mokoroalbert

Plant Engineer
Ksh200,000 / month

About Candidate

As a plant Engineer i deal with maintenance, troubleshooting, and improving plant equipment and systems to maximize production efficiency, reduce downtime, and ensure compliance with OSHA regulations. The role involves coordinating maintenance activities, managing engineering projects, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Location

Education

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Bsc. Mechanical Engineer 2011 - 2016
University of Nairobi

A bachelor's degree focused on design, analysis, manufacturing and maintenance of mechanical system.

Work & Experience

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Plant Engineer 4/05/2026
African Cotton Industries Ltd

Planning maintenance of all factory machinery, water and drainage system executing repairs and Root cause analysis to assist put in place counter measures to avoid recurring breakdowns and improve on equipment reliability as well as availability.

Managing and overseeing new production lines installation and commissioning, as well developing Standard operating procedure to ensure compliance with OSHA regulations.

Inventory management for both critical and non-critical spares for machinery to ensure optimum machinery availability.

Implementation of predictive, autonomous and preventive maintenance to ensure that plant machinery upkeep is more proactive than reactive.

Identifying any skill needs in my team and providing trainings.

Analyzing production processes and identifying opportunities for improvements.

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Factory Engineer January 2025 - April 2026
Alloy Steel Castings Ltd

Planning maintenance of all factory machinery, executing repairs and Root cause analysis to assist put in place counter measures to avoid breakdowns and improve on equipment reliability as well as availability.

Managing and overseeing new production lines installation and commissioning, as well developing Standard operating procedure to ensure all safety requirements are met.

Inventory management for both critical and non-critical spares for machinery to ensure optimum machinery availability.

Implementation of both autonomous and preventive maintenance to ensure that plant machinery is available for production.

Identifying any skill needs in my team and providing trainings.

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Production Engineer November 2023 - January 2025
Roofings Ltd

Planning production through monthly demand projections and customer orders.

Planning production lines’ maintenance and spare procurement (spares and tooling).

Taking charge of the production processes to ensure that quality standard is met and work goes on in safe and efficient manner.

Diagnosing any hiccups in the production processes and providing remedies as well as putting in place counter measures to help avoid reoccurrence.

Establishing SOPs (safe working procedures) and operation procedures that promote a safe working environment. Training engineering and production teams on the same.

Evaluating current production activities using statistical analysis and simulation to identify opportunities for process improvement.

Identifying and implementing process improvement opportunities to effectively utilize equipment and material to optimize the production processes.

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Shift Engineer July 2021 - November 2023
Roofings Ltd

Managing plant operations and production on shift, providing input to team leads regarding to areas for process and procedural improvement to meet required standards for finished products and operations.

Collaborating with internal teams to streamline operations across material handling, production and shipping to achieve Lean Manufacturing process.

Enhancing processes capabilities by pinpointing bottlenecks and working with section supervisors to resolve and ease workflow using RCA (Root Cause Analysis) and CAPA (Corrective Action Preventive Action).

Sampling and quality verification of finished products on shift as per set standards using TQM (Total Quality Management) and SQC (Statistical Quality Control) systems.

Allocate manpower to different machines according to product demand (customer orders- PULL) and monthly planned production (forecast demand-PUSH).

Troubleshooting equipment in case of failure to reduce service calls and downtime, reporting to maintenance for a follow up and proper record keeping.

Overseeing safety and security of factory and its occupants while on shift plus attending to emergencies.

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Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical) May 2019 - July 2021
Roofings Ltd

Plant Availability and reliability optimization through condition monitoring inspections (vibration & oil analysis, noise, speed, temperature and pressure measurements) of equipment improving equipment availability and OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness).

Analyzed failure records to help review our preventive maintenance routines and steer them towards failure modes to curb breakdowns and improve equipment availability.

Took charge of maintenance functions (breakdown and planned maintenance), working collaboratively with sanitation crews on shop floor upkeep to minimize on accidents and clean environmental compliance using 5-S system.

Conducted regular inspection on equipment to promptly identify abnormalities that could cause machinery failure and planning for correction to optimize machine availability.

Procured spares and kept track of critical spares inventory.

Condition monitoring and maintenance planning of auxiliary machines and utilities (generators, water pumps, overhead cranes, air compressors & compressed air line, blowers, fans, air conditioners and cooling towers).

Installation and commissioning of new lines.

Organized and directed maintenance shutdowns and startups utilizing LOTO procedures.

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Shift Engineer November 2018 - May 2019
Roofings Ltd.

Supervise operations and production in the whole plant while on shift.

Sampling and quality verification of finished products on shift as per set standards.

Allocate manpower to different machines according to product demand (customer orders- PULL) and monthly planned production (forecast demand-PUSH).

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Production Engineer October 2016 - November 2018
Wire Products Ltd

Performed RCA (root cause analysis) and implemented corrective maintenance.

Planned and coordinated production compiled and submitted production records on a monthly and yearly basis to assist in decision making.

Procured consumables, raw material and spares as well as stocks management and recommendation on min/max level of inventory for them.

Trained and mentored competent workforce to meet company needs and promote positive work environment using Tool Meetings.

Performed regular production studies and machine analysis to identify any quality and process unconformity and provided actionable solutions to minimize customer complaints using CAPA (Corrective Action Preventive Action process).

Used SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die) outlines to convert some internal changeover activities to external activities which lowered changeover time considerably

Skills

Project Management
90%
Plant operations Maintenance
87%
Preventive & Predictive Maintence
85%
RCA
85%