Mechanical Engineer/ Project Manager/ Safety Manager
Resume:
Khulekani Brian Mthimkhulu
Avenue
Surrey, British Columbia, V3T 0L5, Canada
Email: adbv9t@r.postjobfree.com Contact no: 604-***-**** Nationality : South African
Date of birth : 23 November 1984
Permanent resident : Canadian Permanent resident
Availability : Immediately
Drivers licence : 3732766 (Class 5 BC drivers licence) Linkedin Profile : www.linkedin.com/in/khulekani-brian-mthimkhulu-b3527523 Skills
• Preventative maintenance of equipment to minimise unexpected downtime and to guarantee integrity.
• Management and Leadership.
• Budgets and forecasting.
• Project management and managing its key components; namely, cost, schedule and scope.
• Safety Management under the Act and regulations.
• Computing: MS Office, SAP systems (PS1, PS2), strategy approvals on Meridium Qualifications
2005 to 2008 Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Mechanical Engineering University of the Witwatersrand. Degree verified by International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS). IQAS ref no: 179154IMM 2012 Managing Managers Development Program (MMDP)
Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)
Memberships
2019 Engineers & Geoscientists BC – Engineer in training (Member ID: 218117) 2019 Project Management Institute – Currently busy with studies to write the exam to secure the Project Management Professional certification 2009 Engineering Council of South Africa – Candidate Engineer Occupation & Work Experience
I have worked for 10 years for one giant organisation called Sasol Limited (a company listed on the New York Stock exchange) performing work under its different subsidiaries listed below:
Area Manager Mechanical Maintenance
Classification: Maintenance Management
Sasol Limited: Ammonium sulphate plant, Nitric Acid plant, Demineralisation plant. South Africa
Period: October 2015 to 5 April 2019
Roles & Responsibilities
• The daily maintenance of the equipment in the following fertiliser production plants, namely, ammonium sulphate plant, nitric acid plant, demineralisation plant and the bagging plant.
• Managing a structure with 3 foreman (each having 8 to 10 mechanical tradesmen) and 3 technicians.
• Ensuring the safety of all foremen, technicians, tradesmen and contractors reporting in the org structure under the South African equivalent of Worksafe BC Occupational Health and safety regulation.
• Develop task risk assessments and ensure that they are communicated to all artisans.
• Manage the training of all subordinates and ensure that individual career paths are followed.
• Maintenance of the 3 boilers in the demineralisation plant to ensure availability and statutory compliance.
• Manage the Nitro mechanical maintenance project portfolio to ensure that capital and renewal projects are executed on cost and schedule.
• Manage the mechanical budget and have a handle of budget versus actual costs throughout the financial year. There must be a handle on committed costs as well.
• Project leader of all plant outages including the yearly gauze/catalyst change in the Lamont boiler.
• Ensure availability of equipment in order to support the production budget.
• Manage the work management process utilized in planning of work until execution. Critical work management parameters like schedule attainment and resource loading must be analysed.
• Manage breakdowns, emergencies, maintenance strategy compliance and develop improvement plans to address any shortfalls.
• Ensure that pro-active maintenance is achieved through fixed time and condition- based maintenance strategies.
• Ensure proper performance management of employees and hold mid-year and annual performance discussions.
Area Manager Mechanical Maintenance
Classification: Maintenance Management
Sasol Limited: Steam/Boiler plant (Unit 043). South Africa Period: October 2013 to October 2015
Roles & Responsibilities
• First priority is to ensure safety of all personnel in the org structure under the Occupational Health and Safety act.(The South African equivalent of Worksafe BC Workers Compensation Act, Part 3 and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation)
• Manage the maintenance of the non pressure parts of a boiler such as drag chains, burners, soot blowers, fine ash removal systems and the coarse ash removal systems. This was solids handling/slurry service.
• Ensure that task risk assessments are reviewed regularly and job observations are conducted on critical tasks..
• Manage the statutory equipment portfolio that includes PSV’s, tanks, de-aerators and pipelines.
• Manage the maintenance budget for the current year and draw up budget projections for the upcoming financial year.
• Execution of the Asset management process in order to improve asset performance.
