Maintenance Manager Inventory Control

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KEVIN OUMA OWINO

Email: **************.**@*****.*** Tel: +254*********

An experienced facilities and maintenance manager with experience in an agricultural setting, fast paced and start up environment, food processing, and running a critical facility. In addition, I am a registered graduate engineer with excellent background in mechanical and production engineering with extensive experience in asset management, production planning, manufacturing processes, managing maintenance budget and resources and assisting in the design and installation of new systems, and inventory control. Education

Moi University, Eldoret Main Campus, 2011 – 2016

B.Eng Mechanical and Production Engineering - Second Class Honors - Upper Division Sawagongo High School, 2006 - 2009

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

Bar Sauri Primary School, 1998 – 2005

Kenya Certificate of Primary Education

Professional Experience

Victory Farms Kenya Limited: Maintenance Manager – June 2023 to date A key member within Victory Farms Operations department responsible for managing and maintaining all the company’s equipment and facilities in Kenya as follows: 1. Manage workshop activities: heavy plant equipment and machinery repairs, farm automotive trucks, welding exercises, carpentry, plumbing, and refrigeration and cold storage equipment repairs.

2. Identify and ensure completion of corrective maintenance

• Conduct periodic inspections of facilities to identify and solve maintenance issues

• Diagnose, test, and measure equipment anomalies / faults, locate faults and identify Root Cause for Corrective Action to ensure continued operations and availability of the power in the plant/ equipment for optimal utilization of the equipment.

3. Complete preventative maintenance of equipment

• Identify and create, where necessary, preventative maintenance schedules for equipment and facilities with the goal of minimizing the amount of corrective maintenance

• Ensure adherence to maintenance plans to ensure equipment availability and minimize loss time

4. Manage mechanical, plumbing, and electrical contractors

• Hire and manage contractors to complete identified works as necessary, ensuring price and quality are met

5. Strategy development and implementation.

• Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice maintenance vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance, as well as new business initiatives and projects and review and communicate the impact on Maintenance activities.

6. Identify and procure parts

• Identify parts required to complete repairs and partner with procurement department to acquire required parts

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• Ensure appropriate warranties are in place and ensure VF gets best value from relationships with vendors

7. Perform other duties as may be assigned from time to time. Kentainers Limited: Maintenance Engineer – Aug 2019 to May 2023 Responsible to oversee coordination of all maintenance and production staff to ensure the company’s equipment and machinery runs smoothly and reliably by:

Leading the production, processing, and engineering team in the day-to-day operations of the company, including work schedules, equipment schedules, and service standards.

Troubleshooting machine breakdowns and providing preventive maintenance services by analyzing mechanical problems and implementing corrective action plans.

Scheduling and undertaking periodic maintenance on all mechanical equipment, components, and installations.

Providing prompt response to inquiries whenever there is a breakdown, and resolving the issue as quickly as possible.

Ensuring that equipment are in good working condition to prevent disruption of activities; installing fresh mechanical components and fittings; and recommending replacements for old or faulty mechanical components or fittings to the management.

Assist in forecasting requirements, creating a budget and scheduling expenses for the mechanical department; and performing energy audit and recommending alternative sources of energy to reduce energy cost.

Managing stocks of supplies and equipment, sourcing of spares and services from different suppliers/distributors to ensure their availability that guarantees minimum downtime on machinery, plant and equipment.

Evaluating job cards and optimal resource utilization, response time monitoring; and arranging third party contractors for jobs that cannot be handled in-house.

Establish goals and objectives for the mechanical team that are aligned with production and business goals whilst ensuring the equipments are properly maintained to meet production schedules and quality standards.

Initiating and driving improvements through training programs, capital projects, and other available means to continually focusing on controlling capital and maintenance spend, as well as improving productivity.

Evaluates performance of employees to determine development opportunities and training needs.

South Nyanza Sugar Company Ltd, Awendo – Kenya, February 2017 – November 2018. Technical Assistant

Supervising and working hand in hand with the mechanical engineering workshop technicians in their daily activities, and reporting to the workshop manager.

• Implementing and monitoring the plant maintenance operational plan and budget to ensure that the engineering workshop operates optimally and is aligned to the overall organizational goals and objectives.

• Planning and upholding plant and machinery maintenance activities by preparing daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual maintenance schedules that guarantee efficient utilization of energy and raw materials.

• Carry out regular inspection of the plant and machinery to proactively identify required repairs, spares, tools, equipment, and materials.

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• Record and document all repairs and maintenance works including the timelines such as expected review dates, next maintenance, or replacement. Agro-Chemicals and Food Company Ltd, Muhoroni – Kenya, July 2015 – September 2015 Mechanical Engineering Intern

Intensive engineering training on processing, manufacturing, and production technologies

• Trained on mechanical workshop maintenance and repairs, servicing and installation of plant equipment and machinery.

• Intensive training on plant safety issues.

Athi River Mining Ltd - Kaloleni Plant, Mombasa Kenya, July 2014 – October 2014 Mechanical Engineering Intern

Intensive training and induction to the health, safety, and handling of mining products and the manufacturing sector.

• Training on mechanical servicing and repair techniques.

• Day to day inspection of the plant machinery, servicing, and maintenance of cement production equipment and machinery.

Key Skills

Strong business acumen with sound business judgement and ethics

Good understanding of the OSHA Act.

Engineering drawing and simulation - Proficient in Autodesk AUTOCAD and Inventor.

Microsoft office - Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Publisher.

Troubleshooting/fault diagnosis of machinery and automotives.

Installation, servicing, repairs, and maintenance of plant equipment and machinery

Record keeping and documentation, research and report writing.

Excellent communication, numerical, and analytical skills. Interests

1. Playing handball - Part of the 2009 Sawagongo High School handball team up to the East African Championship.

2. Reading - novels, machine manuals, engineering journals and publications. References

1. Mr. David Ambuga – Senior Operations Manager; Victory Farms Kenya Tel: +254*********; Email: ***********@*****.***

2. Fredrick Arum – Quality Controller, Kentainers Limited. Tel: +254*********; Email: *************@**********.**.** 3. Eng. Patrick Mugenya - Mechanical Engineering Manager, South Nyanza Sugar Company Ltd

Tel: +254*********; Email: ********@*******.***

4. Eng. Paul Adede - Engineer, Moi Teaching and Referral Eldoret Tel: +254*********; Email: *.*****@*****.***

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