Regina Kwapong
Obuasi West District
Summary
Certified Reliability Engineer with over 9 years expertise in functional and non-functional testing processes for implementation and managing and troubleshooting systems and equipments in the mining industry. Manages complex tasks and teams successfully integrating activities across multiple sites and business units. Creates positive and productive atmosphere within interactive team environments.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Reliability Engineer
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine
01.2019 - Current
- Rich experience of 9+ years of Managing Reliability across various mine wide equipment
- Provide technical assistance to maintenance personnel in diagnosing, troubleshooting, determining root causes of failures, and eliminating equipment problems
- Provide maintenance strategies to maintenance team considering OEM recommended actions as well as addressing failure modes
- Assist and guide the Engineering team with Root Cause Analysis and defect elimination
- Providing data to validate that projects deliver performance objectives after implementation
- Key team member in Feasibility study for redevelopment of Obuasi mine
- KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
- Managed preventive and predictive maintenance programs and directed root cause failure analysis to correct repetitive failure mechanisms of equipment (AGA Obuasi mine)
- Managed and worked with overseas partners to implement reliability testing, failure analysis, lab set up, and production improvements
- (Tropicana Mine Australia)
- Developed and maintained asset criticalities, equipment care strategies and maintenance policies for all equipment (AGA Obuasi mine)
- Developed capital project requests to eliminate chronic failures on equipment (AGA
- Obuasi mine, Provide support and technical advice/information on equipment maintenance and repairs to Tribologist and Condition Monitoring team
- Acquire condition monitoring data and analyze and further take proactive measures to prevent imminent failures to reduce maintenance cost
- Facilitate and perform Root Cause Analysis as required
- Conduct Asset Criticality analysis for the acquisition of critical spares and maintenance strategies
- Develop and review maintenance strategies for all major equipment mine wide ie
- Compressors, Pumps, Winders, etc
- Perform Condition Monitoring activities for all Underground Equipment and Fixed
- Plant ie Thermography, Vibration Monitoring, Visual Inspections and Ultrasonic
- Analysis
- Analyze condition monitoring data acquired and provide proactive measures and actions to the maintenance Team which includes oil analysis as well to prevent failures
- Supervise NDT Technicians in the performance of Visual Inspection, Magnetic
- Particle Inspection and Dye Penetrant Testing of Winder Attachments (Detaching hook, rope sockets, Connecting pins etc)
- Supervise NDT team in the performance of thickness testing of compressed air and water pipes as well as tanks
- Conduct QA/QC on maintenance carried out on major and critical equipment
- Facilitate and perform RCA as required for failures that occur more than 3 times in a month or more than 3 hours downtime
- Provide support and technical advice/information on equipment maintenance and repairs
Compliance Engineer
Engineering Department
01.2018 - 12.2018
- Develop, establish and maintain an effective and broad-based compliance program
- Investigating all issues with regards to non-compliance and reliability
- Training and managing individuals to know their responsibilities in relation to statutory laws and standards
- Combining Reliability Engineering and Feasibility Study roles to the current
- Compliance Engineering role
Feasibility Study- Engineer
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine
01.2016 - 12.2017
- Develop, establish and maintain an effective and broad-based compliance program in preparation for Obuasi redevelopment
- Investigating all issues with regards to non-compliance and reliability
- Training and managing individuals to know their responsibilities in relation to statutory laws and standards
- Combining Reliability Engineering and Feasibility Study roles to the current
- Compliance Engineering role
- Works with Project Engineering to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations
- Participates in the development of design and installation specifications along with commissioning plans
- Ensure all works are carried out to specific standards, building codes, guidelines and regulations
- Participates in the final check out of new installations
Reliability Engineer
AngloGold Ashanti Australia, Tropicana Mine Australia
10.2015 - 12.2015
- Formal leadership development program and exposure to Australian standards on mining site
- Manager & Superintendent accountabilities
- Shutdown management & Reliability systems
- HR systems and Performance management
- Establishing and assigning assets to system hierarchies
- Working knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM)
- Developing procedures for major overhauls and repairs of critical equipment
- Working hand-in-hand with Operations employees and Maintenance Technicians
- Refrigeration plants, underground dewatering, Winders, Conveyors and Critical
- Spares Analysis
- Developing Maintenance Strategies, labor and good practices for mine wide operations
- Systematically define and develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely impact operations
- Supervising day to day activities of mechanical engineering technicians in activities involving design, construction, installation, maintenance, support and evaluation of
