Courteney Louw

• Lead and manage a team of 30+ electrical and instrumentation personnel within the Pressurised Acid Leaching (PAL) processing area
• Oversee maintenance, advanced troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of electrical and instrumentation systems to ensure sustained plant reliability
• Drive equipment reliability and uptime through close collaboration with Operations and Reliability teams
• Manage departmental budget and cost control, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and adherence to financial targets
• Optimise workforce utilisation, including leave planning, overtime control, and effective work allocation to maximise productivity
• Provide technical leadership during critical breakdowns, supporting rapid fault diagnosis and minimising production downtime
• Mentor and develop team members, ensuring skills transfer and alignment with operational requirements
• Identify and implement training needs to strengthen team capability and performance
• Participate in daily coordination meetings with senior management and cross-functional teams to align maintenance activities with company objectives
• Ensure strict adherence to safety protocols and promote a strong safety culture within the operational area

• Led and supervised a workforce of 60+ electrical and instrumentation personnel across the entire processing plant during shift operations
• Held full accountability for plant-wide electrical and instrumentation maintenance, troubleshooting, and operational support
• Ensured maximum plant availability by driving rapid fault finding and effective resolution of critical breakdowns across all processing areas
• Coordinated closely with Operations and Reliability teams to maintain sustained equipment performance and minimise unplanned downtime
• Managed shift-based workforce planning, including manpower allocation, overtime control, and optimal utilisation of resources
• Provided hands-on technical leadership during major plant breakdowns, ensuring safe and efficient restoration of operations
• Monitored and controlled maintenance execution in line with budgetary constraints and operational priorities
• Led and mentored supervisors and technical teams, ensuring effective communication, performance management, and skills development
• Identified training needs and ensured continuous development of team competencies across the plant
• Conducted daily coordination and handover meetings with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to align with production targets and business objectives
• Enforced strict compliance with safety procedures and promoted a strong safety culture across all plant operations

• Led a team of 40+ electrical personnel providing plant-wide breakdown support across a large-scale processing operation
• Directed and supported advanced fault finding and troubleshooting of electrical systems to ensure rapid restoration of plant operations
• Acted as primary escalation point for critical breakdowns, providing hands-on technical leadership to resolve complex equipment failures
• Drove reduction in downtime by ensuring timely, efficient, and cost-effective repair of electrical systems across the plant
• Implemented improvements and corrective strategies to minimise repeat failures and enhance overall equipment reliability
• Coordinated closely with Operations and Maintenance teams to prioritise breakdown response and maintain production targets
• Managed workforce planning, including resource allocation, overtime control, and effective deployment during breakdown situations
• Ensured maintenance execution aligned with budget constraints while maintaining operational performance
• Promoted a strong safety culture, ensuring all breakdown activities were conducted in full compliance with safety protocols
• Mentored and guided technicians and supervisors, strengthening fault-finding capability across the team

Lead electrical maintenance operations for critical production equipment in a large-scale open pit uranium mine, ensuring maximum asset availability and operational efficiency.

Key Impact:

• Maintained and improved uptime of high-value mining fleet, directly supporting production targets
• Reduced operational downtime through proactive fault finding and maintenance strategies
• Optimised spare parts management to mitigate equipment failure risks
• Led and developed a high-performing electrical team in a demanding production environment

Responsibilities:

• Supervise and coordinate electrical maintenance activities for shovels, drills, and associated infrastructure
• Align maintenance execution with production requirements and cost targets
• Manage workforce planning, performance, and skills development
• Ensure full compliance with safety, environmental, and operational standards
• Support continuous improvement of maintenance systems and practices

Equipment Scope:

• CAT 7495 Electric Rope Shovels
• CAT MD6640 Blast Hole Drills
• CAT 3000kVA 6.6kV Motivators
• Hydraulic Face Shovels & Diesel Drills
• MV trailing cables and mobile substations

Delivered electrical services across mine infrastructure with focus on reliability, cost control, and maintenance planning.

