 2014

Position Assistant Engineer

Duties:

Supervision of the design, manufacture, on site installation and commissioning of steam boilers, boiler house structures and related downstream ancillaries within the boiler design guideline standards

Ensuring efficient operations and running of installed boilers to adopt to changes in demand for the steam reticulation systems

Responsible for quality control checks of all manufactured products and site installations according to pressure vessel manufacturing codes, welding and quality control standards

Employer Zimbabwe Power Company (Hwange and Harare)

Duration July –December 2014

Position Assistant Engineer

Duties:

Inspection of water tube boilers

Assisted senior engineers during outage to manage sub-contractors, identify repairs for Boiler bullnose, economizer hopper and identify maintenance activity for next outage

Performed preventive maintenance and repairs to the turbine generator, conveyor system and other auxiliary equipment

Ensuring the operation of the power plant in accordance with established rules and regulations

Writing technical reports of inspections, accident investigation and other safety and health reports

2. Employer Hippo Valley Estates Ltd

Position: Assistant Power Plant Engineer

Reporting to: Power Plant Engineer

Duration: October 2011-March 2013

Reason for leaving: Career Advancement

Duties:

Detailed investigation of specific problems encountered in plant operations as directed by engineer

Plan and manage projects and prepare material, cost and timing estimates, reports and design specifications for machines and systems

Implementation of planned maintenance and condition monitoring of equipment in area of responsibility

Investigation of plant operating procedures and layouts with a view to improving productivity, efficiency or plant performance

Regularly review expenditure to ensure section operating costs are kept within budget

Upholding of safety, health and environmental standards and ensure all relevant procedures are adhered to

Prepare contract documents and evaluate tenders for industrial construction or maintenance

Develop maintenance standards, schedules and programs and provide guidance to industrial maintenance crews

3. Employer Hippo Valley Estates

Position: Engineer in Training

Duration: September 2009-October 2011

Reporting to: Engineering Manager

Duties:

To follow a structured Engineer in Training program in order to have a thorough appreciation of all operations at Hippo Valley and to have a practical ‘hands on’ training in handling maintenance and production issues relating to milling, power plant and back end operations

Assisting the section engineers to plan and manage the annual maintenance program and projects in the 400 000tons/year sugar factory

Appreciation of the design, principles of operation and application of sugar milling equipment

Preparation of progress reports for each section covered

Determining design specifications and maintenance requirements of new equipment

Planning and scheduling work to be done during the bi-monthly and annual shutdown for all sections of the mill

Carryout basic workshop operations

4. Employer Border Timbers International (BTI)

Position: Student Attaché

Duration: June –September 2007

January-April 2008

Duties:

assisting maintenance crews in repair/replacement of plant equipment

exposure to planned maintenance systems( work orders and job cards, computer based maintenance systems)

conducted an investigation of failures on the finger jointing machine which was the basis of final year project titled “design and implementation of a hybrid maintenance strategy for BTI”

exposed to occupational safety and health management

ACHIEVEMENTS

Part of team that carried out Hippo Valley Mill rehabilitation at a cost of $21million from January to June 2010. Included works on diffuser, boilers and spray pond piping.

Motivated for procurement of a new compressor after carrying out a compressed air study for the mill which greatly improved reliability of supply of compressed air

Constructed Excel tool for the dosing of water treatment chemicals for the combined 371tons/steam boilers at Hippo Valley Estates

Completed the Profeeds project for the design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of a 3ton/hr coal fired steam boiler and 300m steam line for the new plant on time and budget whilst attached to Cochrane Engineering

HOBBIES

Watching and playing soccer, travelling and reading novels and technical magazines

REFERENCES

Mr J. Tyorera Mr T. Mapuru

Power Plant Engineer Principal Inspector of Factories

Hippo Valley Estates NSSA

Tel: 031 5151-6 Cell: 077*-***-***

Cell: 077*-***-*** Email: *******@****.***.**

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

Mr L. Pisa

Section Engineer Maintenance

Z. P. C Harare Power Station

Tel: 7777775/6

Cell: 077*-***-***

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

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