Macdonald Maikolo
Toowong,QLD
Summary
Competent Engineering professional, detail-oriented, organized and meticulous employee. Works at fast pace to meet tight deadlines. Enthusiastic team player ready to contribute to company success.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Asset Management Engineer (Oil,Gas,Mining)
Verbrec Asset Management
07.2023 - Current
- Developed comprehensive preventive maintenance plans to reduce downtime, extend equipment life, and minimize costs.
- Worked directly with customers day-to-day, driving project deliverables and identifying new projects.
- Manage project stakeholders to ensure project scope needs and expectations are fully satisfied.
- Support and deliver asset management activities including, maintenance strategy review, critical spares assessments, CMMS master data improvements, work
instruction and procedure development, criticality assessment and SCE identification.FMEA,RCA - Identified new / additional opportunities of improvement within assigned work to grow the asset management team capability.
- Took a key role in reviewing, implementing and improving current asset management systems and processes.
- Mentor Junior/Graduate Engineers
Reliability Engineer (Mining,Manufacturing)
Maik Automation
03.2020 - 05.2023
- Increased equipment reliability by implementing preventive maintenance strategies and root cause analysis techniques.
- Improved asset availability through effective use of predictive maintenance tools and methodologies.
- Reduced downtime by optimizing spare parts inventory management and streamlining procurement processes.
- Enhanced plant performance with thorough risk assessments, identifying potential failures and mitigating their impacts.
- Proactively seeked ways of improving equipment reliability, planned maintenance and control systems in the plant.
- Reviewed downtime data and assisted in optimising plant performance.
- Implemented all aspects of ISO 55000 Asset Management standard.
- Leveraged industry experience, equipment knowledge, software know-how and customers satisfaction to deliver world class solutions to clients.
Reliability Engineer (Mining)
Binmak Corporation
04.2019 - 02.2020
- ISO 55000 Implementation Asset management in Zimplats, Zimbabwe; Exxaro Belfast coal, South Africa.
- Material master data creation and compilation and upload for plant equipment spares.
- Worked with clients to analyse failure/maintenance historical data and develop appropriate Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) and Whole Lifecycle Cost models Consolidated, analysed, and interpreting unique combinations.
- Developed appropriate asset management strategies for our clients’ existing facilities, adopting RCM, RBM or alternative strategies as advised.
- Performed training and capability building – asset management plan development, work management, defect elimination, maintenance strategies.
- Increased equipment reliability by implementing preventive maintenance strategies and root cause analysis techniques, theory of constraints TOC.
Service Engineer, DCS Specialist (Power Plants)
Global Innovation SA
06.2016 - 12.2018
- Engineering, Commissioning and after sales servicing ABB’s DCS at different power plants in South Africa: Avon (Durban), Kusile (Mpumalanga), Dedisa (Port Elizabeth), M’Sila Power Plant (Algeria).
- Developed and modified drawings documents on site for server and network cubicles.
- Modified control logics on site and commissioned ABB’s Distributed Control System (DCS) (locally and internationally).
- Presented ABB automation products and running demos at PowerGen Expo 2016.
- Commissioning involved linking the hardware to the software. After setting up the piping and wiring of panels, and through an elaborate diagnostic and trouble-shooting process, I traced signals from the field cabinets (panels) to the control room cabinets until all signals were registering on the HMI.
Design Engineer (Power Generation)
ABB, Italy
11.2015 - 03.2016
- Improved product quality by conducting detailed design reviews and implementing necessary changes.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of engineering designs into final products.
- Optimized existing designs, reducing production costs and enhancing overall performance.
- Designed condition and performance-based monitoring systems for entire power plants equipment to ensure high equipment reliability using ABB’s Power Generation Portal (PGP) and Symphony Plus (S+) systems.
- Obtained process data from P&IDs and other engineering drawings to develop tag databases for automation systems.
- Compiled and wrote up customer technical specification
Mechanical Engineering Lecturer (Training)
Ekurhuleni West College
02.2014 - 03.2015
- Enhanced student understanding of mechanical engineering principles by incorporating real-world examples and hands-on activities.
