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Andrew Smith
Professional Summary
Recent graduate equipped with a Bachelor of Engineering in Metallurgical Engineering with a background in Pyrometallurgy of Ferrochrome and PGM and Physical metallurgy. A determined young individual who loves seeking new challenges that aim at improving the lives of people and the surrounding communities. Knowledge in the 4th industrial revolution, and self-studying data science through Udemy and Zindi Africa. Aware of other programming languages such as jupyter notebook and R and have exposure on Stella Architect through System dynamics courses. Efficient, self-motivated and open-minded individual who is not afraid to step out of their comfort zone of engineering to learn and to improve themselves. Work well both individually and as part of a team.
Employment history
Engineer in Training, Powlowski and Sons. Kermitview, Massachusetts
May. 2019 – Present
- Failure investigation of boiler and condenser tubes: Determine root causes of failures using metallurgical evaluation methods and recommend changes in designs, material specifications, or processing methods to prevent failure re-occurrence.
- Specific mass deposit evaluation on boiler tubes and chemical cleaning of condenser tubes.
- Prepare excel spreadsheet reports summarizing information and trends related to SMD in Eskom power stations.
- Material quality assurance of new seam-welded Titanium condenser tubes and admiralty brass and Cu-Ni condenser tubes
- Component Integrity Assessment of power-lines phase conductor.
- Flow accelerated corrosion confirmation of low pressure heater bled steam bend tubes.
- Failure investigation of Submerged Scraper conveyor chain link.
- First aider in the Materials and Plant integrity department.
- Supervise vacation work students and new EIT on laboratory work, conducting failure investigations.
- Conducting literature review for the renewable energy section of Eskom.
· Battery storage- development of Mn or Ti Lithium-ion - Assist the laboratory manager on the equipment which require calibration and the materials that needs to be purchased. Also assist to maintain good housekeeping in the laboratory.
Vacation work student, Bailey LLC. Port Brandonport, Georgia
Dec. 2014 – Jan. 2015
- Generate weekly and monthly metallurgical accounting tables and reports
- Optimization of process output through monitoring of parameters like power inputs and utilization and electrode management
- Metallurgical charge calculations for furnace feed for Chromium production.
Vacation work student, Lynch-Morissette. West Shawnnaport, Louisiana
Dec. 2013 – Jan. 2014
- Assist junior production engineer on inspections regarding good housekeeping around the plant and to monitor the temperature around the furnace through utilizing infrared camera.
- Work closely with the furnace operator in operating the furnace.
- Assist the junior engineer on generating weekly and monthly metallurgical accounting tables and reports.
- Observing the safety work of fellow employees on-site to ensure that all the safety rules are adhered to.
Education
Southern Tennessee University, Stammmouth, Louisiana
Bachelor of Science, Engineering, Aug. 2018
Schmeler Institute, Hyattfurt, Mississippi
High School Diploma, Matric, Jun. 2012
Personal info
Phone:
(000) 000-0000
Address:
287 Custer Street, Hopewell, PA 00000
Skills
Stella architect
Matlab
R programming language
Python
Critical and analytical thinking
Presentation skills
Microsoft office
AutoCad
Technical report writing
Project management
engineer in training
- Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, others
- Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success.
engineer in training
- TRAINED UNDER DIRECT SUPERVISION BY DR.BANDULA PERERA (Additional Director-BOI, MD-SRT, Commissioner of PUC, Chairman- IDB, Director Piramal Glass)Therefore I worked with government, semi government and private sector with closed relationship .
- Obtain gas testing certificate
- Obtain blasting certificate
- Obtain Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency
engineer in training
- Evaluate water treatment plant equipment and processes to identify ways to optimize performance or to ensure compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
- Conduct research to develop new and improved water treatment processes.
- Troubleshoot problems with the water treatment process.
- Assist the laboratory manager on the equipment which require calibration and the materials that needs to be purchased. Also assist to maintain good housekeeping in the laboratory.
engineer in training
- Ensured adherence to specifications and industrial standards and oversaw Lab testing.
- First aider in the Materials and Plant integrity department.
- Supervise vacation work students and new EIT on laboratory work, conducting failure investigations.
- Conducting literature review for the renewable energy section of Eskom. · Battery storage- development of Mn or Ti Lithium-ion
engineer in training
- Assist in the
- Provide consultation to clients or other engineers on topics such as climate control systems, energy modeling, data logging, energy management control systems, lighting or daylighting design, sustainable design, and energy auditing. design or construction aspects related to energy such as energy engineering, energy management, and sustainable design.
- Coordinated construction schedule with three sub-contractors on a $12 million phase of storm water project.
- Ensured safety and quality check of all ongoing tasks on site.
engineer in training
- Completed my training program, which consisted of safety, legal and practical exposure in the mining industry.
- During my three years of training I relieved in the following positions: Shaft Section Engineer, responsible for the safe installation and proper operation, running and maintenance of all equipment at the Deeps and Broken-Hill Shafts, surface and underground area;
- Boilermaker Foreman;
- Electrical Foreman;
- Township Engineer, responsible for the safe installation and proper operation, running and maintenance of all equipment forming part of the essential services.
engineer in training
- Failure investigation of boiler and condenser tubes: Determine root causes of failures using metallurgical evaluation methods and recommend changes in designs, material specifications, or processing methods to prevent failure re-occurrence.
- Specific mass deposit evaluation on boiler tubes and chemical cleaning of condenser tubes.
- Prepare excel spreadsheet reports summarizing information and trends related to SMD in Eskom power stations.
- Material quality assurance of new seam-welded Titanium condenser tubes and admiralty brass and Cu-Ni condenser tubes
- Component Integrity Assessment of power-lines phase conductor.
- Flow accelerated corrosion confirmation of low pressure heater bled steam bend tubes.
- Failure investigation of Submerged Scraper conveyor chain link.