SHARON KINYUNGU

• Collaborated with Engineering Procurement and Construction teams, coordinating site projects, optimizing resources allocation, and ensuring adherence to budgets
• Executed project plans within established timelines, managing diverse teams to maximize performance and meet industry standards
• Led end-to-end procurement processes, including RFQ, RFPs, negotiations, and contract drafting, enhancing project cost effectiveness
• Managed budgets and implemented cost control measures, engaging with stakeholders such as clients, authorities and communities
• Conducted risk analysis and proactive planning to mitigate potential project risks, maintaining rigorous standards
• Directed project tracking and analysis for comprehensive EPC project reporting, ensuring clear communication across all levels
• Facilitated knowledge sharing at project closure, maintaining meticulous project database and documentation
• Oversaw meeting protocols, including minute taking and distribution, fostering team cohesion and knowledge sharing.

Notable Achievement:

Optimized service delivery for Quality Projects (Percentage: 10%): Effectively integrated project management expertise into EPC projects, resulting in a 15% improvement in project quality and durability. This contributed to the delivery of projects that exceed industry standards while being sustainable.

• Successfully coordinated completion of 5 major HSSE projects from project development, through execution to change management within one year, resulting to 20% increase in overall productivity for HSSE department as well as increased safety among employees
• Managed HSE Standardization project from conception to completion, delivering it three weeks ahead of schedule and within budget while maintaining high-quality standards, resulting in 99% project success rate
• Played key role in enhancing stakeholder satisfaction by proactively addressing their concerns and maintaining clear line of communication
• Successfully reduced procurement costs in HSSE Projects by 27% through strategic negotiations, bid analysis, and cost-effective vendor selection
• Improved Safety records- Developed, implemented, facilitated and sustained utilization of employee safety committee and behavioral based safety training which subsequently reduced LT from 16 to 5 incidents per Quatre
• Served as communication node between administration team and different teams.

• Implemented standardized workflows in larvae grow rooms through, SOPs, Work Instructions, Process Confirmations and Leader standard Work, ensuring consistent feed loading capacity (3.13 tons/bed) and maintaining loading time at 15 minutes/bed
• Achieved uniformity in production processes, optimizing efficiency and quality.

• Publication: Kinyungu, S. W., Agbessenou, A., Subramanian, S., Khamis, F. M., & Akutse, K. S. (2023). One stone for two birds: Endophytic fungi promote maize seedlings growth and negatively impact the life history parameters of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. Frontiers in Physiology, 14, 1253305.

• Identified most potent endophytic isolate that could be used to develop endophytic- based biopesticides that could be integrated as a component in fall armyworm management strategy.

• Participated actively in regular meetings with fellow researchers to discuss project updates, challenges faced, and lessons learned during ongoing activities.
• Supported project- based data collection and data entry.
• Drafted project reports for documentation of progress and technical deliverables.
• Gathered, arranged, and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations.

• Publication: Kinyungu, S., Isakeit, T., Ojiambo, P. S., & Woloshuk, C. P. (2019). Spread of Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin accumulation in post harvested maize treated with biocontrol products. Journal of Stored Products Research, 84, 101519.

• Assisted in developing training material and facilitated training of faculty from National University of Saint Augustine of Arequipa, Peru, on postharvest handling, storage practices and analysis of aflatoxin in grains
• Learned project planning and execution, data analysis, scientific writing, and reporting skills.

• Monitored operations to ensure high production standards and quality.
• Effectively performed quality control tests to ensure customer specifications are met.

• Researched on susceptibility profiles of Escherichia coli from blood samples from patients from Mbagathi General Hospital- Nairobi; supervised by Dr. John Kiiru (KEMRI) and Prof. Maina Wagacha (University of Nairobi).