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Cape Town, Wc, Za

City Of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Management of the mechanical, electrical, and system maintenance teams across all sites. Responsible for all production machinery, facilities, and communication systems across the UK and Netherlands. •Overseeing OPEX and CAPEX budgets for daily operations, continuous improvement projects and large-scale modernisation projects. •Enhancing diverse teams with targeted training for independent and efficient responses in dynamic production settings. Creating new technical operator roles for factory staff development and career progression.•Tracking and reporting on various performance-based KPIs. Most notably the increase in overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).•Health and Safety, Electrical and Food production regulatory compliance.

Slough, United Kingdom

Working as control and design engineer I was responsible for (but not limited to) the following:• Design, development, and building of a vibrational analysis system for conditional monitoring. • Project management, component selection, ordering, and installation.• Dealing with international clients and handling overseas shipments and support.• Software development (C# and reactive coding practices).• System support (fault finding and maintenance).

Bisho Area, South Africa

Training under the paint shop maintenance specialists, gaining experience in the following fields:PLC coding and system integration.Communication and control systems such as interbus, profibus and profibus.Power systems and power control in all aspects of the production line.Saftey systems and plant mangement.Plant optimization and maintance mangement systems.

Bisho Area, South Africa

Working under paint shop TSS maintenance crews I gained a key understanding of the production line and all systems involved. I assisted in the repair and maintenance of various application robots, electrical motors, drive systems, electrical systems and various other elements crucial to the production line such as transfer cars, roller beds, and safety systems. During this time I also gained an understanding of how maintenance and plant optimization is performed in order to make the plant run as efficiently and smooth as possible.

Pretoria Area, South Africa

During my stay at the specialist pharmaceutical company that specializes in the manufacturing of various products linked to the veterinary industry, I learned a great deal about process and manufacturing management. I conducted various tests under the supervision of the lead pharmacist to improve some of their existing products. I completed a risk survey on their shop floor as well as the company was seeiking to expand their production capabilities.