Mxolisi Khumalo

Qualified Electrician with extensive experience in maintenance, fault-finding, installation, and commissioning across refinery, manufacturing, and heavy-industry environments. Proven ability to respond rapidly to breakdowns, perform preventative maintenance, and execute work in strict compliance with electrical safety legislation and SANS standards. Known for technical accuracy, disciplined adherence to LOTO and safety procedures, and quality workmanship.

Maintenance Electrician at Outsource Electrical and Instrumentation (2024-01 – Present)

• Attend to breakdowns promptly to minimize production downtime.
• Carry out corrective repairs and record work done, parts used, and root cause identified.
• Be available for shift work and overtime/call-outs as required.
• Strictly adhere to all electrical safety legislation, SANS standards
• Apply safe isolation procedures, lock-out/tag-out (LOTO), and verify zero energy before work using Multi-meter or voltmeter.
• Ensure correct earthing, cable management, and protection of circuits.
• Execute planned and preventative maintenance tasks on electrical equipment, DBs, switchgear, motors, sensors, and associated wiring.
• Conduct routine inspections, cleaning, tightening of connections, and basic calibration checks as required.
• Accurately complete maintenance checklists, job cards, and feedback reports, highlighting emerging risks and potential failures.
• Diagnose, isolate, and repair electrical faults on machinery and equipment, with or without electrical diagrams.
• Troubleshoot and replace/adjust electrical components including sensors, contactors, relays, VFDs, servo drives, motors, and controllers as directed.
• Assist with installation and commissioning of new electrical equipment and systems as directed by the Head Electrical.
• Perform alterations or remedial work to existing electrical systems (cable routing, connection changes, component replacement) according to instructions and drawings.
• Ensure all work is performed to required standards and neatly finished.

Apprenticeship at BRC Electrical, EE Electrical, Thekwini TVET College (2019-01 – 2022-12)

• Installation of wire ways (conduit, Power skarting)
• Perform light electrical fault-finding and repair
• Installation & maintenance of Generator

Electrician at Outsource Electrical And Instrumentation (2023-06 – 2023-11)

• Build & wire panel, and test control.
• Cable routing, terminations, gland fitting, and labeling.
• Install field devices (sensors, valves, motors, VSDs)
• Read and interpret electrical schematics and wiring diagrams
• Perform light electrical fault finding and repairs
• Installing JB boxes and electrical cabinets (MCC)
• Connecting profiles cable and data cable Fitting pneumatic pipes.
• Changing limits switch and wire
• Changing solenoid valve for hydraulic machines Wiring AC drives and PLC cards
• Installation of safety gate fence for machine and wire control boxes for gate.

Electrician at Outsource Electrical And Instrumentation (2024-05 – 2024-07)

• Daily inspection of the plant
• Attend breakdown down
• Ensure plant is running smoothly
• Calibration of hopper

Lead Electrician at Outsource Electrical And Instrumentation (2023-11 – 2024-05)

• Supervisor all the substation work (LV&MV)
• Obtain permit to work
• Test and verify equipment as per work list Disconnect redundant equipment from MCC
• Remove MV and LV cables from MCC

Electrician at Outsource Electrical And Instrumentation (2023-02 – 2023-06)

• Fault finding of electrical plant and equipment due to plant failure.
• Disconnect and reconnect pump motors
• Testing and glanding of motors
• Installation and Repair of light
• Portable electrical equipment inspections

Matric – Mshiyane High School (2011-01 – 2015-12)

National Diploma in Electrical Engineering – Thekwini TVET College (2017-01 – 2018-12)

Trade Certificate in Electrician – Thekwini TVET College Training Center (2023-01 – 2023-12)