Hugo Genis
Fitter And Turner
Pringle Bay,WC
Summary
Organized Turner & Fitter with successful history of managing competing priorities and meeting challenging performance targets. Works well under pressure to complete physically-demanding work. Safety-oriented team player with strong attendance record.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Maintenance Technician
In2food manufacturing
09.2024 - 12.2025
- Maintain plant equipment
- Perform plant maintenance during the shutdown period
- Understand and interpret new drawings and manuals
- Install new machines and equipment as and when instructed
- Responding to emergency machine breakdowns throughout the plant
- Do regular inspections of plant equipment
- Give feedback to Maintenance Engineer on breakdown root cause analyses
- Attend to all relevant breakdowns during standby period
- Complete Work orders and Work order book to keep a record of work completed
Maintenance Technician
Fruitways Molteno
04.2017 - 09.2024
- Maintenance of buildings and factory machinery.
- All plumbing and waterwork jobs.
- Fabrication of new equipment and planned modifications.
- Juice plant maintenance and upgrading.
- We built a state-of-the-art automation packaging factory (Aweta), I helped with the installation and do maintenance and checks and modification daily.
- I also worked on Maff roda systems.
- I also have a forklift operating license which I use when I need to do maintenance.
- I have a lot of ammonia refrigeration experience (NQF 2) and operating machinery and heavy tools.
Maintenance Technician
Swartland Investments - Boskor Sawmill
04.2023 - 08.2024
- Maintenance on all machines, lubrication of chains and bearings.
- Inspection and services on all machines.
- Hydraulics, pneumatics, gearboxes, pumps, welding, fitting of new parts, fabrication of new parts on milling and lathe machines.
- Preventative maintenance and fault finding.
Machinist
Hamblin Engineering
07.2015 - 06.2016
- Mostly did machining on Lathes and milling machines as well as boiler making for example gas cutting, welding (arc and mic) and drilling.
- Maintenance on pulleys and machining of shafts and other jobs that came in.
- Replacing seals flanges shafts, thread bushes, pins, boring broaching.
- Fixing of rollers and making new rollers and making concrete pipe molds for cape concrete, and drilling flanges est.
- Maintenance on excavator parts and replacing of bushes and pins and resleeving off older parts.
- As wells as refurbishing of older parts for machines, and any other engineering jobs that came in.
Maintenance Supervisor
Salandra Ondernemings
01.2015 - 04.2015
- I oversaw maintenance and breakdowns.
- I also operated a 25ton excavator and did maintenance on excavators.
- I assisted in boilermaking and disassembling and reassembling of crusher and maintenance on conveyer's systems chain drive systems v-belt drive system, gearboxes and replacing bearings, couplings, and other jobs.
Assembler
Rovic Leers
08.2014 - 12.2014
- We did assemble of farm implements like Kuhn, Rovic, Krone, and Cima, bedding and seeding equipment, balers, harvesters, and ground engaging equipment, planters, stashers, and spreaders, which included hydraulics and working from drawings to assembling implements and welding and spraying where necessary.
- Part time I did office cubicle assembling and renovating for new offices.
Director
Silverline Light Steel Construction
01.2013 - 06.2014
- I was Director of erecting frames and assembly of structure, dry walling, insulating, trusses, reinforcing and working of a drawing with Engineer and architect to erect house frames and all associated construction work.
Apprentice
P.G. Bison Board
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Our team did maintenance and breakdown, and I was machining in the mechanical workshop on the lathes and milling machine making parts for planned maintenance and machining parts for breakdowns like shafts etc.
- We also had shutdowns and I also helped build a new production line for the company.
- I also did forklift driving.
- Aligning of all V-belts and pulleys.
- Replacing bearings and maintenance on oil pumps for instance machining of new shafts and replacing mechanical seals.
- Replacing chain drives and sprockets and replacing conveyers and rollers.
- Fixing leaks on ducting systems and maintenance in boiler as well as preventative maintenance on site.
- Inspection and replacing hydraulic cylinders and housekeeping.
Education
Trade test completion - red seal
Technotrain
Kempton Park07.2016
Engineering Mathematics - Engineering Science, Engineering Fitting and Machining Trade Theory, Engineering Technical Drawings
Sol-Tech
Pretoria01.2012
Boiler making: Arc Welding, Brazing, Gas cutting, Gas Welding, Rigging and sling loads, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, coupling alignment, Flanges, Drilling, Marking Off, Hand skills, Lathe Machining, Milling, Bearings, Chain drives, V-belt alignment, Gearboxes, Pumps, Brakes, and clutches
Solidarity technical college
01.2012
Computer Practice N5 - Sake Afrikaans N3, Information processing N3, Business English N3
Waterberg FET
01.2005
Skills
Maintenance scheduling
Mechanical repair
Troubleshooting skills
Preventive Maintenance
Equipment Repair
Parts replacement
Mechanical troubleshooting
Tool management
Building maintenance
Equipment installation
Hand and power tools
Hydraulic systems
Interests
Playing Rugby
Maui-Thai kickboxing
Chess
Bowls
Scuba diving
Timeline
Maintenance Technician
In2food manufacturing
09.2024 - 12.2025
Maintenance Technician
Swartland Investments - Boskor Sawmill
04.2023 - 08.2024
Maintenance Technician
Fruitways Molteno
04.2017 - 09.2024
Machinist
Hamblin Engineering
07.2015 - 06.2016
Maintenance Supervisor
Salandra Ondernemings
01.2015 - 04.2015
Assembler
Rovic Leers
08.2014 - 12.2014
Director
Silverline Light Steel Construction
01.2013 - 06.2014
Apprentice
P.G. Bison Board
01.2011 - 01.2012
Engineering Mathematics - Engineering Science, Engineering Fitting and Machining Trade Theory, Engineering Technical Drawings
Sol-Tech
Boiler making: Arc Welding, Brazing, Gas cutting, Gas Welding, Rigging and sling loads, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, coupling alignment, Flanges, Drilling, Marking Off, Hand skills, Lathe Machining, Milling, Bearings, Chain drives, V-belt alignment, Gearboxes, Pumps, Brakes, and clutches
Solidarity technical college
Computer Practice N5 - Sake Afrikaans N3, Information processing N3, Business English N3
Waterberg FET
Trade test completion - red seal
Technotrain
Personal Information
- ID Number: 8607125143085
- Health Status: EXCELLENT
- Criminal Record: none
- Driving License: yes
- ID Number: 8607125143085
First Aid
yes
Training
Solidarity Technical College, 2011, 2012, Boiler making: Arc Welding, Brazing, Gas cutting, Gas Welding, Rigging and sling loads, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Coupling alignment, Flanges, Drilling, Marking Off, Hand skills, Lathe Machining, Milling, Bearings, Chain drives, V-belt alignment, Gearboxes, Pumps, Brakes, and clutches