LUZZE PATRICK LUMINSA
KAMPALA
Summary
Resourceful Instrumentation engineer with expertise in system calibration, troubleshooting complex instrumentation issues, and implementing preventive maintenance strategies. Known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Demonstrated leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills ensure team cohesion and effective project delivery under tight deadlines.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
SENIOR CONTROL AND INSTRUMENTATION SUPERVISOR
BUJAGALI HYDRO POWER PLANT
10.2023 - Current
- To lead work teams comprising of BEL staff and contractors to carry out work and will identify and propose the resources you need as and when they become necessary
- To manage the safe working conditions for yourself and your teams within the approved safety protocols
- To monitor, inspect, calibrate and maintain all the control systems and instrumentation equipment in BEL’s Value Chain such as transmitters, analyzers, sensors, detectors, signal conditioners, recorders, controllers and final control elements in a way that maximizes availability while optimizing the cost of that availability safely and in an environmentally responsible manner
- Responsible for installing, testing, repairing, inspecting, and maintaining metering and recording instruments, controlling devices, data logging and display equipment and communications systems
- Prepare and maintain a variety of records; makes verbal and written reports of work activities; and performs related work as required
- To perform installations, enhancements and improvements to SCADA equipment, process control, communications, data acquisition, low voltage electrical, electronic, instrumentation equipment and associated hardware, including the evaluation, selection, installation, and configuration of microprocessor‐based devices
- To make recommendations for improvements to standard job plans and will define safe work processes for non-routine work
- Responsible for the safe delivery of work under your control and will stop work, or take other appropriate action, to ensure your work sites remain safe and work is controlled according to the approved procedures and protocols
- Make recommendations on spares and stock holding levels, including bringing currently non-stock items into the warehouse stock
- To respond to emergency situations proficiently.
INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER $ MAINTENANCE CORDINATOR
PICFARE INDUSTRIES UGANDA
10.2022 - 10.2023
- Implementation of preventive maintenance schedule, repair work on machinery, equipment, tool and other times used in manufacturing processes
- Manager maintenance spares, making Purchase requisitions in SAP
- And sustaining machine availability
- Allocating daily jobs to the electronics maintenance team, coordinating the maintenance personnel, and proposing technical improvements
- Perform inspection of equipment to ensure that it is in good working order and that safety precautions are being followed
- Trouble plc issues and suggest any changes
- Update plc programs, and operator interface software as and when required
- Assist in forecasting requirements, creating a budget, and scheduling expenses for the engineering department.
INSTRUMENTATION SUPERVISOR INCHARGE
SUGAR AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES UGANDA LIMITED (KALIRO SUGAR)
01.2019 - 12.2020
- Maintaining plant DCS and PLC control systems.
- Installation of plant instruments, such as control valves, flow meters, RTDs/thermocouples, level sensors, power cylinders, solenoid valves, and many more.
- Responsible for both preventive and corrective maintenance of the plant instruments and control systems.
- Install, maintain, and calibrate bagging machines.
- Maintaining, repair, and optimization of the entire plant and associated devices.
- Attending to breakdowns and emergencies that may occur during a shift.
- Supervising the instrument maintenance as per the maintenance schedule.
- Supervising the performance of the field instruments and carrying out the corrective measures.
- Carrying out generation calibration reports, other maintenance reports, and records as per the ISO 9001:2008.
- Adhering to enforce the Safety, Health, and Environment Policy of the company.
INSTRUMENTATION SUPERVISOR
SUGAR CORPORATION OF UGANDA LIMITED (SCOUL)
02.2018 - 01.2019
- Designing and implementation of new controls in the factory
- Maintaining of plant DCS and PLC control systems
- Designing and implementation of interlocks in the plant
- Installation of plant instruments say, control valves, flow meters, Rtds/thermocouple
- Level sensors, power cylinders, solenoid valves and many more
- Responsible for both preventive and corrective maintainance of the plant instruments and control systems
- Maintaining, repair and optimization of the entire plant during shift and associated devises
- Attending to breakdowns and emergencies that may occur during a shift
- Supervising the shift instrument maintenance as per the maintenance schedule
- Supervising the performance of the field instruments and carrying out the corrective measures
- Carrying out generation calibration reports and other maintenance reports and records as per the ISO 90012008
- Adhering to enforce the Safety, Health and Environment Policy of the company.
INSTRUMENTATION SUPRETENDANT
DISTILLERY HOIMA SUGAR LIMITED
02.2017 - 02.2018
- Tasks completed for commissioning of the plant
- Interpreting the P and I diagram for the project
- Installation of all instruments for the entire plant right control valves, flow meters, Rtds/thermocouple
- Level sensors, power cylinders, solenoid valves and many more from the boiler, fermentation, distillation, to the storage section of the entire plant
- Laying cables for all the instruments from field to the respective junction boxes then multicore cables to the PLC room
- Did all the termination both in the field and control room and in time so by commissioning I was ready
- Did calibration of level sensors, control valves, setting of the pressure transimitters, flowmeters, metal tube rotameters (mtr), vacuum transmitters, calibrated the weighingmachine for the batching system.before commissioning and tested them all during commissioning
- Maintaining, repair and optimization of the entire plant and associated devises
- Attending to breakdowns and emergencies that may occur
- Supervising the shift instrument maintenance as per the maintenance schedule
- Supervising the performance of the field instruments and carrying out the corrective measures
- Carrying out generation calibration reports and other maintenance reports and records as per the ISO 90012008
- Adhering to enforce the Safety, Health and Environment Policy of the company.
