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Kitale, Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya

Passionate educator specializing in Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, adept at delivering engaging and inquiry-based lessons through lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials, and other dynamic learning environments. Key responsibilities include:🎓 Comprehensive Teaching & Curriculum Development: Designed and developed comprehensive teaching/learning materials, schemes of work, lesson plans, and training records to provide students with a robust educational foundation.📚 Proficient Instruction: Demonstrated expertise in instructing diverse mechanical and automotive engineering topics, fostering a supportive and stimulating learning environment.📝 Exam Administration & Evaluation: Actively participated in the creation, administration, and evaluation of internal exams and continuous assessment tests, ensuring fair and accurate evaluations.⏰ Deadline Management: Consistently met deadlines for subject delivery and examination management, ensuring a smooth and structured academic calendar.🔍 Research for Instructional Enhancement: Conducted valuable research under the guidance of senior trainers to enhance instructional approaches and stay at the forefront of educational advancements.📋 Supervision & Support: Provided valuable supervision and support to trainers' projects and practical assignments, nurturing their growth and development.👩‍🏫 Championing Women in Technology: Served as the Women in Technology Education and Development (WITED) representative for the Mechanical Department, advocating for gender diversity and inclusion in technical education.🚜 Dual TVET Curriculum Development: Successfully crafted the curriculum for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Mechatronics, enabling students to excel in the field of Dual TVET.🌐 Pioneering TVET Training: Played a vital role in the pioneering team of Dual TVET training in Kenya in collaboration with GIZ at Kitale National Polytechnic, contributing to the advancement of technical education.

Lokitaung, Turkana County, Kenya

My accomplishments include:🔧 Scheduled Timely Maintenance: Efficiently planned and executed scheduled maintenance for all heavy-duty construction machines and equipment, ensuring minimal downtime and peak performance.🛠️ Troubleshooting Expertise: Demonstrated strong troubleshooting skills, diagnosing causes of malfunctions and failures in heavy construction machines and equipment, swiftly resolving issues to minimize disruptions.💡 Strategic Spare Parts Management: Forecasted and procured spare parts, optimizing inventory for specific jobs and ensuring seamless operations.⏰ Rapid Breakdown Resolution: Proactively managed unplanned work resulting from breakdowns and emergencies, prioritizing tasks to achieve swift and effective solutions.📋 Streamlined Inspection Process: Developed comprehensive daily machine checklists, ensuring meticulous inspections and meticulous planning to address any identified faults promptly.🔍 Enhanced Production Efficiency: Monitored and calibrated automated systems, industrial control systems, and components, contributing to a significant increase in workshop productivity year over year.🔧 Ensuring Safety & Compliance: Ensured statutory inspection and calibration of construction machines and equipment for legal compliance and safety integrity. Implemented the company's Health and Safety policy, resulting in a safer working environment with reduced accidents and incidents.📈 Continuous Process Improvement: Spearheaded continual process improvement initiatives, boosting workshop productivity by approximately 7% annually.📚 Training & Development: Provided valuable on-the-job training, coaching, and mentoring to workshop technicians, fostering a skilled and motivated team.

Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

During my apprenticeship, I played a critical role in enhancing production efficiency and machine time availability through general and preventative maintenance of production machines and equipment. My accomplishments include:🔧 Committed Preventive Maintenance: Diligently performed all specified preventive maintenance tasks, including cleaning, inspections, lubrication, and scheduled maintenance, ensuring optimal machine performance.🏭 Operating Modern Production Line: Gained hands-on experience operating various equipment on a cutting-edge production line, contributing to a comprehensive understanding of manufacturing processes.⚙️ Boosting Machine Performance: Maximized machine performance and line efficiencies through routine maintenance, servicing ammonia systems, air compressors, and the steam boiler.⚒️ Swift Breakdown Resolution: Responded promptly to occasional line breakdowns, applying my mechanical expertise to ensure minimal downtime and high line utilization.🚀 Driving Process Improvement: Proactively sought ways to improve process functioning and enhance efficiency levels, contributing to a more streamlined and productive production environment.🔄 Continuous Improvement Feedback: Provided valuable feedback on the effectiveness of the preventive maintenance program, collaborating with the team to enhance its efficiency further.📊 Analyzing Breakdown Trends: Recorded and analyzed breakdown causes and corrective actions, identifying trends to implement preventive measures effectively.

Eldoret International Airport

As a dedicated Mechanical Facilities attaché, I was responsible for the seamless installation, maintenance, and operation of critical mechanical facilities, including air-conditioning, heating and ventilation, fuel water, sewage systems, and runway landing lights. Throughout my apprenticeship journey, I achieved the following significant milestones:🔧 Versatile Equipment Expertise: Proficiently inspected and rectified defects in a wide range of mechanical equipment, spanning escalators, lifts, boarding bridges, water pumps, conveyors, sewerage pumps, fire hydrant pumps, air conditioning, and ventilation systems.🛠️ Airport Scanning Machine Maintenance: Successfully conducted maintenance and servicing for airport scanning machines, ensuring their optimal functionality and adherence to safety standards.🔍 Thorough Periodic Inspection: Conducted thorough periodic inspections and maintenance of mechanical equipment, implementing proactive measures to prevent potential issues.🏗️ Air Conditioning System Installation & Maintenance: Part of the team that was installing air conditioning systems, diligently following maintenance plans to ensure consistent and reliable performance.

Nairobi County, Kenya

During my enriching internship experience, I gained a diverse set of valuable skills across various engineering disciplines and laboratory environments. These include:🔩 Workshop Expertise: Developed hands-on proficiency in welding, plumbing, and fitting, while also honing my skills in machine workshops, including turning, milling, hobbing, drilling, and threading.🔌 Laboratory Proficiency: Gained valuable knowledge in analogue, digital, and control laboratories, where I worked with amplifier circuits, microprocessors, and operational amplifiers (op-amps), deepening my understanding of electronic systems.💻 Computer Programming: Explored the world of computer programming through languages like C, C++, and Matlab, enabling me to implement algorithms and simulations for various engineering applications.🤖 Robotics Knowledge: Delved into the fascinating field of robotics, learning about the principles, components, and programming required to build and control robotic systems.🌾 CROPWAT Proficiency: Acquired expertise in using CROPWAT, a software tool for crop water management and irrigation planning, empowering me to address agricultural challenges.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Strategic Management., Ongoing

Bachelor Of Science, Mechatronic Engineering., 2Nd Class , Upper Division .

Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education