Etienne van der Westhuizen
Senior Project Engineer at LNW Consulting Engineers and Project Managers (Pty) Ltd- Claim this Profile
Click to upgrade to our gold package
for the full feature experience.
Topline Score
Bio
Credentials
-
Leadership Mindsets
LinkedInSep, 2021- Sep, 2024 -
Professional Engineering registration
Engineering Council of South AfricaAug, 2018- Sep, 2024
Experience
-
LNW Consulting Engineers and Project Managers (Pty) Ltd
-
South Africa
-
Engineering Services
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
Senior Project Engineer
-
Feb 2023 - Present
I am the Mechanical department lead and Senior project engineer in the consulting sector supporting a very talented mechanical staff compliment. I support my team and clients through engineering expertise in equipment design, FEM and DEM analysis, Risk management, equipment life cycle management and Test and measurement. I manage the mechanical outcome of the company by evaluating the departments workload and technical growth. My aim is to further grow the company through client identification and marketing. This is to increase the company's footing in the mechanical engineer support in the Mining and Commercial sectors. Show less
-
-
-
-
Director
-
Sep 2022 - Present
Guiding businesses through Engineering design from general advice to Professional Engineering support. Guiding businesses through Engineering design from general advice to Professional Engineering support.
-
-
-
Transnet Engineering
-
South Africa
-
Railroad Equipment Manufacturing
-
700 & Above Employee
-
Senior Mechanical Engineer
-
Nov 2018 - Feb 2023
Senior Mechanical engineer and team leader in the design and development of a top Research and Development project (Development of a Terminal Tractor). Responsibilities include:• Supply management, inclusive of budget management (OPEX and CAPEX), sourcing identification and supply compliance to technical requirements.• Risk mitigation through risk identification and tool application (FMECA).• Intellectual Property evaluation and management.• Leadership of a multiple disciplinary team across South Africa.• Successful initiation and development of multiple company strategy aligning projects to increase manufacturing capability and technical knowledge.• Completion of mechanical designs through disciplined design strategies, from concept development, and evaluation of standard system integration.• Successful project management implementation through constraints management and development timelines to ensure project success.• Development of a condition monitoring systems.• Systems engineering application through requirement definition and generating of specification.Mentoring of Engineer-in-Training and management of Engineers in training to Senior Engineers in a departmental and team context. Show less
-
-
Acting Principal Engineer
-
Oct 2020 - Jan 2021
Provisional department manager for a large Research and Development (R&D) mechanical section. Responsibilities for key oversight on all day-to-day project executables to ensure departmental profitability in compliance with organisational directives; support in new business (R&D) developments; and support in R&D strategy development.
-
-
Mechanical Engineer
-
Apr 2016 - Oct 2018
Project Engineer and team leader in the design and development of a Specialist truck tractor from first principles. Evaluate project feasibility. Responsibilities included Procurement management, Risk mitigation, Systems engineering and Project management.
-
-
Engineer in Training (Mechanical)
-
Mar 2014 - Mar 2016
Test and measurement specialist with further focus on Particle flow evaluation and Root Cause analysis.
-
-
Education
-
2019 - 2020
University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
Master of Engineering - MEng -
2008 - 2013
University of Johannesburg
Bachelor's degree -
2002 - 2007
High school Zwartkop
Matric
Community
