Daniel Kiplagat, Senior Engineer

Daniel Kiplagat

Senior Engineer

Nation Media Group

Location
Kenya
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and communication engineering
Experience
19 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 1 Months

Senior Engineer at Nation Media Group
  • Kenya
  • My current job since January 2015

• Plan, Assign, coordinate, and review the work of maintenance staff using Mainsys software
• Manage and review daily operations of the plant
• Inspect the mechanical and electrical components of machinery and do necessary plans review
• Monitor the working condition of tools and ensure their proper storage
• Review daily maintenance reports, logs, records and provide direction
• Coordinate with the technical manager for maintenance schedules and procedures
• Analyze the failure and determine manufacturing defects in equipment and liase with manufacturer when necessary
• Identifying key areas of process improvement with preparation of engineering plans, schedules with timely service management.
• Supervising and monitoring project layouts, designs, repairs, and management functions during new press installation

Electrical/Electronics Engineer at Nation Media Group
  • Kenya
  • April 2008 to December 2014

• Handled maintenance, repair, and installation of machineries in plant
• Inspected and maintained Electrical equipment
• Oversaw and streamlined function of electrical systems
• Maintained motors, and Drives
• Conducted testing of production equipment on a regular basis
• Developed and implemented standard procedures
• Provided estimate for projects in terms of money, time, and labor
• Carried out process improvement Projects

Design Engineer at Power Technics
  • Kenya
  • April 2005 to March 2008

 Design and manufacture of BTS distribution boards.
 Design and manufacture of LV and HV switchboards.
 Design and manufacture of Motor Control Centers (with VSDs, soft starters, star-delta starters and DOL)
 Programming of Sepam protection relay with SFT2841 software
 Zelio Logic Relay Programming

Designs done with Eplan P8 software

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical and communication engineering
  • at Moi University
  • April 2004

Bachelors of Technology (Btech) in electrical and communication engineering is a five year course covering electrical, electronics and telecommunication engineering.

Specialties & Skills

Project Direction
Equipment Installation
Electrical Design
Maintenance Management
IT support