Mechanical Engineer Safety
Resume:
Philip Hendrik Uys +27-76-877*-***
** ********* ********, *********, ****** Bay, 6506 *********@*****.***
MECHANICAL TECHNICIAN
Personal Information
Full Names:
Philip Hendrik Uys
Identity Number:
Place of birth:
Piet Retief
Country of residency:
South Africa
Date of birth:
16 May 1979
Age:
41
Sex:
Male
Health:
Excellent
Languages:
Afrikaans, English,
Marital Status:
Married
Children:
3
Valid driver’s license:
Yes
Valid passport:
Passport expiry date:
E-Mail address:
Yes
11 December 2029
*********@*****.***
Telephone (h):
Mobile phone:
Qualifications
High School:
Point High
Highest Grade:
Grade 12
Qualified Trade Diploma:
Mechanical Fitter
Institution:
South African Department of Labor
CHIETA Diploma:
NQF 4-Mechanical Fitting
Additional Courses Attended
Course attended:
Bearing maintenance & service - 3 days
Hytorq- hydraulic bolt fastening - 5 days
Fault-finding and troubleshooting on reciprocating and centrifugal compressors - 5 days
Forklift license 4.8 tonnes - 2 days
Grove carry deck crane - 3 days
Hazmat first responder - 3 days
First aid level1 - 2 days
Basic Fire Fighting - 2 days
Basic Lubrication theory - 2 days
Cherry Picker - 1 day
Learning receptiveness skills - 5 days
Smith flow control valve maintenance - 2 days
Irca safety representative - 2 days
John Crane mechanical seal - 2 days
Milton Roy recip. Pumps - 3 days
AESSEAL mechanical seal bronze award - 1 day
AESSEAL mechanical seal silver award - 2 days
Bolting technologies advanced bolting practices - 1 day
Troubleshooting and maintenance on mechanical valves - 2 days
Troubleshooting and maintenance on centrifugal pumps - 3 days
Maintenance and troubleshooting on reciprocating and centrifugal compressors – Thomassen - 5 days
H.U.E.T. training - 1 day
H2S training - 1 day
Smith Defensive driver training - 1 day
Boat transfer training - 1 day
Personal survival techniques - 2 days
Career History
Position Held:
Valve maintenance specialist
Company:
Popham Walter and Odusote
Date of Employment:
June 2018- June 2020
Areas of responsibility:
Agbami FPSO-Nigeria
Responsibilities include:
Doing preventative maintenance on all shutdown, blowdown and safety valves.
Doing compliance testing on pilot operated safety valves.
Doing compliance testing on conventional safety valves.
Performing wellhead greasing as per PM schedule.
Stroking and capturing data of compliance done on Shutdown, Blowdown and safety valves.
Performing emergency sealant injection on valves.
On field repairs done on valves and associated equipment.
Fault finding done on valves actuators and associated equipment.
Hands on training to all nationals working under my supervision.
Liaising with different departments during meetings, RCA investigations and maintenance issues.
Creating work orders if any defects are found during performing PM inspections.
Updating and closing of work orders.
Maintaining integrity of platforms by ensuring all valves and associated equipment are kept in good working condition.
Removal of safety valves and general valves for repairs.
Repair all types of valves in shop environment and field.
Daily reporting to supervisors.
Daily timekeeping done for assistants.
Assisting in daily safety talks and meetings as well as doing safety observations.
Participating in safety audits.
Reviewing of valve failures.
Reviewing of spares on JDE EPL lists.
Ordering of spares as per API 6D specifications.
MOC recommendations based on valve RCA investigations done.
Training of valve technicians.
Safety meetings.
Creating weekly plans. Using look ahead on PM schedules and corrective actions needed.
Implementing inspection schedules on all valves.
Ensuring that PM plans planned gets executed.
Working closely with instrumentation supervisor on compressor PM’s to do valve stroking and testing in order to catch problems before they cause down time on equipment.
Working closely with compliance mentor to ensure that all compliance on wellheads as well as leak testing gets done.
Working closely with compliance supervisor to ensure that all Safety valve online testing for compliance gets done and to do the test certificates as well as the reporting using FileMakerPro.Ensuring that all of the work orders and report back sheets from PM’s are in the JDE system and work orders are created assigned to the correct personnel.
Position Held:
Lead Field Pump Technician
Company:
SVA
Date of Employment:
May 2015 – May 2018
Areas of responsibility:
Responsibilities include:
Field and shop replacement of failed mechanical seals.
Field and shop repairs to pumps.
