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Senior Mechanical Draughtsman and 3D Modeller with 30+ years of specialist experience across mining, metallurgical processing, oil refining, power generation, water treatment, and industrial plant pro... Read more

Senior Mechanical Draughtsman and 3D Modeller with 30+ years of specialist experience across mining, metallurgical processing, oil refining, power generation, water treatment, and industrial plant projects — with an international project footprint spanning 15 countries across Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australasia. I have worked almost entirely as a contractor and specialist throughout my career, building broad technical depth across plant layout, 3D piping, structural steelwork, mechanical detailing, and drawing checking — alongside section leadership and drawing office management on major EPCM and EPC projects. Core skills: 3D plant layout — piping, structural, mechanical, civil Isometric draughting and MTO production Drawing checking and QA across all disciplines Section leadership and drawing office management Pressure vessel and cryogenic equipment design Materials handling — conveyors, chutes, hoppers, crushers Mentoring and training of junior draughtsmen Software: AutoCAD (30+ years) - Autodesk Plant 3D - Autodesk Inventor - Solid Edge (ST7) - CADWorx Plant - Mechanical Desktop Selected projects: Anglo Platinum Potgietersrust North 600 ktpm UG2 Concentrator (3D plant layout and piping) Kusile Power Station Water Treatment Plant (piping design and DO management) Randgold Tongon Gold Project, Ivory Coast (3D piping layout) United Silicon 32 MW SAF, Iceland (drawing checking) ELECTRATHERM Cast Iron Blobulator Plant, India (3D structural, mechanical and piping) HDG water towers to 522 m3 — Angola, Botswana, South Africa Available immediately for remote, contract, and freelance assignments internationally.

I am a Mechanical Engineer and Electronics Technician with extensive experience in product engineering, machine design, industrial equipment, hydraulic systems, sheet metal components, steel structure... Read more

I am a Mechanical Engineer and Electronics Technician with extensive experience in product engineering, machine design, industrial equipment, hydraulic systems, sheet metal components, steel structures, and manufacturing documentation. Throughout my career, I have worked in product engineering, maintenance engineering, engineering coordination, and engineering management. I currently work in product engineering for elevator and accessibility platform systems, developing and reviewing mechanical components, assemblies, hydraulic equipment, manufacturing drawings, bills of materials, and technical documentation. My main areas of expertise include: • Mechanical design and product development • SolidWorks 3D modeling and assemblies • Sheet metal design and DXF files for laser cutting • Manufacturing and fabrication drawings • Machine components, devices, fixtures, and steel structures • Reverse engineering and redesign of existing components • Hydraulic equipment and mechanical interfaces • Design review, cost reduction, and design for manufacturing • Bills of materials and product structure organization • Technical documentation and engineering change management I can support projects from an initial concept, sketch, or existing component through detailed 3D modeling, manufacturing drawings, and documentation ready for fabrication. My focus is not only creating CAD models, but delivering practical, reliable, and manufacturable engineering solutions.