CV Profile No.52157

Experience in the following industries :

• Engineering, development studies
• Government services
• Industry, production, manufacturing and other
• Maintenance, servicing, after-sales services

Professional experience

• Maintenance Engineer
• Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe
• Since 10.2021
• As the Maintenance Engineer, I am accountable for the following: ● Ensuring good working conditions and safety standards are maintained within all areas of maintenance operations. ● Administering the Preventive and Predictive Maintenance program and review on a regular basis for the whole Plant from Crushers, Ball Mills, Vertical Roller Mills, Kilns and Packers ● Ensure the utilisation of feedback from inspection as the driver for maintenance operations. ● Plan and Schedule and prepare major shutdowns ensuring co-ordination with all departments. ● Custodian of the Pareto Analysis report as driver for equipment reliability and Root Cause Analysis ● Coordinate maintenance and availability of the Crushing Plant, Aggregates plant, Ball Mills, Kiln and Packing Plant. ● Ensure utilities (Compressors, Blowers and Pumps) are maintained to a high standard. ● Take leading role in the implementation and utilisation of Root Cause Analyses Techniques ● Ensure quality of technical specifications for spares and sub-contracted work, through the Planning Engineers. ● Preparation of the Maintenance budget (OPEX and CAPEX) and ensuring technical justification for major maintenance operations. ● Assist Maintenance Manager to analyse and propose solutions on recurring problems of equipment reliability or problems concerning safety and work conditions, within the framework of the Reliability Committee.

• Mechanical Engineer
• Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe
• 09.2019 - 10.2021
• ● Responsible for the health and safety of the mechanical department ● Responsible for the planning, maintaining and optimizing the cement plant operation. ● Manage the human resources in the mechanical department ● Budgetary and planning and cost control for ● maintenance of the plant – CAPEX & OPEX budgets. ● Monitoring mechanical maintenance cost on weekly, monthly and annual basis. ● Responsible for mechanical team and third-party execution quality of works ● Manage the planned maintenance system and events through ERP SAGE. ● Condition monitoring of the equipment by vibration analysis ● Provide technical analysis and maintenance on Crushers, Ball Mills, Vertical Roller Mills, Kilns and Packers ● Day to day co-ordination with subordinates and other concerned departments ● Troubleshooting of mechanical failures in the plant and proffer long lasting solutions ● Ensure the plant attains an MTBF of 120hrs andNet OEE > of 85%

• Maintenance Planning Engineer
• Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe
• 03.2018 - 08.2019
• My overall responsibility is to develop the most appropriate method and sequence of shut down and turnaround activities, in conjunction with the Projects and Maintenance Manager, in order to ensure that all planned maintenance and projects are completed timely, safely, and on budget. Duties: ● Ensure that safety is considered when developing every job plan. ● Handle long- and short-range planning. ● Maintain bill of materials (BOM) information for every asset within area of responsibility. ● Follow a daily routine of visiting work sites. ● Scope work and record decisions on Work Planning Checklists ● Determine appropriate level of planning for each new work order. ● Assign proper codes during work identification, control, and planning phases. ● Requisition services and materials for planned work. ● Reserve stock items for planned work. Develop planned work for the Weekly Work Schedule. ● Identify required permits. ● Determine the proper sequence of work activities. ● Estimate labour hours needed to perform work. ● Estimate costs, including labor, materials, and contract services, for each work order. ● Communicate Work Planning Package information to Maintenance Supervisor. ● Inform Maintenance Manager of abnormal or critical situations. ● Seek Maintenance Manager’s advice on matters outside the Planner’s knowledge or authority. Review work order feedback information to improve future planning efforts.

• Graduate Trainee
• Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe
• 01.2017 - 02.2018
• As a Graduate Trainee I was responsible for coordinating works in production from Quarry to Main plant shadowing the Production Engineer. Ensure machines achieve NAI and NOEE targets. Ensure production volumes targets are met. Responsible for Plant housekeeping, material movement and Safety, Health & Environmental issues within the department. Duties: ● EMS and safety ● Production planning and control ● Process optimization ● Quality assurance and reliability ● Ensure production volume targets are met from the Main Crusher and Aggregates plant ● Coordinating hauling of crushed stone from quarry to main plant ● General plant housekeeping