CURRICULUM VITAE OF VUSUMUZI PHASIKA NGCOBO

Mobile phone: 073******* / 071*******

E-mail: ad4dyl@r.postjobfree.com

Residential address: Esikhalenisenkosi J1 ward 19, Richards Bay, 3887

Nationality: South African

Marital Status: Married and have 3 children

Home language: isiZulu

Other languages: English and Afrikaans

Driver’s licence: Code 10

SUMMARY

Plant supervisor responsible for overseeing air separation, acetylene production processes, work assignments and cylinder distribution.

Industrial Engineering Technician who adapts easily to a different working conditions and environments, is used to work under pressure and performing multiple tasks at once, highly motivated and committed to delivering top quality testing and analysis, has excellent ability to report findings and discrepancies in the operations process. Execute all planned and unplanned maintenance jobs.

Qualified process controller with in fischer-tropsch (CTL) synthol, air separation unit (GTL), acetylene production and cylinder maintenance.

Process controller driven to maintain all operational Coal To Liquid and Gas To Liquid and environmental parameters and safely perform routine plant maintenance.

Well-versed in monitoring and inspecting plant equipment and indicators to detect and repair operating problems.

Experienced in operating physical and DCS systems equipment’s such as compressors, hot and cold distillation processes, cooling towers, gas recovery, gas and steam turbines, steam drum, boilers, steam systems, vacuum system, boiler feed water, oscal plant and electrical equipment. Highly efficient and results-oriented.

In-depth knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Safety Management Systems, including Hazard identification and Risk Assessment.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Senior Process Controller (02 January 2017 to current) reason for leaving: career growth

Sasol Chemical Industries – Secunda operations, Synthol

To coordinate and direct maintenance and repair services for a specific process within a production line, through control panel management and more complex troubleshooting.

Applies SOP’s to commissioning and decommissioning of equipment’s e.g. steam turbines, compressor, distillation column (hot quench tower) for C12-C50, reactors, fin fans, steam drums, aeration ports for hydrogen gas 82% rich, separator drums for C5-C11 and exporting tail gas C1-C4 for further processing.

Conduct visual inspections on the process and equipment’s. Report process deviations to group leader.

Communicate and assist team members in controlling the process.

Compile relevant area shift report at the end of the shift. Examine equipment and complete safety checklist and prepare equipment for maintenance.

Conduct basic fault finding, understanding equipment failure modes and defect identification and reporting and report all at risk behaviours and unsafe conditions to the foreman.

Identifying equipment for process improvement.

Demonstrate understanding of how equipment functions and hazard identification for environment, peoples and machines.

Conduct safety management system inspections e.g. OSHA, ISO 14000/18000, conduct basic risk assessments and participate in incident investigation and MOC when required.

Loading defects for maintenance mechanical, instruments and electrical on SAP system.

Ensure installation of blanks on equipment before starting the maintenance work as per procedure.

Monitoring maintenance work in progress during shutdown and turnarounds and ensure safety during the task.

Industrial Engineering Technician (02 January 2015 to 31 December 2016) reason for leaving: end of contract

Sasol Chemical Industries – Secunda operations, shared services

Ensure plant process controllers under operational excellence guidelines as defined by business unit.

Employ lean manufacturing techniques and champion the continuous improvement to maximize production and minimize waste.

Assist in identifying facility gaps and forming strategic plans to address.

Assist employees to understand and solve plant problems by the use of industrial engineering techniques and tools such as 7 wastes, 5-S, PDCA, SMED, fish-bone, TPM, Theory of constraints, 5 whys etc.

Perform tasks in accordance with Engineering principles across multi-disciplines, lead trouble-shooting teams and deviation management investigations of FMEA.

Participate in plant walk down, toolbox talks and drive quality culture across plant functional areas.

Ensure bottlenecks and constraints are resolved to maximize efficiency.

Ensure waste reduced at end-to-end production time by leveraging expertise with statistical process control methodology.

Ensure safe project execution and implementation of work procedures.

