Petrus (Pieter) Van Wyk

Snr. Instr. Tech. at AngloGold Ashanti

Klerksdorp, North-West, South Africa

About

Experienced Senior Technician with a demonstrated history of working in the mining & metals industry. Skilled in Process Control, Process Engineering, Engineering, Maintenance Management, and Project Engineering. Strong information technology professional with a National Diploma Electrical Enginering - Instrumentation focused in National Diploma in Electrical Enginering LC (Instrumentation) from Vaal Triangle Technicon. ECSA registered.

Experience

  • AngloGold Ashanti (29 yrs 9 mos)
    • Snr. Instr. Tech.
      Jan 2011 - Present · 15 yrs 6 mos

      My responsibilities include supervision and management of maintenance, equipment, technicians, mechanicians, budget planning, controlling of stores, hardware and software upgrades, commissioning and health and safety.

    • Instrumentation Technician
      Oct 1996 - Jan 2011 · 14 yrs 4 mos

      Responsibilities of this position include: Maintenance, faultfinding, construction, new installations and the upgrade of existing equipment. This equipment include a wide range of I-P converters, Pressure Transmitters, Control Valves, Positioners, Actuators, Level Transmitters ( ultrasonic, laser and radar ), Gas monitors/analyzers, Thermocouples, RTD's, Field mounted PID Controllers, Programmable Indicators, Temperature transmitters, pH and conductivity meters, TAC1000 and 2000 cyanide contend analyzers, Process Automation (Unipro 1 and 4) Nuclear Density Meters. Process Automation Belt weighers. Programming and maintenance on the TI PM550, TI505, CTi2500 and Siemens ET200 plc's with Citect as scada.

  • Learner Technician. at ABB Industries.
    Jun 1994 - Dec 1994 · 7 mos

  • Learner Technician at Eskom - Majuba Power Station
    Jan 1992 - Jun 1994 · 2 yrs 6 mos