My role involves assessing and investigating engineering insurance claims as well as general insurance claims ensuring that all parties involved receive fair and efficient resolution. My main duties and responsibilities include:● Conducting site inspections and gathering the necessary information to evaluate claims● Analyzing policy terms and conditions to determine coverage and liability● Providing recommendations to insurers based on the facts of each case● Performing in-depth failure analysis● Providing engineering or technical assistance to other loss adjusters● Negotiating settlements with claimants and their representatives● Collaborating with engineers and other experts to understand technical issues and assess losses accurately

I provide independent consulting engineering and business consulting services to industrial sector clients on a project basis. Clients include Harmony Gold, Anglo Platinum, Exxaro Matla coal, Anglo Gold and De Beers Debswana. For these clients I perform services including:● Design mechanical equipment according to applicable regulations, perform maintenance studies and develop scopes of work for tender for new installations.● Advise on existing or design maintenance philosophies and maintenance management systems to maximize plant reliability for maximum production.● Perform site inspections and factory acceptance tests on behalf of international clients.● Perform root cause analyses of plant breakdowns or repeated equipment failures.● Design mechanical systems and processes for industrial applications.● Develop business proposals for large mining engineering solutions.● Conduct quality assurance inspections on behalf of international clients.● Manage large scale engineering projects.

Independent Engineering Consultant, Sep 2019 - April 2020Metal Management Solutions, Cape Town, RSAProvided consultation in the fields of mechanical and process engineering in the development and implementation and maintenance of data analytics software for clients including Anglo Gold, Anglo Platinum, SEK Copper mine (DRC), Northam. Key duties included:● Developed maintenance strategies for industrial clients through failure data analysis to improve plant reliability.● Developed new client business proposals for software implementation.● Metallurgy process problem solving.● Lead business development and marketing through multimedia platforms.● Tested software products for robustness and functionality.

Provided maintenance and production engineering oversight of up to 200 people, including engineers, operators, quality controllers, boilermakers and technicians involved in the operation and maintenance of eight Siemens 200MW steam turbine generators and their auxiliary systems at Camden Power Station. Provide creative and technically feasible solutions for cost savings, service issues, and product improvements to keep people safe and keep electricity production at a maximum efficiency. Main duties included:● Writing and evaluating scopes of work for outages, overhauls, and new designs of mechanical equipment● Liaise with purchasing and manufacturing departments/contractors in the design of mechanical components and the analysis and testing of manufactured parts before commissioning.● Upskilling personnel regarding the practice of preventative maintenance● Ensure that government regulations are adhered to, including the OSH act, the General Machinery Regulation and other required national and international design codes including various codes from ASTM, ASME, EN etc.● Project: The redesign and installation of turbine steam exhausts and inlets for improved wear resistance and maintainability using CAD and advanced Excel methods.● Lead the successful implementation and certification of designated plant in Risk-Based Inspection (Pressure equipment regulation) regime.● Optimized turbine maintenance costs by more than 30% in planned maintenance by implementing PLM methodologies.● Built an extensive turbine plant component database to integrate with existing PLM SAP software to ensure optimal plant equipment maintenance data management.

Designed maintenance strategies, performed root cause analyses, design reviews and commissioning activities on the turbine plants of new and running fleet coal-fired and solar-powered generation stations including Medupi, Kusile, Kriel, Matimba, Solar 1 and Kendal. Achievements of note:● Redesigned plant maintenance data capturing process, increasing data capture accuracy by more than 20%. ● Increased maintenance data accuracy of turbine plants’ unique identification systems by 30%.● Reviewed component BOM’s for turbine plant equipment on Medupi power plants.● Reviewed Alstom generated maintenance task lists and maintenance plans for turbine plant equipment on Medupi and Kusile power plants.● Performed integrated design review on the boiler feed pump systems of Medupi and Kusile power plants and their maintenance strategies.