BABALO DEKEDA

• Carried out day to day operations such as replacement of defective equipment, attending to safety issues, conducting green area/safety toolbox and administration related requests.
• Continually performed preventative maintenance of all Train Authorization and Condition Assessment equipment/systems.
• Ensured that preventative maintenance is carried out as per the set schedule.
• Successfully performed pre-testing, root cause analysis (RCA), troubleshooting and commissioning of electrical and electronics railway signaling equipment and control systems on site.
• Managed a team of 10 people (i.e Leave management, back-up planning, delegation and discipline management).
• Rapidly diagnosed and corrected issues that impacted baseline performance.
• Conducted audits and quality inspections of maintenance work to ensure compliance to company standards.
• Carried out the duties for safety, risk reduction and compliance to company regulations as per OHS Act 85.

• Responsible in providing a high level engineering support of a technical and operational nature to line management, execute projects and supervise contractors/staff in order to ensure optimization of the infrastructure network as well as the improvement of service levels.
• Provided a high level advanced technical guidance to line staff and addressed challenges that are unable to be solved by line staff.
• Developed work methods and processes to improve service levels.
• Developed corrective measures to guarantee safety and reliability.
• Initiated investigations, makes suggestions and recommendations with respect to improving methods, safety and effectiveness of signaling systems.
• Provided management support with respect to material and assets.
• Inspected all work conducted in the form of modifications, new installations to ensure it conforms to quality standards.
• Commissioned, conducted safety and functional tests on modifications and replacements.
• Served as project manager on projects conducted by contractors to ensure that specifications, quality and safety is maintained.
• Provided expert technical information at hearings pertaining to incident investigations.
• Assisted with major break downs.
• Managed and supervised staff assigned to assist with specific projects under Research and Development projects and other high level maintenance projects.
• Managed subordinates during functional testing with commissioning/modification of signalling apparatus and systems.
• Provided statistics and analysis of data on signaling asset performance management.
• Completed and provided required documentation for record purposes when testing and commissioning equipment/projects.

• Effectively performed equipment inspections and asset verification on site complying with railway safety rules.

• Ensured that maintenance and engineering vendor list is maintained and updated to ensure that critical vendors for support in maintaining the equipment are in place.

• Contributed in developing an appropriate planned preventative maintenance schedule.

• Ensured that maintenance contracts are implemented in line with the service level agreements(SLA) and contractors adhere to the company HSEQ.

• Managed the delegated budget (OPEX and CIP), launched orders and validated the payment of invoices according to purchasing rules.

• Carried out equipment failure analysis to determine root cause.

• Coordinated and managed equipment and system installation projects.