MOBILE NUMBER 0836282605

CIRRICULUM VITAEGert Jacobus Johannes Peens

9206225160088

JACO PEENS

Occupation Mechanical EngineerQualifications B.Eng: MechanicalAge 22Availability Immediately

Cell phone 0836282605Email Jacopeens88@gmail.comAddress 21 de Klerk street, Del Judor, Witbank, 1034

Personal Details Gender MaleNationality South AfricanID No 9206225160088Marital Status SingleLanguage Afrikaans, English

Profile

Mechanical engineer with good academic record combined with practical Maintenance and Project experience from the Heavy industry. Have the ability to work effective independently as well as in a team. Have a wide knowledge of the maintenance industry and contributed to several projects from the design to the execution phase.

Works well with others, motivates and encourages. Have a can-do attitude and work well under stress and uncertainty. Willing to learn, work hard and pick up new skills. A good understanding of complex problems and developing of alternative cost effective solutions.

Education Summary2014North-West University B.Eng Mechanical Engineering (Cum laude)2010Hoerskool Staatspresident SwartGrade 12 (Matric with 4 distinctions)

Academic History1. 2011-2014North-West University

B.ENG MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Major Subjects Introduction to Project Management; Systems Design; Mechanical and Machine Design; Manufacturing

Technology; Strength of Materials and Structure; Thermodynamics; Turbo Machines; Fluid Mechanics; Heat Transfer; Thermo Systems Design

Academic achievements I finished my degree with honorary colours as well as achieve a distinction in my final year project. I was also invited to be part of the Golden Key association(2013-2014)

Major Projects Final year project:

Collected data on sailplane using data loggerWrote a program to eliminate noiseCompressed the data to realistic shortened versionUsed this data to simulate fatigue failures in aircraft industry

Heat Transfer: Heat transfer in a tube-in-tube heat exchanger for various pipe materials and several kinds of fluids.

Turbo Machines: Determine the effect when installing two centrifugal pumps in series and parallel. Draw pump curves for the different situations.

Machine Design: Detail design of an industrial reduction gearbox with reliability, durability, low costing and simple design as main objectives.

Thermal machinesDesigned a back up generator powered by a turbine in the first semester. In the second semester we designed a power station.

Leadership Roles Team leader (Selected on merit) for Mechanical design subject (2013)

Sport Hostel 1st, 2nd and 3rd rugby teams (2011-2013) Hostel 2nd soccer team (2013-2014) 1st squash team (2012-2014) 1st Volleyball team (2013-2014)

2. 1999-2010Hoerskool Staatspresident Swart

GRADE 12 (MATRIC)

Academic achievements In matric I received the award for the highest average I finished matric with 4 distinctions and an average above 80% (see attached certificate)

Leadership Roles Head boy (2010) 1st Tennis team captain (2009-2010)

Sport 1st Tennis team (2007-2010) 1st rugby team (2007-2010) Formed part of the Kiewiete (provincial rugby team of the free state) in 2010 and won the VKB week

Culture United Christian Student Association leader

Career History1. JAN 2015 - PRESENTVANCHEM VANADIUM PRODUCTS (Subsidiary of DUFERCO Group)www.vanchemvanadiumproducts.co.za Engineer in training – Maintenance and projectsOverview Vanchem Vanadium Products (Pty) Ltd is part of the international renowned Duferco Steel

trading Group and produces various grades of vanadium destined for master alloy manufacturers, hardening of tool-and-structural steels and chemical industry. The plant is divided into two units namely Extractions and Oxides/Recoveries. The latter

receives the pregnant solution from Extractions containing the vanadium particles. I am working in the Extraction section and posses good knowledge of complete plant process and equipment through a 6 month plant familiarization program.

Responsibilities Contributed to maintenance and projects within the following plants:

- Ore preparation Wagon tippler Conveyors and pumps Wet ball mills Magnetic separators Belt filters Water treatment plant

- Kilns Rotary kilns Milled ore feed systems Wet and Dry scrubbing systems Coal firing systems

Planned and preventative maintenance- Acted as planner for two months- Handled PM cards- Ordered spares- Reconditioning of equipment- Planning of shut downs

Cost and expenditure management Tender preparation, arrangement and assessments Projects execution.

Achievements: Finished several projects which contributed in maintaining and improving the plant Contributed with the design of Vanchem new mine’s schedule at Roossenekal Marked and drawn a valve flow sheet as part of safety project

Student / Part time Employment

Dec 2013 SA truck bodies (Bloemfontein)Vacation work

Jun 2013 Aurecon (Lynwood bridge)Vacation work.

Practical Experience

CAD Solidworks subjects as well as implementation in final year projects. 2D manufacturing and assembly drawings. Inventor experience at Vanchem

Metallurgical Thorough material selection according to component/machines intended application. Analyzing various material properties to decide on the best choice for a specific application.

Mechanical

Shaft connections and gear design. Chute design Wagon tippler motor gearbox calculations Writing calculation programs for mechanical and machine design. Laser alignment Conditional monitoring Did plant familiarizing presentations about following plants/components.

o Wagon tipplero Ball millso Belt filterso Conveyorso Magnetic separatorso Rotating Kilnso Leaching processo Wet scrubbing systemo Dry scrubbing systemo Polyvanadate processo Larox presso Flash driero Electrical and gas furnaceso Cooling wheelso Ammonia scrubber systemo Transfer vesselso Heat exchangerso Centrifugeso Boilerso Vanadium Trioxide Rotary Kilns,o Mechanical Vapour Recompression plants,o Fire tube boilers (gas and coal fired),

Professional Skills Industry RelatedCourses

SHE safety course (2014)

Technical Skills

Laser alignment Canary vibration tester

Computer Skills

EES (Engineering equation editor) Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio and Project

Solidworks Autodesk Inventor MITCalc 1.6

Personal Strengths Initiative. Hard worker Loyal Responsible Always honest Problem solving

Hobbies Squash (Mpumalanga league) Nature 4x4 Photography

References

Leon Repsold Executive Manintenace and Project Manager (Vanchem) 082 457 8296

Johan Hand Extractions maintenance manager (Vanchem) 071 604 4086

Flippie Slabbert Teacher (Hoerskool Staatspresident Swart) 082 947 2360