In February 2016, I commenced Training at Goodyear South Africa (Pty) Ltd in the capacity of Utilities & Facilities Junior Engineer (Graduate in Training), where I was responsible for:
- Coordinating daily building maintenance inspections and jobs.
- Managing building maintenance contractor team consisting of 1 Supervisor ,1 Carpenter, 3 Masons, 4 General Labourers
- Developing and managing preventative and predictive maintenance programme in the Utilities department
- Developing and managing predictive maintenance programs for Preparation department critical equipment (Vibration Analysis, Lubrication, Thermography and Alignment).
- Developing, coordinating, and implementing strategies and policies to reduce energy consumption
- Safari Project Management (Compresses air system upgrades)
- Energy usage forecasting monthly
- Utilities billing to Conti-Tech.
- Contract management (water treatment and building maintenance)
- Fire suppression system management and upgrades.
- Ensuring compliance to safety
- Monthly and daily energy consumption calculations and reporting
- Annual and monthly energy usage forecasting
- Performing Reliability Analysis on preparation area gearboxes
- Plant water balancing
- Controlling maintenance budget and prioritizing improvements
- Facilitating P2 learners with projects and training required
Upon completion of training in December 2017, I was appointed Utilities Engineer. His responsibilities included:
- Taking responsibility for 2 Direct reports: 2 Engineering Technicians, as well as On-Site Contractors
- Energy management
- Coal boiler and all auxiliary equipment maintenance
- Full site energy management and reporting
- Improvements to substation entry and switching procedures
- Energy reduction initiatives on plant steam, compressed air, process water and electricity systems.
- Departmental energy goal setting and tracking
- Driving plant saving initiatives as Energy Savings Committee Leader
- Energy and nitrogen usage annual forecasting
- Regional energy and consumption reporting
- Improving plant metering system
- Driving plant saving initiatives
- Utilities billing to other on-site business (Conti-Tech)
- Plant water balance and department billing
- Project upgrade management
- Training and continuous skills development of Technician in Powerhouse
- Regional energy and consumption reporting
- Ensuring compliance to safety
- Building maintenance
In January 2019, I was promoted to the position of Reliability Specialist for the Engineering, Stores and Facilities departments. His responsibilities included:
- Performing maintainability analysis and write / update equipment maintenance manuals
- Developing FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) for new and key existing equipment
- Coordinating bill of materials/inventory with outside suppliers to improve spare availability and equipment reliability
- Supporting to maintenance department in equipment spare parts, equipment corrective actions and overhauling of old equipment.
- Developing critical spare parts list for key equipment and implement a risk and prioritization schedule to purchase critical spares
- Full site Banbury, milling and extruder motor repairs and maintenance
- Reviewing equipment specification and design documentation to assess the reliability and maintainability of equipment
- Identification and control of obsolete stock
- Providing advice to equipment improvement teams on appropriate reliability focus and projects designed to improve equipment reliability
- Reduction of plant monthly supplies consumptions
- Developing and implementing equipment reliability improvement initiatives
- Evaluating spare parts inventory for proper parts registration and stocked quantities.
- Training and skills development of Engineering Maintenance Technicians
- Performing root cause failure analysis (RCFA) on repeat damaged equipment and developing repair recommendations to prevent repeat failures.
- On site Rockwell Automation repair centre management.
- Performing maintainability analysis and write / update equipment maintenance manuals
- Ensuring SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) compliance
- Engineering budget management
- Stock optimization and control
- Engineering stores cost optimization
- Asset management
- Tracking and KPI (key performance Indicator) setting for engineering storeroom staff
- Tracking overdue purchase orders
- Compiling Goodyear supplier queries
- Highlighting blocked requisitions
- Adding and removing material codes
- Ensuring compliance to safety
- Facilities contract management
- Project Management
- Regional Reporting
In June 2021, I was appointed to the position of Reliability Specialist for the mixing departments. Responsibilities included:
- Ensure all test equipment electrical, electronic, and mechanical are always calibrated too the
Company standard procedure.
- Support the quality department in all requirements of plant equipment performance improvements to the Company standards
- Support the quality department in all requirements of plant equipment performance improvements to the Company standards
- Participate and assist all quality driven innovation to the equipment
- Maintain production equipment up time in all electrical, electronic, and mechanical aspects of the equipment
- Participate and assist in all equipment improvement or innovation ideas required by production to increase
- Monitor and plan actions to reduce energy consumption as set by the Company standards and Goals
- Manage Engineering monthly cost according to the Company monthly target
- Mentor and train all subordinates for better performance in their respective disciplines
- Monitor and plan actions to prevent repetitive or ad hoc equipment stoppages
- Assist with all internal and external electrical, electronic, and mechanical installations
- Assist with fault finding of ad hoc and repetitive electrical, electronic, and mechanical equipment failures
- Manage and assign tasks to internal or external suppliers on safety audit findings
- Monitor and manage all safety device inspection assigned to the engineering team
- Communicate with external suppliers on safety device or equipment installations
- Manage all internal and external supplier maintenance
- Support the safety department on all functions safety related of any equipment or process in the plant
- Maintenance Planning with Maintenance planner
