Mechanical Engineer
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ZACH OBERHOLZER
Mechanical Engineer
PROFILE
Zach likes to work with people and is
the kind of person that would thrive on-
site, using innovative and practical
thinking to solve the problem at hand.
With his current skills set, decisiveness
and willingness to learn, he will add
substantially to any engineering team.
Zach is deeply passionate about
renewable energy, thermodynamics,
and heat transfer. Thus, Zach
specialized in heat transfer and HVAC-
refrigeration.
Zach has an interest in electronic and
electrical engineering. To gain some
theoretical background in electronics
Zach completed the Mechatronic post
graduate course.
The next step for Zach is to obtain
professional status as a Mechanical
Engineer. He would thus prefer to
obtain experience under the
supervision of a Professional
Mechanical Engineer.
TRAITS
High level of integrity, disciplined,
persistent and determined.
CONTACT
PHONE:
Linkedin:
linkedin.com/in/zach-oberholzer-
979811144
EMAIL:
**************@*****.***
LANGUAGES
Afrikaans (Home)
English (First additional)
HOBBIES/ ACHIEVEMENTS
Black belt in Shotokan Karate, Guitar
teacher, likes to sokkie, love nature and
hiking.
EDUCATION
BEng (HONS) Mechanical (Cum Laude and Golden key) - University of Pretoria
July 2019 – June 2020
Subjects- Mechatronics, Fracture mechanics, Fatigue, Reliability Engineering, Condition based maintenance and Air- conditioning and refrigeration. Research are done in Heat and Mass Transfer on a prototype for falling film nucleate boiling.
BEng Mechanical- University of Pretoria
February 2014 – June 2019
Strongest subjects were Thermodynamics and Thermoflow. For the final year project research was done on thin liquid layer pool boiling on a flat surface.
Matric diploma- High school Garsfontein
January 2009 – November 2013
WORK EXPERIENCE
DFR consulting Engineers [Contract]
September 2020–Present
Zach is responsible for inspection and reporting on HVAC, fire systems and wet services by applying SANS regulations. Zach is an assistant to the chief electrical engineer to assist with minor electrical problems. Zach is responsible for failure analysis of minor systems. University of Pretoria [Marking assistant]
February 2019–June 2020
Zach is responsible for the grading of 2 undergraduate mechanical engineering subjects.
Virtual Consulting Engineers [Internship]
June 2019–December 2019
Inspections were done on steam lines, boilers and HVAC systems of municipal hospitals in the North West province, South Africa. MSS Technology [Internship]
June 2018–July 2018
Zach was responsible for the design of a wiffle-tree structure to stress test the wings of a military grade UAV.
SKILLS
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AutoCAD
Ansys
Solidworks
Microsoft
office
Python
HAP
BEng (Hons) Mechanical Transcript
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