Dangote Cement Plc
|Shift In-Charge, Automation, Instrumentation & Electrical Maintenance
Jigawa, Jigawa State, Nigeria
Summary
Led instrumentation, automation, and electrical maintenance operations for a cement manufacturing plant, ensuring optimal performance and reliability of critical industrial systems.
Highlights
Led comprehensive shift maintenance operations for automation, instrumentation, and electrical systems in a high-volume cement manufacturing environment, ensuring continuous plant uptime and operational stability.
Diagnosed and resolved complex faults in Siemens and WAGO PLCs, VFDs, MCC panels, and Profibus DP communication, significantly reducing equipment downtime by an estimated 15% through expert troubleshooting.
Maintained and troubleshot critical process and quality-control analytical systems, including ARL XRF, Centaurus, and Gamma Metric equipment, ensuring data accuracy and compliance with quality standards.
Executed precise root-cause analysis for motor overloads, control-circuit faults, and equipment failures, restoring reliable operations and preventing recurrence, thereby enhancing equipment lifespan.
Successfully localized and supported restoration of approximately 11 km of fibre-optic communication networks using OTDR, ensuring robust data transmission and network reliability across the plant.
Conducted rigorous calibration and functional checks on various field instruments (weighing, level, pressure, temperature, flow), ensuring measurement accuracy within 2% tolerance and optimizing process control.
Managed and executed comprehensive preventive and corrective maintenance programs, including pre-start-up tests and technical reporting, which improved equipment reliability and extended asset life cycles by 10%.
Coordinated effectively with control-room operators and production teams to swiftly diagnose and resolve system faults, minimizing production interruptions and contributing to consistent output.