Quentin Raubenheimer

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Toronto, Ontario M5M 3C8, Canada

Home: 416-***-****

Cell: 647-***-****

Email:acx1xu@r.postjobfree.com

Skype: quentinraubenheimer

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Objectives and Skills:

I have a solid background in factory maintenance and high speed processing lines in the consumer packaged goods industry (CPG). My strengths include communication, maintenance planning, machine design, machining, Autodesk Inventor Professional 2016 (CAD) as well the willingness to take initiative and ability to work independently with limited supervision. I am an honest, reliable, and trustworthy individual with outstanding work ethic with exceptional discipline, attendance, and safety record.

Education/Membership

Ontario College of Trades (OCOT) Canada

433A Industrial Mechanic Millwright (Journeypersons Class)

Inter-Provincial Certificate of Qualifications (Red Seal)

Membership Number: 16000791

Metal And Engineering Industries Artisan Training Board (MEIATB) South Africa

Fitter And Turner 9/4/10075 (Red Seal)

Completed Fitter and Turner Apprentice Program

Lever Brothers (Pty) Ltd – 1989-1992

Completed N3, N4, N5, National Certificate Program (NQF 5)

Coastal KZN TVET College, Durban, South Africa – 1989-1992

Experience:

Machine Engineering – 2013-2014

Fitter and Turner

Duties:

Read and interpret blueprints, sketches and diagrams to determine assembly operations

Design equipment and update technical drawings using Autodesk Inventor (CAD)

Fit and assemble prefabricated metal parts, installation of major components, such as gearboxes, bearings, shafts, seals, hydraulic hoses, hydraulic valves, cylinders and gear pumps, assemblies into industrial /mining/farming/forester and earth moving equipment

Operate workshop equipment such as lathes /turret milling machines to manufacture metal components, such as machine shafts, bushes, pins, stub axels, hydraulic cylinders etc.

Move and align subassemblies and components using lifting and transporting devices such as overhead cranes, fork lifts, chain hoists, etc.

Weld different steel components together, using different welding techniques such as Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW); Flux core arc welding (FCAW) ; Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)

Entyce Beverages – 2012-2012 (Fixed Term Contract)

Specialist Maintenance Artisan

Duties:

Perform corrective and preventative maintenance on industrial equipment in a production environment

Food safety maintenance HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points)

Job card completion and updating of the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)

Maintain a preventative maintenance program for plant equipment

Investigation into the root causes of plant failures

Availability for shift cover and weekend preventive maintenance schedules

Implementation of continuous improvement projects in the factory

Installation and commissioning of new plant equipment

Monitor machinery performances, and be proactive in rectifying potential problems detected

Adhere to and engage in Safe Working Practices(SWP) and Good Manufacturing Practices(GMP)

Adhere to the company SHE policies

Operate all machines common to the trade, including lathe, turret milling machine, use of oxy-acetylene cutting/brazing torch, welding equipment,surface grinder, drill press and hand tools to manufacture components required during overhaul, maintenance or Set-up of machinery

Work as part of a team to troubleshoot and repair equipment, including disassembling and reassembling machinery, overhauling gearboxes, and replacing bearings, etc.

Modify equipment components and systems to improve operating efficiency, update technical drawings

Entyce Beverages – 2010-2010 (Fixed Term Contract)

Specialist Maintenance Artisan

The Tea Blenders Company -2009 (Fixed Term Contract)

Specialist Maintenance Artisan

Entyce Beverages – 2005-2008

Maintenance Planner

Duties:

Utilize the Computerized Maintenance Management System (Pragma) and produces standard reports as required. Includes recording machinery/equipment repair history, generating reports and historical data for analysing performance statistics and trends

Receive all work orders from the requesting departments, ensure completeness and proper

Authorization

Detailing the scope of work, estimate effort-hours, materials and visualize all components, as well as required resources, size, and duration of the job to be performed.

Manage work orders backlog into work plan.

Participate in Production planning meetings to coordinate maintenance activities with Production Planner and Management

Liaise with external vendors as it relates to external sourced PM’s and service contracts.

As required, update and maintain Pragma PM Master Data.

Provide recommendations to maintenance management regarding equipment replacement or upgrades

Prepare and periodically update the maintenance schedules based on work in progress

Perform all work in full compliance with regulatory standards including current Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Safe Work Practices (SWPs) Perform FMEA & root cause analysis for equipment failure

Responsible for maintaining equipment BOMs in CMMS PM Module and equipment parts inventory (in partnership with Stores) to ensure parts availability

Assist in trouble-shooting and problem resolution of equipment and systems

Project Manager for shutdown maintenance windows, plan and coordinate maintenance window schedule, and leads pre & post maintenance meetings.

Assist with annual maintenance budget

QRQ Automation Systems – 1998-2005

Sole Proprietor

Core Business Activities

Design and fabrication of packaging handling equipment

Plant maintenance contracts

General engineering

Entyce Beverages – 1994-1998

Maintenance Foreman

Duties:

•Operate and co-ordinate planned maintenance system, daily.

•Schedule job cards and maintenance check lists, daily.

•Ensure all work is carried out in accordance with Company SHE, ISO 9001 & 14001 procedures, and all mechanical/electrical work performed in full compliance with regulatory standards including current

•Liaises with suppliers, daily.

•Ensure good housekeeping.

•Co-ordinate contractors on site.

•Acts as “relief” for Engineering Manager, as and when requested

•Participation in FMEA (Failure Modes and Effect Analysis) analysis to determine best maintenance practices.

•Participation in root causes problem solving on machines.

•Rapid response and repair of machines during breakdowns and a return to quality as quickly as possible.

•Participation/supervision of equipment cleaning processes.

•Installation, improvement and maintenance of equipment.

•Ensuring that parts used on a machine are properly allocated to the machine for Life Cycle costing.

•Ensuring that equipment logbooks are maintained up-to-date.

•Maintain equipment in a good physical condition both functionally and in its external aspect.

•Actively participating in projects.

•Performing standardized work checks and audits of mechanical tools and support equipment

•Assist with the preparation of maintenance budgets. :

•Team leadership;

•Time management

•Contract management;

•Analytical and problem solving

•Decision making; Negotiation

•Literacy, including the ability to read manuals, technical drawings

Lipton’s Tea (Unilever Pty Ltd) – 1993-1994

Mechanical Fitter

Elida Ponds (Unilever Pty Ltd) – 1989-1992

Fitter and Turner Apprenticeship

Certificates and Training:

433A Industrial Mechanic Millwright (Inter-Provincial Certificate of Qualifications )

Fitter and Turner Certification ( Red Seal)

National N3,N4,N5 Certificates (Mechanical /Electrical Engineering)

NOSA Supervisory Safety Training Course

ISO 14001: 2004 Basic Environmental Concepts

Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

Plan Maintenance Development

References:

Available upon request

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