Develop, evaluate, document and advance manufacturing methods and processes through lean techniques and kaizen events.

Perform root cause analysis relating to quality system and equipment failures.

Plan-do-review-improve operations rhythm and assurance processes.

Recommended reliable solutions to reduce production costs, improve production processes and product quality.

Industrial Engineering Technician Trainee (02 January 2014 to 31 December 2014) reason for leaving: end of contract

Sasol Chemical Industries – Secunda operations, shared services

Workshop: basic welding, fitting and turning, safety.

Production: understanding different CTL processes, P& ID and MFD, MOC co-coordinator guidance, environmental protection quality improvement for customers understanding inspection procedure.

Apply analytical techniques (PDA, RCA, Fishbone, fault finding) and provide innovative solutions to new concepts across functional boundaries to resolve problems.

Shutdown process: define scope of work and availability of systems. Attain equipment drawing and BOM’s purchase of materials and deliver to contractor.

Assist project leader with technical queries, monitoring progress of contractors and doing potential deviation analysis.

Assist on job designing material handling, feasibility studies, scope of work for contractors and work breakdown structures.

Utilized kaizen methodology to perform continuous improvement projects on a cross functional team of production.

Ensure sustainability designing, installing and managing.

Participate in continuous improvement process activities.

Report any abnormalities or potential problems/bottlenecks that could hinder production flow.

Develop plant operating philosophies along with multiple disciplines to account for future changes in the environment.

Assist on co-ordinating and plant maintenance during shutdown and turnarounds.

Process Controller (01 August 2011 to 30 December 2013) reason for leaving: in need of work integrated learning (P1 and P2)

Sasol Chemical Industries – Secunda operations, Synthol

Conduct visual inspection on the process equipment and report deviation to foreman and report all risk and unsafe conditions to the foreman.

Physical monitoring and controlling production process of gas to liquid.

Commissioning and decommissioning equipment such as compressors, distillation columns, start-up heater, reactors, steam drum etc.

Conduct safety management system inspections e.g. OSHA, ISO 14000/18000.

Plant Supervisor (15 July 2009 to 31 July 2011)

Reason for leaving: Better opportunities

Air Liquide – Air Separation Unit Silpa & Nitrogen AMSA

Ensure ASU Silpa and nitrogen AMSA are operated as per Air Liquide standard and rules.

Directed and supervised entire plant operations for Production, maintenance, quality and products distribution.

Co-ordinate production and maintenance jobs to ensure ASU is online.

Monitor processes and changes and ensures that corrective action has been taken in the event of non-conference.

Monitor water and electricity as per procedure.

Application of mass balance for raw usage control of materials.

Prepares reports, analysis data and make recommendations for improving plant operations and solving production related

Reviews operation of plant equipment and systems constantly to minimize unplanned downtime, solve problems in a timely manner and to identify opportunities for improvement.

Ensure all spares available as per CMMS.

Co-ordinate the implementation of TPM.

Providing technical support to maintenance line manager during plant shutdown and running period i.e. management of projects and modifications through the MOC.

Ensure all machines must be calibrated as compliance of IMS.

Overall control and management of the permit to work system.

Enforcing OSH Act.

Implement and maintain IMS standards in the plant.

Control plant expenditure where applicable.

Reporting of daily production, activities, data stores, LIRSA and daily log sheet.

Ensure all KPI’s are meet before and after.

Senior Process Controller (18 September 2008 to 14 July 2009) reason for leaving: career growth

Air Liquide – Richards Bay, Silpa ASU and nitrogen AMSA

Operate ASU & AMSA nitrogen according to operating manuals and safety rules and manage permit to work.

Apply ASU golden rules, management system (IMS) and OSH Act in work environment.

Monitoring equipment’s such as cooling towers, compressors, air purification unit, analyzers online, warm and cold turbines, distillation column (cold box), dryers, membranes, carbon activated tower, heater, pumps and storages on DCS system and physical and loading /offloading of all cryogenic gases on tankers. Conduct basic fault finding as per SOP’s.

