Name: Sanjay Singh

Position: GE Resident Engineer – Arnot Power Station

Current location: Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Candidate Synopsis

I am a Professional Certificated Engineer registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa and a member of The South African Institution of Mechanical Engineers as well as a Professional Engineer with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. I have a national higher diploma in mechanical engineering and a mechanical engineer’s certificate of competency.

Qualifications:

Qualification current Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Institution MANCOSA (final year)

Qualification obtained: National Higher Diploma (Mechanical Engineering)

Institution: Durban University of Technology

Qualification obtained Government Certificate of Competency as a Certificated Engineer (Factories)

External institution Department of Labour

Discipline Mechanical Engineering

Management qualification Management Development Programme (UNISA)

Employment Record

Name of company : GE – Arnot Power Station

Position held : Steam Turbine Resident Engineer

Date / s employed : 01stAugust 2019 – to date

·Conduct plant walk downs and compile comprehensive reports of the plant status.

·Advise on plant excursions and anomaly’s with respect to plant performance, investigate plant failures.

·Advise client on specifications, procedures to re-commission turbine and turbine plant auxiliaries

·Assist the client with the compilation of scope of work for outages.

·Compilation of technical specifications for plant operations and maintenance.

Name of company : Eskom – Medupi Power Station

Position held : General Machinery Regulations 2.1 Appointee

Date / s employed : 08th August 2016 – 31st July 2019

·Accountable for Integrated Governance and Compliance including Assurance to the OHSA 85 of 1993

·Manage the implementation and legislation across the power station

·Responsible for regulatory reporting and interfacing with Department of Labour

·Interface with divisional compliance officer

·Provide direction and support for governance compliance within the power station

Name of company : Sebata Group Pty Ltd.

Position held : General Manager: Operations & Maintenance

Date / s employed : 20th April 2015– 31st July 2016

·Consulting engineering services to Transnet, Eskom, Randwater, Denel, Cummins

·Managing and Supervising of Staff

·Member of Executive Committee

·Managing Department Budgets

·Liaising with Existing Customers and Acquiring New Business

Name of company : SSS Engineering

Position held : Technical Director

Date / s employed : 25th July 2014 – 17th April 2015

·Consulting engineering services to Siemens, Microtech, Transnet, Kira Valves, Eskom

·Commissioning and Optimisation of Plant and equipment

·Design of equipment.

·Mentor and give experiential training and guidance to engineers in training.

·Prepare concept designs and technical specifications for plant upgrades and performance improvement project

·Conduct investigations and compile reports on plant failures

·Supply of goods and services

Name of company : Parsons Brinckerhoff Africa

Position held : Senior Mechanical Engineer Turbine plant

Date / s employed : 1st July 2013 – 30th June 2014

·Analyse plant performance as requested by operating units and provide improvement recommendations ( Lethabo, Grootvlei, Kriel)

·Provide input to solve plant operational problems as required by specific operating units at various Power Plants in the Eskom fleet.

·Participate in technical fault finding investigations and make recommendations during troubleshooting.

·Mentor and give experiential training and guidance to engineers in training.

·Prepare concept designs and technical specifications for plant upgrades and performance improvement project

·Conduct investigations and compile reports on plant failures

Reasons for leaving: End of Contract.

Name of company : Phikela (Labour Brokers)

Position held : Chief Turbine Optimisation Engineer / Turbine Project Manager

at Eskom – Grootvlei Power Station

Date / s employed : 1st July 2009 – 30th June 2013

·Conduct feasibility studies of proposed projects and modifications.

·Conduct design changes to upgrade plant in accordance with the regulations of the OHS Act 85 of 1993.

·Mentor and give experiential training and guidance to engineers in training.

·Optimisation and Commissioning of Turbine and Generator Plant at Grootvlei Power Station

·Conduct investigations and compile reports on plant failures

·Updating P & I D’s to meet the as built plant specifications

·I have direct and indirect reporting of Eskom personnel and various contractors such as Rotek Engineering, Rotek Valves, DB Thermal, Sulzer

·Reviewing and approving engineering design changes on the turbines ; turbine auxiliary plant; generator and the associated generator auxiliary plant viz. the stator cooling water, seal oil and hydrogen plants at Grootvlei Power Station.