Fault-finding on seals and pumps motors couplings and engines.
Precision measuring of pump and seal components.
Installation of seal upgrades.
Balancing of rotors.
Alignment of motors, gearboxes and engines.
Training of nationals on pump and seal maintenance and repairs
Reconditioning of pumps and seals.
Make recommendations toward upgrades and material spec changes on seals.
Pressure testing on pumps and seals
Service testing on pumps.
Daily meetings with shop technicians when doing shop repairs
Charge hand on shop repairs in pump shop.
Working strictly according to API 610 and API 685 guidelines
Working on various centrifugal pumps ranging from API-Spec OH1-6, BB1-5 and VS1-6
Working on positive displacement pumps
Working on various manufacturers’ pumps: Sulzer-Bingham, Moyno, Goulds, Miton Roy, Checkpoint, KSB, and Wemco.
Active member conducting RCA’s on failed seals and pumps.
Writing in depth failure reports on all failed seals coming into the shop for repairs.
Writing in depth (PICO) reports on field jobs completed.
In charge of all seal shop related assignments.
Tracking of all seal repairs.
Liaising with procurement and buyers directly relating to all John Crane products and queries.
Position Held:
Offshore Valve Advisor
Company:
SVA
Date of Employment:
September 2012- Current as and when required.
Areas of responsibilities:
Area B & C offshore facilities
Responsibilities included:
Doing preventative maintenance on all shutdown, blowdown and safety valves.
Doing compliance testing on pilot operated safety valves.
Doing compliance testing on conventional safety valves.
Assisting Ops in doing monthly compliance on wellhead valves.
Performing wellhead greasing as per PM schedule.
Stroking and capturing data of compliance done on Shutdown, Blowdown and safety valves.
Performing emergency sealant injection on valves.
On field repairs done on valves and associated equipment.
Fault finding done on valves actuators and associated equipment.
Hands on training to all nationals working under my supervision.
Liaising with different departments during meetings, RCA investigations and maintenance issues.
Creating work orders if any defects are found during performing PM inspections.
Updating and closing of work orders.
Maintaining integrity of platforms by ensuring all valves and associated equipment are kept in good working condition.
Removal of safety valves and general valves for repairs.
Repair all types of valves in shop environment and field.
Daily reporting to supervisors.
Daily timekeeping done for assistants.
Assisting in daily safety talks and meetings as well as doing safety observations.
Participating in safety audits.
Reviewing of valve failures.
Reviewing of spares on JDE EPL lists.
Ordering of spares as per API 6D specifications.
MOC recommendations based on valve RCA investigations done.
Training of valve technicians.
Safety meetings.
Creating weekly plans. Using look ahead on PM schedules and corrective actions needed.
Implementing inspection schedules on all valves.
Ensuring that PM plans planned gets executed.
Working closely with instrumentation supervisor on compressor PM’s to do valve stroking and testing in order to catch problems before they cause down time on equipment.
Working closely with compliance mentor to ensure that all compliance on wellheads as well as leak testing gets done.
Working closely with compliance supervisor to ensure that all Safety valve online testing for compliance gets done and to do the test certificates as well as the reporting using FileMakerPro.Ensuring that all of the work orders and report back sheets from PM’s are in the JDE system and work orders are created assigned to the correct personnel.
Position Held:
Mechanical Seal Shop Supervisor
Company:
SVA
Date of Employment:
April 2013 – December 2013
Areas of Responsibilities:
Responsible for the whole concession, 41 platforms in total.
Responsibilities included:
Supervising of technicians and providing hands on assistance to them.
Doing failure analysis on failed seals.
Reviewing of seal failure reports made by technicians.
Participating in RCA investigations.
Making recommendations to ensure MTBF of equipment is increased.
Ordering spares
Creating suggested seal material upgrade reports when repetitive failures occur.
Dry gas seal stripping cleaning and boxing as no repair facilities for dry gas seals in Angola exists.
Reviewing of flush plans and fluids.
On field fault-finding of failing seals.
Training of nationals and expats on seal functioning and maintenance.
Conducting safety inspections
Liaising with Reliability engineering personnel in seal upgrades and failures.
Overseeing of field technicians doing seal flush upgrades and installation of seal upgrades.
Creating purchase orders for seal repairs.
Liaising with John Crane on seal upgrades, procurement of spares and job tracking.
Keeping tracking sheets on jobs awaiting spares upgrades etc.
On field support of problematic seals.
Reviewing of pump performance regarding seal failure
Recording of compressor dry gas seal leakage rates.
