Cyrus Mbugua Kimani
Specialities :
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Project Management,
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Contractor Management,
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Hard and Soft Facilities Management,
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Health, Safety and Environmental
Management,
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Fire Safety Management,.
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EDGE (Green Building Standard)
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Sustainability
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Circular Economy
Hard Services:
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HVAC
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Mechanical, Electrical and
Plumbing Systems.
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Building Automation
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MEP Installations
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Fire Detection and Suppression
Systems.
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Civil Works..
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Building Maintenance Units.
Soft Services:
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Waste Management.
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Security.
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Hard/Soft Landscaping.
Support Services:
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Condition Surveys.
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Space Planning.
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Refurbishment
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Project Management.
HSE Services:
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Risk Assessments.
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Safety Audits.
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Emergency Response Planning
(Drills).
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Environmental Audits,
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Energy Management.
P.O Box-, Nairobi
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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
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Management of day to day operations and maintenance of all facility
Systems (MEP, Civil ,OHS)
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Management of Day to Day administration of the department and
personnel management of all staff in the department.
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Preparation of departmental Documents (Budgets, Energy/Utility
Consumption and Cost, Equipment maintenance Records, Facility
Drawings, Statutory Licenses)
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Oversight of SPA?GYM project, Managing Co-ordination between
contractors, Engineers and Owners.
Key Accomplishments
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Won the EMA Awards—Service Sector Category
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Reduced waster cost from average of Ksh 500,000 to Ksh 200,000 by
implementing Water management best practices.
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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).
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Supervised a team of between 10-20 people.
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Implementation program for Guest Rooms, HVAC and Kitchen
Equipment.
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Set-up OHS and Energy Management committees and implementation of
recommendations from OHS reports and Energy Audit Reports.
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Developed a Comprehensive Maintenance Management Plan and
Engineering Audit Checklist.
September 2016—May 2017, Assistant Unit Engineer
Sarova Panafric—Nairobi
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Handled daily control of works with regard to daily attendance, leave,
sickness, shift roster and minor personal and disciplinary matters through
supervision
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Completion of monthly Energy returns.
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Control and distribution of Trouble reports, breakdown reports and
request from rented offices and store issues to support these requirements.
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Followed-up effective trouble reporting system.
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Ensured all checklists are filled and submitted to the Unit Engineer’s
office
Key Accomplishments
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Upgrade of fire alarm system.
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Surpassed PPM targets for Rooms.
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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
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Ensured Preventive Maintenance for Plants, Kitchen Equipment, Fire
safety, Backup power and Guest Rooms are done and all records updated.
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Implemented recommendations from Environmental, Energy, Engineering
and Fire Audits.
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Prepared Engineering drawings for plant rooms and Projects.
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Conducted Performance Appraisals, Interviews and Departmental
Induction for newly employed persons.
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Any other duty assigned by the Unit and Assistant Engineers .
Key Accomplishments
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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.
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Managed a roof waterproofing project of Ksh 1.5 Million.
Cyrus Mbugua Kimani
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
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Certified Secretary—Part I & II
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Dip in Project Management.
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Dip in CAD
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PLC/SCADA & Electronic
Troubleshooting
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EDGE Expert
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Cradle2Cradle Catalyst
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Design Thinking Junior Coach
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Developed a 100 point preventive maintenance checklist for the newly
renovated rooms.
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Developed conference room drawings to help with space management for
conferencing and banqueting activities.
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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
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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
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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
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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