·Designed the new stator coolant dual mixed bed de-ionising unit for units 1-6 at Grootvlei Power Station

·Designs and modifications are done in accordance with the various engineering codes namely BS 806, ASME, DIN and EN 13480 and other relevant design codes

Reasons for leaving: End of contract.

Name of company Worley Parsons SA (Previously Pangaea)

Position held Chief Engineer – Turbines

Date / s employed January 2006 –June 2009

·Appointed as company’s Chief Engineer.

·All Pangaea engineers and technicians on the various sites reported to me.

·Appointed as a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers with effect from July 2006.

·Define Turbine; Turbine Auxiliary; Generator and Generator Auxiliary Plant Scopes of Work for the Return to Service of Grootvlei Power Station Steam Turbines and Generators.

·Liaise with contractors for the execution of work in accordance with New Engineering and Construction Contract.

·Conduct feasibility studies of proposed projects and modifications.

·Conduct design changes to upgrade plant in accordance with the regulations of the OHS Act 85 of 1993.

·Mentor and give experiential training and guidance to engineers in training.

·Optimisation and Commissioning of Turbine Plant

Reasons for leaving: End of Contract

Name of company Karbochem (Pty) Ltd.

Position held Project Engineer

Date / s employed September 2003 –December 2005

·Oversee and co-ordinate all mechanical, electrical and civil projects from the planning to the commissioning stage in a synthetic rubber producing factory

·Investigate and implement modifications to rubber plant and utilities plant (Boiler Plant).

·Carry out feasibility studies of proposed projects.

·Work in accordance with safety standards of the petro-chemical industry

·Carry out HAZOP Studies

Reasons for leaving: Career Advancement.

Name of company Cadbury South Africa (Pty) Ltd.

Position held Plant Engineer

Date / s employed September 2002 –August 2003

·Manage a multi - disciplinary maintenance team at the Sugar Block premises and plant. Appointed as the 16. 2 and GMR 2.7 (a) competent person in terms of the general machinery regulations in terms of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993.

·Implementing safe working procedures and lock out systems, carrying out incident investigations.

·Improving maintenance methods and philosophies.

·In charge of maintenance budget at Sugar Confectionery plant.

· Project Management of projects at Sugar Confectionery plant.

·Planning and over see-ing of shutdowns on plant.

·Appointed as a professional certificated engineer with the engineering council of South Africa (ECSA) with effect from 6th September 2002.

·Ensuring machine reliability and availability to meet production requirements and market demands

Reasons for leaving: Career advancement

Name of company LGM South Africa

Position held Service Centre and Engineering Manager at SABS

Date / s employed February 2002 –August 2002

·Manage maintenance personal at the SABS premises and plant. Appointed as the GMR 2(1) competent person in terms of the general machinery regulations in terms of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993.

·Implementing safe working procedures and lock out systems.

·Improving maintenance methods and philosophies.

·In charge of maintenance budget at SABS premises and plant. Material Budget of R 1.4 million annually. Labour budget of R 10.7 million annually.

·Project Management of large projects at SABS premises and plant.

Reasons for leaving: Head Hunted

Name of company Eskom –Tutuka Power Station

Position held Senior technician/ engineer

Date / s employed September 1997 – Jan 2002

·Project engineer on unit 6 Generator and steam admission valve overhaul during October and November 2001.Generator rotor was removed and sent away to Rosherville for refurbishment and balancing.

·Project engineer on unit 1 high pressure, intermediate pressure turbine and generator major overhaul. The rotors were removed and sent away for refurbishment and balancing. The stationary blades of the turbines were overhauled on site. The budget costs for this outage are in the region of R 6 M

·As project engineer, he successfully completed a project on the cooling water valves on turbines 4,5 & 6 and cooling towers 4,5 and 6 to value of +/- R 1 M, the duration of this outage due to efficient planning was reduced from 8 days to 5 days.

·Completed studying the management development programme (MDP) through Unisa, he has completed the eight modules which are as follows: human resource management; marketing 1; integrated management systems and managerial accounting, marketing 2; employment & equity relations; economics and financial accounting.

