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PERSONAL DETAILS:
Date of birth: 26 May 1977
Nationality: South Africa
South Africa Passport Details: 462804765 (Valid till 2016)
South Africa Identification Number: 770526 5006 087
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Engaged (Getting married shortly)
Dependants: 1, One
Drivers licences, Code EB: South Africa + Saudi Arabia + International Health: Excellent
Languages: English + Afrikaans, (Speak, Write and Read)
Vaccinations: Yellow fever, Hepatitis A + B, Typhoid, Meningitis, Polio
Point of origin / Nearest Airport: George, South Africa
EDUCATION and QUALIFICATIONS
School Attendant: Pionier High School, Passed; Grade 12, Town; Vryheid, South Africa
Courses Passed and Certificated:
Safety Leadership Fluor Ltd
Project Management West Lake College
Rope Access Level 1 SAIRAA
Mechanical Trainee & Qualifier Chevron
Social Engineering Chevron
Laser Alignment Flender + Rotolign
MS - DOS; Compu Care
ISO Drawings Sasol
Fire Training Eskom
Crane Code 30 Risk Com RCCT
Advanced Rigging; Risk COM RCCT
MECHANICAL ENGINEER NATIONAL DIPLOMA (HND) (1999)
FLUID MECHANICS N6
MATHEMATICS N6
STRENGHT & STRUCTERES N6
POWER MACHINES N5
MECHANCTECHNICS N5
ELECTRO TECHNICS N4
INDUSTRIAL TECHNICS N4
ENGINEERING STUDIES N4
MECHANICAL DRAUGHTING N4
WORK EXPERIENCE
Position: Maintenance & Construction Superintendent
Period: 05 February 2009 – 29 May 2009
Place: Libya
Employer: MAN Ferrostaal Oil & Gas Ltd
Project: Bu-Attifell
Department: Construction
Position: Mechanical & Construction Superintendent
Period: 14 April 2008 – 27 January 2009
Place: Al Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Employer: Saudi Arabia Kentz (Work direct for client; Fluor Arabia Ltd)
Project: IBN Kayan Project
Department: Offsite & Utilities Department, Construction
Area of responsibilities: Area 3, 7, 16 + 21
Responsible for the integrity, reliability and availability of the Rotating & Static Mechanical equipment and systems in the plant. Ensure that all work is done in accordance with the relevant specifications, regulations and standards. Manage a team consisting of Supervisors and Technicians to ensure plant reliability and availability. Responsible for quality of Maintenance and Construction work performed.
Optimize and refine maintenance strategy to assist Maintenance and Construction Department in achieving world class standards. Thoroughly investigate every equipment failure in order to improve reliability and availability, and manage relevant safety standards and protocol applicable to Rotating equipment. Programming, set-up, repair and problem solving on Mechanical equipment.
Custodianship for the Rotating Equipment, water injection systems, fire water systems installation, and ensuring system integrity. Fault finding on, and optimization of Rotating equipment systems. Controlling engineering activities during Construction and Commissioning of project. Failure Analysis and Root Cause Analysis. Finding solutions to, and implementing corrective action to eliminate recurring plant problems.
Responsible for the safe conduct of all personnel and subcontractors to ensure a zero accident project. Ensure all site personnel meet minimum safety requirements (e.g. training, orientations, tools and equipment). Plan and supervise Assistant Superintendent, subcontractors and/or craft activities. Includes determining method of construction, manpower levels, material quantities equipment, temporary power sources, work schedule and documenting actual hours worked. Maintain liaison with engineering, estimating, and planning to ensure work complies with drawings, specifications, and schedule. Assist in resolving construction problems (e.g. lack of productivity, work interfaces, etc.) as required. Approver of final inspection request made from sub contractor to client. Also assist QC inspections on all mechanical and civil activities and do all the collection of the quality records, hard and electronic copies. Assist sub contractors if any Non Compliance Reports were open against their activities and support with technical data and spec's to rectify all reports. Supervise and witness all inspections and check all reports and documentation issued by inspectors and collect and file the required Quality Records
Prepare daily activity plans to assure that requisite personnel, equipment and supplies are in place to assure that the next day's work will be conducted in a safe manner with minimal wasted effort.
