Maponapona Ramoroka
Control Room Operator/Supervisor
About
Overseeing control room operations for the process plant to ensure production targets are met.
Experience
Control Room Operator/Supervisor - Murray & Robert Cementation
(2022-07)
Overseeing control room operations for the process plant to ensure production targets are met.
- Ensure that the control room operations are carried out in line with company standards, safely and efficiently.
- Input operational system status with control system tools.
- Calibrating and troubleshooting automation.
- Ensuring effective implementation of control loops and cascade loops in PLC/SCADA system to ensure consistent plant operations.
- Overseeing control operations.
- Attending to production Emergency requests and machine stoppage alerts.
- Ensuring plant is operating within parameters required production and process key metrics.
- Assessing and troubleshooting process logs.
- Continuous improvement initiatives and updating SOP.
- Ensure environmental, health and safety standards are adhered to.
- Regular reporting and providing feedback to Plant Manager and production team.
- Mentoring and training subordinates.
- Ability to supervise a team.
Control Room Operator - DWARSRIVIER CHROME MINE
(2013-09 - 2021-11)
Ensuring that all work is controlled by work orders and that information loops are closed.
- Actively participate in spares and material acquisition and support the material management strategy.
- Ensure that the activities in the Control Room area is aligned with the requirements of the whole planned maintenance process.
- Compile accurate shift reports at the end of each shift.
- Assist engineering employees to maintain equipment in Control Room area.
- Assist during breakdowns and emergencies by processing urgent work orders and procurement of required spares and support a Housekeeping program.
- Administer the critical spare parts lists.
- Actively support the codification and bills of material initiatives
Data Capture - DWARSRIVIER CHROME MINE
(2012)
Mining & Engineering department
- Updating CRM Backlog Reports
- Production Report & Daily report
- Work Order Verification / Collate
- Non – Stock item creation and adding to work order.
- Work Order Register Schedule
- New P/M Inspection Change
- Work Order Cancellation Requested Planning meeting attendance.
- Creating work order for Stores department.
- Capturing: Artisan time
- Complete work order
- Capturing Meter Reading on Gedis Programme
- Issuing Equipment/materials for Mechanical breakdowns
- Creating/Purchase Order of work Order
Freelance AET Facilitator - Triple E: Grinaker LTA, Two Rivers mine and Media Works Dwarsrivier mine
(2009-09 - 2012-04)
- Prepare training Reports for Learners.
- Update training/Monitoring Reports.
- Conduct Multimedia and Face to face Facilitation.
- Attending Meetings.
- Record all training interventions.
- Compile and submit the training report to management.
- Conduct presentation to the management when required.
- Assess Leaner's for placement levels.
- Marking and placing Learners.
- Marking the Portfolio of Evidence.
- Scheduling for Examinations.
HR Assistant - XTRATA ALLOYS EASTERN MINES (MOTOTOLO BORWA)
(2008-02 - 2009-02)
- Monitors control and administer labour and labour movement, provide advice to line management regarding labour budgets.
- Prepare job descriptions for advertising.
- Assist with short listing.
- Minutes taking during interviews.
- Conduct telephone reference checks
- Induction arrangement for new recruited employees.
- Presentation during induction
- Provides an effective and efficient employee relations service and to improve the relationship between stakeholders.
- Assist with the process of Job evaluation.
- Assist with the development and implementation of HR management strategic plans, policies and complied with HSEQ.
- General HR support to line management and related administrative tasks
- Responsible for industrial relations processes and issues on site.
- Compile and submit weekly and monthly report.
- Arrange and attend disciplinary hearings.
Education
Certificate - N. Sotho, English, Afrikaans, Geography, Physical Science, Biology and Mathematics - Bankuna high school (1995 - 1996)
Certificate - Computer Literacy, MS-Dos, WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3 advanced skills - Lief's Commercial College (1996-12 - 1997-08)
Certificate - Industrial Electronics N2, Electrical Engineering N2, Engineering Science N2, Mathematics N2 - Baal-Perazim FET (2018-07 - 2018-11)
Diploma - Instrumentation Engineering - Moving Knowledge TVET Mokopane (2023-06)
N4 - Electrotechnics - Electrotechnics N4 (waiting results) - Moving Knowledge TVET Mokopane
N4 - Industrial Electronics - Industrial Electronics N4 (waiting results) - Moving Knowledge TVET Mokopane
N4 - Industrial Instrumentation - Industrial Instrumentation N4 (passed) - Moving Knowledge TVET Mokopane
N4 - Engineering Science - Engineering Science N4 (passed) - Moving Knowledge TVET Mokopane
N4 - Mathematics - Mathematics N4 (waiting results) - Moving Knowledge TVET Mokopane
N6 - Instrumentation Engineering & Supervision Management (Passed 2024) - Moving Knowledge TVET Mokopane (2024)
Certificate - Total quality Management - University of South Africa (2020 - 2021)
Certificate - Operations & Production Management - University of South Africa (2021 - 2022)
Bachelor - Industrial Engineering - University of South Africa (2025)
