Siyabonga Ngomane
Junior Metallurgist
Duvha Park
Summary
To lead metallurgical operations by driving process efficiency, ensuring regulatory compliance to standards, and achieving operational excellence by implementing innovative metallurgical strategies, the promotion of a proactive safety culture.
I have acquired technical knowledge in metallurgical processes and skills from my education, Advanced diploma in metallurgical engineering as well as practical and operational skill from my 2 years’ experience in dense medium separation (Coal washing) and 2 years steel heat treatment processes. I have been exposed to different projects during my career journey and have acted in leadership roles which equipped me with leadership and people management skills.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Junior Metallurgist
Seriti Power Middelburg Mine Services
06.2025 - Current
- Accountable for enforcing adherence to standard operating procedures, reviewing and updating processes, and driving plant efficiency through optimization projects, root cause analysis, and effective support to management.
- Metallurgical projects initiative and execution
- Weekly and Monthly production reconciliation.
- Liaising with various stakeholders on production planning, execution and maintenance related activities.
- Ensuring compliance with safety and environmental standards.
- Conduct Operational and maintenance system audit
- Product stock inventory and quality monitoring.
- Measure, track and manage coal quality to ensure that the product produced is within required limits.
- SAP for procurement purposes.
- Interact with marketing department for requirements that support business improvement.
- Tracking HSEC online contractor compliance and approvals.
- SOP review in accordance with SANS
- Monitor and track Plant yield derive yield improvement ideas.
- Conducting PTOs and CCV.
Metallurgist Intern
Seriti Power New Vaal Colliery
07.2024 - 05.2025
- Main responsibility was completing my program and tracking my progress while assisting junior metallurgist and metallurgists in various projects and to assist in daily plant operations to help meet the target.
- Promote safe operations through coaching and Visible Felt Leadership (VFL).
- Perform root cause analysis in the Dense Medium Separation (DMS) plant to enhance efficiency.
- Oversee stockpiling and reclamation to maintain product quality and optimize equipment use.
- Prepare reports and conduct stock reconciliations.
- Improve sampling plant utilization by collaborating with engineering and emphasizing its importance.
Metallurgist Intern
Seriti Power MMS
04.2023 - 06.2024
- Main responsibility was completing my program and tracking my progress while assisting junior metallurgist and metallurgists in various projects and to assist in daily plant operations to help meet the target.
- Ensure sustainable safety by performing high risk work verification and planned task observation.
- Performed control room operations at the south Eskom crushing plant to deliver 20 000 tons of coal to Eskom at 22.4 to 22.8 MJ/Kg.
- Acted as a foreman as foreman
- Quality control at the plant, load out and Richards Bay Coal Terminal.
- Successful implementations of spiral yield improvement project.
- Lab audit.
- Machine utilisation and cost reduction study on Earth Moving Equipment at Vandyksdrift dump hauling operations.
- Performed time study and poor performance study on contracted hauling trucks.
Vacation work
Seriti Power Middelburg mine services
12.2022 - 01.2023
- Assigned to carry out feasibility study at coal washing Plant VANDYKSDRIFT:
- Identification of opportunities for improvement of coal fines drying in a strict moisture compliance plant
- Learnt coal washing process flow and equipment specification.
- Performed feasibility study on recommissioning of fine coal drying process.
Metallurgist trainee
SOMTA Tools
09.2020 - 10.2022
- Performed plant familiarization and I was moved to the heat treatment lab where I learnt about hardening, tempering, annealing and quenching of high-speed steel cutting tools. Performed hardness testing, surface treatment processes gold oxide and steam tempering process.
- Hardening high speed steel
- Developed process mapping
- Efficiency measurement on the hot bath and air furnaces
- Cost savings initiatives
- Straightening of tools
- Investigated the cause of bending during heat treatment and recommendations to minimize the degree of bending
- Implemented crack elimination process on taps during heat treatment
Education
Advanced diploma - Metallurgical Engineering
Vaal University of Technology
Vanderbijlpark, South Africa01-2022
Diploma - Metallurgical Engineering
Vaal University of Technology
01-2021
PROFILE
- Junior Metallurgist at Seriti Middelburg Mine Services
- Advanced diploma in metallurgical Engineering
PERSONAL DETAILS
- Email: smalibongwe2@gmail.com
- Cell: +27 76 584 0683 / +27 65 629 8925
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: South African
- Address: 58 Janlion catchet avenue, Duvha park, Emalahleni, 1035
Timeline
Junior Metallurgist
Seriti Power Middelburg Mine Services
06.2025 - Current
Metallurgist Intern
Seriti Power New Vaal Colliery
07.2024 - 05.2025
Metallurgist Intern
Seriti Power MMS
04.2023 - 06.2024
Vacation work
Seriti Power Middelburg mine services
12.2022 - 01.2023
Metallurgist trainee
SOMTA Tools
09.2020 - 10.2022
Diploma - Metallurgical Engineering
Vaal University of Technology
Advanced diploma - Metallurgical Engineering
Vaal University of Technology