CV Optimization for Mechanical Engineer

CURRICULUM VITAE
CHRISTIAN P BOTHA
ID: 650923 5086 083
CONTACT DETAILS
Phone : 072-604-2931
Email : botha.riaan@vodamail.co.za
Reside in : Port Elizabeth
Willing to relocate : Yes
Availability for Interviews : 2 Days notice
PERSONAL DETAILS
Surname : Botha
Full Names : Christian Phillipus (Riaan)
Identity Number : 650923 5086 083
Date of Birth : 23 September 1965
Age : 51
Gender : Male
Citizenship : South African
Disabilities : None
Marital Status : Married
Languages : English, Afrikaans
Drivers License : EC (Code 14)
Own Transport : Yes
Dependants : None
State of Health : Excellent
Highest Academic Qualification : National Higher Diploma (Mechanical Eng.)
Notice Period Required : Immediately available
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CORE COMPETENCIES
General, personnel, budget and resource management.
Design and draughting (Mechanical & Structural).
Drawing practices and standards.
Project planning, coordination and management.
Quality assurance and control.
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
Hard working, loyal, dependable, optimistic, positive, thorough, organized, diligent,
pro-active and dedicated.
Catch on quickly and see opportunity in every difficulty.
Easy personality, good sense of humor and relate well to people at all levels.
Function well as individual or as team member. I participate, lead and follow equally
well.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Windows, Internet & E-mail
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point & Outlook
Autodesk: Inventor and AutoCad
SolidWorks, Enterprise PDM, Pipe Routing and Smap – 3D Piping
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
SCHOOL
School : Vereeniging Technical High School
Year : 1983
Grade : Matric
Subjects : Afrikaans
English
Mathematics
Applied Science
Technical Drawing
Workshop Theory (Electrical)
1984 – 1985 : Compulsory Military Service
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TERTIARY EDUCATION
Institution : Vaal University of Technology
Year : 1988
Qualification : ND Mechanical Engineering
Subjects : Mathematics
Mechanics of Machines
Machine Design
Strength of Materials
Applied Thermodynamics
Industrial Technology
Institution : Vaal University of Technology
Year : 1990
Qualification : NHD Mechanical Engineering
Subjects : Strength of Materials
Mechanics of Machines
Fluid Mechanics
Applied Thermodynamics
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (most recent first)
Company : Nautilus Projects & Design
Type of Industry : Engineering Turnkey Projects
Position : Design Draughtsman
Period : 2016-02 to 2017-01
Referral : Peter Dunkley
Tel. 041-451-0293
Cell. 082-651-2833
Email peter@nautilusprojects.co.za
Job Responsibilities (Key Performance Areas)
Design work (Mechanical & Structural)
Draughting (including site work).
Checking of designs and drawings to ensure good quality, correctness and the use of
appropriate standards.
Indexing and archiving of drawings and other related project material.
Quality control.
Recourse management.
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Skills acquired
Analytical thinking.
Engineering design.
Drawing office administration.
Indexing and archiving.
Typical projects done
- Existing vehicle harness assembly lines were re-engineered and modernized to
optimize capacity and introduce additional energy saving (green) features. A
new assembly line was designed and built and two existing assembly lines
upgraded to enhanced standards.
- Modifications were done to a continuous production line skid which serves to
assemble the rear axle of a famous motor vehicle brand to accommodate a new
model of axle as well as the existing model. The existing rear axle was replaced
with a new design. However, during the phasing-out of the old and the phasing
in of the new axles the skid have to accommodate both models.
- A machine was designed to cut meat into strips for the purpose of making
biltong. The machine was designed and a pack of detailed manufacturing
drawings presented within all applicable standard, norms and food processing
regulations.
- I designed and drafted an easily movable tower radar booth. The requirement
was to design a facility to accommodate a tower radar dish that would provide
for all necessary facilities yet be quick and easy to pack-up and move to another
location.
- All piping was designed and drafted for a plant that would recover excess gold
form old redundant mine heaps. The pipework included all slurry piping as well
as all services piping for the milling, flotation and leaching plants.