Monitor water and electricity as per procedure.

Examine equipment, complete safety checklist and compile relevant area shift report at the end of the shift.

Calculating production gas figures, power consumption, tank levels, losses and do reconcile.

Investigate on new technology to improve quality of organization products.

Act as plant supervisor and train new personnel.

Senior Process Controller (01 March 2007 to 15 September 2008) reason for leaving: transfer

Air Liquide – Durban, Prospecton, Acetylene, LPG filling and cylinder maintenance

Plan and supervise the filling of flammable gas C2H2, LPG.

Ensure pre-fueling checks of cylinders before connecting to filing manifold, recording cylinder weight before & after filling, sealing & stacking when is full.

Starting & stop plant, compressors, pumps, rex-arc generator, doing gas analysis, recording daily activities & process readings in activity & plant log sheet. Charging calcium carbide in hoppers of generator, pumping calcium hydroxide into storage.

Receiving, monitor and maintain raw material stock levels on a daily basis & record it i.e. calcium carbide flow bins, distilled water, acetone and calcium chloride drums and do stock take on monthly basis.

Communicate with maintenance people during breakdown with regard to maintenance call-outs and requirements and updating spare list system.

Routine maintenance to be performed as per instruction & record activities on maintenance forms identify all potential defects in the plant, troubleshoot & record on maintenance book & submit.

Issuing cold & hot work permits, recording all near miss occurring in the plant & corrective action, calculating production & send to co-coordinator.

Assisting fitters and electricians on plant maintenance during shutdowns.

Updating critical spare list.

Acting as plant supervisor.

Trolley controller (01 March 2005 to 31 January 2007) reason for leaving: end of contract

Pick ‘n Pay Family Market – Alberton, Lemon Tree Mall

Collecting trolleys from car parking and loaded inside the shop for customer used.

Ensure all trolleys are cleaned and helping with a stock-take.

Helping customer to pack groceries into their car.

Cleaner (01 December 2003 to 31 January 2005) reason for leaving: end of contract

Mondi Shanduka Newsprint – Durban, Merebank

Cleaning passages, plant, removing stuck papers on the mill machine.

Reporting all damage equipment in the bathrooms to supervisor.

Ensure all bathrooms facilities are in a good working order.

Doing other general work.

Welder (10 June 1999 to 30 September 2003) reason for leaving: change of location

Siphathi Nkomzwayo Welding & building Construction – Newcastle, Osizweni

Collecting measurements for welding jobs.

Do cutting of steels and welding burglar guard i.e. windows, doors, palisades etc. installing burglar guard for customers.

Helping other workers to perform their work faster.

Skills: computer skills, Yokogawa DCS operator, TDC 3000, Phyton coding, Algorithm, Dashboard, Data cleaning, visualization and interpretation, Business Process Engineering

EDUCATION

Institution: North West University

Post-graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering (in progress - 2nd year)

Institution: University of South Africa

Post-graduate Diploma in Risk Management (not completed)

Advanced Programme in Sourcing and Supply Chain Management (2020)

Bachelor of Technology in Industrial Engineering (2017)

National Diploma in Industrial Engineering (2014)

Institution: Sasol Global Learning

Chemical operations NQF level 1,2,3 and 4

Institution: Xolani High School

Grade 12

Additional training: lean six sigma green and black belt training, SAP MM (Materials Management)

REFERENCES

Contact Mr. Sanele Ngcobo (Air Liquide Acetylene)

Position Production Plant Manager ASU Durban

Contact Number 087******* / 087******* / 064******* ad4dyl@r.postjobfree.com

Contact Mr. Sanjay Sewparsad (Air Liquide ASU)

Position ASU Silpa and AMSA plant manager

Contact Number (035-******* / 083******* ad4dyl@r.postjobfree.com

Contact Mr. Sindile Maluleke

Position Line manager Sasol Synthol west production

Contact number (017-******* / 072******* ad4dyl@r.postjobfree.com

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