Jairos Mutauranwa
8 Messmate Way Kanunurra ,WA
Summary
A maintenance planner is responsible for the preventive maintenance of plant and equipment in accordance with manufacturer recommendations and manuals, with a focus on maintaining safety and maximizing production.n.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Maintenance Planner
Louis Dreyfus Company
8 Messmate Way Kanunurra , WA
08.2025 - Current
- As a Maintenance Planner I am responsible for Preventive maintenance of plant and equipment in accordance with manufacturer recommendations and manuals with a focus on maintaining safety and maximizing production.
- Training all staff to follow and comply with all rules and regulations of health and safety.
- Identifying and resolving complex technical issues.
- Implementation on improving equipment reliability and reducing plant breakdowns.
- Pro-active fixed plant maintenance.
- Cotton ginning as per scheduled calendar.
- Fixed plant maintenance FD, VA, ID fans and gearboxes, pumps etc.
- Installation of new plant fixed projects.
- Plant operation with conformity to required operating standards.
- Plant settings on different machines to conform with product requirement.
- Trouble-shooting on different plant breakdowns.
- Fabrication of different plant components using MIG, TIG and Stick machines.
- Static balancing of rotating components before back in.
- Spares requisition to meet allocation and budgeting.
- Assisted in scheduling maintenance tasks for equipment and facilities.
- Coordinated with technicians to ensure timely completion of repairs.
- Maintained accurate records of maintenance activities and equipment status.
- Developed preventive maintenance checklists for various equipment types.
- Arranged for specialized maintenance and repair personnel availability according to established schedules.
- Planned industrial machine maintenance in large manufacturing facilities and kept production running without interruption.
- Reduced unscheduled machine downtime and reduced annual maintenance expenses.
- Trained manufacturing personnel to operate and monitor equipment in support of maintenance planning and asset management optimization.
Maintenance Planner
Namoi Cotton Limited
14563 Carringan road Mungindi , News South Wales
05.2022 - 07.2025
- Carry out engineering maintenance activities to manufacturing equipment and plant procedures.
- Maintenance of machinery and all fixed plant operation.
- Specializing in reconditioning, assembly, testing of hydraulic and pneumatic machines.
- Hydraulic and pneumatic circuits reading and building new ones.
- Vane, piston, gear, diaphragm hydraulic pumps (assembling and testing, setting and operating pressures).
- Crane, rigger, telescopic, guillotine, dump, tipping hydraulic cylinders assembling, testing machines.
- Seloineds, cams, limit switches, proximity switches, transducers, hydraulic components (assembling and trouble shooting).
- Gearboxes, speed reduction, shaft mounted, split drives, rotatory, fluid mechanic drives, power drives (assembling, trouble shooting and repairs).
- Compressor, piston, diaphragm, auger type (assembling and trouble shooting).
- Moisture restoration, coal boilers and LPG (fitting and trouble shooting).
- Fans ID, FD, VA static balancing, fabrication and alignment.
- Welding using MIG and stick machines.
- Cutting and brazing using oxy-acetylene gas.
- Machining of plant components including pulleys, taper locks, machine shafts and drums.
- Plant operation to meet desired production set targets.
- Creating a safe working environment by maintaining a zero accident free to shift work.
- Reading and analyzing systematic drawings and diagrams.
- Pro-active to plant breakdowns by doing scheduled services.
- Repair and alignment of belt, chain conveyance systems.
- Spares ordering and raising of job request cards.
- Budget control to meet plant production.
Hydraulic Fitter
Hydraulic Equipment Engineering Company
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Specialization in the servicing, trouble shooting, repairs and testing of all hydraulic and pneumatic components that included telescopic cylinders, vane, piston, gear pumps.
- Serving of hydraulic components that included unloaded valves, sequential valves, directional control valves, gear pumps, air flow control valves etc.
- Machining of hydraulic components that included piston, glands and treading, grooving etc.
- Setting of hydraulic units as per manufacturers manuals.
- Trouble-shooting of different hydraulic machines.
- Rams testing with power pack to desired set pressures.
- Clamping and replacing hydraulic hoses according to size and fitting specification.
- Reading of hydraulic systematic drawings.
Mechanical Fitter
Gaths Mine Mashava
01.2004
- Specialization in assembling, reconditioning, trouble shooting mining machines.
- Mill and Rock Plant.
- Crushers (jaw and cone) heavy duty rock crushing.
- Fibrazers (rock screens and eccentric drives).
- Rotary screens (ore separation and waste drives).
- BI Apron feeders (speed reducers and ore mixers).
- Dust misters (dust extraction, injection and blowing).
- ID, FD and VA fans (dying and conveyance).
- Boilers (coal heating restoration of product).
- Conveyors (belt, chain, auger and bucket).
- Rock skip (pilling and stacking).
- Overhead cranes drives (Sychromeshed gearboxes).
- Grizzles (ore separation and screening).
- Pumps (multi-stage centrifugal, gear, mono, submersible, piston, vane).
- Underground Section.
- Kopje winders.
- Marry ane lifters.
- Compressors (centa, ingressoil, atlas copco).
- Hoist conveyance.
- Diamond drill and blasting.
- Waste pumps (flight, screw and diaphragm).
- Water pumps (ksb, sulzer, multi stages).
- Hydraulic and pneumatic.
- Machining of mine components to suits plant breakdown repairs.
Education
Class C Drivers Licence
NSW Centre
07-2025
Cert III - Fitting
Engineering -Mechanical trade
01.2023
High risk work -
01.2023
Confined space -
01.2023
Bachelor of science honours -
Geo and environmental studies
01.2023
Class 1 journeyman -
Fitting and Turning
01.2006
National certificate -
Machine shop engineering
01.2005
Advanced Diploma in Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Institute of Technology
6 Thelma St ,West Perth WA 6005Skills
- Preventive maintenance
- Equipment reliability
- Hydraulic systems
- Technical troubleshooting
- Plant operations
- Safety compliance
Languages
English
Attributes
- A person who works tenaciously to achieve goals oriented and committed.
- An outstanding analytical mind and demonstrated organizational effectiveness.
- Core skills in budgeting and control, resources utilization and the ability to plan ahead.
- A self-starter and team builder.
Personal Information
- Profession: Engineering Technician
- Visa: TSS subclass 482
- Date of Birth: 08/03/78
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Zimbabwe
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Maintenance Planner
Louis Dreyfus Company
08.2025 - Current
Maintenance Planner
Namoi Cotton Limited
05.2022 - 07.2025
Hydraulic Fitter
Hydraulic Equipment Engineering Company
01.2006 - 01.2008
Mechanical Fitter
Gaths Mine Mashava
01.2004
Class C Drivers Licence
NSW Centre
Cert III - Fitting
Engineering -Mechanical trade
High risk work -
Confined space -
Bachelor of science honours -
Geo and environmental studies
Class 1 journeyman -
Fitting and Turning
National certificate -
Machine shop engineering
Advanced Diploma in Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Institute of Technology
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