Reason for leaving : Temporary contract.
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Company : GLPS Project Management & Engineering Services
Type of Industry : Engineering Services
Position : Design Draughtsman & EPDM Administrator
Period : 2011-01 to 2015-08
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Referral : Willie Greyling (Director)
Tel. 086-148-8886
Cell. 082-376-3756
Email willie@glps.co.za
Design & draughting (including site work).
Checking of drawings to ensure good quality, correctness and the use of appropriate
standards.
Administration of Enterprise Process Document Management (EPDM) and other
drawing office related documents, workflows and systems.
Indexing and archiving of drawings and other related material.
Quality control.
Skills acquired
Reason for leaving : Downsizing due to deteriorating steel market.
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Company : TSB Sugar (Selati Sugar)
Type of Industry : Consumer Products
Position : Design Draughtsman & Drawing Office Administrator
Period : 2009-08 to 2010-12
Referral : Brian MacGregor (Plant Engineer)
Mr. MacGregor has left TSB Sugar since.
Management and administration of the company drawing office.
Budget control.
Design & draughting.
Analyzing site and project requirements.
Project planning and coordination.
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Design procedures and calculations.
Quality control.
Resource management.
Reprographic services.
Checking of drawings to ensure good quality, correctness and the use of appropriate
standards.
Administration of authorization forms, request forms, issue slips and other related
documentation.
Indexing and archiving of drawings and other technical information.
Design and draughting of plant layouts and machinery.
Skills acquired
General Management (planning, organizing, leading and control).
Benchmarking and technology tracking.
Resource allocation.
- Design and draughting of safety screens for sugar cane knives that break loose
form the main cane knife drum. This drum rotates at high speed. Sometimes the
cane knives break loose from the drum and are projected into the plant where it
poses a major safety hazard. The safety screens are intended to contain the
trajectory of the projected knives and reclaim them to a safe place.
- Scalding juice piping modification. Modification to existing piping for the flow of
scalding juice and mixed juice through the scalding juice heater.
- Replacement of sugar dryer air heat exchangers. The original air heat
exchangers used in the sugar dryers are obsolete and inefficient. They need to
be replaced with new, bigger and more efficient heat exchangers. My
responsibility is to design and produce manufacturing drawings of the relevant
ducting and support structures to accommodate the new heat exchangers.
- Sugar spillage and sugar dust control. From the final sugar dryers sugar is
transported to the bulk sugar store, and finally to the dispatch bunkers by means
of seven conventional belt conveyors. Much product is lost due to spillage on
the conveyors. Excessive sugar dust also poses a major problem in the sugar
handling area. Besides a health risk the sugar dust also presents the danger of
explosion. It was my responsibility to address both the sugar spillage and sugar
dust problems.
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- The sugar cane feeder tables move cane from the road tipplers to the
processing plant by means of ten conveyor chains connected by slats to form
one moving bed. These chains were jumping off their sprockets and breaking
constantly. I solved these problems.
Reason for leaving : More lucrative offer.
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Company : Draftline Engineering Services
Type of Industry : Engineering Design & Draughting
Position : Head of Section – Mechanical (Snr. Design Draughtsman)
Period : 2006-03 to 2009-08
Referral : Joppie Nienaber (Owner of the company)
Tel. 034-315-2100
Cell. 082-487-4445
Email draftline@telkomsa.net
Management and administration of the mechanical design and draughting section.
Analyzing customer requirements.
Managing a group of four draughtsmen.
Design procedures and calculations.
Mentoring and supervision.
Quality control.
Providing support with regards to drawing practices and standards.
Monitoring of productivity indices.
Checking of drawings to ensure good quality, correctness, conformance to customer
requirements and the use of appropriate standards.
documentation.
Liaison with clients and professional bodies.
Technical investigations and reporting.
Design and draughting of plant layouts and machinery.
Development of training material.
Conducting training sessions.
Skills acquired
General Management (planning, organizing, leading and control).
Report writing and presentation.