Position: Mechanical & Technical Sites Advisor
Period: 05 July 2006- 10 March 2008
Place: Cabinda Malongo, Angola
Employer: Baker OTS (work direct for client; Chevron)
Department: Maintenance; Global Upstream and Downstream
Areas of responsibility: Malongo Offshore Inner Area Platforms + Onshore NGL Refinery
Maintenance, troubleshooting, installation and inspection of all Rotating + Static Equipment and Controls and Instrumentation devices on Gas Compressors, Gas Generators Engines(Waukesha + Caterpillar Engines), Gas Turbines(Solar,Nuovo Pignone) Gas Cooler Fans+Lube oil cooler fans+enclosure fans and Shipping pumps(Goulds,Afton,Sulzer) transfer(Afton,Goulds), crude oil pumps(Afton,Goluds). Hydro and pressure test of coolers, pipe lines, vessels, valves and heat exchangers. Area consists of 6 Gathering Platforms and 3 Gas Injection Platforms+ NGL Refinery onshore. Daily, weekly and monthly planning of maintenance and production activities on onshore site and inner area platforms offshore. Financial budget planning and assessments of equipment, shipping fares, spares, vessels, pipes and personnel on site of ensure that all maintenance work and related activities are carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act Regulations.
Provides all technical training and is a Qualifier Trainer of all nationals and expats on production and maintenance asset team in training centre, workshops and on site. Project/Team Leader in all mechanical projects. Daily and weekly plan meetings with production, clients, vendors and personnel to insure correct and safe work on site. Do tenders and related paperwork and SOP producers for client approval.
Position: Mechanical Site Manager
Period: 01 February 2005 till 03 May 2006
Place: Bonny Island, Nigeria
Employer: CSA Nigeria Ltd, (Clients; NLNG, TSKJ, KBR)
Department: Construction, + Maintenance Department
Areas of responsibility: Construction; Train 4+5, Maintenance; Train 1, 2 +3
Planning and financial budgets of all construction, maintenance and shutdown activities on sites for the company. Ensure that all construction work and related activities are carried out in accordance with the requirements of the occupational health and safety act regulations. Attend site meetings with clients. Supervision, management and time keeping over workers. Toolbox and safety talks with workers. Do all related paper work and tenders. Collect all quality records of QA/QC Inspectors and assist inspectors to assist in QC planning and allocating of personnel to various areas on site. Loading of Mercury Catalyst under nitrogen and industrial cleaning of tanks and vessels. Maintenance, troubleshooting, installation and inspection of all rotating equipment and controls and instrumentation devices on Gas Compressors, Gas Generators Engines, Gas Turbines, Gas Cooler Fans+Lube oil cooler fans+ Enclosure fans and Shipping Pumps, Transfer pumps, Crude oil pumps and water injection systems. Hydro and pressure test of coolers, pipe lines, vessels, valves and heat exchangers
Bolt tensioning and detensioning on Doosan heat exchangers flanges and domes. Bolt torque on flanges and valves using of high force equipment. Instalment of pipes, gaskets and alignment, valves, flange facing and on site mechanical repairs. Reading of isometric drawings and indentify parts on equipment and installations and specific working areas. Painting and sandblasting.
High pressure and ultra high pressure cleaning on structures, concrete surfaces, vessels and tanks using Woma ultra and high pressure pumps and full maintenance and breakdown repairs on all equipment on site.
Position: Maintenance & Commissioning Sites Superintendent
Period: 02 July 2003 till 30 January 2005
Place: Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, Cape Town, South Africa
Employer: Rotek Engineering (Client; Eskom)
Department: Maintenance and Projects
Planner of all planning and organization of outages, shutdowns and production maintenance on Power station and Nuclear Reactors. Reading of isometric drawings and indentify parts. Complete overhauls, decommissioning, commissioning on Power Generation. Turbines, Generators, Governing & Non Governing Valves, APP & APA Steam feed pumps, Servo motors, HP Rotors, LP Rotors, Bellows on vacuums, water injection systems and fire water systems and Rack Screen Drums. Meetings with clients. Installations and maintenance repairs on all rotating equipment high + ultra high pressure cleaning on structures, vessels, tanks, concrete surfaces and paint removal with use of Woma and Hammelman machines and pumps. Full maintenance on machine and pumps + breakdown repairs.
Painting and sandblasting on pipes, tanks and vessels. Pressure testing on steam pipe lines and valves. Technical support on probes, gauges, vibrations, jacking oil and Temperatures readings and repairs on safety coils, electrical hydraulic converters. Complete run up and synchronize of turbine. Working with inside, outside, bore micrometers and telescopic, clock gauges. Precision fitting. Supervision over maintenance and projects supervisors, fitters and trade assistants and time keeping. Reporting production status and defaults on daily basis to power station manager
Position: Sites Superintendent (Mechanical and Technical)
Period: 14 February 2003 till 13 May 2003
Place: Petro SA, Mossel Bay, South Africa
Employer: RTP; Refinery Turnkey Projects
Department: Maintenance and Projects Departments
Areas of responsibility: Unit 14, 16 + 21
Assist clients of planning deadlines and tasks for the shutdown. Managing and supervision on all Rotating & Static Equipment, water injection systems activities on site. Reading of isometric drawings and indentify parts on equipment and installations and specific working areas.
