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Engineer Project

Location:
75500
Posted:
August 24, 2011

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Curriculum Vitae of Paul Coetzer

Personal details :

Address:

** *********** ** ****** ********* : +27-71-684-****

Durbanville E - mail :*****@******.**.**

Cape Town,

7550

Date of Birth : 30th October 1973

Sex : Male

Marital Status : Married

I.D. Number : 731**********

Nationality : South African

Drivers Licence: Code 08

Criminal Record : None

Employment history :

GASCON (Pty) Ltd

05/08- Present

Cryogenic Manager

Manufacture of static and transportable pressure vessels.

Responsibility

Reporting to the Managing Director, responsibility is the Business Unit

management of the cryogenic range of tank containers, semi trailers and

associated equipment manufactured. Responsibilities include marketing/

sales, project management of all orders and engineering control for the

cryogenic portfolio. Management of Engineering and Quality personnel

assigned to cryogenic projects.

Sales/ Marketing

. Monitor competitor and market development and identify customer needs.

. Recommend and plan product development to address market needs.

. Create sales forecast and plan to meet company targets and develop build

plan accordingly.

. Receiving and processing sales enquiries from customers.

. Cost estimation (material and labour) of products and writing of

technical specifications for quotations.

. Sales pricing and contract negotiations with customers.

. Coordination of order processing and invoicing.

. Resolution of customer complaints and warranty claims.

. Coordination of design, production and distribution of marketing

material.

. Attendance of trade exhibitions to expand customer base and visits to

existing international customer base.

Project Management

. Principal customer contact for cryogenic projects and products.

. Chair project handover meetings to Engineering and Production.

. Create project timing plan and coordinate activities with Engineering,

Quality Assurance and Production.

. Monitor and investigate progress of material procurement, production and

quality approvals and documentation.

. Ensure project milestones and budgets are adhered to.

Engineering

. Create new product requirements and work with Engineering and Production

to develop and approve prototypes.

. Work with Engineering and Production to enhance existing products and

processes.

. Agree customer requirements and write detailed technical specifications

for new projects/ products.

. Review and approval of fabrication drawings.

GRW Engineering

Worcester

11/07- 05/08

Engineering Manager

Manufacture of road and portable tankers for petroleum, gas and chemical

industries.

. Management, recruitment, training and motivation of engineering personnel

- 6 Project Technicians, 2 Design Engineers and 1 Document Control Clerk.

. Ensure that projects are handled promptly and accurately. Scheduling

resources and liaising with customers.

. Ensure that ERP system is maintained properly.

. Chair project meetings.

. Reporting at management meetings re Engineering.

. Ensure all relative technical documentation, design models and drawings

and 3rd party approvals are completed to the required standard.

. Ensure all activities comply with ISO standards.

. Creating and maintaining Engineering Change Management Controls.

. Creating and enforcing work procedures for Engineering department.

TRW Occupant Restraints South Africa Inc

Atlantis, Cape Town

08/06- 11/07

Program Manager

Manufacture of automotive seat belt, steering wheel, brake and airbag

assemblies.

. Receive RFQ from customer and prepare business case for executive

management approval to present quote to customer.

. Prepare and rework the total project plan including time and budget

planning in accordance with Global Development and Product Introduction

Management systems.

. Margin and profit responsibility for product / investments / tooling and

development.

. Coordination of Advanced Quality Planning as well as responsibility and

initiation of customer specific APQP.

. Lead the project teams - quality, logistics, production, process

engineering, product engineering, purchasing and finance.

. Management of modifications\ engineering changes during the product and

process development process.

. Creation and maintenance of Bills of Materials on SAP system.

. Total project cost control (Customer Quote Authorisation, Project Work

Authority, Development, Tooling, Investment and Product) and sales

pricing.

. Organize and lead team meetings and activity lists; coordinate with

European project teams - including travel.

. Main customer contact partner for the project

. Manage solution of customer requirements

. Regular project status reports to customer and management

. Ensure compliance to government regulations and customer specifications

of products and production equipment.

