Cyrus Mbugua

Cyrus Mbugua

$25/hr
Facilities Management, Project Managment, Sustainability,Design Thinking, and Circular Economy
Reply rate:
-
Availability:
Hourly ($/hour)
Location:
Nakuru, Rift Valley, Kenya
Experience:
7 years
Cyrus Mbugua Kimani Specialities : • Project Management, • Contractor Management, • Hard and Soft Facilities Management, • Health, Safety and Environmental Management, • Fire Safety Management,. • EDGE (Green Building Standard) • Sustainability • Circular Economy Hard Services: • HVAC • Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Systems. • Building Automation • MEP Installations • Fire Detection and Suppression Systems. • Civil Works.. • Building Maintenance Units. Soft Services: • Waste Management. • Security. • Hard/Soft Landscaping. Support Services: • Condition Surveys. • Space Planning. • Refurbishment • Project Management. HSE Services: • Risk Assessments. • Safety Audits. • Emergency Response Planning (Drills). • Environmental Audits, • Energy Management. P.O Box-, Nairobi -- EDUCATION May 2008—Dec 2012, B.Sc. Electrical and Electronics Engineering— JKUAT W ORK EXPERIENCE May 2018—Present, Assistant Unit Engineer Sarova Woodlands Hotel and Spa, Nakuru • Management of day to day operations and maintenance of all facility Systems (MEP, Civil ,OHS) • Management of Day to Day administration of the department and personnel management of all staff in the department. • Preparation of departmental Documents (Budgets, Energy/Utility Consumption and Cost, Equipment maintenance Records, Facility Drawings, Statutory Licenses) • Oversight of SPA?GYM project, Managing Co-ordination between contractors, Engineers and Owners. Key Accomplishments • Won the EMA Awards—Service Sector Category • Reduced waster cost from average of Ksh 500,000 to Ksh 200,000 by implementing Water management best practices. • Initiated a Sustainability initiative on Sustainable Waste management. June 2017—September 2017, Chief Engineer Best Western Plus Meridian Hotel—Nairobi I was overseeing the Maintenance of Hotel Facilities (Guest Rooms, Plant and Equipment, Kitchen, Public Areas). • Supervised a team of between 10-20 people. • Implementation program for Guest Rooms, HVAC and Kitchen Equipment. • Set-up OHS and Energy Management committees and implementation of recommendations from OHS reports and Energy Audit Reports. • Developed a Comprehensive Maintenance Management Plan and Engineering Audit Checklist. September 2016—May 2017, Assistant Unit Engineer Sarova Panafric—Nairobi • Handled daily control of works with regard to daily attendance, leave, sickness, shift roster and minor personal and disciplinary matters through supervision • Completion of monthly Energy returns. • Control and distribution of Trouble reports, breakdown reports and request from rented offices and store issues to support these requirements. • Followed-up effective trouble reporting system. • Ensured all checklists are filled and submitted to the Unit Engineer’s office Key Accomplishments • Upgrade of fire alarm system. • Surpassed PPM targets for Rooms. • Reduced Kitchen Maintenance costs by approximately Ksh 300,000 by having an internal team handling kitchen issues. June 2014—October 2015, Engineering Assistant Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort and Spa —Mombasa • Ensured Preventive Maintenance for Plants, Kitchen Equipment, Fire safety, Backup power and Guest Rooms are done and all records updated. • Implemented recommendations from Environmental, Energy, Engineering and Fire Audits. • Prepared Engineering drawings for plant rooms and Projects. • Conducted Performance Appraisals, Interviews and Departmental Induction for newly employed persons. • Any other duty assigned by the Unit and Assistant Engineers . Key Accomplishments • Identified the most common Engineering complaints by guests and came up with action plans, managed to move the department from position 5 to 3 in terms of efficiency. • Managed a roof waterproofing project of Ksh 1.5 Million. Cyrus Mbugua Kimani PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS • Certified Secretary—Part I & II • Dip in Project Management. • Dip in CAD • PLC/SCADA & Electronic Troubleshooting • EDGE Expert • Cradle2Cradle Catalyst • Design Thinking Junior Coach • Developed a 100 point preventive maintenance checklist for the newly renovated rooms. • Developed conference room drawings to help with space management for conferencing and banqueting activities. • 83% success rate on the rooms preventive maintenance schedule (278 out of 335 rooms done in 7 months). November 2013—May 2014, Engineering Assistant Sarova Hotels, Resorts and Game Lodges — Nairobi • I was under the guidance of the Group Engineers, undertaking tasks as assigned such as; follow up of contractor payments, Modification of drawings and plans, supervision of contractors. FIELDS OF INTEREST Facilities Management, Energy Management, Sustainability, Building Automation Systems (IoT), Quality Process Management. P ROFESSIONAL O RGANIZATIONS Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) - Registered Graduate Engineer (Reg No. B7879) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - Member (Membership No-) Association of Facilities Engineering—Member (Membership No. 895904) Kenya Green Building Society—Member (Membership No. 1/16/0030) ACCREDITATION International Finance Corporation— EDGE Expert (Expert ID No. GP2-KEN -) Cradle2Cradle Institute—Cradle2Cradle Catalyst V OLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Kenya Green Building Society—Committee Member Technical and Education -) Circular Economy Club — Local Organizer Nakuru Chapter TECHNICAL SKILLS Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Power-point, Project and Visio) Other: AutoCAD, Revit , AutoDesk Fusion, Google Sketch-Up, e-Quest. C O N TIN UO US P RO FESSION A L D EVELO PM EN T E N ERG Y M A NA G EM EN T REFERENCES Available Upon Request Energy Mangers, Facility Managers—April 2014 Building Metered Data Analysis—May 2017 Using Metered Data to improve Energy and Water Efficiency— Oct 2017 Energy Management Training - Tools and Resources for Results—Oct 2017 Professional Energy Manager Development Path—Ongoing SUSTAINABLE/GREEN D ESIGN/CIRCULAR ECONOMY EDGE Expert Accreditation Course —April 2017 Sustainability Strategies—November 2017 Smart Cities—Management of smart Urban Infrastructure—March 2019 Greening the Economy _ Sustainable Cities—April 2019 Circular Economy—Sustainable materials Management—April 2019 GBCSA AP Net Zero Online Course-September 2020. Urban Nature: Connecting Cities, Nature and Innovation—October 2020 OPERATIONS & M AINTENANCE ( O& M ) Optimizing Operations and Maintenance (O&M) - August 2015 Legionella Awareness Training—December 2015 Operations, Maintenance and Commissioning—January 2017 Building Commissioning Principles and Strategies—September 2017 FACILITY MANAGEMENT P.O Box-, Nairobi -- Essentials of Facilities Management—November 2015 Re-thinking Operations and Maintenance for High Performance Buildings— Ongoing Q UA LITY/ P RO CESS M A N A G EM EN T Six Sigma Foundations—November 2017 Certified Six Sigma Green Belt—Ongoing C O N STRUCTIO N M A NAG EM EN T Health and Safety in Construction Management—January 2018 Construction Management Foundations—January 2018
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