Benchmarking and technology tracking.
Feasibility and impact studies.
Resource allocation.
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Training coordinating and presentation.
Developing of training material and programs.
Conducting meetings.
Personnel management.
Customer relations.
Office administration.
- Design and draughting of an explosion control duct for the carbide furnace at
SA Calcium Carbide. A sudden rise in pressure inside the furnace would open
a pressure release hatch which would direct excess fumes and gas into the
atmosphere in a controlled manner. This was to eliminate damage caused by
regular explosions inside the furnace caused by load dropping.
- Redesign and draughting of oil cooler for the bearings on which a ball mill
rotates at Natal Portland Cement. The efficiency of the oil cooler had to be
improved to reduce excessive bearing wear due to overheating.
- Development, design and draughting of a coke screening plant for Ni-Da
Transport and sands. This plant was developed from scratch and comprised of
a dump pit, belt conveyors, metallic separators, screens, feeders, product
separators, loading conveyors and various other equipment associated with
materials handling.
- Development, design and draughting of a coke de-breezing system for the
quenching towers at ArcelorMittal (Newcastle). This system separates and
recycles coke breeze that is trapped in the steam, which is sent into the
atmosphere due to quenching of coke from the coke ovens.
- Development, design and draughting of a coal processing plant at Uitkomst
Colliery near Utrecht. This plant was developed from scratch and serves to
prepare run of mine coal for the coal wash plant. This project is described in
detail below.
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Typical Example: Coal Processing Plant (Uitkomst Colliery)
Client Order:
An order was placed by the client to develop and propose a plant that could prepare run of mine coal for the
coal wash plant. The processing parameters were as follows:
- Collect run of mine coal from mine exit.
- Separate rock from coal.
- Screen coal to separate >80mm from <80mm.
- Crush >80mm.
- Screen coal to separate >40mm from <40mm.
- Crush >40mm.
- Create buffer stock pile.
- Feed coal from buffer stockpile to coal wash plant.
Data Collection:
All data required for the proposal process was collected (i.e.):
- Topographical information of the site.
- Site layout requirements.
- Process flow requirements.
- Anticipated production volumes.
- Buffering requirements
Proposal:
I developed and presented a proposed plant layout that comprised of the following:
- A bottom reclamation tunnel from the run of mine stock pile.
- A curved belt conveyor to convey the coal to a picking conveyor.
- A variable speed picking conveyor to separate rock by hand.
- A grizzly to separate >80mm from <80mm.
- A primary crusher to crush >80mm.
- An inclined belt conveyor to convey the coal to a screen.
- A vibrating screen to separate >40mm from <40mm.
- A secondary crusher to crush >40mm.
- An inclined belt conveyor to convey the coal to the buffer stock pile.
- A bottom reclamation tunnel to feed coal from the buffer stock pile to the coal washing plant.
- A curved belt conveyor to convey the coal to the wash plant.
Client Approval:
The concept was approved by the client with some minor adjustments.
Design Phase:
At this point I had to do all the design work for this project, which included:
- Reclamation tunnels complete with flow control gates and feeders.
- All belt conveyors (i.e. belt widths, belt type, belt tensions, pulley and idler specifications, drive
specifications, counter weight specifications, etc.).
- All chutes and liners.
- The grizzly separator.
- Crusher, screen and feeder specifications.
- Support structures, crawl beams and access platforms.
Detailing:
Whilst I did all the design work I delegated the detailing of the project to the draughtsmen in my section. The
entire plant was created by means of 3D modeling (using AutoDesk Inventor). My part in this phase was as
follows:
- Allocating parts of the project to individual draughtsmen.
- Ensuring that the detailing work was done in accordance with the original design.
- Coordinating the work done by different draughtsman.
- Checking models for correctness and integrity.
- Coordinating the generation of detail an arrangement drawings.

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Company : Polytechnic of Namibia (formerly Windhoek Technikon)
Type of Industry : Education - Training
Position : Head of Department (Lecturing)
Period : 1999-01 to 2005-06
Referral : Samuel John (Master of Faculty)
Mr. John has left the Polytechnic since.
