Scott Houston Email & Phone Number

Durban, KZN, ZA

South Africa

I am a Technical Expert in the Energy Drive Project Engineering Department. I have a broad oversight of engineering performance and the design quality of our automation projects which utilize LV or MV Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) for energy saving. I also provide technical support to the ESE team on system controls and advanced modelling and.

South Africa

Project Management of the building, installation and commissioning of Energy Saving as a Service Solutions by Energy Drive. Project values of up to R20m.

South Africa

Hillcrest South Africa

Durban

CAD Services: Machine Design and detail shop drawingsConverting paper 2D drawings to 3D CADReverse engineering from product into CADDesign optimization for manufactureConsulting: Drawing office systems setupData management and backup strategy2D to 3D CAD migrationRevision control system setupQuality management and business systems

Durban Area, South Africa

Business processes and systems optimizationMechanical Engineering DesignTechnology knowledge transferMentoring junior machine design engineersProduct DevelopmentProject ManagementSite work managementCustomer liason for project implementation

Phoenix, Durban, South Africa

• Scope of Work as Engineering Manager
• Plant uptime monitoring
• Maintenance management
• Continuous improvement – Plant, Equipment, Systems and processes,
• Developing automation and new equipment to reduce headcount
• Plant equipment and overhead efficiencies

Durban

Lead Production Engineer. Working on plant efficiencies, cost and waste reduction. Lean Manufacturing. Plant Engineering. Project management. Energy efficiencies.

Merrivale, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa

Management of Engineering Department, plant and facilities. Design of new equipment and tooling. Maintenance management. R&D and testing support.

• My duties and responsibilities were the upgrading of internal systems and procedures to handle massive growth the company experienced. It was my responsibility to drive the company’s quality commitment and to help.
• Project managed a completely custom designed enterprise resource planning software suite. This software suite utilises VB6, MySQL, Adept 7.0, SolidWorks 2007 and Pastel… Show more My duties and responsibilities were.
• Project managed a completely custom designed enterprise resource planning software suite. This software suite utilises VB6, MySQL, Adept 7.0, SolidWorks 2007 and Pastel accounting.
• Implementing a European Union product safety standard (CE) program in the engineering department.
• Education program to raise the levels of computer skills of the general worker in the business.
• Communication network systems to provide the company with a solid Business intelligence network. This is an ongoing software development projectI had moved into this role in the company in early 2007. The position was.

Pietermaritzburg Area, South Africa

ISO9000 Quality rep and internal auditorInternal business systems managerDesign concepting and implementation

Pietermaritzburg Area, South Africa

Permanent position in the Engineering Design Department – headed by Dave Bullock ex LR Plastics and SAMSClifford is based in Pentrich, Pietermaritzburg, South AfricaMy duties and responsibilities were the custom design of mesh welding systems and ancillary equipment, detailing, issuing of new and existing designs. I was involved in all aspects of.

Pinetown Area, South Africa

• My Duties & Responsibilities at Techmatic:
• Customize existing Techmatic equipment designs to facilitate clients order requirements.
• Produce CAD drawings required for quoting and presentations by sales department.
• Research and development on new equipment.
• End users need analyses.
• Design equipment for specific client requirements.

New Germany, Pinetown Area, South Africa

Position: Maintenance technician for DM PlasticsContract skilled level position at DM Plastics in the Manufacturing, Production & Trades sector in Pinetown, South Africa (KwaZulu Natal). Duties & ResponsibilitiesReactive maintenance on PVC extrutions plant. Moving multi-tonne extrusion equipment in and out of factory when repairs were required.

Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands BWI

Dive InstructorContract skilled level position at Red Sail Sports in the Diving Education sector in Georgetown, Cayman Islands.Duties & ResponsibilitiesDrive 42ft twin Diesel dive boats with customers to dive sites in Carribean. Teach various dive courses.

Phoenix, Industrial Park, Durban Area, South Africa

Duties & ResponsibilitiesI set up and managed a factory producing tubular aluminium outdoor furniture. The company produced a large range of welded tubular aluminium furniture that was powder coated in house and had extruded plastic fibre seating woven onto the seat and backrest. I managed the in house an aluminium casting plant, a powder coating and spray.

Westmead, Pinetown Area, South Africa

• Duties and Responsibilities:
• Fitter and miller in the tool room
• Welder in the fabrication department.
• I helped build custom plastic injection moulding equipment and related products.
• I helped build a 120ton fully computerised injection moulder from scratch.
• I built: o compression moulding machineso centrifugal oil filters for spark erosion machines.o Tristar designed autodrills utilised by companies such as Glacier bearings Pinetown, Pressure Die Casting… Show more Duties.

Spmp Nqf6, Project Management Diploma

Studied Mechanical Engineering

3 Year Mechanical Engineering Diploma Ndip Mech Eng., Mechanical Engineering, National Diploma

Find out more about my Mechanical Engineering diploma on the DUT Website here: http://www.dut.ac.za/faculty/engineering/mechanical_engineer.

High School

Activities and Societies: Computers Motorcycles