Charles E.M Kemboi

• Delivered end-to-end installation, commissioning, and servicing of medical refrigeration equipment across multiple countries.
• Commissioned vaccine cold-chain systems, ULT freezers, blood bank refrigerators, and solar refrigeration units in compliance with WHO PQS and manufacturer specifications.
• Activated, configured, and validated temperature monitoring systems and data loggers.
• Conducted site readiness assessments, power audits, and commissioning tests.
• Supported CCEOP deployments including verification, commissioning, training, and post-installation inspections.
• Prepared comprehensive IQ/OQ documentation, commissioning records, and field service reports.
• Trained Ministry of Health engineers, partners, and technicians on equipment use, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Provided advanced troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions via RTMD platforms.
• Coordinated spare parts, warranty interventions, and after-sales technical support.

• • Medical maintenance lead
  • Facilities management lead
  • Perform preventive maintenance or service such as cleaning, lubricating and adjusting equipment to include seven generators in the unit and Air conditioners.
  • Ensure all facility renovations, upgrades and/or construction meets all necessary safety standards as required by US and Kenyan law
  • Manage all facilities renovations, upgrades and/or construction within Kisumu footprint
  • Disassemble malfunctioning equipment and remove, repair and replace defective parts
  • Trouble shooting electronic equipments and generator automatic transfer switches.
  • Examine both electrical and medical equipment and facility's structural environment and check for proper use of equipment, to protect staff from electrical or mechanical hazards.
  • Test and calibrate components and equipment following manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools and measuring devices
  • Primary time keeper and work load manager for Kisumu medical and facilities maintenance
  • Inspect and test malfunctioning medical and related equipment following manufacturers' specifications
  • Ensure compliance with safety regulations
  • Keep records of maintenance, repair, and required updates of equipment
  • Update all customers e.g PI’s and Lab Managers on status of work orders
  • Train, explain and demonstrate correct operation and preventive maintenance of medical equipment to personnel
  • Study technical manuals and when available, attend training sessions provided by WRAIR or manufacturers to upgrade current knowledge
  • Plan and carry out work orders and taskings, using blueprints, schematic drawings, technical manuals, wiring diagrams, and liquid and air flow sheets, while following prescribed regulations, directives, and other instructions as required
  • Test, evaluate, and classify excess or in-use medical equipment and determine serviceability, condition, and disposition in accordance with regulations as well coordination with DOL USAMRU-K and WRAIR G4
  • Compute power and space requirements for installing medical equipment and install units to manufacturer’s specifications
  • Work closely with the medical maintenance team at WRAIR and keep designated personnel abreast of all relevant issues
  • Task subordinate Medical Maintenance workers and ensure timely compliance from HQ.
  • Servicing, installation and repair of both Electrical and Medical equipments and ensuring that they conform to GMP, GCP, GCLP.
  • Coordinate all repairs and implement action of both semi and annual preventive maintenance.
  • Test, evaluate and classify excess or in use electrical and medical equipments and determine serviceability condition and disposition in accordance with regulations
  • Define procedures to evaluate product performance and conduct bench top testing. Testing cover efficacy, reliability, verification and validation.
  • Installation and repair of Airconditioners, Fridges, kitchen and laundry equipments.
  • Servicing, repair and installation of water pumps and water distribution system.
  • Fill details of all repairs/service in work order forms and equipment log books.
  • Check malfunctioning electrical systems, load capacities and electrical machines
  • Performance management of section staff.

• Compute power and space requirements for installing medical equipments and electrical equipments to manufacturer’s specifications
  • Repair and maintain medical equipments
  • Evaluate maintenance cost with a view to reduce it
  • Put in place proper planned preventive maintenance
  • Repair of fridges, cold room and freezer
  • Ensure availability of records for accountability purpose

• Inspect and test malfunctioning medical and electrical equipments
  • Ensure there is proper power distribution and load balancing
  • Ensure compliance with safety regulations
  • Test and calibrate components and equipments following manufacturer’s manuals and troubleshooting techniques
  • Check on performance of fridges, freezers and cold room
  • Advice management on medical equipment purchase
  • Train the end user on proper use and care of medical equipment
  • Keep and Maintain records of medical equipments

Repair and maintenance of water dispensers and water heaters
• Maintenance and repair of kitchen equipments and fridges
• General plumbing and electrical work