03/05- 07/06

Manufacturing Engineer

Industrial Engineering

. Process design and procurement of machinery from local and global

suppliers.

. Maintain timing plans, showing all relevant phases to introduce new

facilities within required and realistic time frame and liaising with

suppliers to achieve required timing.

. Writing Machine Specification Requirements that determine required

function, cycle times, payment conditions etc of equipment from

suppliers.

. Provide technical operational training on equipment and provide technical

support for equipment breakdowns.

. Provide assistance in the operation of the Formal 8-D problem Analysis

program.

. Generate and maintain process control documents. E.g. FMEA's, Control

Plans and Process Flow Charts for all assembly lines.

. Work Instructions and 11 Colour Documentation implementation on stations

and assembly lines.

. Initiate and lead 6? projects to increase capability of processes and

promote lean production.

. Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP) implemented and adhered to for all

assembly lines.

. CAPEX for all projects controlled and reported.

. Capacity Verifications and MTM Studies for all processes verified and

recorded.

. Capability studies to be completed and records kept for all assembly

equipment.

. Health, Safety and Environmental Issues to be addressed and improved for

all assembly lines.

. Ergonomics continuously improved for all assembly lines.

Design Engineering

. Maintain equipment component drawings.

. Maintain equipment drawing register to ease maintenance and repair of

equipment and placing of orders for critical spares items.

. Regular Design Reviews held with machine suppliers.

. Pre-Acceptances and Final Acceptances coordinated for all new equipment.

Mistake Proofing

. Generate and maintain mistake proofing project listing and plans.

. Implement mistake-proofing designs into assembly operations, as per

agreed plan.

. Provide training to operations on the correct use of mistake proofing

equipment.

. Design innovative idea's to build mistake proofing into the current and

future operations.

Safety Transport Mirrors (Pty) Ltd ( now Magna Mirrors )

Atlantis, Cape Town

08/01-03/05

Project Engineer

Design and manufacture of automotive mirror assemblies for all South

African automotive OEMs.

. Gathering relevant information to assist with quotation of piece price

eg. Shot weight, cycle time of mould, material prices etc.

. Analyzing customer specifications as well as SABS specs, and producing a

suitable design to meet customer requirements.

. 3D component design ( Pro/ENGINEER ) and converting of 3D data into SLA

format .

. Organising growing of SLA models and submitting them to customer for

styling and engineering approval.

. Liaising with toolmakers for budget tooling quote, coordinating mould

design including timing on each mould tool.

. Preparing timing plan, showing all relevant phases to introduce new

product within required and realistic time frame.

. Preparing quotation for presentation to customer and liaising with

customer during the project.

. Designing and preparing all component and assembly drawings to

specification - Autocad .

. Preparing Design and Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.

. Managing Advanced Product Quality Planning of development projects.

. Facilities and process design; preparing all process flows & standards,

control plans and work instructions required to manufacture mirror assy.

Performing initial capability studies of assembly process.

. Design of quality jigs & fixtures and facilitating manufacture of jigs.

Produce all customer and receiving inspection standards.

. Submitting and analyzing off tool samples for tool evaluation reports,

and sign off component if dimensionally correct.

. Preparing initial sample inspection report build for customer approval.

. Co-ordinating all dimensional and performance testing of approval

samples.

. Co -ordinating of project from conception to introduction, eg. Updating

timing sheets, chairing project review meetings, project budgets.

. Preparing and submitting PPAP package to customer.

. Liaising with suppliers.

. Troubleshooting production and process problems, co-ordinating and action

of corrective actions and engineering changes.

. Active involvement with supplier and customer quality issues.

Meggitt Aerospace PLC

Slough, London, England

01/99 - 04/01

Design Engineer

. Design of composite and metal bellows, ducts, sleeves, high temp. fire

seals e.t.c for both civil and military aircraft air systems.