High and Ultra High Pressure cleaning on vessels, tanks, tube bundles and structures. Maintenance and repairs on pump and machine. Painting and sandblasting.
Pipe fitting, pressure testing on valves, heat exchanges, tube bundles and vessels.
Removal and refitting of gate, butterfly and instruments valves. Indentify correct gaskets and installations. Bolt tensioning and detensioning. Bolt torque on heat exchangers, pipe flanges. Pump repairs and alignments. Supervision over supervisor's fitters and trade assistants. Reporting to project manager on daily basis
Position: Sites Superintendent (Turbines and Auxiliary Equipment)
Period: 15 August 2002 till 25 January 2003
Place: Hendrina, Matimba and Witbank Power Stations, South Africa
Employer: Rotek Engineering (Client; Eskom)
Department: Maintenance Shutdowns, Projects and Commissioning
Complete overhaul on turbines working on the HP, IP, LP and Generator rotors. Removal and refitting of covers, rotors, pedestals, segments, Gearboxes, couplings, and white metal bearings. Taking of actual, radial, and clearances sizes on pedestals and covers. Tape and lead sizes on segments for rotor and blades clearances. Crack testing on blades and fitting of blades and shrouding plates including riveting. Air scraping on white metal bearings and pedestals after blue check. Removal of coupling bolts, segments, and springs. Refitting of rotors and alignments. Reading of isometric drawings and indentify parts on equipment and installations and specific working areas reporting to the project manager on daily basis.
Position: Sites Supervisor (Mechanical and Technical)
Period: 01 June 2003 till 30 July 2003
Place: Sasol 2, Secunda, South Africa
Employer: RTP; Refinery Turnkey Projects
Department: Maintenance,Shutdowns and Projects Departments
Areas of responsibility: Unit 12 + 17
Managing and supervision on all Rotating & Static Equipment activities on site, Activities and project deadlines planning. Parts review in store and store, supervise all mechanical activities on site. Manage handover of equipment for client.
Pipe fitting, pressure testing on valves, heat exchanges, tube bundles and vessels.
Removal and refitting of gate, butterfly and instruments valves. Indentify correct gaskets and installations. Bolt tensioning and detensioning. Bolt torque on heat exchangers flanges. Pump repairs and alignments. Reading of isometric drawings and indentify parts on equipment and installations and specific working areas Supervision over supervisors, fitters and trade assistants. Reporting to project manager on daily basis
Position: Group Team Leader (Mechanical and Technical)
Period: 05 January 2001 till 30 April 2003
Place: Namakwa Sands Open Cast Mine, Vredendal, South Africa
Employer: Vredendal Engineering
Department: Maintenance Department
Group leader of Conveyer Belts, Crushers and Rotating Equipment Department on mine. Planner of full maintenance and shutdowns repairs and installations of Conveyers, Motors, Gearboxes, Couplings, Pulleys ( pump & conveyers ), Bearings, Screens, Primary and Secondary Seizers. Milling machines, welding. Painting and Sandblasting. Technical instruments installation on conveyers and pulleys on the Krupp system. Time keeping of workers and credit control of department. Maintenance. Piping installations and crushers and rack screens, valves. Supervision over supervisors, trade assistants and reporting on daily basis to engineering and managements. Site inspections and production control.
Position: Sites Supervisor (Mechanical and Technical)
Period: 01 February 1999 till 30 November 2000
Place: Petro SA, Mossel Bay, South Africa
Employer: BABCOCK
Department: Maintenance and Shutdown Departments
Areas of responsibility: Unit 14, 16, 18 + 21
Installation of bore, gate, instrument, and control valves. Lapping and repairs on worn and broken parts. Removal and boxing up on heat exchangers. Crack testing on tube bundles refitting of gaskets. Replacing of seals, pellers, and motors on fin fans. Hydraulics and pneumatics fitting and fault finding. Turning of shafts, couplings, peller housings, and buses in workshop. Working with inside, outside micrometers, and telescopic gauges (precision fitting) Reading of isometric drawings and indentify parts on equipment and installations and specific working areas pipe fitting, pressure testing on valves, heat exchanges, tube bundles and vessels.
Removal and refitting of gate, butterfly and instruments valves. Indentify correct gaskets and installations. Bolt tensioning and detensioning. Bolt torque on heat exchangers flanges. Pump repairs and alignments. Manhole entries on reactors and inspection and repairs on pressure relief valves. Supervision over trade assistants. Reporting to project and site manger on daily basis
Position: Mechanical Fitter & Turner (Apprenticeship at Sasol Institute)
Period: 02 February 1996 till 28 November 1998
Place: Sasol 3, Secunda, South Africa
Employer: Sasol Synthetic Fuels
Department: Sasol Institute and Maintenance Department
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