Willem Olivier

Experience

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  Iscor

  Sept 1990 - Sept 1993

  Instrument Mech, Apprentice.
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  Columbus Steel, Polifin, Mosgas and Sasol, South Africa

  Oct 1993 - Dec 1995

  Instrument Technician

  • Involved in conducting instrument and electrical installation, maintenance and shutdowns on Polifin, Mosgas and Sasol plants and handling project management activities.• Executed turnkey projects involving re-designing of loops, installation of instruments, upgradation of drawings and commissioning & handover of plant to the client.• Provided training to newly recruited personnel including consultancy to the client on new / upgraded plant.

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  Precious Metals Refinery

  Jan 1995 - Jul 1998

  Instument Mechanician, Acting Supervisor

  • Involved in maintaining all instruments & procedures (valves, levels, pressure, flow, temperature, I/Ps, PLC & DCS), upgrading plant.• Executed projects in compliance with the assigned time, quality and budgetary parameters and ensured optimum resource allocation & utilization, training newly recruited employees.• Implemented a scheduled maintenance program using SAP R3 program.• Implemented effective health & safety standards as per ISO 9002 standard.

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  P&H Construction

  Jul 1998 - Nov 2000

  Instrumentation Supervisor, Project lead.

  Completed small Instrumentation upgrade projects on BMR, PMR and Waterval Smelter.

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  Intel Corporation

  Nov 2000 - Oct 2002

  Self Sustained Technician

  Electrical, Mechanical and Controls Maintenance of Hitachi Metal etchers.

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  Lotus Automation

  Oct 2002 - Oct 2003

  Senior Instrument Technician

  Commissioning and validation of BMS and QBMS on Wyeth Biopharma Central Utiliies.

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  Boston Scientific

  Nov 2003 - Sept 2009

  Controls Technician

  Equipment maintenance, Commissioning and validation of new equipment. FAT's, SAT's. Upgrades and procurement.

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  Kentz

  Sept 2008 - Jan 2012

  E&I Supervisor on multinational construction site. Transfering into commissioning and start up of Ambatovy project. Commissioning Supervisor for utilities on Shell GTL project in Qatar.

  • Instrumentation Supervisor

    Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

  • Commissioning Supervisor

    Sept 2008 - Dec 2010
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  Saudi Aramco

  Jul 2012 - Jul 2014

  Senior Skills Trainer

  Supply Training to apprentices in Industrial Instrumentation and Process control.

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  C.P.M.

  Aug 2014 - May 2015

  Electrical and Instrumentation S.M.E
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  Storm Mountain Diamonds

  Jun 2015 - Jun 2023

  Instrumentation and Control Foreman
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  DRA Global

  Feb 2024 - Oct 2024

  Field Engineer
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  GCE Group B.V.

  Oct 2024 - now

  Senior Instrumentation and Controls Engineer.