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SETH KWAKU APETI

Tema

Summary

Experienced mechanical professional with a strong background in equipment maintenance and repair. Dedicated to making a significant impact on industrial development through effective leadership, skill, and integrity. Committed to contributing to team goals and known for reliability and adaptability in meeting changing needs while consistently delivering high-quality results. Possesses expertise in diagnostic assessments, preventive maintenance, and system optimization, ensuring optimal performance and efficiency.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Mechanical Technician Engineer (Supervisor)

Volta River Authority
02.2020 - Current
  • Company Overview: Thermal Generation Dept
  • 220MW Thermal Power Station, Kpone, Tema
  • Assistant Team Lead/Control Room Operator: GT Start Up, Monitoring, Analyzing and Control of performance of GT, GT shutdown, Safety Permit Preparation and Issuing, Carrying out Technical/Dynamic Risk Assessments,Writing Standard Operating Procedures, Monitoring and Analyzing performance of balance of Plants.
  • Ensuring Emergency diesel Generator is available and reliable and in auto ready.
  • Perform reliability checks on plants and apparatus in service.
  • Serve as Station Emergency Response Communicator.
  • Carrying out authorized roles in accordance with safety regulations.
  • Performing routine chemical analyses and maintaining chemical parameters within prescribed limits.
  • Maintaining shift operation records and preparing reports on plant operations.
  • Monitoring equipment, diagnosing problems, and reporting abnormal conditions for corrective action using the work management system(ORACLE/EAM).
  • Possessing a solid understanding and ensuring reliability of power plant firefighting systems.
  • Conducting preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance on electrical module HVAC system, and Pulse air compressor air dryer unit and other routine maintenance tasks.
  • Utilizing DCS for switching high voltages of 161KV, 11.5KV, and 6.6KV.
  • Isolating high-voltage apparatus for maintenance work in accordance with safety regulations.
  • Preparing and checking the Order to Operate (OTO) and executing Lock Out tag Out.
  • Restoring the entire station in the event of total or partial loss of supply to the plant and training and developing staff as required.
  • Carrying out project work and activities as assigned.
  • Executing innovative ideas for continuous improvements.


Mechanical Technician Engineer

Volta River Authority
07.2014 - 01.2020
  • Company Overview: Thermal Generation Dept
  • 220MW Thermal Power Station, Kpone, Tema
  • Team Member/Field Operator: Pre- start checks, monitoring and reporting of anomalies for GT Operation.
  • Carrying out checks on Emergency diesel Generator to ensure it readiness,.
  • Operation and Maintenance of Balance of Plants (Water treatment plant, Fuel oil treatment plant, Natural Gas metering and regulation, Hydrant, CO2 and Deluge Firefighting systems, LV and HV Switchgear).
  • Perform system Isolations for maintenance and Restoration after maintenance in accordance to safety regulations.
  • Carry out Planned Preventive Maintenance and Performed Scheduled Test Runs
  • Carrying out authorized roles in accordance with safety regulations.
  • Performing routine chemical analyses and maintaining chemical parameters within prescribed limits.
  • Monitoring equipment, diagnosing problems, and reporting abnormal conditions for corrective action using the work management system.
  • Demonstrating complete working knowledge of creating, closing, and tracking “work requests” (WR), as well as initiating or responding to work orders and verifying their completion.
  • Serving as an incident communicator during emergencies.
  • Possessing a solid understanding of power plant firefighting systems.
  • Conducting preventive maintenance and other routine tasks.
  • Isolating high-voltage apparatus for maintenance work in accordance with Order To Operate (OTO) prepared and execute Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO).
  • Restoring the entire station in the event of total or partial loss of supply to the plant.
  • Carrying out project work and activities as assigned


Mechanical Maintenance Engineer (Packaging)

Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited
07.2013 - 06.2014
  • Team Lead: Performed planned preventive maintenance, condition based maintenance, corrective maintenance, shutdown maintenance on bottle filling machine, Unpacker, Packer, Palletizer, De-palletizer, Labeler, bottle washer and conveyors for an average of three by fifty thousand (3 x 50000) bottles per hour lines in conformance with engineering and safety standards
  • Analyze line performance to determine overall equipment efficiency.
  • Execute continuous improvement projects.
  • Provided technical input into budget allocation and packaging maintenance plan.
  • Provide inputs into maintenance planing and scheduling.
  • Perform Technical/Dynamic Risk Assessment for all tasks to achieve zero incident.
  • Prepare LOTO isolation, Issue and Cancel Safety Permts
  • Liaised with engineering stores to maintain adequate spares for machinery
  • Managed the human resources to achieve expected outcomes
  • Provided training for teammates to improve their technical capabilities so as to enhance performance on the job using manufacturing excellence tools such as Root Cause Problem Solving (RCPS), Lean Methods (5S), Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Waste reduction (JIT), Improve efficiency using Right First time (RFT) approach, Continuous Improvement with a Plan Do Check and Act (PDCA) approach, etc.

