engineering & project co-ordination / cad designer

Jacques Jansen van Vuuren

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Engineering Co-ordinator / Senior Mechanical Structural Designer

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Results-oriented professional with 18 years’ experience in draughting and drawing office environments for various projects within different industries. Gained valuable experience dealing with customers and daily liaison with engineering teams, as well as preparing and presenting presentations for project design reviews. Possess extensive experience with engineering co-ordination, plant layout design and material handling solutions, specializing in conveyors, crushing and screening backed with mining experience in shaft and loading levels steelwork, conveyances as well as surface steelwork.

PROJECT ENVIRONMENT EXPERIENCE

Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer – Worley Parsons - Melrose Arch, Johannesburg

Impala Platinum - Shaft 17 Complex (May 2011 – Dec 2015)

Project requirements for engineering co-ordination and design scope of work for various areas within the plant.

Created 3D models and layout drawings, General Assemblies, fabrication drawings approved and issued for construction.

Part of the design was to incorporate and maintain the technical documentation, designs and calculations for the document control management system.

Bateman Africa " Bateman Engineered Technologies (Jun 2006 - May 2011)

Senior Structural Draughtsman (Minerals and Metals)

PROJECT FOR AREVA - Trekkopje – Uranium Plant (Feb 2009 - May 2011)

Storage Silo’s with Apron feeder arrangements.

Primary, secondary and tertiary crushing buildings with shuttle conveyors storage bins, belt-weigh feeders and crusher units.

Primary and secondary screening buildings with single and double deck screens, over and undersize chutes, shuttle conveyor, storage bins and belt-weigh feeders.

In plant conveyors with belt magnets and transfer chutes.

Agglomeration silo with Apron feeder arrangement onto in-plant conveyors.

Agglomeration drums with transfer chutes.

Heap leach with stacking and reclaiming.

Transfer buildings. Chute and bin designs.

Model reviews and presentations to client and vendors.

PROJECT FOR BHP Billiton – Klipspruit - Coal recovery plant " BHP Billiton

Douglas Middelburg Optimization Project (Aug 2007 – Jan 2009)

R.O.M Tip civil layout and design.

Crushing, screening and feeding arrangements.

Overland conveyors, gantries and transitions. Transfer buildings.

Steel support structures and crane towers.

Take up arrangements, chute and bin designs.

PROJECT FOR Rampura Agucha Mines India – 1Mtpa Expansion of Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Jun 2006 – Aug 2007)

Ore receiving civil building layout and design.

Crushing and screening layouts.

Overland conveyors and transfer house structures.

Milling, flotation and separation plant layouts.

Steel support structures and crane towers.

Chute arrangements.

Tailings and thickening buildings and structures.

PROJECT FOR AFLEASE – Gold Uranium process recovery plant (Jun 2006 – Aug 2007)

Plant layout Steel support structures and buildings.

Access platforms and crane towers. Storage bins and tanks for flotation and conditioning.

Utilities and reagents layout. Condition and leach layouts.

PLANT AND FABRICATION EXPERIENCE CERAMIC INDUSTRY

Norcrossa previous Johnson Tiles Pty Ltd. (Feb 2002 - May 2006)

Engineering Draughtsman / Project Technician

Ensuring total engineering integrity of the drawing office and all projects performed on any plant and equipment. As Sole draughtsman of the engineering team, designed the plant layout, assisted with installation and commissioning of the entire plant upgrade in 2003. This upgrade ensured the plant capacity to manufacture more than 12000 sq/m of tiles per a 2 shift day.

Designed and updated manufacturing drawings for mechanical plant equipment.

Managed and controlled all factory / plant maintenance projects.

Solicited feedback from machine operators and builders to develop designs of the highest quality and cost effectiveness.

Daily liaison with engineering management team regarding project, layout and engineering issues.

Managed local part replacement program i.e replacing imported parts with locally manufactured parts (drawings and layouts).

Updated parts manuals for stock coding purposes.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE/SPECIALIST CERTIFICATIONS

Inventor Advanced Assembly Modeling

Autodesk Structural Detailing

Autodesk Revit Structure

E-Learning Autodesk advancement modules

PDS Equipment modeling

CadWorx Plant (3D) Professional

Navisworx

Project Management (Damelin)

Autodesk Inventor

Microsoft Project " Microsoft Office

EDUCATION

Project Management - Damelin (2004)

Quality Assurance - Internal Auditing ISO 9001 (2000)

Quality Assurance - ISO 9001 (2000)

Tutor Draughting academy (1996)

High School Goudrif - Primrose, Germiston : Matriculated 1995

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