1. Resume – Emmanuel Bunty Kiremire
Contact details:
• Email: bunty.kiremire@gmail.com
• Cell: +256 788 801 924
Geographic Work location preference: Emerging Markets
Nationality: Ugandan
Permanent Residence: Namibia, South Africa
Languages: English (Proficient), Spanish (Basic), Runyankore (Basic)
Personal Statement:
A PRINCE2 registered practitioner and a professionally registered Engineer with the
Engineering Council of South Africa (Pr.Eng), with a sound understanding of Electrical
Generation and Electrical Distribution Utilities. I thrive in a project based environment and my
desire is to take on increasingly more leadership responsibility.
Registrations:
2015 PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner
2012
Professional Registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa:
o Registration number 20120035
Education:
2015 / 2016
Modular Candidate Masters of Business Administration at the University
of Cape Town Graduate School of Business
2015 PRINCE2 Foundations and Practitioner Course
2008
Masters of Science in Electrical and Information Engineering at the
University of Witwatersrand
2006
Spanish as a Foreign Language at the Polytechnic of Namibia –
Intermediate level
2005
BSc. Electrical Engineering at the University of Cape Town
First Class Honours
1999 International Baccalaureate, International School of Lusaka
2. Work experience:
Employer: UMEME Ltd, Capital and Contracts Division (August 2013 – Present)
Position held: Senior Manager – Technical Services (October 2014 – Present)
Responsibilities:
Formally appointed to the role of Senior Manager Technical Services: Roles and
responsibilities as stated below.
Projects:
• Namugongo Substation 2 x 20MVA: Status – Commissioned. Approximate Project Cost
(USD 7.2M). I functioned in a dual role as Technical Services Support and Project
Manager, responsible for project development, project execution, and project close out. I
was responsible for managing project daily activities to ensure that the project was kept
within the requirements for scope, time frame, cost, quality, and risk. The project was a
pilot project used to establish the EPC procurement, project development and project
execution processes developed by the technical services team. This project serves as a
template for all future substation builds within UMEME and was successfully completed in
December of 2015.
Position held: Acting Manager Technical Services (February 2014 – September 2014)
Responsibilities:
As the acting Technical Services Manager I led a team of Principle Project Engineers, Principle
Quality Assurance Engineers, Quantity Surveyors and Materials Management Engineers in
support of the Project Execution leg of the Capital and Contracts Division at UMEME Ltd.
I led the team to develop effective, practical and simple processes (i.e. Standards,
Specifications, Design Packages, Materials Management Processes, Project Concepts,
Contract Terms of References, Bid requirements & Evaluation Criteria) to establish the EPC
procurement and project execution processes for CAPEX projects. These include:
The development of 11kV and 33kV (2000A / 2500A) Switchgear Specifications
The development of 11/33kV (20MVA & 10MVA) Transformer Specifications
The development of Project Specific Protection and SCADA requirements
The Development of Substation Project Contract Terms of References / Works
Information Documents
The development of Technical Evaluation Criteria (Templates and Project Specific)
The facilitation of multidisciplinary bid evaluation processes
Project Execution Quality Assurance
Commissioning (development and execution of Substation Commissioning
Procedures)
Factory Acceptance Testing of 33kV, 20MVA Power Transformers
Factory Acceptance Testing of 33kV & 11kV GIS Switchgear (Rated current 1250 A)
Development of Substation Handover Documentation Packages
Development of Materials Management and projection tools
Development of MV Feeder Quality Assessment tools
3. Development of MV Feeder Project Specification and Installation Guidelines in line
with the Engineering Requirements
I am responsible for the specification and measurement of performance, in terms of quality,
and delivery in a transparent manner, so as to minimize disputes and poor delivery.
Projects:
• Nagongera Substation 1 x 2.5MVA: Status – Commissioned. Approximate Project cost
USD 1 M. I functioned in a dual role as Technical Services Support and Project Manager,
responsible for both Project Development and Project Execution.
Position held: Project Manager Standards and Processes (August 2013 – January 2014)
Responsibilities:
As the Project Manager in charge of Standards and Processes I was responsible for the
establishment of standard project processes and project documentation packages. I was a
key contributing member of the team tasked with the development of a Project Life Cycle
Model (PLCM) for the Capital and Contracts Division (CCD) at UMEME Ltd. In addition, I have
been responsible for the development of project processes, documentation templates and
packages that align with the PLCM. The standards, processes and project documentation
packages are implemented in all CCD projects guiding the way that projects within the division
are carried out.
Employer: Eskom Enterprises Generation Group Technology Johannesburg South
Africa (May 2008 – June 2013)
Position held: Control and Instrumentation Engineer
Responsibilities:
• Project: Unit Model Development Project - The Objective of the Project is the development
of Power Station Unit Models to fulfil the requirements of the South African Grid Code –
Information Exchange Code. These information requirements were a prerequisite for
approval of connections of generating units to the National Transmission System. In
specific these models are to fulfil the requirements of Appendix 3b “Unit Model document”.
The models cover the Turbine Governor, the boiler and feedwater systems of all the Power
Stations in Eskom’s Fleet.
As Lead Discipline Engineer (LDE) on the project, I was directly responsible for the following:
- Development of the project proposal
- Technical clarifications with contractors
- Negotiation of project cost and scope with the contractor
- Assembling the project team
- Development & Management of Project Program
- Development of Test Schedules per Power Station
- Execution of Tests per Power Station
- Data gathering and Development of Turbine Governor / Boiler Unit Models
- Submission of Turbine Governor Settings document
4. - Development of project methodology.
Budget: The Unit Model Development Project was in excess of R32 million (Approx.
US$3.2 million)
• Project: Matla Power Station (PS) Control & Instrumentation (C&I) Refurbishment Project
- Matla PS is a coal-fired power station with a total station capacity of 3600 Mega Watts
(MW) with each unit on full load supplying 600MW. The Objective of the Project was the
replacement and modernization of the control systems on Units 1 to 6 and Outside Plant
such that the plant can be safely and reliably operated until its end of life.
As Lead Discipline Engineer on the project I was responsible for leading the completion,
testing and acceptance of the following Unit 6 Activities:
- Matla Unit 6 Technical Clarifications and Design Freeze
- Matla Unit 6 Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)
- Matla Unit 6 Site Integration Testing (SIT)
- Matla Unit 6 Commissioning / Functional Testing
Budget: The Matla C&I Refurbishment Project budget was in excess of R600 million (Approx.
US$60 million).