Tindi Sommers
Ijede, Ikorodu, Lagos
Summary
Highly motivated Instrumentation and Control Engineer with 4+ years of experience in the Power Generation sector. I am seeking to leverage my expertise in instrument maintenance, calibration, process optimization, and troubleshooting to optimize refinery operations and ensure HSE compliance. Through reliability-centered maintenance, I am my team increased the ratio of planned maintenance jobs from 43% to 64%. This increased the availability of the generating machines from 76% to 89% percent, thereby saving the business downtime costs.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Instrumentation and Control Engineering Team Lead
Egbin Power Plc
2023.01 - Current
- Coordinates with stakeholders to ensure clear communication of project goals and expectations, leading to successful outcomes.
- Coordinates and assigns preventive maintenance tasks to technicians. I also monitored and ensured that all assigned tasks were carried out on time.
- Improved power-generating machines' availability and reliability by increasing the ratio of planned instrumentation maintenance works to 64% as of Q1, 2024.
- Conducts thorough root cause analyses on identified issues, implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrence and improve equipment reliability.
- Enhanced team performance through regular learning sessions and performance evaluations, fostering a culture of continuous learning.
- Mentors junior engineers, providing guidance and support to enhance their skills and career growth.
- Risk Champion for the Instrumentation and Controls Department. I manage the departmental risk register, coordinating monthly reviews, brainstorming mitigating solutions, and tracking of implementation progress.
Instrumentation and Control Engineer
Egbin Power Plc
2021.05 - 2023.12
- Developed effective troubleshooting guides, enabling swift identification and resolution of instrument-related issues. For example, I mapped our relay panel onto a coordinate system to allow for easy location of logic relays.
- Part of a team that championed energy conservation initiatives by identifying opportunities to minimize energy wastage and also optimize process controls for maximum efficiency gains.
- Conducted comprehensive training sessions for technical staff, enhancing their understanding of instrumentation and control principles.
- Actively participated in professional organizations such as NSE, COREN, NIEEE, SCMRP, etc, to continuously refine skills and stay abreast of emerging methodologies in the field of instrumentation and control engineering.
- Optimized plant operations with expert calibrations of measurement instruments and control devices.
- Timely reviews of preventive maintenance jobs to measure their effectiveness and relevance.
- Prompt troubleshooting and resolution of emergency instrumentation and control breakdown jobs.
- Risk Champion for Instrumentation and Controls Department. I managed the departmental risk register, coordinating monthly reviews and documentation of the reviews.
Instrumentation and Control Engineer Assistant
Egbin Power Plc
2019.11 - 2021.04
- Carried out all assigned routine checks and Preventive maintenance; reported and documented any anomalies observed.
- Provided support to engineers and senior engineers such as the arrangement of work tools, processing, and retrieval of spare parts from stores, relaying of information to operations teams and other stakeholders, etc.
- Participated in 360-degree reviews of colleagues.
- Gathered data for quarterly KPI appraisal for departmental colleagues.
Education
CMRP Certification - Maintenance And Reliability
Beina Maintenance And Reliability Services
Lagos, Nigeria04.2024
Industrial Training - Process Variables
Gill Automation Academy
Lagos, Nigiera07.2022
Diploma - NGSDP Specialization in Power Generation
National Power Training Institute of Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria11.2019
Bachelor of Science - Electrical And Electronic Engineering
Federal University of Technology, Minna
Minna, Niger State, Nigeria10.2016
Skills
- Reliability Centered Maintenance including Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
- Total Quality Management including HSE
- Calibration of instruments to international standards
- Process Performance Optimization
- Lean principles
- Project Planning
- Root Cause Analysis
- Technical reporting
- Programming Languages
Certification
- Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional, Society of Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professionals - 2024
- Licensed COREN Engineer - 2023
- Member, Nigerian Society of Engineers - 2022
- Member, Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers - 2023
Reading, Writing, Software development
I love reading fictional thrillers and also watching their movie adaptations. I had once tracked my aunt whom we did not hear from for more than 3 months using techniques I learnt from a novel.
I love reading and writing poetry. I believe that writing remains the greatest art.
As a hobby, I have learned different programming languages. I am averagely proficient in Python and Flutter.
Timeline
Instrumentation and Control Engineering Team Lead
Egbin Power Plc
2023.01 - Current
Instrumentation and Control Engineer
Egbin Power Plc
2021.05 - 2023.12
Instrumentation and Control Engineer Assistant
Egbin Power Plc
2019.11 - 2021.04
CMRP Certification - Maintenance And Reliability
Beina Maintenance And Reliability Services
Industrial Training - Process Variables
Gill Automation Academy
Diploma - NGSDP Specialization in Power Generation
National Power Training Institute of Nigeria
Bachelor of Science - Electrical And Electronic Engineering
Federal University of Technology, Minna
- Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional, Society of Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professionals - 2024
- Licensed COREN Engineer - 2023
- Member, Nigerian Society of Engineers - 2022
- Member, Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers - 2023
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