Rui Moreira
Mechanical Maintenance Manager/ Supervisor
Vredefort
Summary
Dedicated professional with a strong background as a qualified fitter and exceptional educational credentials. Proven ability to excel in challenging environments, demonstrating a commitment to quality and precision in every task. Eager to leverage skills and experience to drive success and support team goals. Prepared to make a meaningful impact through dedication and expertise in the field.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Plant Operations Manager
Mowcop Silica
08.2022 - 11.2024
- Company Overview: Open Cast Mine
- Maintenance planning safety enforcement upgrades and production on the wash plant on vibrating screens, pipes, pumps, dams, conveyor belts, chutes, and Federer system Hydraulic systems.
- Attend to all HVM breakdowns, on bins and hydraulic Critical stores spares list.
- Oil and grease tracking vehicles and TMM's, Drive end to end maintenance planning by establishing standards procedures and policies while maintaining accurate data management in JDE systems.
- Develop and optimize maintenance schedules through data analysis performance tracking and KPI monitoring to achieve operational excellence.
- Build and develop planning team capability through performance monitoring coaching and implementation formal development framework to ensure operational excellence.
- Attend meetings Managing and planning of site routines and activities check work scope-daily inspections of plants.
- Compile weekly monthly and annual reports for operational and engineering effectiveness.
- Open Cast Mine
Site Manager
Consulmet Construction
03.2022 - 07.2022
- Personal management, managing and planning of site routines and activities, setting up meetings to evaluate the overall operation of the site, and creating accounting and HR allocation plans.
- Balance production capacity between stages, and proactively propose solutions to increase production efficiency.
- Check the quality of incoming materials and safety enforcement in accordance with the company's requirements.
- Responsible for continuous improvement of safety, Quality maintenance at work.
- Hire, train, and motivate the teams.
- Overseeing the fitters boilermakers steel erectors vehicles and TMMS and fabrication.
- Do onboarding of personnel and oversee medicals and inductions.
- Attend weekly meetings with clients to discuss weekly progress.
- Daily inspections of the site.
- Check work scope according to drawings.
- Attend to all disputes, and make sure all personnel and visitors adhere to all safety regulations and are documented properly.
Engineering Manager (Expat)
Rutongo Mines Rwanda
03.2020 - 02.2022
- Company Overview: Kigali
- Overseeing the fitters and assistants/mechanics.
- I have to work out the elevation flow before installing pumps and the overhead flow of the pumps.
- Work out the dimensions of pipes for a sufficient supply of water or air underground.
- Designing of new water dams, pipe, and pump layouts.
- Plan schedule maintenance of mechanical equipment.
- Enforce safety, Enforce the law.
- Attend weekly labour meetings.
- Teach the workforce.
- Order all necessary equipment.
- Reduce mechanical downtime.
- Organize Sunday labour.
- Confirming and signing labour time.
- Hydraulics and pneumatics, conveyor belt designing and overseeing the build.
- Attending breakdowns.
- All mechanical breakdowns report to me.
- Direct the documentation and standardization of asset management progress while ensuring compliance with SHERQ requirements and regulatory mandates.
- Control department budget and expenditures and tracking while providing strategic input for maintenance cost optimisation and resource allocation.
- Teach unskilled labour the concepts of mechanical fitting.
- Kigali
Foreman
Combined Air / Pronto Piping
05.2020 - 02.2021
- Service and maintenance of all HVAC equipment, the installation, and service of complete air conditioning refrigeration, ventilation electrical system, boilers plate heat exchangers, unitary equipment cooling towers.
- 150 to 300-inch pipes fabricating and installing, plumbing, sewage treatment systems, water treatment systems, building maintenance and supervision of workmen.
- Studying drawings and specifications to determine suitable material, method, sequence of operations, and machine settings.
- Fitting fabricated metal parts into products and assembling metal parts and subassemblies to produce machines and equipment.
- Checking fabricated and assembled metal parts for accuracy, clearance, and fitting using precision measuring instruments.
- Setting guides, stops and other controls on machining tools, bore, and drill metal.
- Cutting, threading, bending and installing hydraulic and pneumatic pipes and lines.
- Diagnosing faults and performing operational maintenance of machines, and overhauling and repairing mechanical parts and fluid power equipment.
- May erect machines and equipment on site.
