Neill Oosthuizen

Customer site visits and solving of complex technical issues. Design custom customer driven solutions for pumping systems. Quotations of new equipment, technical site reports, failure reports and repair quotations. Reporting to directors. Working closely with factory staff to improve machining processes and quality. Travel to remote sites in sub-Saharan Africa. DRC, Zambia, Tanzania etc

Duties: Completing complex engineering designs, reporting on progress of projects and KPI’s in addition to drawing of various pump layouts and general arrangements. Creating admin files for the correct assembly of pumps as per the ISO requirements. Interaction with factory staff to solve any assembly constraints. Communicating with other international Metso branches (Sweden, Australasia,) for drawings and any engineering changes that may need to be done. Part of COE Global team (customer order engineering) that creates complex customer specific designs. Excel spread sheets for projects and other uses. Creating part numbers BOM’s, routings, work centers also SCE (standard cost estimate) for all pumps on SAP. Sight visits with customers and salespeople to assist with technical information and measurements for projects. Supervising Metso installations on customer sites. Currently working on Vault, Inventor, AutoCAD (2018)

Employed as a Director. The company is in the retail industry selling sporting goods and firearms I was a 50% shareholder in this business. While with Vaal outdoor I was also working for Metso as a consultant doing the job that I did before I had left the company. This was on a “as needed basis”. Duties: Meeting with suppliers, Partners, shareholders, accountants, and customers. Counter sales and working with customers complaints. Firearm training (Training customers to correctly use firearms) Training employees and ensuring wellbeing of employees. Financial planning of business as well as plan for future growth

Duties: Ensuring smooth operation of the drawing office, reporting on progress of projects and KPI’s in addition to drawing of various pump layouts and general arrangements. Creating job files for the correct assembly of pumps as per the ISO requirements. Interaction with factory staff to solve any assembly constraints. Communicating with other international Metso branches (Sweden, Australia, USA,) for drawings and any engineering changes that may need to be done. Excel spread sheets for projects and other uses. Creating part numbers BOM’s, routings, work centers also SCE (standard cost estimate) for all pumps on SAP. Was also involved in the team that moved Metso from old legacy system to current SAP. Reporting to management about performance. Interacting with customers.

Designing of various sheet metal products. Interaction with customers to ensure product accuracy. The following up on projects in factory, interaction secured with factory staff.

Welding (Mig, Tig, Arc), Grinding, Fitting on Site, Draughting, Design, Negotiation on Quotes and Tenders

welding, assisting boilermakers in assembling trailers