PURITY WANJIRU KINUTHIA
Kiambu
Summary
Dedicated and enthusiastic professional with 6 years’ experience in engineering and a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Seeking an opportunity with an established, goal-oriented, purpose-driven organization where I can bring immediate value and attain overall company goals.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Supervisor, Engineering
Bidco Africa Ltd.
01.2020 - Current
- Ensuring ISO compliance, including developing preventive maintenance schedules, trainings, ensuring statutory requirements, and active participation in improvement projects.
- Engaging in data entry for utility reports, spares reports, projects progress reports, and monthly reviews reports.
- Ensuring accurate maintenance records are updated.
- Facilitating timely procurement through follow-ups with Procurement for the delivery of necessary parts/spares for projects.
Management Representative, EnMS (ISO 50001:2018)
Bidco Africa Ltd (Additional role)
05.2021 - Current
- Maintain and implement the Energy management system
- Report to top management on performance of EnMS
- Collect energy use information and document over time
- Identify training gaps in terms of energy management
- Facilitate energy audits
- Coordinate the energy management team in formulating energy saving initiatives.
Engineering Assistant
Bidco Africa Ltd.
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Ensuring ISO compliance and implementing preventive maintenance for machines to enhance uptime and equipment reliability.
- Ensuring statutory compliance, planning and participating in departmental training.
- Preparing equipment checklists, monthly review reports, and periodic spares and utility cost reports while adhering to accuracy and attention to detail.
- Maintaining updated maintenance records, generating procurement comparison statements, and preparing technical reports for machines.
- Undertaking additional assigned duties.
Engineering Administrator
Chandaria Industries Ltd.
05.2018 - 12.2018
- Engineering section system compliance
- Workshop cost control
- Maintaining preventive maintenance and history cards for all plant equipment
- Accurately updating system records for Electrical, maintenance, and workshop requisitions
- Data entry for updating Steam consumption reports
- Condition monitoring of all plant equipment
- Issuing job cards and permits for various tasks
- Participating in Kaizen activities
- Performing other assigned duties.
Graduate Mechanical Engineer Trainee
Bidco Africa Ltd.
04.2017 - 04.2018
- Assisting in ensuring statutory requirements compliance
- Assist in Machines preventive maintenance schedules preparations
- Assist in preparation for the monthly Review reports (MRM) for engineering departments
- Coding of new engineering materials in SAP
- Ensuring timely and accurate completion of preventive maintenance and updating schedules and history cards.
- Wrote and revised maintenance procedures.
Technical Designer
Space Consult Ltd
10.2015 - 06.2016
- Design of power lines and development of cost estimates.
Engineering intern
Nampak Kenya Limited
- General repair and maintenance, Fabrication work, Workshop organization and safety and installation of gas and water pipes
Engineering trainee
Sarova Panafric Hotel
- General repair and maintenance
- Servicing of generators
- Refrigerators and air conditioning systems, Installation of pumps and motors.
Education
Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering), 2nd Class Honors, Upper Division. -
Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Kenya07.2015
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) -
Loreto High School- Limuru
Kiambu, Kenya11.2008
Skills
- Data entry
- Microsoft Office
- Preventive maintenance
- Time management
- Analytical skills
- Communication skills
- Typing speed and accuracy
- Organization
- Maintains confidentiality
Key Qualities And Skills
- Effective planning and organizational skills.
- Ability to work in a team.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proficient in MS Office suite of packages.
- SAP knowledge
- ISO Standards Knowledge
- Fast learner.
- Detail oriented and flexible
Accomplishments
- Implemented plant-wide equipment checklist reducing downtime by 20%.
- Established TPM, including AM & PM schedules, for the new Detergent plant.
- Documented technical details for all plant equipment.
- Received Energy Management Awards from KAM in 2018, 2019, and 2023.
- Streamlined manufacturing, cutting costs by 15% while enhancing product quality.
- Led an energy efficiency project, reducing carbon footprint by 30% and achieving cost savings via renewable energy sources.
Affiliations
Engineering Board of Kenya (EBK), B 20553
Languages
English
Kiswahili
Certification
Graduate Engineer, Engineers board of Kenya.
Timeline
Management Representative, EnMS (ISO 50001:2018)
Bidco Africa Ltd (Additional role)
05.2021 - Current
Supervisor, Engineering
Bidco Africa Ltd.
01.2020 - Current
Engineering Assistant
Bidco Africa Ltd.
01.2019 - 01.2020
Engineering Administrator
Chandaria Industries Ltd.
05.2018 - 12.2018
Graduate Mechanical Engineer Trainee
Bidco Africa Ltd.
04.2017 - 04.2018
Technical Designer
Space Consult Ltd
10.2015 - 06.2016
Engineering intern
Nampak Kenya Limited
Engineering trainee
Sarova Panafric Hotel
Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering), 2nd Class Honors, Upper Division. -
Kenyatta University
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) -
Loreto High School- Limuru
Graduate Engineer, Engineers board of Kenya.
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