Moshe Ngwandula

Qualified and trade-tested Mechanical Fitter with strong experience in FMCG and heavy industrial environments, including breweries and manufacturing plants. Skilled in preventative maintenance, fault finding, installation, and plant reliability improvement. Proven ability to maintain pumps, conveyors, boilers, compressors, refrigeration systems, and production equipment to ensure maximum uptime and operational efficiency.

Safety-focused, hands-on artisan with solid experience in high-speed production lines, utilities, and plant maintenance within FMCG operations.

MECHANICAL FITTER - United National Brewery (UNB)

(2025-12)

• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on pumps, valves, actuators, and process equipment.
• Maintain gearboxes, belt drives, and chain drive systems to ensure continuous production.
• Conduct daily inspections on horizontal tube boilers, compressors, chillers, and condensers.
• Inspect and maintain refrigeration plant, including ammonia level sensors, oil filters, pressure gauges, and valves.
• Service cooling towers and water plant systems to support FMCG production operations.
• Install and maintain cookers, agitator shafts, and process equipment components.
• Ensure plant reliability by reducing downtime through proactive maintenance and fault diagnosis.

MECHANICAL FITTER - South African Breweries (SAB), Rosslyn - Rosslyn

(2023-07 - 2025-11)

• Performed plant inspections, breakdown maintenance, and preventative maintenance in a high-speed FMCG production environment.
• Achieved and maintained over 80% equipment efficiency through planned maintenance strategies.
• Installed and commissioned gearboxes, including gear backlash setting and alignment.
• Replaced and maintained hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders, valves, pipelines, and fittings.
• Conducted root cause analysis and implemented preventative measures to reduce recurring breakdowns.
• Led technical maintenance teams in servicing centrifugal and reciprocating pumps.
• Replaced and maintained various bearings (spherical roller, tapered roller, self-aligning ball, and angular contact bearings).
• Maintained and repaired conveyor systems (roller, plastic, slat chain, and rubber top conveyors).
• Inspected, aligned, and replaced chain and belt drive systems to ensure production continuity

MECHANICAL FITTER (CONTRACT) - Heineken - Sedibeng

(2023-01 - 2023-06)

Reason for leaving: Contract ended

• Commissioned, installed, and maintained industrial gearboxes and mechanical systems.
• Maintained and serviced conveyor systems including roller, rubber, plastic, and slat chain conveyors.
• Fabricated and fitted gaskets (rubber, cork, non-asbestos, and flange gaskets).
• Conducted routine maintenance, fault finding, and repair of water system pumps.
• Repaired and reassembled industrial valves (ball, gate, butterfly, check, and globe valves).
• Supported continuous production through efficient maintenance of FMCG processing equipment.

MECHANICAL FITTER APPRENTICE - Scaw Metals Group - Germiston

(2019-06 - 2022-06)

• Assisted with installation, commissioning, and maintenance of pumps, gearboxes, chain drives, and belt drives.
• Performed precision alignment of couplings using Dial Test Indicator (DTI).
• Mounted, inspected, and replaced industrial bearings and mechanical components.
• Fabricated and fitted keys, locking devices, and mechanical assemblies.
• Adjusted thrust brakes and supported senior artisans in plant maintenance activities.
• Gained hands-on experience in heavy industry maintenance and mechanical fitting.

Mechanical Engineering N5 - Mechanical Engineering - Central Johannesburg TVET College, Johannesburg (2017 - 2018)

Grade 12 (Matric) - George Mswazi High School (2016 - 2016)