. Main projects : Eurofighter; A340 Airbus

. 2D draughting ( Autocad ) and 3D solid modeling [ Mechanical Desktop (

Advanced ); Catia ( Intermediate ) of components and assys( top level and

manufacturing drawings ).

. Creating parametric models with design variables and assembly

constraints.

. CNC programming ( Hyperwork & Hypermill ).

. Creating STL files for stereolithography tooling models or for in-house

tooling and prototypes by material depositioning.

. Supervision of draughtsman in Design Managers absence or at his request.

. Working with Design Manager to create project schedules and assign

drawing office resources to design projects.

. Writing of technical documents such as Quality Test Procedures, Product

Qualifications and Manufacturing Procedures.

. Using and maintaining Document Management System.

. Liaising with clients Design depts. and Module Engineers on design of

components . ( Clients such as Boeing, Bell, British Aerospace, Saab,

Denel e.t.C ).

. One project completed through e-mail from South Africa after returning

home.

Santa Fe North Sea Drilling Co. ( Scotland )

06/98-12/98

Roughneck Roustabout ( Contract )

. Crew member on North Sea oil rigs on Santa Fe contracts.

. 2 week rotation with 12 hr shifts.

. Member of Shift's Fire Rescue Team.

. Rigging of drilling equipment on drill floor.

. Signaling to Crane Operators for loading and offloading drilling

equipment and rig supplies between boats, rig deck and drill floor.

Andrag

Bellville, Cape Town

07/96-01/97

Irrigation Consultant

. Sales of pumps, valves, filters and irrigation products.

. Design of pipelines and selection of pumps, filters and valves for

irrigation systems in the agricultural sector.

. Advising clients on different applications and price quoting for systems.

Nampak Polyfoil

Bellville, Cape Town

06/95-08/96

Production Technician (Experiential Training)

. Reported to Factory Engineer.

. Duties included maintenance and maintenance planning of bagging machines

and extruders.

. Workshop duties - welding, turning, milling, e.t.c

. Assisting training department with training modules.

. Quality assurance of products throughout manufacturing process and

implementation of corrective measures.

. Component and jig design and process improvements and implementation of

design improvements.

. Liaising with Maintenance and Production Managers regarding above-

mentioned duties.

.

Qualifications :

Highest Standard Passed : Matric

Settlers High School 1991

B- Aggregate

Tertiary Education : B. Tech : Mechanical Engineering

Cape Technikon 1993 - 1997

Achievements

& Leadership Roles :

Performer Recognition Award 2005/6 - TRW

Social Committee 2004/5 - Safety Transport Mirrors

Full Academic Colours - Grey High P.E

Half Athletic Colours - Grey High P.E

Settlers Rugby 1st XV

Top 45 in South Africa for Afrikaans Gebruiksolimpiade

Regimental Sergeant Major for Settlers Cadet Detachment

Sonop Committee - Grey High P.E

Grey Matter Committee - Grey High P.E

Cheerleading Committee - Settlers High

Geographical Society Committee - Settlers High

Courses :

UKOOA Offshore First Aid, Survival and Firefighting - 1999

Statistical Process Control - H & M Associates SA - 01 2003

Failure Mode & Effects Analysis - H & M Associates SA - 02 2003

Pro/Engineer Wildfire - Rand International - 06 2003

Advanced Product Quality Planning & Control Plans - H & M Associates - 08

2004

ISO 9001-2000 & TS 16949 2002 - H & M Associates SA - 04 2005

APIS Software Risk Management and FMEA - 07 2005

Principles of Management Accounting for Project Managers - Horvath &

Associates, Stuttgard

Computer Knowledge :

Autocad ; Mechanical Desktop 3 & 4 ; Catia 4 ; Pro/Engineer Wildfire; MS

Office ; MS Projects ; Syspro ; APIS IQ-FMEA ; SAP

References :

Kevin Davidson

Business Unit Manager - TRW

082-***-****

Albert Liebenberg

Technical Director - GRW

082-***-****



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