Maintenance Technician Continuous Improvement
Resume:
Bruce Swart
Experienced Maintenance Technician/ Senior Fitter & Turner
Boksburg, Gauteng 1459
***********@*****.***
Diligent Maintenance Technician/ Senior Fitter and Turner with 23 years of experience. Well established and proven record of working with latest technologies and Manufacturing disciplines. An established background in supporting the maintenance teams by fabricating, installing and repairing of machinery. Work Experience
Maintenance Technician
Karan Beef Group-Heidelberg, Gauteng
October 2019 to Present
• Nature of Business: Processing plant.
• Repair faults/ breakdowns before they occur.
• Inspecting instruments and electrical systems, equipment and components to identify hazards and defects.
• Diagnoses and interprets problems (fault finding) to optimize production output and carry out plant repairs.
• Make recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Ensure that service levels are maintained at the required standards by carrying out all breakdowns.
• Preventative and predictive maintenance.
• Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus and components using test equipment and hand tools.
• Update machine logs quickly and accurately.
• Minimize down time instruction of line employees. Fitter & Turner
SAB Malting (Pty) Ltd-Boksburg, Gauteng
January 2014 to September 2017
• Nature of Business: Breweries.
• Maintenance on heavy duty belt and chain conveyors, doing daily maintenance prevention checks and job cards.
• Maintenance on all screw conveyors and replacing of bearings.
• All maintenance on roasting machines for roasting barley replacing of parts bearings and preventative maintenance.
• Maintenance on centrifugal pumps replacing seals, oil rings and bearings.
• Certification on laser alignment for centrifugal pumps (coupling alignment).
• Commissioning, and testing of all new equipment.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards and guidelines and drive a safety culture to safety in the work environment.
• Manage engineering stores inventory to optimize working capital.
• Manage engineering stores, site maintenance, conditions monitoring, control and automation infrastructure.
• Ensure continuous improvement in engagement of people in the plant.
• Co-ordinate and assure tracking and monitoring maintenance information to the zone is correct and timeously submitted.
• Ensure replacement of plant equipment across site.
• Prepare and process requisitions and purchase orders for supplies and equipment.
• Train workers according to proper operational functions and company policies.
• Fabricating parts using conventional lathe and milling machines.
• Make sure plant runs at 95% efficiency day to day.
• Do preventative maintenance daily as per schedules.
• Reason for Leaving: Contract ended end of September. Fitter & Turner
J S Engineering Pty Ltd-Boksburg, Gauteng
November 2008 to December 2013
• Nature of Business: Engineering Consultant.
• Production, turning and milling of all components to precision tolerances.
• Milling of brass, copper, Aluminium, hard ox, mild steel and stainless steel.
• Maintenance on all equipment and breakdowns as per schedule.
• Stripping of coal feeders replacing parts and bearing and assembling of new coal feeders.
• Turning of new hydraulic cylinder pistons and repairing and replacing seal on cylinders.
• All maintenance and repairing on C-Frame tilt able punch presses.
• Monitor equipment, inventory and place orders when necessary.
• Milling of keyways and slotting of keyways on slotting machine and milling machine.
• All maintenance on conveyor belts and wrapping machines.
• Do preventative maintenance daily as per schedules.
• Welding and making of safety guards on all machines.
• Reason for Leaving: Better position.
Fitter & Turner
Caterpillar SA (Pty) Ltd-Boksburg, Gauteng
January 2006 to September 2008
• Nature of Business: Earthmoving Equipment Dealer.
• Assembling of equipment such as loaders, center dump haul units and shuttle car.
• Line boring on buckets and turning and milling of parts.
• Rebuilding of equipment and hydraulic cylinders.
• Manufacturing of brass bearings and brass slides.
• Basic turning and milling including shafts, pins, bushes and thread cutting.
• Materials used brass, mild steel, stainless steel, en19 and en36 etc.
• Stripping and assembling of hydraulic cylinders (replacing of piston seals and wiper seals).
• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bold component parts to obtain required configuration and position for welding.
• Carry out duties as detailed in the maintenance schedule and as per maintenance manual.
• Installing of hydraulic valves, power packs hydraulic gear pumps and hydraulic pipes and fittings.
• Troubleshooting and fault finding on all equipment.
• Operating of overhead crane and rigging (rope slings and chain slings).
• Installing of motors and gearboxes and replacing bearings and seals.
• Reason for Leaving: Company closed.
Fitter & Turner
Consol Glass (Pty) Ltd-Wadeville, Gauteng
January 2000 to December 2005
• Nature of Business: Glass packaging supplier.
• Maintenance of machine• including: Compressors, conveyor belts and hydraulic cylinders and power packs and pneumatics, gearboxes.
• Measure dimensions of tools using instruments like Vernier, calipers and micrometer screw gauge.
• Align cutting tools and accessories onto machines.
• Produce machine tools using lathes and grinders as per specifications.
• Examine machines for defective parts and dismantle machines.
• Responsible for assembling parts and fitting them.
• Check completed work pieces for quality and ensure their lubrication.
• Check operation of conveyor controls, drives, belting, idlers, return idlers and tail section.
• Belt conveyor alignment and clearance and condition of belts.
• Replacing bearings and bushings.
• Fabricating parts using conventional lathe and milling machines.
• Replacing sensors and other electrical components.
• Weld components in flat, vertical or overhead positions.
• Modify, clean and maintain pipe systems, units, fittings and related machines and equipment following specification and using hand and power tools.
• Ensure health and safety policies are complied with and housekeeping.
• Rebuilding of palletizers and de-palletizers.
• Maintenance on wrapping machines and shrinking tunnels.
• Installations on all new conveyer lines and machinery.
• Keep maintenance log and report daily activities.
• Reason for Leaving: Retrenched.
Education
Certificate in Competency - Training on Laser Shaft Alignment Simulators Engineering Dynamics (Pty) Ltd-Pretoria, Gauteng
April 2017 to April 2017
Certificate in Competency - Training & Examinations for Overhead Crane
(Pendant Controlled)
Xylonite Training-Brakpan, Gauteng
February 2017 to March 2017
Certificate in Attendance - Course in Heavy Duty Conveyor Belt & Elevator Maintenance (1 week course)
Bearing Man Group-Gauteng
November 2015 to November 2015
Trade Test in Fitter & Turner
Services Sector Education and Training Authority-Olifantsfontein, Gauteng July 2006 to July 2009
National Senior Certificate in Matric
Hoërskool Germiston-Germiston, Gauteng
January 1989 to January 1993
Skills
• Strong aptitude for Engineering & Machinery (10+ years)
• Mechanical. engineering & technical skills (10+ years)
• Determine repairs that are needed (10+ years)
• Microsoft Outlook (10+ years)
• SAP Maintenance System (10+ years)
• Microsoft Powerpoint (10+ years)
• Problem-solving skills (10+ years)
• Microsoft Excel (10+ years)
• Ability to use hand & power tools (10+ years)
• Microsoft Word (10+ years)
Languages
• Afrikaans - Fluent
• English - Fluent
Contact this candidate