Duane Cobby

Background

About Duane Cobby

An experienced Reliability Engineering Lead / Superintendant + CM Manager + Project Manager in fixed plant. Defect Elimination systems via RCA, CMMS Optimisation. Evaluation of Pdm strategies via advanced FMEA evaluation. Green & brownfield… I am a confident Lead & team player-with keen, hands on & hard to find,"can-do attitude". Passionate about increasing plant RELIABILITY whereever i am + Spodeumine mining & ramp -up LHM refining experience. I am a confident engineer with fluent written, technical, legal & commercial acumen. I am self-motivated, hard-working and venjoy a challenge. TECHNICAL • Skilled to create and implement effective plant maintenance strategies & CMMS implementation. Able to perform complex performance evaluations on fixed plant & equipment & to address application or reliability issues relating to the particular piece of machinery. Problem solving, RCA, Plant design, modification and specification, Critical project path inclusive of scoping the work, Reliability Engineering, Bearing Engineering / fitting training, Design & evaluation of lubrication & complex failure analysis. • Transcribe, submit, purchase, implement, plan & manage defined Project “Scope of works” for capital projects & plant up-grades and/or equipment commissioning purposes. Including building services, civil works, rotating assets & electro-mechanical equipment. • A good understanding mining & heavy industrial equipment, Maintenance planning, shut down planning, Reliability & condition based maintenance, proficient in the conduction of vibration analysis, lubricant analysis and laser machine alignment systems.