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Adamu Abdulai

Summary

I am intelligent, result-oriented & concentious senior electrical&instruentation maintenance engineer who believes in efficiency, experience & quality in projects ( maintenance) tasks execution to organisations with health,safety and environment at work place as my topmost priority within Budget,within schedule with the required resources. I am a senior Electrical maintenance engineer who offers the skills and experience with professional touch with or without pressure to organisations in any engineering maintenance tasks and I have over 10 years work experience in the Gold Processing Plant environment with international companies such as Gold Fields International and Asanko Gold Mine.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior electrical& instrument technician

Asanko Gold Mine Limited
08.2016 - 04.2022
  • As a member of electrical, automation & instrumentation team, we undertook electrical, automation & Instrumentation projects both industrial process plant & outside services installation of electrical machines& field instruments
  • As member of electrical, automation & Instrument team, we installed new & upgraded existing industrial automation Communication networks for new automation equipment
  • As member of electrical, automation & Instrumentation team, we installed, serviced, updated and maintained communication networks that included filed instruments such as level, pressure, flow & temperature sensors, flowmeters, transmitters etc
  • As member of electrical, automation & Instrumentation team, we installed, serviced, tested and calibrated all filed instruments that included conveyor systems, overhead maintenance cranes, gyratory crushing plants automation & instrumentation systems
  • As a member of electrical, automation & Instrument team we undertook electrical, instrumentation and control troubleshooting, diagnosing & maintenance of all field instruments, automation equipment such as HMI, AC Drives Softstarters PLC, SCADA systems etc
  • As a member of electrical, automation & instrumentation team, we conducted total shutdown, preventive & Corrective maintenance of all plant rotating machines including Ball and Sag Mills motors, Cyclone feed pump motors in the CIL Gold Process Plant
  • As a member of electrical, automation & instrumentation team, we conducted electrical, instruments & electronics maintenance, servicing and repairs of all the process plant machines including troubleshooting and diagnosing of electrical, electronic and instrumentation equipment
  • As member of electrical, automation & Instrument team we installed, commissioned and maintained industrial furnaces, Ovens, pulverizing machines, industrial extractor fans
  • As a member of electrical, automation & instrumentation team, we installed single and three phase AC/DC machines, servo systems, AC drives, & industrial pumps, power transformers, batteries & UPS
  • As a member of electrical & Instrumentation team we undertook electrical panel, installation, commissioning & maintenance of mine pit dewatering submersible pumps from 5kw to 315kw
  • As a member of Process Plant Electrical & Instrument team we scheduled, supervised contractors, skilled and unskilled labourers upgraded both low & high tension lines
  • As a member of electrical & Instrument team, undertook installation of power transformers, 215 kw tailings pumps that included standby generators on a power barge
  • Undertook safe startups and shutdowns of all Generators during power emergencies Serviced & maintained all Generators that included 2.5 MW emergency Generator for most critical equipment such as CIL agitators, Carbon screens etc
  • As a member of electrical & instrumentation team, we undertook Installation, commissioning and maintenance of power transformers, Generators & Mini-substations, ATS switches & Capacitor Banks, Medium Voltage Substation (11kV)

Senior electrical technician

Gold Fields Ghana Limited Damang Gold Mine (AGL)
01.2008 - 12.2016
  • As a member of electrical, automation & instrumentation team, we undertook electrical, automation & instrumentation tasks, Supervised, scheduled, managed, coordinated activities of skilled and unskilled staff in the daily process plant operations to achieve production targets
  • As a member of electrical, automation & instrumentation team, we installed, commissioned, maintained & transmitted and Distributed power energy (120V, 240V, 415V) volts to electrical machines such as pumps, conveyor motors and other controls systems and associated facilities
  • As a member of electrical, automation & instrumentation team, we prepared safety documents such as 'Job Hazard Analysis' 'Safe To Commence Work' etc and also ensure that all safety protocols are executed with due diligence that included all technical documentations
  • As a member of electrical, automation & instrumentation team we inspected, troubleshot diagnosed, tested, serviced, maintained, calibrated and overhauled wide variety of instrumentation & control equipment, electronic & electrical equipment and protective devices
  • As a member of electrical, automation & instrumentation team we installed single and three phase AC/DC machines, servo systems, AC drives, Softstarters etc
  • As a member of electrical team we installed and maintained power distribution systems (5KV and up), basic hydraulics and pneumatics systems, maintained crushers, vibrating screens (uphill and down hill) magnetic metal detectors and rectifiers, lock & alarm system, contacts relay and fire alarm system installations

Education

Masters of Science - Information Technology

BlueCrest University College
Accra
03.2025

PGD - Industrial Automation & Advanced Diploma in Process Automation

Technocrat Automation Institute
Chennai
04.2019

Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Dip) -

KNUST-School of Mines
12.2002

Advanced Level - science

Saint Johns Secondary
Sekondi
07.1996

Ordinary Level Science & Technical (GCE) - Ordinary Level Science

Ghana Secondary Technology School
Takoradi
06.1994

Skills

  • Good knowledge in maintenance and servicing of overhead cranes:5,10 & 50 tons overhead cranes
  • The use of electrical schematics,wiring diagrams & line diagrams for troubleshooting, diagnosing ,interpretation ,maintenance & repairs of electrical machines & equipment
  • PLC programming Siemens, Allen Bradley SCADA(Panel View Plus (AB),WINCC(SIEMENS)
  • Industrial ovens, furnace & extractor fans installation, maintenance & operations
  • Electrical installation,Maintenance,repairs , replacement and servicing of motors,Power Generators ,Mill motors
  • Installation and maintenance of industrial motor starters:DOL,Star-Delta starter,Forward &Reverse starter,Auto-Transformer starters, Variable Frequency Drives & Liquid Resistance Starters
  • Team leader
  • Time management
  • Attention to details
  • Multitasking Ability
  • Critical thinking
  • Troubleshooting skills
  • Effective communication
  • Gyratory (Cone crushers),Conveyor systems ,pumps etc

Personal Information

Passport Number: G2262149

Date of Birth:15/11/1976

Driving Licence:

Timeline

Senior electrical& instrument technician

Asanko Gold Mine Limited
08.2016 - 04.2022

Senior electrical technician

Gold Fields Ghana Limited Damang Gold Mine (AGL)
01.2008 - 12.2016

Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Dip) -

KNUST-School of Mines

Masters of Science - Information Technology

BlueCrest University College

PGD - Industrial Automation & Advanced Diploma in Process Automation

Technocrat Automation Institute

Advanced Level - science

Saint Johns Secondary

Ordinary Level Science & Technical (GCE) - Ordinary Level Science

Ghana Secondary Technology School

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