Reuben Rametsi

I am passionate about combining field-based engineering experience with digital maintenance tools to deliver reliability, safety, and cost-effective performance.

-Data-driven maintenance planning – leveraging asset history and performance metrics to optimise preventive and reactive work.
-Contractor oversight and compliance – ensuring all maintenance activities are logged, tracked, and aligned wi

• Founded and currently operate Khulu Holdings, directing strategic, operational, and financial aspects of an engineering services enterprise
• Applied 20+ years of engineering and project management expertise to identify market opportunities and build a service-oriented business
• Manage client relationships, contract negotiations, business development, and day-to-day operations
• Demonstrate ent

• Led end-to-end turnkey construction of Sasol retail service stations from concept to commissioning and hand-over
• Delivered 12+ new service stations per annum, expanding the Sasol Retail Network consistently
• Managed full project scope: cost control, safety, quality, procurement, contractor management, and stakeholder engagement
• Oversaw rebranding, re-imaging, and modification projects to up

• Managed installation of underground/above-ground fuel tanks, pipelines, pumps, HVAC, electrical, and general building systems
• Built business cases for project approvals and executed optimization projects from planning through to hand-over
• Developed and reviewed maintenance strategies (RCM) ensuring regulatory compliance
• Managed pilot projects for new technology equipment and mentored junio

• Maximized plant output and ensured efficient operations; attended to breakdowns in shortest possible time
• Planned, executed, and commissioned shutdowns/outages (periodic maintenance)
• Facilitated risk assessments (PDA) and managed Management of Change (MOC) processes
• Member of technical and financial auditing team; managed statutory equipment compliance

• Outage project leader for ash handling plant and precipitators
• Compiled scope of work and BoQ for tenders; conducted adjudication and valuations
• Developed and managed quality control plans (ISO 9001) and maintenance contracts
• Served as section safety coordinator and first aider

• Maintained coal conveying and rotary systems; analyzed plant performance using condition monitoring data
• Processed defects via SAP system; compiled job safety analyses
• Progressed from trainee to technician, managing feasibility studies and project implementation