Project Manager Testing and Commissioning (Acting) at Gibela Rail (2025-06 – Present)
- Work Package review for the department
- Responsible for change management
- Impact analysis for all baseline changes
- T&C process and procedure documents review
- Data analysis with action plans
- Responsible for PC10 and PC11, ie, handing over the train to the customer after commissioning
- Supplier visits for technical investigations
- Technical reports
Test and Commissioning Senior EPU Manager at Gibela Rail (2018-05 – 2025-05)
- Daily Planning of all test and commissioning activities for the team
- Produce test schedule and manpower forecast
- Ensure timely execution of serial testing and associated troubleshooting
- Ensure delivery of proper documentation after test execution
- Coordinate with project manager, Quality manager and Test engineering manager, keeping up to schedule and improve test activities
- Execute defined test procedures and develop test procedures to cover defined gaps in testing
- Analyze both inhouse and supplier failures and give feedback and recommendation
- Develop appropriate risk analysis, mitigation plan and associated EHS procedures
- Conduct planned task observations
- Lead problem solving with respect to quality, to improve test cycle
- Ensure the timely deployment of test procedures, tools, infrastructure
- Ensure proper operation follow-up and establishment of relevant KPI
Test Technician at Gibela Rail (2017-01 – 2018-04)
- Perform the systematic hand-over from Manufacturing
- Ensuring the safety of the Testing team and of the Train while operating on the Test Track
- Ensure strict compliance with EHS rules and regulations within testing workshop and dynamic test track
- Co-ordinate type tests
- Conduct Factory & Site acceptance testing
- Functional safety, system software programming and testing on various systems
- Respect and comply with the test procedures
- Manage the repair of failures as soon as they appear
- Trace each failure with precision
- Escalate unsolved deviations to the EPU test Manager
- Suggest process improvements, assist develop new standards/specifications when required
- Engage in teamwork and transparency at all times
- Ensure a good working relationship with the Engineering Project team, Logistics, Quality, EHS and Industrial
- Do fault finding
Technician at High Voltage Technology (2014-01 – 2016-12)
- Installation, repairs, maintenance, commissioning and testing of all circuit breakers on distribution and transmission substations
- Report writing
Test Technician at Transformco Electric (2013-06 – 2013-12)
- Testing of 2MVA voltage transformers
- Report writing
