Emmanuel Waweru - PEng (T)
Arusha
Summary
Practical, highly skilled, priority driven individual demonstrating out-of-the-box thinking. Optimizes cost-effective operations and improves safety by scrutinizing existing practices. Effective communicator and a team builder toward achieving set KPIs.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Reliability Engineer - Optimization
Illovo Sugar Company - Kilombero Tanzania
Morogoro
09.2022 - Current
- Contribute to the in-Country Optimization Strategy with the objective of effectively optimizing machine maintenance and cost of Illovo’s production.
• Conduct reliability analyses and use the statistical data to drive machine reliability initiatives that will deliver products at volume, cost and quality levels that drive profitability.
• Drive synergies with the group, effectively partnering with group counterparts to identify and share opportunities for production optimisation.
• Provide expertise on complex, multi-faceted reliability issues, support and advise on solutions.
• Set direction, implement and monitor continuous improvement by driving work practices, and ensuring that tools and techniques are being applied to optimise operations and deliver high quality products made in a safe and sustainable manner at the optimum recovery rate.
• Contribute to maintenance plan and monitoring of compliance.
• Conduct regular internal and external benchmarking exercises to identify and develop maintenance and reliability best practices and improvement opportunities.
• Manage and coordinate sharing of identified best practices, learnings, quick wins, frameworks and minimum standards within function across entities and through the Head Office platform and provide additional opportunities for problem identification and knowledge sharing and collaboration.
• Address all technical risk audit findings and ensure these are managed through the site risk governance processes.
Mechanical Engineer maintenance
Illovo Sugar Company - Kilombero Tanzania
Morogoro
11.2019 - 08.2022
- And projects
- Plan and supervise the daily work and performance
- Develop maintenance budget
- Monitor performance, support and advice teams in problem solving
- Monitor standards for setting, operating and maintaining equipment
- Leverage available support from factory optimization
- Ensure continuous improvement by implementing functional best practices
- Identify learning and development needs within the team and manage training
- Monitor performance and take corrective action where required
- Supervise projects and ensure timely delivery and within budget
- Leverage data from CMMS (MAXIMO) to assure plant reliability.
- Performed routine, scheduled maintenance work and responded to equipment faults or defects for all plant and machinery.
Production Assistant
VETA
Arusha
02.2010 - 03.2016
- Vocational Education and Training Authority (VETA) Budget preparations
- Plan and oversee vehicle maintenance, fuel management and scheduling
- Plan and implement income generating activities for sustainability
- Maintenance of organization infrastructure Teach and train engineering droughting skills
- Completed and filed paperwork for reporting and administrative purposes.
- Managed personal workload to maximise productivity and adapt to changing needs of teams.
- Communicated clearly with people at different levels in fast-paced environment.
Project coordinator and research assistant
Innovative Technology and Energy Center
Arusha
02.2010 - 03.2016
- Conduct baseline surveys for installation of energy projects
- Support Installation projects for 40 kW off grid solar plants
- Installation and maintenance of solar water pumping system
- Installation of a USD 10,000 research weather station
- Project data collection, analysis and presentation.
- Maximised communication and transparency between clients, internal departments and stakeholders.
- Procured resources and supplies to facilitate smooth project execution.
- Collaborated with project teams in gathering user requirements and developing project plans.
Technical Assistant
Skytel Ltd
02.2009 - 01.2010
- Work scheduling, implementation and supervision
- Plan and carry out Maintenance and repair of company equipment Presenting monthly reports of project progress to project manager Support projects technical casual labor recruitment
- Technical labor supervision
- Resolved technical issues using fault diagnosis and root cause analysis.
- Promoted value for money through responsible procurement and cost saving measures.
Education
Masters of Science - Sustainable energy science and engineering
Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology
2020
Bachelor of engineering - Mechanical engineering
Mbeya University of Science and Technology
diploma - Mechanical engineering
Arusha Technical College
Certificate of secondary education -
Challa Secondary School
Skills
- Good communication and presentation skills gained through chipping in different presentations (Graduate seminars, workshops) and work-related reporting
- Organizational / Managerial Skills
- Excellent time management
- Microsoft word, excel, PowerPoint, internet
- AutoCAD, Solid works, Origin Lab
- Computerized maintenance management system, CMMS (Maximo) -
- 5-why analysis
- Risk assessment
Attention to detail
Accomplishments
- Memberships Engineers registration board (ERB) - Professional Engineer
- Engineers without borders Tanzania, EWB (T) - Member
- Tanzania Renewable Energy Association (TAREA) - Member
- Article Title: Effect of Antioxidants Extracted from Clove Wastes and Babul Tree Barks on the Oxidation Stability of Biodiesel made from Water Hyacinth of Lake Victoria Origin - Waste and Biomass Valorizations, Springer:
Additional Information
- Illovo Asset Management Programme - iAMP (Engineering best practices)
- Illovo fundamentals of Safety, Health, Risk and Quality (SHERQ)
- Occupational health and safety (OHS) for engineers
- Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA)
- Fire warden course
- First aid course
- SPWS37 Solar Powered Water Systems: An Overview of Principles and Practices- Cap-Net, RWSA, water mission, UNICEF
- Design factory Korea (DFK) - Social approaches to engineering solutions (2019)
Languages
English
Intermediate
Swahili
Native
Referees
1. Oscar Mwasanga,
Factory Manager,
Illovo Sugar - Kilombero
omwasanga@illovo.co.tz
+255 682820335
2. Dr. Thomas T. Kivevele
Lecturer, NM-AIST
thomas.kivevele@nm-aist.ac.tz
+255 714 120 930
Declaration
I hereby declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that the information given in this resume correctly describes my skills, qualifications, and experiences.
Signature: Date: 15th february 2023
Timeline
Reliability Engineer - Optimization
Illovo Sugar Company - Kilombero Tanzania
09.2022 - Current
Mechanical Engineer maintenance
Illovo Sugar Company - Kilombero Tanzania
11.2019 - 08.2022
Production Assistant
VETA
02.2010 - 03.2016
Project coordinator and research assistant
Innovative Technology and Energy Center
02.2010 - 03.2016
Technical Assistant
Skytel Ltd
02.2009 - 01.2010
Masters of Science - Sustainable energy science and engineering
Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology
Bachelor of engineering - Mechanical engineering
Mbeya University of Science and Technology
diploma - Mechanical engineering
Arusha Technical College
Certificate of secondary education -
Challa Secondary School
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