Suwilanji Chilongo

Experience

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  Inyatsi/Merkaba company

  Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

  Assistant Electrician

  1. Testing and servicing of electrical appliances.2. Laying underground cables.3. Wiring of steel fabricated houses.4. Cable Termination and joining.5. Testing of houses electrical installation, resistance &earth

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  ZESCO Limited

  Mar 2015 - May 2015

  Intern

  Worked in the following departments:1. Operation and maintenance • Load balancing of the phases • Installation of transformations • Performing new installation 2. Faults • Troubleshooting for low voltage • Routing a new underground cable 3. Construction4. Metering • Installation of new prepaid meters. • electrifying common problem on prepaid meters.

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  Synite Quarries Limited

  Jan 2016 - May 2016

  Intern

  1. Testing, installation and maintenance of motors. 2. Installation of medium drop out fuses and Faulty finding of faulty circuits.3. Recovering and replacement of motors on site.4. General electrical maintenance on building and electrical wire wall fence.5. Domestic installation of electrical wiring.

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  Seltex Limited at Kansanshi Smelter

  Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  Assistant Electrician

  • General Electrical Maintenance and installation.• Inspection of motors• General house keeping

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  Sweet Nostalgia Limited, Lumwana Mine Site.

  Sept 2017 - Mar 2019

  Artisan Electrician

  1. Inspection and maintenance of substations:- • Housekeeping. • Maintenance of emergency lights.2. Maintenance of high voltage and low voltage transformers: - • Changing of silica gel • Topping up Oil in the TX. • Checking for linkages and oil level.3. SAG/BALL mill ring motor brush inspection • Measuring the brush thickness to predict the minimum wear, if thickness was • below 25mm then replacement was necessary. • Check visually for sign of looseness. • Replacement of the brush holders4. Installation and maintenance of lights in the conveyor and crusher.5. Inspection of on Liquid starter and Crusher motor • Checking the brushes thickness to predict the minimum wear. • Cleaning the filter. • Checking the liquid level, if below the normal level, it was necessary to top up distilled water. 6. Termination, joining and glanding of cables. 7. Installation & maintenance of pull switches along the conveyor belt. 8. General maintenance on Siemens VSDs: • Cleaning of the filters • Changing of the capacitors9. Termination, maintenance and inspection of high voltage and low voltage motors in the plant.10. Replacement of a 3MVA with a 5MVA Transformer for Rougher cells at the floatation: • Balance test • Insulation Test11. Trouble shooting, maintenance and installation of 3 phase sockets for Sag/Ball mill liner handling machines.12. 3-phase Electrification of BARRICK Learning and Development centre: • Putting Earth to the infrastructure • Wiring of the infrastructure. • Laying of Underground cable. 13. Carrying out insulation resistance &balance test and maintenance on 355KW motor.14. 3-phase Electrification of AVATECH new offices and also installation of air conditioning units. Show less

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  Synergy Engineering Limited, Kalumbila Mine Site

  Apr 2019 - Dec 2019

  HV Electrician

  1. Repair of welding machines and wiring portable electrical distribution boards.2. Repair of various electrical appliance and tools, e.g. • grinders • washing machine • Portable and magnetic drilling machines • coffee making machine • General electrical workshop jobs e.t.c.3. Performing switching upto 550V.

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  Seltex Limited, Kalumbila Mine Site

  Apr 2020 - Oct 2020

  Auto Electrician

  1. ELECTRICAL SERVICES ON HAUL TRUCKKomatsu: • 860E&960E • HD1500 • HD785_7, _5Liebheer: • T284 • T282CVolvo_A40F: • A40F2. ELECTRICAL SERVICES ON AUXILIARY MACHINESKomatsu:• Wheel dozers (WD600, WD900),• bull dozer (D375A, D475A), • Grader (GD825A)• Wheel Loader (WA380, WA600)Caterpillar Machines:• Low bed ( 785C)

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  First Quantum Minerals

  Nov 2020 - Nov 2023

  HV Electrician/Auto Electrician

  1. PANTOGRAPH SERVICES AND BREAKDOWNS ON KOMAT'SU (860E & 960E) AND LIEBHEER (T284)• Servicing of pantographs and rebuild of pantographs in the workshop and repairing of harness.• Executing reset, activation and de-activation of pantograph. •Termination of pantograph cables and replacement of Solenoids (pantograph)/spool. •Trouble-shooting and changing the circuit breaker (CB301), contactor (K303), current transducer (CT) and voltage transducer (VT) for pantograph.2. ELECTRICAL SERVICES AND BREAKDOWNSKOMAT'SU (HD1500/ HD785_7, _5 ) AND VOLVO_A40F • Executing downloads for VHMS, payload, interface module and analysing of download. • Trouble-shooting on the braking system (park brakes/service brakes). • Trouble-shooting on the payload system and replacing of suspension pressure sensor. • Trouble-shooting of the starting circuit, lighting circuit and charging system. • Inspection and maintenance of the engine harness, transmission harness and replacing of transmission controller. Also, trouble-shooting of brake cooling circuit. • Trouble-shooting on the brake, lighting circuits and replacing of back-up alarm. • Maintenance and replacing of starter motors and charging alternator.KOMAT'SU (860E& 960E) AND LIEBHEER (T284) • Executing downloads for SiBas, VHMS, PLM, IM and analysing of download. Also monitoring machine parameters, performing engine tests, offline tests, resetting and adjusting of the machine setting using of SiBas@32 software. • Replacing of starter motors, charging alternator and trouble-shooting on starting circuit. • Trouble-shooting on the payload system and replacing of suspension pressure sensor and the inclinometer. Also, replacing of air-cooled inductors and discharge Reactor.3. ELECTRICAL SERVICE / BREAKDOWN ON AUXILLARIES • Letourneau (P&H L2350) • Dull Dozer/Wheel Dozer /Grader & Wheel Loader Show less

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  Barrick Gold Corporation

  Nov 2023 - now

  Auto Electrician

  Currently doing both break-downs and services on the highlighted mining ⛏️ equipments with an extra duty as an A/C technician.SHOVELS: 1. Komatsu Germany • PC3000-6 T2 • PC7000-6E, -6D • PC8000-6E2. Komatsu Japan • PC700LC-8R • PC1250-11R • PC2000-11R3. Caterpillar • 374FL • 345GC ( Used as the rock breaker)