Side Energy Trainee Electrical

EDWIN MATARA

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PERSONAL SUMMARY

Extensive experience in managing multi-million-dollar mineral processing projects playing pivotal roles in Engineering Design, Procurement, Construction Management through to commissioning. Being a holder of an MSc in Electrical Engineering, I have added value in high voltage reticulation and instrumentation in operations and in projects. I am very committed to executing projects within schedule cost and quality requirements in line with applicable international standards. WORK EXPERIENCE

ZIMBABWE PLATINUM MINES- PLANNING AND PROJECTS

(Central Engineering)

Project Engineer – Ngezi Concentrator Third Plant Project – 2021 to Present The project is a US$93.4 million, 1Mtpa, project and it commenced in January 2021 targeting commissioning in August 2022. I am the responsible person representing Zimplats interests on the project execution. Reporting to the project Executive the role involved

• Generating the Engineering Design criteria for the Concentrator plant

• Detailed designs for Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation packages

• Procurement of all equipment and this involved generating and reviewing tender adjudication documents right through to order placement and expediting delivery of the equipment

• Managing the EPCM on the project.

• Construction Management

• Coordinating project meetings: Design review meetings, procurement meetings, project steercom meetings and progress meetings

• Responsible person for the safety, health, environment and quality on the project. ZIMBABWE PLATINUM MINES- PLANNING AND PROJECTS

Mineral Processing

Operations Engineer – SMC Concentrator 2019-2020

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the role involved;

• Planning, leading organising and controlling day-to-day plant maintenance activities and monthly plant shutdowns

• Controlling the annual maintenance budget of US$4.6 million for the concentrator plant with a production capacity of 2.3million tonnes per annum

• Maintaining plant availability at 96.4% and running time of 98%

• Responsible person for safety, health, environment and quality

• Managing stay-in-business Capital projects such as silo relining, plant insurance spares and plant modifications

• Completed a US$6.6million Feed Preparation Plant (FPP) project for the concentrator plant within record time of 7 months and a cost. The project was undertaken at the height of the covid-19 pandemic and was a success.

• Complete the retrofitting of the high pressure grinding roles (HPGR) on the SMC Concentrator plant at a cost of US$3.6 million

ZIMBABWE PLATINUM MINES- PLANNING AND PROJECTS

(Central Engineering)

Planning & Projects Engineer: April 2017-2019

Reporting to the General Manager Engineering and covering the Zimplats Group, the role involves

• Management of expansion and stay-in-business projects from front end loading through to project commissioning and handover. The total value of projects is US$137million.

• Approval of engineering designs and drawings for key projects in line with best practices.

• Formulation of systems and procedures for company-wide projects management and engineering maintenance planning. These systems feed into the overall engineering projects and maintenance policy.

• Improving capital efficiency for projects through administering best practice project management techniques such as the earned value approach.

• Formulating systems for critical equipment life extension and replacement philosophy.

• Identification and recommendation of key Electrical and Mechanical international standards applicable to Zimplats operating environment and tracking the use of the standards by the various Engineers.

• Identification of key technologies, carrying out technology trials and roll out to improve mining and plant efficiency, safety standards and to reduce plant operating cost.

• Developing reports for the Directors, EXCO, the Board and engineering required by the business.

• Managing the Chegutu employee housing scheme and the Ngezi-Selous road rehabilitation projects.

• Rolling out trackless mining machines (TMM) automation and replacement philosophy to reduce capital expenditure.

ZIMBABWE PLATINUM MINES-NGEZI AND SMC CONCENTRATORS

(Platinum Mineral Processing)

SECTION ENGINEER: Nov 2011 to March 2017

• Managing the safety and health of employees and the environment in which the concentrator operates

• Managing the engineering maintenance budget.

• Man power planning- selection, recruitment and development

• Demand side energy management- premium efficiency electric motors and solar street lighting.

• High voltage transformers, induction and synchronous motors specifications, installation, reliability and preventive maintenance.

• Variable speed drives (VSD) configuration, installation and maintenance. Knowledgeable of the various VSD types such as Siemens, LG, Allen Bradley, Yaskawa and ABB.

• High voltage substation engineering, design, installation and commissioning.

• Planning, organizing, leading and controlling departmental activities to achieve the business plan.

• Continuous improvements initiatives for engineering operations and maintenance.

• Managing safe and optimal maintenance and operation of machinery and equipment to required local and international standards such as IEC, IEEE and ANSI etc.