Lecturing.
Coordinating of Experiential Studies (Field Training).
Conducting seminars and workshops.
Serving on several committees.
Curriculum development.
Mentoring.
Liaison with employers.
Lectured the following subjects:
Introduction to Science, Introduction to Technical Drawing, Applied Mechanics 1,
Engineering Drawing 1, Mechanics of Machines 2, Strength of Materials 2, 3A
and 3B.
Coordinating of Experiential Studies:
Conducted initiation workshops.
Conducted field visits to students in industry.
Developed the Experiential Studies program for the School of Engineering and
Information Technology.
Documented the guidelines for Experiential Studies.
Analyzed the requirements from industry with respect to the Experiential Studies
training program.
Graded the In-service training of engineering students.
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- Checking drawings for correctness and the use of appropriate standards.
- Developing a unique drawing numbering system for the plant.
- Finalizing and issuing of final drawings.
- Updating drawings to as-built after completion of the project.
Completion of Project:
The project was completed and final drawings issued to the client within the projected time frame.

Setting, marking and moderation of tests and examination question papers.
Invigilation.
Laboratory work.
Curriculum development and course notes.
Additional Responsibilities as Head of Department
To fully head the Department.
Budget control.
Course allocation and staff management.
Member of Board of Studies.
Coordinate international student exchange and cooperation agreements.
Management of Departmental semester marks, question papers and final marks
submissions.
Inter-departmental relations (e.g. Rector, Registrar, Library, Examinations
department, Student council, etc.).
Student admission and registration.
National Qualifications Framework accreditation audits.
Course and qualification development.
Laboratory development.
Staff development.
All other functions related to the efficient performance of the Department.
Reason for leaving: Return to South Africa.
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Company : Burmeister & Partners Consulting Engineers
Type of Industry : Engineering
Position : Drawing Office Administrator
Period : 1998-10 to 1998-12
Referral : Wouter van Zyl (Partner)
Mr. van Zyl has left the company since.
Management and administration of the drawing office.
Performance monitoring.
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Mentoring and supervision.
Quality control.
Liaison with clients and engineers.
Workload distribution and allocation amongst five draughtsmen.
Providing support with regards to drawing practices and standards.
Monitoring of productivity indices.
Checking of drawings to ensure good quality, correctness, conformance to customer
requirements and the use of appropriate standards.
Maintenance and control of drawing equipment (e.g. computers, printers, plotters and
copy machine).
Stationery control.
documentation.
Attending and conducting meetings and information sessions with clients and
engineers.
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Company : Iscor - Hot Strip Mill (now ArcelorMittal)
Type of Industry : Steel Manufacturing
Position : Engineering Technician (Process Development)
Period : 1991-06 to 1998-07
Referral : Dieter Braasch (Manager – Process Development)
Mr. Braasch has left the company since.
This is the area where steel slabs are re-heated, rolled to sheet or plate and then
coiled for packaging and transportation.
Responsibilities were to streamline the production process.
Address all problems that caused non-conformances within the production line.
Production control.
Monitoring the production line continuously to detect and address non-conformances.
Streamlining the production process.
Promoting development and expansion of the production process.
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Ensuring optimal efficiency of the production plant.
Coordination with related departments and processes.
Education and training of production personnel.
Monitoring of production schedules and reports.
Identification of, and investigation into discrepancies and non-conformances.
Evaluation and improvement of procedures and systems.
Initiating and managing major and minor technical projects (start to finish).
Technical investigations and reporting.
Design and development of plant machinery.
Administration of all technical documentation and procedures.
Liaison with peer departments, clients and suppliers.
Development of educational and training material.
Conducting training sessions.
- Extension of cross travel reach on a 150 ton overhead crane in the coil stacking
area to prevent steel coils from falling over when removed from walking beam
conveyor.
- Designing of stopper blocks to immobilize steel coils on the dispatch floors.
- To expedite the cooling off of steel coils after rolling by introducing ventilation
ducts fed by huge centrifugal fans into the coil cooling area.
