Project/Package/Maintenance Engineer/Manager

Obtain a position at a reputable company where I can utilize/maximize my management skills, technical ability and experience to the mutual benefit of the company and myself

* Provide maintenance and technical expertise to assist the production units in problem solving.
* Provide input to strategic operational planning.
* Assist the operations in the development of service and healthcare contracts, selection of vendors.
* Provide expert advice to required studies such as HAZID, HAZOP, performance enhancement and improvement.
* Provide maintenance input for new projects, with particular respect to equipment selection, spares analysis, commissioning and PMS build.
* Provide input into the maintainability of design for new projects or equipment and commissioning.
* Act as maintenance technical authority.
* Review manuals, procedures, etc as required.
* Maintain knowledge of current standards, industry development and legislative issues.
* Evaluate supplier and contractor performance.
* Co-ordination of technical and maintenance support teams to maintain maximum production in a safe manner.
* Liaise closely with Production and Marine Superintendents to plan and co-ordinate all technical support services, in order to provide the required level of service to operations.
* Responsible for planning activities in reference to shutdowns, campaign crews, workscope, work-pack development and ad-hoc labour.

(a) B.Eng. (Mech.) (1971 - 1974)
(b) B.Eng. (Hons) (1984 - 1985)
(c) Diploma in Business Management (1988)
(d) Certificate of Competency (Mines & Works)(1978)
{e) Project Management (PMBOK, Xpert Group, 2001)

* EWCF Well Control Course - Supervisor's level (Randy Smith Drilling Schools, 1994)
* Offshore Survival Course (Cape Technicon, 2007) - renewal May 2010

* PL(1) Computer programming course University of Pretoria (1972)
* Advanced splicing techniques for steel belt conveyors Goodyear (1975)
* Garnett Cross Fluid Power Training (1975)
* Allen Management Action Programme (AMAP, 1980)
* Management skills for maintenance foremen (P E Consulting, 1980)
* NOSA (Advanced Safety) (1981)
* Middle Management course (1984)
* Industrial Relations (Henk Botha & Ass., Cape Town Chamber of Commerce, 1988)
* Maintenance Management Seminar for Offshore Industry (I.I.R. Industrial, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1990)
* Crosby PSV repair and calibration course (National Trading Co., 1991)
* Caterpillar 3412 & 3516 Diesel Engines (Barlows, Cape, 1992)
* Nuovo Pignone MS1002 Gas Turbines (John Brown Training UK, 1992)
* ENTEK Vibration Analysis Course (1991)
* Offshore & Petroleum Ind. Firefighting Course (CCC Fire Dept., Mossgas, 1990 & 1992)
* SIEMENS PLC Training Course (Cape Technicon, 1993)
* Quality Assurance training at ODCC, Bergen, Norway (1994)
* Autocad 14 Course (BellCAD training, 2000)
* ISM implementation course (Det Norske Veritas, 2000)