Plant Engineer

Tongaat Hulett

January 2014 to Actually working here

? Manage and control an annual budget of +/-R6.5 million which covers maintenance and operations but excludes capital projects; ? Manage and contol a staff compliment of +/-35 employees including foremen; technicians; Artisans; operators and semi-skilled labour. ? Ensuring compliance to the OHS Act 1993 (e.g. Pressure equipment regulation; SANS 347) through close liaison with the relevant AIA organisations; ? Ensure compliance to the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act 2004; ISO 9001 and ISO 14000 through liaison with the relevant Authorities. ? Heads the boiler inspections with support from both the AIA and the chemical water treatment service provider. ? Manages the water treatment contracts, as well as the turbine maintenance contracts. ? Ensuring plant availability by upholding high engineering practice standards from conveyor/bulk handling systems; draught systems and pumping systems; Steam turbines; alternator mechanical maintenance. ? Spear-heading the department?s predictive maintenance strategy through vibration monitoring; oil analysis and other NDT condition monitoring techniques as well as Root Cause Analysis for repeat failures.

Assistant Engineer

Tongaat Hulett

January 2012 to December 2013

? Exposed to Boilers, Boiler Auxiliaries, Steam Turbines, Steam turbine auxiliaries, Water treatment, Single- and Multi-stage pumps, Fans, Conveyors, Forced Draught Cooling Towers, Heat Exchangers, Reciprocating and Screw Compressors, Hydraulic systems. ? Design and Drawing for steel construction, Planning and overseeing maintenance shut activities, Contractor liaison and management; ? Boiler stack emissions monitoring and control, boiler smuts handling and disposal control, ? Company Health and safety policy implementation, implementation of OHS Act (1993), Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment, Member of the Power Generation Safety Committee. ? Engineering Report Writing, Statutory Records of Steam Generators, writing and amendment of procedures and standards

Engineering Trainee

Impala Platinum

January 2009 to January 2010

? During the first 6 months: worked in fitting, turning and electrical training workshops to gain an appreciation and basic hands-on engineering skill. ? During the last 6 months: worked with the smelter plant maintenance team where exposure to maintenance planning, scheduling as well as execution was gained. ? Also did an upgrade project on the cooling system of a Pierce Smith type converter hood; the project entailed the design selection of pumps for the converter cooling water circulation system, as well as cost estimation of the upgrade.

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)

2007 to 2010

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