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Michael Akli

Peniche,Portugal

Summary

Accomplished professional with expertise in pneumatic controls, electrical schematic reading, and voltage meter utilisation.

Demonstrates proficiency in instrument calibration and SAP ERP systems, alongside a strong foundation in low and medium voltage systems.

Utilises Six Sigma methodologies to drive process improvement and excels in electrical troubleshooting.

Adept at using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and computerised maintenance management systems to enhance operational efficiency. Committed to leveraging skills for continued professional growth within the engineering sector.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Electromechanical technician

European Seafood Investment, Portugal (ESIP)
Peniche, Portugal
05.2025 - Current

■Perform daily, weekly, quarterly, annually maintenance routines on Electrical, Automation, Instrumentation and Mechanical equipment.
■ Repair and maintain the equipment for Electrical, Automation, Instrumentation and Mechanical equipment in order to ensure smooth and efficiency of operations.
■ Respond quickly and effectively to breakdowns that occurs on equipment under my responsibility to reduce or eliminate production downtime.
■ Ensures daily assembly, disassembly and format changing of inkjet coding systems (INK-JET), according to production plan.
■ Ensures high safety standards of equipment and its operations.
■ Know the environmental policy and collaborate in the mechanisms of prevention and control of pollution by company’s defined rules.
■ Identify potential environmental risks and inform management to limit or eliminate risk of potential issues.

Senior Maintenance Supervisor

Nutrifoods Ghana Limited (Olam)
Tema, Accra, Ghana
11.2023 - 04.2025

- Ensure reliability of electrical/mechanical process control hardware and software operation.
- Prepare and execute Preventive and Predictive maintenance of all critical electrical and mechanical equipment.
- Ensure minimum downtime of electrical and mechanical equipment and maintain plant at high level of Efficiency, Safety and Quality.
- Manage all technical aspects of plant's electrical power distribution from utility company service entrance down through switchboards, transformers, distribution panels to all individual loads.
- Participate in all electrical, mechanical and automation projects to ensure design, drawings, and specifications meets process requirements, cost effective and are in accordance with good engineering practices.
- Comply with all Safety, Food Safety and Quality standards related to plant operations.
- Coordinates daily reports on all electrical and mechanical breakdowns and action points.

Electrical Artisan - Trainee

Electricity Company of Ghana
Tema, Accra, Ghana
07.2023 - 10.2023

- Installation of transformers, testing, troubleshooting and maintenance. - Installation of medium and low voltage circuit breakers (Oil, Gas & Vacuum), testing, troubleshooting and maintenance.

- Operation and isolation of medium voltage and low voltage system. - Installation and testing of earthing system.

- Medium and low voltage underground cable project execution.

- Termination and jointing of medium and low voltage underground cables.

- Testing and troubleshooting of fault on medium and low voltage underground cables.

- Medium and low voltage overhead line project execution.

- Testing and troubleshooting of faults on medium and low voltage overhead lines.

- Installation of lightning arresters and drop-out fuses.

Electrical maintenance supervisor

Nutrifoods Ghana Limited (Olam)
Tema, Accra, Ghana
10.2019 - 07.2023

- Ensure reliability of electrical and process control hardware and software operation.
- Prepare and execute Preventive and Predictive maintenance of all critical electrical equipment.
- Ensure minimum downtime of electrical equipment and maintain plant at high level of Efficiency, Safety and Quality.
- Manage all technical aspects of plant's electrical power distribution from utility company service entrance down through switchboards, transformers, distribution panels to all individual loads.
- Participate in all electrical, and automation projects to ensure design, drawings, and specifications meets process requirements, cost effective and are in accordance with good engineering practices.
- Comply with all Safety, Food Safety and Quality standards related to plant operations.
- Coordinates daily reports on all electrical breakdowns and action points.

Electrical and instrumentation technician

Nestle Ghana Limited
Tema, Accra, Ghana
01.2017 - 10.2019

· Maintenance of A/C and D/C motors.

· Start-up and operation of stand-by generators in event of Grid power outage.

· Schematic circuit diagram reading and interpretation.

· Meggering and Preventive maintenance of electrical motors.

· Calibration of instruments such as: temperature gauges, temperature transmitters, pressure gauges, pressure transmitters, pneumatic control valves, vacuum gauges and vacuum transmitters.

· Maintenance and programing of electrical speed drives (Dan Foss VLT, Power flex, Mitsubishi, omron Hitachi, Yaskawa).

· Troubleshooting in electrical panels and control faults.

· Recording of various electrical values (KW, KVA, KWH, KVAR and power factor).

Education

Bachelor of Science - Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Ghana Communication Technology University
Accra, Ghana
01.2023 - 10.2024

NVQ Level 3 - Electrical/Electronics Engineering

City & Guilds Institute of London
London
06.2011 - 06.2012

NVQ Level 2 - Electrical/Electronics Engineering

City & Guilds Institute of London
London
06.2010 - 06.2011

Skills

  • Pneumatic controls competence
  • Electrical schematic reading
  • Voltage meter utilisation
  • Instrument calibration expertise
  • SAP ERP
  • Low and Medium voltage systems
  • Six Sigma
  • Process Improvement
  • Electrical Trouble shooting
  • Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint
  • Computerized base Maintenance & Management

Languages

English
Fluent
Portuguese
Elementary

Timeline

Electromechanical technician

European Seafood Investment, Portugal (ESIP)
05.2025 - Current

Senior Maintenance Supervisor

Nutrifoods Ghana Limited (Olam)
11.2023 - 04.2025

Electrical Artisan - Trainee

Electricity Company of Ghana
07.2023 - 10.2023

Bachelor of Science - Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Ghana Communication Technology University
01.2023 - 10.2024

Electrical maintenance supervisor

Nutrifoods Ghana Limited (Olam)
10.2019 - 07.2023

Electrical and instrumentation technician

Nestle Ghana Limited
01.2017 - 10.2019

NVQ Level 3 - Electrical/Electronics Engineering

City & Guilds Institute of London
06.2011 - 06.2012

NVQ Level 2 - Electrical/Electronics Engineering

City & Guilds Institute of London
06.2010 - 06.2011
Michael Akli