Diapo Letsoalo
Plant Foreman
Johannesburg
Summary
Highly skilled plant supervisor with more than two years years of experience supervising, scheduling, and directing employees. Resourceful specialist knowledgeable in production of chemicals and liquefied products. Track record of boosting efficiency, Productivity and problem solving. Focused on monitoring safety in busy and potentially hazardous environment.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Plant Foremen
Solenis
01.2021 - 08.2023
- Maximise plant efficiency to achieve shift production target
- Reports shift production and plant summary relating to shift performance after each shift
- Monitoring of production personnel time keeping
- Liaise with maintenance department for speedy solution of mechanical, instrumentation and electrical problems via the JOB card system and loading them on SAP
- Supervise maintenance activities, resources, budgets, asset care (people development)
- Utilize and develop personnel effectively to ensure maximum productivity of shift
- Ensuring that plant systems are operated according relevant standard operating procedures and take corrective actions to address deviations
- Making sure that production PM schedules are seen to by operators
- Maintain safety and housekeeping standards and attends to housekeeping deviations timeously
- Administers all shift activities effectively and report on them on the foremen comment book
- Ensures quality of product packed on shift meet customer requirements
- Liaise with lab analyst to resolve any product quality and chemistry issues
- Properly handover shift to the incoming foreman Responsible Care Ensuring that the EHS and Comply to all safety rules and safe-job practices.
Plant Relief
Solenis
02.2014 - 12.2020
- Compile and submit all production, quality and safety reports to senior management
- Providing on-the-job training and assess progress of trainees
- Establishing equipment start-up conditions by completing checks & tests, communicating information and correcting abnormal start up conditions
- Monitoring the end production, following the planned demand schedule
- Issue daily work permits
- Conducting daily plant inspections / walking tours to ensure that the plant is in good running order.
Process Controller
Afrox
01.2007 - 01.2014
- Maintaining and controlling plant production output to ensure that the plant operates according to the baseline and within the boundaries (Availability, rate and quality)
- Process monitoring, problem identification, improvement opportunities, and implementation of solutions
- Make corrections and recommendations to the process deviations
- Generate production, quality and maintenance requirements reports
- Assisting in the elimination of raw material and product losses
- Facilitate and participate in process related root cause analysis, incident investigation and troubleshooting
- Manage production SHEQ on the shift to achieve safety targets, ensure compliance of company and legislative requirements
- Completing incident investigations, controlling permits to work and ensuring corrective action plans are completed
- Conducts daily housekeeping walkabouts
- Ensure all portable fire-fighting equipment is inspected monthly, serviced annually and maintain records.
Process Controller
African Explosives Limited Mining Services
03.2006 - 12.2006
- Perform Nitric Acid sample analytical tests
- Liaise with internal customers, Laboratory personnel, Maintenance personnel and Senior Management
- Responsible for identifying unnecessary expenditure on the plant
- Responsible for dispatching products of the right quality and quantity
- Monitors and controls the effluent system
- Responsible for good housekeeping in the work area
- Responsible for identifying and reporting maintenance problems on the plant
- Adheres to all relevant acts, rules, procedures and regulations.
Process Controller
African Explosives Limited Mining Services
01.2005 - 11.2005
- Sampling of products for analytical tests and analysis
- Conduct experimental work/tests in the plant and laboratory
- Record results and write reports
- Monitor and optimize plant performance
- Maintain and update quality control documents and operating instructions
- Ensure that operations meet strict health and safety standards
- Customer complaints investigations
- Conduct process capability studies and analyse results with implementation of improvements
- Plant operation, laboratory analysis (test and control quality of products)
- Complete accurate technical reports on all projects and operations
- Maintains established safety and housekeeping standards.
Education
Certificate in Data Analysis -
University of Cape Town
Diploma in Chemical Engineering - undefined
Tshwane University of Technology
Grade 12 - undefined
Promat College
Skills
Operational Efficiency
undefinedAvailability
Immediately
Physical Address
279 Starling Str, Waterfall City, Midrand, 1685
Driving License
C1 Code
Personal Information
- ID Number: 7611185492086
- Ethnicity: Black
- Citizenship: South African
- Gender: Male
References
- Mr Tshamano Nemaguvhuni, Eskom, SHEQ, SHEQ Manager, 0768553707/0660554687
- Mr Mark Njero, Afrox ASU, Maintenance and Production, Manager, 0722367377
Timeline
Plant Foremen
Solenis
01.2021 - 08.2023
Plant Relief
Solenis
02.2014 - 12.2020
Process Controller
Afrox
01.2007 - 01.2014
Process Controller
African Explosives Limited Mining Services
03.2006 - 12.2006
Process Controller
African Explosives Limited Mining Services
01.2005 - 11.2005
Certificate in Data Analysis -
University of Cape Town
Diploma in Chemical Engineering - undefined
Tshwane University of Technology
Grade 12 - undefined
Promat College
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