Utilities Engineer (Engineering)

Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited
12.2011 - 06.2013
  • Team Lead: Perform effective and efficient maintenance on all utility plants (Steam boiler, Ammonia Refrigeration Plant, Air Compressors, Emergency Diesel Generator, CO2 Generation plant, CO2 Recovery plant, Water Treatment plant and Waste water treatment plant) to ensure uninterrupted supply of quality steam, water, air, cooling and CO2 to the Brew house and Packaging
  • Effective management of resources i.e Fuel oil for steam boilers, Refrigerant for refrigeration plant, Monoethanolamide(MEA), potassiumpemangate(PPM) and Soda ash for CO2 generation plant, Lubricants for compressors, Chlorine for water treatment, etc.
  • Managed stock levels of water,CO2,diesel,etc. and advised for management action.
  • Serve as Project coordinator for all major projects in the section.
  • Execute all minor projects for continuous improvement in accordance to safety
  • Write and document standard operating procedures.
  • Managed test runs of redundant plants.
  • Managed service level agreements with external contractors.
  • Managed and track inspections of all pressure vessels by factory inspectorate.
  • Managed the human resources for efficient and effective operation of the plants
  • Provide technical inputs to the budget for the section
  • Liaised with engineering stores to maintain adequate spares for the plants
  • Ensured operating and maintenance activities are performed in accordance to safety regulations

Utilities Mechanical Technician operator (Engineering)

Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited
12.2007 - 11.2011
  • Team Member: Operate and maintain Steam boilers, Refrigeration plant, Air Compressors, Water treatment plants, Waste water treatment plants, CO2 generation plant and CO2 recovery plants
  • Carry out test runs on Emergency Diesel Generators and all redundant plants.
  • Report anomalies using SAP to raise notification and work requests.
  • Perform routine maintenance and preventive maintenance.
  • Supported brew house and packaging during overhaul/shutdown maintenance
  • Performed general plant maintenance and minor projects

Mechanical maintenance technician – National Service Personnel

Pioneer Food Cannery Ltd.
10.2006 - 08.2007
  • Operation and maintenance of Steam boiler, waste water treatment plant, water treatment plant and Refrigeration plant
  • Maintenance of filler and seamer machine
  • Maintenance of forklift and vehicles
  • Supported with workshop activities i.e welding and fabrication
  • Perform general plant maintenance
  • Perform administrative duties

Education

B Sc. (Hons) - Mechanical Engineering

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
12.2013

HND - Mechanical Engineering (Plant Option)

Accra
10.2006

S.S.S.C.E -

Koforidua Sec. Tech. School
08.2001

Skills

  • Analyzing systems and fault finding
  • Continuous improvement to enhance efficiency
  • Computer Maintenance Management System (SAP and EAM/Oracle)
  • MS Office (Word, Excel,Project)
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Planning
  • Teamwork
  • Multi-project coordination
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Resource and cost management

Certification

PE-GHANA INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERING

Leadershipandachievements

  • Developed a standard operating procedure for carrying out fire water flow testing with NFPA25 guidelines.(Volta River Authority)
  • Design, fabrication and installation of overhead crane ( ZOOMLION, Adjen Kotoku).
  • Supervised the Installation of carbonation plant (Christian University,Amasaman)
  • Supervised the Installation of a PET pelletizing machine line. (Suhum)
  • Supervised the construction, fabrication and installation of water pipelines, air pipelines, HVAC ducts, cooling tower, Steam boiler, reverse osmosis system and steam pipelines for a pharmaceutical company as local contractor for Sushen medicamentos.(Tema, Mikado pharmaceuticals.)
  • Selected to join the GE Field Core team for major maintenance on GT11N2 Alstom Gas Turbine.(Volta River Authority)
  • Supervised an overhaul of krones lavatec 40kbph bottle washer without technical assistance from the OEM.(Guinness Ghana, Achimota site)
  • Achieved Zero waste to landfill as acting Environmental manager at Guinness Ghana (Achimota Site).
  • Installed hydrogen gas extractor as a modification to a Krones washer saving the business from purchasing a new one with that capability.(Guinness Ghana, Achimota site)
  • Initiated the transportation of paper waste to reduce waste to landfill in Guinness Ghana (Kumasi site) by 30%.
  • Resolved water wastage on krones pasteurizer from 104m3 per day to 14m3 per day foe standard operation. (Guinness Ghana, Achimota site)
  • Resolved wastage of CO2 from 9tons to 4tons daily average.(Guinness Ghana, Achimota site)
  • Designed, Fabricate and Installed a Float and Board level indicator for Ten(10) 1200m3 water tanks.(Guinness Ghana, Achimota site)

Training

  • Power operator capacity building (Canada)
  • Gas Turbine operation and maintenance (Alstom)
  • Centrifuge operation and maintenance (Westfalia)
  • Steam Boiler operation and maintenance (Sackee)
  • WWTP operation and maintenance (Waterloo)
  • WTP operation and maintenance (TRITON RO/EDI)
  • Reliability Centered Maintenance (GGR Associates)
  • Safety Permit Issuer
  • Fire Warden and First Aid

Timeline

Mechanical Technician Engineer (Supervisor)

Volta River Authority
02.2020 - Current

Mechanical Technician Engineer

Volta River Authority
07.2014 - 01.2020

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer (Packaging)

Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited
07.2013 - 06.2014

Utilities Engineer (Engineering)

Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited
12.2011 - 06.2013

Utilities Mechanical Technician operator (Engineering)

Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited
12.2007 - 11.2011

Mechanical maintenance technician – National Service Personnel

Pioneer Food Cannery Ltd.
10.2006 - 08.2007

HND - Mechanical Engineering (Plant Option)

Accra

S.S.S.C.E -

Koforidua Sec. Tech. School
PE-GHANA INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERING

B Sc. (Hons) - Mechanical Engineering

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
SETH KWAKU APETI