Ruaan Coetzee

Experience

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  Witzenberg Properties

  Dec 2002 - Jan 2009

  Production Manager

  Part-time production manager over summer holidays. Managed and overseeing of general farm workers as well as irrigation, harvesting and thinning of fruits and vegetables.

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  Randall Ag Ventures

  Apr 2006 - Aug 2009

  Custom Aplicator

  Managed all the crop dusting for Randall Ag Ventures as well as operated and maintained all equipment which included semis, tractors and sprayers.

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  Witzenberg Sawmill

  Nov 2009 - Jan 2011

  Production/Maintenance Manager

  Part-time production and maintenance manger over summer and winter holidays. Overseeing of production and quality control as well as managing of workforce and planning of daily tasks. Did routine maintenance on machinery as well as repairs.

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  TFD Manufacturing

  Jan 2012 - Dec 2012

  Intern

  Was in charge of setup and control of new laser cutting department, quality control and management. Also design, costing and coordinating of projects.

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  Denith Engineering (Pty)Ltd

  Dec 2013 - now

  Technical contact for projects, investigative engineering, drawing office manager as well as design and compliance manager.

  • Director

    Mar 2023 - now

  • Senior Design Engineer

    Jan 2021 - now

  • Senior Engineer

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2023

  • Junior Design Engineer

    Dec 2013 - Jan 2017
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  Underwater Mining Solutions

  Jul 2014 - now

  Design Engineer

  Developed conceptual designs for underwater mining crawlers, floating platform and ancillary equipment for the mining of in-land kimberlite deposits as well as planned and ran test on the cutting of material using surface miners.Currently I am developing new opportunities for implementing offshore mining technology combined with hard rock mining equipment to in-land mining operations, new and existing.