Day Shift Supervisor - Sibanye Stillwater - Platinum Mile Concentrate
(2025-02 - 2026-01)
Platinum Mile Concentrate (a division of Sibanye Stillwater) is a PGM tailings treatment floatation plant fed by Sibanye Plants, UG2 and Merensky Waterval concentrators. Responsible for Paardekraal Tailings Storage facility overseeing day to day Fraiser Alexander operational tasks. Responsible for Load and Haul Plant feed overseeing day to day Ecblaauw operational tasks.
- Oversee production to make sure production targets are met
- Oversee metallurgical reports to shareholders and offer support to metallurgical team
- Lead Process maintenance planning and assist engineering maintenance planning
- Planning budget control, purchasing of plant equipment and consumables
- Conduct incident Root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence which improves running time by minimizing down time and improves production
Plant Superintendent - Mantengu - Meerust Chrome Mine
(2024-09 - 2025-01)
Meerust Chrome Mine is a developing chrome operation under Mantengu mining, focused on extracting and beneficiating chrome.
- Overseeing daily production
- Ensuring safety compliance
- Managing budget and staff
- Driving efficiency through process improvement
- Overseeing maintenance and repairs for machinery and equipment
Day Shift Supervisor - Sibanye Stillwater - Platinum Mile Concentrate
(2020-10 - 2024-09)
Platinum Mile Resources (a division of Sibanye still water) is a PGM tailings treatment floatation plant fed by Sibanye Plants, UG2 and Merensky Waterval concentrators.
- Oversee production to make sure production targets are met
- Oversee metallurgical reports to shareholders and offer support to metallurgical team
- Lead Process maintenance planning and assist engineering maintenance planning
- Planning budget control, purchasing of plant equipment and consumables
- Development and implantation of SHE system for processing plant to ensure that there is compliance to SHE requirements according to the MHSA
- Schedule on the job training (Planned Task Observation) and offering coaching to shift supervisors and plant operators
- Leads commissioning of all plant changes and improvements
- Conduct incident Root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence which will improve running time by minimizing down time and production
Superintendent - NORTHERN CAPE METALLURGICAL OPERATIONS (MINOPEX) - Gamsberg
(2019-08 - 2020-10)
Gamsberg exploits one of the largest known underdeveloped zinc ore bodies in the world and comprises of open pit mine and a dedicated processing plants.
- Oversee production to make sure production targets are met
- Lead Process maintenance planning and assist engineering maintenance planning
- Planning budget control, purchasing of plant equipment and consumables
- Development and implantation of SHE system for processing plant to ensure that there is compliance to SHE requirements
- Production maintenance planning and liaise with engineering on plant maintenance
- Conduct Root cause analysis to improve running time by minimizing down time and production
Day Shift Supervisor - Platinum Mile Resources (Pty) Ltd
(2014-10 - 2020-08)
Platinum Mile Resources (a division of Sibanye still water) is a PGM tailings treatment floatation plant fed by Sibanye Plants, UG2 and Merensky Waterval concentrators.
- Oversee production to make sure production targets are met
- Oversee metallurgical reports to shareholders and offer support to metallurgical team
- Lead Process maintenance planning and assist engineering maintenance planning
- Planning budget control, purchasing of plant equipment and consumables
- Development and implantation of SHE system for processing plant to ensure that there is compliance to SHE requirements according to the MHSA
- Schedule on the job training (Planned Task Observation) and offering coaching to shift supervisors and plant operators
- Leads commissioning of all plant changes and improvements
- Have acted on a position of Production Manager
Shift Supervisor - Platinum Mile Resources (Pty) Ltd
(2009-10 - 2014-04)
- Supervise efficient operation of all plant equipment's to achieve plant objective
- Provide training (Planned Task Observation) to improve working standards and ensure compliance to all plant standards
- Supervise shiftly production schedules and assist to resolve all maintenance issues
- Perform inspection on all machinery and maintain compliance to all safety regulation
- Attending daily production meetings and briefing workers on operations of the plant
- Shift leader and to make sure there is discipline amongst the team
- Shift data logging
- Attending to breakdown and arranging artisan call outs when necessary
Fire Assay - Met Chem Laboratory (Pty) Ltd
(2008-03 - 2009-07)
Metchem Laboratory is an independent lab that has been in operation since 2006. It has laboratories in Rustenburg, Steelpoort and Mokopane. It specialises in minerals analysis/assaying.
- Operating lab furnaces and maintenance
- Analysing Pgm's and gold sample
- Sample preparation
- Weighing of prills and calculating their mass
- Work without supervision in area of responsibility
Pilot Plant Shift Supervisor (Practical's, P1 & P2) - Impala Platinum - Mineral Processing Plant
(2006-01 - 2007-06)
- Responsible for running all test work or projects on Pilot plant to improve operation of main plant
- Shift data logging
- Stabilizing pilot plant using scada/plc programms
- Sampling and sample preparation
- Assist plant metallurgy with compiling test work reports and implementation of new changes on main plant
- Maximising pilot plant efficiency and recoveries
- Trained and offered supervision to the pilot plant shift personnel/operators
- Monitoring that sub-ordinates are adhering to mine safety rules and regulation
