Byrovenchua Sidwell

Byro is an adaptive and strategic Engineer, who is able to provide the vision, innovation and drive to achieve sustainable business results. Byro has strong career exposure to manufacturing Utility energy management and machine spare parts management, and demonstrates strong cost reduction ability, without compromising on safety and reliability

In February 2016, I commenced Training at Goodyear South Africa (Pty) Ltd in the capacity of Utilities & Facilities Junior Engineer (Graduate in Training), where I was responsible for: 

• Coordinating daily building maintenance inspections and jobs.
• Managing building maintenance contractor team consisting of 1 Supervisor ,1 Carpenter, 3 Masons, 4 General Labourers 
• Developing and managing preventative and predictive maintenance programme in the Utilities department
• Developing and managing predictive maintenance programs for Preparation department critical equipment (Vibration Analysis, Lubrication, Thermography and Alignment).
• Developing, coordinating, and implementing strategies and policies to reduce energy consumption
• Safari Project Management (Compresses air system upgrades)
• Energy usage forecasting monthly
• Utilities billing to Conti-Tech.
• Contract management (water treatment and building maintenance)
• Fire suppression system management and upgrades.
• Ensuring compliance to safety
• Monthly and daily energy consumption calculations and reporting
• Annual and monthly energy usage forecasting
• Performing Reliability Analysis on preparation area gearboxes
• Plant water balancing
• Controlling maintenance budget and prioritizing improvements 
• Facilitating P2 learners with projects and training required 

Upon completion of training in December 2017, I was appointed Utilities Engineer.  His responsibilities included:

• Taking responsibility for 2 Direct reports:  2 Engineering Technicians, as well as On-Site Contractors 
• Energy management
• Coal boiler and all auxiliary equipment maintenance 
• Full site energy management and reporting
• Improvements to substation entry and switching procedures
• Energy reduction initiatives on plant steam, compressed air, process water and electricity systems.
• Departmental energy goal setting and tracking 
• Driving plant saving initiatives as Energy Savings Committee Leader 
• Energy and nitrogen usage annual forecasting
• Regional energy and consumption reporting 
• Improving plant metering system 
• Driving plant saving initiatives
• Utilities billing to other on-site business (Conti-Tech)
• Plant water balance and department billing
• Project upgrade management
• Training and continuous skills development of Technician in Powerhouse
• Regional energy and consumption reporting 
• Ensuring compliance to safety
• Building maintenance

In January 2019, I was promoted to the position of Reliability Specialist for the Engineering, Stores and Facilities departments. His responsibilities included: 

• Performing maintainability analysis and write / update equipment maintenance manuals
• Developing FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) for new and key existing equipment
• Coordinating bill of materials/inventory with outside suppliers to improve spare availability and equipment reliability
• Supporting to maintenance department in equipment spare parts, equipment corrective actions and overhauling of old equipment.
• Developing critical spare parts list for key equipment and implement a risk and prioritization schedule to purchase critical spares
• Full site Banbury, milling and extruder motor repairs and maintenance 
• Reviewing equipment specification and design documentation to assess the reliability and maintainability of equipment
• Identification and control of obsolete stock
• Providing advice to equipment improvement teams on appropriate reliability focus and projects designed to improve equipment reliability
• Reduction of plant monthly supplies consumptions 
• Developing and implementing equipment reliability improvement initiatives
• Evaluating spare parts inventory for proper parts registration and stocked quantities. 
• Training and skills development of Engineering Maintenance Technicians
• Performing root cause failure analysis (RCFA) on repeat damaged equipment and developing repair recommendations to prevent repeat failures.
• On site Rockwell Automation repair centre management.
• Performing maintainability analysis and write / update equipment maintenance manuals
• Ensuring SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) compliance
• Engineering budget management 
• Stock optimization and control 
• Engineering stores cost optimization 
• Asset management
• Tracking and KPI (key performance Indicator) setting for engineering storeroom staff
• Tracking overdue purchase orders
• Compiling Goodyear supplier queries 
• Highlighting blocked requisitions
• Adding and removing material codes
• Ensuring compliance to safety 
• Facilities contract management 
• Project Management 
• Regional Reporting

In June 2021, I was appointed to the position of Reliability Specialist for the mixing departments.  Responsibilities included: 

• Ensure all test equipment electrical, electronic, and mechanical are always calibrated too the

Company standard procedure.

• Support the quality department in all requirements of plant equipment performance improvements to the Company standards
• Support the quality department in all requirements of plant equipment performance improvements to the Company standards
• Participate and assist all quality driven innovation to the equipment
• Maintain production equipment up time in all electrical, electronic, and mechanical aspects of the equipment
• Participate and assist in all equipment improvement or innovation ideas required by production to increase
• Monitor and plan actions to reduce energy consumption as set by the Company standards and Goals
• Manage Engineering monthly cost according to the Company monthly target
• Mentor and train all subordinates for better performance in their respective disciplines
• Monitor and plan actions to prevent repetitive or ad hoc equipment stoppages
• Assist with all internal and external electrical, electronic, and mechanical installations
• Assist with fault finding of ad hoc and repetitive electrical, electronic, and mechanical equipment failures
• Manage and assign tasks to internal or external suppliers on safety audit findings
• Monitor and manage all safety device inspection assigned to the engineering team
• Communicate with external suppliers on safety device or equipment installations
• Manage all internal and external supplier maintenance
• Support the safety department on all functions safety related of any equipment or process in the plant
• Maintenance Planning with Maintenance planner