Kelly Thuku

Kelly Thuku

Electrical Engineer Trainee

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  • About me

    Graduate Engineer (GE, GMIEK) / Software Engineer

  • Education

    • DEDAN KIMATHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (DeKUT)

      2015 - 2020
      Bachelor of Science - BSc Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Experience

    • KenGen Kenya

      Jan 2018 - Apr 2018
      Electrical Engineer Trainee

      Duties and skills acquired include:->Preventive, predictive and condition based maintenance programs of the power systems equipments such as the Francis-type run generators,power transformers(11kV to 132kV and 11kV to 220 kV),Excitation and instrumentation transformers.->Plant and street light maintenance.These include the floodlights.->Electrical plant and control protection using relays in conjunction with circuits breakers, Isolators and Switches.->General electrical wiring and installation of equipment such as high pressure pumps for the generator.->Knowledge on standby generators, auxiliary equipment.->Programmable logic controller (PLC) programming and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA Systems) monitoring and control.->Dispatch of Electrical power.->Report writing. Show less

    • KenGen Kenya

      Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
      Electrical Engineer Trainee

      Responsibilities undertaken include:->Safety requirements awareness e.g Emergency response,signs and safety gears such as overalls,reflector jackets, industrial boots and helmets.->Operations and Maintenance of: switch gears such as the circuit breakers in line with the relays and isolators,transformers (11kV to 132kV power transformers, the 11kV to 120V excitation transformers and the instrumentation transformers), kaplan type generators installed by Andritz hydro, 110V and 50V battery systems and chargers for running the auxilliary sytems.->Air conditioners operation and maintenance.->Report writing. Show less

    • Annihi Creation Enterprise Limited

      Jun 2020 - Nov 2020
      Electrical Construction Engineer Intern

      During this period, I undertook the following assignments:-> Compiled projects technical reports. Giving locations of specific substations on georeferenced sites.-> Proposing and evaluating infrastructure. and economic means of connection including paying visits to customer's premises-> Conducting system studies and feasibility/technical reports for major schemes; seeeking wayleaves acquisition from the clients-> Design of distribution system extensions so as to facilitate the connection of new customers.-> Designing and recommending transformers’ uprating and phase balancing where necessary.-> Proposing and evaluating infrastructure and economic means of connection of supply to premises. -> Design system reinforcement schemes-> Editing of engineering drawings on Google Earth (kmz/kml), AutoCAD and Kplc FDB database. Show less

    • StepWise

      Dec 2020 - May 2021
      Data Entry Specialist

      ->Data entry and upload of the Judiciary case files into the case tracking system (CTS).->Update of the existing Data.->Perform regular Data backups for data preservation.->Record keeping.

    • Chloride Exide Limited

      Jun 2021 - Dec 2021
      Technical Intern - Solar

      ->Solar sales->Site surveying.->Design of solar Power systems e.g. grid tie systems.->Implementation and Installation of the Solar water heater, power backup systems, borehole solarization and Solar power systems.->Technical Workshop practices including: Diagnosis and repair of Inverters, Solar panels, Charge controllers, Solar water pumps, diagnosis of solar batteries and Issuing of warranties to those qualified.

    • KRA(KENYA REVENUE AUTHORITY)

      Dec 2022 - now
      Information Security - PDTP
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Decentralized Renewable Energy, System Design, Operation &Maintenance, and Safety

      Micro-Grid Academy
      Dec 2022
    • Components of Decentralized energy systems (DRE) and Community needs assessment

      Micro-Grid Academy
      Jan 2022
    • Introduction to Cybersecurity

      Cisco
      Dec 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Networking Essentials

      Cisco Networking Academy
      Dec 2022
    • PCAP: Programming Essentials in Python

      OpenEDG Python Institute
      Dec 2022
    • NDG Linux Unhatched

      Cisco Networking Academy
      Dec 2022
    • McKinsey Forward Program

      McKinsey & Company
      Sept 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Advanced Excel

      ICT Authority
      Aug 2023
    • Battery knowledge and care

      Associated Battery Manufacturers EA (ABM Group)
      Jun 2021
    • Huawei Certified ICT Associate - Security

      Huawei
      Jul 2020