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Senior Maintenance Operator at Sasol Mining
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Specializes in planning and executing maintenance to prevent failures and quickly rectify breakdowns, ensuring machinery uptime.
Extensive experience operating and maintaining heavy diesel machinery, conveyor systems, and underground mining equipment.
Proven ability to lead maintenance teams, coordinate tasks, and promote safety and operational excellence.
Skilled in mine rescue, fire-fighting, first aid, and safety protocols, ensuring workplace safety compliance.
Holds multiple certifications including Mechanical Fitter Red Seal, Overhead Crane, Forklift, and Mine Rescue certificates.
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Summary
Seasoned maintenance professional with over 18 years in underground mining operations, specializing in machinery maintenance, safety, and team management. Proven track record of optimizing operational efficiency and safety standards.
Key Achievements
- Led maintenance planning and oversight, ensuring high operational efficiency and safety standards.
- Promoted through multiple roles due to demonstrated expertise and leadership in maintenance functions.
- Implemented preventative and corrective maintenance strategies that minimized machinery downtime.
- Held accountability for critical industrial machinery, maintaining operational consistency.
- Completed advanced training in mechanical maintenance, risk management, and equipment operation.
Experience
Senior Maintenance Operator
Held senior accountability for planning, coordinating and overseeing preventative, corrective and breakdown maintenance on industrial machinery.. Promoted highest levels of operational consistency through machine availability, equipment efficiency and safety compliance.. Coordinated and controlled activities across the Workshop and Storeroom, directing and supervising staff as indicated.. Maintained appropriate spares levels through well-documented ordering, issuing and collection from the Warehouse.. Kept detailed records of maintenance works - including up-to-date job cards and logs - performing all required Workshop administration and housekeeping.. Performed routine inspections, guiding in-depth fault-finding and troubleshooting on Heavy Diesel Machinery and Conveyor Belt Systems.. Supported servicing and repair, and/or assembly and fitment, of Heavy Diesel Machinery - both leading and performing mechanical works.. Facilitated scheduled maintenance of Conveyor Belts and related systems, as well as maintenance on Electro-Mechanic Brake Systems.. Supervised the building and installation of Conveyor Shutes and Conveyor Scrapers, including cutting and welding.. Oversaw installation, repair or replacement of Conveyor Belt Back-Stops, Conveyor Belt Bearings, Conveyor Drive Motors and Gearboxes, Chain Drives, Fluid Drives, Hydraulic Cylinders, V-Belts, and related machinery.. Served as a key point of contact for workplace safety, as SHE Representative and Level 3 First Aid Provider, as well as a key member of the Mine Rescue Team.. Operated heavy machinery, including 10-Ton Forklifts, Counterbalance Lift Trucks, Eimco ED10 LHDs, Graders, Load Haul Dumpers, Overhead Cranes, TBL Front End Loaders and Various Manitou Equipment.
Maintenance Operator
As in the above. Promoted.
Maintenance Technician | General Worker
As in the above. Promoted.
Semi-Skilled Technician
Conveyor & Drive Installation. Conveyor & Drive Maintenance. Conveyor Belt Operation. Milling Machine Operation.