Djakaridja Sako

Automation technologist trained in Côte d'Ivoire and Canada, with hands-on experience building and wiring industrial control panels in Québec (PLCs, variable frequency drives, power devices). Proficient with Siemens (TIA Portal, WinCC) and Schneider (Unity Pro) platforms and with reading electrical drawings in AutoCAD. Seeking to apply these skills to the maintenance and reliability of automated systems in a process plant environment.

CONTROL PANEL BUILDER at D2E AUTOMATISATION (2025-08 – 2026-07)

• Assembled and wired industrial control panels according to electrical schematics and layout drawings.
• Mounted components: DIN rails, wire ducts, circuit breakers, contactors, relays, terminal blocks, power supplies, PLCs and I/O modules.
• Wired variable frequency drives (power and control circuits).
• Prepared, crimped and identified conductors; labelled wires, terminals and components.
• Performed pre-shipment checks: continuity tests, torque verification and conformity to drawings.
• Marked up drawing changes (redlines) for as-built updates.
• Worked to industry standards (CSA / UL 508A) and health and safety rules.

INTERN at NESTLÉ TRAINING CENTRE (2021-12 – 2022-06)

• Technical training (theory and practice) in industrial automation, pneumatics and hydraulics, mechanics and electricity.
• Technology training (theory and practice) on production machines.
• Entrepreneurship and leadership training.

INTERN at GRAND MOULIN D'ABIDJAN (GMA) (2021-02 – 2021-05)

• Study and improvement of a PLC programming system: GMA case study.

ONTARIO COLLEGE ADVANCED DIPLOMA, ELECTROMECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY in Automation and Robotics – CENTENNIAL COLLEGE (ONTARIO, CANADA) (2024 – 2025)

PROFESSIONAL BACHELOR'S DEGREE (LICENCE PROFESSIONNELLE) in Industrial Automation, Process Control and Supervision – CENTRE DES MÉTIERS DE L'ÉLECTRICITÉ (CME) – BINGERVILLE (CÔTE D'IVOIRE) (2020 – 2020)

HIGHER TECHNICIAN DIPLOMA (BTS) in Electronic and Computer Systems – HETEC – ABIDJAN (CÔTE D'IVOIRE) (2017 – 2018)