gcina blou

chief engineer

About

Experienced Chief Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the utilities industry. Skilled in Project Development, Construction Supervision, Project Engineering Management, Power Plants, Predictive Maintenance, Wind, Solar, Fossil & Hydro Plant work experience. Strong engineering professional with a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) Mechanical focused in Mechanical Engineering from University of the Witwatersrand.

Country

south africa

City

johannesburg

Industry

utilities

Skill

condition monitoring, plant maintenance, project management, project engineering, sap, ms project, autocad, ms excel pivot tables, outlook, preventive maintenance, power plants, turbines, contract management, factory, power generation, engineering, predictive maintenance, scada, steam, microsoft project

Experience

factory engineer

denel land systems

2005-10 - 2007-3 · 1 yr 6 mos

Maintenance of Boiler Plant, Nitrocellulose Plant, Glycerine Plant, Acid Plant, NQ Plants, Fleet and the terrain. Perform and manage overall electrical and mechanical preventative maintenance. Modification, projects and plant process improvements following Explosive Act and SANS 10108.

maintenance engineer

airports company south africa

2004-4 - 2005-9 · 1 yr 6 mos

Perform contract management for overall maintenance of escalators, elevators, baggage belts, air-conditioning system. Compiling tender documents for maintenance contracts as well as monitoring maintenance activities

mechanical specialist

arcelormittal

2000-2 - 2004-3 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Specialist in condition monitoring, plant modifications, maintenance and projects in the plant.

chief engineer

eskom

2007-6 - Present · 19 yrs 4 mos

Renewable Project Business Development and Implementation/ participated in preparing specifications, installation and maintenance of towers for wind measurement. As well as application for approval through CAA.