أدريان Bekker, Deployment & Maintenance Engineer

أدريان Bekker

Deployment & Maintenance Engineer

TalusAG Renewables

البلد
كينيا - Nairobi
التعليم
بكالوريوس, Mechanical Engineering
الخبرات
8 years, 5 أشهر

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الخبرة العملية

مجموع سنوات الخبرة :8 years, 5 أشهر

Deployment & Maintenance Engineer في TalusAG Renewables
  • كينيا
  • يوليو 2023 إلى يوليو 2024

I was an independent contractor offering maintenance services for the first of its kind in the world green ammonia modular facility. This involved planning & implementation of maintenance strategies for the assets used in green hydrogen and green ammonia production. I was a key on site technical supporter of the engineering team in the deployment of additional assets to the facility as designs were rolled out into the facility. My duties also involved continuous improvement and monitoring as well as trouble shooting equipment failures and implementing corrective actions. I was successful and maintained zero lost time injury during all my services and was mindful of costs at all times as I engaged with suppliers and vendors. I provided weekly technical reports and updates on site status to the stakeholders including direct reports to the chief operations officer.

Projects Site Execution Mechanical Engineer في Sanergy
  • كينيا - Nairobi
  • فبراير 2022 إلى فبراير 2023

• Onsite projects execution support for the EPC team valued at approximately USD 350, 000 in the year 2022.
• Collaboration with stakeholders in quality, production and safety teams to deliver on projects that improved overall performance.
• Sizing, sourcing, installation & commissioning of a 25, 000 liter/hour UV unit for the borehole water at site.
• Successful sourcing, installation, and commissioning of a hydraulic weighing scale onto a production forklift thus reducing reliance on a floor mounted 5-ton scale. Decreasing production cycle time as a result.
• Successful selection, installation and commissioning of a tractor driven windrow turner from Austria for compost production.
• Saved costs for the organization by sourcing and machining HARDOX 400 wear plates locally for the repair of heavy plant machinery cutting blades used in our processes.
• Successful local fabrication, installation, and commissioning of a 1.2 ton hydraulically actuated forklift bucket to optimize feed loading operations of the facility.
• I led the mechanical plumbing scope for a large site-based staff canteen able to accommodate up to 200 persons at a time.
• I coordinated work streams & activities between the in-house engineering team, contractors & vendors.
• As a lead project lead, I was able to successfully trouble-shoot & determine the cause of the site borehole water supply shortage and lead the support of a vendor to rehabilitate the borehole. This ensured operation could return to full capacity.
• Led the successful retrofit of several 21ft containers into warehousing space.

Engineering Business Partner في Unilever - Kenya
  • كينيا - Kericho
  • يناير 2020 إلى فبراير 2022

I offered engineering support as a business partner to the largest tea plantation in Africa. My role was to support 8 tea production factories and multiple tea estates/plantations to meet engineering targets and deploy engineering CAPEX projects. I was involved in multiple projects across the board of the organization from manufacturing engineering to maintenance of infrastructure and assets.

Technical Sales Engineer في Technica International
  • كينيا - Nairobi
  • يونيو 2019 إلى يناير 2020

Supplying innovative automated solutions and complete integrated lines for the FMCG sector.
Sales Engineer Responsible for the Kenya Market.

I Successfully supported the Technica International team to introduce robotic goods & services to the Kenya market .

Engineering Consultant في Kilimanjaro Plantation Limited
  • تنزانيا - Moshi
  • ديسمبر 2018 إلى أبريل 2019

Annual engineering & maintenance support for one of the largest coffee plantations and factory in Tanzania. I provided my services as a consultant in preparation for the yearly coffee harvest.

Senior Mechanical Maintenance Technician في MENABEV
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - جدة
  • سبتمبر 2015 إلى أكتوبر 2018

Maintenance & Engineering of a High Capacity FMCG Beverage Production Plant.

I worked with a variety of equipment subsystems such as fully automated high bay warehouse, Central utilities building complete with ammonia refrigerant plant system, high speed packaging lines, facilities water treatment & wastewater treatment & material storage vessels.

الخلفية التعليمية

بكالوريوس, Mechanical Engineering
  • في University of Botswana
  • أكتوبر 2014

Specialties & Skills

Engineering Design
Site Supervision
Project Management
Plant Maintenance
Process Manufacturing
Stakeholder Management
Technical Reports
Maintenance Engineering
Installation
Maintenance Management
Management
Project Management
Preventive Maintenance
Maintenance

اللغات

العربية
مبتدئ

العضويات

Professional Association of Dive Instructors
  • Professional Open Sea Diver Up to 30 meters depths
  • January 2016
Engineering Board of Kenya
  • Registered Mechanical Engineer
  • April 2017

التدريب و الشهادات

Emergency Response Planning (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
PEPSI
Hazard Identification (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
PEPSI
Production Systems (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
GEA
Manufacturing Plant Flow Components (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
GEA