Lushaka Aluwani Balibali
Klipportjie,Gauteng
Summary
Experienced metallurgist with a comprehensive understanding of plant operations and non-ferrous metal refining and casting. Demonstrates proficiency in metallography, spectrometry, and metal failure analysis, ensuring adherence to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards. Skilled in quality control, process improvement, and root cause analysis, with a focus on lean production and health and safety compliance. Adept at utilising Microsoft Office for report writing and leading teams towards achieving operational excellence. Career goals include advancing metallurgical analysis techniques to enhance materials science applications.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Production Foreman
Fry's metals
Germiston, Gauteng
2024.05 - Current
- Resolved conflicts amongst team members ensuring a harmonious work environment.
- Set goals for team members providing clear direction and improving overall output.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives resulting in significant operational enhancements.
- Optimized workflow to enhance production efficiency using lean manufacturing principles.
- Conducted staff training sessions boosting skill development across the workforce.
- Ensure monthly targets are met.
- Lead toolbox talks and motivated teams to achieve daily production targets.
- Conduct HIRAs
- Machinery inspections
- Ensure the team adheres to safety regulations
- Troubleshot issues and delivered corrective action quickly to prevent production delays.
- Delegate tasks to team members based on their strengths.
- Coordinated repairs with maintenance department to keep machinery operational.
Process technician
Fry's metals
Germiston, Gauteng
2020.08 - 2024.04
- Trained new personnel on machine operation procedures, ensuring smooth transition into roles.
- Collaborated with team for efficient process flow improvements.
- Chemical analysis on produced batches.
- Improve process flow throughout the plant
- Monitor process from smelting, refining and casting plants respectively.
- Process related problem solving
- Attend to customers complaints on our finished products.
- Ensure metal alloying is done optimally.
- Refine lead metal and add alloying metals as per customer request.
In-service Training
Pioneer metals
Alberton, Gauteng
2018.05 - 2019.04
- Refine copper batches and cast them.
- Metallography.
- Copper and steel sample chemical analysis.
- Tensile strength measurements.
- Root cause analysis.
- Liase with supervisor and operators to improve the process.
- Attend to customer complaints.
- Implement quality standards, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
Education
National Diploma - Metallurgical Engineering
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg 2015.01 - 2018.11
Bacher of Technology - Metallurgical Engineering
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg 2019.01 - 2019.11
Skills
- Plant operations understanding
- Non-ferrous metal refining and casting
- Metal production
- Metallography
- Report writing
- Microsoft office
- Spectrometry
- Leadership
- Metal failure analysis
- Teamwork
- ISO 9001 standards
- ISO 14001
- Quality Control
- Process Improvement
- Root Cause Analysis
- Lean Production
- Health and Safety Compliance
- Metallurgical analysis
- Microstructural examination
- Materials science knowledge
- Metallurgical lab equipment handling
- Thermodynamics principles
- Physical metallurg
- Physical metallurgy proficiency
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
Affiliations
- Reading and travelling
Certification
- Crane license
- Forklift license
- Powered Tool Handling Certificate
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Production Foreman
Fry's metals
2024.05 - Current
Process technician
Fry's metals
2020.08 - 2024.04
Bacher of Technology - Metallurgical Engineering
University of Johannesburg
2019.01 - 2019.11
In-service Training
Pioneer metals
2018.05 - 2019.04
National Diploma - Metallurgical Engineering
University of Johannesburg
2015.01 - 2018.11