Hulisani Ndlovu
Summary
Meticulous Engineer successful at juggling multiple tasks and working under pressure. Broad industry experience in operations and projects management. Highly motivated principal engineer experienced in delivering quality results across demanding projects. Applies excellent systems understanding and engineering knowledge to resolve complex technical issues. Evolves thinking and practices to improve department abilities and opportunities.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal Engineer - Project leader
Toyota SA Manufacturing - PEPD
, PROSPECTON
06.2024 - Current
- Project management
- Accurate Cost estimate for product brief(PB)input.
- Establish PB reply for budget approval and detailed schedules to meet project milestones
- Compile basic equipment specification and close tender bid package
- Compile clear scope of work for both local & TMC procured facilities
- Prepares for equipment buy-off at vendor (VTO) or TMC.
- Manage plant equipment installation and commissioning
- Ensure product quality standards are met after new equipment installation or modification.
- Overall plant layout management
- Compile plant handover documentation to ensure compliance
- Department health & Safety leader -management and coordination of all health and safety activities
PRINCIPAL ENGINEER - CIME & SAFETY CHAMPION
TOYOTA SA MANUFACTURING - TSP
Durban, PROSPECTON
10.2023 - 05.2024
- Cost Champion - Lead Cost reduction activities (CIM, PCM, VA/VE, Localization, Communisation & Fixed cost)
- Manage scrap reduction activities.
- manage plant 4 Best and 5Tei activities.
- Oversee QCC activities
- Budget management
- Environmental, Health and Safety management ( Safety leader)
- Factory of the future leader ( Define strategy and align actions to priorities.)
- Project management (manage risks, scope, and dependencies).
- Process engineer ( Line management)
- Direct headcount management (DHM)
Principal Engineer
TOYOTA SA MANUFACTURING - TEP
Durban, PROSPECTON
06.2013 - 09.2023
- Design and development of Internal Logistics processes
- Design and development of Production processes
- Design of production parts racking storage and conveyance
- Budgets and cost management
- Headcount management
- Create Standard Operating Procedures for all production operations.
- Application of process evaluation techniques, such as time and method studies, line balancing and activity sampling.
- Factory/workplace/office layout design and improvements to enhance material handling and process efficiency.
- Balance workload between all production members
- Product Brief replies: Analyse and confirm impact of new projects.
- Prepare Master timing plan for preparation of start of new projects/models.
- Prepare project justification for fund approval for new projects and process improvements facility upgrade.
- Undertake Continuous Improvement projects
- Ensure safety is designed into all new and existing processes and operations.
- Identify safety hazards and find countermeasures to prevent incidents.
- Provide Project Status Feedback to Management.
- Create scope of work for all improvement activities
- Defect tracking, analysis and root cause investigation and coordination – also reporting on findings.
- Design and implementation of build in quality to ensure zero defect flow out.
- Attend breakdowns and find root cause
- Jig audit and Jig adjustment to required specification.
- Compile production procedures documentation
Graduate Engineer
Toyota SA Manufacturering
Durban, PROSPECTON
06.2011 - 05.2013
- Receive training and apply the skills and knowledge gained from training in order to improve productivity of the company and also to develop self in terms of engineering growth.
- Give production support by applying Engineering tools.
- Give training to team members on revised Standard Procedures
- Intensive TPS (Toyota Production Systems) training
- Conducting time studies and setting standard times to calculate manpower requirements to support optimization of production processes.
- Establish and present improvement ideas that are cost saving initiatives.
- Redesigning existing layouts to improve performance.
- Study the factory floor to observe systems that have been implemented – where the systems are not functioning correctly – investigate reasons for failure and implement corrective action
Technician Trainee
Volkswagen SA
Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage
01.2010 - 12.2010
- Electrical panel wiring and installations.
- Maintain the lab.
- Assist students in operating the machines at the lab.
- SIEMENS PLC programming (SIMATIC S7 300/400)
- Analyse, redesign a redundant PVC binder for training purposes.
- Fault finding
- Electrical and Mechanical hand skills
- Fair knowledge on drives and motors
- Repair and maintain equipment.
Education
Higher National Diploma - Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics)
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Cape Town, WC01-2011
Certificate of Higher Education -
Mbilwi Secondary School
Thohoyandou, LP01-2005
Skills
● Analytical Skills
● Planning Skills
● Leadership Skills
● A3 Report writing skills
● Computer Skills
● Communication Skills
● Team player
● Ability to Prioritize
● Practical Problem Solving
● Supervisory Skills
● Performance Management
● Financial Management
● Project Management
● Leadership
Custom
other,other
Timeline
Principal Engineer - Project leader
Toyota SA Manufacturing - PEPD
06.2024 - Current
PRINCIPAL ENGINEER - CIME & SAFETY CHAMPION
TOYOTA SA MANUFACTURING - TSP
10.2023 - 05.2024
Principal Engineer
TOYOTA SA MANUFACTURING - TEP
06.2013 - 09.2023
Graduate Engineer
Toyota SA Manufacturering
06.2011 - 05.2013
Technician Trainee
Volkswagen SA
01.2010 - 12.2010
Higher National Diploma - Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics)
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Certificate of Higher Education -
Mbilwi Secondary School