Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Additional Information
Timeline
Hi, I’m

Vusi Lukhele

Field Operator
Trichardt,Mpumalanga

Summary

A good team player and an experienced field operator with over 10 years of experience in a Gasification plant, and 35 years of age. Married to wife and have 2 kids. To keep excellent health, do cycling and running. Currently developing personally, very excited with personal development and love travelling.

As a field operator it can be of great help to ensure the optimization and troubleshooting of the process to maintain stability and product quality of the organization. Dedicated with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.

Overview

10
years of professional experience
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Sasol Chemical Industry
Secunda

General Overall (GO) Maintenance
05.2021 - Current

Job overview

General Overall (GO) Maintenance

  • Ensure housekeeping is done always and adhered to security measures and procedures to promote health and safety of all employees.
  • Performing Standby duties and 4 Hourly Gas testing.
  • PDR meeting discussing daily tasks and Analyzing plant status
  • Problem solving using pi
  • Safe making of process equipment for GO maintenance.
  • Conduct full system pressure test on equipments done with maintenance.
  • Typing permit to work.
  • Trained and mentored newly hired employees, offering assistance and insight to equip each for job roles.
  • Described plant process-related information in terms that could be easily understood by non-technical personnel
  • Handled troubleshooting of operational issues, ceasing operations whenever conditions were hazardous.
  • Used hand tools, instruments, gauges and equipment to complete accurate measurements and noted results for official records.
  • Examined plant equipments for defects or issues, reported problems quickly and maintained high levels of accuracy.
  • Performed daily inspection rounds throughout facilities to check on all equipment and machinery and gas testing.
  • Developed team communications and information for meetings.
  • Actively listened to customers' requests, confirming full understanding before addressing concerns.
  • PDR meeting discussing daily tasks and Analyzing plant status.
  • Safe making of process equipment for GO maintenance.
  • Skid Steer Operator.

Sasol Chemical Industry
Secunda

Safety Representative
02.2018 - 07.2021

Job overview

  • Identified accident causes and optimal prevention strategies by conducting thorough investigations and analyses.
  • Monitored subcontractor's adherence to site safety management plan and issued written warnings for nonconformance.
  • Assisted management with accident investigations and analysis to determine root cause for corrective action plan.
  • Create reliable and safe workplace by mitigating exposure of our people to hazards associated with our operations.
  • Prevent and mitigate on risk based as measure of controlling occurrence and recurrence of undesirable SHEQ events.
  • Plant and office inspection and report all monthly defects on she rep file.
  • Conduct BBS on the field and load BBS for my colleagues.
  • Promote dialogue with service providers about SHEQ matters, performance and requirements for improving our results by using a system called BBS.
  • Implement a COVID-19 response plan. Comply with all applicable regulations issued in terms of the Disaster Management Act and other applicable requirements to assist in preventing and managing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sasol Chemical Industry
Secunda

Process Controller Gr1
10.2016 - 06.2021

Job overview

· Plant inspection

· Safe making of process equipment for planned and unplanned maintenance

· Commissioning and de-commissioning of process equipment

· Standby duties

· Continuous monitoring and Gas Testing

· Gas Sample taking and gas analyzing

· Problem solving

· Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems

Sasol
Secunda

Acting Snr Technician
12.2020 - 01.2021

Job overview

1) Procedures

2) OWAP – Operating within agreed parameters

3) Pro-actively initiate RCA’s where deviations took place

1.2 Cost management, Budget, projection and cost improvement

1.3 Monitoring committed costs and make follow up on outstanding payment transactions, report monthly

1.4 Production volume achievement and plant Integrity Improvement

1) Co-ordinate Gasification Shutdown

2) Attend and administer ATOP meeting,

3) Support STP by managing threats and outages to meet or exceed puregas budget.

4) Optimization and troubleshooting of the process to maintain stability and product quality..

5) Comply to production tasks requirement and report (back-washing, Trim, Final and air cooler)

6) Gas cooling management systems

7) Traka System commissioning

8) Attend and give input to maintenance strategy sessions.

9) Database administration (Capturing, extraction and reporting)

10) MOC compliance

Manage relationships with neighboring plants, other disciplines and service providers

1) Safe and effective work execution with Service providers/SSS

2) SLAs (Arrange, participate and adhere to SLAs)

3) Liaise with all maintenance disciplines.

4) Interaction with adjacent plant

Sasol
Secunda

Learner Process Artisan
02.2014 - 10.2016

Job overview

· Plant inspection

· Safe making of process equipment for planned and unplanned maintenance

· Commissioning and de-commissioning of process equipment

· Standby duties

· Continuous monitoring and Gas Testing

· Gas Sample taking and gas analyzing

Education

Vaal University of Technology
, Vanderbjlpark, South Africa

National Diploma from Chemical Engineering
01.2016 - 09.2018

K.I. Twala Secondary School
, EMbalenhle

Grade12 (Matric)
2008 - 2008

University Overview

(HG) : IsiZulu; English; Afrikaans; Life Orientation; Life Sciences; Tourism; Mathematics; Physical Sciences.

Sasol Learnership
, Secunda

Associate of Arts from Process Learner Artisan
02.2014 - 10.2016

Skills

  • P>Fast learner, Highly dependable, Excellent attention to detail
  • P>Goal setting
  • P>Innovative and creative
  • P>Team player
  • Safety Protocols
  • Valid Driver's License
  • General Housekeeping
  • Skid steer operator

Additional Information

ACHIEVEMENTS

- Achieved NQF Level 2, 3 and 4 as a Learner Process Artisan at Sasol (2014, 2015 and 2016)

- Attended the Group leader Training and was a leader in Orientation 2014 from (20th Jan – 24th Jan.)

- Participation in the Regional, Provincial & SA Football Games (2007)

- Graduated with National Diploma (12 September 2018)

- Acted as a Snr Technician from 21 December 2020 to 08 January 2021)

REFERENCES

Name : Tsunduka Makumbani

Relation : Sasol VP

Contacts : +27 79 125 1284 /+27 17 610 4189

E-mail : Tsunduka.Makumbani@sasol.com

Name : Sihle Ngwekazi

Relation : Ex - coworker

Contacts : +966 54 568 9413

Timeline

General Overall (GO) Maintenance

Sasol Chemical Industry
05.2021 - Current

Acting Snr Technician

Sasol
12.2020 - 01.2021

Safety Representative

Sasol Chemical Industry
02.2018 - 07.2021

Process Controller Gr1

Sasol Chemical Industry
10.2016 - 06.2021

Vaal University of Technology

National Diploma from Chemical Engineering
01.2016 - 09.2018

Learner Process Artisan

Sasol
02.2014 - 10.2016

Sasol Learnership

Associate of Arts from Process Learner Artisan
02.2014 - 10.2016

K.I. Twala Secondary School

Grade12 (Matric)
2008 - 2008
Vusi LukheleField Operator