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South Africa

Gauteng

Rosslyn, Pretoria

* GMR 2.1 appointee managing the site installation of 6 MVA* Managing an Engineering & Safety Department of 42 employees with 6 direct reportees consisting of Maintenance Planning, Mechanical Maintenance, Electrical (HT, Instrumentation & PLC), Plant Production Tooling & Bevcan Divisional Tooling Refurbishment* Budgeting and cost control - capital projects (R26m); maintenance (R53m) & equipment refurbishment (R4m)* Implemented the maintenance strategy for the two newly installed 3000 cans per minute aluminium beverage can line equipment* Established & maintained Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with key equipment suppliers (OEMs) to conduct major maintenance tasks on equipment; to improve the response support times from them; and the holding of significant spares* Reduction of Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) from 1.49 to 0.41 through the investigation for all lost time and non-lost time incidents & implementation of corrective actions* Introduced a new tool for the capturing, reporting and analysis of equipment downtime due to breakdowns* Compiled the major capex expenditure request to the value of R12m for the upgrade and replacement of the existing Food Can Line equipment* Implemented World Class Manufacturing protocols in the Engineering Department

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

* Responsible for ensuring the high availability & reliability of the Pet Dry Food Bulk Processing plant * Responsible for executing the maintenance plan* Responsible for managing the productivity of the maintenance personnel* Reduced technical down time from 14% to 9% by focussing on specific equipment failures (e.g. Blowers)* Engaged with OEM to resolve outstanding plant problems* Upgraded the steam heating system on the Tallow Bulk Storage Tank to keep this ingredient liquid so that it could be pumped to the processing plant* Engagement of new artisans and team building to manage problematic equipment

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

* Legal Appointment – GMR 2(1) – Supervisor of Machinery* Responsible for the maintenance of the Utilities* Responsible for the SHE Management Portfolio. Report globally on plant SHE performance.* Implemented an integrated SHE management system in compliance with ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 & aligned to the site’s ISO 9001 system* Compiled the site’s first holistic SHE General Risk Assessment* Successfully implemented the Group’s Pedestrian Safety Standard ORS 001 at a capital cost of R1m* Increased the Production Packing Line 223’s OEE from 42% to 50%

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

* Managed the production and repairs of the Self-Contained-Self-Rescue devices* Maintained the Self-Rescue Division buildings, utilities and production equipment* Managed the productivity of 55 production employees & 4 administrative employees* Ensured safe work areas, practices and behaviour associated with production* Created and maintained the Production processes in line with SRD integrated SHEQ system* Managed the contractors that provided services to SRD e.g. Building Maintenance Contractor, Security Guards, Access Control, Cleaners, Switchboard and Garden Service* Managed the Permit to Work system on site* Appointed as the Management Representative for the SHEQ system in terms of ISO 9001 and ISO 14000* Upgraded the Degreasing Facility for increased safety and ease of operation* Improved productivity whilst decreasing the number of operators* Refurbished production facility for ease of flow* Created drawings for production jigs and purchased new ones* Revived the operator training and assessment program

Vereeniging Area, South Africa

* Legal Appointment as GMR 2(1) – Supervisor of Machinery* Responsibile for ensuring the high availability and reliability of the potable water purification & pumping plant and the productivity of the maintenance personnel* Performance management of 65 employees i.e. maintenance planning, technicians, mechanical maintenance, electrical maintenace and instrumentation* Budgeting and controlling an Operating budget of R16m* Budgeting and controlling a Replacement & Refurbishment budget of R6m* Reviewed and introduced new maintenance strategy for existing and new plant* Eliminated false equipment trips by reviewing the PLC programs and generating alarms with more appropriate descriptions. Also updated the GUI on Wonderware to improve the visibility of process information* Created a sense of ownership of plant problems within the maintenance department* Reduced grievances within the maintenance department* Successful implementation of the ISO 9000:2000 in the Maintenance Department

Witbank Area, South Africa

* Responsible for the availability and reliability of the following Plant areas; i.e. Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC); Chiller Plant; Compressed Air Plant, Concrete Open Circuit Cooling Towers; Boiler Auxiliary Cooling Plant and Boiler Sample Cooling Water Plant.* Conducted Root Cause Analysis of significant equipment failures & implemented corrective actions* Conducted Feasibility Studies and implementing modifications to the Plant, which had to comply with Eskom specifications, relevant SABS standards and the Occupation Health and Safety Act * Compiled Scope of Work for Capital Projects and Outage Maintenance.* Compiled Life Cycle Plans for the allocated equipment

Middelburg Area, South Africa

* Responsible for correcting and maintaining overall thermal efficiency of a 200MW steam generating plant* Conducted scheduled tests to ensure that the equipment are set and run within the specifications, also ensuring that plant equipment are calibrated correctly.* Commissioned the mills and burners after their general overhaul. Identify process related problems and implemented corrective actions.* Conducted internal inspections on the boilers, burners, air and flue gas ducting, air-heaters and mills.* Assisted Eskom TSI Division in setting up and analysing data from the new on-line process measurement instruments at Hendrina Power Station.

Advanced Leadership & Management, Business Administration And Management, General

Coaching & Mentoring For Results, Workforce Development And Training

Gcc Factories - Mechanical

Samtrac, Safety Management

National Higher Diploma In Mechanical Engineering (T4), Mechanical Engineering