Kalle Silwimba
Project Engineer housing and infrastructure at SolidarMed- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Google project managment
CourseraAug, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Foundations of project management
CourseraJul, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Fundamentals of GIS
CourseraJan, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Member of PMI
Project Management InstituteDec, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Professional Member
Engineering Institute of ZambiaDec, 2021- Nov, 2024
Experience
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SolidarMed
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Switzerland
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Non-profit Organization Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Engineer housing and infrastructure
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May 2022 - Present
In this role, the aim is to make the construction of houses in the rural parts of the country viable and sustainable. This shall be done by improving the design of affordable and quality housing and adopting construction methods that strike a balance between the risk and the benefit to the organization. Coming up with a construction and maintenance strategy for the organization In this role, the aim is to make the construction of houses in the rural parts of the country viable and sustainable. This shall be done by improving the design of affordable and quality housing and adopting construction methods that strike a balance between the risk and the benefit to the organization. Coming up with a construction and maintenance strategy for the organization
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UNV-Civil Engineer
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Feb 2019 - May 2022
• Project manager in overseeing the planning and delivery of 16 construction projects in a 2-year period, under budget of an estimated total of K4 million (approximately USD 240,000). Notable projects include construction of dormitories in Makeni transit center and Meheba refugee settlement. Construction of Interagency Offices, Bulking Center, Isolation Center and Major Market in Mantapala, and UNHCR Office block in Kawambwa.• Led collaboration with the community and various partners including the government in developing the 2020 to 2025 country shelter and WASH strategies from inception to completion within 6 months.• Initiated the use of Bill of Quantities, resulting in an improvement of the contract management process of construction works in the organization.• Co-ordinated the design and preparation of estimates for the construction of 6 solarized borehole water systems of capacity 20M3 liters each.• Collected and mapped all infrastructure in the settlement with coverage area of 8000 hectares using ArcGIS within 3-month period.• Lead the co-ordination of the technical unit of 10 partners in the implementation of WASH interventions in the settlement and host community. Notable projects include implementation of German Government funded Refugee WASH Project during 2019 to 2021 with UNICEF which involved drilling of 13 boreholes, construction of 1200 household and institutional facilities. Other works include the design and construction of the 3-kilometre lined drainage system.
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Deputy Director of works
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May 2017 - Apr 2019
• Project manager leading the implementation of 10 construction projects (new construction and rehabilitations) with a total budget of approximately K1.5 million (approximately USD 100,000). Notable projects include construction of Nalolo administration block (direct implementation), Litoya pedestrian cross points and Kaunga lweti local court.• Managed the department of engineering consisting of professional and technical staff of 5. The overall function of my group was to provide planning, designing, construction, operations, and maintenance of infrastructure in the district• Provided technical support to ActionAid Zambia through sourcing of contractors in the labour-based contract, material procurement plan and monitoring during construction of 6 classrooms and girls dormitory at Lyatimbwa primary school.
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Assistant Civil Engineer
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Oct 2015 - Apr 2017
Projects: Construction of Mpika fuel depot – Mpika, Northern, Zambia (2015) Construction of 50MW HFO Ndola energy power plant phase II- Ndola, Zambia (2016) Construction of 40MW Geita energy power plant, Geita, Tanzania (2017)• Responsible for allocating resources, facilitating, and coordinating activities of workforce of 50 employees including, concrete and tipper truck drivers, batch plant operator, bricklayers, carpenters, steel fixers and laborers during the construction of estimated US$ 75 million, Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) 50MW Ndola Energy power plant. Key achievements include successful completion of all civil works on the construction of the 150M3 fuel storage tank, driveway, and parking, step up transformer, cable trench, wall-fence, and the drainage network.• Coordinating of all quality assurance and control activities. Successfully supervised the batching of concrete as per the mix design and all concrete cubes taken to the lab for testing. Also, liaison with the geotechnical tests consultants to carry out required soil tests such as compaction using Troxler.• Supervised workforce of 25 employees on the construction of Mpika fuel depot and successfully completed all civil works for the administration block, guard room and 6400M2 concrete track parking area with drainages.
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trainee engineer
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Feb 2015 - Sep 2015
Bridge and Road designsupervision of all road works Bridge and Road designsupervision of all road works
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trainee engineer
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Feb 2014 - May 2014
site supervision as a contractor representativepreparation of payments for workers site supervision as a contractor representativepreparation of payments for workers
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Education
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2010 - 2014
Copperbelt University
Bachelor's degree in engineering, Civil Engineering -
2018 - 2020
University of Lusaka
Master of science in project management, Project Management
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