Electrical Systems Technician
Resume:
WILLIAM MACHARIA KABENI
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kabeni-william-750029168
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NAIROBI - KENYA.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Experienced Electrical Technical Engineer with years of expertise in managing and maintaining complex electrical systems, machinery, and production operations across diverse industries. I lead technical and production teams, providing fault-finding support, troubleshooting, and ensuring adherence to site schedules and quality standards. My role also involves enhancing maintenance performance, improving manufacturing processes for cost reduction and efficiency, and mentoring staff to improve skills and performance.
Previously, I held the position of Electrical Technician/Supervisor, where I was responsible for testing and maintaining electrical systems, commissioning solar systems, and managing the maintenance of heavy machinery. My experience also extends to supervising the installation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of solar systems, water pumps, and various industrial equipment, while ensuring safety standards and compliance with industry best practices.
In earlier roles, I worked as a Technical Machines Operator/Utilities Technician and Head of Electrical Technicians, managing the electrical maintenance of production machinery, including mixers, extruders, boilers, and compressors. I have also gained experience in troubleshooting PLCs, motor drives, pneumatic systems, and performing corrective and preventive maintenance to ensure operational efficiency and minimize downtime. My extensive background includes hands-on experience in electrical installations, such as solar energy systems, as well as power plant operations, where I managed equipment such as generators, transformers, and switchgear. I am committed to optimizing performance, reducing operational costs, and staying current with the latest technological advancements in the electrical field.
SKILLS
Fault-Finding and Troubleshooting: Extensive experience in diagnosing and resolving complex electrical and mechanical issues, enhancing operational efficiency and ensuring product quality. Skilled in using advanced diagnostic tools like oscilloscopes, voltmeters, ohmmeters and hand on tools.
Electrical System Maintenance and Repair: Expertise in maintaining and repairing various electrical systems, including solar energy systems, machinery, and power plants. This includes hands-on experience with PLCs, motor drives, pneumatic systems, and circuit breakers.
Leadership and Team Management: Proven ability to lead and mentor technical teams, ensuring seamless communication between shifts, motivating staff, and driving performance improvements across production and technical teams.
Process Improvement and Cost Reduction: Ability to recommend and implement manufacturing process improvements aimed at reducing costs, enhancing quality, and improving efficiency. Demonstrated success in optimizing system performance for better results.
Equipment Installation and Commissioning: Skilled in installing, commissioning, and starting up various systems, including solar systems, domestic and industrial systems, low and high voltages systems, power backup ups systems, water pumps, and complex machinery like, fmg machines .crushers and block-making machines and varieties of machines.
Technical Documentation and Reporting: Proficient in reading and interpreting technical manuals, electrical schematics, and maintenance records. Adept at preparing detailed maintenance reports and tracking performance metrics to ensure compliance with quality standards.
Production Scheduling and Setup: Experience in setting up and preparing machinery and work areas in accordance with daily production schedules, ensuring smooth and efficient operations in high-demand environments.
Quality and Safety Compliance: Strong focus on adhering to quality, occupational health, and safety standards (such as GMP, IEE, ISO and QHSE systems). Experience in inspecting and maintaining safety-critical equipment like boilers, air compressors, and security alarms.
Solar Energy Systems Expertise: Specialized knowledge in solar energy system installation, troubleshooting, and maintenance, including solar panels, water heaters, and solar-powered pumps. Adept at managing both solar and grid-connected systems.
Vendor Management and External Collaboration: Skilled in managing and supervising the work of external vendors, ensuring that all external services meet internal quality standards and progress is effectively communicated to management WORK EXPERIENCE
COMPANY: SBI COCA-COLA PLANT
COUNTRY: HARGEISA - SOMALILAND. – ( LAAS GROUP)
TITLE: ELECTRICAL TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR
DATE: Nov 2023 -CURRENT
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
• Provides additional fault-finding support and leadership to all technical & production teams.
• Provides specialist support on complex equipment or systems.
• Provides support to planners in preparation of work packages.
• Ensure adherence to Site Schedule and quality standard.
• Tracking maintenance performance against required standards and implementing improvements.
• Troubleshoot equipment and processing problems related to Product quality or to improve efficiencies.
• Recommend and improve manufacturing processes for cost reduction, quality improvement and efficiency.
• Effectively communicate with other departments and between Shifts.
• Set up presses and related equipment and work area according to daily production schedules.
• Train, mentor, and motivate production staff to excel in their Careers.
• Perform all other duties assigned
COMPANY: ALLBAN LTD]
COUNTRY: SOUTH OF SUDAN
TITLE: ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN /SUPERVISOR.
DATE: Sept 2022 – Sept 2023
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
Read, understand and apply technical. Information contained in third party manufacturing manual.
Test electrical systems and continuity of circuit in electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures, using testing devices such as ohmmeters, voltmeter, and oscilloscope, to ensure compatibility and safety of the system.
Maintenance and supervision of block making machine and crusher.
