seth mokgatle

I am currently working for Epiroc OEM as a product specialist at Ivan plats(Plaat reef mine)in Mokopane. I would like the opportunity to share my skills; knowledge and experience within your company and learn new challenges in other Engineering aspects.

I started working for Epiroc SA in 2008 as an assistant, then got an apprenticeship in 2010,I qualified as a millwright artisan in 2012 of which I was appointed for running breakdowns and maintenance of Trackless machines. I was then promoted as an Electrical & mechanical foreman in 2018 to 2022. I was responsible for preventative maintenance of Trackless fleet, ensuring MTTR(Mean Time To Repair) and MTBF(Mean Time Before Failure) is achievable; making sure that through proper overinspection and preventative maintenance availability and reliabilty of TMM machines is achievable; mentoring new qualified artisans; inspection of workshop facilities, cost saving; guide/coach artisans on  safety standards & procedures and legal compliance. 2022 December to date I was appointed within Epiroc as a product specialist at Ivan Plats (Plaat reef mine) in Mokopane where the mine uses new technology machines :-Battery Powered high profile machines. My current role is to ensure that proper fault finding is done in order to ensure correct components is replaced to limit the down time of machines, and adherence to maintenance schedule as per OEM standard and assist in complex faults on the machines.

Artisan Millwright 2012 to 2017

Maintenance Foreman 2017 to 2022

Product Specialist 2022 to current

All 1 company Epiroc South Africa Pty Ltd 

Grade 12 maths & science

N3 electrical engineering - orbit fet college

Millwright trade certificate - ATI