3d modeling of mechanical equipment for offshore diving structures and installations

Sheet Metal Design Draughtsman at Authentic Metal Works (Metalian Trailers). Designing of off road trailers and specialise in laser cutting, bending design and costing for Metalian and any custom sheet metal design for regular and walk-in clients.

Costing of Custom & Standard projects. Develop & update price lists for clients in industries such as Fans, HVAC & Ducting, Mining manufacturing industries.Liaise with engineers, workshop staff, R&D departments & collate all required information to determine actual costs of projects/items & investigate possible profit margins & cost saving strategies.Liaise with suppliers in various industries as well as internal buyers department.

Designing of Conveyor systems:Incline / decline belt conveyors; Roller Chain driven; Gravity Roller systems; Packaging equipment; Steel Gantries, structures & Platforms; ULD Systems for airport industry cargo; Food grades conveying systems & reject chutes. Trailer designs & Agricultural feeding equipment. Issue drawings & orders for manufacturing, machining suppliers, laser cutting & raw materials suppliers.Generate bill of materials for each project & determine Job Costing for each project & profit margin.Project management: time deadlines, supplier deliveries, QA, etc. Liaise with clients & suppliers.Oversee project roll-out from GA client phase to Manufacturing to Deadline Delivery date.

Produce nesting layouts for Laser Cutting machines, liaise between production & sales department.Problem solving on workshop floor, capture accurate remnants on floor. Update, tracking & batching of jobs. Program used: SigmaNest

Civil & structural engineering consultanting company. Responsible for draughting of concrete foundations, floor slabs, beams & columns and detailing of residential projects for council approval (AutoCAD & Excel).Rib & Block slab design & scheduling. Rebar bending & cutting scheduling & detailing. Retaining walls detail & design, concrete designer pools, timber structural draughting, topographical & civil layouts & sections.

3D Point Cloud generating & modelling. Produce drawings for projects as issued by CEO for actual working companies. Worked on various projects in conjuntion with GESS. Learnt about surveying fundamentals, GIS. Site surveys on projects such as scanning of a Naval Ship in Simon's Town Dry Dock; The Cobra at Ratanga Junction; empty warehouse under construction at Northgate Estate & others. Programs used: FARO scanner, Bentley Cloudworx, Cyclone, Bentley Microstation, Bentley Geopak Site, Bentley Structural Modeller V8i SS1

3D draughting & designing of Water treatment & purification plants (Solidworks).Assist lead mechanical design engineer on projects with modelling & draughting. Generate bill of quantities & confirm supplier orders. Consult between workshop staff & engineers.