Career Summary
eNtsa – Innovation Through Engineering: Metallurgist, July 2013 – Present
Key Responsibilities:
• Performing Metallurgical evaluations of friction stir and hydro pillar weld core samples
• Fully assisting process engineering in the development of high quality repeatable weld process
• Sharing expertise and knowledge with process and mechanical Engineers and Masters/PHD students with regards to Metallurgical processes forming part of their development and project work
• Conduct complex failure investigations on metal parts and assemblies from industry
• Perform fracture surface analyses using the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) to identify mode of failures
• Perform tensile, hardness, chemical tests and micro structural evaluations on metal parts submitted by industry to evaluate conformity to drawing and supplier specifications
• Assist both in-house and industry Engineers with the accurate identification of unknown metal parts composition and prescribing the closest available material specification for reproducing these parts
• Working within a cross-functional team whilst liaising effectively with both internal and external customers
General Motors South Africa [GMSA]: Senior Metallurgist, July 2004 – June 2013
• Completed testing / verification of metal parts in line with drawing specifications prior to production
• Chemically analyzed metal parts on spark spectrometer for chemical verification and identification purposes
• Conducted hardness and tensile testing of metal parts
• Prescribed local material equivalents for overseas material specifications
• Fully assisted and supported Engineers with the design of metal parts to reduce fatigue failures and improve service life of parts
• Completed test weld runs for overall weld run integrity and for weld penetration
• Conducted failure investigations on metal parts to assist technical support in prevention methods
• Assisted with compilation of routine and non routine budgets
• Maintained quality system documentation ensuring that Laboratory equipment was serviced and calibrated according to the quality system requirements
• Construction of testing fixtures for testing non standard parts
Gearings Foundry: Quality Superintendent May 2002 – June 2004
• Worked on various project castings for Ford and Jaguar vehicles which included overseeing the statistical process control charts on hardness and certain critical dimensions on castings
• Implemented process control charts for different casting products
• Assisted and oversaw the installation of automatic paint marking systems on pressure testing rigs for castings
• Provided invaluable training to quality inspectors on acceptable defect standards
• Drawn and updated database for different casting defects on daily production parts per cavity and assist production with process quality
• Conducted failure investigations and attended to customer complaints with regards to the castings from a quality and process point of view
• Checked and verified Laboratory batch test certificates for the different types of castings and verification conformity to grey and nodular cast iron specification requirements
Iscor: Metallurgical Engineer, January 1998 – April 2002
• Successfully completed 2 years in-service training including dealing with a variety of enquiries from both customers / suppliers providing technical advice of steel products in particular Plate Materials
• Conducted investigations relating to customer complaints about quality and mechanical failures
• Undertook project work concerning product development and rationalization of products / processes
• Acquisition and processing data and any ad-hoc investigations
Education and Qualifications
B. Ing (Metallurgical), P.U. for CHE: 1994 – 1997
Core Subjects:
• Chemistry & Physics
• Engineering Drawings
• Computer Science
• Applied Mathematics & Mathematics
• Process Engineering
• Electro Technique
• Mineralogy
• Material Science
• Practical Training 1/2/3 • Metal Science
• Hydro Metallurgy
• Fluid Dynamics
• Structural Mechanics
• Metallurgical Thermodynamics
• Statistics
• Furnace Technology
• Mechanical Metallurgy
• Heat Transfer • Pyro Metallurgy
• Fabrication Metallurgy
• Alloy Additions and Heat Treatment
• System Management
• Corrosion and Wear
• Metal Forming
• Metallurgical Project
• Metallurgical Design
Training Courses Completed:
• CO2 Welding Course
• Effective Writing Skills
• Basic System Auditing • Heat Treatment and Metallurgy of Steels
• Design Failure Mode Effect Analysis
Languages: English and Afrikaans
I.T Skills: MS Windows XP, MS Excel/Word/Access/Outlook/PowerPoint, Lotus Notes & SAP
