Gregory Swart

Gregory Swart

Business Unit Manager in Miller - MWP LTD

Queenstown Area, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Current:Miller - MWP LTD
Past:Barrick Gold Corporation
Education:fitting including machining

Job Experience

Business Unit Manager

Miller - MWP LTD

February 2014 to June 2014

Mechanical Foreman/Workshop Supervisor

Barrick Gold Corporation

November 2010 to August 2013

? Part of a team within African Barrick Gold Mine in Tanzania that successfully completed a $100M project to upgrade a CIL, thickener and cyclone feed pump, and install a new cyclone cluster plant, as well as a $30M water treatment plant project. ? Selecting, coaching and retaining large teams of artisan and semi-skilled professionals designed to achieve the highest quality performance based on strategies to meet corporate visions and company objectives. ? Managing drilling operations, drilling crews and other types of teams, with accountability for budget allocation and completing record keeping/daily reporting. ? Delivering training and safety programs to ensure safe operation and maintenance of all equipment such as ball mills, conveyor belts, thickeners, CIP mixing tanks, cyclones, belt filters, gland service pumps, residue pumps, sump pumps, electro-winning, cyanide, elution and smelt-house. ? Completing maintenance and inspection schedules to ensure projects remain on track and meet deadlines. ? Controlling inventory to ensure necessary parts are readily available and avoiding surplus or lack of resources. ? Implementing risk management systems and ensuring all mining equipment is examined according to federal regulation standards.

Site Supervisor

HANSA - Drilling

October 2009 to August 2010

Engineering Foreman

Harmony Gold Mine

July 2009 to October 2009

Site Manager

Mr. Air

November 2008 to May 2009

Maintenance Manager

Namakwa Diamonds

April 2008 to November 2008

? Implemented an efficient stock control system in the main warehouse; driving down costs by preventing surplus resources, and ensuring critical spares availability to prevent slowdown and problems.

Maintenance Specialist

Engineers and Planners

December 2006 to December 2007

Mechanical Engineering Supervisor

ITM Mining

January 2005 to November 2006

Project Manager

Delfisol(PTY)Ltd

July 1916 to December 1916

? Manage day-to-day activities of the project ? Manage co-ordination with technical project team members and inter-dependent activities of the project ? Manage project risks and issues and create risk mitigation & contingency plans in discussion with project teams ? Manage stakeholders and their requirements. Enable them to take corrective actions if needed. ? Manage interaction and the liaison between the supplier teams, possibly other suppliers, and CUSTOMER.

Site Supervisor

Eazi Projects

September 1915 to March 1916

Coordinating, organizing and overseeing the work on the project to ensure the safety and health of workers and others who may be affected by activities on the project; Effectively implementing the owner, employer, or prime contractor?s safety system, or developing such a system, to ensure everyone working on the project fulfills their legal safety and health responsibilities.

Piping Supervisor

S A Five Engineering

January 1915 to August 1915

Maintain on site owners presence and act and a key interface between the EPC contractor, operations, maintenance and technical groups for all piping matters Follow the piping installation through to completion insuring installed as design and meets all ASME code requirements and owners spec?s Maintain a strong presence in the field In conjunction with the Construction Managers, provide constructability input and leadership through field installation Provide direct on-site liaison and supervision

Technical Foreman

Harmony Gold Mine Company Ltd.

Actually working here

? Led a complete surface rail transportation upgrade project worth 15 million Rand, consisting of 13km of 42kg rail, pan-rail concrete sleepers and ballast. ? Effectively managed 200 million Rand upgrade of a large hospital that holds 250 people, with responsibility for coordinating around 3000 employees. ? Drove the upgrade of a steel crossover bridge between two mine shafts in Virginia, South Africa including stripping off the tar mate, removing the undercover, repairing the damaged steelwork, replacing the undercover with interlocking concrete blocks and re-surfacing with tar. ? Led the installation of 32km of rail transportation between a mine and process plant, consisting of 46kg rail, pan-rail concrete sleepers, rail switches and ballast.

Education

fitting including machining

congella technical college (Sudáfrica)

January 1972 to January 1975

Languages

English

Advanced

IT skills

mircosoft

Advanced

Other Skills

Equipment Maintenance Reliability Engineering Welding Metal Fabrication Process Engineering Conveyors Steel Electricians Pumps BLAST Surface Mining Milling RCM Maintenance Engineering Heavy Equipment Safety Management Systems Nickel Metallurgy Condition Monitoring Copper Commissioning Mining Engineering Mineral Exploration Drilling Underground Mining Minerals Predictive Maintenance Iron Ore Base Metals Maintenance Management Piping Preventive Maintenance Coal Project Engineering Continuous Improvement Plant Maintenance Planned Preventative Maintenance Maintenance & Repair Gold Management Mineral Processing Hydraulics Factory Inspection Mining Engineering Budgets Supervising Project Planning Process Scheduler

More Gregory

Career Goals

Actively seeking a position as a Mechanical / Engineering or Maintenance Supervisor/Foreman where future opportunity is available on the basis of my performance, ability and contributions.

Industries of interest

Trade Construction Industry Manufacturing Metalworking Metallurgical Mining / Oil / Gas Paper Industry Petrochemicals Health Safety Services Oil Industry Other

Areas of interest

Quality Call Centers / Customer Service Architecture / Construction Education / Training Energy, Minning and Fuel Industries Engineering Retail / Shops / Stores Logistics / Transportation / Distribution Marketing and Advertising Operations Others Production and Maintenance Public Relations Human Resources - HR Safety Hygiene and Safety / Environment Transportation General Jobs

Availability to travel and work outside the city

Yes

Interests and hobbies

watching sport on televission and gardening