EVELYN KWARTEMAA DARKWA
WORKSHOP PLANNER
Kumasi
Summary
Planning professional with strong foundation in strategic project management and resource alignment. Proven track record of driving project success and optimizing workflows in dynamic environments. Known for fostering team collaboration and achieving results by adapting to changing needs and priorities.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Workshop Planner
SANDVIK MINING AND ROCK TECHNOLOGY
10.2020 - Current
- Coordinate with Manager in developing project plans and schedules.
- Update project status reports and conduct regular project meetings.
- Ensure project documentations are prepared in accordance with company standards.
- Review change requests and internal service orders.
- Identify any project deviations and constrains and reports to my manager.
- Monitor project progress and addressed any delays promptly.
- Manage general machine repairs and midlife rebuilds of major fleets for different customers.
- Establish sequence and repair time of each repair and rebuilt job.
- Analyse parts and other resources availability and assists expedite if delays are anticipated.
- Plan and re-coordinate with Workshop Supervisor labour resource utilization to ensure efficiency.
- Coordinate and follow-up repair, rebuild and component exchange jobs.
- Answer both internal and external customer enquiries on repair, rebuild and other service jobs.
- Compile and maintain up-to-date records of all repairs, rebuild and service jobs.
- Update various customers on status of all jobs in an accurate manner on a weekly basis.
- Generate and distribute reports and statistics relating to repair, rebuild and service jobs.
- Compile and maintain accurate register of all workshop and service tools and equipment and send them monthly.
- Schedule and coordinate maintenance of all workshop and service equipment and keep records of same.
- Keep track of all tools and equipment that require calibration/certification.
Maintenance Planner
MANTRAC GHANA (CATERPILLAR DEALERSHIP)
03.2014 - 10.2020
- Analyse work orders and schedule to plan machine downtime for preventive maintenance, repairs and projects through daily work in progress reports.
- Evaluate and priorities work requests based on tooling, labour and parts and other resources.
- Increase schedule compliance while reducing man-hours per work order.
- Perform a daily fleet audit to identify and schedule required maintenance items within appropriate time restraints usually for auxiliary equipment such as forklifts, tele-handlers and skid steer.
- Conducts weekly conference call with base supervisors to ensure all scheduled maintenance could be complied with.
- Manage backlog parts inventory. Meeting time work orders (backlogs) scheduled for PM are closed within 24 hours of completion to avoid unnecessary delays and cost; this includes entering and supervising the entry of all transactions such as purchase orders, issues and return adjustment. This also includes managing blocked invoices.
- Manage the work order system. This includes entering or supervising the entry of all work order transactions and providing the required reports to management and maintenance.
- Invoice generated work orders which had accumulated cost.
- Generates kits for scheduled work orders and projects to increase wrench time. Improved PMs and reduced percentage of unscheduled downtime (MTTR & MTBS as major key performance indicators - KPI).
- Creates daily work order schedule for engineers and mechanics to perform scheduled work orders.
- Schedule all maintenance activities (scheduled and unscheduled) to prevent minimum production downtime.
- Updates every component changed on MCTS (Major Components Tracking System) and the Repair Instruction Form (RIF) filled completely with all documentation intact and dispatched to various CRC branches which serves as a revenue to the company.
Assistant Maintenance Engineer National Service Personnel
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI
09.2009 - 10.2010
- Assembled and Disassembled jack hammers, engines for rebuild and overhauled underground single and multistage pumps.
- Scheduled compressors for periodic maintenance.
- Audited and monitored machines (Pumps and Gent-sets).
- Regular Weekly Maintenance on ventilation fans, gen-sets, pumps, conveyors pump stations and water treatment plants.
- Performed prestart checks on machines before start of shifts.
Assistant Service Administrator
MANTRAC GHANA LIMITED (MARC)
06.2008 - 08.2008
- Inspected machines and validated downtimes.
- Entered Data on Maintenance Control System (MCS).
- Scheduled preventive equipment maintenance.
Education
Project Management Institute
Project Management Professional12-2024
Bachelor of Science - Mining Engineering
University of Mines And Technology
Tarkwa - Ghana 05.2001 -
Bsc - Agricultural Engineering
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology (KNUST)
05.2009
Maintenance
AngloGold Ashanti Engineering Training School
11.2010
Skills
PMP-
References
Isaac, Kumi-Asare, Service Manager - Workshop / Training / Warranty, +233 544 313158
Interests
Reading (Documentary on machine models), Teaching
Training
- Root Cause Analysis
- CEM – Customer Experience Management
- Chemical Awareness and Environmental Management (Waste and Spill)
- First Aid, Fatality Risk Management
- Log Out Tag Out Try/Test Out (LOTOTO)
Timeline
Workshop Planner
SANDVIK MINING AND ROCK TECHNOLOGY
10.2020 - Current
Maintenance Planner
MANTRAC GHANA (CATERPILLAR DEALERSHIP)
03.2014 - 10.2020
Assistant Maintenance Engineer National Service Personnel
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI
09.2009 - 10.2010
Assistant Service Administrator
MANTRAC GHANA LIMITED (MARC)
06.2008 - 08.2008
Bachelor of Science - Mining Engineering
University of Mines And Technology
05.2001 -
Maintenance
AngloGold Ashanti Engineering Training School
Project Management Institute
Bsc - Agricultural Engineering
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology (KNUST)
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