Kudzai Keith Wadotiona

Tel: +263-***-***-*** Email: adzra9@r.postjobfree.com

Education

**** – 2015 University of Zimbabwe BSc. Honours Mechanical Engineering (2.1) 2009 – 2010 Goromonzi High School ‘A’ Level: Physics A, Mathematics B, Chemistry B Best Physics Student 2009 & 2010

2005 – 2009 Murewa High School 10 ‘O’ Levels passes (incl. Mathematics and English)

Work Experience

January 2022 – Date Section Engineer, Zimbabwe Platinum Mines : Bimha Mine

• Leading Bimha Mine engineering team ensuring compliance to all legislation

• Maintenance of Bimha Mine fixed plant and mobile plant which includes conveyor belts, crushers, apron feeders, vibrating screens, dewatering infrastructure, compressors, emergency hoists, LHDs, drill rigs, roof bolters, dump trucks and utility vehicles

• Management of all engineering contractors

• Co-ordinating implementation of the ISO55000 standard

• Manage the department’s planning function as well as ensuring compliance with Zimplats framework

• Implementing stay in business projects for Bimha Mine October 2019 – December 2022 Reliability Engineer, Binmak Corporation

• Developing asset care plans, asset hierarchy, asset criticality and failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA)

• Working with production to perform analysis of assets including: Asset utilization, Overall equipment effectiveness, remaining useful life, Other parameters that define operating condition, reliability and costs of assets

• Facilitating 100 Day Focused Improvement projects and Root Cause Analysis on recurring breakdowns

• Work management, Defect elimination, Maintenance systems implementation August 2016 – August 2019 Graduate learner, Section Engineer, Bindura Nickel Corporation

• Develop, implement and monitor adherence to engineering standards, SHE and legislative requirements, taking corrective action where necessary

• Drive and implement action plans to achieve the mine strategy and business plans

• Budgeting and cost control

• Ensure high equipment availability and compliance to maintenance procedures

• Oversee planned and unplanned maintenance of all mobile equipment, vehicles and ancillary equipment

Memberships

Registered Corporate Member of the Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers ZIE 154995 Registered Profession Engineer with the Engineering Council of Zimbabwe ECZ 150790 Publication(s)

Academic research paper, JSAER Vol.3 Issue 2, 2016 p214-234 http://jsaer.com/download/vol-3- iss-2-2016/JSAER2016-03-02-214-234.pdf