- Increased student retention rates by providing personalized support and mentorship to struggling individuals.
- Collaborated with colleagues to develop innovative teaching strategies for complex engineering concepts up to level N6.
- Streamlined course content to improve overall comprehension and application of mechanical engineering principles.
- Implemented safety and health programs in the workshops during practical work.
- Supported student recruitment and admission processes. Conducted assessments on learners work as per college and awarding body requirements.
Production Engineer (Manufacturing)
Triangle Cotton Ginnery
01.2010 - 12.2013
- Improved production efficiency by developing and implementing new manufacturing processes.
- Reduced equipment downtime by performing regular maintenance checks and addressing issues promptly.
- Enhanced product quality with the implementation of rigorous testing procedures and quality control measures.
- Increased production volume, optimizing equipment layouts for maximum efficiency.
- Streamlined workflows to reduce bottlenecks and improve overall productivity rates.
- Executed time and motion studies on production equipment, and monitored plant layout and workflow to successfully establish and eliminate production bottlenecks.
- Implemented operations maintenance strategy (TPM) and continuous improvements techniques for increased productivity and plant availability.(FMEA, RCA).
- Developed best practises to optimize resource utilisation, plant capacity, quality, and reliability in coherent with the department’s KPIs.
- Revamped and maintained a sound safety, heath, environment and quality management system based on ISO standards.
- Prepared production costs and budgets forecast. (OPEX and CAPEX.
- Implemented and evaluated safe working procedures.
Assistant Mills Engineer (Sugar Mill)
Tongaat Hullet Triangle
02.2007 - 02.2008
- Optimized engineering processes by implementing innovative solutions and streamlining workflow.
- Reduced project completion time with efficient resource allocation and effective communication strategies.
- Enhanced product performance by conducting thorough failure analysis and recommending improvements.
- Monitored machinery utilization and provided detailed monthly reports on machine downtime, plant availability and maintenance.
- Troubleshot with regular performance checks of yield fallout to determine and rectify errors.
- Observed and validated quality of results and process variables in order to optimize sugar processing coordinating with the Quality Lab.
- Designed installation checklists for new sugar crystallizers. Assisted in the validation and grading of production equipment. Used RCM, RAM analysis with TPM for plant maintenance and reliability.
- Optimised production through performance management and nodal analysis technique.
- Analysed production volume and capacity using daily production reports to monitor machine availability and reliability.
Education
Master of Engineering - Industrial Plant Engineering And Technologies
University of Genoa
Genoa, Italy05.2016
Bachelor of Technology Honors - Production Engineering
Chinhoyi University of Technology
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe08.2009
Skills
- Failure Analysis
- Energy Management
- Risk Assessment
- Asset Lifecycle Management
- Technical Writing
- Analytical Thinking
- Root Cause Analysis
- Predictive Maintenance
- Continuous Improvement
- Total Productive Maintenance
- Reliability Engineering
- Asset Management ISO 55000
Certification
- Asset Management, Binmak Corporation - 2019
- Lean Basics, iLeanGo - 2018
- Energy Management, University of Texas - 2013
- Safety and Health, NSSA - 2013
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Senior Asset Management Engineer (Oil,Gas,Mining)
Verbrec Asset Management
07.2023 - Current
Reliability Engineer (Mining,Manufacturing)
Maik Automation
03.2020 - 05.2023
Reliability Engineer (Mining)
Binmak Corporation
04.2019 - 02.2020
Service Engineer, DCS Specialist (Power Plants)
Global Innovation SA
06.2016 - 12.2018
Design Engineer (Power Generation)
ABB, Italy
11.2015 - 03.2016
Mechanical Engineering Lecturer (Training)
Ekurhuleni West College
02.2014 - 03.2015
Production Engineer (Manufacturing)
Triangle Cotton Ginnery
01.2010 - 12.2013
Assistant Mills Engineer (Sugar Mill)
Tongaat Hullet Triangle
02.2007 - 02.2008
Master of Engineering - Industrial Plant Engineering And Technologies
University of Genoa
Bachelor of Technology Honors - Production Engineering
Chinhoyi University of Technology
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