Obi Machava
Fitter
Steelpoort
Summary
Seeking a challenging position, where approachable personality, effective people relations, years of safe and strong work ethic will allow advancement opportunities within a thriving organization.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Mechanical Fitter
Sylvania Metals
1 2021 - Current
- Mechanical Fitter artisan section 26d
- Maintenance of pumps, gearboxes and filter press
- Random inspection of plant every morning
- Changing of bearing assembly and overcalling of pumps
- Changing of stuffing boxes, impeller, cover plate liner, frame liner and re-packing
- Changing of V-belts and pulleys
- Bearing assembly overcalling
- Alignment of pulleys
- Building of new pumps
- Provide support for compliance and monitoring and enforcement
- Ensures that there is sufficient and effective compliance inspections with relevant personnel
- Promote, plan, and conduct compliance inspection every month
- Plant pre-inspection every morning
- maintaining conveyer belts
- maintaining filter press
- inspection on ballmill
- inspection on blowers and compressors
- maintaining of smd mills
Pump Specialist
Sylvania Metals
07.2007 - 01.2014
- Promote and implement procedure and provide the manuals and inspection guideline to proactive and reactive inspections
- Participate in planning meeting on health and safety
- Review incidents action plan to prevent and stop unsafe acts
- Ensure preparation and implementation of site safety and health plan
- Investigate incidents within the work areas
- Promoting of Safety, Health, Environment and Quality policy
- Scanning, Faxing and Photocopying of documents for filling purposes
- Filling: electronic and hard copy filling done in complies with ISO 9000:2000 requirements
- Preparation of documents/packs for internal meetings and workshops
- Liaising with stakeholders and service providers
- Provide general administrative support for workshop
- Administration of internal meetings and minutes taking
- Build and maintain stakeholder relation
Education
Mechanical Fitter - 26d
01.2007 - 01.2014
Mechanical Fitter - N2
01.2011 - 01.2012
Electrical engineering - N3
01.2012 - 01.2014
Grade 12 - undefined
01.2007 - 01.2008
Skills
Computer literate
Excellent reasoning ability and English language skills
Familiarity with safety and security policies and procedures
Dependable, punctual, and self-motivated person
Great mathematical, listening, and problem-solving skills
Complete understanding of production process, and cost and quality control
Teamwork and collaboration
Oral and written communications skills
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 09/29/83
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: South African
Contactnumbers
- Engineering Foreman, 061 5086 024
- Engineering Foreman, 079 3333 331
- Mine Engineer, 076 620 7362
Timeline
Electrical engineering - N3
01.2012 - 01.2014
Mechanical Fitter - N2
01.2011 - 01.2012
Pump Specialist
Sylvania Metals
07.2007 - 01.2014
Mechanical Fitter - 26d
01.2007 - 01.2014
Grade 12 - undefined
01.2007 - 01.2008
Mechanical Fitter
Sylvania Metals
1 2021 - Current
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