Ref. No. : CA - 16012 - (Production - Extrusion – with 35.5 years in Plastic Industry)

Education

Saint Andrews High School Bloemfontein; Matric

Westlake Technical College Cape Town; N 3

Pretoria Technicon; Wireman’s licence exam

Skill Sets

Process management           2/.Recon of accounts
3/.Electrical fault finding           4/.Electrical circuit designs
5/.Minor electronic repairs       6/. Electro-mechanical designs
7/.PLC  fault finding and installations  
8/.Variable speed drives both A.C. and D.C.
9/.Automation of machinery     10/. Hydraulics
11/.Pneumatics                            12/.Boiler making
13/.Fitting                                      14/.Turning
15/.Milling                                     16/.Computer skills 

Work Experience

Technical Production Manager 
Since Feb 2013 to March 2015
Company Profile: Flexible Packaging Sector.
Job Profile:
Technical evaluations on plant and machinery, do relevant upgrades and modifications where necessary.
Source new machinery.
Liaise with clients and coordinate the dispatch of finished goods accordingly.
All maintenance and repairs evaluated and instructions for the process and the procedure extended to the maintenance technicians who report directly to me. Ensure vehicles are maintained by keeping dockets for every vehicle and machine there by keeping a history on all repairs.
Draft and plan schedules of all jobs and ensure the availability of raw materials.
Select and formulate raw materials mixes and dosages for master batches where and when required.
I have increased production by more than 27.5% and decreased the electricity consumption by 7% on existing machinery. Manufacturing according to SABS building products and introduced ISO 9001

Technical Production Manager 
Jan 2012 to Dec 2012
Company Profile: Manufacturing of bubble wrap and aerothene, also the extrusion of LDPE
Job Profile: 
Maintenance, repairs and construction of new equipment. Installing of V.S.D.`S (variable A.C. speed drives).
Vehicle maintenance and repairs.
Plan production, order raw materials and upgrade machinery. 
Train personnel on the effective operating procedures, automate machinery where possible.
Effectively monitor vehicles fuel usage and construct contingency procedures to eliminate theft.
By sourcing  equivalent raw material, a saving of R 120000/month was reached on one raw material account. 
This was a temporary position while the owner and family visited the United States for prolonged periods of time.
During these periods I was in charge of the complete factory management and oversaw the entire operation of the distribution, manufacturing and dispatch

Technical Production Manager
April 2009 to Dec 2010
Company Name: Nectar Group of companies 
Job Profile:
maintenance and repairs of diesel generated vacuators for the discharge of rice and grain off vessels onto trucks.
This was a world wide operation and took place In various countries  Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria and Iraq were my specific areas. Off loading grain and rice onto trucks from vessels.
A very challenging operation to keep machinery productive with little or no spares. Many parts were hand made to keep production on schedule until original parts arrived and released through customs.
liaise with the ships captain for berthing procedures and dock allocations. Actively hire local work force required for each specific operation. Give daily reports and production figures to London so as to remain on target for docking fees.
Install a packaging and bag weighing turnkey project in Ruwais in the UAE as well as a hood palletizing unit for finished goods ready for shipment.
This incorporated P.L.C.`s and numerous electro mechanical components and almost 14 kilometres of conveyors
Returned to South Africa due to the rand gaining against the pound and contracts became scarce to a 6 months on and 4 months off ratio.

Technical Production Manager 
June 2008 to March 2009
Company Name: Perth Australia with Econo-pack. Flexible L.D.P.E.
Job Profile:
Duties included electrical re assessment to balance loads and introduce power factor correction meters. Production planning and raw material mixtures and dosing where required for specific types of product.
Installed and commissioned a Tecno vita Recycling line and rebuilt redundant machinery to put back into production. Repaired and re-wired 6 colour printer Repaired D.C. drives and replaced with A.C. V.S.D.`S (variable speed drives) where applicable and allowed according to budget.
Check and repair P.L.C.`s (exchange cards and replace components ) when advised by the supplier.
Co-extrusion machine overhauled and modified to incorporate in line printer and fire proof treater station.
Modification of winders to incorporate in line bag on roll machine direct from extrusion.
Establish an internationally acceptable standard for the manufacturing of bags on a roll specifically for the meat trade with out using paper cores. Incorporated P.V.C. pipe as a core and modified winders to suite.
Visa expired before emigration application was concl

Technical Production Manager 
January 2006 to May 2008
Company Name: Argo Soaps and Chemicals
Company Profile: Manufacturing of soap and chemicals for house holds targeting mostly Africa
Job Profile:
Re-modify entire factory, within two weeks a cost saving of R60 000.00 /month was reached by savings in coal usage.
Stream lined the saponification process and modified certain vessels to incorporate Chinese clay as a filler there by cutting raw material costs by a further 12 to 15 percent.
Introduced newer vacuum technology and speed up the plodder (extrusion time) and increase production by 53% on existing infrastructure.
Sourcing of raw materials became a challenge and international suppliers were sourced to feed the higher demand.
This operation included various types of pumps for different viscosity materials which ranged from Tallow to caustic and of course water and soap.
Steam lines had specific water traps made for them so as to recapture the treated water and reuse into the process saving a 15 percent on water and water treatment costs.
This was a short term project as the company was taken over by the Beige Group.

Introduction letter:
Michael has vast experience in Production, the machinery and the production process.
 His skills are unsurpassed and has the unique talent of being able to ensure the correct and reliable operation of plant and equipment, by maximising existing plant and equipment at the lowest possible cost.
He has owned his own plastic factory manufacturing pallet wrap which he sold in 2005 due to load shedding and labour unrest
Being a qualified technical person who has refurbished machinery from Europe and made them available in South and Southern Africa, his resourcefulness  is endless.
This has also established him as a unique individual with extremely unique skills. Combining electrics, mechanics, hydraulics and pneumatics to achieve the desired objectives.
By evaluating infrastructure resources and human resources a defined product realisation can be measured, this with documentation and management responsibility will determine a Quality Policy.

Michael incorporates, corrective action procedures and preventative action procedures.

Future Goals

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