Creating purchase orders.
Doing all procurement associated with the seal shop.
Doing bi- annual reviews on seal shop personnel performance.
Working closely with pump shop supervisor and personnel to ensure that tolerances and clearances are adhered to for optimal seal performance.
Upgrading of seals to API 682 specifications.
Position Held:
Mechanical Fitter:
Company:
Petro SA
Date employed:
01 December 2004 – September 2012
Areas of Responsibility:
Refinery Units
Responsibilities included:
Charge hand of all planning, material acquisition and coordinating equipment repair activities in responsible area.
Provide technical data to foreman and technicians for all tasks
Hands on assistance with regards to the following activities:
Removal, overhauling and installation of compressor valves as well as leak testing.
Removal, cleaning and installation of filters and strainers.
Do basic rigging up to 5 tonnes.
Removal overhauling and installation of centrifugal pumps.
Removal overhauling and installation of reciprocating pumps.
Alignment of pumps, gearboxes, compressors, and v-belts. Laser alignment, DTI and reverse alignment.
Do fault-finding on pumps, compressors and static equipment.
Fault-finding, overhauling and installation of mechanical seals.
Replacing of rider bands and oil scraper rings on reciprocating compressors.
Repairs to heat exchangers: floating head, fixed tube, plate, u-tube.
Repairs to cooling fans. Replace belts; replace bearings, alignment of fans by means of laser and conventional methods.
Removal, repair and installation of mechanical valves. Gate, globe, check, butterfly, diaphragm valves as well as repair to safety valves.
Installing skillets for maintenance activities.
Assisting of production personnel with installation of fittings and other related activities for draining and steaming out as well as purging of equipment for maintenance activities.
Assisting instrumentation personnel with removal of control valves, and reinstating them again.
Do oil checks on pumps, compressors, agitators, and mechanical seal pots.
Do vibration checks on pumps, compressors, and electrical motors, cooling fans.
Monitoring the health of equipment through means of pressure gauges and instrumentation. As well as by monitoring bearing temperatures, cooling water temperatures.
Ensuring all auxiliaries is functioning correctly to expand equipment runtime between failures.
Signing on permits to carry out work.
Writing out of hot work authorisations for other departments.
Writing out pipe repairs, valve repairs, structural repairs, vessel repairs, if there is any defects found on them when performing maintenance activities.
Assisting welding and boiler making departments. To indicate work that was appointed to them via repair approvals.
Interpreting and identification on pipe-isometric, mechanical flow diagram, and structural drawings.
Liaising with the mechanical foreman to report what defects was found upon doing plant checks. As well as status of jobs. And to discuss prioritising of jobs.
Loading of defects onto SAP.
Training of learners during their plant training.
Doing basic welding and boiler making. E.g. manufacturing of brackets.
Assisting electrical department with activities such as removing and replacing of electrical motors, Electrical furnaces.
Pulling and replacement of electrical elements on electrical furnaces.
Maintenance activities on gas furnaces.
Pressure testing of static equipment.
Pressure testing of pumps and mechanical seals.
Making suggestion on modifications as to increase equipment reliability.
Fault-finding, overhauling and installation of gearboxes (power transmissions). Worm and wheel and reduction gearboxes.
Fault-finding repair and installation of high speed gearbox pumps.
Maintaining a safe working environment.
Doing safety checks of the mechanical workshops and plant as per prescribed MBO system.
Working according to the SHEQ Act.
Position Held:
APPRENTICE AS MECHANICAL FITTER
(Passed with CHIETA Diploma)
Employer:
Petro SA
Date Employed:
September 2002 – 31 November 2004
Computer related skills:
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
JDE- E1
Microsoft Outlook
SAP
Tasks performed:
Creating of reports and e-mail attachments
Control sheets for documenting and tracking
Creating of work orders, Updating work orders with attachments and comments, Ordering of spares, Craft specific tracking of related work orders, Job step updating with hours and manpower, Creating of MPR’s on E1 including receiving quotes and doing orders on E-Procurement (Ariba) (My access has expired as we are not involved with this anymore), Searching of overdue work orders and implementing them into the plan, Managing of all work order statuses as per Serip requirements.
Sending and receiving of e-mails on CAI and shared e-mail.
Creating of work orders
Material requisition
Work order management
REFERENCES:
PERSON
POSITION
CONTACT INFO
Johan Gerber
Mechanical Engineer
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Andre Drewel
Training Superintendent
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Douw Steyl
Pump Shop Supervisor
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