Experience

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  DGB (Pty) Ltd

  • Wellington, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Technical Manager

    • Mar 2023 - Present
    • Wellington, Western Cape, South Africa

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  WINDMEUL INGENIEURSWERKE WELLINGTON

  • South Africa
  • Manufacturing
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Project Engineer

    • Mar 2010 - Mar 2023

    RESPONSIBILITIES: • Project management that includes planning, quotation, mechanical- and manufacturing design (CAD mechanical design Solid Edge ST10). • Liaison with customers• Material and special services sourcing and procurement. D• Design experience in the FMCG industry mainly focusing on the food (poultry, fish, fruit etc.) and wine industry. • Managing projects which include the expansion, renovation and maintenance of new and existing plants. • Building and maintaining relationships with existing clients, as well as sourcing new clients.DESIGN: • 3-D modelling of equipment (conveying systems, machinery etc.)• Plant layout and concept drawings.• Detail drafting for manufacturing of equipment, planning and installation.PROJECTS: • Driving small to large plant maintenance projects.• Plant expansion and new installation projects at every stage starting at budget and sales, to the design and manufacturing, communicating with the customer through-out the process to ensure that all needs are met. • Coordination of projects to fit into planned time schedules. • Act as communication link between client and project team. • Monitoring of the junior design team as well as supervising over on-site artisans. • Main fields of experience include fishing, poultry, wine, and fruit industries varying from ash handling and conveying solutions to storage hoppers, mixing tanks and chimney stacks.SALES: • Small to large projects/installations of various assemblies, parts and equipment e.g. conveyors (screw and belt), bins, catwalks, platforms and other structures.

  • Project Engineer

    • Feb 2018 - Feb 2023

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  GRI Renewable Industries

  • Atlantis Area, South Africa

  • Product Engineer

    • Aug 2015 - Jan 2018
    • Atlantis Area, South Africa

    RESPONSIBILITIES: • Generate required technical drawings to be given to production, in order to guarantee efficiency in production and to meet client requirements.• Evaluate customer’s specifications and execute 3D drawings and 2D drawings related with assembly.• Generate instructions and checklists of Assembly.• Review Incoming Quality Control forms before each project.• Arrange and distribute all specifications and drawings.• Explain new assembly methods to Assembly Department.• Arrange Customer Question List/Lessons Learned list.• BOM preparation, updates and management.• Monitor all new-started-assemblies and suggest improvements.• Generate and follow all RFI's before the project. • Support production during Internal Part Installation.• Support Internal Departments, specifying requirements, tooling and consumables for manufacturing and quality equipment.• Detect possible failures and clarify cases. Solve assembly problems.• Generate torque lists from customer specifications.• Monitor and generate all project plans.• Liaise with Quality, Warehouse & Logistics, Purchasing, Finance departments.• Plant and process improvements relating to tooling and equipment to help improve production and safety. Request quotations and Raise PR’s on SAP. • Creating and implementing project specific tools e.g. jigs and templates.• Liaise with suppliers and create drawings for new equipment and improvements. • Drive corporate projects. Do implementation of test phase, study effectiveness, improvement study, formal feedback of results and RFI once final scope can be determined. Run and coordinate the project on plant level.• Create and implement repair procedures for product related nonconformities. • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system documentation management at plant level on Teamcenter 9

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  Fabrinox (Pty) Ltd

  • Mechanical Draughtsman

    • Nov 2006 - Feb 2010

    RESPONSIBILITIES: • Design• 3-D Modelling• Upgrade & Re-Design of Customer Drawings• Drafting & Detailing• Material Procurement