Keeping maintainers record of all workshop machines.
Installation, troubleshooting and commissioning solar system’s Read and interpret electrical schematics.
Conduct on-site facility assessments as part of a multidisciplinary team on existing buildings, evaluating building electrical systems
Perform initial solar systems startup Conduct on-site facility assessments as part of a multidisciplinary team on existing buildings, evaluating building electrical systems
Installation of both solar and grid water pumps
Inspect and perform corrective maintenance on circuit breaker, air compressor, stone crasser, pertains crane and hand tool.
Log all services and reports progress to managements
To stay up date with advances in electrical technology and industry best practices.
Inspect and supervises work done by external vendors
Perform maintenance on security alarms, electrical pneumatics, electronic control, SCADA systems and programmable control.
COMPANY: - LAAS GROUP (SOMALILAND)
COUNTRY: SOMALILAND
TITLE: TECHNICAL MACHINES OPERATOR /UTILITES TECHNICIAN DATE: OCT 2021-August 2022
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Ensuring equipment’s are maintained in good and safe condition.
Inspecting equipment’s to identify any replacement, malefactions and repairs.
Guiding junior operators in their assigned responsibilities.
Evaluating equipment performance and recommending improvement.
Recommending process improvements to enhances operational efficiency and safety.
Setting up production equipment and supplies before executing the job order.
Troubleshooting machines problems to determine actual faults.
Setting all machine operation information such as speed, size and shape into machines before it begin.
Operate, maintain and troubleshoot mixer, extruder, fryer, vertical fill form, and sealing packing machine
Preparer report, keep records and maintain logs.
Perform maintenance in all levels line machines, DG, air compressors and boiler.
Apply GMP and QHSE system respectively.
Monitor output and quality to spot any machine related mistakes or flow.
Collect and feed materials to semi-automatic machines.
Inspect part and machines to ensure there is smooth running of all operation
COMPANY: MILLBAKERS LTD
COUNTRY: KENYA.
TITLE: ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN, ASSISTANCES ASSET CARE- DATE: NOV 2018-SEP2021
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Managed electrical departments and all machine operators and printing department (inkjet)
Installed, repaired and maintained machines.
Inspection and maintenance of boiler.
Inspection of water treatment machine (RO)
Ensuring the team is performing the duties well
Liaised with maintenance engineers in carrying out facility inspection as per procedure.
Maintain record of all devices repaired/serviced.
Troubleshoot machines PLC, MOTOR DRIVES and pneumatic systems.
Ensure there is smooth flow of all machinery in the floor without breakdowns.
Performed boiler and oven burner maintainers.
Assisted maintenance supervisor in day-to-day work COMPANY: KENAFRIC BAKERY LTD
COUNTRY: KENYA.
TITLE: LINE TECHNICIAN.
DATE: OCT 2017-2018
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Performed preventive and corrective maintenance of mixer, blow lifter, divider, intermediate prover, molder, prover, tunnel oven, robots, deepener, cooling spiral, and packing machines.
Ensured efficiency, availability and reliability off machines is achieved at 90% despite technicalities.
Prepared maintenances reports.
Repaired part that needs welding both arc and tig.
Operated and maintained machines.
Troubleshoot and improved new and existing equipment, and to gather data to identify root causes and solution to production problems.
Troubleshoot machines PLC, MOTOR DRIVES and pneumatic system COMPANY: JIKACHI LTD COMPANY.
COUNTRY: KENYA.
TITLE: ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION TECHNICIAN.
DATE: MAR 2017-NOV 2017.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
Installed solar home system, solar panels and solar water heater, solar security and street lights, solar water pump and led lighting.
Troubleshoot solar electrical system.
COMPANY: KENGEN POWER PLANT LTD
COUNTRY: KENYA.
TITLE: ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN.
DATE: SEP 2016-NOV 2016.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
Operation, repair and maintenance. Of power plants, instrumentation, power system protection, switchgear, generator, transformers, motors, compressor and building services equipment /systems.
Test and calibration of electrical equipment
Adherences to quality, occupational health and safety standard
Collection of plant data.
Monitoring the operation of power plant to ensure that they are operating safely and efficiently.
Performing other task related to the operation, maintenance and repair of power plant EDUCATION
2015-2018: DIPLOMA IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
(POWER OPTION)
Kenya Institute of Highway and Building Technology (KIHBT), Pass 2009-2013: KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY
EDUCATION
Kiru Boys High School C+
LICENCES
Approved electrician by NCA, Reg No:
NCA/SW/P/2018/27454,
REFERENCES
1. RIAAN TELLIS
Utility engineer Laas group (SBI-SOMALILAND)
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2. Solomon Ngahu
Engineered Prowatt
Plant Manager
Mill Bakers
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3. Onyango Daniel Owino
Plant Manager and Engineer
Kingsmill, Eaton Ltd
Nairobi
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4. Peter Kochola
Engineer
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