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rohan holness Industrial engineer

Jamaica

Profile Summary:
– Engineering Supervisor with over 15 years’ combined experience in water utility and manufacturing.
– Proven abilities in project co-ordination, instrument calibration and testing.
– Educational qualification, Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from Caribbean Maritime University.
– Certificate in Project Management from the University of the West Indies.

Areas of Expertise:
-Installation and Maintenance of instrumentation particular to water / wastewater and manufacturing industries.
-Testing of industrial, commercial and residential water meters to ISO and AWWA standards.
-Calibration of instrumentation according to manufacturer’s specifications.
-Boiler Operations, Water Treatment, and Maintenance.
-Electrical distribution Systems maintenance.
-Pump and Motor Maintenance.
-Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems.

Work Experience:
2009 – Present
National Water Commission (N.W.C.)
Instrumentation and Meter Repairs Team Leader

Duties:
– Ensure that all Corrective and Preventative Maintenance activities are carried out in a timely, safe and efficient manner.

-Inspecting, installing, replacing, testing and servicing of flow equipment to include domestic and industrial water meters, level, pressure and PH. monitoring equipment.

-Coordinate, consult and advise system operators and customers as it relates to instrumentation, operational procedures, site location and best practises.

-Diagnose and implement maintenance actions to ensure equipment availability.
Manage the daily operations of the NWC’s metrology` laboratory and test bench to ensure adherence to local and international standards ie. BSJ, ISO,ANSI, AWWA.

-Use maintenance manuals, circuit diagrams and testing aids to establish, improve and resolve equipment faults and improve equipment reliability.
-Calibrate components and instrumentation according to manufactures specifications.

[2002 – December 2008] [J Wray & Nephew Limited]
Senior Electrical Technician (Grade 1)

Duties:
– Perform Corrective and preventative maintenance works consistent with local and international safety standards (JS21), IEC

-Prepare and submit in a timely manner maintenance check list and job cards

-Assemble, test, install and maintain electrical equipment using hand tools and power tools.

-Troubleshooting of electrical and mechanical systems to determine cause of fault and implement corrective actions.

-Diagnose equipment faults using different testing aids.

-Inspect electrical and electro mechanical systems, components, and equipment so as to identify potential hazards and defects and employ corrective actions.

-Installation of step-down transformers.

-Operate and maintain heavy equipment industrial fork lifts and stackers.

-Installation, maintenance and trouble-shooting of stand-by power systems and associated equipment.

-Installation, maintenance and trouble-shooting of instrumentation devices and systems
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-Installation, maintenance and trouble-shooting of communication and lighting systems.

-Termination of electrical distribution panel wiring

-Reading and interpreting electrical, mechanical, civil and architectural drawings.

-Knowledge of specifications such as electrical, building, fire and jurisdictional codes to complete electrical installations.

-Installation, maintenance and trouble-shooting of motor control equipment.

Education

[2010 ] University of The West Indies / Mona School Of Business.

Certificate in project management.

[2007-2009] Caribbean Maritime Institute.

(Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering (Honours).

[1997- 1999] National Tool and Engineering Institute.

Diploma- Industrial Electronics.

Accomplished Projects

NWC’S non-revenue water (NRW) strategies to improve efficiency and reduce energy consumption, namely projects such as the introduction of solid state/ automated meter reading within the Kingston metropolitan area (KSA) and the implementation of SCADA systems also within the KSA.

Coordinating the installation, programing and calibration of electromagnetic flow meters at water production facilities island wide.