SHIFT INSTRUMENTATION SUPERVISOR
KAKIRA SUGAR LIMITED
01.2013 - 01.2017
- Designing and implementation of new controls in the factory
- Maintaining of plant DCS and PLC control systems
- Designing and implementation of interlocks in the plant
- Installation of plant instruments say, control valves, flow meters, Rtds/thermocouple
- Level sensors, power cylinders, solenoid valves and many more
- Responsible for both preventive and corrective maintainance of the plant instruments and control systems
- Maintaining, repair and optimization of the entire plant during shift and associated devises
- Attending to breakdowns and emergencies that may occur during a shift
- Supervising the shift instrument maintenance as per the maintenance schedule
- Supervising the performance of the field instruments and carrying out the corrective measures
- Carrying out generation calibration reports and other maintenance reports and records as per the ISO 90012008
- Adhering to enforce the Safety, Health and Environment Policy of the company.
ELECTRICAL,INSTRUMENTATION CONTROL SUPERVISOR
BROOKSIDE UGANDA LTD
03.2020
- Maintaining, repair and optimization of the entire plant and associated devises
- Attending to breakdowns and emergencies that may occur during a shift
- Supervising the instrument maintenance as per the maintenance schedule
- Supervising the performance of the field instruments and carrying out the corrective measures
- Carrying out generation calibration reports and other maintenance reports and records as per the ISO 90012008
- Adhering to enforce the Safety, Health and Environment Policy of the company.
Education
bachelor's degree - electrical engineering
Kyambogo University
08.2024
Diploma - Telecommunications Engineering
Uganda Institute of Information and Communications Technology (UICT)
Kampala, Uganda01.2012
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education -
KAMPALA SECONDARY SCHOOL
01.2009
Uganda Certificate of Education -
ST HENRY’S COLLEGE GGANGU
01.2007
Primary Leaving Examinations -
ST Kizito Primary School KIBIRI
Skills
- Decision-Making
- Skilled Maintenance and Repair
- Safety Compliance
- Employee Safety Training
- Worker Training
- Standards Conformance
- Performance Evaluations
- Tool and Parts Inventory Oversight
- Tools and Equipment Maintenance
- Personnel Skill Assessments
- Policy and Procedure Writing
- Team Collaboration
- Personnel Management
- Machinery Operations
- Problem-solving abilities
- Job Prioritizing
- Outside Contractor Oversight
- Materials and Labor Costing
- Assignment Delegation
- Corrective Action Implementation
- Specifications Interpretation
- Hand and Power Tool Operation
- Great customer care skills
- Fast and resilient to operational procedures
- Training and mentoring
- PLC programming
- Electrical Troubleshooting
- Repair Requirements Determination
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Analytical Skills
- Self Motivation
- Quality Assurance
Sex
MALE
Personal Information
Nationality: UGANDAN
References
- MRS NAKAWEESA CAROLINE, HUMAN RESOURCE ASSISTANT, BROOKSIDE UGANDA LIMITED, +256702183785
- MR MANNAR NANDAGOPAL, INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING MANAGER, KAKIRA SUGAR LIMITED, +256751772244
- MR. KAMANGO JOSEPH, PROJECT ENGINEER, TOTAL UGANDA LIMITED, 07O2548283
Hobbies and Interests
- Making research
- Reading of self-help books, my favorite being “Guide to investing” by Robert T Kiyosaki.
- Creating Friendship
- Reading technological, developmental and environmental documentaries.
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of five staff members.
- Collaborated with team of three in the development and complition of distillery plant commissioning in hoima sugar limited.
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
Timeline
SENIOR CONTROL AND INSTRUMENTATION SUPERVISOR
BUJAGALI HYDRO POWER PLANT
10.2023 - Current
INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER $ MAINTENANCE CORDINATOR
PICFARE INDUSTRIES UGANDA
10.2022 - 10.2023
ELECTRICAL,INSTRUMENTATION CONTROL SUPERVISOR
BROOKSIDE UGANDA LTD
03.2020
INSTRUMENTATION SUPERVISOR INCHARGE
SUGAR AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES UGANDA LIMITED (KALIRO SUGAR)
01.2019 - 12.2020
INSTRUMENTATION SUPERVISOR
SUGAR CORPORATION OF UGANDA LIMITED (SCOUL)
02.2018 - 01.2019
INSTRUMENTATION SUPRETENDANT
DISTILLERY HOIMA SUGAR LIMITED
02.2017 - 02.2018
SHIFT INSTRUMENTATION SUPERVISOR
KAKIRA SUGAR LIMITED
01.2013 - 01.2017
bachelor's degree - electrical engineering
Kyambogo University
Diploma - Telecommunications Engineering
Uganda Institute of Information and Communications Technology (UICT)
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education -
KAMPALA SECONDARY SCHOOL
Uganda Certificate of Education -
ST HENRY’S COLLEGE GGANGU
Primary Leaving Examinations -
ST Kizito Primary School KIBIRI
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