Bernard Gordon Joseph

Mechanical engineering,,supervision and maintenance planning 

• Ensures that all Job Cards are reviewed with the following in mind: 

o  Effective scope identified o     Resources appropriately allocated o             Durations are realistic and accurate o   Spares and specialist tools required are available 

• Drives outage and Shutdown planning activities 
• Facilitates daily and weekly work planning meetings with Maintenance, Operations, Stores and other supporting departments 
• Plays an active role in maintaining legal registers and driving compliance 
• Serves as the custodian for all Work Planning & Control business processes 
• CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System) implementation, optimization and management 
• Develop cost and time estimates of maintenance work 
• Drive the tracking of actual versus budget spend, with the identification of high risk spend areas 
• Conduct detailed analysis into the cost of maintenance shuts 
• Periodically reviews existing schedules and task lists 
• Manage preventative and predictive maintenance strategies, which will include condition monitoring and other practices. 
• Updating job cards and maintenance schedules based on OEM manuals, input from Maintenance teams and historical performance. 
• Analyse machinery and component life cycles by identifying failure trends and making recommendations to improve maintenance strategies 
• Maintains appropriate records to permit the meaningful analysis and reporting of results and compiles reports from the CMMS 
• Ensure the availability of req’d spares to prevent any unnecessary “idle” time 
• Involved in the periodic review of net working capital with input into the decision making to optimise 
• Plays an active role in preventing Satellite Store 
• Management of Shut interventions 
• Involvement in site Capital and R&M Projects 
• Manages and develop Data Capturer 
• Oversee activities of Data Capturer or Artisans capturing information into the CMMS 
• Verifying integrity of data captured by artisans on a daily basis   

Tertiary Education  West Coast  

Technical College FET- Vredendal  

N1-N3 Mathemathics 

N1-N3 Engineering Science   

N1-N3 Engineering Drawings   

N1-N3 Fitting & Turning Trade Theory/Mechanotechnics   

Supervisory Management N4   

Engineering Science N4   

Mechanotechnics N4   

Mechanical Draughting N4   

De Beers Engineering Training Centre Kimberley    

Mining Qualification Authority (MQA) - Trade Test-Red seal (Section 13) Fitter & Turner 

Pragma – NQF5 Maintenance Planner Qualification QCTO  

  Various courses completed    

- Basic and advance Hydraulics (HYTEC-SA)    

-Computer Literacy   

-Risk management   

-Mine Health and Safety Representative (IRCA)   

-First Aid and fire fighting (IRCA)   

-Occupational Health and Safety Diploma (Oxbridge Academy)   

-SAP (Overview, Processing of Notifications/ Work orders)   

-Supervisory Management   

-Basic fundamental of Electricity   

-Use of Electrical test instruments   

-Wiring and fault-finding on electrical system