Drikus Steenkamp

Experience:

Eskom is the South African electricity public utility

• Eskom – Kendal Power station – Mechanical Technician 
• Eskom – Kendal Power station – Welding Administrator
• Eskom – Kendal Power station – Supervisor Mechanical Maintenance

Sasol is an integrated energy and chemical company using the coal-to-liquids (CTL) process based in South Africa

• Sasol – Synthol East – Mechanical Technician
• Sasol – Power station – Area manager mechanical maintenance, senior area manager mechanical maintenance, senior area manager Boiler Outages
• Sasol – Gasification – short exposure to assist GO colleagues in inspections and clearance for operations as project leader
• Sasol – Reliability – Power station/Oxygen – Senior Technologist
• Sasol – Gas Circuit – Area manager mechanical rotating equipment for Gas Processing and Gas Conversion
• Retrenched at the end of June 2021 due to Sasol manpower restructuring (Sasol 2.0)

• Daily planning and execution of maintenance strategies
• Daily planning and execution of repairs and breakdowns
• Ensure each piece of equipment has a maintenance strategy
• Ensure equipment maintenance strategies are adhere to
• Enforce task risk assessments and audit periodically
• Periodically overhaul of equipment
• Appointment of competent personnel
• Maintain personnel competencies
• Compiling and controlling of budget for each financial year
• Compile, request and control budget for renewal projects 
• Reporting to the GMR 2.1
• Acting for GMR 2.1
• Daily interaction over discipline boundaries with Production, Electrical and Instrumentation 

Qualification: National Higher Diploma – Mechanical Engineering

Institution: Vaal University of Technology

Date Graduated: 1993

Major Subjects: Machine Mechanics

Fluid Mechanics

Thermodynamics

Strength of Materials

Other Subjects: Electro Technology

Mathematics IV