Sinenhlanhla Gugulethu Gumede

GIT - Quality Engineer for Bell Equipment New product (Grader)
Quality Engineer, utilize different systems such as Windchill (Creo) and AS400 to assist with inspections, assembly and confirming Engineering specifications.
•Remained up to date with new engineering
specifications to ensure that machines are
assembled to latest drawing.
* Recommended changes to assembly and
production lines based on repeat product issues.
Performed multitude of inspections, including
recurring production concerns, part conformance
to specification and improvement inspections.
•Ensuring that product and documentation
changes are implemented in accordance with
documented procedures.
* Informed management of concerns with
production operations, including assembly not
engineering specification, recurring assembly,
supplier, design and fabrication problems.
Participated in continuous improvement
projects on the Grader.
final assembly line.
•Back flushing all faults found by Pre-delivery
mechanic in assembly quality gate two [AQG 2].
* Coaching fitters on new implementations and
improvements on hose routing, component
change and incorrect assembly.
Solving all quality issues encountered during
production using various root cause analytical
techniques.
* Investigate root cause for quality concerns and
implement corrective action.
* Writing Non-Conformance Reports [NCR] for
parts that are not to design specification,
defective or damaged.
* Ordering replacement parts for assembly line
and test track for all supplier and inhouse
non-confirming parts.
* Auditing quality focus and quality hot checklist.
* Gathered information from AQG2, AQG3 & AQG4 Grader faults sheets to compile graphs using pivot tables.
* Conducted Data Analysis via Failure Modes and Effects Analysis.

• Company Overview: Bell Equipment – South Africa & Germany
• Introduction to Bell Equipment Products and working on the assembly line; Assembling ADT Machine.
• Team leader to 7 members in Germany Factory.
• Interpret work orders, production routers, products manuals and/or receive verbal instructions regarding duties to be performed.
• Reading and interpreting technical drawings, OMS, and schematics.
• Excel in interpreting detail positioning or aligning units/parts using jigs, fixtures, and templates.
• Install/assembly parts on an ADT chassis using power tools/pneumatic tools, basically proficient in using hand and power tools.
• Line assembling of vehicles from print specifications and using hoists to moving large components.
• Inspecting finished components to ensure conformance to specifications and all designated quality specifications.
• Communicate guidelines and expectations to line workers and superiors, so that all members of the production line are on the same page about the High-Quality standards that are required.
  
  

Introduction to High-Quality standards for Bell Equipment Products.

Underwent Guidance and trainings under Quality department on different systems and techniques that are used to ensure High-Quality standards are maintained at all times.

The work exposure was done on the Articulated Dump Trucks (ADT) machines.
Attended non-conforming issues reported by assemblers.
. By first understanding the root causes of the issues and finding ways to resolve them (Doing the basic investigation to discover the possible causes of the issue).
. Utilizing Wind chill and S400 to assist with resolving the issues, confirming engineering specifications.
. Communicated with relevant people regarding the issue, in trying to resolve and prevent it from happening again.
. Generated NCRs (Non-conformance reports).
. Followed up on the backflush and implemented corrective action in order to be sure that the issue doesn’t happen again.

• Company Overview: Goss & Balfe – Durban
• The dock was nearly 100 years old, and the equipment was effectively at the end of its design life, therefore Transnet National Port Authority (TNPA) wished to upgrade the Port of Durban dry dock pumping facilities
• Providing Mentorship & Guidance to the In-service Training students (Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Civil Engineering) on their Work Integrated Learning at Transnet Port of Durban dry dock
• Training Facilitator under Supply Development Department, developing training modules and workshops that help employees learn essential skills in the workplace for tasks required to be done in their jobs
• Goss & Balfe – Durban

• Company Overview: Spectra oil, Pretoria - South Africa
• Training about Spectra Oil - Caltex and Automotive Lubricants
• Attended a short course of Project Management with Edge Training, under Sales Department
• Promoted to Sales Executive (consultant) position conducting sales/buying guidance meetings with clients
• Providing Lubricant Technical guidance to our customers according to their specific needs
• Basically, finding our customers “WHY”
• Assisting customers with their technical problems and providing guidance to relevant Lubricant solutions
• Help customers to choose the correct lubricants according to their machine’s OEM specifications
• Spectra oil, Pretoria - South Africa

• Clear understanding of Foundry Manufacturing processes
• Good background of Safe Chain Slinging Practices
• Moulds painter under Moulding Department where we were preparing the moulds to be ready for the Casting Department by stripping moulds, removing patterns; repairing and dressing the moulds, ensuring all the part are inserted correctly as the customer request, paint the moulds then close them for casting
• This was done under a supervision of charge hand and a foreman

• Company Overview: SAASTA-NRF, Pretoria
• Graduate Volunteer under Monitoring and Evaluation Unit
• Working closely with the Project Coordinator in designing, coordination and implementation of the monitoring and evaluation strategies in science
• Research, data capturing, filling, and learning framework of science related projects
• Assessed the performance of schools, science centre, colleges, universities, and all science related sectors in their specific assigned project/tasks
• Conduct career guidance to learners
• SAASTA-NRF, Pretoria

• Company Overview: Whirlpool , Mandeni Isithebe
• Monitoring pneumatic machines, roller conveyors and motors
• Doing daily maintenance on the following automated machines that have computer to set quality & parameters using electricity, hydraulic system, and pneumatic system
• Refrigerator polyurethane foaming machine
• Comi thermos foaming machine
• Mould thermos foaming tanks and door liners
• Plastic sheets extruders
• Chest freezer panel bender
• Whirlpool , Mandeni Isithebe

• Company Overview: Saldanha Transnet Port Terminal in Western Cape
• Conducting weekly inspection on Gear box for conveyor belts drives under supervision of Technicians
• Conducted a fault finding on a conveyor belt pulley and shaft that failed and performed a shaft ultrasonic monitoring system and their results were the shaft had cracks and the structure was not well aligned
• Conducted preventative maintenance on conveyor belt gear boxes by checking the condition of the oil
• Conducting predictive maintenance on pulley bearings
• Project managements and Root cause analysis
• Conducted condition monitoring such as Vibration analysis, oil analysis, shaft ultrasonic on-line monitoring system and thermal condition monitoring on the conveyor drives equipment’s
• Replacing conveyor belts, bearings, liners, rollers, gears on gearboxes
• Managed an oil filtering system project
• Saldanha Transnet Port Terminal in Western Cape