Wekesa CV

Curriculum Vitae
Electrical and Instruments Engineer

Emmanuel Khisa Wekesa
Cell: +254 726 597 218 /+254 733 646 947

Email: [email protected]
Profile.
Dedicated maintenance engineer offering 10+ years vast experience of successful team management in
maintenance & project driven role. Well versed with machines installations, commissioning and troubleshooting.
Proficient in SAP systems.
Proficient in reading and interpreting the P & I diagram and technical drawings. With knowledge of PLCs, VFDs,
DCS, servo motors and servo drive and power engineering.
Summary of Skills
Boiler operation & maintenance, deep knowledge of steam turbines, utilities such as chillers, cooling towers, air
compressors, UPS, Electrical machines, Programming with TIA portal, Simantic manager, Wincc, HMI and
Maintenance.
Professional Experience
Organization: Pearl Dairies ltd (Lato Milk)
Duration: July 2023 to date
Designation: Electrical Engineering Supervisor
Responsibilities:
• Execute planned and repair maintenance of plant machineries within the factory and the utilities
• Ensure compliance with statutory regulations (QMS, EHS, Weights and measure)
• Perform scheduled and unscheduled calibration checks on all instrumentation and control equipment,
updating calibration documents as required
• Evaluate reported challenges, prepare work plans and determine manpower requirements for scheduled
tasks and monitoring the results
• Managing spare parts inventory
• Assist in developing new installations drawings, data sheets and specification in compliance with industry
standards and safety regulation
• Liase with internal/external personnel and contracts maintenance providers for equipment maintenance,
troubleshooting and installation.
Organization: Bioline Agro sciences Africa (Dudutech IPM ltd)

Duration: September 2017 to June 2023
Designation: Electrical & Refrigeration lead
Responsibilities:
• Management of the maintenance and repair of all analytical equipment in the laboratory consisting of:
Autoclaves 1500L capacity, Bioflo 120 fermenter, Biosafety cabinets, Orbital shakers, incubators, climatic
chambers, water analysis, dehumidifiers, cold stores
• Troubleshooting and repair of laboratory instruments, Electrical and refrigeration processes.
• Organization, maintenance, review and writing of preventive maintenance procedures for electrical and
refrigeration.
• Organization of the internal and external calibrations of equipment in accordance with ISO 9001:2015
accreditation
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• Leads team and responsible for efficient operation and technical management of all electrical &
electronics equipment’s/machines and refrigeration systems at the company.
• Actively looked after the day-to-day maintenance of all electrical/ electronic equipment’s.
• Organized planned electrical preventive maintenance for all equipment’s and machines in coordination
with other departments and keep update records.
• Installed & commissioned all new machines, generators, PLCs, for production.
• Maintains service contracts for equipment’s and machines.
• Kept a comprehensive record of maintenance activities, calibration services and contracted labor
documentation.
Organization: Kenya Sweets ltd

Duration: July 2015 to August 2016
Designation: Electrical & Instrumentation Engineer
Responsibilities
• Ensure breakdown/diagnostic maintenance is done as required in accordance with agreed

procedures.
• Recommend replacement and/or upgrading of equipment.
• overseeing the installation of control and instrument systems in a variety of equipment
• provide timely and economic repair of faulty production instrumentation, electrical and control
equipment,
• Develop Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM), ensure full preventive maintenance is carried out, plan
in missed maintenance activities and lead team to deliver effectively
• Carry out preventive and corrective maintenance of production equipment in the factory.
• Installation, configuration, and commissioning of new VFDs
• Leads a multi –disciplinary team in RCPS sessions on RCA for electrical failures.
• Troubleshooting and maintenance of screw conveyors, powder mixers and all fill machines for chocolate
and icing sugar products, carton sealing machines and hand sealing machines
• Assist in establishing and maintaining scheduled maintenance programs for plant equipment.
• Maintain records, update drawings, and develop safety procedures.
Organization: Kwale International Sugar and 18 MW Power plant

Duration: July 2014 till July 2015
Designation: Instruments and Control Systems Senior Technician
Responsibilities:
• Read/interpret engineering drawings and manuals to install, calibrate, and maintain plant
instrumentation systems.
• Work from complex engineering and manufacturers drawings or manuals to complete projects and
assigned work.
• Use hand and power tools related to the instrumentation trades.
• Install and maintain drive systems such as variable frequency drives, eddy current, and DC drives.
• Install and maintain programmable logic control systems (PLC). Interpret and/or modify PLC control logic
as necessary.
• Install and calibrate pressure, temperature, flow, and level controls.
• Install, repair, and maintain assorted plant control and process monitoring instrumentation. This includes
electronic, pneumatic, hydraulic, and microprocessor-based control and monitoring systems.
• Observe installed systems to detect hazards and determine the need for adjustments or modifications.
Organization: Nzoia Sugar Company

Duration: June 2011 to June 2014
Designation: Instrument Technician
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Responsibilities:
▪ Installing, maintaining and repairing the entire measuring and control instruments
▪ Use pneumatic, electrical and electronic testing devices to diagnose fault i.e. fluke multimeters,
oscilloscope, signal generator(4-20mA)
▪ Maintenance and operations of the compressors (Atlas copco-chicago pneumatic, Ingersoll Rand)
▪ Calibration of I/Ps, magnetrol level controllers, auto valves of cashco and masonellian makes, RTDs,
thermocouples and transmitters-Fuji makes and the gauges.
▪ Controlling the steam flow transmitters and the alarm unit on the boiler of 27 tph and 54 tph
▪ Recommend adequate spare parts inventory to minimize equipment downtime.
▪ Daily monitoring of all the parameters of the turbine i.e., bearing temperature, speed, vibration,
abnormal sound, oil pressure, steam pressure and temperature of FCB and DR makes.
▪ Calibration and maintenance of sugar packaging machine, Bosch makes
Educational Qualifications
2005-2010 Bachelor of Science Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Egerton University
Attained: 2nd class Hons. Upper division
2000-2003 KCSE, Milo Secondary School, B+ (plus)
Training
• Certificate in Occupational, safety and Health committee
• Certificate in Boiler operation and Maintenance
• Certificate in ISO 9001:2015 audits
• Certificate in PLC trainings, Simantic Manager, TIA portal, HMI, Wincc
• Certified Kaizen Facilitator
• Certified TPM concept
Referees
❖ Mr. Xavier Bowen

Production Manager
Bioline Agrosciences Africa ltd
Cell phone: +254 722 891 704
❖ Mr. James Kokoyo

Operational, safety and health advisor
Email: [email protected]
Cell Phone: +254 727 043 288
❖ Mr. Moses Keya

Former Instrument Engineer
Nzoia sugar company ltd
Cell phone: +254 721 727 503
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Curriculum Vitae

Electrical and Instruments Engineer

Cell: +254 726 597 218 /+254 733 646 947

Organization: Bioline Agro sciences Africa (Dudutech IPM ltd)

Organization: Kenya Sweets ltd

• Ensure breakdown/diagnostic maintenance is done as required in accordance with agreed

Organization: Kwale International Sugar and 18 MW Power plant

Organization: Nzoia Sugar Company

❖ Mr. Xavier Bowen

❖ Mr. James Kokoyo

❖ Mr. Moses Keya

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