Gary Collum Email & Phone Number

Richards Bay Area, South Africa

I am responsible for the site Instrumentation and Control - Medium & Long-term strategy of Maintenance, process Reliability, Project execution, Finacial Budget (& spend management), quality & environmental analyzers, advanced control, standard/procedure setting and continuous improvement.

Richards Bay Area, South Africa

My present responsibilities include:Leading instrument maintenance team (1 DCS & 1 analyzer technician and 1 supervisor with 3 artisans). Define & optimize maintenance strategies.Ensure maintenance targets (Preventative Maintenance Rate, % of scheduled tasks executed, Overtime, Downtime & callouts etc. – focusing on production stability & cost control) are met & shortcomings addressed accordingly.Set team KPIs (focused on; budget compliance & production stability) as well as support the team to achieve our goals.Continuous improvement of the Instrument service.Root cause failure analysis and closeout.Compile and manage annual budget.Adherence to legal compliance.Deployment of and compliance with Mondi Technical Standards. Manage SAP maintenance system and compliance to business processes.Short and midterm planning, as well as annual shut planning. Manage shutdowns and instrumentation projects related to my business unit. Maintain & update equipment long term plan (obsolescence plan, technology advancements) and risk register.Provide shut post mortem reports then plan & execute shortcomings.Responsible for safety, health and environmental issues, including occasional incident Investigations & corrective actions.Familiar with OHSAct.Personnel assessment & development of my team.Broad instrument experience in the following areas: Process control, quality & environmental analyzers, in-depth DCS knowledge, PLC basics, actuators, transmitters, radio –active isotopes, Profibus (I am a certified Profibus Engineer), OPC and other bus communication systems/technologies.Responsible to maintain advanced control applications.Computer literacy including SAP, Excel, MS excel, Projects (basic) and others I am a member of Mondi Group/International Functional Safety team and Mondi South Africa technical standards committee member.

Richards Bay Area, South Africa

I lead Automation Network (incl MIS) and Control System technicians (senior & junior). This invloves both the technical and managerial support functions. I report to the Automation Manager.

Richards Bay Area, South Africa

The Turbine project (~R490m) objectives were to allow our mill to be self sustained electrically, as well as maximize export electrical power to Eskom (presently we export ~22MW with our mill power consumption ~95MW). Our cogeneration turbines (Gas Turbine, 1 x backpressure & 2 x extraction) in conjunction with 3 x coal fired boilers & 2 x Chemical Recovery boilers provide steam to three pressure networks (8.2Mpa, 1000Kpa & 420Kpa). The more stable the pressure to the mill steam consumers, the more cost effective, hence the Steam Network Manager (~R1.5m) implementation. I was asked to present our Advanced Steam Manager Control system to our Mondi group in Slovakia in November of 2014. My presentation topic was well received by the delegates.