Curriculum Vitae of Paul Coetzer
Personal details :
Address:
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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.
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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
Albert Liebenberg
Technical Director - GRW