• Strategic planning to achieve Equipment and Plant availability for the plant.

• Facilitation of Front-end engineering development concepts and evaluation of technical submissions.

• Evaluation of new and proposed equipment in terms of proven technology, operability, maintainability and sustainability.

• Formulation of Disaster Recovery Plans for high risk Engineering operations and equipment

• Legal compliance by all engineering sections through the use of statutes and legislation applicable to operations.

• Managing an annual budget in excess of USD2 000 000

• Maintenance of high voltage substations and liaising with the power utility (ZESA) on issues affecting availability of power to the Ngezi and SMC plants and mines.

• Initiation and implementation of plant modification proposals.

• Contractor management.

SABLE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES –KWEKWE

(Fertilizer Manufacturing)

PLANT ELECTRICAL AND INSTRUMENT ENGINEER: Jan 2010-October 2010

• Managing safety, health and environmental issues relating to electrical and Instrumentation division.

• Plant and equipment availability through development and implementation of required standard maintenance procedures.

• Managing and training the human resource, recruitment and selection for the Electrical and Instrument department.

• Managing the Electrical and Instrument budget and cost control.

• Implementing thorough precision and predictive maintenance techniques on High Voltage equipment for example power transformers (including tap changer transformers), circuit breakers, relays and bus bars and distribution systems.

• Implementing calibration systems in line with statutory requirements.

• Electrical and instrumentation capital and stay-in business projects. SABLE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES –KWEKWE

(Fertilizer Manufacturing)

1. MAINTENANCE ELECTRICAL ENGINEER: January 2009-December 2009 2. ASSISTANT ELECTRICAL ENGINEER: January 2008 – December 2008 3. GRADUATE TRAINEE ELECTRICAL ENGINEER: February 2007 to December 2007 VIBES ELECTRICAL CONTROL –HARARE

(Electrical and control engineering)

GRADUATE TRAINEE ENGINEER: June 2006-Jan 2007

• Training and development under the supervision of qualified and experienced engineers AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Electrical Power equipment Instrumentation and Control

Mechanical engineering

Root Cause Analysis

Project management

Operational Management

Operational Management

Performance Management

Condition-based Maintenance

Design and Analysis

Equipment optimisation

Cost control and budgeting

PERSONALITY

Highly motivated

Team builder

Innovative

EQUIPMENT KNOWLEDGE

• Synchronous Motor 11kV 4.7MW

• Girth gears and Pinion Lubrication.

• Gyratory cone crushers

• Conveyor belts

• High voltage transformers and tap changer transformers

• Mill drive trains- gearbox drives, clutch coupled drives

• Instrument Sensors and Actuators e.g. Control valves, density meters, level, flow pressure and temperature.

• Synchronous motor exciters and control equipment.

• Cooling towers

• Coal-fired boiler

PROJECTS

• Ngezi Concentrator Third Plant project – in progress

• SMC Concentrator Feed Preparation Plant Project

• SMC Concentrator High Pressure Grinding Rolls (HPGR) Project

• Ngezi-Selous Road rehabilitation

• ISO5500 Asset Management implementation.

• Turf Police station construction

• Ngezi Netball Stadium construction

• SAG mill replacement

• Fire pumps station installation

• Refurbishment of the SMC ROM silo

• Precision maintenance techniques for plant efficiency.

• SAG Mill girth gear replacement

• Replacement of ordinary electric motors with energy efficient electric motors.

• Mills Expert System.

• Replacement of old protections relays switchgear with Micom relays.

• Re-engineering MCC air-conditioning system

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

• 132kV Switching

• Mills Maintenance and Operation

• Switchgear Technology

• Root Cause Failure Analysis-RCAT

• Shutdown Maintenance Planning

• Siemens Micro-master Drives and G150 Drives certificate

• Mechanical Design Principles for Non –Mechanical Engineers

• Maintenance Strategy

• Root Cause Failure Analysis-RCAT

• ISO 55000 Standard for Asset Management

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

MSc Electrical Engineering (2018) (UZ)

BSc Honours Degree in Electrical Engineering (2006) (UZ)

Diploma in General Management Development (2017) (BTD) INSTITUTIONS

• Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE)

• Member of the Zimbabwe Institute of Engineers (ZIE) REFERENCES

1. Tatenda Dembure 2. Stanley Makunde

Operations Engineer -Zimplats Engineering Manager – Sable Chemical Industries *******.*******@********.*** *******.*******@**************.**.**

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