matope sithole

I hold a BSc Electrical Engineering qualification from WITS University, and I have 5 years work experience in the maintenance and field service operations in the rail/locomotive industry. I have passed and met all the requirements for GCC factories and for the 3 Phase Wireman’s License registrations. I hold a certification as a Certified Associate Project Management (CAPM) from the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Part Time: Project Development Course & Engineering Internship

Renewed Projects – South Africa

September-2022 – to – Present

Responsibilities:

• Study and design: Solar PV, Thermal and PVT systems.
• Financial modelling for renewable energy systems
• Data analytics
• Industry study of renewable energy sources
• Business case development

Planning Consultant 

MECS GROWTH (Pty) Ltd. 

Client: Anglo American Platinum - Amandelbult.

October 2022 -to- December 2022 (3 Months)

Responsibilities:

• Technical writing and documentation.
• Industry research.
• Identification of relevant legislation, standards, and regulations as per scope of work
• Creating and preparing scope of works
• Establish technical requirements for tender process.

Field Service and Technical Advising Specialist 

GE Transportation/Wabtec – South Africa. 

January 2019 -to- December 2021 (3 Years)

Responsibilities:

• Troubleshooting, diagnosing, maintaining and service repairs on designated equipment.
• Executing on open ES40ACi and C30ACi locomotives warranty commitments, infancy reliability issues and legacy FMI’s commitments.
• Ordered and managed repair parts cycle times.
• Analyzed locomotive data as part of troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Conducted field tests for investigation (Root Cause Analysis) and as part of validation tests, such as traction validation tests.
• Performed all tasks in line with environmental, health and rail safety regulations.

Graduate Engineering Training Program (GETP) 

GE Transportation – South Africa.

January 2017 -to- December 2018 (2 Years)

Responsibilities:

• Technical field service support to the C30ACi and ES40ACi locomotives to meet availability and reliability target metrics.
• Closing open issues (Field Modification Instructions - FMI's), Root Cause Analyses (RCA), conducting field investigations and data management and data analysis.
• Troubleshooting, installation, maintenance, and service repair on designated equipment.
• Completing preventative maintenance and functional management inspections
• Completed technical, functional and leadership training.

Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Electrical Engineering) - Degree

University of the Witwatersrand (WITS)

Graduated - 31 March 2017

LEVEL 1: GE Locomotive Service Certification Program - Certificate

GE Transportation/WABTEC

Modules: Leadership Training, Online Technical Locomotive Training, Instructor Led Training (ILT) Classroom Training (USA-Erie, PA), On the Job Training (OJT) (USA – Barstow, CA) and board examination.

Completed - 03 April 2018

Africa Industrial Internet Program (AIIP) powered by GE - Certificate

Africa Leadership University (ALU)

Modules: Data Analytics and Visualizations, Machine Learning, Big Data, Innovation and Intrapreneurship, Application Development and Digital for Industries.

Graduated - 13 December 2019

Inspection and Certification of a Three Phase Industrial/Commercial Installation.

MPK Electrical and Projects (PTY) Ltd

Energy and Water SETA (EWSETA)

Unit Standard ID: 13683 – Issue certificate of compliance for a domestic/commercial/industrial installation.

Unit Standard ID: 259197 – Test and inspect a three-phase industrial/commercial installation.

Start: 29 July 2022

End: 01 September 2022

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - Certificate 

Project Management Institute (PMI)

Credential Number: 3341972

Obtained – 13 September 2022 

3 Phase Wireman’s License

Department of Labour 

Installation Rules Paper 1 & Paper 2 Exams – Passed Nov-2022

Inspection and Certification of a Three Phase Industrial/Commercial Installation – Completed Sept-2022

Pending registration

Government Certificate of Competency (GCC) Factories

Department of Labour

Occupational Health and Safety Act & Plant Engineering Exams – Passed Nov-2022

Pending registration

Project Management - Information Technology: Systems Development (78965)

Leadership Training

LEADERSHIP@DVANTAGE

Dynamic DNA

In-progress