Matope Sithole

Electrical Engineering | Wiremans | GCC | CAPM

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Woodmead, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan MunicipalityMember since 8 February 2023

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About

I hold a BSc Electrical Engineering qualification from WITS University, and I have 5 years work experience in the maintenance and field service operations in the rail/locomotive industry. I have passed and met all the requirements for GCC factories and for the 3 Phase Wireman’s License registrations. I hold a certification as a Certified Associate Project Management (CAPM) from the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Experience

Part Time: Project Development Course & Engineering Internship

Renewed Projects – South Africa

September-2022 – to – Present

Responsibilities:

Study and design: Solar PV, Thermal and PVT systems.
Financial modelling for renewable energy systems
Data analytics
Industry study of renewable energy sources
Business case development

Planning Consultant

MECS GROWTH (Pty) Ltd.

Client: Anglo American Platinum - Amandelbult.

October 2022 -to- December 2022 (3 Months)

Responsibilities

Technical writing and documentation.
Industry research.
Identification of relevant legislation, standards, and regulations as per scope of work
Creating and preparing scope of works
Establish technical requirements for tender process.

Field Service and Technical Advising Specialist

GE Transportation/Wabtec – South Africa.

January 2019 -to- December 2021 (3 Years)

Responsibilities:

Troubleshooting, diagnosing, maintaining and service repairs on designated equipment.
Executing on open ES40ACi and C30ACi locomotives warranty commitments, infancy reliability issues and legacy FMI’s commitments.
Ordered and managed repair parts cycle times.
Analyzed locomotive data as part of troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
Conducted field tests for investigation (Root Cause Analysis) and as part of validation tests, such as traction validation tests.
Performed all tasks in line with environmental, health and rail safety regulations.

Graduate Engineering Training Program (GETP)

GE Transportation – South Africa.

January 2017 -to- December 2018 (2 Years)

Responsibilities

Technical field service support to the C30ACi and ES40ACi locomotives to meet availability and reliability target metrics.
Closing open issues (Field Modification Instructions - FMI's), Root Cause Analyses (RCA), conducting field investigations and data management and data analysis.
Troubleshooting, installation, maintenance, and service repair on designated equipment.
Completing preventative maintenance and functional management inspections
Completed technical, functional and leadership training.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Electrical Engineering) - Degree

University of the Witwatersrand (WITS)

Graduated - 31 March 2017

LEVEL 1: GE Locomotive Service Certification Program - Certificate

GE Transportation/WABTEC

Modules: Leadership Training, Online Technical Locomotive Training, Instructor Led Training (ILT) Classroom Training (USA-Erie, PA), On the Job Training (OJT) (USA – Barstow, CA) and board examination.

Completed - 03 April 2018

Africa Industrial Internet Program (AIIP) powered by GE - Certificate

Africa Leadership University (ALU)

Modules: Data Analytics and Visualizations, Machine Learning, Big Data, Innovation and Intrapreneurship, Application Development and Digital for Industries.

Graduated - 13 December 2019

Inspection and Certification of a Three Phase Industrial/Commercial Installation.

MPK Electrical and Projects (PTY) Ltd

Energy and Water SETA (EWSETA)

Unit Standard ID: 13683 – Issue certificate of compliance for a domestic/commercial/industrial installation.

Unit Standard ID: 259197 – Test and inspect a three-phase industrial/commercial installation.