Kamogelo Phalane

• Tracking and closing on signalling,Perway,OHTE Telecommunications and Rolling stock non-conformances,open action requests,open audit findings.
• Review and improve infrastructure and rolling stock processes and procedures ( Planned Maintenance Manuals and Vehicle Maintenance Instruction )
• Analyses and facilitate integration of data coming from operations (REX)
• Assures technical support to rolling stock sub component Overhaul and Renewals projects
• Obsolescence risk management and evaluating obsolescence management plan
• Managed and monitored SCADA and telecommunication systems for highest level of availability.
• Reviewed standard operating procedures against optimal safety standards to verify company conformance and employee adherence with policies.
• Performed regular safety hazard assessments to reduce risks and promote positive behaviors.
• PM maintenance (GSI planning and scheduling).

Key Activities

• Testing and Commissioning of new Signalling Interlocking
• Design signalling interlocking using on Siemens S7 PLC
• Managing shutdowns and Online( Commercial Service) maintenance strategies
• Investigated root causes of accidents related to product usage to develop solutions to minimize or prevent reoccurence.
• Contributing to Risk management and technical report
• Maintenance planning ( SAP PM, Maximo PM)
• Reviewed standard operating procedures against optimal safety standards to verify company conformance and employee adherence with policies.

Key Activities

• Manage Opex, Copex expenditure for the department and meets the financial year Targets
• Develop Maintenance plans and execution plans for both Train authorization and Condition assessments systems
• Played key role in ensuring team efforts met and exceeded all financial, performance, quality and reliability goals
• Played a key role in ensuring that the departments meet targets by ensuring that Reliability of the network, reducing Train delays and cancellations.
• Promoted worksite safety by implementing enhanced lockout and tagout maintenance processes.
• Monitored workplace activities to determine compliance with safety regulations and standards

• Rail Network-Kimberley North Depot, Key Activities o Assist in the designing and upgrading of signaling projects o Supporting design, test and Construction, project management as required o Preparing for and supporting inter disciplinary design reviews o Investigating technical problems guided by senior support team o Assisting in the testing and repairing of equipment identified as faulty
• Interlocking units, relays, power equipment’s and electronic cards o Assisting in testing and commissioning of signaling stations.

• Monitoring transmission network capacity.
• Research Eskom SOC alarm pattern recognition using artificial intelligence machine learning tool weka
• Key learnings were power station operation, management of Engineering Changes.