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Swama Charles
Makerere University,
College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology
P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
Mobile: +256782165618 / +256759439456
Email:
Marital Status:
No. of Children:
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swamacharles@gmail.com
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Profile
I’m self-motivated, open minded, patient, reliable, straight forward with high ability to work as part of the
team and also to work independently to meet the deadlines and learn from new challenges, able to perform
with minimum supervision and work in a multicultural settings.
Career Objectives
Ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.
Ability to identify, formulate, communicate effectively and solve engineering problems.
An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
Ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice
Education and Qualifications
BSc. Mechanical Engineering (Makerere University) 2015
Diploma Mechanical Engineering (Uganda Technical College Kichwamba - Fort portal) 2010
Advanced Certificate
Certificate
UCE
PLE
Motor Vehicle Technician Part II (St. Joseph’s Technical Institute-Kisubi) 2007
Motor Vehicle Technician Part I (St. Peter’s Technical Institute-Mubende) 2002
O Level (Busabi Senior Secondary School-Butaleja) 2001
PLE (Bugegege Primary School-Butaleja) 1997
Graduate Project
Design and construction of Pico Hydro Turbine which generate up to the maximum capacity of 1.5 Kw
from Khaala stream in Mbale on Mt. Elgon
Working Experience
I have worked in several organizations which have helped me to gain enough knowledge/skills in the
different fields;
August 2015 –
To date
Mechanical Technician, Centre for Research in Energy and Energy Conservation
(CREEC) –Makerere University
Duties/Responsibilities
Responsible for testing mechanical parts and equipment to make sure that they are working properly.
General maintenance/repair of the Gasifiers.
Providing technical support to the organization.
Design and modification of the Gasifier to suit to the demand.
General maintenance/repair of the Pico hydro plant equipments.

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Carry out experiments on various pellets to determine their calorific valves and performance in GEK
Gasifiers.
Providing trainings to the Gasifier operators.
Carry out the feasibility studies to identify the potential Pico hydro power sites in Uganda.
Compilation of daily, weekly and monthly activity reports.
August 2013 -
August 2014
Technician, Victoria Engineering Limited.
Duties/Responsibilities
In charge of the general operations and maintenance of workshop equipments such as line boring machine,
centre lathe machine, milling machine, drilling machine, crankshaft grinding machine, boring machine,
connecting rod re-boring machine among others.
Interpretation and drafting of Engineering Drawings.
Fabrication of mild steel product using different welding machines, methods and techniques.
In charge of the general maintenance, after sales services and faults diagnosis of generators especially FW
Wilson, Perkins, Cummins and caterpillar generators.
June 2011 – May
2013
Assistant Engineering Officer (contract 02 years), Ministry of Defence.
Duties/Responsibilities
In charge of the general maintenance of the ministry motor vehicles and equipments.
Managing a group of one hundred and twenty (120) employees and in-charge of all the workshop activities
for the better services deliveries.
Accountable for the workshop duties; which included compilation of daily, weekly and monthly reports,
assignments of duties to the employees, employees’ welfare, etc.
Preparation of department requisitions for the vehicles/equipments.
Train and guide the mechanics while at work, inspection and advice on the conditions of the vehicle,
maintain and update vehicles repairs master Plan and services records.
August 2010 –
May 2011
Technician Johnson Diversy contracted by Century Bottling Company Limited
Company Namanve Branch
Duties/responsibilities
Responsible for the general maintenance, installation of industrial equipments/machines.
Managing a group of thirty five (35) employees.
Preparation of reports for the departmental activities in the specified periods i.e. daily, weekly, monthly.
Assignment of duties to individual employees.
Complying with the Coca Cola standards in accordance with the ISO standards.
August 2005 –
January 2010
Machine operator, Roofings Limited - Lubowa Branch
General daily operation, repair, service and fault diagnosis of various industrial machines/equipments.
Compilation of daily, weekly and monthly activity reports.
Other Experience
August 2014 -
April 2015
Trainee, Centre for Research in Energy and Energy Conservations (CREEC)
Makerere University
Handling of the Pico Hydropower Generation projects in Uganda which has enabled me to gain enough
practical knowledge/skills.

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Management of the Gasification projects and implementation of Ankur Gasifier in Opit, Gulu Northern
Uganda and used to generate electricity to run the Agro processing machineries.
Have worked on the Gasifiers thus gained enough skills in the operation and maintenance of Gasifiers. I
know how the whole process of the Gasification is done.
Personal Conduct
 Flexibility to handle change. As a Graduate Engineer, am able to turn around a negative working
environment and develop a very supportive team.
 Am hard worker, punctual, determined, able to prioritize, believe in myself and self-confidence.
 I have ability to cope with failures and try to learn from my mistakes.
 I like to work in a team and have been an active participant and organize at severe places.
 One of my greatest strength which I have acquired during my education is good analytical and
planning skills. This has always benefited me to set goals and try to achieve but at the same time
I’m driven by the thoughts of success.
 Full commitment to my work, highly energetic, love to learn new things, having good interpersonal
skills, well organized and like to be neat with all of my work.
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
Professional
 Identifying and solving problems.
 Experience of using conventional manual equipment.
 Sharing knowledge and best practice with other members of the team.
 Testing mechanical equipment.
 Keeping calm under pressure.
 Preparing drawings of mechanical products.
 Establishing long-range technical objectives and then specifying the strategies and actions
needed to achieve them.
Personal
 Able to do work of a physically demanding nature.
 Superb written and oral communication skills.
 Willing to work overtime at short notice.
Key Information Technology (I.T.) Skills
 Microsoft Office  MATLAB
 Scilab
 solid edge
 Catia
 C++
I have probably have a high level of proficiency within I.T which are mentioned above.

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Other / Personal Details
Interests include: Listening to current affairs.
 Reading newspapers.
 Associating with friends.
 Playing and watching football.
 Playing pool.
CONFERENCES ATTENDED:
On 17th
-18th
July 2014, I attended the 19th
National Technology Conference at Speke resort Munyonyo
and the theme was ‘Natural Fuels and the Future of Uganda’ where I was exhibiting the project entitled
Seeds Oil Extractor.
REFEREES:
Mary Suzan Abbo,
Managing Director,
Centre for Research in Energy and Energy Conservation (CREEC),
Tel.: 0703284084
msabbo@creec.or.ug/omega3@yahoo.com.
Mr. Atwii Michael,
Sales Engineer,
Total Uganda Limited,
Tel.: 0782303712.
michaelatwii.ma75@gmail.com .
Dr. B. Kariko Buhwezi,
Senior Lecturer,
Makerere University,
College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology,
P.O Box 7062, Kampala – Uganda,
benard@cedat.mak.ac.ug ,
Tel.: 07722422354.