Key Impact:

• Supported improved electrical system reliability across MV infrastructure
• Contributed to budget planning and capital expenditure control
• Strengthened maintenance planning and execution processes

Responsibilities:

• Supervised electrical teams ensuring efficient service delivery
• Managed maintenance of MV systems, transformers, and trailing cables
• Assisted in budgeting and long-term maintenance planning
• Ensured compliance with safety and operational procedures

Led plant electrical maintenance operations within a processing environment.

Key Impact:

• Improved plant reliability through structured maintenance planning
• Implemented predictive maintenance strategies for substations and switchgear
• Strengthened contractor performance and maintenance execution

Responsibilities:

• Planned and executed shutdown maintenance activities
• Managed MV/LV distribution, substations, MCCs, and standby generation
• Controlled maintenance budgets and inventory
• Led troubleshooting and failure analysis initiatives

Advanced technical role supporting full plant electrical systems.

Key Impact:

• Played key role in maintaining plant uptime across critical electrical systems
• Supported commissioning and system optimisation initiatives
• Contributed to apprentice training and team development

Responsibilities:

• Maintenance of electrical systems up to 11kV including 10MW power station
• MV switching, protection relay testing, and thermography
• Preventative maintenance planning and execution
• Fault finding across plant and infrastructure systems

• Working in the Electrical and C&I Section of the Engineering Department.
• Responsibilities include:
• Maintenance on all electrical equipment on the plant, including installation and fault finding of the Profibus and Asi-bus Network. Simocodes, Danfoss VSD’s and PLC’s.
• Responsible for the maintenance in the Laboratory, Leaching and Heating Area.
• Maintenance and control of the Emergency Generators.
• Fault finding and breakdowns.
• Electrical Drawings.
• Planned maintenance on the plant.
• Cable terminations and joints.
• Training and supervision of subordinates.
• Creating work orders and requisitions using Pragma Onkey.
• Installation of large and small pipe and conduit; wire pulling for electrical system, computer, and telephone systems.
• Motor hookups, start-stop stations, and control wiring.
• Installation of electrical panels and temporary poles; work with overhead, slab, and underground wiring up to 11 kV.
• New Installations.
• Motors, motor starters and Transformers.
• I have written a number of Operating and Safe Work Procedures for Langer Heinrich Uranium (Electrical Department). In addition, I’ve recently acted in the positions of Senior Electrician and Electrical and C&I Team Leader.
• I completed the following training whilst in the employment of Langer Heinrich Uranium (Pty) Ltd:
• Simocodes PRO V.
• Danfoss VSD VLT5000 Introduction.
• Danfoss Advanced VSD VLT5000 (Module 2).
• Simatic S7 ST-7SERV1+2, ST-PRO1+2 PLC Programming Courses.
• Transformer Maintenance Course.
• Simatrain: Profibus DP Integration Course.
• Incident Management Training.

• Progressed from Apprentice to Shift Electrician, building strong foundational expertise in plant electrical systems, maintenance, and high-voltage operations.
• Responsibilities include:
• All electrical equipment on the plant.
• MCC's, Starters, Variable Speed Drives, basic PLC's.
• All Over Head Cranes.
• Isolators, breakers and bus ties.
• Motors ranging from 220V-3,3kV.
• Planned maintenance on above equipment.
• Safe Isolation and lock out of said equipment.
• Breakdowns and fault finding.
• Cable terminations and joints.
• Electrical Drawings.
• Emergency Back up Generators.
• Training and supervision of subordinates.
• Creating Work Orders, Notifications and ordering spares using SAP.
• In addition, I’ve had the following training whilst in the employment of Rössing Uranium Ltd:
• Basic Fire Fighting.
• First Aid/First Responder.
• Over Head Crane training.
• Anglo Platinum Medium Voltage Switching Training Certified up to 33kV.
• IR Thermography.

• Working in the Electronic Department. Responsible for fault finding, testing and repairing electronic PC boards for heater controllers, timers, kWh meters, etc.

• Started and successfully completed an Electrical Apprenticeship working in the various sections of the mine:
• Pit Electrical
• Haul Truck Electrical
• Instrumentation
• Plant Electrical
• Condition Monitoring.