- Reason for leaving: contract end
Projects Manager/ Supervisor
SFI
11.2019 - 01.2020
- Company Overview: Cape town
- Facilitate team and contractor meetings.
- Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion.
- Identify opportunities for improvement and make constructive suggestions for change.
- Develop and optimize maintenance schedules through data analysis performance tracking and KPI monitoring to achieve operational excellence.
- Manage the process of innovative change effectively.
- Facilitate effective team interaction.
- Acknowledge and appreciate each team member’s contributions.
- Effectively utilize each team member to his/her fullest potential.
- Manage client interaction and expectations regarding service efforts.
- Communicate effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate technical solutions.
- Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships.
- Conduct effective performance evaluations and mentor staff through formal and informal channels.
- Run multiple projects simultaneously.
- Procuring and delivering equipment.
- Coordinating staff and subcontractors for various projects.
- Cape town
- Reason for leaving: Contract end
Foreman / Supervisor / Technician And Fabricator
Combine Air / Pronto Piping
07.2018 - 05.2019
- Service and maintenance of all HVAC equipment, the installation, and service of complete air conditioning refrigeration, ventilation electrical system, boilers plate heat exchangers, unitary equipment cooling towers.
- 150 to 300-inch pipes fabricating and installing, plumbing, sewage treatment systems, water treatment systems, building maintenance and supervision of workmen.
- Work done at City Hospital, Margate, hospital, Maxwell clinic, Dirdoc hospital & Amanzimtoti Netcare.
- Pumps, vertix pumps, Grundfos pumps, service and maintenance of all HVAC equipment, the installation and service of complete air conditioning refrigeration, ventilation electrical system submersible pumps, chiller plants, diesel pumps, fire pumps, and alarms.
- Reason for Leaving: Site complete contract end
Mechanical Fitter / Fitter And Turner
Harmony Gold Mine
11.2009 - 07.2017
- Pumps, valves, liner, fabricate, and alter equipment, Mechanical defects in cars, Truck, dozers, front end Loaders, plc equipment.
- Maintenance of locos winches And winders, pumps, Underground Skills Computer literateWord, Excel, SAP, email, notepad, Microsoft Word, Outlook, scan and print.
- Pumps, valves, maintenance of roof bolters, liner Screens crushers C5, d5, Frame pumps high Warman and Sulzer, mechanical loaders, valves Hydraulic pots, burst water pipes.
- Maintenance of plant pumps, underground, ventilation, fans, fridge plant, crusher plant, do Fault finding and maintenance.
- Cone crusher: cone fluids and oil level, input temperature and output temperature, conveyor clearance, crushing chamber adjustment to a specific product, maintenance on the pinion, ring, taper roller bearing
- Rings, sealing ring around socket bronze liner, step washers clutch adjustments torque settings.
- Conveyor belts: daily inspection for any slack adjust tension, splicing of belts, replacing of belts, checking from head side to tail side rollers, making sure of tension on v belts.
- Reason for leaving: strike on the mine resign
Mechanical Fitter
Fraser Alexander
04.2001 - 10.2007
- Machines worked on: Lathe machine milling welding presses cutting Spindle pumps Warman high, Pressure pumps spillage pumps.
- Maintenance of plant and dust, collectors and equipment.
- Experience in mining and Quarrying, boilermaker, Experience knowledge of Pneumatics and Compressors and hydraulics.
- Pipe fitting, and plumbing, Experience excellent Knowledge of crushers and Conveyor belts extensive fault finding Pumps Slurry pumps KSB.
- Reason for leaving: Contract end
Education
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Vaal High
Vanderbijlpark01.1996
Skills
Word
Certification
Mechanical fitter
Timeline
Plant Operations Manager
Mowcop Silica
08.2022 - 11.2024
Site Manager
Consulmet Construction
03.2022 - 07.2022
Foreman
Combined Air / Pronto Piping
05.2020 - 02.2021
Engineering Manager (Expat)
Rutongo Mines Rwanda
03.2020 - 02.2022
Projects Manager/ Supervisor
SFI
11.2019 - 01.2020
Foreman / Supervisor / Technician And Fabricator
Combine Air / Pronto Piping
07.2018 - 05.2019
Mechanical Fitter / Fitter And Turner
Harmony Gold Mine
11.2009 - 07.2017
Mechanical Fitter
Fraser Alexander
04.2001 - 10.2007
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Vaal High