Plant Manager

CURRICULUM VITAE OF CECIL KOMBORA

House number 6

President Boshoff

S.E 1

Vanderbijlpark 1911

Cell: +277-***-*****

Cell 2: +278-***-*****

e-mail: *******@********.***

A unique combination of sound communication skills both written and oral with the ability

to relate with people from different cultures, classes and backgrounds coupled with

eighteen years’ experience with the last five years at Management level. Ability to

prioritize and meet deadlines, manage time and always willing to go the extra mile. Good

analytical and numerical skills. Team player, captain, resourceful, innovative willing and

able to work under pressure with minimum supervision.

1. OBJECTIVE

To widen and expand my current skills to the highest possible level and share my

knowledge with the upcoming apprentices and subordinates for the profitability of the

Organisation.

2. CAREER HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE

COMPANY: Nampak Divfood Vanderbijlpark

PERIOD: February 2010 to Date

POSITION: Toolmaker

DUTIES: Refurbishing Press Tools

COMPANY: Acerlor Mittal Iron and Steel (South Africa)

PERIOD: April 2008 to February 2010

POSITION: Fitter (Direct Reduction kilns)

DUTIES: Installation fault finding and rectifying the problem.

Inspection of Gear Boxes and checking condition of

gears.

Installation of blow fans (shells) and Donkies

(thermocouples).

Inspection of screens, coolers, dryers, water pumps,

bucket

elevators, conveyor belts and repairing the equipment.

Kilns Inspection and Installation of central burners (inlet

and outlet

seals).

Inspection of tires and support rollers and replacing

them if damaged

Conveyor components i.e.: Motor gear roller;

temperature

monitoring.

COMPANY: Hippo Valley Sugar Estates

PERIOD: July 2003 – March 2008

POSITION: Fitter and Turner Machinist

DUTIES: Attending to machine breakdowns.

Installation and commissioning of new equipment.

Plant inspections and servicing.

Planned, preventive and corrective maintenance as per

schedule.

Modifications of plant and equipment.

Machining of components as per drawing or samples.

Housekeeping and safety issue Job safety analysis and

risk

assessments.

Training of apprentices.

EQUIPMENT WORKED: Complete Overhaul, Servicing and Troubleshooting

gearboxes.

Pumps (Warman, Mono, Centrifugal, Gear, Rotary and

Multistage).

Cranes and Winches.

Valves (Gate), Globe, Rotary and Foot valves.

Boilers, Drives, Conveyor belting.

Pipe fitting.

Machining (Lathe, Milling, Planner, Shaper, Grinder,

Surface grinder

and sparkeroder).

COMPANY: B & C Engineering Blantyre (Malawi)

PERIOD: February 2002 to June 2003

POSITION: Workshop Manager

DUTIES: Running of Machine shop with 65 workshop personnel

i.e. Artisans,

semi-skilled assistants, apprentices and general workers.

Performance appraisal, Asset register, stock take, job

cards and

clock cards, costing of jobs, salaries, disciplinary

matters.

Company vehicles mileage and logbooks.

Recruitment of apprentices and artisans.

Managing safety healthy and environment (SHE).

COMPANY: Botswana Ash (SOWA)

PERIOD: November 2000 to April 2001

POSITON: Fitter and Turner Machinist

DUTIES: Installation of new equipment.

Machining plant requirements according to drawings.

Modification of plant.

Risk assessments (SHE).

COMPANY: Kango Products

PERIOD: January 1998 to August 2000

POSTION: Tool Maintenance Foreman

DUTIES: Supervising (15) artisans, (5) Apprentices, (2) semi-

skilled and

(6) assistants.

Asset registers of tools within the Company.

Ordering workshop requirements and consumables.

Liaising with departmental heads as and when to order

new

Replacement tools.

Logbooks of apprentices and workshop vehicles.

Costing of tools, stock taking, job cards and clock cards.

Performance appraisals and disciplinary matters.

Collecting pay slips and issuing them to individuals.

COMPANY: Kango Products

PERIOD: January 1991 to December 1997

POSTION: Toolmaker

DUTIES: Designed new tools from samples.

Supervising apprentices and assistants.

Manufacturing various tools required in the plant.

Types of tools made press tools i.e. bending, forming,

piecing and

blanking tools.

Draw tools, worked on jigs bending, drilling, fixing and

riveting jigs.

Worked on spout casting tools, extrusion dies, moulding

tools.

3. QUALIFICATIONS

Apprentice Trained class 1 TOOLMAKER 1988 to 1991 Kango Products.

National Craft Certificate in Machine shop Engineering.

National Advanced certificates in Machine shop Engineering.

7 0’ Levels including mathematics and English.

Class 4 drivers licence no 72031h (1996)

4. COMPUTING CAPABILITIES

Microsoft Windows XP, Net, MS Office, Internet, E-mail, Mims and Ellipse

5. PERSONAL DETAILS

A married Zimbabwean man born on the 10th of June 1968.

Holder of a Zimbabwean passport no CN063266. I.D no 29-135322 c 66 CIT M.

6. REFEREES

1. Mr R Wasserman: Toolroom Foreperson Nampak Divfood.

Tel: +27-16-950-**** Cell: +278********

2. Mr L Pote: Mechanical Foreperson Hippo Valley Estates.

Tel: +263 315 151/6 Ext 2084 email: *****@*****.**.**

3. Mr D Mhuru: Planned maintenance Officer Hippo Valley Estates.

Tel: +263 315 151/6 Ext 2177 email: ******@*****.**.**

7. HOBBIES

Playing and watching soccer.

Watching basketball.

Swimming

Playing pool.

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