Mthobisi Victor Xolo
Durban
Summary
Detail-oriented Principal Engineer skilled in AutoCAD, DraftSight, and Catia for mechanical systems design. Executes precise modifications and installations, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. Enhances operational efficiency by raising Purchase Enquiry Forms and Project Justifications. Facilitates seamless handovers and quality assurance through effective communication and documentation.
Overview
2
2
Languages
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal Engineer (PEPD-BAED)
Toyota
Durban, South Africa
02.2024 - 09.2026
- Project managing- (Updating and tracking schedule, doing spec sheets and Scope Of Work (SOWs).
- Performing Jig modifications, PIS and Andon installation as well as programming.
- Completed purchase enquiry forms to initiate procurement processes. (Purchase Enquiry Form (PEF) and Project Justification (PJ).
- Signing Kanbans and doing a handover.
- AutoCAD, Draft sight, Catia and Carrot ).
Team Member
Toyota
Durban, South Africa
06.2021 - 02.2024
- executed touch up spray painting and heat gun repairs on lamps, applied benzene wipes, flattened and blocked defects, mopped surfaces, polished and finished panels, conducted inspections, and changed panels to ensure quality standards.
In-service trainee
Toyota
Durban, South Africa
01.2022 - 12.2022
- Maintaining chillers, cooling towers, and Heating Ventilation Air Conditioner (HVAC).
- Changing old corroded valves (gear valves, butterfly valves and actuator valves), doing thermo insulation and maintaining Y-strainer housing pipes as well as enthalpy wheel.
- Doing shaft alignment on a centrifugal pump, disassembling and assembling electric motors. Welding (arc welding). Changing old bearings on conveyors and lifters.
- Computer application, Drawing (AutoCAD).
Education
National Senior Certificate (NSC) - Science
Bheki Secondary School
Margate, KZN01-2016
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering - Engineering
Mangosuthu University of Technology
Umlazi, KZN01-2023
Skills
- Project management
- Communication and Presentation
- Preventive maintenance
- Mechanical systems design
- Technical documentation
- Strategic Planning
- AutoCAD
- Quality assurance
Languages
Xhosa
Proficient
C2
English
Upper Intermediate
B2
Interests
- Soccer and Rugby
Timeline
Principal Engineer (PEPD-BAED)
Toyota
02.2024 - 09.2026
In-service trainee
Toyota
01.2022 - 12.2022
Team Member
Toyota
06.2021 - 02.2024
National Senior Certificate (NSC) - Science
Bheki Secondary School
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering - Engineering
Mangosuthu University of Technology