• Ensure that maintenance strategies are implemented and kept up to date and relevant. Maintenance strategies must be reviewed regularly for relevance and compliance.
• Manage annual equipment shutdowns and coordinate short term boiler outages to address immediate defects.
• Provide mechanical assistance in supporting the production budget. The equipment availability and mean time between failures (MTBF) must be kept high.
• Manage breakdowns, emergencies, maintenance strategy compliance and develop improvement plans to address any shortfalls.
• Guarantee quality of work by establishing systems and best practice through Quality control plans (QCPs).
• Manage the mechanical maintenance project portfolio to ensure that capital and renewal projects are executed on cost and schedule.
• Ensure proper performance management of employees. Area Manager Mechanical Maintenance
Classification: Maintenance Management
Sasol Limited: Waterworks East (Units 244/205/255/505). South Africa Period: November 2011 to October 2013
Roles & Responsibilities
• Ensure the safety of all personnel and manage the Section 8 appointment according to the Occupational Health and Safety Act. .(The South African equivalent of Worksafe BC regulations)
• The daily maintenance of four units; namely U244, U205, U255 and U505 that take in raw water and supply demineralised water to the boilers.
• Managing the maintenance of all mechanical equipment at Waterworks. This included pumps, pressure vessels, pipelines, safety valves, clarifiers and thickeners. This involves the coordination of mechanical expertise through planning in order to ensure statutory compliance and integrity.
• Ensuring the safety of all foreman, technicians, artisans and contractors reporting in the org structure. Safety of personnel is a top priority.
• Ensure that task risk assessments are in place and are communicated to all employees. Critical observations on critical tasks must be conducted.
• Execution of the Asset management process and principles in order to improve asset performance.
• Manage the mechanical maintenance project portfolio to ensure continual renewal of the plant.
• Manage the Waterworks East mechanical budget and have a handle of budget versus actual costs throughout the financial year. Budget projections have to be carried out for the next financial year.
• Project leader of the annual plant shutdowns. This involves coordinating a multi- disciplinary team in budgeting, scoping, planning and executing a 2 week equipment shutdown.
• Provide mechanical assistance in supporting the production budget.
• Accountable to monitor critical operating parameters of process equipment.
• Manage the work management process utilized in planning of work until execution.
• Manage breakdowns, emergencies, maintenance strategy compliance and develop improvement plans to address any shortfalls.
• Ensure that maintenance strategies are developed and kept up to date and relevant. Maintenance strategies should be reviewed regularly.
• Ensure proper performance management of employees. Mechanical Engineer
Classification: Mechanical Engineer
Sasol Limited: PowerStation (Mechanical Engineering & Governance). South Africa Period: January 2009 to November 2011
Roles & Responsibilities
• Completed the 18 month Sasol Engineer in training rotation program in line with Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) requirements.
• Provide plant support to the Waterworks Area Manager and run with projects that engineer out maintenance.
• Manage in house renewal projects from pre-feasibility to basic engineering and ultimately construction and start up.
• Participate in risk management of projects at Waterworks. This included Hazard and Operability studies (HAZOPs), Potential Deviation Analyses (PDA) and risk assessments.
• Serve as a lead mechanical engineer in multi-disciplinary projects.
• Provide engineering support to the plant in the form of technical memorandums and assistance in recommended repairs from the inspection department.
• Compile business cases for projects and project execution plans. References
Stefanie Naidoo (former work colleague at Sasol Limited) Project Manager
Stantec in Vancouver
Cell: +1-778-***-****
Mulalo Lawrence Sadike (Friend)
Manager at the University of British Columbia
Cell: +1-604-***-****
Simon Visser (Line Manager in the first 2 years at Sasol Limited) Sasol Limited
Technical Divisional Manager (Mechanical Engineering and Governance) Email: adbv9t@r.postjobfree.com
Tel: 011-**-**-*** 3348
Cell: 011-**-**-*** 4432
Pieter Stadler (GMR 2. 1) (Line Manager for about 7 years at Sasol Limited) Sasol Nitro
Divisional Manager Mechanical Maintenance
Email: adbv9t@r.postjobfree.com
Tel: 011-**-**-*** 3021
Cell: 011-**-**-*** 6543
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