Jan Dirk van der Walt
Junior Manager
Newcastle
Summary
I started working at the Steel Plant on the floor as an helper. Over the years with a lot of training and courses, I managed to work myself up to an Junior Manager position.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
2
2
Language
Work History
Superintendent (Junior Manager)
ArcelorMittal South - Africa
01.2012 - Current
- Shift management of +20 production employees
- 33KVA Ladle furnaces & RH Degasser processes
- Monitoring ladle scheduling and plant scheduling
- Decision making pertaining the plant and subordinates
- Control Alloy and flux consumption
- Assisting with Secondary Metallurgy Standard Operating Procedure development
- Safety management – risk assessments, HIRA, task observations, disciplinary actions
- Implementation of safety systems & management plans
- Personnel management, Incident investigation
- Cost control
- Continuous improvement
- Refractories: Refining liquid steel that’s suitable for safety critical steel grades; Improve power use; Improve and manage continues flowing of steel to continues casting plant; Responsible for in training of smelters and relevant personnel; Insure plant Safety, Health and Environment system is maintained and comply with NOSA/OSACT standard; Investigation and solving of plant incidents; Controlling total costs of the process and consumables; SHERQ applier, Communicate to all levels, Report to Plant Manager, Creating SOP’s and revise current ones, Shift worker and monitoring the use of correct PPE at all times
- Do plant inspections on a daily basis and report any defects
- Work with the millwrights to solve a problem in order to prevent production loss and RTB’S
- Competencies, skills, knowledge & attributes: Time management & organising skills, Managing maning points, Controling employee leave, Production experience, Safety management experience, Personnel experience, Communication to all levels, Strategic thinking, Analytical & problem solving skills
- Good technical background, dedicated, show attention to detail, work under pressure and a hard worker
Ladle Scheduler
ArcelorMittal South - Africa
01.2012 - Current
- Schedule the steel ladles the Basic Oxygen furnaces in order to tap the different steel grades
- Communicate with the overhead crane drivers to transport the ladles to the assigned destinations
Secondary Metallurgy
ArcelorMittal South - Africa
01.2012 - Current
- Operating the Ladle Furnaces
- Temperature control and working with alloys and micro alloys to trim the specific grades to specifications
- Time control to run the sequence at the Continues Caster
- Operating at the Vacuum Degasser in order to bring the pressure down as low as possible and to get hydrogen down
- Working with alloys and micro alloys and time in order to keep the sequence going at the continues caster
Various Positions at the Basic Oxygen Furnaces
ArcelorMittal South - Africa
03.2001 - Current
- Second smelter at the BOF – operating furnace activities during blowing tapping and charging process
- Blow operator at the BOF – controlling O2 blowing process and flux additions
- First smelter at the BOF – controlling tapping process, Ferro and micro alloy additions and manipulates steel analysis
- Responsible for single furnace operation
- Smelter at the BOF – in charge of all furnace activities and operations around furnace
- Responsibilities: I am responsible for the production of a variety of different steel grades according to the client specification without loss or delay to the company on a shift basis
- I also manage burden consumption, liquid steel throughput, liquid steel yield, alloy yield etc
- Which has an impact on the plant budget and therefore the budget becomes a direct measuring tool for my performance
- I take full responsibility for the plant and plant operations when I am on shift and I am therefore also directly involved in the process development of the plant
- The safety drive of the plant forms an integrated part of my duties and includes the development of Standard operating procedures, risk assessments, task observations and competency declarations
- I have approximately 20 direct subordinates and I am responsible for training and skills development as well as developing new safety initiatives
Education
Matric - English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, Metalwork, Biology & Geography
Amajuba High School
NewcastleSkills
Time management
Education
Matric, 1993, Amajuba High School, Newcastle, English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, Metalwork, Biology, Geography, First aid training, Fire fighting, Confined space entry, Mobile machinery, Lifting Tackle Inspection course, Permit to Work, Lock Out, Initiating Disciplinary Enquiries, Chairing Disciplinary Enquiries, Health and Safety Legal Training, Workplace Assessor, Nine Conversations, 3rd year of Basic Business Management program completed, Health and safety, Thinking Dimensions, Time management, Ad-Hoc Projects (Carbon Chute Installation), Cost saving project (Couplings), AMSA Junior Manager Journey, Legal Liability (Legislative Compliance Specialists), Certificate of Commendation, LEGAL liability for Managers OHS ACT 85 of 1993, Operating systems, Windows, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Internet skills
Work Experience - Working History
03/01/01, Second Smelter, Operating furnace activities during blowing tapping and charging process, Blow Operator, Controlling O2 blowing process and flux additions, First Smelter, Controlling tapping process, Ferro and micro alloy additions and manipulates steel analysis. Responsible for single furnace operation, Smelter, In charge of all furnace activities and operations around furnace, Superintendent (Junior Manager), 2012, Shift management of +20 production employees, 33KVA Ladle furnaces & RH Degasser processes, Monitoring ladle scheduling and plant scheduling, Decision making pertaining the plant and subordinates, Control Alloy and flux consumption, Assisting with Secondary Metallurgy Standard Operating Procedure development, Safety management – risk assessments, HIRA, task observations, disciplinary actions, Implementation of safety systems & management plans, Personnel management, Incident investigation, Cost control, Continuous improvement, Refractories: Refining liquid steel that’s suitable for safety critical steel grades, Improve power use, Improve and manage continues flowing of steel to continues casting plant, Responsible for in training of smelters and relevant personnel, Insure plant Safety, Health and Environment system is maintained and comply with NOSA/OSACT standard, Investigation and solving of plant incidents, Controlling total costs of the process and consumables, SHERQ applier, Communicate to all levels, Report to Plant Manager, Creating SOP’s and revise current ones, Shift worker and monitoring the use of correct PPE at all times, Do plant inspections on a daily basis and report any defects, Work with the millwrights to solve a problem in order to prevent production loss and RTB’s
Drivers License
Code EB, South Africa, TML, CAT, KT30, KT50
Current Gross Ctc Salary
0
Personal Information
- ID Number: 7506045283081
- Age: 49
- Dependents: 2
- Notice Period: One Calendar Month
- Date of Birth: 06/04/75
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: South African
- Marital Status: Divorced
Timeline
Superintendent (Junior Manager)
ArcelorMittal South - Africa
01.2012 - Current
Ladle Scheduler
ArcelorMittal South - Africa
01.2012 - Current
Secondary Metallurgy
ArcelorMittal South - Africa
01.2012 - Current
Various Positions at the Basic Oxygen Furnaces
ArcelorMittal South - Africa
03.2001 - Current
Matric - English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, Metalwork, Biology & Geography
Amajuba High School
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