- Equipment for refrigeration plant, compressors, main vent fans, gensets and backfill plant
- Assigned to understudy supervisors in all sections of Engineering on a rotational basis
Reliability Engineer
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine, Byrnecut Offshore Pty Ltd
01.2015 - 08.2015
- Performing RCA’s for Mechanical Workshop (Underground Mobile Equipment)
- Ensure reliability of all underground mobile equipment such as the Jumbos, loaders and trucks
- Feasibility Study (Operational Readiness and Maintenance Systems) Managing the
- Reliability aspect of the Obuasi Mine Redevelopment Plan
- Asset integrity Tests on Compressed Air Reticulation, Main Ventilation Fans
Reliability Engineer
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine
01.2014 - 12.2014
- Performed Feasibility Study (Operational Readiness and Maintenance Systems)
- Asset integrity Tests on Compressed Air Reticulation, Main Ventilation Fans
- Refrigeration plants, underground dewatering, Winders, Conveyors etc
- Performed Critical Spares Analysis
- Developing Maintenance Strategies, labour and good practices for mine wide operations
Mechanical Supervisor
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine
01.2013 - 12.2013
- Supervised day to day activities and performance of assigned personnel for the maintenance of fixed plant equipment (ie Ventilation fans, Compressors, Gensets and Fridge plants)
- Conducted planned maintenance with the team for the Backfill plant
- Performed corrective actions with the maintenance team during breakdowns and on faults identified
Graduate Trainee
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine
05.2011 - 12.2012
- Mechanical Services and Processing Plant
- Assigned to understudy supervisors in all sections of Engineering Department on a rotation
- Familiarization of all engineering sites on the mine including Processing Plant
- Briefed on supervisory roles of mechanical engineering staff and activities involved in design, construction, installation, operation, maintenance, support and evaluation of equipment, facilities, and instrumentation for refrigeration plant, compressors, ventilation fans, gensets and backfill plant
- Recommended continual improvements for compressor operations
- Performed 5S at the compressor houses and fridge plant
Education
MENG - Industrial Operations with Management
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology (KNUST), IDL
Kumasi11.2024
Bsc - Mechanical Engineering
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
2009
High School Diploma -
Holy Child Senior High
Cape Coast 07.2004
Skills
- COMPUTER SKILLS
- Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Microsoft Project, and Outlook
- SAP CMMS
- Reality Charting
- AutoCAD
- Reliability Analysis
- LANGUAGES
- Twi
- English
- Time Management
Certification
Share Point- Training. Obuasi – Mine
Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)-Engineering Training Center(AGA-Obuasi
Mine)
Basic Pneumatics-Engineering Training Center(AGA-Obuasi Mine)
Basic Welding-Engineering Training Center(AGA-Obuasi Mine)
Hydraulics 1&2-Engineering Training Center(AGA-Obuasi Mine)
Drawing Interpretation-Engineering Training Center(AGA-Obuasi Mine)
Conveyor Maintenance-Engineering Training Center(AGA-Obuasi Mine), Ghana Institution of Engineering (GHIE) -Professional Member
Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP)
Mineral Commission Competency Certificate Ghana-Sectional
Certified Vibration Analyst (Mobius Institute)
Additional Information
- HOBBIES Reading and travelling
REFERENCES
Name: Obiri-Agyei Boakye
Company: Anglogold Ashanti
Position: Engineering Manager Technical Services
Tel No: 0593 879 687
Name: Ahenkorah Assuah
Company: Anglogold Ashanti
Position: Superintendent – Surface Support
Tel No: 0244343843
Timeline
Reliability Engineer
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine
01.2019 - Current
Compliance Engineer
Engineering Department
01.2018 - 12.2018
Feasibility Study- Engineer
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine
01.2016 - 12.2017
Reliability Engineer
AngloGold Ashanti Australia, Tropicana Mine Australia
10.2015 - 12.2015
Reliability Engineer
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine, Byrnecut Offshore Pty Ltd
01.2015 - 08.2015
Reliability Engineer
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine
01.2014 - 12.2014
Mechanical Supervisor
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine
01.2013 - 12.2013
Graduate Trainee
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine
05.2011 - 12.2012
MENG - Industrial Operations with Management
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology (KNUST), IDL
Bsc - Mechanical Engineering
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
High School Diploma -
Holy Child Senior High
Share Point- Training. Obuasi – Mine
Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)-Engineering Training Center(AGA-Obuasi
Mine)
Basic Pneumatics-Engineering Training Center(AGA-Obuasi Mine)
Basic Welding-Engineering Training Center(AGA-Obuasi Mine)
Hydraulics 1&2-Engineering Training Center(AGA-Obuasi Mine)
Drawing Interpretation-Engineering Training Center(AGA-Obuasi Mine)
Conveyor Maintenance-Engineering Training Center(AGA-Obuasi Mine), Ghana Institution of Engineering (GHIE) -Professional Member
Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP)
Mineral Commission Competency Certificate Ghana-Sectional
Certified Vibration Analyst (Mobius Institute)
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