Dwight Cheesman

Background

About Dwight Cheesman

As a boy, there was an old motorcycle in the farm shed not running, tired, rusty and neglected. My father challenged me, “Do you want to fix it?”, “Of course Dad, do you think we can given we can’t afford a new one?”After hard work in a small time frame, I learned the reward for effective, detailed and talented maintenance in a cash constrained environment – I was in business with a running motorcycle - every boys dream! It was here my passion for reliability and maintenance of equipment was born.30 years on with a Bachelor of Engineering [Mechatronics](Hons) and 15 years experience, I have much more to work with than just determination, hand tools, solvents and brushes; • Communication abilities from shop floor to executive management• Suite of Reliabilty tools - FMEA, RCA, 5Why's, LCC to name a few,• Cross discipline technical expertise and problem solving skills, • HSEC Risk & Hazard perception tools• Drive for Continuous improvement - training in 6 Sigma (greenbelt cert. in progress)• Pressure and statutory equipment care• Project management• CMMS (SAP,Ellipse) experience in maintenance plans, task lists, scheduling and support documentsMy last 12yrs have been in mining in complex hydro metallurgical and grinding flotation processes. These produce copper, gold, uranium, silver, sulphuric acid, zinc and lead. I've prevented weeks of lost production and strive to cut costs in maintenance with the ultimate aim of reducing equipment life cycle costs and increasing profit margins. I love the reward for good maintenance at the right time achieving reliability. If you do too, or want your plant to, then please don’t hesitate to reach out and contact me. Specialising in; Preventative Maintenance, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Failure Mode Event Cause Analysis (FMECA,FMEA), Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM), Condition Monitoring, Fixed Plant, Mobile Plant, SAP, Ellipse, Change Management, Team player, Stakeholder identification & engagement, 5 Why’s, Project Management, Data Analysis, System Design, Investigations, Oil Analysis, Manufacturing, Automation, flowcharts, work instructions / procedures / reporting