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Emmanuel Mulenga

Emmanuel Mulenga

Tsumeb

Summary

Proactive Industrial Automation Specialist possessing in-depth knowledge of various Software programming languages and best practices for development.


Solutions-based collaborator well-versed in testing and simulating Industrial automated machinery, developing and implementing automated testing methodologies and supervising testing activities.


Offering 10 years of experience in Instrumentation & Process Control Systems Software Engineering: DCS Systems ,SCADA Systems, Safety Systems and PLCs.


Industrial Networking and Cyber Security and Process Historian add to my my Specialized areas of working experience and Skills.



Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Automation Specialist

Dundee Precious Metals Tsumeb
Tsumeb, Africa
08.2008 - Current

Responsibilities:

Copper Smelting Furnace / Oxygen Plant / Sulphuric Acid Plant / PS (Pierce Smith) Copper Blister Converters


  • Troubleshoot and eliminate control systems issues and handle controls projects.
  • Develop new control and monitoring systems conforming to ISA and CSI standards.
  • Interface with equipment vendors and contractors to troubleshoot and resolve startup issues.
  • Develop and document new PLC control systems from concept to qualification.
  • Troubleshoot problems with current PLC and DCS control systems.
  • Offer controls engineering support to plant operations.
  • Adhere to Industrial Networking and Cyber Security conforming to ISA/IEC

Control and Instrumentation Technician

Hippo Valley Estates (Tongaat Hullets)
Chiredzi, Zimbabwe
02.2007 - 08.2008

Responsibilities:

Sugarcane Milling Plant / Sugarcane Refinery & Processing Plant / Sugar Packaging Plant


  • Installing, maintaining, repairing, and troubleshooting control devices such as thermostats, timers, switches, pressure gauges, flowmeters, or other devices used to measure or regulate conditions in a facility or process being controlled
  • Performing analyses to design industrial controls systems that meet safety requirements and specifications, including selecting instrumentation and controls based on performance requirements
  • Monitoring equipment performance and making adjustments as needed to maintain optimal performance levels
  • Testing and calibrating equipment to ensure that it is operating correctly
  • Conducting research to develop new technologies or improve existing equipment

Control and Instrumentation Technician

Hwange Colliery Company
Hwange, Zimbabwe
02.2005 - 02.2007

Responsibilities

Coal Mining / Coal Processing / Coke Processing / Coke Gas Processing / Tar & Benzol Processing


  • Installing, maintaining, repairing, and troubleshooting control devices pressure gauges, flowmeters, or other devices used to measure or regulate conditions in a facility or process being controlled
  • Performing analyses to design industrial controls systems that meet safety requirements and specifications, including selecting instrumentation and controls based on performance requirements
  • Monitoring equipment performance and making adjustments as needed to maintain optimal performance levels
  • Testing and calibrating equipment to ensure that it is operating correctly
  • Conducting research to develop new technologies or improve existing equipment

Education

NVQ Level 5 - Industrial Networking & IT

Engineering Institute of Technology
Austrialia
03.2019 - 11.2020

Higher National Diploma - Control & Instrumentation

Harare Institution of Technology
Zimbabwe
01.2004 - 12.2004

Skills

  • Process Control Systems Software Integration (PLC and DCS Software Programming and Implementation)
  • Industrial Data Communications, Networking & IT
  • Management Information Systems (Process Data Historian)
  • Control Systems Design and Project Implementation
  • Process/Machine Control Software Development
  • Process Integration / Optimization/Troubleshooting & Diagnostics
  • Control systems understanding
  • Project Management (Hot/Cold Commissioning)
  • Proficient in [Software]
  • Automation design
  • Expertise in [Programming Language]
  • Solution development
  • Documentation Management

Languages

English
Proficient (C2)

Timeline

NVQ Level 5 - Industrial Networking & IT

Engineering Institute of Technology
03.2019 - 11.2020

Automation Specialist

Dundee Precious Metals Tsumeb
08.2008 - Current

Control and Instrumentation Technician

Hippo Valley Estates (Tongaat Hullets)
02.2007 - 08.2008

Control and Instrumentation Technician

Hwange Colliery Company
02.2005 - 02.2007

Higher National Diploma - Control & Instrumentation

Harare Institution of Technology
01.2004 - 12.2004
Emmanuel Mulenga