Experience

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  RAILWAY SAFETY REGULATOR

  • South Africa
  • Rail Transportation
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Acting Principal Inspector

    • Jul 2023 - Present

    My key functions for this role are Strategic Management, Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement, Occupational Health and Safety Management, Stakeholder Management, People Management, Finance and Asset Management, Risk Management and Project Management.

  • Safety Inspector

    • Apr 2014 - Present

    o Conduct railway safety audits and inspections and compile reports;o Conduct technical reviews of new or modified railway technology;o Follow up on outcomes of audits, investigations, inspections and technical reviews o Ensure improvement of railway safety;o Provide Mechanical engineering inputs and guidance which include all aspects of innovative and complex engineering applications for the development of infrastructure strategies, policies, systems, norms, standards and signing off on Mechanical installations.o Develop and maintain technical and functional norms and standards from an engineering perspective.o Investigate proposals for innovative service delivery mechanisms and undertake feasibility studies. Compile mechanical briefing documentation and specifications. o Provide inputs to the determination of the User Asset Management Plan and the Infrastructure Programme Management Plan. Investigate mechanical engineering installations and oversee commissioning of mechanical engineering installations. Undertake researcho Serve as RSR technical resource in the field of expertise; ando Exercise all the functions and powers of a Safety Inspector in terms of Act 16 of 2002, as amended.o Extensive travel across South Africa and/or the SADC regiono COMPETENCY: Report writing, Financial Management.

  • Junior Safety Inspector

    • Jan 2013 - Mar 2014

    o Oversee safety of all railway operations.o Promote, monitor and enforce railway safety and compliance;o Attend to occurrence siteso To conduct occurrence investigations with the main intention of identifying the rooto causes for the incidences and providing recommendations based on the findings too prevent, or reduce the risk of recurrence;o Review of Operator’s investigation reports

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  Department Of Science & Technology

  • King William's Town

  • Assistant Project Manager

    • Jan 2012 - Dec 2012
    • King William's Town

    o Assist with Business planning and Correspondence of Science& Technology for Curriculum management departmento Handle Projects and Presentations with the team group at National Government Presentations across the Eastern Cape Province.o Establish and maintain a comprehensive filing system of all documentso Handle correspondence and keep recordso Provide logistical support for workshops and meetings, that is responsible for organization of meetings, workshops and prepare presentationso Motivate students and educators with Science and Engineering related activities around Eastern Cape Province.

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  Volkswagen South Africa

  • Port Elizabeth Area, South Africa

  • Mechanical Technician

    • Jul 2008 - Jun 2009
    • Port Elizabeth Area, South Africa

    • Production Planning• Raise Kaizens to improve production• Ensure proper maintenance is carried to maximize reliability of machines• Design solutions to re-occurring breakdowns• Supervise the installation and maintenance of mechanical equipment• Controlling maintenance tools, stores and equipment• Conduct investigations on arising problems and implement corrective actions• Writing maintenance strategies to help with installation and commissioning guidelines• Monitor the operation of mechanical equipment• Improve operational and quality efficiencies• Request quotes from different suppliers and award the job• Condition monitoring of machinery and equipment• Carrying out quality inspections on jobs• Implementing preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance systems and procedures• Production Planning• Test the functionality of mechanical equipment

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  Firstpro Engineering C.c

  • East London

  • Production Technician

    • Jan 2008 - Jun 2008
    • East London

    o I oversee production team members to ensure a Forge department meets its production goals.o I also monitor and predict tooling life. o Perform required modification on tooling when required. o Schedule repairs of damaged/warn tooling with suppliers.o Help the team to conduct problem solving.o Present monthly reports at the multi-level meetings at the end of the month