Thys Walters

Experience

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  ArcelorMittal South Africa

  Jan 1994 - Dec 1996

  Programmer
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  ArcelorMittal

  Jan 1997 - Dec 1998

  Business analyst and repository manager

  Responsible for application analysis, design and development. Also responsible for source code backups and control of versions. Database designs were kept in Oracle Designer and managed centrally

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  Gijima

  Jan 1999 - Jun 2004

  Responsible for the management of various projects in the safety and production environment at Richards Bay Minerals. Also for the project coordination of projects at Ticor in Empangeni. Responsible for object oriented development and coordination and for project management of various projects which included scanners, quality system

  • Project manager

    Jul 2001 - Jun 2004

  • Application DBA and project manager

    Jan 1999 - Jun 2001
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  BHP

  Jul 2004 - Aug 2015

  Executing projects related to Separating the Casthouse from the rest of the plant and supporting the rest of the plant with engineering Responsible for the Small Capital Projects, Change Control, Drawing office, MES and Automation services for the plant. Responsible for Industrial Information Technology at Aluminium South Africa.With a focus mainly on MES (Manufacturing Exection Systems) and Process Control Systems at Bayside Responsible for the maintenance of the Casthouse MES system as well as for projects running in the area. Interfaces to 1 SAP and warehouse management are part of my responsibillities. The module in 1SAP is mainly Production Integration

  • Superintendent: Lead Project delivery, Casthouse separation and Engineering

    Jul 2014 - Aug 2015

  • Acting Engineering Manager

    Sept 2012 - Jun 2014

  • Superintendent Engineering Technical Support

    Dec 2011 - Aug 2012

  • MES Specialist

    Jul 2004 - Nov 2011
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  South32

  Sept 2015 - now

  Lead projects and programs to ensure they are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget. Facilitate and contribute to developing the prioritised Technology projects portfolio for South32 aligned to strategic objectives Project management of technology projects. Investigating various technology initiatives. Installing a project management approach to Hillside technology projects. Provide operational support to the plant. Engineering: Front-end loading of various other projects across different disciplines – safety, mechanical studies and IT related projects. Responsible for project services, Costing, Scheduling and Reporting services for the closure project Managing the delivery of Engineering projects across the Bayside plant as well as managing safety and risk for those projects. Electrical, mechanical and civil related projects - Cleaning settling ponds, changing main electrical feed to the plant. Installing waterflow measurement devices across plant, storm water channel cleanup, perimeter fence replacement, and various others

  • Principle Project Delivery

    Feb 2022 - now

  • Information Technology Specialist

    Jul 2021 - Jan 2022

  • Standards and change control engineer

    Jun 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Lead Project Services Bayside Closure Project

    Oct 2018 - May 2020

  • Superintendent Bayside Engineering Porjects

    Sept 2015 - Sept 2018