Nicky Mabuya

Responsible GES, passionate about delivering outstanding quality and service. Offering 25 years of experience in industry with history of recognition for performance. Trustworthy as an Engineering Foreman with 17 years of practical experience and dedicated work ethic.

Self-motivated to consistently provide first-class results in line with stringent targets and deadlines. Dedicated GES with experience in achieving tangible results and cross-team collaboration. Proactive and excited to partner with like-minded individuals to achieve goals.

Adaptable GES with extensive experience providing first-class results. Meets job demands and deadlines through diligent work-ethic and dedication to quality. Motivated GES with progressive experience. Energetic self-starter and team builder.

Navigates high-stress situations and achieves goals on time and under budget. Detail-orientated GES are adept at making critical decisions, managing deadlines and conducting team reviews. With expertise in analysis and quantitative problem-solving skills, dedicated to company growth and improvements.

GES - 4 Arrows Mining and Engineering - Hotazel

(2024-07)

• Oversee the maintenance and repair of the Crushing Plant, ensuring efficient and safe operations
• Managing the team (mechanical, electrical) through the Engineering Foreman
• Monitor and analyze equipment performance, identify areas of improvement and implement solutions to optimize productivity and efficiency
• Co-ordinate the maintenance plan
• Trouble-shooting issues
• implement improvements to optimize equipment performance
• Minimize downtimes through RCAs and analyzing top breakdowns
• Ensure the standards of the mine health and safety act are maintained
• Provide guidance, support and motivation to engineering staff, fostering a positive and productive work environment
• Leading and supervising engineering teams, providing guidance, training, and ensuring tasks are completed safely and efficiently
• Develop and implementing maintenance strategies, schedules, and procedures to ensure optimal equipment performance and minimize down time
• Investigating and diagnosing problems and breakdowns, determining the source requirements and ordering spare parts
• Contineously analyzing equipment efficiencies, recommending and implementing improvements and communicating changes to relevant stakeholders
• Managing budgets for maintenance and engineering activities and ensuring cost effectiveness
• Participating in capital projects and other engineering initiatives

Engineering Foreman - Thungela Isibonelo Colliery - Trichardt Secunda

(2017-11 - 2024-06)

Plant and Services Foreman at Isibonelo Coal, Trichardt

• Planning, organizing, leading and controlling
• Ensure health and safety is adhered to by employees
• Costs and budgeting
• Generation and implementing continuous improvement
• Manage sectional projects
• Problem solving and trend analysis
• Manage employees reporting to me at the section
• Reduction and management of breakdowns on plant equipment
• Condition monitoring on equipment
• Visible leadership and a safety ambassador
• Critical spares management
• Implementation of RCA's
• Training the team leaders, artisans and operators on latest maintenance methods
• Manage the plant performance (Process and technical)
• Improving the maintenance strategy
• Manage job card completion
• Ensure job/task execution
• Manage Manpower utilization and discipline
• Ensure compliance to the MHSA and implementation of recommendations from the DMR and Management
• Manage and improve Plant availability
• Ensure Plant safety devices are functional

Senior Engineering Foreman - De Beers - Kroonstad, Free State

(2013-01 - 2017-11)

Senior Engineering Foreman at De Beers - Voorspoed Mine

• Planning, organizing, leading and controlling
• Ensure health and safety is adhered to by employees
• Costs and budgeting
• Generation and implementing continuous improvement
• Manage sectional projects
• Problem solving and trend analysis
• Manage employees reporting to me at the section
• Forecasting on pumping strategy to 2021 and Pit lighting
• Reduction of breakdowns on equipment
• Condition monitoring on equipment
• Increase pumping efficiency
• Manage the mini business area
• Improve the safety file score
• Pit dewatering systems
• Pit lighting and road maintenance
• EMV workshop maintenance, Diesel and lube facilities (Electrical, mechanical & Sectional projects)
• Contractor management (EMV breakdowns)
• Legal compliance (2.9.2 MHSA appointee)
• Ore extraction mining services costs optimization-MBA
• Employee management
• Continuous improvement on mining services equipment
• Planning, organizing, communication, leading, controlling, coordinating
• Visible leadership and a safety ambassador
• Pit dewatering pumping strategy forecast (2014-2021)
• Management of mining services projects
• Critical spares management

Engineering Foreman - Assmang Chrome - Machadodorp, Mpumalanga

(2007-08 - 2012-12)

Engineering Foreman (Washing, Screening And Crushing Plant)

• Ensure a safe working environment (health and safety) for the employees and ensuring we comply to the legal requirements(Risk control Management)
• Cost optimization (Managing the business unit maintenance budget)
• Manage the plant performance (Process and technical)
• Manage the people through disciplinary and motivation
• Redesigning plant to ensure safety and efficiency
• Generation and implementation of continuous improvement
• Managing engineering projects
• Improving the maintenance strategy
• Training the team leaders, artisans and operators in latest maintenance methods
• Problem solving and trend analysis
• Planning, organizing, communication, leading, controlling, co-ordinating
• Implement the RCFA process to the team
• Upgrade the maintenance plan using the RCM methodology
• Standardization of equipment's and spares availability
• Metal recovery plant and crushing plant upgrades (Debottlenecking)

Maintenance Planner - Assmang Chrome - Machadodorp, Mpumalanga

(2006-05 - 2007-08)

Washing Plant Planner at Assmang Chrome - Machadodorp. Core responsibility - prevent failure through proactive maintenance.

• Create planned mtnce work orders
• Schedule and plan all shutdowns
• Track work order completion rate
• Planning of all shutdowns
• Updating the maintenance performance board
• Providing all maintenance performance data
• Rcfa's Completed
• Number of recurring failures
• Mean time between failures of critical equipment
• Financial data
• Total cost of maintenance
• Work order internal wage rate
• Reactive maintenance data
• Work order external wage rate
• Number of breakdowns
• Number of call-outs
• Overtime hours
• Number of maintenance personnel on shift
• Unplanned maintenance %
• Breakdown maintenance %
• Planned maintenance work orders skipped
• Statutory work orders outstanding
• Work orders completed
• Ratio of number of notifications created to number of notifications approved
• Planned maintenance
• Number of planned maintenance work orders scheduled
• Number of notifications scheduled
• Notification turnover

Millwright - Assmang Chrome - Machadodorp, Mpumalanga

(2003-03 - 2006-03)

Crushing and Metal recovery Plant Millwright

• Plant maintenance
• Crusher maintenance (Jaw and cone Crushers)
• Centrifugal and Peristaltic Pumps (Warman, Bredel pumps)
• Screens
• Cyclone maintenance and inspections
• Dewatering screens and feeder maintenance
• Electrical fault finding and maintenance
• Belt filter maintenance
• Conveyor belt maintenance
• Filter press
• Bucket elevators
• Jigs
• Permanent and electro magnets

Apprentice - Assmang Chrome - Machadodorp

(2000-05 - 2003-02)

N5 - Mechanical and electrical Engineering - Gaucol(Technicol SA) (2018)

NQF5 - Production Management - PMI (2010)