PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Instrumentation and automation technician and registered electrician (South Africa) with over a decade of industrial experience across water treatment, food manufacturing and renewable energy.

Skilled in PLC installation and servicing, process instrumentation, control panel building, pumps and motors, fault-finding and commissioning, including on underground mine sites.

Seeking an Instrumentation & Control, Industrial Automation or PLC Technician role in New Zealand.

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KEY SKILLS

•    PLC installation, servicing and fault-finding (Phoenix Contact)

•    Process instrumentation and flowmeter installation

•    Control panel building and wiring to engineering specifications

•    Pumps, three-phase motors and star-delta starters

•    Water treatment plant construction and commissioning

•    Reading P&IDs and engineering drawings

•    Industrial electrical maintenance, fault-finding and repair

•    Team leadership and on-site supervision

•    Solar PV and inverter configuration

•    Bilingual: fluent English and Afrikaans

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Electrician / Panel Builder & Instrumentation Technician

Watercare Innovations, South Africa                                                            February 2025 – September 2026

Water treatment company supplying PLC-controlled potable water filtration units to gold mine sites.

•    Serviced, fault-found and repaired PLC-controlled water filtration units producing potable water on gold mine sites, including underground installations.

•    Installed and integrated Phoenix Contact PLCs, field instrumentation and industrial flowmeters.

•    Built and wired industrial control panels to strict engineering specifications.

•    Interpreted P&IDs (piping and instrumentation diagrams) to integrate electrical and control systems with process equipment.

•    Worked on industrial water processing equipment, including filtration systems, membranes and pumps.

•    Contributed to the construction and commissioning of a Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) plant at Gelita (gelatine manufacturer), responsible for cable sizing and instrumentation hook-ups.

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Independent Contractor – Solar Team Leader

Self-employed, South Africa                                                                                           2018 – January 2025

•    Contracted by several renewable energy companies to lead solar installation teams.

•    Managed on-site installation of residential and commercial solar PV systems.

•    Configured and programmed Sunsynk, Lux Power and Deye inverters.

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Electrician

CAW Electrical, South Africa                                                                                                                 2018

Electrical contractor.

•    Carried out residential electrical installations, renovations and fault-finding.

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Electrician & Solar Installer

Solar4Eden, South Africa                                                                                                           2015 – 2017

Solar PV and solar water heating installer.

•    Installed and set up Victron and Mecer inverter systems as part of a specialist installation team.

•    Installed solar PV systems and retrofitted flat-plate collector solar water heating systems.

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Industrial Electrician

Lancewood Cheese Factory, South Africa                                                                                    2012 – 2015

Dairy and cheese manufacturer.

•    Worked with Siemens LOGO! PLCs, three-phase motors and star-delta starters.

•    Maintained and fault-found industrial electrical equipment in a food manufacturing environment.

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EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

Qualified Electrician – Trade Test (Section 13)

South Africa's national trade qualification for electricians

National Senior Certificate (Grade 12 / "Matric")                                                                                   2011

Worcester Gymnasium, South Africa – school-leaving qualification, equivalent to NZ Year 13

•    Subjects included Mathematics, Information Technology, Engineering Drawing, Electrical Trade Theory, Logic Systems, N2 Mathematics and N2 Science.

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CERTIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

•    Wireman's Licence – Single Phase Tester, South Africa (reg. no. TSP 05004), 2019 – authorised to inspect, test and certify single-phase electrical installations

•    First Aid Level 2

•    Full driver's licence (South African Code 8 – light motor vehicle)

•    New Zealand: intending to register with the Electrical Workers Registration Board (EWRB)

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TECHNICAL SKILLS

•    PLCs & control: Phoenix Contact

•    Instrumentation: Industrial flowmeters, process instrumentation

•    Water treatment: Filtration and membrane systems, industrial pumps, DAF plant

•    Solar inverters: Sunsynk, Deye, Lux Power, Victron, Mecer

•    Electrical: Panel building, cable sizing, three-phase star-delta motors, residential wiring

•    Drawings: P&IDs, engineering drawings

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INTERESTS & HOBBIES

•    3D modelling and animation (Blender), and learning game development with Unreal Engine

•    Creating AI-generated video and design content as a side venture

•    Fishing and the outdoors

•    Swimming

•    Gaming

•    Music – a long-time symphonic-metal fan

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REFEREES

Available on request.

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