- Re-engineering the storm water drainage system to eliminate flooding of the
coil storage halls by flood water during rain storms.
- Modification of coil grabs to eliminate coil damage during crane handling.
- Automating inspection of steel coils for material defects on the temper mills and
slitter lines by substituting inspectors with high speed inspection cameras.
- Design of a lifting beam with remote controlled counter weight to off-load split
pole stacks outside of crane reach.
- Upgrade of the transfer car between HMN3 and HMN7 to transfer eight steel
coils at a time instead of four to increase its capacity.
- Design and manufacturing of a coil rotation station to enable dispatch
personnel to tighten and re-strap coils that became loose due to crane
handling.
- Design and implementation of an anchoring system for the V-block cooling
saddles in the coil cooling area. This project is described in detail below.
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Reason for leaving : Relocate to Windhoek (Namibia).
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Typical Example: Anchoring of V-block cooling saddles
Problem Identification:
The V-block cooling saddles in the coil cooling area had to be aligned (parallel) every day to ensure neat and
safe coil stacking. This was a very time consuming process, but if neglected the saddles became miss aligned
and the second layer of coils tend to fall from the first, damaging the coils and creating very dangerous
working conditions. The movement of these heavy saddles on the concrete floor also results in excessive wear
of the floor surface.
Problem Definition:
The cooling saddles were positioned loosely on the cooling hall floor. They were constantly bumped out of
position by the crane handling of steel coils (weighing 20 to 40 tons each). This caused excessive wear on the
building floor, extremely unsafe working conditions and unnecessary damage to falling coils.
Proposals:
Subsequently, I had to present suitable proposals to solve the problem. The most feasible concept was to
anchor the cooling saddles to the floor with an anchoring system that would be able to absorb the impact
shocks of coil handling on the cooling saddles while the saddles were still easily removable for maintenance
purposes.
Feasibility Study:
A study was required to determine the feasibility of the proposed modifications. During the feasibility study
factors like: the cost of the modifications, potential savings due to prevention of damage and wear and time
lost to realignment, improvement on safety in the workplace, practicality and executability of the
modifications and other minor implications were considered.
Provisional Approval:
After drafting the concept I had to present a feasibility report, a budget estimate, project plan, time line and
motivation to obtain provisional approval for continuation of the project.
Detailing:
I designed and detailed all parts and aspects of the cooling saddle anchoring system. This included:
- Designing and detailing the system and all parts.
- Obtaining manufacturing and assembly drawings of the system and all parts.
- Accurate cost estimates and time scheduling.
- Providing a comprehensive implementation procedure.
Final Proposal and Approval:
I had to deliver a detailed presentation of the project in order to obtain final approval for its implementation.
The project was approved.
Project execution and coordination:
From that point the execution of the project was entirely my responsibility. It required many different
operations and activities such as:
Budgeting, Placing Orders, Tender and other Administration, Liaising with other Departments and Suppliers,
Time Scheduling and Monitoring, Budget Monitoring, Motivating and Obtaining Approval, Inspections,
Quality Control, Supervision, Following Non Conformance Procedures, Approval of Payment Schedules, All
other related activities and responsibilities.
Completion of Project:
The project had its fair share of difficulties but it was still completed within the projected time frame and 2,3%
short of the estimated capital expenditure.

Company : Iscor - Central Drawing Office (now ArcelorMittal)
Type of Industry : Engineering (Design & Draughting)
Position : Design Draughtsman (Mechanical and Structural)
Period : 1989-01 to 1991-05
Referral : Philip Hattingh (Specialist Draughtsman)
Mr. Hattingh has retired since.
Restoration of old and outdated drawings
Metrication of imperial drawings
Detailing of parts and structures
Design and draughting of parts and structures (e.g. steel structures, platforms, cat-
walks, stairs, cat-ladders, lifting equipment, crawl beams, valves and piping, sluices
and sluice gates, conveyors, chutes, feeders and much more)
Reason for leaving : Transfer to Hot Strip Mill.
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