·Obtained my GCC and was appointed subordinate responsible person on all turbine auxiliaries & 22 kV breaker compressors and air receivers, frf, cw aux. These plants were directly his responsibility and he handled all maintenance issues. In this period he was also appointed as responsible person for all running units on Tutuka power station in the turbine section. On various occasions he also acted as turbine maintenance manager during his absence deciding on major production issues pertaining to the turbo-generator sets.

·Appointed as turbine responsible person for units 3 and 4 handling all problems on the two turbo-generator sets. In this period he was also given the opportunity to be project engineer on his first major outage which included various steam admission valves as well as two LP rotors. Planning, placing contracts and approving the product quality plan for these outages were his responsibility. Providing feedback to head project manager as well as to his engineering colleagues on modifications i.e. GEC Alstom type 7 Turbovisory equipment done to the centreline. He approved all check sheets as representative for Eskom on the Rotek and various other contractors’ contracts.

·Appointed as a senior technician in the turbine maintenance department on the six 609 MW Turbo Generator sets. Following an initial period of training in the turbine systems and centreline he was assigned as expediter for all spares relevant to the turbines and turbine auxiliaries. In this period he also attended an advanced hydraulics course as well as course in bearing failures and vibration analysis to equip him with the necessary knowledge to handle centreline and system problems. He was also seconded as assistant to project engineer on three major centreline outages. During this period he was also extensively trained in commissioning of protection, lube oil, seal oil and various other systems relating to turbines.

Reasons for leaving: career advancement.

Name of company Anthony’s Construction

Position held Manager

Date / s employed : March 1995 - August 1997

It was a company that manufactured cement blocks and bricks for the R. D. P. Did all the maintenance on the block and brick making machines, including the daily quality control of the blocks & bricks, sales & despatch of the blocks to various companies in Kwa-Zulu Natal & Mpumalanga. Supervised the machine operators & the labourers during this period .The staff compliment was forty-five at the time. He did all the stock accountability as well as purchases of raw materials and spares for the block & brick making factory. I ensured that all employees wore the correct personnel protective equipment and safety measures were also initiated by him for the operation of the machinery.

Reasons for leaving: contract to supply bricks to the RDP was nearing the end.

Name of company Eskom – Tutuka Power Station

Position held Technician

Date / s employed April 1989 – February 1995

·Worked on the following areas of plant carrying out maintenance, planning and co-ordination of work on running units, cold reserve and outages units.

·Supervised Eskom and contract fitters and labourers.

·Carried out quality control and drew up quality plans as well as re-commissioning on the below mentioned areas of plant.

·Valves, precipitators, dampers, condensers, airheaters, fans, feedheaters, pumps, compressors, conveyors, submersible scraper conveyors, tube mills, gearboxes.

Reasons for leaving: Joined Family Business

Professional Associations:

·Professional Certificated Engineer (ECSA)

·Professional Engineering Technician (ECSA)

·Professional Engineer ( ASME )

·Member of the South African Institution of Mechanical Engineering (SAIMechE)

·Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

·Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Plant Operations & Maintenance Committee

Computer Literacy

Proficient in Ms Word, Ms Excel, Ms PowerPoint, Ms Project, visual automation (end user), sap r/3 (end user), csi and mentor vibration analysis programs, and also various turbine centreline alignment programs.

References

Name of company : Eskom – Group Technology Department

Employer’s name : Mr. N. Lecordier

Designation : Corporate Turbine Specialist

Address : Private Bag X 2016

Standerton, 2430

Telephone number : +278*-***-****

Name of company : Eskom – Medupi Power Station Project

Employer’s name : Mr. C. de Beer

Designation : Turbine Specialist Engineer

Address : 1 Simba Road

Sunninghill, 2191

Telephone number : +278*-***-****

Name of company : Eskom – Matimba Power Station

Employer’s name : Mr. M Mdluli

Designation : Auxiliary Engineering Manager

Address : Private bag

Lephalale

Telephone number : +277*-***-****

5 Boschendal Estate

10 Gotwani Street

Middelburg, Mpumalanga, 1055

Mobile: + 27 (0-82-804-****

E-mail : ad0z5v@r.postjobfree.com

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