Workshop Manager - Reynolds Construction Company (Nigeria) Ltd. - Nigeria
(2019-10 - 2024-05)
I was responsible for the spare parts, breakdown, maintenance and service of all mobile, potain and tower cranes.
Crane Service Technician / Qualified Electrician - Crane Aid - East Rand - East Rand
(2015-06 - 2018-04)
Duties
- Responsible for repairing and maintaining crane equipment
- Perform maintenance checks and monitor equipment systems
- Carry out electrical fault finding on cranes and ancillary equipment
- New installations of overhead cranes including wiring and commissioning
- Fault finding on panels, testing between motor cables and meggering of motor winding
- Installation of lighting systems
- Installation of motor control circuits, hoist control circuits, variable frequency drive inverters and three phase motors
- Checking installed circuits for continuity
- Replacement of crane attachments i.e. grabs, sucking pipes, filling pipes, blowers air coolers, drag chains, reeling drums
- Installing , maintaining and modifying lights, PCL, power points, hoists, overhead cranes, fuse boards, relays
- Connecting installed wires to contractors, lights, VFD
- Ensure adherence to safety standards
- Electrical motors for hoisting motions, cross travel as well as long travel motions
- Mechanical gearboxes for hoisting motions cross travel as well as long travel motions
- Electro Magnetic drum brakes for hoisting motions
- Installation of ring gears and drive pinions on long travel motions as well as cross travel motion
- Installation of drive wheel assemblies for long and cross travel motions
- Installation of top block sheave wheel assemblies
- Installation of trailing wheel assemblies for long and cross travel motions
- Installation of bottom block sheave wheel assemblies with hooks, nuts and cross heads
- Installation of bearings on sheave wheels as well as long an cross travel wheels and gearbox bearings
- Installation of mechanical and electrical hoists
- Changing of load ropes and rope guides
- Installation of festoon cable systems and grab chains, including cable trays
- Coordinate repairs and inspections of overhead crane and hoist equipment. Interface with customers to create service and inspection programs and ensure full customer satisfaction in their execution.
- Communication between customers, management, and other technicians related to schedules, evaluations, and repairs
- Replacing defective parts, cleaning equipment, testing machinery and overhauling cranes
- Trouble-shoot electrical and mechanical defects for overhead hoists and mobile cranes
- Repair, Inspect and refurbish, load test, commission overhead cranes, hoists, mobile cranes and forklifts and any other overhead lifting equipment to ensure equipment is compliant with manufacturers, OSHA, and ASME Standards.
Assistant Technician - Garage Equipment
(2013-04 - 2015-05)
Duties
- Servicing Compressors
- Maintenance on car washing machines
- Air piping maintenance on BPO, Total , Sasol underground piping
- Tank Testing
- Installation cars, trucks, car washes
Crane Technician / Qualified Electrician ( 3 Month Contract) - Kone Cranes
(2013-01 - 2013-03)
Duties
- Responsible for repairing and maintaining crane equipment
- Perform maintenance checks, monitor equipment systems
- Ensure adherence to safety standards
- Electrical motors for hoisting motions, cross travel as well as long travel motions
- Mechanical gearboxes for hoisting motions cross travel as well as long travel motions
- Electro Magnetic drum brakes for hoisting motions
- Installation of ring gears and drive pinions on long travel motions as well as cross travel motion
- Installation of drive wheel assemblies for long and cross travel motions
- Installation of top block sheave wheel assemblies
- Installation of trailing wheel assemblies for long and cross travel motions
- Installation of bottom block sheave wheel assemblies with hooks, nuts and cross heads
- Installation of bearings on sheave wheels as well as long an cross travel wheels and gearbox bearings
- Installation of mechanical and electrical hoists
- Changing of load ropes and rope guides
- Installation of festoon cable systems and grab chains, including cable trays
- Coordinate repairs and inspections of overhead crane and hoist equipment. Interface with customers to create service and inspection programs and ensure full customer satisfaction in their execution.
- Communication between customers, management, and other technicians related to schedules, evaluations, and repairs
- Replacing defective parts, cleaning equipment, testing machinery and overhauling cranes
- Trouble-shoot electrical and mechanical defects for overhead hoists and mobile cranes.
Assistant Technician - Crane Elect
(2010-02 - 2012-12)
Duties
- Cover the field of mechanical fittings, electrical, rigging & hydraulics on grab units and hydraulic emergency brake
- Electrical motors for hoisting motors cross travel as well as long travel motions
- Mechanical gearboxes for hoisting motors as well as long travel
- Electro magnetic disc brakes for hoisting motions cross travel as well as long travel
- Installation of ring gears & drive pinions on long travel motions, installation of trailing wheels and assembling for ling cross travel
- Installations of top block sheave wheel assemblies
- Installations of bottom block sheave wheel assemblies with hooks , nuts and cross heads
- Installations of bearings in sheave wheels as well as long & cross travel wheels & gearbox bearings
- Installation of mechanical & electrical hoists
- Changing of load ropes
- Installation of festoon cable system & grab chain including cable trays
- Servicing, maintenance and repairs
- Low testing on the cranes.
Assistant Technician - Metso Minerals (contracted to Morris)
(2002-01 - 2010-01)
- Cover the field of mechanical fittings, electrical , rigging & hydraulics on garb units and hydraulic emergency brake
- Electrical motors for hoisting motors cross travel as well as long travel motions
- Mechanical gearboxes for hoisting motors as well as long travel.
- Electro magnetic disc brakes for hoisting motions cross travel as well as long travel
- Installation of ring gears & drive pinions on long travel motions installation of trailing wheels assembling for long cross travel
- Installations of top block sheave wheel assemblies
- Installations of bottom block sheave wheel assemblies with hooks, nuts and cross heads
- Installations of bearings on sheave wheels as well as long & cross travel wheels & gearbox bearings
- Installation of mechanical & electrical hoists
- Changing of load ropes
- Installation of festoon cable systems & grab chain including cable trays
- Servicing, maintenance and repairs.
